Wormwood Efficacy of foot bath medicine

1.What is Wormwood:Wormwood is a perennial herb or sub-shrub with a strong aroma.The main root is obvious, slightly thick and long, up to 1.5 cm in diameter, and there are many lateral roots; there are often recumbent rhizomes and vegetative branches underground.Stems solitary or few, 80-150 (-250) cm high, with obvious longitudinal ribs, brown or taupe, base slightly lignified, upper part herbaceous, with several short branches, 3-5 cm long; stems and branches Covered with gray spider silky pubescence.Wormwood is closely related to the life of Chinese people.During the Dragon Boat Festival, people always put moxa sticks at home to "ward off evil spirits".Soak the dried plants in water and fumigate them to disinfect and relieve itching.Bathe or fumigate.The whole herb is used as medicine, which has the effects of warming the meridians and dispelling dampness, dispelling cold, hemostasis, anti-inflammatory, relieving asthma, relieving cough, preventing miscarriage, and anti-allergic.It is recorded in the medical records of past dynasties as "the essential medicine for hemostasis", and it is also one of the commonly used medicines in gynecology.It is especially effective in the treatment of cold and gynecological diseases, and it can also treat chronic bronchitis and asthma in the elderly.Medicinal pillows, medicinal vests, prevention and treatment of chronic bronchitis or asthma in the elderly,cold and stomach pain;drying and crushing mugwort leaves to obtain"moxa velvet", which can be made into moxa sticks for moxibustion, and can also be used as raw material for "moxa ointment".In addition, the whole plant can be used as a pesticide for killing insects or smoked for room disinfection and insecticide.The wormwood is processed and made into a wormwood foot bath medicine pack, which is also very convenient to use. 

2. Efficacy of foot bath medicine packs: Nowadays, people have to bear more work pressure and life pressure, and often feel uncomfortable, but after examination, they find that they are not suffering from serious diseases.This situation belongs to sub-health.People need to pay more attention to rest and maintain their bodies to improve their physical fitness and health.The efficacy and contraindications of wormwood feet soaking are mainly as follows.There are many effects of wormwood foot bath. Wormwood is one of the common herbal medicines in Chinese medicine,which has good health effects.People use wormwood to soak their feet, which can have anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects, because wormwood contains bactericidal and antiviral ingredients, which can eliminate bacteria on the skin, prevent dermatitis, and also have a certain therapeutic effect on athlete's foot and fungal infections of the feet. Secondly, soaking feet with wormwood can speed up blood circulation, facilitate the discharge of toxins in the body, and enhance human immunity.

3.People can soak their feet with wormwood before going to bed at night, which can improve the blood circulation of the body, help fall asleep, and improve sleep quality.Soaking feet with wormwood can also make the body sweat.Soaking feet when people suffer from cold can dispel the wind and cold in the body, prevent colds, and relieve the discomfort symptoms after colds.

4.The correct way to soak your feet with wormwood herbal medicine packs: the details are as follows: First, you can take a handful of medicine packs and put them in a pot to boil water.After the water boils, boil it for 10 minutes, then pour it into the foot bath bucket, and wait for the water to cool naturally .After reaching the appropriate temperature, start soaking your feet for about 15 to 30 minutes to let your body sweat slightly.Soaking feet with wormwood has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia, cold pain in trusted subordinates, diarrhea, chronic dysentery, sores, scabies and other diseases.

5.The taboos of soaking feet with wormwood are:

 If you are allergic to mugwort or wormwood, you should not use wormwood to soak your feet.Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases must be particularly careful.After soaking their feet, the blood vessels are all peripheral, especially for patients with low blood pressure,which may cause blood pressure to drop.Diabetic patients must pay attention to the water temperature when soaking their feet.The water temperature should not be too high, 37°C is just right, and the time for soaking their feet should be controlled within 10-20 minutes.Diabetic patients are prone to low-temperature burns due to poor neurovascular conditions of the skin.Do not soak your feet when you are full or hungry to prevent fainting.