1. Know foot bath
According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the human body, the twelve meridians and Eight Meridians are an organic whole. Among them, our feet are the starting points of the foot three yin meridians and the foot three yang meridians (* * * six meridians). If you wash your feet with warm water, the stimulation of water temperature will naturally affect these six meridians (similar to the principle of acupuncture stimulating meridians) and will also have an impact on the human body. And this kind of influence, Chinese medicine believes that the positive influence is greater than the negative influence. Soaking feet with hot water for a long time can not only prevent colds and indigestion, but also relieve fatigue and promote blood circulation, and can also treat insomnia, migraine, neurasthenia and other diseases.
Soak your feet correctly
Generally, the soaking temperature can be controlled at 40℃ ~ 45℃, and the soaking time is 20 ~ 30 minutes. When the water temperature is low, add some hot water to raise the temperature. Remember to dry your feet with a towel in time after soaking.
Soak your feet, misunderstand
Correct foot bath is really good for physical and mental health, but if you choose the wrong way, it will not only fail to play a role in health care, but also affect your health and even endanger your life. Four kinds of people can't soak their feet: diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (hypertension, heart disease, brain tumor, etc. ), patients with venous embolism and broken feet are not suitable for foot soaking, at least not for long-term warm water soaking.
We know that people are soaking their feet with hot water, and the blood vessels in the lower limbs are heated and expanded, resulting in insufficient blood supply to organs such as the brain, lungs and stomach. So after soaking for a period of time, some people will feel dizzy and chest tightness.
There are two examples of foot-soaking mistakes. One of them is that Uncle Li's legs and feet are always cold, and he likes to warm his legs and feet every day, but later he found that his right foot was sour and black, his right lower limb vein was blocked, and his limbs were necrotic, so he had to amputate. Another example is more extreme. There is a woman about 40 years old who soaks her feet. Results The cerebral vascular aneurysm ruptured due to the change of intravascular blood pressure, and finally died unfortunately. ...
Soaking feet is a relatively simple health care method. Many friends like to soak their feet, which can promote blood circulation and make them healthier. But through the above introduction, we also understand that not everyone is suitable for soaking feet every day, so we should formulate appropriate health preservation methods according to our own health conditions.