There are records of "toe-looking method" and "foot-heart method" in ancient medical books in China. In Huangdi Neijing, an ancient classic of traditional Chinese medicine, there are many acupoints on the foot, such as Taichong, Taibai, Yongquan, Kunlun, Yinqiao and Neiting. And explain that these acupoints can reach the liver meridian, spleen meridian, stomach meridian, bladder meridian and gallbladder meridian respectively. This shows that our ancestors have realized the relationship between many sensitive reaction points of feet and human internal organs, and pointed out that using drugs to act on these reaction points can achieve the effect of treating diseases and protecting health.
Second, how do I soak my feet? What effect will it have if several herbs are added to the water for soaking feet? I feel good. My hands and feet were cold, so I used a proper amount of safflower and a pinch of moxa, both of which were put in a small bucket and brewed with boiling water. After a few minutes, the fragrance came out, fragrant and lingering. The color of water is beautiful, orange-red. I separated the water from the medicine hawthorn, poured the medicine into the foot bath bucket, heated the water to the right amount and began to soak my feet. It only takes 30 minutes. After soaking for nearly two months, the problem of cold feet has eased.
Soaking feet with Chili water can promote sleep better than soaking feet with hot water. In fact, the method is very simple. Wrap 50 grams of Zanthoxylum bungeanum (1 kg 10) in cotton cloth, tie it with a rope, boil water, and soak your feet with this water. Pepper bags can be reused, and they can be replaced in about a week.
Pepper is a good thing. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is not only the most commonly used seasoning in the kitchen, but also a traditional Chinese medicine, which can warm the middle warmer and relieve pain, dispel dampness and dispel cold. Soaking feet with Chili water and soaking feet with angelica and safflower have the same effect, both of which can promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals, so that the whole body blood vessels are smooth and warm. In addition, Zanthoxylum bungeanum is a natural disinfectant, and soaking feet with Zanthoxylum bungeanum water can also help treat beriberi.
Third, what are the benefits of soaking feet? The benefits of soaking feet every day are not limited to the above ... children love to cough, and middle-aged and elderly people have high blood pressure. Insisting on soaking feet has certain benefits. Chinese medicine says "top-down treatment". Soaking feet can promote the blood circulation of the body and enhance the barrier function of the respiratory system, thus helping to relieve cough symptoms and reduce the occurrence of colds. When you soak your feet, you can let the blood go from top to bottom, so your blood pressure is easy to stabilize.
It also has sterilization, disinfection, analgesic, antipruritic and repercussive effects. Soaking feet with Zanthoxylum bungeanum decoction can play the role of external treatment of internal diseases, because there are reflex zones corresponding to various organs of the human body in the feet. Soaking or massaging these reflex zones with medicinal soup can dredge the meridians of the whole body, unblock blood vessels, adjust the functions of various parts of the human body, and achieve the self-care effect of preventing and treating diseases.
Fourth, what problems should I pay attention to when soaking my feet?
1, soaking feet should not be too long, at most 30 minutes, otherwise the local blood circulation of feet will be too fast for a long time, which will cause relative ischemia in other parts of the body, and the elderly may faint due to insufficient blood supply to the brain. So it should be mild.
2, it is not appropriate to soak your feet within half an hour after a meal, which will affect the blood supply to the stomach. In the long run, it will make the elderly malnourished.
You can't sleep immediately after soaking your feet. Rub your feet when your feet are hot, and wear socks to keep warm in time. It is best to go to bed after the whole body heat gradually decreases.
4. It is best to soak your feet in a wooden bucket or enamel basin with a deep bottom area, so that your feet can be comfortably laid flat and the water can soak all the way to your calves. The water temperature is about 40 degrees Celsius, so hot water should be replenished at any time.
Nowadays, many elderly people still like to soak their feet with health massage footbath, so it is better to soak their feet with wooden footbath bucket.
6. Salt can't be added frequently in the water for soaking feet, which will hurt the kidneys and easily cause edema all over the body. Many people have seen the recommendation of soaking feet with salt water in some health newspapers, which leads to edema, endocrine disorders and aggravation of the original kidney disease. People with severe beriberi can add vinegar to the water that soaks their feet, which can sterilize and relieve itching.
7. Every time you soak your feet, you will generally have a fever and sweat slightly. Even if you soak your feet, drink plenty of water and replenish water in time. It is best to drink warm water or ginger brown sugar water while soaking feet, so that more heat can be generated inside the body, and cold and dampness can be eliminated in time through sweating.