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Can a man who often soaks his feet have it?
Well, this is nothing special, I think it is ok, and whether this kind of man can have it, the most important thing is this kind of character of this kind of man. The following is a supplement about foot bath.

China is the country with the earliest origin of pedicure. China recorded about foot massage thousands of years ago. According to research, pedicure and acupuncture are "the same root and the same origin" therapies in China.

Hand-foot medicine

"toe-gazing method" (a diagnosis and treatment method) in ancient Huangdi's Zuxin Pian; The concept of "keeping feet" (rubbing feet often can cure many diseases) written by eminent monks in Sui Dynasty; Hua Tuo, an imperial doctor in the Han Dynasty, wrote "Foot Heart" (meaning knowledge of the sole of the foot) in Hua Tuo's Secret, and Sima Qian wrote "Treating diseases with foot" ("foot" means "healing" and refers to the back of the foot) in Historical Records.

Mr. Su Dongpo, a literary giant in the Song Dynasty, studied health preservation and greatly appreciated the benefits of rubbing Yongquan point on the sole of his foot. He thought that "the effect is not very good, but it is invaluable over time ... If you believe in it and do it, it will be of great benefit." It shows that people in China have known about foot health care for a long time. Chinese medicine therapy (including foot massage) spread to Japan and South Korea in the Tang Dynasty. After the Yuan Dynasty, it spread to Europe. (Fourteen Classics of Boren in Yuan Dynasty)

In the Ming Dynasty, foot massage was further developed. Later, due to feudal ethics, women's foot binding and other "policies" and folk customs that despised foot health, the healthy development of this therapy was greatly affected. Especially in the late Qing Dynasty, this historical and cultural heritage of China was brutally plundered by foreign powers and once "disappeared" in China, almost lost.

In 1930s, The Story of Foot by Ingum in the United States specifically introduced "Foot Massage Therapy". 1975, the "Foot Reflex Therapy" of Marucado, Switzerland, academically summarized the natural therapy of human foot reflex area. 1985, the British Modern Medical Association officially defined the foot massage method as "Modern Medical Hygiene Law", which clearly defined the higher medical status. 1989, the "Foot Reflex Therapy Conference" was held in California, USA.