The beauty nurse is going to soak her feet with hot water.
Remembering that there are still mugwort leaves dried by my mother last year at home, I took out some and put them in the rice cooker to boil mugwort leaves.
Because wormwood itself is blindly Chinese herbal medicine, it has many benefits to the human body.
However, Mei Xiaohu used her mobile phone to search online when she was fine, only to find that boiling water and mugwort soaking feet were taboo!
Surprised, I quickly consulted Li Fengjun, deputy director of Chinese medicine experts in Weihai Municipal Hospital.
Expert Li explained, "wormwood has the functions of warming meridians and dispelling cold, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain. Soaking feet with wormwood can relieve dysmenorrhea, rheumatic pain, body cold and fear of cold, and can support Yang Qi and strengthen the spleen and stomach. However, not everyone is suitable for boiling water with wormwood to soak their feet. Among them, people with yin deficiency and strong constitution are not suitable for soaking feet with wormwood. Women with large menstrual bleeding and signs of threatened abortion should not soak their feet with wormwood. "
"I didn't expect to learn to soak my feet."
"Of course, I am learned. Although the information is developed now, there are still many people who have misunderstandings about foot bathing. I think as long as you soak your feet with hot water, it will definitely be good for your health. I don't know the wrong method, not only can't keep fit, but it may also hurt the body. "
Experts remind: although soaking feet is healthy, don't fall into a misunderstanding!
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, four seasons health preservation can be combined with foot bathing, which is beneficial to the physical and mental health of human body. Soaking feet seems simple, but it is also very learned.
Scalding your feet doesn't mean that the hotter the water, the better for your health.
Experts said, "People who often soak their feet in winter will have an obvious dividing line at their ankles: the skin color above is normal, but the skin color below the dividing line is dark, and the skin color on their feet gradually deepens from the ankles. In spring, some people's feet will turn black obviously, just like wearing dark stockings. "
For this change of foot skin, experts say that it is not caused by melanin deposition on the skin, nor by allergic dermatitis, but by fire-induced erythema formed by scalding the foot skin when soaking feet, which belongs to chronic scald.
In fact, the skin on people's feet is much more delicate than expected, and it is not just 100℃ boiling water that burns. Ordinary people's skin may be burned when exposed to the temperature of 70℃ 1 min. Skin contact with the temperature of nearly 60℃ for more than 5 minutes may also cause burns.
The scald caused by the stimulation below the burn temperature caused by soaking feet belongs to low temperature burn. If you put your feet in hot water for a short time, your skin can't react quickly, and people's feelings about the water temperature are not very clear. They often don't realize this until blisters appear or their skin turns black. They burn their feet.
"Long-term soup feet, skin contact with high-temperature water for a long time, capillary dilation and congestion lead to pigmentation, so the skin on the feet will be purple-black."
Experts point out that soaking feet in hot water can relax menstruation and activate bones and muscles, but soaking feet for too long is harmful to people's health, especially to the elderly. Some people think that if you want to achieve your goal, you must soak your feet in red. In fact, the temperature of water used by ordinary people to soak their feet should be 30℃~40℃, and the soaking time should not be too long. Generally, 15 ~30 minutes is enough. For too long, it is easy to destroy the sebum membrane on the skin surface of the foot, make the stratum corneum dry, and even chapped and bleeding.
Different personal constitutions prescribe different prescriptions.
"Now, although many tertiary hospitals have opened online hospital information service, many middle-aged and elderly people are superstitious experts on TV. Watching the prescription on TV shows, without even asking, just take it for yourself. Or I think my physique is very similar to that described by experts on TV, and it must be correct to use it. However, from the perspective of Chinese medicine, this practice is very undesirable. "
Experts remind that everyone's physique is different, and the applicable prescriptions are definitely different. Although adding some ingredients to foot bath water can increase the health care function of foot bath, it is best to do it according to your own physique or following the advice of professional doctors.
There are also taboos for soaking feet.
Experts pointed out that soaking feet is only an auxiliary means of health preservation, and some people with basic diseases are not suitable for soaking feet.
1, patients with severe heart disease and hypotension
Soaking feet or hot springs with hot water will cause blood vessels on the body surface to dilate and blood will flow to the body surface, leading to ischemia and hypoxia of important organs such as the heart and brain, which will increase the risk of illness.
2. Diabetic patients
Diabetic patients should soak their feet and pay special attention to the temperature of water. The peripheral nerves of these patients can't sense the external temperature normally, even if the water temperature is very high, and they are easy to be scalded, resulting in serious consequences such as limb necrosis.
3. Patients with beriberi
Patients with beriberi should not soak their feet with hot water when their blisters are serious. Because it is easy to cause wound infection if hot water is used. In addition, people with inflammation, trauma or skin burns on their feet should not soak their feet with hot water.
4. The elderly
Old people like to soak their feet in hot water. Just soak their feet for 20 minutes before going to bed every day. Don't soak for too long, because soaking for a long time is easy to cause symptoms such as sweating and palpitation.
Expert tip: Pay attention to the following details when soaking feet.
1. It is best to use wooden barrels for soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine, and pay attention to cleaning.
2. The foot soaking time should not be too long, and generally 15 minutes to 20 minutes is the most suitable.
3. The massage effect will be better when soaking feet.
4. The temperature should not be too high, and the water temperature for soaking feet should be around 40℃.
It is not advisable to soak your feet within half an hour after a meal.
Because after a meal, most of the blood in the body flows to the digestive system. If you soak your feet with hot water immediately after a meal, the blood that should flow to the digestive system will turn to the lower limbs, which will affect the digestion and absorption of the stomach. So it is best to soak your feet after meals 1 hour. )
In addition, Chinese medicine foot bath must adopt a reasonable formula under the guidance of professional doctors. After soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine, if there is too much residue of traditional Chinese medicine, you can rinse it with clear water (warm water).