The therapeutic function of foot bath is to dredge meridians, dispel wind, reduce temperature, penetrate bones and muscles, and regulate qi and blood, so as to achieve a series of health care functions such as enhancing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular functions, improving sleep, eliminating fatigue, eliminating sub-health status, and enhancing human resistance. Foot bath health care therapy is divided into ordinary hot water foot bath therapy and pedicure medicine bath therapy. Ordinary hot water foot bath therapy refers to stimulating various acupoints of the foot, promoting blood circulation, dredging meridians and improving metabolism through the warm and mechanical effects of water, thus achieving the effects of disease prevention and self-care. Foot bath therapy refers to selecting appropriate drugs, adding warm water after decoction, and then foot bath, so that liquid ions can enter the blood circulation of human body through mucosal absorption and skin penetration under the warm and mechanical action of water, and then distribute to the viscera of human body, thus achieving the purpose of preventing and treating diseases.
Regulate blood pressure
Chinese medicine believes that the five internal organs of the human body have corresponding projections on the feet. Foot is the starting point of Yin San Meridian of Foot and the end point of foot bath of Sanyang Meridian of Foot. There are more than 60 acupoints below ankle joint. If you often soak your feet with hot water, you can stimulate the acupoints of your feet, promote blood circulation and regulate the viscera, so as to achieve the purpose of strengthening your body, eliminating evil and lowering blood pressure. When soaking feet, the water temperature is generally kept at about 40 degrees, and it is not good to be too high or too low; Don't exceed your ankles. Soak your feet with exothermic water for 5 ~ 10 minutes, and then massage your feet with your hands.
Improve blood circulation
Foot bath can improve the blood circulation of the foot. The warming effect of water can dilate the blood vessels in the foot and raise the skin temperature, thus promoting the blood circulation in the foot and the whole body. After testing, healthy people soak their feet in warm water at 40℃-45℃ for 30-40 minutes, and the whole body blood flow increases by 10- 13 times for women and 13-65438+ for men. It can be seen that foot bath can ensure the smooth and improved blood circulation.
Promote metabolism
Foot bath can promote blood circulation of feet and whole body. Due to the increase of blood circulation, it can regulate the functions of various endocrine glands and promote the secretion of various hormones, such as thyroid hormone secreted by the thyroid gland and adrenaline secreted by the adrenal gland, which can promote metabolism.
allay tiredness
The biggest function of foot bath is to eliminate fatigue. The ancients have already summed up from practice that hot water foot bath can eliminate fatigue.
Improve sleep
Foot bath can improve people's sleep by promoting blood circulation of the feet and the whole body, accelerating blood flow, dispelling sediments on the soles of feet and eliminating fatigue substances in the body.
Health and beauty
In addition, foot bath also has a series of health care functions, such as preserving health and beauty, nourishing and protecting brain, promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals.
Increase resistance
Hot water+water flow+airflow+vibration massage = hot water foot bath has 60 acupoints below the ankle. "Hot water foot bath" is like using moxa stick moxibustion on these acupoints, plus the effect of airflow and massage, which can promote the circulation of qi and blood, warm the viscera and increase the body's resistance.