Can pregnant women soak their feet in mugwort water

Pregnant women can soak their feet in mugwort water. However, it should be noted that foot soaking is not a substitute for medication to treat diseases, and should be especially careful during pregnancy, if any discomfort, please go to the hospital as soon as possible. Mugwort, i.e. moxa leaves, is to take the dried leaves of the plant moxa into medicine. Mugwort has a bitter, pungent and warm flavor, and is slightly toxic. It belongs to the spleen meridian, kidney meridian and liver meridian. It can be used for stopping bleeding and warming menstruation, tranquilizing the fetus and regulating menstruation, dispersing cold and relieving pain. Stop bleeding and warm the menstruation, commonly used in the treatment of the lower focal cold caused by the leakage (excessive menstrual flow or dripping), but also commonly used in the treatment of cold bleeding type of disease, especially for the leakage of the menstruation, excessive menstruation and so on. Regulate menstruation and stabilize the fetus, Ai Ye is a gynecological medicine to stabilize the fetus, can be used to treat fetal leakage (small amount of vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy) bleeding, fetal restlessness. Dispersing cold and relieving pain, because moxa belongs to the three yin meridians, and therefore can directly into the lower jiao, warm through the dispersal of cold, commonly used in the treatment of the uterus with cold or lower jiao cold caused by cold pain in the lower abdomen (abdomen), with thinning and so on. However, pregnancy should be very careful, if there is a need to use mugwort or other Chinese herbs, you need to use the correct medication under the guidance of a physician.