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Is foot bath health really suitable for everyone? Who is not suitable for soaking feet?
Is foot bath health really suitable for everyone? Who is not suitable for soaking feet?

Do you know that foot bath is really suitable for everyone in our daily life? Who is not suitable for soaking feet? Let's have a look.

Soaking feet can relieve fatigue. Soaking feet before going to bed has the effect of sleeping peacefully. It is a good health preserving method. However, this regimen is not suitable for everyone, and some people are not suitable for soaking their feet. So, who is not suitable for soaking feet? Soaking feet can promote human blood circulation, accelerate metabolism, remove cold in the body, eliminate physical fatigue and relax tension. There are many acupoints on the soles of our feet. Soaking our feet with hot water can not only accelerate the blood circulation of our bodies, but also stimulate these acupoints, so that our bodies can achieve health care effects. Generally speaking, it is more appropriate to soak your feet at 9: 00 pm, which is the best time to tonify the kidney and replenish qi.

For beriberi patients, it is not suitable for soaking feet. Because soaking feet is not only bad for health, but also increases infection, so people with beriberi should not soak feet casually. Most patients with hypertension have strong yang, which is easy to raise blood pressure. If you must soak your feet, you'd better put some salt to avoid adverse reactions. Developing children should not soak their feet at too high a temperature. Often soaking feet with overheated water will make plantar ligaments deform and relax due to heating, which is not conducive to the development of arch, and it is easy to induce flat feet after a long time. People who are on an empty stomach or full stomach should not soak their feet, because the blood vessels in the feet dilate and the blood volume increases when soaking feet, which leads to the decrease of gastrointestinal and visceral blood and affects 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.

For people with cardiovascular diseases, soaking feet is not appropriate. Because of the high water temperature in soaking feet, it is easy to dilate capillaries, accelerate blood circulation, dilate plantar blood vessels and increase blood flow. At the same time, blood will flow more to the lower limbs, which will increase the burden on the heart and even aggravate the condition. The advantage of soaking feet is that it can promote the blood circulation of soles. The soles of people's feet are at the bottom of the body for a long time, and the microcirculation is very insufficient in winter. Soaking feet is helpful for blood circulation to take away the waste in the body and supplement nutrition. This is why people feel uncomfortable soaking their feet in hot water when their feet are particularly cold. Therefore, if patients with cardiovascular diseases have to soak their feet, it is best to control it at 15 minutes, and do not exceed this time.

If pregnant women soak their feet with warm water, traditional Chinese medicine may cause kidney problems such as liver and spleen, and serious abortion may occur, so try to avoid it. The feet are frozen, indicating that they have been attacked by extremely cold and strong winds, the temperature is lower than the normal bearing capacity of the body, and the skin and muscles are in a stiff state. At this time, if your feet are suddenly scalded by hot water, the temperature will change from cold to sudden heat, and the skin and muscles will not be able to stand the huge temperature difference of tens of degrees Celsius, thus aggravating the condition of frozen feet and even making the muscles and bones peel off seriously. Generally speaking, the water temperature is around 40? Centigrade is a suitable temperature. Excessive temperature leads to excessive blood circulation and rapid increase of blood pressure, which will cause physical discomfort. In addition, too high a temperature will burn the skin.

After the above general understanding, you will know what is going on.