After a long day at work or school, your feet can be feeling tired, achy and sore as they take a lot of weight and pressure throughout the day.
Feet are the foundation of the body’s energy system, yet they are an often overlooked part of the body. One-quarter of the body’s bones are in the feet, and over 72,000 nerve endings. Six meridians (liver, gall bladder, kidney, bladder, spleen, and stomach) run through the feet, containing over 70 acupuncture points. Feet are also more subject to injury than any other part of the body.
The ancient Chinese compared the human body to a tree with your arms are the branches, your torso is the trunk, and your feet are the roots. When people age, one of the first things that weakens is their root, resulting in mobility issues.
Chinese Herbs for footbath: Ginger, Safflower, Chinese Cork Tree, Shrubby Sophora, Aracea, Hottuyniae, Wild Chysanthemum, Cnidium, Angelica Sinensis, Large-Left Gentian
Ginger – Warms the body, helps with aches and pains, relieves colds with runny nose
Epsom salt – Alleviates constipation, reduces fatigue, improves sleep
Vinegar – Improves foot odor, prevents fungal infections, enhances circulation
Lemon juice – Works as a natural exfoliant to remove calluses
Mugwort – Good for tired and swollen feet (Roman centurions used mugwort inside their shoes to keep their feet healthy!)
The optimal time for foot baths is right before bed, which will have the added benefit of helping you sleep. The best way to follow up a footbath is with sleep or a foot massage.
Some of my favorite self care happens in a hot tub with Epsom Salts, Frankincense and Cannabis oils. I fall into bed and sleep a full 8 hours with my body happy, skin tingling and completely pain free. Taking a relaxing Epsom salt bath offers health benefits that have led many people for years to make soaking in the tub a regular routine. Epsom salt baths are fantastic for relaxing and detoxing your body and getting the health benefits of magnesium, but if you don't have time or water to take a bath, you can get the same benefits by doing an Epsom salt foot soak.
Many of these following foot bath recipes can be blended together for your own unique needs and using the herbs and treatments you love best.
Peppermint will offer several aromatherapy benefits and this will include boosting energy and soothing or relaxing tired muscles. It has an invigorating effect on both the skin and muscles, and it will not only reduce inflammation but also offer much-needed relief for your tired and achy feet.
· 4 drops peppermint essential oils
· 2 drops lemon balm essential oils
· 3 or 4 eucalyptus oil essential oils
· 1/2 spoon coconut oil (optional)
Epsom salt soak will help you with everything from plantar fasciitis to heel pain. But, it can also be helpful when you just want to soothe and relax your tired and achy feet. The magnesium sulfate in Epsom salt will be absorbed through the skin directly to help relieve muscle pain, tension, and inflammation.
Chamomile makes one of the best bedtime herbal teas but what you might not know is that you can also use it to make a potent foot soak. What makes it good for foot soaks is that it has some anti-inflammatory properties and it also helps to moisturize the feet and heal dry or damaged skin, as well as relaxing the muscles.
Baking soda If you have smelly feet after wearing shoes all day, baking soda foot soak will work well for you. Mixing baking soda with rice water creates a more potent soak as you benefit from the antimicrobial properties of the baking soda and improved circulation from the rice water.
Do it: 3 tablespoons baking soda, Boil rice in lots of water so that you will have plenty left for the foot soak. Pour the resultant rice water in the basin or tub and then add your baking soda and essential oil and then soak the feet for about 15 minutes.
Coffee Foot Soak - Coffee is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of making a foot soak but it is surprisingly very beneficial. It makes a refreshing and comforting soak which is just what you need at the end of the day, and the aroma is also fantastic.
What You Need: 2 cups brewed coffee, 1/2 cup Epsom salt, 1 cup raw honey
Listerine makes one of the best foot soaks, and it is also a great remedy for heel cracks. It will help to remove dirt and any dead skin on your feet to leave them looking clean and healthy.
Lemon Juice and Green Tea - A lemon juice and tea foot soak will nourish the skin on your feet, and also help to improve the circulation of blood below the toenails. This antioxidant citrus foot soak combo is also easy and quick to make using tea bags or bulk tea, simmered and strained into the tub with crushed lemon slices
Bentonite Clay Foot Soak. With a bentonite clay foot soak your tired and achy feet will benefit from some soothing and detoxifying effects. Also, the soak can be very beneficial if you have sore muscles and stiff joints. And the foot soak can also moisturize dry or cracked heels to make them less painful. Just add 1/4 cup of green or bentonite clay to your warm foot bath tub.
Apple cider vinegar is one of the best foot soaks that you can make at home as it has many beneficial properties. From helping to slough off dead skin to fighting fungus and odor, this apple cider foot soak will be very useful.
· Add between 1 half and one cup of apple cider vinegar to a typical footbath tub.
· On a hot day when you want the bath to help cool you off, use cold water.
