1, the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine foot bath
Foot bath, commonly known as foot bath, is a good way to keep fit. There is a saying that the sun rises when you wash your feet in spring, so get rid of it; Washing feet in summer can dispel summer heat and dampness; Wash feet in autumn, moisten lungs and intestines; Washing feet in winter warms the abdomen.
Insisting on soaking feet every day has a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on joint pain, insomnia, beriberi, sweaty feet, chilblain and other systemic or local diseases.
According to the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine, foot is the beginning of foot three yin meridians and the end of foot three yang meridians. There are at least 66 acupoints below the ankle. Soaking feet with hot water, just like moxa stick moxibustion, has the functions of promoting qi and blood circulation, warming viscera, nourishing vitality, strengthening waist tendons, dredging blood vessels, regulating yin and yang, relieving fatigue and increasing appetite. Modern medical research believes that there are countless nerve endings in human feet, and their pressure sensing points are connected with various parts and organs of the human body.
Foot bath can be used as a therapy for internal diseases and external treatment, and can also be used for the treatment of various skin diseases. With the help of medicinal properties and heat, the meridians are dredged and qi and blood are reconciled to achieve the purpose of eliminating evil.
Adding different Chinese herbal medicines to soak feet can have different conditioning effects.
The traditional Chinese medicine foot-soaking powder in Taiji Yangyuan Museum is a secret recipe handed down from generation to generation, which is refined from 28 kinds of traditional Chinese medicines, such as saffron, Ligusticum Chuanxiong, Polygonatum sibiricum, Angelica sinensis, Caulis et Folium Gaultheriae Yunnanensis, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Fructus Cnidii and Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae.
2. In fact, precautions
Very suitable for: computer disease, air conditioning disease, environmental noise pollution, office syndrome, excessive mental and physical labor, unreasonable diet, lack of rest, especially sleep. Sub-health people such as excessive tension and stress.
Usage: First, wash feet, brew a bag of powder with boiling water, smoke the bottom for five minutes, then add water to the ankle joint (sciatic nerve point) when the water level exceeds 20cm, adjust the water temperature to 36-43 degrees, and the foot bath time is 15-35 minutes. If combined with foot reflex massage, the effect is better. Drink a glass of (warm) water after foot bath.
Precautions: pregnant women, children with skin allergies, and those with foot injuries after fasting or eating should be used with caution; Heart failure, hyperglycemia, hypertension, foot bath temperature should not be too high. This product is pure Chinese herbal medicine. If it accidentally gets into your eyes, please rinse it with clear water immediately.
3. Not everyone is suitable.
1, women in pregnancy and menstrual period, because Chinese herbal foot bath may stimulate women's gonad reflex area, thus affecting the health of women and fetuses.
2. People suffering from various serious hemorrhagic diseases, such as hemoptysis, hematemesis, hematochezia, cerebral hemorrhage, gastrorrhagia, uterine bleeding and other visceral bleeding, may cause local tissue bleeding during foot massage.
3, renal failure, heart failure, myocardial infarction, liver necrosis and other critically ill patients, because the condition is very unstable, the stimulation of the foot reflex zone may cause a strong reaction, which complicates the condition.
4. Some patients with acute infectious diseases, acute poisoning and surgical emergencies, such as trauma, fracture, burn, perforation and massive bleeding, may delay the best time for treatment.
5. People who are in great anger, great sorrow, great joy, mental stress and physical fatigue.
6. People who soak their feet before and after meals 1 hour. Due to the expansion of blood vessels in the foot, the blood volume increases during foot bath, and the gastrointestinal and visceral blood decreases, which affects the gastrointestinal digestive function. That is, foot bath before meals may inhibit the secretion of gastric juice, which is not conducive to digestion; Foot bath immediately after meals will reduce the blood volume of gastrointestinal tract and affect digestion.