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Soaking feet is a kind of foot bath, is one of the contents of traditional Chinese medicine foot therapy, but also a common external treatment, soaking feet with hot water can not only relieve fatigue, but also help sleep, so more and more people choose to soak feet with water to achieve the effect of health preservation.
Mugwort leaf is very common in rural China, it has a very strong fragrance, in fact, its medicinal value is still relatively high, such as anti-fetus, regulate menstruation to disperse cold, warm menstruation to stop bleeding, in fact, mugwort leaf has many active ingredients, such as polysaccharides and flavonoids, so it has many functions, some people often use it to soak their feet.
"Medicinal Materia Medica" mentions: "Mugwort leaves can stop bleeding, abortion, abdominal pain, stop red and white diarrhea and internal hemorrhoids," "Bring long clothes to stop cold diarrhea, feel evil in the heart, pound leaves into juice, often use mugwort leaves to soak my feet for a period of time, you will find some good changes in my body."
What are the effects and functions of mugwort leaves?
Mugwort leaf taste hard and warm, the main effect is warm menstruation, hemostasis, pain, cold dispersion, dampness, itching, abortion, external use of dampness and itching, mainly used to treat a variety of blood diseases, mugwort leaf can be used to treat many diseases, such as chronic hepatitis, tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis, etc., vinegar bubble mugwort charcoal can warm menstruation to stop bleeding, for cold bleeding, at the same time, mugwort leaf since ancient times is a good health care product, for pregnant menorrhagia, bleeding women, can use mugwort leaf.
Soaking your feet with mugwort leaves before going to bed may help improve 4 types of problems
Of course, when the body is hot or cold, there are oral ulcers, otitis media, sore throat and other symptoms, it is easy to occur, it is recommended to use mugwort leaves and water after boiling, with this liquid to soak the feet, until the body sweats slightly, soak for two or three days, can effectively eliminate the virtual fire and cold fire.
Soak feet with mugwort leaves, first of all, the temperature of mugwort leaves and water can play a role in dissipating cold by temperature and meridians, and at the same time can accelerate the blood circulation of the feet farthest from the heart, promote the discharge of metabolites, so it has a therapeutic effect on the soles of the feet, cold limbs, mugwort leaves have medicinal ingredients, can kill bacteria and repel insects, and are also good for athlete's foot.
Mugwort leaves have a good effect of activating blood, warming the palace, dispersing cold, removing fire, dispelling dampness, women use mugwort leaves to boil water to soak their feet, help regulate qi and blood, drive away cold and dampness, warm menstruation and regulate menstruation, the benefits are many, very helpful for the conditioning of uterine cold, due to various reasons, there are still many women with palace cold, such women can choose to often soak their feet with mugwort leaves, which has a good relief effect.
In addition, external cold can lead to abdominal pain or cold limbs, mugwort leaves can soak feet, has the effect of dispersing cold and relieving pain, if the waist and knees are sore, afraid of cold or women's uterine cold, can be combined with peppercorns, safflower foot soaking effect is better, for rheumatoid arthritis, mugwort leaves soaking feet can unblock meridians, has the effect of relieving pain.
With the acceleration of the pace of life, people's pressure is greater, coupled with irregular diet, unclean food, many people have appeared vigorous phenomenon, to change these problems, in addition to correcting the wrong lifestyle, you can also use mugwort leaves to soak feet every night to nourish the liver and detoxify, clear the mind and clear the eyes.
Trivia: Can wormwood eggs be applied to the stomach to treat flatulence in babies?
Mugwort egg compress stomach treatment baby flatulence is effective, mugwort leaf warm, has a certain cold driving effect, baby flatulence and cold have a certain relationship, hot compress process, must pay attention to temperature and strength, do not burn the baby.
Flatulence babies can take some probiotics or digestive drugs, reduce food intake and eat fewer meals, eat more easily digestible food, but also help the baby do exhaust exercises, so that flatulence is discharged through passive abdominal movements, if the symptoms are not relieved, it is recommended to do routine stool examination, and do the corresponding treatment under the guidance of the doctor.
What are the wonderful uses of mugwort?
1. Use it to make masks
Mugwort leaves can also be used to make masks, which is also the experience accumulated by people in life, the specific method is as follows: first burn the wormwood to ashes, and then add an appropriate amount of honey and egg liquid to make a paste, and then apply it on the face, mugwort mask can stay on the face for 15-20 minutes at a time, once in five days or once a week, after a month, you will find that the skin has become better, especially oily skin, the effect is excellent.
2. Use it to wash your face
In rural areas, many people often wash their faces with dried mugwort leaves, first put dried mugwort leaves into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, boil for 15 minutes, and then, filter out the moisture in mugwort leaves, after natural cooling, wash your face normally, mugwort leaves are very beneficial to the skin, especially for people with bad skin, and have obvious effects on washing.
But pay attention to the fact that it is best not to wash with fresh mugwort leaves, but to use dried mugwort leaves, because fresh mugwort leaves are irritating to the skin, long-term use has side effects, and dry mugwort leaves basically do not have this problem when cooking, and at the same time, it should be noted that it should be moderate and not used frequently.
3. Make moxa sticks
Making dried mugwort leaves into moxa sticks is the most common way to deal with dried mugwort in rural areas, after the Dragon Boat Festival, the mugwort hanging on the door will slowly dry up, at this time we can remove the mugwort, pluck the leaves, rub it into a stick shape with our hands, and then it can be used.
There are many uses of moxa sticks, can be cupping, fumigation, this is a commonly used treatment in traditional Chinese medicine, the effect is very good, in addition, we can also light dried moxa strips, used to smoke mosquitoes, the effect is better, can prevent mosquitoes, no pungent smell of mosquito coils, pregnant women and children can be used in the room with confidence, as well, we can put the lit moxa strips in the toilet or dark and humid room, can deodorize, dehumidify, purify the air, the effect is obvious.
4. It is used to process into pillows
Using wormwood to make pillows is also a common practice in rural areas, we can collect dried mugwort leaves after the Dragon Boat Festival, and then add cotton to make pillows (the amount of mugwort leaves accounts for at least 30%), mugwort pillows have a special fragrance, when we sleep with the fragrance of mugwort leaves, we can make our sleep very sweet.
5. Make wormwood bags
There are many ways to make mugwort bales with wormwood, if you are skilful, you can use mugwort to make exquisite mugwort sachets, in addition to dried mugwort leaves, you can also put dried flowers, and then you can wear it as an ordinary sachet.