Soaking your feet can help you relieve menstrual pain

　　all appropriate ages female You can use traditional Chinese medicine to soak your feet to regulate your body. However, different constitutions or different syndrome types will have different choices in medication.

　　Yang deficiency and cold excess type

　　The symptoms include cold pain in the lower abdomen, which is relieved by hot compress, and cold hands and feet. It is necessary to use the principle of warming the meridians and dispersing cold to relieve pain. Because there is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine: "The kidney governs the body's yang", the medicines chosen for foot soaking should be mainly medicines that enter the kidney meridian of Shaoyin, and add an appropriate amount of menstruation-inducing medicine salt water. For example, you can use 15 grams each of cinnamon, cloves, black medicine, angelica, and Chuanxiong, 6 grams each of dried ginger, cumin, and Evodia, with a little salt, and fry blister foot.

　　Qi stagnation and blood stasis type

　　Symptoms include lower abdomen before or during menstruation distended pain , menstrual blood is dark with blood clots. For people with such symptoms, Qi and blood should be reconciled, blood stasis should be reduced, and pain relief should be relieved. Because "women are liver-based", the drugs chosen for foot soaking are mostly those that enter the liver meridian of Zujueyin, and an appropriate amount of vinegar, a menstrual inducing drug, is added.

　　For example: use 30 grams each of Qingpi, Wuyao, and Motherwort, and 10 grams each of Ligusticum chuanxiong and safflower. Add about two liters of water and about 50 ml of vinegar, bring to a boil over high heat, and then simmer over low heat for 30 minutes. When the medicine cools to 50°C, pour the residue into a basin to soak your feet. The amount of medicine in the basin should cover the ankle joints. If the medicine is insufficient, add an appropriate amount of warm water. The feet are constantly moving in the medicine, allowing the soles of the feet to receive slight physical stimulation from the medicine residue, for more than 30 minutes each time.

　　Qi deficiency and blood deficiency type

　　Its symptoms include dull pain in the lower abdomen during or after menstruation, and slight pain when pressing the abdomen with hands. Menstruation is light and light in color. Menstruation needs to be regulated by nourishing qi and blood. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is called "the spleen governs the blood." The medicines chosen for foot soaking should mostly be based on medicines that enter the spleen meridian of foot Taiyin, and add an appropriate amount of menstrual inducing medicine sweet water. For example, you can use 15 grams each of white peony root, angelica root, Chuanxiong root, rehmannia root, Atractylodes macrocephala, Eucommia ulmoides, and astragalus root, appropriate amount of caramel, and boil the feet in water.

　　Introduction to foot soaking method:

　　The method of foot soaking is actually very simple, but each foot soaking should last for more than 30 minutes and last for 3 months. Before soaking your feet, you can fumigate your feet with hot air for a while. When the water temperature is suitable, you can start soaking your feet. During the soaking process, you can heat the water. It is best to soak until your whole body is slightly sweaty. When soaking your feet, your feet should be constantly moving in the medicine to allow the soles of the feet to receive slight physical stimulation from the medicine residue. It is best to rub your toes, especially the big toes, with your hands. Boiled Chinese medicine can be reused several times.