? However, there are also precautions for soaking feet, and carelessness will lead to adverse effects. So what should you pay attention to when soaking your feet?
What is the effect of hot water soaking feet? Chinese medicine is extensive and profound. According to the theory of Chinese medicine, the foot gathers many important acupoints of the human body, and the foot is the place where many meridians pass. Soaking feet with hot water is helpful to relax tendons and activate collaterals, promote blood circulation of human body, and thus achieve the purpose of health preservation. Western medicine theory holds that people's feet have many reflex zones, and soaking feet with hot water can stimulate these reflex zones, thus regulating the endocrine system and enhancing human functions.
? According to the above, we can know the function of soaking feet, so soaking feet is taboo for some people, as well. Patients with cardiovascular diseases can't soak their feet. People suffering from vascular diseases such as hypertension, varicose veins and arteritis should not soak their feet, because soaking feet will lead to accelerated blood circulation, which will easily lead to increased blood pressure and increased heart rate, and aggravate venous reflux disorder.
There are diabetics, you may not understand. The peripheral nerves of diabetic patients are numb and insensitive, so it is difficult to judge the water temperature. Therefore, when soaking feet with hot water, it is easy to burn because the water temperature is too high. If you must soak your feet, your family must adjust the water temperature.