What are the benefits of soaking your feet in ginger

Soaking feet in ginger has the benefits of accelerating the flow of qi and blood, dispelling wind and dispersing cold (removing wind and dispersing cold), etc. Ginger is a pungent and warming antidepressant. Ginger is a pungent, warming and antidepressant medicine with pungent flavor and slightly warm nature, which belongs to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians, and its main effects are to dispel cold from the surface of the body (removing the cold from the surface of the muscles), warming the stomach and stopping vomiting (warming the spleen and stomach to treat vomiting caused by gastric cold), and removing the toxicity of fishes and crabs. Ginger is not recommended for people with high body heat and internal heat deficiency. Ginger is pungent and stimulating, soaking feet in hot water can stimulate the foot acupoints and accelerate the operation of qi and blood, which is suitable for patients who have cold hands and feet, cold feet due to wind-cold and poor sleep. But eczema patients, skin ulcers, skin infections are contraindicated. It should be noted that the temperature of the foot soaking water should not be too high, and the time of foot soaking should not be too long. The specific operation of ginger foot soak should be carried out under the guidance of a professional physician.