With the enhancement of people's health awareness, more and more people realize the benefits of soaking feet. Soaking feet is a simple and effective way to keep fit. Soaking feet at home after a tiring night can promote blood circulation, eliminate fatigue and improve sleep quality. Feet are the foundation of the body. Soaking hot feet before going to bed to stimulate various acupoints on the feet is helpful to promote metabolism, relieve fatigue of the day and improve sleep quality. People's physique can be divided into "cold" and "hot". People with cold constitution are suitable for soaking feet with hot water.

Soaking feet has two sides for patients with hypertension. People with high blood pressure are suitable for soaking their feet with warm water, about 35 degrees. You can also add honeysuckle, Prunella vulgaris, Houttuynia cordata, motherwort and other traditional Chinese medicines, but some of them will cause blood pressure to rise, and the foot bath time is about 20 minutes, which should not be too long.

Diabetic patients must pay attention to the water temperature when soaking their feet. Because most patients have neuropathy, peripheral nerves can't sense the external temperature normally and are easy to be burned. Moreover, high water temperature can easily lead to foot infection and accelerate the deterioration of diabetic foot. Sugar friends must measure the water temperature before soaking their feet, and control it at 38 ~ 40℃ to avoid burns.

Soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine has the functions of fumigation and dredging meridians and regulating qi and blood, and soaking feet and massaging the plantar reflex zone with specific techniques. Foot massage can promote the metabolism and gas exchange of foot tissues, improve blood circulation and increase the activity of tissue cells. Soaking feet can improve blood circulation, supply blood and oxygen, better dredge bones and joints, and improve blood circulation in the body, thus playing a role in quickly relieving symptoms of diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

Adding traditional Chinese medicine into water can play a certain role in treatment and health care through the stimulation of acupuncture points on the feet by traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine was once favored by people. But it also varies from person to person, such as mint, ephedra and cassia twig, which are suitable for people with cold and sore throat; Semen Cassiae, Prunellae Spica, Radix Paeoniae Alba and Borneolum Syntheticum are suitable for people with hypertension. Pregnant women, menstrual women, don't add Chinese medicine casually. Patients with hypertension need more correct health care methods.