In the view of Chinese medicine, soaking feet with hot water, just like moxa stick moxibustion, has the functions of promoting blood circulation, warming viscera, strengthening body and preventing diseases. According to the measurement of modern medicine, people feel most comfortable when the temperature of their feet is kept at 28-33℃. Always keep your feet warm, and soak your feet with hot water every night, which can make your whole body circulate blood and be beneficial to your physical and mental health.
Taboo of foot bath health preservation
1. Foot bath is not suitable for people who are in great anger, great sorrow, joy, mental tension or physical fatigue.
2. People with injuries, blisters and scabies on their feet, or people with inflammation, suppuration, ulcers, edema and severe varicose veins on their feet are not suitable for foot soaking.
3. 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 gonad reflex zone, thus affecting the health of women and fetuses.
4. 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.
Refer to the above? What are the benefits and taboos of foot bath?