Cold weather can easily lead to poor circulation of qi and blood, leading to peripheral nerve and blood vessel obstruction, cold hands and feet, elevated blood pressure, heart discomfort, causing risks such as myocardial infarction and stroke. May wish to soak feet for health, promote blood circulation and improve cold hands and feet.

When the weather turns cold, many people will feel cold hands and feet, especially the elderly are more prone to cramps and cold hands and feet. Once the hands and feet are cold, it will make it harder for people to fall asleep at night and affect their sleep. Therefore, how to improve the cold hands and feet is very important. Although bathing with hot water or soaking feet or hot springs can help blood circulation and improve cold hands and feet, the elderly are often worried that overheating of water will cause other problems. How to soak your feet for health so that there will be no problems due to overheating of water?

Poor cold circulation of hands and feet causes many problems.

Old people tend to cramp in winter, and their hands and feet are cold. Zhou, the attending physician of Chinese Medicine Department of Renai Hospital of Taipei United Hospital, said that the main reason is that people's feet are far from the heart, which is the distal part of blood vessels, and blood circulation will be poor. In addition, the fat layer of the foot is thin and the heat preservation is poor. Therefore, the temperature of the sole skin is low and it is easy to catch cold. If the feet catch cold, it will also cause discomfort to many organs of the human body, including upper respiratory mucosa such as nose, pharynx and trachea. If the resistance is reduced, the pathogenic bacteria lurking in the body will take the opportunity to multiply. After a long time, it may also lead to vasodilation dysfunction, induce lower limb smooth muscle spasm, arthritis and rheumatic diseases.

In addition, foot hypothermia can easily lead to stomach pain, abdominal pain, low back pain, varicose veins, coronary heart disease and other medical and cardiovascular diseases. Especially in winter in Taiwan Province Province, what I fear most is not the low temperature, but the temperature difference between hot and cold. When the temperature difference is large or the indoor and outdoor temperature changes too fast, the blood vessels of the body will suddenly contract and expand under the condition of inadaptability, resulting in symptoms such as stiff shoulders and necks, headache, numbness of hands and feet, and chills of limbs. It will lead to high blood pressure, uncomfortable heart, and even risks such as myocardial infarction, stroke and sudden death.

In winter, people's blood pressure is often not high, but cerebral hemorrhage is still due to blood vessel rupture. Zhou analyzed the reasons, pointing out that nothing more than the texture of the cerebrovascular itself is too brittle, and the blood vessels can't bear the pressure and rupture. These symptoms are closely related to the poor circulation of qi and blood, which is often said in Chinese medicine.

There are many acupoints on the feet. Soaking feet can help blood circulation and delay aging.

In addition to drug treatment, what other health care methods can the elderly improve cold hands and feet and avoid poor blood circulation? Zhou said that in the traditional concept of Chinese medicine, "foot massage is carried out all year round: washing feet in spring, sunbathing and strengthening the body; Washing feet in summer can dispel summer heat and dampness; Wash feet in autumn, lungs moisten intestines and peristalsis; Wash your feet in winter to improve your abdomen. It can be seen that soaking feet is good for human body, and it is a safe and convenient method.

There are 33 acupoints on the human foot just below the ankle. If you count 66 acupoints on both feet, it accounts for 10% of the whole body acupoints. Foot is one of the densest acupoints in human body, especially the acupoints of foot have corresponding reflection areas with various viscera, and the meridians of spleen, stomach, liver, kidney and other important viscera all pass through here. Therefore, conduction through the meridians when soaking feet can also contribute to the health care and treatment effect of viscera.

Zhou believes that frequent foot soaking is helpful to nourish vitality, strengthen waist and tendons, regulate viscera, dredge meridians, promote metabolism and delay aging at Yongquan point of the kidney meridian and all points below ankle joint.

As far as Chinese medicine is concerned, the aging of human body is also related to the deficiency of yang, which comes from kidney, and kidney is the basis of human yang. Therefore, in order to effectively resist aging and prevent aging, soaking feet in hot water is a good way to nourish and strengthen the kidney. On the contrary, if the yang of the kidney is damaged or gradually decreased due to human aging, there will be deficiency of kidney yin, which will lead to dizziness, tinnitus, frequent nocturnal urination, impotence and nocturnal emission. Therefore, it is very important to keep kidney yang healthy and prolong life.

It is best to master the water temperature and soak your feet.

I want to improve my cold hands and feet and promote blood circulation by soaking my feet. Zhou reminded me that it is not only good to put your feet in hot water. The methods and skills to pay attention to include water temperature or adding some salt, which can make my feet soak better and promote blood circulation.

