It turns out that not only infants are not suitable for hot water to soak their feet, but adults also have many taboos!
For example, for patients with vascular diseases, hot water soaking feet is harmful to patients with varicose veins and venous thrombosis, but it often leads to aggravation or deterioration, and even disaster.
If you have lower extremity arterial occlusive disease and diabetic foot, soaking your feet in high temperature will lead to amputation!
Knowing these truths, I suggest you make sure whether you have vascular disease before soaking your feet. If not, you can rest assured that you can enjoy yourself.
As the saying goes, "all diseases start from the cold, and cold starts from the feet." The easiest way to eliminate wet and cold is to soak your feet. There are various acupuncture points of traditional Chinese medicine on the soles of feet. Soaking feet every day can dispel the damp and cold accumulated in the body, promote blood circulation and expel toxins, which is of great benefit to the body.
The reason why this time period is chosen to tonify the kidney is because it is the time when the kidney meridian is weak in qi and blood. At this time, after soaking feet to increase body heat, blood vessels in the body will expand, which is conducive to promoting blood circulation, thus promoting blood circulation in the body.
At the same time, the nerves that have been nervous for a day and the kidneys that have been tired for a day can be completely relaxed and fully adjusted at this time, and people will feel very comfortable.
Five Taboos for Safe Foot Soaking
1 Women should not soak their feet with traditional Chinese medicine during menstruation.
It is not advisable to soak feet after meals 1 hour, which will affect digestion and absorption for a long time and lead to nutritional deficiency.
It is best to use a wooden basin for soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine.
Children should not soak their feet in overheated water for a long time, which is easy to form flat feet.
5 women should not use Chinese medicine to soak their feet during menstruation.