Mugwort and safflower foot soak is used to warm menstruation and stop bleeding, dissipate cold and relieve pain, invigorate blood circulation, remove blood stasis and relieve pain, and so on.
1. Mugwort is a kind of plant in the family of Asteraceae, and the leaves are mugwort leaves can be used as medicine. Mugwort leaves are pungent and bitter in taste, warm in nature, belonging to the liver, kidney and spleen meridians, with the effect of warming menstruation and stopping bleeding, dispersing cold and relieving pain when taken internally, and dispelling dampness and relieving itching when used externally.
It can be used in treating hematemesis, epistaxis, metrorrhagia (excessive menstrual flow or dribbling), excessive menstruation, foetal leakage (small amount of vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy), hyperemia, cold pain in the abdomen, dysmenorrhea, infertility due to coldness in the uterus, and itching of the skin. Caution should be exercised if there is deficiency of yin and blood heat.
2. Safflower is pungent in flavor and warm in nature, belonging to the heart and liver meridians, activating blood circulation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. It is used for treating blood stagnation, menstrual cramps, post-partum abdominal pain with stagnation and stagnation, impediment in the abdomen (tangible or intangible lumps in the abdomen with swelling and pain), bruises, etc. It is contraindicated in pregnant women and those with menstrual bleeding. Pregnant women and people with excessive menstruation are forbidden to take it.
The efficacy of foot soaking with wormwood and safflower is limited and cannot replace medication in treating diseases. If you need to use foot soaking with wormwood and safflower, it should be carried out under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner. If the symptoms are more serious, please go to the hospital in time, do not delay the condition.