As the "second heart" of human body, the maintenance of foot is very important. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the sole of the foot is the intersection of meridians, and there are more than 60 acupoints and reflex zones connected with human internal organs, corresponding to human internal organs. Soaking feet can relax meridians and activate collaterals, improve blood circulation, and dispel dampness and cold.
Foot massage is an excellent physical therapy and health care method in the treasure house of traditional Chinese medicine. Medical classics record: "A man with feet is still like a tree with roots. When the tree dies, the roots are exhausted first, and the old feet decline first. " Therefore, as early as thousands of years ago, Chinese medicine attached great importance to the exercise and maintenance of the foot, and used foot massage (pedicure) to prevent and treat diseases. In the health care theory of traditional Chinese medicine, "foot massage all year round: washing feet in spring, opening the sun, setting;" Washing feet in summer can dispel summer heat; Wash feet in autumn, moisten lungs and intestines; The record of "Tian Dan washes his feet in winter and burns wet" is an image summary of the role of traditional Chinese medicine pedicure.
The reason why this time period is chosen to tonify the kidney is because it is the time when the kidney meridian is weak in qi and blood. At this time, after soaking feet to increase body heat, blood vessels in the body will expand, which is conducive to promoting blood circulation, thus promoting blood circulation in the body. At the same time, the nerves that have been nervous for a day and the kidneys that have been tired for a day can be completely relaxed and fully adjusted at this time, and people will feel very comfortable.
? It is best to soak your feet in wooden barrels, or plastic barrels or thermostatic barrels. The water temperature is about 40 degrees. It is best not to use yin and yang water (raw cold water and hot water alternate, Shui Han is born in yin, and boiled water can be cooled in advance). Soak your feet for 30 minutes each time. It is advisable to soak your feet until you sweat slightly. It should be noted that you must not blow dry indoors (in summer) during foot soaking, and dry it after soaking.
You can also soak your feet with Chinese herbal medicine, which can not only preserve health but also differentiate symptoms and signs.
Its symptoms are abdominal distension and pain before or during menstruation, dark menstrual blood with blood clots. People with such symptoms should reconcile qi and blood, remove blood stasis and relieve pain.
Because "women focus on the liver", the drugs selected for foot bath are mainly drugs that foot jueyin enters the liver meridian, and appropriate amount of menstrual medicine vinegar is added, such as green tangerine peel 30g, linderae 30g, motherwort 30g, Chuanxiong 10g, and safflower 10g.
Add about two liters of water and about 50 ml of vinegar, boil it with strong fire, and fry it with low fire for 30 minutes. When the medicine is cooled to 50℃, pour the residue into a basin to soak feet. The amount of medicine in the basin should be immersed in the ankle joint. If the liquid medicine is insufficient, add appropriate amount of warm water.
The feet keep moving in the medicine, so that the soles of the feet receive slight physical stimulation from the dregs for more than 30 minutes at a time.
Its symptoms are cold pain in the lower abdomen, less pain in hot compress and chills in hands and feet. The principle of warming channels and dispelling cold should be used to relieve pain.
Because there is a saying in Chinese medicine that "the kidney governs the whole body yang", the drugs selected for foot soaking should be mainly those with insufficient yin entering the kidney meridian, and appropriate amount of salt water should be added, such as cinnamon, clove, linderae, angelica, Ligusticum chuanxiong 15g, dried ginger, fennel and Evodia rutaecarpa 6g, with a little salt, and then decocted in water.
Its symptom is a dull pain in the lower abdomen during or after menstruation, and there will be slight pain when pressing the abdomen with your hand. The menstrual flow is small and pale, so it is necessary to replenish qi, nourish blood and regulate menstruation.
Traditional Chinese medicine calls it "spleen regulating blood". The drugs selected for foot bath should be mainly drugs that enter the Taiyin spleen meridian, and appropriate amount of sweet water can be added. Such as Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Cortex Eucommiae and Radix Astragali 15g can be used for foot bath, and appropriate amount of maltose can be added.
People with deficiency of both qi and blood are not easy to soak in too hot water temperature, about 40 degrees is appropriate, and the water temperature of the elderly is low, so it is not appropriate to soak for too long. Water can be heated during the process, and the water surface crossing Sanyinjiao is the standard water level, so it is not advisable to sweat. The weaker the body, the shorter the time, and the dizziness and fatigue in the process of soaking feet will stop immediately.
Formula of daily health foot bath: angelica 15g, astragalus 20g, safflower 10g, sappan wood 10g, Eupatorium adenophorum 10g, Radix Rehmanniae 10g, Zanthoxylum bungeanum 10g, and Radix Puerariae/kloc-. Decoct the medicine with 1000 water to 600 ml, remove the residue and pour it into the foot bath. Soak your feet for 30-40 minutes before going to bed every night, and massage your feet.
1. There is wound suppuration on the foot, so you can't soak your feet, which is not conducive to wound healing.
2. Soak your feet 24 hours after sprain and contusion, and apply cold compress within 24 hours.
3. It is not advisable to soak your feet when you have a high fever. If the fever is not serious, you can soak your feet to promote health.
4. Patients with heart disease can't soak their feet.
People with high blood pressure should not soak their feet.
6. Children should not soak their feet, which is not conducive to heart development.
7. Dizziness, chest tightness, and excessive emotions should not be soaked in feet within one hour after meals. It is not advisable to soak your feet when you are full.
8. The water temperature of diabetic foot patients should not be too high.
9. Pregnant women should not soak their feet in the early stage, and edema in the late stage of pregnant women can soak in water 10 minutes.