Foot bath, commonly known as foot bath, is a very traditional health care method. Because of its simple and convenient implementation and relatively low facilities requirements, more and more people like to "soak their feet" at home. There is an old saying: "When you wash your feet in spring, the sun will rise and take off;" Washing feet in summer can dispel summer heat and dampness; Wash feet in autumn, moisten lungs and intestines; Washing feet in winter makes dantian warm. "Soaking feet is suitable for all seasons, which can not only preserve health, but also prevent diseases. Especially after a long journey, strenuous exercise or fatigue, soaking feet with hot water can promote local blood circulation and reduce lactic acid accumulation in legs, which is the best way to eliminate fatigue. Now the first choice for soaking feet at home is the foot bath tub. Choose plastic basin, wooden basin, or various foot baths on the market? The following are the advantages and disadvantages of the three.
Plastic basin:
The price is the lowest, ranging from a few yuan to dozens of yuan. Common plastic pots are generally limited in height, which can only submerge the instep and cannot stimulate and treat acupoints above the ankle. So you can choose plastic buckets to soak your legs. Pay special attention to the water temperature when using plastic pots, and pour the newly boiled water after cooling properly, because too high water temperature may cause plastic deformation. When choosing a plastic basin for soaking feet, it is necessary to continuously add hot water to keep the water temperature.
Barrel:
The price is moderate, generally above 100 yuan. The wooden basin dissipates heat slowly, which is beneficial to the heat preservation of water and the foot bath effect is better. Moreover, the wooden basin is relatively stable and does not react chemically with the liquid medicine, so it is relatively safe.
Foot bath:
Multifunctional, but the price is relatively high, mostly between 200 and 800 yuan. The foot bath tub can automatically heat and keep warm, which saves the trouble of constantly adding water compared with plastic pots and wooden pots. The biggest feature of the foot bath device is its diverse functions, such as massage (including water flow and bubble impact massage, vibration massage, infrared massage and so on). ), magnetic therapy health care, ozone to remove athlete's foot and foot odor.
There are many kinds of foot baths on the market now, with different functions. When shopping, we should grasp the following three points:
Safety: The foot bath tub is heated by electric energy, and it may get an electric shock if it comes into contact with water. The foot bath can be divided into integrated and split types in structure, and the heating pipe of the integrated foot bath device is directly connected with water, which is easy to leak electricity; The basin and base of the split foot bath are separated, and the middle is heated by steam pipe, which is relatively safe. Foot bath tubs are not medical devices at present, and there are no relevant national standards and norms. Therefore, when purchasing, you need to choose a manufacturer with relevant certification, which can also ensure safety to a certain extent.
Function: The foot baths on the market have heating and constant temperature functions, and other functions can be selected according to your own needs. The more functions you don't pursue, the better, and the healthier you are.
Hygiene: From the point of view of hygiene, the split foot bath tub is more sanitary. The basin on the split foot bath can be separated freely, so it can be cleaned freely, and different people can use their own basins separately to prevent cross infection. After the foot bath is used for a period of time, the basin surface and grooves should be cleaned, because these places are particularly prone to bacteria.
In addition, many families also have iron pots, aluminum pot and enamel pots. Are these pots suitable for soaking feet? These pots dissipate heat quickly and are generally not suitable for soaking feet. Moreover, the performance of iron pot and aluminum pot is not stable enough, and there may be a chemical reaction between the pot and the medicine at high temperature, so it is particularly unsuitable.
If you want to soak your feet to play a role in health care, disease prevention and treatment, you must pay attention to persistence. Su Dongpo believes: "The hot foot bath method is not effective at first, but it has accumulated for more than a hundred days, and its role is immeasurable. It is more effective than taking medicine 100 times. "
At the end of the article, I sent the most important secret of soaking feet: persistence!