The benefits of soaking feet with Zanthoxylum bungeanum

Pepper soaking feet has many advantages. As the saying goes, feet are the "second heart" of the human body. Soaking feet in hot water is better than taking tonics. If you add pepper to the water that soaks your feet, the effect will be even more wonderful.

The benefits of soaking feet with Zanthoxylum bungeanum

Traditional Chinese medicine thinks that soaking feet with pepper is better than soaking feet with hot water to promote sleep. In fact, the method is very simple. Wrap 50 grams of pepper with a cotton cloth (10 portions of 1 jin), fasten it with rope, boil it with water, and soak your feet with this water. Pepper bags can be used repeatedly and can be replaced with a new one for a week or so.

"Zanthoxylum bungeanum is a good thing." Zanthoxylum bungeanum is not only the most commonly used seasoning in the kitchen, but also a traditional Chinese medicine, which can relieve pain, dampness and cold. Soaking feet with pepper and Angelica sinensis and safflower has the same effect, can promote blood circulation and open collaterals, so that the blood flow of the whole body is smooth, and the whole body is warm. In addition, Zanthoxylum bungeanum is also a natural disinfectant, soaking feet with pepper water can also help treat beriberi.

The benefits of soaking feet every day are more than these. Children love to cough, middle-aged and elderly people have high blood pressure, and insisting on soaking feet has certain benefits. According to traditional Chinese medicine, soaking feet can promote the blood circulation of the body and enhance the barrier function of the respiratory system, so it can help relieve cough symptoms and reduce the occurrence of colds. When soaking feet, it can promote the blood to go from top to bottom, so the blood pressure is easy to stabilize.

In addition, there are sterilization, disinfection, pain relief, itching, detumescence and other functions. Soaking feet with Zanthoxylum bungeanum decoction can play the role of internal and external treatment, because there are reflex areas corresponding to various organs of the human body in the feet. Soaking or massaging these reflex areas with medicinal soup can dredge the meridians and blood flow of the whole body, regulate the function of various parts of the human body, and achieve the effect of self-health care for disease prevention and treatment.

Indication of foot soaking in Zanthoxylum bungeanum

1. It has obvious effect on leg and foot edema and low back pain caused by kidney deficiency.

2. It has obvious effect on long-term diarrhea and fear of cold caused by internal cold.

3. It has obvious effect on dry eyes, pain in ribs, dizziness and toothache caused by liver deficiency and fire.

4. it has obvious effect on abdominal distension, indigestion and indigestion caused by yang deficiency of spleen and stomach.

5. because it tonifies the liver, kidney and lungs, it also has the functions of dredging waterways, eliminating phlegm, full of energy, strengthening muscles and bones, and so on.

In addition, it also has a certain effect on hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and so on, because some diseases involve many aspects of traditional Chinese medicine, such as deficiency of both yin and yang, so we can not only replenish yang, but also take measures in accordance with the condition and personal conditions in order to solve the fundamental problems.

Points for attention in soaking feet in Zanthoxylum bungeanum

1. Pepper soaking feet should not be carried out continuously for a long time. If you feel that the original symptoms disappear, you should stop for a few days and wait until there are insufficient symptoms, otherwise there may be phenomena such as "lack of qi" and "fire born from water" in ancient books of traditional Chinese medicine. In this regard, from my experience: excessive use of pepper bubble feet, mainly caused by "lung fire", and then "strong fire to eat qi", so qi deficiency, in addition, there are coughing, runny sputum, easy to catch cold and other lung problems also prove this point.

2. People with yin deficiency symptoms should pay attention to tonifying yin in time, especially in winter, when soaking their feet with pepper. Because Zanthoxylum bungeanum Bubble foot has the function of opening waterway, cold, digestion and so on, and there is also the phenomenon of sweating in this process, so it has the same feeling of "dryness" as other Yang-tonifying drugs, especially for people with Yin deficiency symptoms, Zanthoxylum bungeanum Bubble feet should be combined with tonifying Yin, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms of Yin deficiency. From my personal experience, because of regular sports activities, a lot of sweating, such as not paying attention to tonifying yin, often appear yin deficiency symptoms, coupled with pepper water soaking feet, so I often consciously replenish yin, such as boiled water with yam, boiled water with lotus root, boiled water with pears, or eat some fruits to replenish water in the body in time. Note: for many middle-aged and elderly, drinking white water alone, the effect of tonifying yin is not necessarily ideal, especially those with yin deficiency.

3. Some people, especially those with cold physique, have a very good effect of soaking their feet with pepper, but there is a diarrhea reaction when they soak their feet with pepper in the first few times. the symptoms are similar to a cold, which is a normal reaction and a manifestation of the withdrawal of the disease from the human body. do not stop it, to examine what reason, or seek professional consultation, if it is a normal discharge reaction, generally the second day at most the third day will be all right.

4. Because the absorption of medicine soaking feet is obvious, I think pepper water should not be used repeatedly for too many times to prevent corruption of pepper water from having adverse effects on the body. If you want to save it, it is recommended to use it at most two or three times, but it should be heated to boil and cool to the right temperature before use.

5. The time of soaking your feet should not be too long, it is generally appropriate to just sweat, it is best not to sweat. For people who are just beginning to soak their feet, or people with cold physique, they may not be able to sweat for the first period of time, which is a sign of chill in the body, and the dosage and frequency can be increased appropriately until sweating.

6. the water temperature should not be too low, feel a little hot, and keep it at a constant temperature.

7. if the time for soaking feet is for health care, it is generally appropriate around nine o'clock in the evening. If some people who treat diseases suggest that they should be more flexible in the morning, I think they can be more flexible. Can they do it twice a day if necessary?

8, it is best to soak the feet at the same time, together with the hands, or massage the feet with the hands, this effect is better.