Tibetan Herbal Foot Soaks
Detailed Ingredients List
- Herba Lamiophlomis (Du Yi Wei) –
- moves blood/stops bleeding
- alleviates pain
- stops haemorrhaging
- (no danger of causing clotting – other herbs in formula are blood-thinning)
- promotes RBC production
- antioxidant
- Acori Calami Rhizoma (Zang Chang Pu) –
- mild tranquilizing effects
- anti bacterial
- regulatory for digestive functions
- crucial for gut brain axis diseases—people who can’t digest/absorb nutrients
- Safflower, Stigma Croci, (Zang Hong Hua) –
- powerful antioxidant
- cardioprotective – reduces clotting
- antiplatelet
- Lowers cholesterol
- Rhodiola root, Rhodiola Tibetica (Hong Jing Tang) –
- moves blood/alleviates pain
- improves immune functions, moves blood, chronic inflammation , pain
- increases oxygen in blood
- improves chronic fatigue
- Notopterygiom root, Notopterygii Rhizoma Et Radix (Qiang Huo) –
- herb specifically designated for elite of Bejing (imperial herbs)—very high quality herbs
- arthritis pain
- inhibits fungus
- antipyretic
- analgesic
- increases blood circulation
- irregular heart rate – balances it & restores normal rhythm
- Chinese Mugwort, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, (Ai Ye) –
- cholagogic - stimulates bile production in gall bladder
- anti-fungal
- anti-bacterial
- inhibits blood clot formation
- Ginger, Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens, (Gan Jiang) –
- liver protective
- protects gastric mucousa of stomach lining
- anti-bacterial, pain killer, ant- inflammatory
- prevents clotting
- Sophora root, Sophorae Flavenscentis Radix, (Ku Shen) –
- anti-arrhythmic , cardiovasuclar- dilates blood vessels and increases blood perfusion to cardiac muscles
- immuno-stimulant
- stimulates beta receptors of SNS to relax broncioli and relive asthma
- anti-parasitic
- anti-viral
- anti-fungal
- anti-bacterial
- inhibits bacterial biofilms—associated with most chronic diseases – bacterial overgrowth
- systemic inflammation that leads to obesity
- Tibetan Salt – Karucha –
- minerals: potassium, calcium, iron, aluminum, titanium , manganese, barium, stromium, magnesium, coper silicon, sulfur
Overall Effects
- Helps person get mobile again b/c mobility is key to get rid of chronic pain
- Get longer periods of movement w/o pain and fatigue
- Indirectly has detoxification effects
- increased blood circulation to feet—like shaking a snow globe—body becomes aware of oxidative damage that may have been cut off from rest of body
- signals macrophages to begin eating dead tissue --may get increase in pain at this stage –
- cleaning out dead tissue- gets re-introduced to the body- can increase pain signal for a couple of days—depends on the person
- may get itching- (inflammatory response) around feet-similar to itching as a wound heals; tissue is being rebuilt as well
- these are great signals for prognosis
4 Stages of Foot Soaks
Stage 1:
Blood circulation opens in the feet-has mild tranquilizing effect
Vasodilation causes Lowers BP- 30 minutes –only allow feet to get warm- stop before heat rises up the whole body
Stage 2:
heat will begin to rise up legs-
Vasculature improves—heat will rise past the knees- up to the hip/lower back
Can start seeing pain relief in these areas now.
Stage 3:
Heat continues up to chest/heart- increase in ht rate
Cautions for those with High BP
For chronic fatigue- heat needs to rise up to chest/heart area to increase heart rate
Stage 4:
Final stage: heat reaches the head and helps person break sweat—at this time - dry head, feet, bundle up and go about your day
Traditional Understanding:
Stage 1- Winter- initially draws qi down, opens circulation in feet - (tree has nutrients in root during winter)
Stage 2- Spring- rising effect of heat going up legs
Stage 3- Summer- heart begins to pump
Stage 4- Autumn Stage-
sweating, rising of heat gives way to descending again
increased ability to breathe
wandering pain goes away
Bronchidilation
- Heat of the soak signals the body to dilate blood vessels- allows tissue in area to become oxygenated and well fed
Stage 1:
Blood circulation opens in the feet-has mild tranquilizing effect
Vasodilation causes Lowers BP- 30 minutes –only allow feet to get warm- stop before heat rises up the whole body
Stage 2:
heat will begin to rise up legs-
Vasculature improves—heat will rise past the knees- up to the hip/lower back
Can start seeing pain relief in these areas now.
Stage 3:
Heat continues up to chest/heart- increase in ht rate
Cautions for those with High BP
For chronic fatigue- heat needs to rise up to chest/heart area to increase heart rate
Stage 4:
Final stage: heat reaches the head and helps person break sweat—at this time - dry head, feet, bundle up and go about your day
Traditional Understanding:
Stage 1- Winter- initially draws qi down, opens circulation in feet - (tree has nutrients in root during winter)
Stage 2- Spring- rising effect of heat going up legs
Stage 3- Summer- heart begins to pump
Stage 4- Autumn Stage-
sweating, rising of heat gives way to descending again
increased ability to breathe
wandering pain goes away
Bronchidilation
Some lifestyle situations that lead to the above conditions are:
- Walking barefoot on cold floors leading to Cold in the channels, especially the Yin channels
- Extended exposure to cold damp environments leading to cold extremities and low energy
- Poor diets of processed foods and sugar leading to Damp and Phlegm blocking the channels
- Stress that taxes the Liver and stagnates Qi in the channels creating pain and inflammation
- Injuries that create Blood & Qi Stagnation, which leads to pain and inflammation