Soaking feet is a good health preserving method, which can promote circulation and regulate qi and blood. However, people with different constitutions must choose drugs that suit them, otherwise it will be counterproductive.

Traditional Chinese medicine has nine constitutions, namely, peace, qi deficiency, yang deficiency, yin deficiency, phlegm-dampness, damp-heat, blood stasis, qi stagnation and idiosyncrasy.

People with yang deficiency: yang deficiency is very suitable for soaking feet in spring, and dry ginger, mugwort leaf, cassia twig, astragalus root and cinnamon can be selected as the products with isothermal yang;

Blood stasis crowd: the drugs can be selected from Angelica sinensis, Spatholobus suberectus, Fructus Lipuidambaris, Ramulus Mori and Ramulus Cinnamomi.

Peaceful people: The Constitution is peaceful. As the choice of health care drugs, it can be properly selected according to the usual state and seasonal changes.

People with qi deficiency: Many people have qi deficiency, so you can soak your feet with drugs such as Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus membranaceus, Atractylodes macrocephala, fried Coicis Semen, etc.

People with yin deficiency constitution: people with yin deficiency constitution, with yin deficiency and hyperactivity of yang, are prone to fever, vexation and night sweats. Therefore, people with this constitution can only soak their feet with hot water, and can't add medicine.

Phlegm-dampness crowd: This crowd has heavy phlegm-dampness, and foot-soaking drugs can choose products that strengthen the spleen, promote diuresis and eliminate phlegm, such as raw Coicis Semen, Euryale Semen, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Lotus Leaf, Polyporus and Alisma orientalis.

Damp-heat crowd: those with moderate-heat constitution, heat constitution and foot soaking suggest using hot water directly according to the specific situation, and it is not recommended to add medicine.

Qi stagnation: products such as Bupleurum, Fructus Aurantii, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae and Radix Paeoniae Alba can be selected.

Idiopathic person: extremely allergic, you should be especially careful when soaking your feet with drugs, and beware of allergies. Such people can choose to use hot water to soak their feet.

Precautions for soaking feet

(1) The best time to soak your feet is around 9 pm.

(2) The water temperature should be controlled at about 40 degrees Celsius, and the duration should not exceed 30 minutes, so that the body can sweat slightly.

(3) Foot massage while soaking feet can play a role in conditioning organs.

(4) Don't soak your feet immediately after a meal.

(5) Don't soak your feet on an empty stomach.

(6) Patients with varicose veins, diabetes and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases should not soak their feet.

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