Alum, in fact, is something commonly used in our lives, it is widely used in our lives, there are many benefits to our bodies, and using alum soaking feet can also help our body detoxify, but also pay attention to the amount of alum when using, alum soaking feet also has a lot of precautions, let's take a look at it together!
The role of alum soaking feet
Antibacterial effect, astringent effect
Alum external use can detoxify and kill insects, dry and wet to relieve itching; Internal use can stop bleeding, stop diarrhea, and dissolve phlegm. Its main symptoms are stroke, epilepsy, laryngeal palsy, scabies wet sores, carbuncle swelling and poisoning, water and fire burns, mouth and tongue sores, rotten string wind eyes, ear pus, nasal polyps, sores and hemorrhoids pain, collapse, blood, injury bleeding, long diarrhea, itching under the vagina, prolapse, uterine sagging, etc. In view of the various effects of alum, the use of alum foot soaking is also a health care method with certain physical therapy effects.
Antiperspirant, detoxifying, insecticidal
Alum has a pore-tightening effect on the skin, so it can reduce the secretion of sweat. If you want to soak your feet with alum water, you can add 3-6 grams of alum to the water before going to bed every day, and soak your feet for 10-15 minutes after the alum is dissolved in the water. In this way, insist on soaking once a night, generally after 5-6 days can alleviate the symptoms of sweaty feet.
Amount of alum soaking feet
Traditional Chinese medicine alum, its efficacy mainly includes sputum elimination, dryness and wetness, antidiarrhea, hemostasis, detoxification, insecticide and so on. In daily life, we can use alum to soak our feet, which can reduce the antiperspirant effect of sweat breeding fungi. However, when soaking feet, you should also pay attention to the amount of alum used.
Alum soaking feet, you can add about 10-15 grams of alum in the hot water of the feet, after the alum is all dissolved in the water, you can soak the feet for 15-20 minutes at a suitable water temperature, and the length of time can also be determined according to personal preferences. Under normal circumstances, insist on soaking your feet once a night for 5-6 consecutive days for a course of treatment, then the symptoms of sweaty feet will soon improve.
In addition, when soaking the feet with alum water, the amount of water should be soaked in the foot surface, and there is no need to add too much water, and the water temperature should be controlled, not too hot or too cold. Of course, the use of alum foot soaking as a way of health care, the most important thing is that you insist, halfway to give up is not effective.
Do you know what alum is? There are many people who do not know much about alum, alum is actually very common in our lives, it also has a name called white sail, it is generally used by us to eat, so what kind of role does alum soaking feet have?
Precautions for alum soaking feet
Because alum is a crystallized by processing and refining the mineral alum, the main chemical component is potassium aluminum sulfate dodecanhydrate. Therefore, not everyone is suitable for foot soaking with this method, and people with skin allergies need to be cautious, especially the elderly and children.
In addition, some people follow the "good habit" of reuse, and after running the water of the foot, they continue to add boiling water for reuse after the second day. Although this is not necessarily impossible, it is recommended to use live water every time you soak your feet, otherwise the water with alum will ferment and become moldy and deteriorated.
In addition, due to the certain toxicity of alum, some people are worried that soaking feet with alum water will have a toxic effect on the body. In fact, this problem is not big, generally there will be no problem, let alone poisoning into the blood.
Alum water soaking feet can be applied for a long time, as long as the right amount of alum is added. However, if the sweat stopper is not obvious in the short term, do not use it, and it is also possible to use an alum wipe in another way. Usually, you should also pay attention to the light diet, and you can improve the symptoms of sweating feet by eating some nutritional nerve drugs or traditional Chinese medicines.