Soaking feet has a long history. For soaking feet, many people may be no strangers at all. Pedicure shops all over the streets can show the public's attention to foot soaking. Moreover, our parents have developed a habit for us since childhood, that is, we often soak our feet with hot water before going to bed every day.
Soaking feet can speed up the blood circulation of the whole body and improve the poor blood circulation. Soaking feet can not only dilate the blood vessels of lower limbs, and then improve local blood circulation, but also inhibit the cerebral cortex due to the warm stimulation of peripheral nerves. Under the excitement of vagus nerve, human brain will feel comfortable and relaxed. Of course, the premise is that you must use hot water with a slightly higher temperature that your body can accept when soaking your feet.
With the increasingly compact social rhythm, people are under increasing pressure, so many people have sleep problems, or insomnia, or poor sleep quality. Soaking feet can also effectively improve people's sleep. When people soak their feet with hot water, the relatively high water temperature will dilate the blood vessels in the feet, and more blood will flow to the peripheral blood vessels of the lower limbs, and the blood in the brain will be relatively reduced, thus making people feel sleepy and helping to promote sleep. In addition, under the stimulation of relatively high water temperature, the peripheral nerves of the lower limbs will also relax, and the brain nerves will gradually relax after receiving the signal, thus reducing the tension of the nerves. When people are relaxed, it is naturally easier to go to sleep.
Pay attention to the water temperature when soaking feet, not that the hotter the water, the better. Generally, it is advisable to keep it at 38-43 degrees, and do not exceed 50 degrees. It's comfortable to soak your feet, but don't take too long. Generally, about 20 minutes is the most suitable time. Because the foot bath time is too long, when too much blood in the body flows to the lower limbs, it will increase the cardiovascular load, which is not conducive to the maintenance of good health.
After soaking your feet in hot water, it doesn't mean that the maintenance of your feet is over. At this time, you should apply moisturizing cream or vaseline on your feet and do a good job of moisturizing. After such maintenance work, your feet look more moist and soft. Some people also have cracked heels in winter. One reason is that their feet are too dry. The foot that is often coated with moisturizing cream has low risk of cracking.
Although our feet are not as flexible as our hands, there are more blood vessels and nerves on our feet. The stimulation of cold in winter can also hurt feet, and the principle that cold comes from the soles of feet may be clear to many people. In winter, it is particularly important to keep feet warm. When the feet are relaxed, the whole body will feel warm.