1, salt
Add 2 tablespoons of salt to the foot bath water. Salt can play an anti-inflammatory and bactericidal role. Sticking to soaking feet with salt water in autumn can prevent beriberi and colds. Massage Yongquan point on the soles of feet when soaking feet, which also helps to promote sleep.
Step 2 add rice wine
Adding proper amount of rice wine to foot bath water can promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals. If you soak your feet with tea, you can also get rid of foot odor.
Step 3 add vinegar
Adding100g rice vinegar or aged vinegar to foot bath water can kill bacteria, treat beriberi to some extent, get rid of rheumatism, and improve the symptoms of chills. In addition, vinegar can penetrate the superficial skin of feet, increase blood circulation, eliminate blood waste and pathological deposition, and cure chronic diseases.
Step 4 add ginger
Soaking feet with100g of ginger, 20g of dried tangerine peel and 30g of mint can remove dampness in the middle temperature, relieve drowsiness and prevent varicose veins of lower limbs.
5, insomnia foot conditioning
Soak after meals or before going to bed 1 hour.
Foot bath is also called foot bath. The function of foot bath therapy is mainly to infiltrate and warm the plantar reflex zone through the heat of drugs, so as to achieve the purpose of treating diseases and self-care.
Huang Qihui, Deputy Chief Physician of Chinese Medicine Department of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, said that generally speaking, it is best to start soaking feet after dinner or before going to bed 1 hour, and the soaking time is generally 30-45 minutes. For health care, it takes about 30 minutes each time, and for treatment, it takes about 45 minutes each time. Such as cold, wind-cold, stomachache, cough and asthma due to deficiency of cold, etc., it can generally be soaked for about 45 minutes. For health care, soak 1 time every day; For treating diseases, it is soaked 2-3 times a day.
Huang Qihui said that foot bath has a wide range of applications and can be used by ordinary people, especially middle-aged and elderly people with chronic diseases. In addition, urban white-collar workers and various sub-healthy people can also use foot bath to relieve fatigue and improve sleep. Women can also use warm water or Jiang Shui to soak their feet during menstruation, but the water temperature should not be too high, and it is appropriate to control it at 40℃.
Traditional Chinese medicine foot bath is simple and effective.
You can soak your feet with hot water or salt water, but more Chinese herbal medicines will be added, which is what you call "Chinese herbal medicine soaking your feet". Huang Qihui explained that soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine can make the effective components of the medicine be absorbed through the feet. Huang Qihui said that the choice of traditional Chinese medicine foot bath is also based on the principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. But because it is for external use, the dosage can be increased. If you are eating Chinese medicine, it is also useful to soak your feet with fried Chinese medicine residue. For example, patients with wind-cold and cold can improve their symptoms faster by keeping soaking their feet after drinking Chinese medicine. In addition, soaking feet with ginger has a good effect on patients with cold and stuffy nose.
In addition, if you feel dizzy, headache, fatigue, palpitation, etc. When soaking feet with hot water, you should temporarily stop soaking feet and rest immediately.