Soaking feet is a way for many people to pursue health. In many cities, many professional pedicure shops also provide convenience for foot bath lovers. We have persisted in the habit of soaking feet for many years. Even in hot summer, feet will blister. There are some methods and techniques to soak your feet. Only by mastering these skills can we achieve the effect of soaking feet for health.

Soaking feet can speed up the blood circulation of the whole body and improve the poor blood circulation. Soaking feet can not only dilate the blood vessels of lower limbs, and then improve local blood circulation, but also inhibit the cerebral cortex due to the warm stimulation of peripheral nerves. Under the excitement of vagus nerve, human brain will feel comfortable and relaxed. When people are relaxed, they naturally fall asleep more easily.

The benefits brought by soaking feet make people like soaking feet, but the way of soaking feet should be correct, so that soaking feet can play the greatest role. Pay attention to the water temperature and soaking time when soaking feet.

1 foot bath water temperature Many people think that the higher the water temperature, the better. When you soak your feet in the foot bath, keep it warm and keep your feet at a high water temperature. In fact, the water temperature is too high to soak your feet. Generally, it is advisable to keep it at 38-43 degrees, and do not exceed 50 degrees. Excessive water temperature can cause burns. Especially in diabetic patients, some complications cause peripheral neuropathy, and the nerve sensation of the foot is relatively slow. In this case, it is very easy to be burned by mistake because the water temperature is not accurate. When diabetic patients soak their feet, they should let their families or themselves test the water temperature by hand before soaking their feet to avoid accidental injury.

When soaking feet, many people are brushing their mobile phones or watching TV, and as a result, they may forget the time for soaking feet. Soaking your feet for too long will have a bad effect on your feet. It usually takes about 20 minutes to soak your feet. Because the foot soaking time is too long, when the blood in the body flows to the lower limbs too much, it will increase the cardiovascular load, and you may be top-heavy when you stand up.

Master the time and method of soaking feet, and pay attention to the choice of soaking feet at this time. There are many brands of foot bath devices on the market, such as automatic massage, ozone sterilization, infrared sterilization, relieving the three highs and so on. This series of brand slogans makes people have the impulse to buy foot bath. Buying a powerful foot bath for parents is also a filial piety to children. However, is its health care effect really so magical? The foot bath device can control the water at a certain temperature, and it does not need to heat the water repeatedly, which really brings convenience. As for the seemingly tall functions of ozone sterilization, infrared sterilization and relieving the three highs, it is not easy to judge.

Although the way of soaking feet for health is healthy, it does not mean that everyone is suitable for soaking feet. Some people are not suitable for soaking their feet. These people can wash their feet every day and try not to soak their feet.

Not suitable for people who soak their feet, such as varicose veins, diabetes, hypotension, coronary heart disease and cerebral infarction, vasculitis, etc. When soaking feet, people usually choose water with higher water temperature, and when the water temperature is higher, the blood vessels will expand, which will aggravate congestion and worsen the condition for patients with varicose veins with blood stasis in the blood vessels. At the same time, the expansion of blood vessels will also make blood pressure rush to the lower limbs and epidermis, which will also aggravate the hypotensive tendency of patients with hypotension, leading to insufficient blood supply to important organs such as the heart and brain, and then cause dizziness, chest tightness and other symptoms.

Adding Chinese herbal medicine to the foot bath water makes it easier to simply soak your feet. If you add some Chinese herbal medicines to the foot bath water, you can get twice the result with half the effort. People's physique can be divided into "cold" and "hot". People with cold constitution are suitable for soaking their feet with hot water, especially many women. When it is cold, their hands and feet are cold. This kind of people are suitable for soaking their feet with hot water to stimulate their bodies and improve their immunity. Such people can also boil Jiang Shui and Zanthoxylum bungeanum water to soak their feet, so as to achieve the purpose of eliminating cold and dampness.

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.

Soaking feet, a simple action, can help the human body relieve fatigue and have a good sleep easily. Do you insist on soaking your feet?