FAQ About Detox Foot Patch
Q: Why do the foot stickers turn black?
Answer: The foot patch is attached to the bottom of the foot, and it will turn black after a night of sleep. Some people say that this is the "iron proof" of the foot patch to remove dampness. So much moisture is sucked out, can it be ineffective? In fact, the blackening of the foot stickers is related to its main components.
The foot patch generally contains extracts such as bamboo vinegar, bamboo charcoal, platycodon, grape seed, tourmaline, lavender, etc., which have antioxidant components, and will naturally change color after being soaked in water and oxidized. When the foot is applied to the sole of the foot, it is soaked by the sweat of the sole of the foot and oxidized and discolored.
Q: Does the foot patch not have the function of removing dampness?
Answer: Foot patch is actually equivalent to acupoint application in traditional Chinese medicine. It uses a special patch to give a continuous stimulation to the acupuncture points. The site where the foot stick is applied often covers the Yongquan acupoint in the heart of the foot, so can stimulating the Yongquan acupoint achieve the purpose of removing dampness?
Dampness is one of the six evil qi, and also belongs to the yin evil. It has four characteristics: damage to yang qi, heavy turbidity, stickiness, and attacking the yang position. Therefore, people with heavy dampness will experience fatigue, lack of energy and lazy speech, and feel sleepy all over the body. , lack of appetite, sticky stool and other symptoms, which are determined by the characteristics of dampness;
Yongquan acupoint is one of the first-aid acupoints in the human body, which can stimulate the yang energy of the whole body. It is one of the key acupoints for rejuvenating the yang, so continuous stimulation of the Yongquan acupoint can increase the body's yang energy, thereby achieving the purpose of eliminating dampness.
Q: What kind of medicine can make a foot patch to remove dampness?
Answer: You can choose some yang-warming and aroma-dampening drugs to stick to Yongquan acupoint, such as Chuanwu, Huoxiang, Peilan, Aiye, etc. to make acupoints and apply them to Yongquan acupoint. effect.
Q: Are there any other ways to remove dampness?
A: There are many ways to remove moisture from the body:
1. Sweating.
If you have symptoms such as drowsiness all over the body, heavy head and back, you can use sweating to remove the moisture trapped on the body surface, such as steaming, soaking in hot springs, or drinking a cup of ginger tea to make the body sweat. So as to achieve the effect of removing surface moisture.
2. Strengthen the spleen.
That is, the "eat" method. Spleen deficiency is very easy to generate dampness, so a lot of dampness in the body is eaten, and excessive intake of fat, sweet, thick and greasy things can easily lead to endogenous dampness and heat. If you feel uneasy about eating or having sticky stools, you can reduce your diet appropriately, eat less or no meat, and focus on vegetables, beans or whole grains (such as coix seed, oats, corn, etc.). Enhance the function of the spleen through diet to achieve the purpose of eliminating dampness.
3. Moxibustion.
Moxibustion at Zusanli, Qihai, Guanyuan, etc., can strengthen the body and remove dampness.
4. Soak your feet.
Use ginger, mugwort and other warm medicines to soak your feet, and achieve the purpose of removing dampness by stimulating the feet. Therefore, foot patches containing medicinal ingredients may act on Yongquan Point to a certain extent and play a role in removing moisture from the human body, but this effect has nothing to do with whether it changes color. The more important thing to remove dampness is to curb the generation and intrusion of dampness from the source, such as paying attention to diet and daily life, and strengthening physical exercise.