1, Zanthoxylum bungeanum soak feet to dispel dampness and cold.
Lu Guangshen, a senior researcher at the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the late First Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine, had a secret recipe for soaking feet before his death, that is, soaking feet with Chili water. The method of soaking feet with pepper water is: wrap 50 grams of pepper in cotton cloth, tie it tightly with thread, add water to boil, and soak feet with boiled pepper water. Zanthoxylum bungeanum can be used repeatedly, and new Zanthoxylum bungeanum can be replaced after one week.
Zanthoxylum bungeanum can warm the middle warmer to relieve pain, dispel dampness and cold, detoxify and regulate qi, relieve itching and remove fishy smell. Zanthoxylum bungeanum also has the effect of resolving phlegm and inducing resuscitation. People often use it to treat epigastric pain, stuffy nose and headache caused by cold. If breast-feeding women want to wean, they can use Zanthoxylum bungeanum 10 ~ 15g, add 500ml of water, soak and decoct it into 250ml of liquid medicine, and then add 50g of brown sugar, and take it 1 3 times a day, and then they can return to milk. Eat cold food, such as crab meat and clam meat. Boiled with pepper can dispel cold and moisten the stomach. Zanthoxylum bungeanum can also be used for wind-cold-dampness arthritis, cold dysmenorrhea and nocturnal polyuria of the elderly.
Mr. Lu Guangshen thinks that soaking feet with Chili water can promote sleep better than soaking feet with hot water. Soaking feet with Chili water has the same effect as soaking feet with angelica and safflower. Both of them have the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, dredging collaterals and activating collaterals, which can make the whole body feel relaxed and happy.
Mr. Lu Guangshen's experience is that children cough and old people have high blood pressure, so it is beneficial to insist on soaking feet. According to Chinese medicine, soaking feet is the simplest prescription to treat upper limb diseases. Soaking feet can enhance the barrier function of respiratory system, promote the blood circulation of the body, relieve the symptoms of cold, and reduce the blood stasis in the upper part, thus alleviating the symptoms such as headache and dizziness caused by high blood pressure.
2. the benefits of soaking feet with pepper
1, promoting sleep
Chinese medicine believes that soaking feet with Chili water can promote sleep more than soaking feet with hot water. In fact, the method is very simple. Wrap 50 grams of Zanthoxylum bungeanum (1 kg 10) in cotton cloth, tie it with a rope, boil water, and soak your feet with this water. Pepper bags can be reused, and they can be replaced in about a week.
2, pepper soaking feet 10 minutes is the most refreshing.
The water temperature is generally 40-50 degrees Celsius, so it is advisable to have red skin on your feet and slight sweat stains on your face. If you can soak your feet with 2% salt water every morning and evening, it is good for your health, or add a small amount of pepper or mustard to the hot water for soaking your feet, which will help improve the blood circulation of your feet.
3, pepper soaking feet can dispel cold
When you soak your feet, you can add some cold-dispelling drugs, such as peppers, to the water. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is pungent and warm, which can dispel the cold of internal organs, dredge blood vessels and adjust joints. First, grab a handful of pepper and add some water to fry. When the drug effect is completely integrated into the water, pour it into the basin, smoke the feet first, and then soak the feet when the water temperature drops to the usable level. In this process, pepper water can be continuously added. It's best to soak for half an hour without reaching your ankles. It is best to sweat slightly all over.
4. Soaking feet with pepper can prevent influenza.
Shi Jinmo, one of the four famous doctors in Beijing, insisted on soaking his feet with Chili water every night before his death, and then alternately massaged Yongquan point 100 times with his left and right hands for health care. Soaking feet with hot pepper water, combined with massage, can dredge the meridians of the whole body, unblock blood vessels, and regulate human functions, thus achieving the effect of self-care.
5, pepper soaking feet to enhance immunity
Soak in Chili water and wash. Wash your feet before going to bed every night and then soak in this soup. It can cure diseases, and most obviously, it can enhance immunity to influenza virus or other infectious diseases. In addition, it has the functions of sterilization, disinfection, pain relief, itching relief and swelling reduction.
6. Soaking feet with Chili water can prevent foot odor, sweaty feet and beriberi.
Grab a handful of peppers, wrap them in emery cloth, put them in a pot, boil them with water, smoke their feet first, and then soak them when the water temperature is enough.
3. Indications for soaking feet in Chili peppers
1, the indication of soaking feet with pepper water has obvious curative effect on leg and foot edema and low back pain caused by kidney deficiency.
2. It has obvious curative effect on chronic diarrhea and chills caused by internal cold of cold constitution.
3. It has obvious effect on dry eyes, costalgia, dizziness and toothache caused by liver deficiency and fire excess.
4. It has obvious effect on abdominal distension, dyspepsia and dyspepsia caused by spleen-stomach yang deficiency.
5, because it supplements the liver, kidney and lungs, it also has the functions of dredging waterways, eliminating phlegm, being full of energy and strengthening bones and muscles.
4. Precautions for soaking feet in Chili peppers
1. Soaking feet with Chili water is not suitable for a long time. If you feel that the original symptoms have disappeared, you should stop for a few days and come back when the symptoms are insufficient. Otherwise, there may be phenomena such as "insufficient breath" and "incompatibility between water and fire" mentioned in ancient books of traditional Chinese medicine.
2, people with symptoms of yin deficiency, in the process of soaking feet with Chili water, should pay attention to timely yin, especially in winter. Because soaking feet with Chili water has the functions of dredging meridians, dispelling cold and promoting digestion, and sweating will occur in this process, it feels as "dry" as other yang-tonifying drugs, especially those with symptoms of yin deficiency. Soaking feet with Chili water should be combined with nourishing yin, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms of yin deficiency.
3. Some people, especially those with cold constitution, have a very good effect of soaking their feet with Chili water, but at the beginning, they have a discharge reaction after soaking their feet with Chili water for several times, and the symptoms are similar to colds. This is a normal reaction, a manifestation of the disease leaving the human body. Do not stop. See the reason or consult a professional. If it is a normal discharge reaction, it will be fine on the third day at most the next day.
4. Because of the obvious absorption effect of drug foot soaking, it is not advisable to use pepper water repeatedly too many times to prevent the corrupt pepper water from having adverse effects on the body. If you want to keep it, it is recommended to use it for two or three times at most, but you should heat it to boiling, and then cool it to a suitable temperature before using it.
5, the time to soak your feet can not be too long, generally just sweating is appropriate, it is best not to sweat. For people who have just started to soak their feet or have a cold constitution, they may not sweat for a while at first, which is a manifestation of cold in the body. Dose and frequency can be increased appropriately until they sweat.
6, the water temperature can not be too low, it feels a little hot, it should be constant temperature;
7, foot bath time, if it is health care, generally around 9 pm is appropriate. If it is for treatment, it is suggested to be flexible in the morning, and can it be twice a day if necessary?
8. It is better to soak your feet with your hands or massage your feet with your hands.