The temperature should not be too high. Too high water temperature is not only bad for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, but also easy to destroy the sebum membrane on the surface of foot skin, making the stratum corneum dry and even chapped. The appropriate water temperature is 40℃~45℃. You can try it by hand first. For diabetics, to be on the safe side, you can measure it with a thermometer.
Not for long. It is best not to soak your feet for more than half an hour at a time, because soaking your feet will speed up the blood circulation and heart rate of the human body, and if it takes too long, it will increase the burden on your heart.
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Best foot soaking time:
The best time to soak your feet is around 9 pm. At this time, after soaking feet and increasing body heat, blood vessels in the body 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 by soaking feet at this time to achieve the best effect of nourishing the kidneys, and people will feel very comfortable. Avoid soaking feet when you are full, hungry or eating, and it is not advisable to soak feet within half an hour after meals, so as not to affect the blood supply to the stomach.
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