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What is the five-water regimen?
First, wash your face and soak your feet with hot water.

Soak the towel in hot water, take it out and wring it out, quickly cover it on your face, suck hot air through your nose, cool it and put it in hot water for ironing. Repeated ironing like this can play the role of ironing eyes, face and nose. Breathing hot air through nostrils can prevent colds, treat rhinitis and nosebleeds, iron eyes can cure eye diseases, and iron faces can cure senile plaques, making the skin more elastic.

Soak your feet in hot water after washing your face. When soaking your feet, you can rub your feet with your hands or rub your feet with each other. After about 10 minutes, dry your feet with a towel and massage your feet with your hands. When massaging, rub the right hand Laogong point at Yongquan point on the left foot for 50 times, grab the toes and shake them for 50 times, then rub the left hand Laogong point at Yongquan point on the right foot for 50 times and grab the toes and shake them for 50 times.

Chinese medicine believes that there are 66 acupoints below the ankle joint, corresponding to various organs of the human body. When a certain part of the human body is sick, various abnormal phenomena will appear in the corresponding acupoint reflex zone. Yongquan Point is also called "Shen Jian Point". "All diseases are inseparable from the five internal organs, and the kidney is the foundation of the five internal organs. Therefore, strengthening the body and consolidating the foundation starts with tonifying the kidney. " It can be seen that sticking to hot water for scalding feet can really cure many diseases. No wonder some people say that "the rich take medicine and the poor soak their feet", which makes sense.

Second, rinse your mouth and brush your teeth with warm water.

Teeth are important organs to ensure nutrient supply. Brushing your teeth with warm water is to protect your teeth from overheating. I'm 70 years old and I haven't lost a tooth. It really means "good mouth, good appetite, delicious food and good health."

Third, drink a cup of warm water in the morning.

Drink a cup of warm water first in the morning, and the water will quickly enter the blood, dilute the viscous blood and promote the normal circulation of the blood. This will effectively prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, improve blood circulation and blood supply, and also benefit the metabolism of the kidney. It can disinfect and clean the stomach, avoid gastrointestinal diseases, soften stool and constipation, and promote orderly metabolism.

Fourth, wash your face with cold water.

It's easy to wash your hair with cold water in summer, but it can't be done without strong perseverance in cold winter. Wash your face with cold water and rub it while washing. Holding cold water in your hand and inhaling it several times through your nostrils can prevent colds. After cold water washing, wipe your head and face with a towel until your skin feels slightly hot.

Chinese medicine believes that there are 14 acupoints on the head, such as Baihui and Fengchi. Wash your hair and wipe your face to massage, enhance your body's cold resistance, reduce colds and other diseases, and truly achieve beauty beauty, with a clear head and bright eyes.

Fifth, drink a few glasses of water every day.

In order to keep enough water in the body, drink at least 6-8 glasses of water every day, and don't be afraid to drink too much in nocturia. Drink water regularly and quantitatively, such as 1 cup on an empty stomach when you get up in the morning, between meals, before going to bed at night, at 1-2 o'clock in the evening, about 200 grams per cup, and you can drink more porridge in winter.