1, soak your feet and nourish your kidney at 9 pm
At 9 o'clock in the evening, it is the time when the kidney meridian is weak. At this time, soaking feet can increase the body's heat, dilate blood vessels and promote blood circulation, thus promoting blood circulation in the body and relieving the fatigue of physical activity for a day. For a very tired kidney, soaking feet with hot water can play a very nourishing role in the kidney and liver, and at the same time improve the quality of sleep, which is more conducive to the detoxification and repair of internal organs during sleep.
In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the sole of the foot is the confluence of meridians, which contains more than 60 acupuncture points of the human body and reflex zones connected with the five zang-fu organs of the human body, corresponding to the five zang-fu organs of the human body respectively. Therefore, there are many benefits of soaking feet, which can relax meridians, improve blood circulation, promote blood circulation, warm viscera, keep fit and prevent diseases.
But if you want to nourish your kidney by soaking your feet, you should pay attention to the time of soaking your feet and the use of traditional Chinese medicine.
2. A traditional Chinese medicine for soaking feet and nourishing kidney
Different traditional Chinese medicines have different health care functions. Now let's have a general understanding:
Ginger soaking feet: mainly has the function of dispelling cold and relieving exterior syndrome. People who are afraid of cold and easy to get cold hands and feet can soak their feet with ginger. Generally, take ginger 15-30g, pat it flat, put it in a small pot and cook it for about 10 minutes, then add cold water to about 40℃, and then soak your feet, preferably while soaking.
Soaking feet with wormwood: it has the effects of restoring yang, regulating qi and blood, eliminating dampness and dispelling cold, stopping bleeding and preventing miscarriage. People who are cold and wet can soak their feet with wormwood once a week.
Red flower soaking feet: very suitable for people who are prone to frostbite and chapped skin in winter.
Cinnamon soaking feet: it has the function of warming and tonifying kidney yang, and is very effective for edema caused by renal function problems or diseases, such as eyelid or facial edema and ankle edema. In addition, 15g pepper and cinnamon are soaked in boiling water.
Soaking feet: tonify the middle, tonify the kidney and astringent essence.
Actinolite soaking feet: warming kidney and strengthening yang.
Tortoise shell soaking feet: nourishing yin and subduing yang, benefiting kidney and strengthening bones, nourishing blood and nourishing heart.
Step 3 soak your feet at night
1. Massage Yongquan point during or after foot bath to protect the kidneys.
When soaking feet, the forefinger, middle finger and ring finger of both hands can massage the Yongquan point of both feet for about 1 minute, and then massage the gap between the toes for about half a minute, repeated for about 30 times, which can stimulate the Yongquan point of the sole, and the water flowing through the kidney meridian will flow out of the body surface. This point is the first point of the kidney meridian, which can strengthen the kidney and preserve health.
Or after soaking your feet, rub your feet with your hands for a hundred times and stick to it every day, which will have the same effect.
2. How long does it take for Chinese medicine to soak feet and tonify kidney?
It is best to control the water temperature of soaking feet at about 40℃, and the time of soaking feet should not be too long. It is best to soak your feet for about 15-30 minutes until your body is hot and slightly sweaty. In addition, generally speaking, metal is cold, and it is best to choose a wooden basin.
3. Precautions for soaking feet
It is not advisable to soak feet within half an hour after a meal, which will affect the blood supply to the stomach and the digestion and absorption of food and nutrition.
Women should not soak their feet with traditional Chinese medicine during menstruation, which may aggravate symptoms such as dysmenorrhea.
You can't go to bed immediately after soaking your feet. Finally, after soaking, it is best to wait until the whole body heat gradually decreases before going to bed.