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TCM health care: health care from the legsⅠ

1. An important healthcare acupoint: Yongquan (KI 1)
“Quan” means spring water, “Yong” means gushing. This point has the function of nourishing kidney  ( belongs to water in five elements), supplementing both qi and blood, preventing common cold.
Method: Juhua (chrysanthemum) 30g or 50g is decocted for 30 min, put the fluid in a basin or a bucket, fumigate and soak the feet and legs in this warm fluid, 15 min to 20 min each time, a little sweating in the back is proper, twice or three times a week.
2. Prevention of osteoarthrosis of the knee
Method: Shengjiang (ginger) 50g, Zelan (Japan Bogorchid) 30g or 50g, Honghua 30g.
Decoct Shengjiang (ginger) firstly, and then add the other two herbs and decoct these three herbs together. Fumigate and soak the legs in this warm decoction, twice or three times a week.
3. Prevention of chloasma
Method: Danshen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae) 50g, Yimucao (Herba Leonuri) 50g, decoct the above herbs, then fumigate and soak the legs in this decoction, 20 min to 30 min each time, a little sweating in the back is proper, three times a week, knead and press Yinbai (SP 1) and Yanglingquan (GB 34) after fumigating legs.
4. Healthcare method for losing weight
Method: Yuejiancao (Evening Primrose) 120g, decoct it for 20 min, and then fumigate and soak the legs in this warm decoction, 30 min each time, a little sweating in the back is proper, twice or three times a week.
5. Healthcare method for sub-health
Method:
(1) Acupoints: Yanglingquan (GB 34), Gongsun (SP 4)
(2) How to use Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri)?
Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri) 60g, decoct it and fumigate and soak the legs in this warm decoction, a little sweating in the back is proper, 3 days continuously.
(3) Sumu (Lignum Sappan) 150g, decoct it for 30 min, fumigate and soak the legs 20 min to 30 min with 40-centigrade decoction, a little sweating in the back is proper.
6. Nourishing stomach
Prescription for fumigating and soak the legs: Sheng Huangqi (raw Astragalus membranaceus) 50g, Danggui (Chinese Angelica) 50g, Gancao (Licorice) 50g, fumigate and soak the legs in this decoction, a little sweating in the back is proper. Knead and press Zusanli (ST 36) at the same time.

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Hu Xiaohua