1, foot bath health care
1, hot water soaking feet to relieve headache
Soak your feet in hot water at about 40℃. 15~20 minutes later, the headache will be obviously relieved.
Soak the feet with hot water, so that the blood vessels in the feet and calves will be heated and expanded, and the blood in the head will be led to the feet, thus reducing the pressure on the blood vessels in the head.
Because the soles of the feet are connected with many meridians of the human body, these meridians are also connected with the head. Therefore, massaging the soles of the feet can stimulate the meridians and reduce the onset of headaches. In particular, the Yongquan point on the sole of the foot goes directly to the brain. Massage it can draw blood downwards and relieve headaches.
2, medicated bath soaking feet to treat colds
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that colds are mostly caused by exogenous pathogens and dysfunction of lung and health. The principle of soaking feet in medicated bath is to disperse the lung and relieve exterior syndrome, and to perspire and eliminate evil.
Modern research shows that Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, Mulberry Leaves and Chrysanthemum morifolium have antibacterial and antiviral effects, as well as the effects of expelling wind and dissipating heat. Soaking feet with medicated bath can improve blood circulation, enhance immune function, diminish inflammation and sterilize, shorten the course of disease, reduce complications and prevent colds from recurring.
3. Prevention and treatment of foot bath disease in traditional Chinese medicine
Select appropriate drugs, add warm water after decoction, and then take traditional Chinese medicine foot bath, so that the drugs can penetrate into the human body through the skin under the warm effect of water, and then be transported to the whole body through blood circulation, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing and treating diseases.
If you have arthritis in autumn and winter, people who are prone to catching a cold and have poor sleep, you can try traditional Chinese medicine foot bath: 20 grams of pepper, 60 grams of dried ginger, 60 grams of geranium, 60 grams of papaya, 30 grams of mugwort, 30 grams of lycopodium clavatum and 20 grams of salt. After boiling water, add one or two vinegar, steam your feet first, then soak your feet, and pat them half an hour later.
4, hot water and salt soaking feet to treat constipation.
People who are prone to constipation can treat constipation by putting one or two teaspoons of salt in the water when soaking their feet.
Soaking feet with hot water and vinegar can remove foot odor.
People with smelly feet, putting some vinegar in the water can not only get rid of foot odor, prevent beriberi and get rid of rheumatism.
6, hot water soaking feet can relieve fatigue and help sleep.
Soaking your feet with hot water can not only relieve fatigue, but also help you sleep. If you have a series of uncomfortable symptoms such as poor sleep, listlessness, poor diet, fatigue and emotional instability, you can soak your feet in hot water for 30 minutes, then rub your feet for 10~20 minutes until you get fever, and you will feel refreshed and relaxed.
In addition, adding pebbles to hot water to grind feet can improve the effect of foot bath, promote the connection of human blood vessels, achieve the effects of communicating heart and kidney, soothing liver and regulating qi, invigorating spleen and qi, calming the heart and calming the nerves, and better improve sleep.
7, hot water+ginger, dried tangerine peel and mint foot bath
When soaking feet, add ginger, dried tangerine peel and mint to the water to warm the stomach and eliminate dampness.
2. Precautions for soaking feet
1, the temperature of foot bath water is 38~43 degrees, but it is best not to exceed 45 degrees.
2. The foot soaking time should not be too long, and 15-30 minutes is appropriate. When soaking feet, blood will flow to the lower limbs, and the brain is prone to insufficient blood supply.
3, soaking feet is generally hot, sweating slightly. Some people sweat in the lower body and don't sweat in the upper body, which means kidney cold. You can drink some ginger juice or hot water when soaking your feet. There is also a fever in the upper body, but not sweating in the lower body, which is the performance of qi deficiency. After a period of persistence, it can be effectively relieved.
4. The best time to soak your feet is 5-7 pm, because this is the active period of the kidney meridian.
5. It is not advisable to soak your feet within 1 hour after meals. After eating, most of the blood in the body flows to the digestive tract. If you soak your feet with hot water immediately after eating, the blood that should flow to the digestive system will flow to the lower limbs instead, which will affect digestion and absorption for a long time and lead to nutritional deficiency.
6, Chinese medicine foot bath is best to use a wooden basin. The chemical composition in metal pots such as copper pots is unstable, and it is easy to react with tannic acid in traditional Chinese medicine to generate harmful substances such as iron tannic acid, which greatly reduces the curative effect of drugs.
7, women do not use Chinese medicine to soak their feet during menstruation. The problem of women's menstrual period is more complicated. If you can't find the reason, soaking your feet with traditional Chinese medicine can not only relieve it, but also aggravate the symptoms such as dysmenorrhea.
8. Old people should not soak their feet for too long. Old people who soak their feet for too long will have symptoms such as sweating and palpitation. Therefore, it is better for the elderly to soak their feet for 20 minutes before going to bed every day.
9. It is not easy to soak your feet when you are too full and hungry. When soaking feet, don't be too full, too hungry or eat, because foot massage will speed up the blood circulation of the whole body, which is prone to dizziness and 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.
10, diabetic patients must pay attention to the water temperature. Diabetic patients should pay special attention to the level of water temperature, because the peripheral nerves of these patients can't sense the external temperature normally, even if the water temperature is very high, and they are easy to be burned, which will lead to very serious consequences.
Tip: Soaking your feet is good for your health, but it is expensive.
3, the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine foot bath
1, keep fit and prolong life.
Soaking feet before going to bed can stimulate various acupoints on the soles of feet, promote blood circulation, speed up metabolism, regulate the functions of viscera, and dredge the meridians of the whole body, thus eliminating diseases and pathogens, benefiting qi and removing blood stasis, nourishing vitality and benefiting human health.
2. Eliminate fatigue and make people feel relaxed and happy.
Soaking feet can speed up blood circulation, relax muscles, promote blood circulation, quickly eliminate the fatigue of the day, and remove the odor and dust on the feet, making people feel relaxed and happy.
3, prevention and treatment of colds, dispelling cold and warming up.
Soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine can activate plantar acupoints, thus sending nutrients and fresh oxygen to the brain and the whole body, making the whole body feel comfortable.
4, prevention and treatment of neurasthenia and insomnia
Soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine every night before going to bed can strengthen nervous system exercise, promote nervous system regulation function and improve sleep quality.
5. Prevention and treatment of hypertension
Soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine can effectively promote blood circulation, regulate nervous and endocrine systems, make blood flow smooth and blood pressure stable.
6. Prevention and treatment of arthritis
Soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine can promote blood circulation, dredge collaterals, dispel cold and diminish inflammation, and has a good effect on rheumatoid arthritis. Soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine can also activate nerve endings of lower limbs, make the nervous system connect up and down, and eliminate numbness of legs and feet.
7. Prevention and treatment of cerebrovascular diseases
Soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine every day can keep blood flowing and has certain preventive and therapeutic effects on cerebral ischemia, cerebral infarction and cerebral thrombosis.
8. Beauty and weight loss
Some traditional Chinese medicines can also enhance skin metabolism, decompose body fat and make skin white and slim.
Soaking feet has so many benefits, but there are also some places to pay attention to. Proper foot bathing in autumn and winter is good for your health, especially for some people who are afraid of the cold in winter. They can soak their feet before going to bed, and they can also use some Chinese herbal medicines to regulate their bodies according to their health conditions, which can prevent some winter diseases.