Let me give you some examples of soaking your feet before going to bed! (1) Why do you want to soak your feet before going to bed? The foot is farthest from the heart and the lowest position, and it is often oppressed. Therefore, it is easy to have insufficient blood supply and venous reflux disorder, especially in the cold winter, the peripheral circulation is worse, and the feet are often cold and floating, that is, hiding in bed, and some have not recovered for a long time. Lu You, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, died at the age of 86. He pays great attention to health. He once wrote a poem: "The old man stopped farming and didn't forget to count chickens and dolphins. It's really fast to wash your feet and sleep, and your little grandson will gradually get rid of the soup. " Explain the comfortable experience of soaking feet with hot water before going to bed. (2) Soaking feet before going to bed Soaking feet with hot water before going to bed is one of the traditional health care methods in China. Soak your feet with water at 40℃ to 60℃ until your ankles are submerged for 20 to 30 minutes, during which hot water is often added to keep the temperature. This can not only expand the tiny blood vessels in the foot, promote the blood circulation of the whole body, but also activate the phagocytic function of reticuloendothelial system, enhance the permeability of cell membrane, improve metabolism, and achieve the functions of fitness and expectoration. Therefore, there is a folk proverb in our country: washing feet in spring to strengthen yang, washing feet in summer to eliminate summer heat and dampness, washing feet in autumn to moisten the heart and raise children, and washing feet in winter to warm the abdomen. (3) Soaking feet before going to bed, for example, Fan of Taojiang County, Hunan Province, is 65,438+006 years old, neither hunched nor deaf, and can walk two miles with crutches. One of her living habits is to soak her feet with hot water before going to bed. Han Bailing, an expert in gynecology of traditional Chinese medicine in Chinese mainland, is still in good health at the age of 87. He has developed the habit of soaking his feet with hot water before going to bed for more than 60 years, and he thinks he has benefited a lot. (4) Mix a spoonful of salt with a pot of water to burn your feet. A diabetic named "Dan Xin" pointed out in the 27th issue of Guangming magazine that he had heard that a person with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and hemiplegia used a spoonful of salt and a pot of hot water to iron his feet every night. After a few months, the disease was cured and the blood sugar value dropped. For people without diabetes, it is better to take a bath with ginger after boiling water.