First, the foot bath time should be appropriate.
Many people soak their feet while playing mobile phones, reading books, working and other things. If they accidentally soak their feet, it will take too long. The normal foot bath time is generally recommended to be controlled at 15-30 minutes, which should not be too long.
Second, you can't soak your feet with overheated water.
First of all, overheated water will damage the skin. Secondly, soaking feet in hot water for a long time will lead to the relaxation of plantar ligament, destroy the structure of foot ligament and affect walking and activities. If children soak their feet in hot water for a long time, it is easy to cause abnormal foot development and form flat feet. And people who have heart disease themselves, if they soak their feet with overheated water for a long time, may aggravate their heart condition.
Third, don't soak your feet immediately after meals.
Soaking your feet will make a lot of blood flow to your feet. If you soak your feet immediately after a meal, blood will flow from your stomach to your feet, leading to long-term indigestion and lack of nutrition. Fourth, people with beriberi should not use hot water to soak their feet.
Patients with tinea pedis often get itchy skin and even blisters after soaking their feet in hot water, which can also cause secondary bacterial infection.
Fifth, people with varicose veins should not soak their feet.
Varicose veins of upper and lower limbs are caused by poor venous return. If such people still soak their feet with hot water for a long time and increase the local blood flow of lower limbs, it will increase the burden of venous return blood and make varicose veins more serious.
Sixth, it is not advisable to soak your feet when you are hungry.
The blood sugar content is low when you are hungry on an empty stomach. If you soak your feet again at this time, it may cause dizziness, discomfort and chest tightness.
Seven, soaking feet in winter can put ginger juice.
Adding ginger juice to foot bath water can dispel cold, and many people will have cold hands and feet in winter, which can improve this symptom very well.
8. Soak your feet around 9 pm
This time is the time when the kidney blood is weak. At this time, soaking feet can make the fatigue of the day easier to be alleviated.
Nine, you can massage the soles of your feet when soaking your feet.
We all know that every area of the sole of the foot corresponds to every organ of the body. When soaking feet, massage can promote communication between meridians, and foot massage can play a role in regulating viscera.
10. The water temperature for soaking feet should be about 40 degrees.
Generally, the foot soaking time should not exceed half an hour, and it is appropriate to soak feet 15 minutes to half an hour. The water temperature is 40℃, and it is best to soak the body and sweat slightly.