Normal people choose the unitary time (17- 19: 00) or the time (19-2100) for the activities of the kidney meridian and pericardium meridian. It is beneficial to improve human vitality. Soak your feet 15-30 minutes. The time is too short to achieve the effect. If the time is too long, the water in the water will enter the body again. When soaking feet, the water temperature is around 50, which means it is warm but not hot. Test the water temperature with your feet, not your hands. When you soak your feet, the temperature of your feet will rise, which will cause the arteries to dilate, especially the skin and blood vessels in your legs. You will feel better after soaking your feet. Helps to promote blood circulation and qi and blood circulation.
Some diabetics feel cold in their legs and want to soak their feet to keep out the cold. However, because their nerves have changed and they can't perceive the normal temperature of the outside world, they will continue to heat the water when soaking their feet, which is likely to seriously burn their legs and feet.
If a woman is pregnant or menstruates, she can't soak her feet. Because soaking feet will speed up the blood flow of the body and cause massive bleeding, soaking feet with Chinese herbal medicine is likely to be detrimental to the health of pregnant women and fetuses. Old people should pay special attention to soaking their feet, because most people are very weak, and they are likely to get dizzy or even faint because of insufficient blood supply to the brain when soaking their feet. Soak your feet once a day or every other day for 30 to 45 minutes. For the elderly, the time to soak their feet is shorter, because the elderly soak their feet for too long, which may easily lead to sweating, palpitations and other symptoms. Therefore, it is better for the elderly to soak their feet for 20 minutes before going to bed every day.
So the elderly should not soak their feet every day!