But now many people who are used to taking a bath never soak their feet alone. Taking a bath all over the body will make most of the blood flow to the limbs, leading to internal organs and cerebral ischemia. Therefore, people who are overtired or weak are prone to dizziness, palpitation, fatigue and other symptoms.
If you soak your feet in a high bucket and relax the meridians at the feet and calves through heat, you can speed up the blood circulation of the whole body and improve the blood supply of organs such as the heart and brain, which has a very obvious two-way adjustment effect on blood pressure. Moreover, with the continuous increase of heat, the body will sweat slightly, so that the cold and wet waste in the body can be discharged in time, the meridians can be dredged, the body temperature can be regulated, and the deficiency fire can be reduced.
So, I suggest you spend half an hour soaking your feet after a busy day. Don't underestimate this half hour, as long as you persist every day, you will get less sick and bring you physical and mental health!
Foot soaking tool
It's best to soak your feet in a bucket. Just buy a higher plastic bucket in the supermarket. Although the wooden barrel has good insulation effect, it is too heavy and inconvenient to use. There are many electric footbath now. It would be better if they could be made higher and as deep as buckets.
It's time to soak your feet
You shouldn't soak your feet for half an hour after a meal. Generally choose to soak your feet before going to bed, which is convenient and beneficial to sleep.
However, if you have leisure time every day, especially the elderly, you can soak your feet at 3~5 pm, that is, when the bladder menstruation is the most vigorous, the effect of tonifying the kidney is the best.
The soaking time varies from person to person. Generally, the whole body is hot and slightly sweaty. Drink plenty of water after soaking feet and replenish water in time.
Some people soak their feet and feel very comfortable. In fact, they can only sweat when they have a cold, and they can't soak in sweat at ordinary times, which is very harmful to their health. Over time, their bodies will become weaker and weaker.
If you catch a cold or catch a cold, it is best to drink warm water or ginger brown sugar water while soaking, so that the body can generate more heat and eliminate cold and dampness in time through sweating.
Temperature of foot bath water
According to everyone's specific heat resistance, the temperature can be lower at first, then slowly add hot water and keep heating until the whole body is hot and sweaty.
Why are some people not easy to sweat when soaking their feet?
People who insist on soaking their feet all the year round do not have this problem. Only those who have just started soaking their feet will have this situation because their bodies are too cold and wet.
As long as you persist in soaking your feet and gradually get rid of the cold and dampness in your body, it is easy to sweat.
Why do some people feel uncomfortable after soaking their feet?
Some people will feel chest tightness and dizziness after soaking their feet for a long time. This is because the blood vessels in both feet are excessively dilated due to the high water temperature, and the whole body blood flows to the lower limbs, resulting in insufficient blood supply to important organs such as the heart, brain and kidney.
This kind of person's body is basically blood deficiency, not only soaking feet will cause discomfort, but also bathing will cause discomfort. Therefore, for them, the time to soak their feet should be shorter, and they should pay attention to diet therapy and eat more foods that enrich blood and tonify kidney, so as to fundamentally change the ischemic situation.
Generally, if you stick to this for half a month to a month, you won't have a similar reaction when soaking your feet, then slowly extend the soaking time and gradually increase the water temperature until you sweat slightly.
How should diabetics soak their feet?
Many reports say that diabetic people will cause blood sugar to rise after soaking their feet. In fact, there is less blood in these patients, so don't soak your feet for a long time. The most important thing is to strengthen diet therapy and replenish blood.
In addition, most diabetic patients have symptoms of yin deficiency and excessive fire. You can rub the soles of your feet 50~ 100 times after soaking your feet, and you can reduce virtual fire by sticking to it all the year round.
Do I need to add herbs to my foot bath?
It is best for ordinary people not to add herbs to foot bath water casually, because the heat makes the drugs in the water easily absorbed. If it is not suitable for your physical condition, it will have a negative impact. Of course, when the body is wet and cold, you can add mugwort leaves to soak together, but you can't add them every day, 1~2 times a week, each time.
A small handful will do. People with severe beriberi can soak their feet with vinegar, which can sterilize and relieve itching.
A good "companion" when soaking feet.
Spread pebbles in the bucket for soaking feet, and massage with pebbles while soaking. The effect is naturally good.
But this is limited to young people, not suitable for the elderly and patients, because most of them have blood deficiency. Massage under the action of heat is easy to draw blood down and cause discomfort. Therefore, it is best to massage the head and arms when soaking feet to draw blood upwards and improve the blood supply to the heart and brain.
People with poor cervical spine will soak their hands together when soaking their feet, which is very beneficial to the treatment of cervical spondylosis.
When your body gets hot after soaking, you will feel very relaxed. When you use heat to move your cervical spine, shoulders and back, you will feel relaxed and free. If you go to sleep again, you will be able to sleep comfortably. After a long time, the body's immunity and resistance will gradually recover and enhance.
How to soak children's feet
The purpose of soaking feet is to increase blood circulation and replenish yang. Children are pure yang, so don't soak more, just wash them. However, for children with weak physique and often cold hands and feet, parents can soak their feet in winter.
In addition, it is necessary for children to soak their feet to drive away the cold after catching a cold.
After years of observation, I found that people who insist on soaking their feet all the year round and pay attention to diet therapy rarely suffer from serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and cancer. Therefore, there is no reason for people to get sick by soaking their feet every day, accelerating blood circulation, discharging cold and dampness in the body in time, and supplementing blood with diet.