Is it better to soak your feet in the morning or at night?
Foot bath is theoretically good morning. Because you sleep in the same posture for a long time at night, your blood circulation is not smooth. Washing feet with hot water in the morning stimulates peripheral nerves, dilates blood vessels and increases blood flow, thus promoting systemic blood circulation, coordinating neuroendocrine and physiological functions of brain and heart, and making people refreshed and energetic. Moreover, when people just get up in the morning, they will inevitably feel sleepy. At this time, soaking feet can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, restore physical strength and refresh your mind. But in fact, very few people soak their feet in the morning. Everyone chooses to soak their feet before going to bed. In fact, this is also possible. Night is the time when kidney qi rises and falls. At this time, soaking feet can play a role in tonifying kidney and benefiting qi and relieving fatigue. Soaking feet before going to bed is more conducive to sleep.
What Chinese medicine foot bath formula is there?
While soaking feet in hot water, if Chinese medicine can be added to hot water, it can also play a multiplier role in strengthening the body and health care for some elderly patients with chronic diseases. Recommend several prescriptions for soaking feet with simple preparation methods: the elderly with qi deficiency can choose qi-invigorating drugs such as Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus membranaceus and Atractylodes macrocephala. Patients with hypertension should soak their feet with chrysanthemum, medlar, mulberry branch, salvia miltiorrhiza and borneol. Some elderly people need to promote blood circulation and tonify the kidney. They can choose Angelica sinensis, Paeonia Rubra, Carthamus tinctorius and Dipsacus. Some elderly people have dry skin and are prone to chapping. You can choose cassia twig, honeysuckle and safflower. Take each 15-20g of the above traditional Chinese medicines, put them in a casserole and decoct them, then pour the decocted liquid into a bucket, add hot water and soak them for 30 minutes every day. Note that Chinese medicine must not use metal and plastic pots to soak feet, otherwise some effective components of the liquid medicine will be lost. When the skin is broken or cut, stop soaking the medicine (except in the case of broken skin and chapped skin). Traditional Chinese medicine foot bath can only play the role of adjuvant therapy, and elderly friends should never regard it as a method of treating diseases, so as not to delay the illness.