Just dip your feet in hot water enriched with the right spices to release tension and enjoy a good restful sleep
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We go to bed exhausted and yet we struggle to sleep, or we fall asleep quite easily but our sleep is restless and constantly interrupted. How many times has this happened to us? The quality of our sleep is critical to our well-being and is also reflected in the way we are active during the day.
In short, sleeping well is necessary, but what to do if we are not sufficiently relaxed at the time of going to bed and thus risk spending a sleepless night? According to traditional Chinese medicine, there is a simple remedy to put into practice that would help relieve tension and rest well throughout the night.
It is a foot bath enriched with essential oils, aromatic herbs with relaxing power, fruit peels and an ingredient far from our culture: the sale di Epsom, a wonderful cure-all against stress. This salt, which can be purchased in perfumeries or on the internet, helps to regulate the heartbeat and lower blood pressure, eliminates toxins and promotes the production of serotonin (the good mood hormone).
Let’s start by filling a basin with hot water: the high temperature will help us to dissolve tensions and make us relax. In particular, a higher temperature predisposes our body to sleep, helping us to enter the atmosphere suitable for a night of rest.
Now let’s add the essential oils: their presence will stimulate our sense of smell and will prepare us for a restorative rest. In addition to lavender and chamomile oil, usually combined with relaxation, we also suggest the essential oils of bergamot and mandarin: the citrus notes help in the relaxation process, especially if we are in conditions of high stress, and have a soothing effect too. against headaches.
In addition to essential oils, there are also some aromatic plants that we can add to our foot bath to multiply the relaxing effect. Among the most suitable leaves we recommend those of linden (with extraordinary calming and relaxing properties), raspberry (regulating too high blood pressure) and sage.
Finally, we can complete the preparation of our foot bath by adding the jujube fruit. Also called Chinese dates, jujubes are a typical fruit of Asia which, thanks to the high content of saponins and flavonoids, reduce stress levels and promote relaxation. Just add a few chopped into the water of the foot bath, the relaxation effect is guaranteed.
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