A man with feet is still like a tree with roots. When a tree dies, its roots are exhausted first, and people get old first. As early as thousands of years ago, Chinese medicine attached great importance to foot exercise and maintenance, and used foot bath massage to prevent and treat diseases. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the function of human internal organs has corresponding acupoints on the feet.
Foot is not only the starting point of Yin San Meridian of Foot, but also the end point of Sanyang Meridian of Foot. This meridian is rooted in six acupoints on the foot, including 33 acupoints below the ankle and 66 acupoints on both feet. Often soaking feet can stimulate acupoints such as Taichong, Bai Yin, Taixi, Yongquan and Ankle, thus achieving the effects of nourishing vitality, strengthening waist and tendons, regulating viscera, dredging meridians, promoting metabolism and delaying aging.
In addition, Chinese medicine believes that it is best to soak your feet at 9 pm, because after soaking your feet at this time, the body's heat will increase and blood vessels will expand, which is conducive to promoting blood circulation, thus promoting blood circulation in the body. At the same time, the nerves that have been nervous for a day and the kidneys that have been tired for a day can be completely relaxed and fully adjusted at this time, and people will feel very comfortable.
Soaking feet with hot water also helps to improve the quality of sleep. If you do foot massage for a few minutes after soaking your feet, it will better promote the blood circulation of the body and further regulate the viscera and organs. After soaking your feet, I suggest you stop doing other activities and fall asleep every few minutes, which is better for tonifying the kidney. It is worth noting that the foot soaking time should not be too long, and it is best to control it at 15 minutes to 20 minutes. The water temperature should not be too high, and 40℃ to 50℃ is appropriate. Only the feet can bear it can stimulate the acupoints, cure diseases, preserve health and strengthen the body.
In addition, not everyone is suitable for soaking feet, and people with physical weakness, high blood pressure and low blood pressure are not suitable for soaking feet; People with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and diabetes can easily get worse if they soak their feet in hot water, because too hot water will stimulate nerves, dilate blood vessels, accelerate blood circulation and increase the burden on the heart.