Why soar with mustard?

Mustard is one of the most unique products of the whole world. Mustard powder uses in cooking, medicine, cosmetology and other fields of activity. Often people do not even suspect what a huge number of ways to use can be found in a given substance or product.

Mustard was used by our great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers, and maybe people of the most ancient nations. Recipes that have come down to us and preserved, indicate that before the mustard powder was used exclusively for therapeutic purposes.

For example, all known from childhood mustard plasters for colds. In fact, the first mustard plasters were far from adhesive, and simple paper, impregnated with mustard powder, when heated with warm water, the powder was activated and began to act. Much later, there really were special stickers and hot-water bottles, which also included mustard.

Perhaps you remember how, as a child, after a long walk in cold weather or after a rain, your grandmother forced you to warm your feet with mustard. Previously it seemed to us that this was an absolutely useless ritual, however, everything has its own rational grain.

And today there will be a large number of people who prefer to soar their feet with mustard, and not to swallow packets of expensive drugs for colds.

In order not to harm your health, using such folk remedies, it is necessary to know that foot baths with mustard can be used only during normal temperature. If you have a fever or chills, then hovering in this situation is even dangerous - it can make it harder.

As a treatment for colds, soar your feet with mustard several times a day. In this case, do not forget that after the procedure you need to spend a few hours in bed. Before you make a tray with mustard, prepare everything you need. It is necessary to take a few spoons of mustard powder and add it to warm, but not too hot water. The fact is that the active substance of mustard begins to activate only in warm water, and too high a temperature can destroy it.

You can pre-add aromatic oils or herbs to the water - this will help to relax your body, and the effect of treatment will come much faster.

Do not forget about the warm herbal tea, which must be drunk, covered with a warm blanket, while taking the foot bath. So the body will be warmed not only from the outside, but also from the inside.

After the procedure is completed, you need to put warm woolen socks on your feet and take cover with a blanket. If you have a cough, a good addition to the treatment after the bath can be a mustard patch in the interscapular area or on the sternum.

To steam feet with mustard is not allowed to all people, for some, this procedure can cause unpleasant consequences. For example, in people with chronic inflammatory diseases in the stage of exacerbation (especially pelvic organs), with trophic lesions of the lower limbs, varicose veins, hypertension, with blood diseases and neoplasms. Therefore, before using any national remedy for yourself or your loved ones, think: will it not hurt?

As already mentioned above, mustard powder is widely used at present in cosmetology. Different masks and wraps based on mustard stimulate all processes of tissue regeneration and accelerate hair growth. But it's possible to soar your feet with mustard for aesthetic purposes. To do this, add a small amount of soda and sea salt to the tray with mustard powder. Keep your feet in this water for about 30-40 minutes, then rub with a rough brush - and your legs are like new. The coarse skin of the feet is softened by the action of all these substances, and due to the fact that the flow of blood to the feet is increasing, it is quickly restored.