First, the benefits of soaking feet
As the saying goes: "To raise trees, we should protect our roots, while to raise people, we should protect our feet." The foot is the "second heart" of the human body, so we should pay attention to science in protecting the foot. Soaking feet with hot water can not only promote blood circulation of feet, reduce local muscle tension, but also help to eliminate fatigue and improve sleep. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that foot is the starting and ending point of foot three yin meridians and foot three yang meridians, which is closely related to all zang-fu organs and meridians in the whole body. Soaking feet with hot water can regulate the function of zang-fu organs and enhance physical fitness. For healthy people, it is generally enough to soak their feet with clear water, salt water or vinegar water, which is not only simple and convenient, but more importantly, it doesn't cost money.
There is an old saying in China: "Chinese medicine is not as good as tonic." If you soak your feet for 15 minutes every day, it can play a health care role. If you soak your feet in hot water at about 40 degrees Celsius, your headache will be obviously relieved after about 15 ~ 20 minutes. This is because the blood vessels in both feet dilate and blood flows from head to foot, which can relatively reduce brain congestion and thus relieve headaches. For the headache caused by cold and fever, soaking feet with hot water can also help reduce the fever. If you can massage Yongquan point while soaking your feet and press Taichong point on the back of your big toe, it will also help lower your blood pressure. Moreover, the application of traditional Chinese medicine foot bath is very extensive, including rheumatism, spleen and stomach diseases, insomnia, headache, cold, paraplegia, brain injury, stroke, lumbar disc herniation, nephropathy, diabetes and other systemic diseases, as well as rehabilitation after a serious illness. Therefore, insisting on scientific pedicure, especially for alleviating all kinds of occupational diseases that modern urbanites are prone to, can often get twice the result with half the effort.
Chinese medicine says that "winter disease is cured in summer", and the benefits of soaking feet in summer are much higher than in winter. Many people tend to ignore the habit of soaking their feet in summer. Can soaking feet get rid of dampness? If you insist on soaking your feet, you can not only get rid of dampness, but also relieve cardiovascular and asthma diseases. Especially for people with poor spleen and stomach, sticking to soaking feet can also regulate the spleen and stomach. In winter, many people will feel cold hands and feet, in fact, the blood circulation is not smooth. Soaking feet with hot water can promote blood circulation, relieve fatigue and improve sleep. No wonder soaking feet with hot water has become a folk family health care method that continues to this day. According to the records of Chinese medicine, if you add some Chinese medicine to soak your feet, you will get twice the result with half the effort. In addition, in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, soaking feet is also good for other systemic diseases, such as rheumatism, arthritis, colds and other common diseases. As long as you insist on soaking your feet every day, you can play a health care role in slowing down symptoms. One of the reasons for choosing wooden barrel is that wooden barrel is not easy to react with traditional Chinese medicine, which affects the effect of traditional Chinese medicine.
Second, the necessary conditions
Adjust the temperature of foot bath water.
Generally speaking, the temperature of foot bath water is 38~43 degrees, but it is best not to exceed 45 degrees.
Choose the right foot bath container
Since it is a foot bath, it is necessary to embody the word "bubble". "Bubble" here means more water, enough heat and a long time. You can't take a basin and put some water in it. That won't help you stay healthy. At most, I wash my feet, not soak them.
Requirements for foot bath containers:
1, the texture should be harmless, safe and have good thermal insulation performance.
2, the height of the foot bath is generally more than 20 cm [not more than the ankle].
3, the structure can buy some microcomputer foot baths.
Therefore, choosing a correct foot bath can often achieve twice the result with half the effort. It is suggested that you can choose some therapeutic medical foot baths, such as magnetic foot baths, which belong to the field of medical supplies. The utility model solves the problems of complex structure, high cost and inappropriate position of permanent magnets in the existing foot bath. It consists of a pool and a permanent magnet. There are two protrusions at the bottom of the basin, which are similar in size and shape to the soles of feet. There is a circular protrusion in the middle of each foot boss, and many permanent magnets are embedded in it. The depth of the pool exceeds160mm. It can make the magnetic line of force act on the middle of the foot, which is simple and applicable with low cost. Adding traditional Chinese medicine foot bath powder can achieve the purpose of health care and treatment.
The right choice is to buy a deep wooden barrel that can put the whole calf in. Why choose wooden barrels? First, it is easier to keep warm, and second, it is close to nature.
Select heating equipment
This kind of foot bath bucket sold in the market has no heating equipment, so when we soak our feet, sometimes we feel that the water is cold. To heat the water, we can prepare more hot water bottles and fill them with hot water before soaking our feet.
How to confirm the foot soaking effect
Why did you get your feet wet? It is good to soak in your back and feel a little damp, or sweat on your forehead. Be careful not to sweat. Because sweat is the liquid of the heart. Sweating too much will make you sad. As long as you sweat a little, you will be fine, which means that your meridians are connected from top to bottom. This is also a way to prove whether your meridians are open or not.
Third, the basic method
Hot water soaking feet
That is to say, feet are soaked with hot water without adding any extra items, and the equipment used is the same as other foot soaking methods. Soaking feet with single hot water can accelerate blood circulation, promote qi and blood circulation, detoxify, improve the metabolism of the body, and also have a good health care effect; Of course, if the body has diseases, then a single hot bath has little effect on treatment. Be careful not to sweat when soaking your feet with hot water, because your body is prone to exhaustion due to excessive water loss, and you can sweat slightly on your back and forehead.
salt
bubble
Add 2 tablespoons salt to warm water. Salt has anti-inflammatory, bactericidal and laxative effects.