Resources:
https://mommyoverwork.com/homemade-foot-soak-recipes/
Feet are the foundation of the body’s energy system, yet they are an often overlooked part of the body. One-quarter of the body’s bones are in the feet, and over 72,000 nerve endings. Six meridians (liver, gall bladder, kidney, bladder, spleen, and stomach) run through the feet, containing over 70 acupuncture points. Feet are also more subject to injury than any other part of the body.
The ancient Chinese compared the human body to a tree with your arms are the branches, your torso is the trunk, and your feet are the roots. When people age, one of the first things that weakens is their root, resulting in mobility issues.
Chinese Herbs for footbath: Ginger, Safflower, Chinese Cork Tree, Shrubby Sophora, Aracea, Hottuyniae, Wild Chysanthemum, Cnidium, Angelica Sinensis, Large-Left Gentian
Ginger – Warms the body, helps with aches and pains, relieves colds with runny nose
Epsom salt – Alleviates constipation, reduces fatigue, improves sleep
Vinegar – Improves foot odor, prevents fungal infections, enhances circulation
Lemon juice – Works as a natural exfoliant to remove calluses
Mugwort – Good for tired and swollen feet (Roman centurions used mugwort inside their shoes to keep their feet healthy!)
The optimal time for foot baths is right before bed, which will have the added benefit of helping you sleep. The best way to follow up a footbath is with sleep or a foot massage.
Some of my favorite self care happens in a hot tub with Epsom Salts, Frankincense and Cannabis oils. I fall into bed and sleep a full 8 hours with my body happy, skin tingling and completely pain free. Taking a relaxing Epsom salt bath offers health benefits that have led many people for years to make soaking in the tub a regular routine. Epsom salt baths are fantastic for relaxing and detoxing your body and getting the health benefits of magnesium, but if you don't have time or water to take a bath, you can get the same benefits by doing an Epsom salt foot soak.
Many of these following foot bath recipes can be blended together for your own unique needs and using the herbs and treatments you love best.
Peppermint will offer several aromatherapy benefits and this will include boosting energy and soothing or relaxing tired muscles. It has an invigorating effect on both the skin and muscles, and it will not only reduce inflammation but also offer much-needed relief for your tired and achy feet.
· 4 drops peppermint essential oils
· 2 drops lemon balm essential oils
· 3 or 4 eucalyptus oil essential oils
· 1/2 spoon coconut oil (optional)
Epsom salt soak will help you with everything from plantar fasciitis to heel pain. But, it can also be helpful when you just want to soothe and relax your tired and achy feet. The magnesium sulfate in Epsom salt will be absorbed through the skin directly to help relieve muscle pain, tension, and inflammation.
Chamomile makes one of the best bedtime herbal teas but what you might not know is that you can also use it to make a potent foot soak. What makes it good for foot soaks is that it has some anti-inflammatory properties and it also helps to moisturize the feet and heal dry or damaged skin, as well as relaxing the muscles.
Baking soda If you have smelly feet after wearing shoes all day, baking soda foot soak will work well for you. Mixing baking soda with rice water creates a more potent soak as you benefit from the antimicrobial properties of the baking soda and improved circulation from the rice water.
Do it: 3 tablespoons baking soda, Boil rice in lots of water so that you will have plenty left for the foot soak. Pour the resultant rice water in the basin or tub and then add your baking soda and essential oil and then soak the feet for about 15 minutes.
Coffee Foot Soak - Coffee is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of making a foot soak but it is surprisingly very beneficial. It makes a refreshing and comforting soak which is just what you need at the end of the day, and the aroma is also fantastic.
What You Need: 2 cups brewed coffee, 1/2 cup Epsom salt, 1 cup raw honey
Listerine makes one of the best foot soaks, and it is also a great remedy for heel cracks. It will help to remove dirt and any dead skin on your feet to leave them looking clean and healthy.
Lemon Juice and Green Tea - A lemon juice and tea foot soak will nourish the skin on your feet, and also help to improve the circulation of blood below the toenails. This antioxidant citrus foot soak combo is also easy and quick to make using tea bags or bulk tea, simmered and strained into the tub with crushed lemon slices
Bentonite Clay Foot Soak. With a bentonite clay foot soak your tired and achy feet will benefit from some soothing and detoxifying effects. Also, the soak can be very beneficial if you have sore muscles and stiff joints. And the foot soak can also moisturize dry or cracked heels to make them less painful. Just add 1/4 cup of green or bentonite clay to your warm foot bath tub.
Apple cider vinegar is one of the best foot soaks that you can make at home as it has many beneficial properties. From helping to slough off dead skin to fighting fungus and odor, this apple cider foot soak will be very useful.
· Add between 1 half and one cup of apple cider vinegar to a typical footbath tub.
· On a hot day when you want the bath to help cool you off, use cold water.
Resources:
https://mommyoverwork.com/homemade-foot-soak-recipes/
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