Pedicure In the culture of traditional Chinese medicine, foot bath therapy has a long history, which originated in ancient China and is accumulated knowledge and experience in long-term social practice. It has a historical tradition of more than 3000 years. The ancients once had many classic records and descriptions of foot bath: "Washing feet in spring, the sun rises and takes off;" Washing feet in summer can dispel summer heat and dampness; Wash feet in autumn, moisten lungs and intestines; Washing feet in winter makes dantian warm. "

Su Dongpo said: "Hot foot bath is not effective at first, but it has accumulated for more than a hundred days, and its effect is immeasurable. It is a hundred times more effective than taking medicine. " He also wrote in the poem: "My master advised me to wash my feet and sleep, so I wouldn't smell the bells and drums when I fell on the bed." Lu You said, "It's so fast to wash your feet and sleep. Your little grandson is getting rid of the soup. " The founder of the Qing Dynasty's external treatment method said in the Theory Parallel Prose: "When you lie on your feet, all three yin starts from your feet, which means that cold enters from the heart of your feet. The reason why you are warm is that the yin is cold. "

The correlation is as follows:

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.

"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.