Jiangpao
Add a few pieces of mashed ginger to warm water. Ginger has the function of dispelling cold and removing dampness.
Jiupao
Adding a bottle of rice wine to warm water or using other alcohol can promote blood circulation.
Lemon bubble
Adding two slices of lemon to warm water can refresh your mind and prevent colds.
Vinegar bubble
Adding 3 tablespoons of white vinegar to warm water can neutralize acidic substances in the body and moisturize the skin.
Four, several common foot bath methods:
1, add mugwort. Soaking mugwort leaves in boiling water can dispel dampness and dispel cold, as well as periodontitis, oral ulcer, sore throat and other diseases caused by deficiency fire and cold fire, but remember not to use them often.
2. add ginger. Ginger has the effect of detoxifying and dispelling cold. Soaking feet with ginger for a long time can promote blood circulation and improve sweating physique.
3. Add white vinegar. White vinegar has the function of sterilization and bacteriostasis. Soaking feet with white vinegar can effectively prevent beriberi and beriberi. White vinegar also has a cosmetic effect, which can make the skin smoother, more delicate and more elastic.
4. add pepper. Boil pepper and ginger in boiling water, add a little vinegar and salt, so soaking feet can effectively treat constipation.
The effect of soaking feet varies from person to person. You can increase or decrease the amount according to your physical condition. Whether it is spring, summer, autumn and winter, it is a good way to keep fit.
Traditional Chinese medicine foot bath
Traditional Chinese medicine foot bath is divided into two situations:
(1) buy Chinese medicine directly and use it to soak your feet after cooking.
In other words, soaking feet with boiled Chinese medicine is similar to ordinary soaking feet. However, because some diseases are soaked in Chinese medicine, it is best to consult Chinese medicine and let Chinese medicine help prepare prescriptions, so that some diseases can be treated in a targeted manner.
② Soak feet with Chinese herbal foot bath tablets.
In fact, the effect of soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine foot bath tablets is similar to that of soaking feet directly with traditional Chinese medicine, except that the traditional Chinese medicine foot bath tablets are very convenient to use and only need to be dissolved in hot water.
Classification of foot-soaking tablets;
① Sophora flavescens foot bath tablets. The main ingredients are Sophora flavescens, Lithospermum, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Kochia scoparia, Cortex Phellodendri and Herba Taraxaci. Specific effects include: clearing away heat and toxic materials, eliminating dampness and relieving itching, inhibiting bacteria and deodorizing, removing beriberi and improving eczema.
② Wuwei foot-soaking tablets. The main ingredients are: Schisandra chinensis, Cyperus rotundus, Polygonum Multiflori Radix, Radix Curcumae, Bulbus Lilii and Rhizoma Acori Graminei. The specific effects are: nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, soothing the liver and relieving depression, and improving sleep.
3 pieces of ginger foot bath tablets. The main ingredients are ginger, Achyranthes bidentata, Gentiana macrophylla, Cinnamomum cassia, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis and Xu Changqing. The specific functions are: expelling wind and removing dampness, warming meridians and dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dispelling cold and relieving pain, and improving rheumatic joint pain.
④ Danshen Paojiao Tablet. The main ingredients are salvia miltiorrhiza, angelica, rhubarb, red peony root, Ligusticum wallichii and Achyranthes bidentata. The specific functions are: promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, relieving swelling and pain, and promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis.
⑤ Shenqi Paojiao Tablet. The main ingredients are Radix Codonopsis, Radix Astragali, Poria, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Atractylodis Rhizoma, and Radix Angelicae Sinensis. The specific functions are: invigorating qi and blood and improving fatigue.
⑥ actinolite foot-soaking tablets. The main ingredients are actinolite, dodder, fennel, cinnamon, prepared rhizome of rehmannia and cnidium fruit. The specific effects are: tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, warming kidney and dispelling cold.
Ai ye pao jiao
Take 50- 100g of dried Folium Artemisiae Argyi (depending on the amount of water, there is no strict standard), first add water to boil, then add cold water or soak feet after the temperature is lowered. If it's too much trouble, soak the mugwort leaves in some hot water for 20 minutes and then add water to soak your feet.
folium artemisiae argyi
A few small prescriptions for mugwort soaking feet:
(1) wormwood and ginger can treat common cold, arthropathy, rheumatoid disease, cough, bronchitis, emphysema and asthma.
② wormwood and safflower can improve varicose veins, peripheral neuritis, poor blood circulation, numbness of hands and feet or blood stasis.
Salt-containing wormwood is suitable for upper energizer with fire, often accompanied by jealousy, toothache, sore throat, irritability, catching a cold on fire, edema of legs and feet, etc.
④ 20 capsules of Chinese prickly ash are suitable for sweaty feet, smelly feet, beriberi and warm rash.
Soak your feet in vinegar.
Selection of vinegar: (rice vinegar or aged vinegar100-150g)
The role of vinegar soaking feet:
Can solve the problem of foot odor, soak feet with vinegar can sterilize, and treat beriberi to some extent;
Can relieve fatigue;
Can moisten skin, soften cutin and increase skin elasticity;
It can dispel wind and dampness and improve the symptoms of chills;
Treating sleep disorders;
Vinegar can penetrate the superficial skin of feet, enhance blood circulation, remove human blood waste and pathological deposits, and cure many chronic diseases.
Soak your feet in spring and the sun rises and takes off;
Soaking feet in summer can clear away heat and damp;
Soak your feet in autumn, moisten your lungs and intestines;
Soak your feet in winter and your abdomen is warm.