What are the benefits of pedicure?
Pedicure is a "new word" with the enhancement of people's health and health care awareness in recent years. At present, most people think that pedicure is a non-invasive natural therapy that integrates examination, treatment and health care by using the principles of traditional Chinese medicine. Foot massage includes foot bath and foot massage. Foot is the "second heart" of human body, and it is a barometer of human body, which can accurately reflect the health status of human body. Pedicures can be divided into the following three categories: 1. Hot water foot bath II. Foot massage method 3. Traditional Chinese medicine pedicure. The five zang-fu organs of the human body have corresponding projections on the feet, and there are 12 meridians connecting the five zang-fu organs of the human body, six of which start from the feet, and the feet start from Sanyin and end at Sanyang. There are more than 60 acupoints on the feet to communicate with the internal and external environment. If you can insist on washing your feet with hot water before going to bed, you can stimulate these acupoints, promote blood circulation, regulate the function of viscera and relax the meridians of the whole body, so as to achieve the purpose of eliminating diseases and pathogens, benefiting qi and removing blood stasis and nourishing vitality. Modern medicine believes that the foot is the "second heart" of the human body, and there are countless nerve endings in the foot closely connected with the brain, which is closely related to human health. Therefore, often washing feet with hot water can enhance the body's immunity and resistance, and has the effects of strengthening the body and prolonging life. From the point of view of physical therapy, hot water foot washing is a kind of bath therapy. When washing feet, the appropriate water temperature is 40-50℃, the appropriate amount of water is to submerge the ankles of the feet, and soak the feet for 5- 10 minutes. At the same time, massage your feet slowly, consistently and easily with your hands, first instep and then instep, until it gets hot. This can dilate local blood vessels, excite peripheral nerves, accelerate blood circulation and enhance metabolism. If it can be persisted for a long time, it not only has health care function, but also has good curative effect on dizziness, insomnia, dreaminess and other symptoms caused by neurasthenia. If you add some drugs to the bath water, you can also prevent colds, foot diseases, frostbite and joint pain. Among them, Chinese medicine pedicure for children is the representative origin of Chinese medicine foot bath therapy for children: Chinese medicine foot bath therapy for children, like other medicine bath therapies, has a long history. As early as Huangdi Neijing, there was "evil spirits in it, which shows that bathing therapy was advocated at that time." There is a prescription for epilepsy in children in Fifty-two Diseases unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tomb, which is treated with Leiwei Sanguo and Zhuling Decoction. Half of the baby is beaten with water, the older one is beaten with water, and one third is put in the water, scratched and bathed. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were eleven kinds of foot bath therapies for treating children's diseases, such as elbow urgent prescription, golden prescription, foreign secret recipe and typhoid fever. Qian, a pediatrician in Song Dynasty, applied this method to pediatric syndrome differentiation and treatment. In the Qing Dynasty, Wu Shangxian collected a large number of predecessors' experience in external treatment, and used external treatment to treat diseases all his life, becoming the originator of the real foot bath method for children in traditional Chinese medicine. At present, the most systematic pediatric Chinese medicine pedicure in China is Zheng's pediatric Chinese medicine pedicure. From the late Qing Dynasty to the present, after several generations' inheritance and development of Zheng's red medicine, many experiences have been accumulated. Thus, the pedicure of children in traditional Chinese medicine has been further improved from theory to practice, that is, hot water foot washing, plus some scientific foot massage. Practice has proved that foot bath is a simple and effective self-care method. Therefore, the folk in our country are known as "a pot of soup before going to bed" and "washing feet in spring, rising sun, keeping fit; Wash feet in summer, remove dampness and clear heat; Wash feet in autumn, moisten lungs and intestines; Washing your feet in winter makes your abdomen warm. Promote blood circulation ... blood flows in the blood circulation system composed of heart and blood vessels, conveying nutrients and discharging waste. Promoting blood circulation is very important for health. Healthy people have a pair of feet, but have you ever thought about how much pressure your feet are under? A person weighing 68 kilograms will bear 260 kilograms of pressure on his feet every step. On average, your feet bear 2.6 million kilograms of pressure every day. This number is equivalent to about 40,000 people stepping on your shoes. ..... In the human body, the foot is farthest from the heart. If the peripheral circulation of the foot is blocked, it will easily lead to poor blood circulation, which in turn will lead to poor metabolism of tissues and organs in the whole body and decreased function. Foot