Pedicure In the culture of traditional Chinese medicine, foot bath therapy has a long history, which originated in ancient China and is accumulated knowledge and experience in long-term social practice. It has a historical tradition of more than 3000 years.
The ancients once had many classic records and descriptions of foot bath: "Washing feet in spring, the sun rises and takes off;" Washing feet in summer can dispel summer heat and dampness; Wash feet in autumn, moisten lungs and intestines; Wash your feet in winter, and Dantian is warm. " Su Dongpo said, "The hot foot bath didn't work well at first, but it has accumulated for more than a hundred days and its effect is immeasurable. A hundred times more effective than taking medicine.
Historical origin
China is the country with the earliest origin of pedicure. China recorded about foot massage thousands of years ago. According to research, pedicure and acupuncture are "the same root and the same origin" therapies in China.
"toe-gazing method" (a diagnosis and treatment method) in ancient Huangdi's Zuxin Pian; The concept of "keeping feet" (rubbing feet often can cure many diseases) written by eminent monks in Sui Dynasty; Hua Tuo, an imperial doctor in the Han Dynasty, wrote "Foot Heart" (meaning knowledge of the sole of the foot) in Hua Tuo's Secret, and Sima Qian wrote "Treating diseases with foot" ("foot" means "healing" and refers to the back of the foot) in Historical Records.
Mr. Su Dongpo, a literary giant in the Song Dynasty, had a good study on health preservation, and greatly appreciated the benefits of rubbing Yongquan point on the sole of his foot on his body. He thought that "the effect is not very good, but it has accumulated over time and its effect is immeasurable. If you believe it, it will be of great benefit. "
It shows that people in China have known about foot health care for a long time. Chinese medicine therapy (including foot massage) spread to Japan and South Korea in the Tang Dynasty. After the Yuan Dynasty, it spread to Europe.
In the Ming Dynasty, foot massage was further developed. Later, due to feudal ethics, women's foot binding and other "policies" and folk customs that despised foot health, the healthy development of this therapy was greatly affected. Especially in the late Qing Dynasty, this historical and cultural heritage of China was brutally plundered by foreign powers and once "disappeared" in China, almost lost.