1, why do you want to soak your feet in wooden barrels?
In the health culture of Chinese medicine, soaking feet can dredge meridians, dredge blood vessels and improve immunity, which is an effective health care method. Since it is a bubble, it is necessary to embody the word "bubble". The "bubble" here means more water, enough heat and a long time. You can't take a basin and put some water in it. That doesn't work for health. At most, it is foot washing, not foot soaking and pedicure. The benefits of soaking feet in wooden barrels are as follows:
1, naturally
Wooden barrels are made of pure natural materials, and only when workers finalize the design can they produce finished products. Unlike plastic pots, most of them contain toxic and harmful substances, especially the elderly and children.
2, heat preservation effect
The barrel has a good insulation effect. According to relevant experiments, the temperature of hot water in a barrel only drops by 2-3 degrees within one hour, saving water and electricity. Plastic barrels have poor heat insulation.
3. Durable
Compared with electric foot bath tub, wooden bucket is cheap and durable. If properly used and preserved, a top-quality wooden barrel can be used continuously for more than ten years, but it is economical.
4, you can soak your calves
High wooden barrels help to soak calves and sweat easily, achieving the desired effect.
5. Smooth
Wooden barrels are not easy to shake, sometimes it is more stable to put your feet in the past or put them on, but plastic barrels are different.
6. Safety
The electric foot bath tub may have a certain degree of leakage after several years of use, which is particularly worry-free to use and expensive to maintain, basically enough to buy a new one.
2. How to choose the wooden bucket for soaking feet?
1, the material of barrel is very important. A good foot bath bucket is generally made of spruce, cedar, oak, sandalwood, cypress and other solid wood. At present, the first three kinds of wooden barrels are the most common in the market. The service life of wooden barrels is generally 8 ~ 10 years, so it is very important to choose carefully.
2. Thickness: the barrel wall is too thick and inconvenient to use; The barrel wall is too thin and the heat preservation performance is poor. The bucket with eaves with a wall thickness of more than 3 cm is better. Of course, if you have the strength, you can choose a thicker one, which will be more stable and the touch of your feet will be better. It just takes some effort to pour water, which should not be lower than the weight of an ordinary bucket of distilled water.
3, specifications: the choice of foot bucket is not the wider the better, but the deeper the better.
4. Quality: the foot bucket with good workmanship has smooth appearance and delicate hand feeling, and the joints between plates and between bucket and hoop are good, so that the foot bucket is not easy to deform after being filled with water.
5, accessories: it is best to buy a wooden bucket with a footstool. There is a footstool that can be put into the water to put your feet, which will be more comfortable. You can also trim your toenails and grind your heels with a volcanic stone. You'd better buy another carpet and put it under the bucket.
3. Precautions for soaking feet in wooden barrels
1. Wooden barrels will be coated with tung oil when they leave the factory. Therefore, a few days before the purchase, be sure to keep the bathroom air circulating, open the window regularly and ventilate, and don't let the home be full of pungent smell.
2. When testing water for the first time, it should be filled with water to soak for more than 10 hour, so that the barrel can be fully infiltrated and water seepage can be reduced.
3. Don't directly bask in the sun or be blown by cold wind; When not in use, it is best to put a little water to absorb moisture and keep the wood saturated and moist. If it is not used for more than two months for a long time, it can be sealed with a large plastic bag after the barrel is damp to avoid the air taking away moisture.
4. Don't save the dirty water after bathing, so as to avoid wood absorbing sewage and accelerating aging or producing mildew spots.
After the barrel is used for a period of time, the iron wire fixed outside the barrel will be a little loose. At this time, you can turn the bucket upside down first, then tighten the line and continue to use the heated water.
4. the benefits of soaking feet
1, according to the medical explanation, there are many acupoints under the soles of our feet. Soaking our feet with hot water can not only accelerate our blood circulation, but also stimulate these acupoints, so that our human body can achieve the effect of health care. Generally speaking, it is more appropriate to soak your feet at 9 pm, which is the best time to tonify the kidney.
2. Soaking feet can promote metabolism, strengthen internal circulation and transport blood to the end of feet, which can reduce the occurrence of high-risk diseases such as hypertension, heart disease and stroke. The temperature of water should be hot enough, but it won't be hot, about 45 degrees Celsius. Add 2 tablespoons salt to warm water. Salt has anti-inflammatory, bactericidal and laxative effects.
The advantage of soaking feet is that it can promote the blood circulation of soles. The soles of human feet are at the bottom of the body for a long time, and the microcirculation is very insufficient in winter. Soaking feet is helpful for blood circulation to take away the waste in the body and supplement nutrition. Soaking feet can treat diseases through nerve reflex. Foot bath materials can be adjusted according to the condition. You can soak your feet for half an hour at a time.
4. The foot soaking time should not be too long, and it is advisable to 15 to 30 minutes. In the process of soaking feet, due to the accelerated blood circulation, the heart rate is faster than usual. Too long, it is easy to increase the burden on the heart. In addition, because more blood will rush to the lower limbs, people with weak constitution are prone to dizziness due to insufficient blood supply to the brain, and even faint in severe cases. Among them, patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and the elderly should pay special attention. If you feel chest tightness and dizziness, you should temporarily stop soaking your feet and lie in bed immediately.
It is not advisable to soak your feet for half an hour after a meal. After a meal, most of the blood in the human body flows to the digestive tract. If you soak your feet with hot water immediately after a meal, the blood that should flow to the digestive system will flow to the lower limbs instead, which will affect digestion and absorption for a long time and lead to nutritional deficiency. Therefore, it is best to wash feet after eating 1 hour.