Root the disease and adjust the root of health care. Stretching only the body and not the feet is also a temporary solution! As long as the hamstring is softened, it will not only strengthen the body and prolong life, but also be of great benefit to regulating physical and mental health. One inch of soft tendons, ten years of life, good health and good temper!
It has a history of thousands of years in China to soak feet and get rid of dampness. As early as in Huangdi Neijing, it was recorded that the cold rose after autumn, and soaking feet to drive away cold and eliminate all diseases. Su Dongpo, a great writer, said, "Hot foot bath is a hundred times more effective than taking medicine"; Zeng Guofan, a famous minister in Qing Dynasty, regarded "reading", "getting up early" and "foot bath health care" as his three great achievements in life. Song Meiling suffered from breast cancer at the age of 40, but she was always beautiful to the age of 106, which is also inseparable from her habit of insisting on pedicure every day.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the sole of the foot is the confluence of all meridians, and there are more than 60 acupoints and reflex zones connected with the internal organs of the human body, corresponding to the internal organs of the human body respectively. Soaking feet has the functions of relaxing tendons and activating collaterals and improving blood circulation.
Soaking feet with warm water can promote metabolism and is very beneficial to the body. Blood circulation in the feet is prone to deposition. Soaking feet for 30 minutes can reduce lactic acid in the blood. The foot is rich in nerve endings and capillaries. Soaking feet with hot water has a mild and good stimulating effect on nerves and capillaries. This warm stimulation is reflected in the cerebral cortex, which plays an inhibitory role, thus improving sleep and eliminating insomnia.
The best water temperature for soaking feet is 36-43℃, which requires hot but not scalding. 1. Patients with varicose veins should not exceed 38℃, and severe cases should not exceed 36-37℃.
2. Patients with severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases should not exceed 37℃.
3. The general symptoms do not exceed 38℃.
4. The normal water temperature is 40℃, which is lower than 39℃ in summer.
You shouldn't soak your feet for half an hour after a meal. Generally choose to soak your feet before going to bed, which is convenient and beneficial to sleep. However, if you have leisure time every day, especially the elderly, you can soak your feet at 3-5 pm, that is, when the bladder menstruation is the most vigorous, the effect of tonifying the kidney is the best. The soaking time varies from person to person. Generally, the whole body is hot and slightly sweaty. After soaking your feet, it's better to pat your feet while they are hot, because patting them at this time is less painful and easy to crack.
Some people soak their feet and feel very comfortable. In fact, they can only sweat when they have a cold, and they can't soak in sweat at ordinary times, which is very harmful to their health. Over time, their bodies will become weaker and weaker.
If you catch a cold or catch a cold, it is best to drink ginger and jujube tea while soaking, so that more heat can be generated inside the body and the cold and dampness can be excreted in time through sweating.
Chinese medicine foot bath: adding Chinese medicine is better! Soaking feet with wormwood can relieve itchy skin; Can improve sensitive skin, warm channels and dredge collaterals; After soaking wormwood for the first time, it will be improved, and it can also clear away lung heat, expel lung toxicity, relieve cough and resolve phlegm; Ginger, as we all know, is a cost-effective way to soak feet by promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dispelling cold and dampness; Finally, safflower+motherwort can effectively relieve varicose veins and numbness of hands and feet. Soaking feet can help our body to get through menstruation. Foot bath bag can be used instead of trouble:
The materials inside are not only wormwood, motherwort, ginger, safflower and so on. , has many functions and is very useful to the human body. It can eliminate dampness, generate yang, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. If a woman insists on soaking for half a month, her stomach will be flat and her skin will be white. Men insist on soaking their bones and muscles flexibly, which is full of energy and saves a lot of hospital expenses.
In the cold winter, today's health class suggests that you soak your feet with hot water, eat fruit and listen to music. This kind of life is simply wonderful. Enjoy at the same time, health will follow, why not?