Water temperature: keep it at about 40 ~ 42℃. If the weather is hot, the water temperature can be slightly reduced to about 38℃.

The water is deeper than the calf.

Hot water with salt: it helps to enter the kidney, or add cinnamon and ginger to promote circulation.

* * * When soaking feet: It is suggested that you can make a fist with your palm, pat the liver, spleen and kidney meridians on the inner side of the calf moderately, or use the acupoints of the calf with your hands, such as Yongquan point in the heart of the foot, or Zusanli and Sanyinjiao, which will help strengthen the meridians and blood circulation and achieve better kidney protection effect.

Soak your feet before going to bed at night: It is recommended to soak your feet before going to bed at night for the best effect; Going to bed within half an hour after soaking your feet is more conducive to the growth of yang and helps you sleep.

Foot soaking time: It is recommended to soak for about 10 ~ 15 minutes each time to prevent the water temperature from overheating and excessive sweating, resulting in physical fatigue. Change the water when it gets cold during this time.

* * * After soaking feet: You can do some simple * * * after soaking feet, and it can also help eliminate toxins in the body.

It is worth noting that it is normal to sweat when soaking feet. Don't blow the fan or turn on the air conditioner at this time, because the pores of the whole body are open when soaking feet. If you blow an air conditioner or an electric fan at this time, you will not be able to exercise, and you will easily catch a cold.

All the year round is a good time to soak your feet.

In addition to winter is a good time to soak your feet, in fact, all the year round is a good time to soak your feet, especially in Taiwan Province Province, where the island climate and humidity are high. If the moisture in the spleen and stomach is blocked, there will be symptoms such as loss of appetite and lack of energy. Soaking feet just helps to eliminate moisture, make people refreshed and increase appetite. Therefore, people with poor spleen and stomach are more suitable for soaking feet in summer, and it is not easy to be invaded by moisture when the spleen and stomach are good.

Foot bath water is more than instep. It is suggested that it should be about 10 ~ 15 cm above the ankle, all the way to the calf. As the water temperature cools, gradually add water to keep warm and soak for 30 minutes every day. It is best to soak your feet in a wooden basin or an enamel basin, with a larger bottom area so that your feet can be comfortably placed in the basin.

Must-know foot bath taboos

Soaking feet is taboo. Zhou said that some people may choose to soak their feet in warm water with ginger powder. Although soaking in Jiang Shui has a good effect of keeping warm, patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes and people with dry and hot constitution should still take a bath with warm water or salt.

Because you soak your feet with hot water, you'd better choose a well-ventilated place to soak your feet. If dizziness occurs, it is necessary to pause, especially when the elderly soak their feet, it is best to let their families pay attention at any time; If there are open wounds in the feet and lower limbs, it is not recommended to soak the feet, so as to avoid excessive * * *, which will lead to the deterioration of the wounds. If the elderly themselves have chronic diseases and other problems, they can also consult professional Chinese medicine practitioners first, and then soak their feet correctly to achieve health care effects.

What are the foot bath materials?

As a foot bath material, Zhou suggested adding appropriate amount of Pogostemon rugosa and Folium Perillae (about 15g each) in hot water, which was suitable for improving gastrointestinal discomfort. Because Pogostemon fragrans and Perilla frutescens leaves are good materials for eliminating dampness, which can dilate capillaries and sweat, and also help Hong Kong foot and skin diseases, which can effectively eliminate moisture in the body and make the spirit better. However, Pogostemon cablin and Folium Perillae contain volatile oil and cannot be cooked for a long time. It is suggested that appropriate amount of medicinal materials be boiled for 10 minute, cooled and filtered, diluted with warm water and soaked at about 40℃.

● Ginger or cinnamon

Ginger or cinnamon can also be soaked in hot water, about 20 grams of each material, and the medicinal materials are boiled for about 30 minutes. You can soak your feet after filtering the residue juice, which is helpful to promote blood circulation.

● Essential oil

Many people will soak their feet with essential oil, although it has a certain calming effect, but they must buy natural essential oil, and never buy chemical synthesis, which may not help health care. In addition, they can also be combined with slapping and * * * to increase the effect of soaking feet.

Soak your feet and make a small phone call.

1. Hypertension, hypertension patients do not add ginger powder to hot water when soaking their feet.

2. Soak your feet in a ventilated place.

3. Don't soak your feet for the time being if you have a wound on your feet.

4. The family should always pay attention to the situation that the old people soak their feet.

If you have chronic diseases, you can consult Chinese medicine first.

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