1, precautions for foot bath
First, these people are not suitable for soaking feet.
Traditional Chinese medicine foot bath may stimulate women's gonadal reflex zone, so women during pregnancy and menstrual period should not soak their feet, so as not to affect the health of women and fetuses.
People suffering from various serious bleeding diseases may cause local bleeding when massaging their feet, so it is not appropriate to soak their feet.
Second, have time to soak your feet.
Many people just put their feet in water for a while when they soak their feet, thinking that they have achieved the effect of soaking their feet. That was not the case. Soaking feet is generally a soaking with fever and slight sweating, which can be considered as soaking feet, and it also achieves the effect of soaking feet.
Third, I'm too full to soak.
Soaking feet will speed up the blood circulation of the human body, and people who are full or hungry here are prone to dizziness and other discomfort. It is not advisable to soak your feet within half an hour after a meal, which will affect the blood supply to your stomach.
Fourth, patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases should be careful to soak their feet.
After soaking feet with hot water, the blood vessels of human body dilate and the blood circulation of the whole body accelerates from viscera to body surface. At this time, some important organs will have ischemia and hypoxia, which will increase the risk of heart disease and hypotension.
The peripheral nerves of diabetic patients can't sense the external temperature normally, even if the water temperature is very high, which is easy to burn and will lead to serious consequences. So diabetic patients must pay attention to the water temperature, preferably warm.
Fifth, people with inflammation should avoid soaking their feet.
When beriberi patients' condition is serious enough to blister, it is not advisable to soak their feet with hot water, which may easily cause wound infection. People with inflammation, trauma or skin burns on their feet should not soak their feet.
Sixth, the foot bath time should not be too long.
Soaking feet for the elderly can prevent cold and keep warm, promote blood circulation and help sleep, but not for too long, so as not to cause symptoms such as sweating and palpitation.
Soaking feet is a well-known health care method for many people, especially the elderly. Proper foot bathing can prolong life and help you sleep.
2. What are the benefits of soaking feet?
1, promoting blood circulation
According to the theory of keeping in good health, the foot is farthest from the human heart and bears the heaviest burden. It has been said since ancient times that the second heart of the human body is also the most likely to cause poor blood circulation. It is recorded in medical classics that "a man with feet is still like a tree with roots, and the roots of the tree are exhausted first, and the old feet of the man are old first." For people with cold hands and feet, soaking feet is the best way to promote blood circulation.
2. Stimulate the acupoints, reflex zones and meridians of the foot.
Pressing the footsteps can also reflect whether there is something wrong with the corresponding liver. When doing pedicure, the masseur will feel pain and soreness when pressing our feet, but after pressing, he will feel relaxed all over. There are six main meridians on the soles of the feet. Soaking feet can stimulate these six meridians and promote blood circulation.
3. Adjuvant treatment of diseases
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. There is a folk saying that "the rich take tonic and the poor soak their feet", which shows the great role of soaking their feet. Modern people yearn for air-conditioned rooms and like to eat cold food, so some people will feel cold and wet in their bodies. Soaking their feet can accelerate the discharge of cold in their bodies.
4. Improve sleep and eliminate insomnia.
Insisting on soaking feet also has a good effect on improving sleep. Soaking feet in water at 43 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes can reduce lactic acid in the blood. Moreover, the foot is rich in nerve endings and capillaries. Soaking the foot with hot water has a mild and good stimulating effect on nerves and capillaries. This warm stimulation is reflected in the cerebral cortex, which plays an inhibitory role, thus improving sleep and eliminating insomnia. Soaking feet can increase the blood velocity and flow of feet, thus improving heart function, reducing heart load, promoting metabolism, and regulating meridians and qi and blood.