1, who is not suitable for soaking feet?
1. Children
If the child's feet are not very cold, there is no need to soak them. The arch of human foot is gradually formed in childhood. At this time, if you often soak your feet with hot water, the ligaments on the soles of your feet may become slack, which is not conducive to the formation and maintenance of the arch. In the long run, it will increase the risk of forming flat feet.
2. Patients with diabetic foot
The skin of diabetic foot patients is fragile, and the peripheral nerves of the foot are not sensitive to temperature. Normal people feel that the water is very hot, but they can't feel it, so they are easily scalded. Once scalded, even a small blister, if not treated in time, may lead to foot infection, ulceration, and even severe amputation.
3. Patients with varicose veins
The main cause of varicose veins is venous valve insufficiency. The increase of foot temperature will only increase local blood flow, but will not change the speed of venous reflux. On the contrary, it may increase the burden of venous reflux, lead to further expansion of varicose veins, aggravate congestion of lower limbs and aggravate the condition. It is very likely that your feet will become more and more swollen, so don't soak your feet or legs with hot water, and don't warm your feet with hot water bottles or take a sauna.
4. Patients with dermatoses such as tinea pedis
Many people mistakenly believe that soaking feet can relieve the symptoms of tinea pedis. In fact, soaking feet with hot water may lead to secondary bacterial infection. For broken skin wounds, soaking feet with hot water is even worse. Be sure to open the wound, dry and ventilated. Patients with diseases such as herpes and eczema on their feet should not soak their feet with hot water. Once the skin is broken, it is easy to cause infection.
5. Patients with beriberi and foot trauma
People with beriberi should not soak their feet with hot water when their condition is serious enough to blister, because it is easy to cause wound infection. Foot inflammation, dermatosis, trauma or skin burn are not easy to soak.
6. Syncope caused by soaking feet for a long time in special people.
It is no problem for healthy people to soak their feet in hot springs, but special people should pay attention. For example, patients with heart disease and cardiac insufficiency, people with low blood pressure and frequent dizziness should not soak their feet with too hot water or soak in hot springs for a long time. Because soaking feet in hot water or soaking in hot springs will dilate blood vessels, and the whole body blood will flow from important organs to the body surface, which will inevitably lead to ischemia and hypoxia in important organs such as the heart and brain. For people with heart disease and low blood pressure, it will increase the risk of illness.
2. What are the benefits of soaking feet?
1, detoxify and beautify
People who often soak their feet have this experience. When soaking your feet, you will feel your knees are very cold, indicating that the cold and dampness in your body is being forced out of your body by hot water and traditional Chinese medicine. Soaking feet can accelerate the cold and dampness in the human body. So if you catch a cold in winter, your feet will sweat, and you can also dispel the cold in your body.
Step 2 improve sleep
People with weak constitution, especially women, insist on soaking their feet before going to bed every night in winter, which can not only help them fall asleep, obviously improve their sleep quality, but also prevent many winter diseases.
3. Promote blood circulation
Since ancient times, the foot has been regarded as the second heart of the human body. The foot is the farthest place from the human heart and bears the heaviest burden. Therefore, feet are most likely to cause poor blood circulation, especially those who often feel cold hands and feet. Soaking feet is an excellent health care method.
Step 4 stimulate meridians
There are six meridians on human feet, and soaking feet is equivalent to stimulating these six meridians.
Anyone who has done pedicure knows that when the masseur presses the soles of the feet, we will feel pain and soreness, which basically reflects the corresponding problems of the internal organs of the body, so people will feel relaxed after foot massage.