Soaking feet should be done every day and persisted all year round, each with its own effect. As the saying goes, washing feet in spring is good for sunbathing. Washing feet in summer can dispel summer heat and dampness; Wash feet in autumn, lungs moisten intestines and peristalsis; Washing feet in winter makes Tian Dan warm.
Spring soaks the spirit of the sun, for example, a cold and old winter spreads out, just like a small sapling, slowly warms up from its roots, and summer soaks like long branches and leaves, so that it can flourish better. Soak in autumn, and then, like the sun you can recycle, recycle it back. Hide when you soak in winter. So it's good to soak all year round.
The benefits of soaking feet all the year round can promote blood circulation. Soaking feet with hot water 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.
Promoting metabolism Foot bath can promote blood circulation of feet and whole body. Due to the increase of blood circulation, it can regulate the functions of various endocrine glands and promote the secretion of various hormones, such as thyroid hormone secreted by the thyroid gland and adrenaline secreted by the adrenal gland, which can promote metabolism.
Washing feet with hot water can coordinate the excitement of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves, regulate, dredge and relax nerves, and harmonize meridians and qi and blood to achieve a balance between yin and yang. Long-term persistence can greatly change the quality of sleep and cure sleep disorders such as insomnia, dreaminess and early awakening. It can also relax muscles, promote blood circulation and promote sleep.
Strengthening the body is the foundation of human beings, and there are as many as 75 reflex zones with important therapeutic value in the foot. Vinegar can penetrate the superficial skin of feet, enhance blood circulation, activate and strengthen organ functions, remove human blood waste and pathological deposits, and cure many chronic diseases.
3 Misunderstanding of Foot Soaking What traditional Chinese medicines have been repeatedly soaked in feet? Many people think that Chinese medicine is more expensive, and it is too wasteful to throw the trash can once or twice, so it will be rummaged many times. Actually, it's a waste of time. The efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine is generally released after stewing twice. If it is the third stew, these Chinese medicines have almost no efficacy. Traditional Chinese medicine foot bath tablets belong to disposable products.
It is also wrong to soak your feet for too long. Soaking feet for 40 minutes is generally enough, which can make the capillaries of feet absorb enough effective components of traditional Chinese medicine, and it is easy to sweat if soaking feet for too long. Excessive sweating is harmful to the heart.
Foot bath water is too hot. Many people choose hot water to soak their feet. They think that high temperature helps to promote the absorption of Chinese medicine components and blood circulation. In fact, this is not right, because about 40 degrees is a more suitable temperature for people. Too high temperature will burn the skin, and too fast blood circulation will lead to blood upwelling, which will cause discomfort and even collapse.