Foot soaking is an external treatment, which has limited effect in treating swollen feet, and it is recommended to make a clear diagnosis and systematic diagnosis and treatment. You can choose to use angelica pain soup, ginseng Ling Baijutsu San, tonify the middle and benefit the qi soup and other drugs to take internally. There is no such thing as “what works well”, only symptomatic treatment can achieve good results.
Swollen feet is due to too much dampness and heat, spleen deficiency and stagnation of qi, spleen deficiency, long illness is caused by deficiency. Patients with swollen feet should not soak their feet on their own, they should go to the hospital, identify the cause of the disease, standardized treatment. Drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor to adapt to the condition.
Damp-heat type is characterized by redness and swelling of the skin and heaviness of the limbs, etc. Angelica Fengyuan Tang is used to clear the damp-heat. Pregnant women and people with wind-cold-dampness-obstructed paralysis (numbness of hands and feet) should be cautious in using the medicine.
Spleen deficiency and Qi stagnation type is characterized by prolonged blisters; use Ginseng Ling Bai Zhu San to tonify the spleen and stomach, and benefit the lungs and qi. Use with caution in pregnant women.
For symptoms of spleen deficiency with pale skin with swelling and depression when pressed, use Ginseng Ling and Atractylodes Macrocephalae Powder to tonify the spleen and stomach. Use with caution in pregnant women.
For dorsal swelling of the feet due to prolonged illness, tonify the middle Jiaozhong Yiqi Tang to replenish the middle Jiaozhong Yiqi. Not to be used if there is deficiency of yin and fever, or if there is internal heat (dryness and bitterness of the mouth and tongue).