After the skin of feet is soaked in hot water, microvessels dilate, blood circulation increases and metabolism is enhanced. The method of soaking feet has been popular all over the world, and the method of "foot reflex zone health care" has also been widely circulated all over the world. Various organs of the human body have specific reflection areas on the soles of feet, inside and outside feet, instep and even legs. Once these corresponding areas are stimulated, they can stimulate human potential, adjust the unbalanced state, improve immunity, strengthen physique, prevent diseases and prevent aging.
Practice has proved that foot bath therapy can prevent and treat cold, allergic asthma, neurasthenia, hypertension, diabetes, gastrointestinal diseases, menopausal syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, phlebitis, vasculitis, sciatica, tinnitus, eye diseases and other diseases. It is especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people suffering from arteriosclerosis, hyperlipidemia, vascular disease, peripheral circulation disorder, peripheral nerve insensitivity, and decreased resistance. Therefore, every time the foot bath is soaked in constant temperature water above the ankle, the soaking time takes 20 to 30 minutes, and the water should be heated frequently to keep warm. In particular, it is necessary to persevere and persevere in order to produce the expected results.
So, what is the principle of foot bath health care?
Principles of foot bath health preservation
Pay attention to the moderate temperature (40-45℃ is the best) in foot bath, which can not only prevent the water temperature from burning the skin, especially those who are in a coma and can't take care of themselves, but also help the contraction of blood vessels by cold water. It is best to let the water temperature gradually heat up according to the situation of the feet.
It is advisable to soak your feet for 30-40 minutes, and keep the water temperature during the soaking time. Especially in foot bath treatment, only by keeping a certain temperature and ensuring the specified foot bath time can the drug effect be maximized and the therapeutic effect be achieved.
When soaking feet with herbs, if the feet are properly physically stimulated, such as massage, foot rubbing or foot rubbing, people with conditions can also soak their feet with a foot bath with heating and massage functions, and the effect is better.
30 minutes before and after meals is not suitable for soaking feet. Because the blood vessels in the foot dilate, the blood volume increases, and the blood in the gastrointestinal tract and viscera decreases, which affects the digestive function of the gastrointestinal tract. Soaking feet before meals may inhibit the secretion of gastric juice, which is not conducive to digestion. Foot bath immediately after meals will reduce the blood volume of gastrointestinal tract and affect digestion.
When foot bath treatment, some drugs can be used externally to blister, or local skin is red and itchy. Some patients have special constitutions and may have allergic reactions after taking the medicine. After these symptoms appear, medication should be stopped.
The dosage of external drugs for foot bath is large, and some drugs are toxic, so they are generally not suitable for import. At the same time, after foot medication, the affected area should be cleaned and dried.
People with infectious skin diseases, such as tinea pedis, should pay attention to the possibility of self-infection and cross-infection. Members of the same family should use their own bathtubs to prevent cross-infection or spread infectious diseases.
When doing foot bath, the blood volume increases due to the vasodilation of the feet and lower limbs, which can cause acute anemia and dizziness in the head. When the above symptoms appear, you can wash your feet with cold water, so that the blood vessels in your feet contract and the blood fully flows to your head, thus eliminating acute anemia in your head and relieving the symptoms.
Finally, there are taboos about foot bath. Don't miss it.
Taboo of foot bath health preservation
People who are in great anger, great sorrow, great joy, mental tension and physical fatigue are not suitable for foot bath.
If people have injuries, blisters and scabies on their feet, or people with inflammation, suppuration, ulcers, edema and severe varicose veins on their feet, it is also not suitable for foot soaking.
For women during pregnancy and menstrual period, it is not recommended to soak their feet, because soaking their feet with traditional Chinese medicine may stimulate women's gonadal reflex zone, thus affecting the health of women and fetuses.
Some patients with acute infectious diseases, acute poisoning and surgical emergencies, such as trauma, fracture, burn, perforation and massive bleeding, may delay the best time for treatment. For critically ill patients with renal failure, heart failure, myocardial infarction, liver necrosis, etc., because the condition is very unstable, the stimulation of the reflex zone of the foot may cause a strong reaction and complicate the condition, so it is not suitable for foot bathing.
People with various serious bleeding diseases, such as hemoptysis, hematemesis, hematochezia, cerebral hemorrhage, gastrorrhagia, uterine bleeding and other visceral bleeding, may cause local tissue bleeding during foot massage, so it is not suitable for soaking feet.
People who soak their feet before and after meals 1 hour. Due to the expansion of blood vessels in the foot, the blood volume increases during foot bath, and the gastrointestinal and visceral blood decreases, which affects the gastrointestinal digestive function. That is, foot bath before meals may inhibit the secretion of gastric juice, which is not conducive to digestion; Foot bath immediately after meals will reduce the blood volume of gastrointestinal tract and affect digestion.