Heavy foot dampness generally do not need to take internal medicine, dampness can take moxibustion and foot soaking. However, when the lesions are extensive or concurrently infected, they can be treated with medication and herbal foot soaks, which are mainly categorized as blisters, vesicles, and desquamation, as described below.
According to Chinese medicine, foot dampness is mostly caused by living in wetlands for a long time, impregnated by water and dampness (water and dampness invade the skin to appear edema performance), externally infected with dampness and poison, accumulate and produce worms, and then injected into the foot through the meridian, and the skin is depressed and sent.
With moxa leaves kneaded into moxa velvet after moxibustion human body acupuncture points, you can warm yang line qi, promote the circulation of blood, in the process can be the body of moisture out.
It can also be caused by contact with the patient’s bath tub, towels, shoes and socks, resulting in toxicity; or foot sweat, long-term wear of airtight shoes and so on. For those with more blisters, you can also use ringworm and wetness medicine, compound hibiscus bark tincture, and so on.
If there is a need for medication, please use it under the guidance of a doctor, do not blindly self-medication. Moxibustion also needs to be done by a professional.