1. What do you use to soak your feet in winter
1, ginger
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that ginger is a pungent and warm medicine, which has the effect of dispelling cold and relieving exterior syndrome, and its toxic and side effects are relatively small. Ginger can improve local blood circulation and metabolism, and people with cold hands and feet can soak their feet with ginger. It should be noted that soaking feet with ginger does not mean soaking ginger in hot water for a while. Generally, take15-30g of ginger (about half a slice of ginger with the same size), pat it flat, put it in a pot, add half a pot of water, cover the pot, and cook it in hot water for about 10 minute.
After cooking, pour out all the Jiang Shui, and add appropriate amount of cold water to about 40℃ (generally it is better to feel it is not hot). When soaking your feet, don't let the water pass over your ankles. You'd better rub your feet when soaking.
2. Cinnamon
Cinnamon, also known as cinnamon and cinnamon, and pepper are commonly used spices. Both have the effect of warming kidney yang, and soaking feet is helpful to relieve edema caused by kidney disease. Nephrogenic edema is edema caused by renal function problems or diseases. Generally, it first occurs in loose tissues, such as eyelids or face, ankles and ankles, and it is most obvious when getting up in the morning. Pressing the skin in the edema area with your fingers can lead to depression. If nephrogenic edema occurs, pepper and cinnamon can be boiled 15g (a handful or a small piece) and then soaked in feet. The cooking method is the same as that of ginger. Continuous foot soaking in this way can play a certain role in reducing swelling.
3, safflower
Safflower is a traditional Chinese medicine commonly used in gynecology, which has the effects of promoting blood circulation, dredging menstruation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. People who are prone to chilblain and chapped skin in winter, using safflower to soak their feet in early autumn can play a very good preventive role.
Take 10- 15g (a handful or so) of safflower and soak your feet according to the above method, which can prevent and improve chilblain. Every winter, people often have chapped hands and feet, but once this happens, it takes a long time to recover. Choosing to soak your feet with safflower can also prevent this from happening to some extent.
Step 4 worry
According to Compendium of Materia Medica, wormwood is a kind of drug with flat nature, bitter taste and no toxicity. It has the functions of restoring yang, regulating qi and blood, eliminating dampness and dispelling cold, stopping bleeding and preventing miscarriage, and is also commonly used in acupuncture, so it is also called "herb". Soaking feet with wormwood can also improve lung function, which is very beneficial to people with chronic bronchitis and easy to cough up white sputum. The method of soaking feet with wormwood is similar to that with ginger. Generally, 30-50g (a handful) of dried wormwood is boiled in water to soak feet, and the cooking method is the same as above.
People who are cold and wet can soak their feet with wormwood every week. When soaking feet with wormwood, you can also drink some ginger and jujube water as an aid, which is good for your health. Pay attention to soaking your feet with wormwood, drink more warm water, eat less cold food and take a rest. Discomforts such as head, face, throat and chronic bronchitis caused by deficiency heat and excess fire can be relieved to some extent.
2. Four types of people who can't soak their feet
1, diabetic patients
As far as the water temperature of soaking feet is concerned, many people hope that the higher the water temperature, the better, and think that such water temperature is helpful to the blood circulation of the body. Actually, it's not. Soaking your feet in hot water can easily burn your feet. As far as diabetes is concerned, it is very prone to nervous system diseases, because our peripheral nerves can't sense the external temperature normally. Such neuropathy is a very hidden disease.
The patient himself is not easy to detect. Patients with peripheral neuropathy are very likely to be scalded if they don't try the water temperature. Moreover, the higher the water temperature when soaking feet, the easier it is to cause foot infection and accelerate the deterioration of diabetic foot. Therefore, in life, if there are diabetics at home, it is best to let the family adjust the water temperature when soaking their feet, and then let them soak their feet at 37 degrees.
2. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
In life, many people will say that the biggest disease that affects health is cancer. After all, many people will say that as soon as cancer occurs, it will face death. In fact, the biggest disease that leads to death in life is actually cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases usually had better not soak their feet. This is because when soaking feet, the water temperature of soaking feet will continuously expand capillaries, and this temperature will continuously accelerate blood flow. It puts a great burden on the heart and blood vessels, which will greatly increase the risk of illness. Therefore, patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in life had better not soak their feet with too hot water.
3. People on an empty stomach
In life, many people skip meals in order to lose weight, thinking that this way will make it easier for them to lose weight and thus have a slim figure. If you soak your feet without eating, it will lead to the continuous expansion of blood vessels in your feet, further increase the blood volume, lead to the continuous decrease of gastrointestinal and visceral blood, and affect the gastrointestinal digestive function. At the same time, if you soak your feet before meals, it will continue to inhibit the secretion of our gastric juice, which has a great impact on digestion. Therefore, in life, even if you lose weight, you must eat, and soaking your feet after meals is effective for health care.
4. Children
When soaking feet, there is another place to pay attention to, that is, the choice of the crowd. Children who are developing in life, it is best not to soak their feet often, even if they wash their feet at night, the water temperature should not be too high. This is because soaking feet often will make the ligaments of our soles deform and relax due to heat, which is not conducive to the development of arch, and it is easy to induce flat feet after a long time. It has a great influence on the normal development of children's feet. Therefore, for children who are developing in life, it is best not to soak their feet.
3. What are the benefits of soaking feet in winter?
1, keep fit
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the foot is the root of human beings, and there are as many as 75 reflex zones with important therapeutic value. Soaking feet with vinegar can adjust meridians, promote blood circulation and help balance yin and yang. Soaking feet with vinegar for a long time can not only improve the quality of sleep, but also improve the strength and resistance of the body.
2, promote blood circulation
Cold hands and feet in winter are mostly caused by blocked blood gas circulation in the body. Soaking feet with vinegar can accelerate human blood circulation, improve hypoxia caused by long-term immobility or fatigue of various parts of the body, enhance metabolism and improve cold hands and feet.
Step 3 improve beriberi
Many people have athlete's foot, that is, friends with "Hong Kong foot" will be very upset, and their feet will not only itch, peel off, but also stink, which are the consequences of fungal infection. Therefore, soaking feet with vinegar can sterilize and clean feet, but soaking feet with vinegar can improve beriberi as much as possible without damage.
Step 4 Moisturize the skin
Many MM feet will have dry and cracked skin in winter. At this time, try soaking your feet with vinegar 1 week, and you will find that not only the skin of your feet becomes smooth, but also the skin of your body and face becomes more shiny and moist.
5, decompression
Soaking feet with vinegar can coordinate the excitement of sympathetic nerve and parasympathetic nerve, and play a role in regulating and relaxing the nervous nerves. Especially for white-collar workers who are nervous at work during the day, they often soak their feet with vinegar, which can not only relieve the muscles of the feet wearing high heels, but also relieve the pressure on the body.