countries have paid attention to “washing feet with traditional Chinese medicine is better than taking tonics” since ancient times. Through this sentence, we can also see that Chinese medicine attaches great importance to soaking feet. So what are the benefits of foot soaking? What magic foot soaking prescriptions can you refer to? Now let’s learn about it.
21 secret prescriptions for soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine
1. Indications: low back pain, kidney deficiency low back pain, leg paint weakness
medication: Cinnamon 50g, Evodia rutaecarpa 100g, ginger 150g, onion 50g, pepper 80g
usage: wrap it with gauze first, and then boil it in water for 10min. When the water temperature drops to about 40 ℃, soak in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes once a day.
2. Indications: insomnia
medication: Evodia rutaecarpa 40g rice vinegar (white vinegar)
usage: what needs to be used is Evodia rutaecarpa decoction, then pour it into warm water, and finally add rice vinegar. Soak your feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes, once a day.
3. Indications: neurasthenia
medication: cauliflower 500g
usage: wait until the dregs of the decoction are removed, mix it with warm water, soak your feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes, once a day.
4. Indications: tinea pedis and chapped sore
medication: 100ml vinegar
usage: mix vinegar with warm water, soak your feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes, once a day
5. Indications: foot branch artery spasm
medication: Tougu grass, Yuanhu, Guiwei tail, turmeric, Sichuan pepper, Haitong bark, Weilingxian, Sichuan niuteng, Frankincense, myrrh, notopterygium notopterygium, Angelica dahurica, hematoxylin, acanthopanax senticosus bark, safflower and poria cocos 10 grams each.
usage: after decocting the residue with the medicine, mix it with the steam foot bath to soak both feet for 20-30 minutes, once a day, 10-15 days as a course of treatment.
6. Indications: dysmenorrhea
medication: 400g fennel
usage: after removing the residue from the decoction, mix it with warm water and soak your feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes, once a day.
7. Indications: beriberi – swelling and pain of feet and shins
medication: 3 grams of Perilla stem, Fangfeng, betel nut, notopterygium, angelica, papaya, frankincense and myrrh
usage: take juice from the decoction, add warm water and soak both feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes, twice a day.
8. Indications: edema – edema of feet
medication: an appropriate amount of Nanmu and Tongmu
usage: add warm water after decocting the decoction, soak your feet in a steam foot bath for 20 minutes each time, once a day
9. Indications: thromboangiitis
medication: Cinnamon Twig, aconite, Shenjincao 15 grams of Sophora flavescens
usage: remove the residue after frying the soup, mix it with warm water, soak both feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes, a course of treatment for 10 days, twice a day.
10. Indications: contracture of hands and feet after stroke
medication: 6 grams of tendon stretching grass, bone penetrating grass and safflower
usage: add 5 kg of water to the medicine, add warm water after boiling for 10 minutes, soak both feet in a steam foot bath, 3 times a day, 1 month as a course of treatment.
11. Indications: hemorrhoids; Use: 60g locust strips, 30g Wormwood Leaves, 30g alum, 30g Portulaca oleracea, 30g honeysuckle and 30g licorice
usage: remove the residue after boiling with the medicine, and soak both feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes, Once a day
12. Indications: cold or cold headache
medication: 200g ginger or an appropriate amount of tung tree branches or water pine branches and leaves
usage: after decocting the residue with medicine, mix it with warm water and soak both feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes, once a day.
13. indications: Diabetic terminal necrosis
drugs: Sichuan Guizhi, Sheng Fu tablets 50 grams, purple Salvia miltiorrhiza, Lonicera japonica Thunb, raw Astragalus each 100 grams, frankincense, myrrh each 24 grams
use: take medicine 5000 grams of boiling water, boil it with fire, then fry for 20 minutes, then mix in warm water with steam feet bath bath feet for 30 minutes, each medicine can be repeated 3 times.
14. Indications: dizziness, headache caused by various reasons
medication: magnet, cassia, Codonopsis pilosula, astragalus, angelica, mulberry branch, Fructus aurantii, Vitex, Tribulus terrestris, white peony, fried Eucommia ulmoides and Achyranthes bidentata, 10g each, 20g angelica.
usage: decoct 1500ml of juice, add warm water and soak your feet in a steam foot bath once a day.
15. Indications: hypertension
medication: 15 grams of mulberry branches, mulberry leaves and cassia seeds respectively
usage: decoct 400-600 ml with 1000 ml of water, remove the residue and take it for standby. Add 50 ml of water before going to bed every night and soak both feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes, once a day.
16. Indications: those with foot moisture, tinea pedis scaling and dry crack
medication: 30g of Impatiens, 30g of soap horn and 15g of pepper.
usage: apply any medicine, soak it in 250ml vinegar for 24 hours, add warm water before going to bed, soak your feet in a steam foot bath for 20 minutes, and use it for 7 days.
17. Indications: rheumatism numbness
medication: appropriate amount of stem and leaf of Heshan ginger, or appropriate amount of branches and leaves of wild pepper, or appropriate amount of branches and leaves of papaya.
usage: remove the residue after frying the soup, mix it with warm water and soak both feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes.
18. Indications: Yannian foot soaking prescription for the elderly
medication: 20g Cinnamon Twig, 15g Sichuan pepper, safflower and Weizi
usage: decoct the medicine with 1000ml water to get 400-600ml, remove the residue and take the juice for standby. Add 50ml water to soak both feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes before going to bed every night, once a day.
19. Indications: impotence; Deficiency impotence is especially effective for the fire failure of the life gate
medication: 20g Morinda officinalis, epimedium, Golden Cherry and fenugreek, 25g actinolite and 15g Bupleurum. Usage: fry the actinolite for 30 minutes, remove the residue and add the other drugs to cook for 30 minutes, take the juice and add warm water, soak the feet in a steam foot bath for 30 minutes, twice a day.
20. Indications: hyperosteogeny
medication: 15g whole insect, 10 centipedes, 50g Tougu grass, 10g Cinnamon Twig, 30g Polygonum cuspidatum, 20g safflower and 10g myrrh.
usage: apply medicine, add 1500ml of water, soak for 1 hour, decoct with martial water for 20 minutes, remove the residue, mix it into the steam foot bath and soak both feet for 30-40 minutes, once a day before going to bed, 10 times as a course of treatment.
21. Indications: obesity caused by weight loss and excessive fat accumulation
medication: 500g white gourd skin, 300g Poria cocos and 100g papaya
usage: after boiling and removing the residue, soak your feet in a steam foot bath for 30-45 minutes each time until you sweat. Once a day, 20-30 days as a course of treatment.