massage can make the blood circulation of the foot smooth, promote the blood circulation of the whole body, accelerate the metabolism of the body, supplement nutrition, and make your body run healthily and normally. Regulating the nervous system ... The nervous system is the main regulating mechanism of the body. Nerve tissue is distributed in all parts of the human body and plays an extremely important role in controlling and regulating the activities of the body. The important and complex physiological functions of nerve tissue are all accomplished through reflex activities, and the basis for completing this activity is neurons. Neurons ensure the internal unity of the body through reflex activities, so that the functional activities of various organs can better adapt to the changes of the external environment. The foot is rich in nerve tissue. By effectively stimulating the plantar reflex zone, the functions of corresponding tissues and organs can be adjusted, so that the normal ones become stronger and the abnormal ones are improved and restored. Dredge the Qi and Blood of Meridian ... Meridian has the function of connecting zang-fu organs and limbs. The internal organs, limbs, facial features, nine orifices and bones and muscles of the human body mainly rely on the communication of the meridian system to make the body coordinate and unify. ..... Meridian has the functions of activating qi and blood, nourishing the whole body, resisting external evils and defending the body. Meridian belongs to zang-fu organs, and the external collateral is connected with limbs, which connects zang-fu organs and body surface and connects human organs and organs into an organic whole. In the twelve meridians, there are six meridians leading to the foot, namely, Foot Yin San Meridian (Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian, Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian, Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian) and Foot Sanyang Meridian (Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian, Foot Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian, Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian). Through the foot scraping massage therapy, the channels and collaterals can be dredged, the pain can be relieved, and the function of human viscera can be adjusted and restored, so that the disordered and diseased viscera function can be repaired and adjusted again, and then the purpose of rehabilitation can be achieved. Massage therapy in foot reflex zone has a wide range of applications, suitable for many diseases, and can also be used for daily health care alone. 1. Internal diseases (1) Respiratory diseases: such as acute upper respiratory infection, chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, pneumonia, acute tonsillitis, etc. (2) Circulatory diseases: such as hypertension/hypotension, coronary heart disease, heart disease, anemia, angina pectoris, varicose veins of lower limbs, etc. (3) Diseases of digestive system: such as chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcer, chronic colitis, chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, cholecystitis, gallstones, hemorrhoids, etc. (4) Chronic glomerulonephritis, urinary calculi and other urinary system diseases. (5) Metabolic and endocrine system diseases, such as diabetes, obesity and hyperthyroidism. (6) Nervous system diseases such as cerebral arteriosclerosis, sequelae of cerebrovascular accident, trigeminal neuralgia, sciatica, neurasthenia, epilepsy and anxiety. 2. Gynecological diseases: such as irregular menstruation, pain/amenorrhea, functional uterine bleeding, excessive leucorrhea, pelvic inflammatory disease, menopausal syndrome, infertility, frigidity, etc. 3. Skin diseases: such as acne, chloasma, seborrheic alopecia, gray hair, eczema, neurodermatitis, psoriasis, alopecia areata, herpes zoster, etc. 4. Traumatic diseases: such as scapulohumeral periarthritis, cervical spondylosis, chronic lumbar muscle strain, degenerative spine/knee arthritis, lumbar disc herniation, etc. 5. Ophthalmic diseases: such as senile cataract, open-angle glaucoma, myopia, tears in the wind, presbyopia, etc. 6. Otolaryngology and oral diseases: such as chronic rhinitis, sinusitis, chronic pharyngitis, aphtha, tinnitus, otitis media, toothache, etc. 7. Tumor diseases: such as breast cancer and tumor radiotherapy and chemotherapy. 8. Male diseases: nocturnal emission, impotence, premature ejaculation, prostatitis, prostatic hypertrophy, orchitis, epididymitis, male infertility, etc. 9. Childhood diseases: anorexia, enuresis, convulsion and malnutrition in children. 10. Elderly diseases: coronary atherosclerosis, Parkinson's disease, apoplexy sequelae, hemiplegia, etc. ..... With the increasing work pressure in modern society, people's health is facing severe challenges, and people's thirst for health is more urgent than ever. At the same time, people's demand for health should not affect their work and life. However, ordinary medical methods either cost a lot of money or take a lot of time, and patients have to suffer some pain, which is unacceptable to modern people who cherish time as gold. ..... on the basis of inheriting the traditional Chinese medicine theory, according to the human meridian theory, holographic theory and modern reflex zone system, combined with the physiological and psychological characteristics of the world, through long-term and systematic exploration and practical study.