The benefits of ginger foot soak are not clear. Ginger is commonly used clinically as a decoction, which has the effects of relieving exterior cold (removing cold from the muscle surface), warming the stomach and stopping vomiting (treating vomiting caused by stomach cold by warming the spleen and stomach), resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and detoxifying fishes and crabs.
Ginger medicinal source is the fresh rhizome of ginger, family Zingiberaceae, with pungent flavor, slightly warm nature, belonging to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians. Ginger has the effect of relieving cold, warming and stopping vomiting, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and detoxifying fish and crab, and is used for wind-cold cold, cold stomach and vomiting, cold phlegm and cough, and fish and crab poisoning. There is no authoritative research to clarify the benefits of ginger foot soak.
The adverse effects of ginger are not clear, but it can help fire and hurt yin, so people with heat and yin deficiency should avoid taking it. If you have a need for medication, it is recommended that you use it under the guidance of a professional physician, and not blindly self-medication.