Secondly, the foot is one of the meeting points of human meridians. Among the 12 meridians of human body, there are three Yang meridians ending in the foot and three Yin meridians starting from the foot, and there are more than 60 meridian points distributed in the foot. Stimulating these acupoints by soaking in traditional Chinese medicine can regulate meridians, dredge qi and blood, and adjust the function of viscera, thus playing a role in preventing and treating diseases. So some people say that "soaking feet every day is equal to taking medicine."
Generally speaking, elderly people with chronic diseases are more suitable to soak their feet with traditional Chinese medicine. Equipped with foot bath device, the effect is better and more outstanding. Such as hypertension, headache, dizziness, chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, apoplexy sequelae, chronic prostatitis, chronic vasculitis, climacteric syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic enteritis, neurosis, chilblain, chapped feet, etc. Can be relieved by this foot bath.
Some pure Chinese medicinal products, such as Korean pine essence, Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, Stemonae Radix, Fructus Cnidii, Carthami Flos, Herba Menthae, etc., can be added when soaking feet. It is effective for dizziness, palpitation and insomnia, dry eyes, soreness of waist and knees, and constipation.
If headache and dizziness often occur due to hypertension, Prunella vulgaris, mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, Uncaria, etc. Can be added; Radix Clematidis, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, etc. Can be used for cold pain in waist and legs; Angelica sinensis, cassia twig, ginger, ephedra, etc. Adde into chilblain; Bletilla striata, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, Cortex Lycii, Herba Artemisiae Scopariae, etc. Can be added for chapping.
Although it is good to soak feet with traditional Chinese medicine, there are still some points to pay attention to: First, hot water should be added after the medicine is fried. To prevent scalding the skin, the temperature should be 42-45 degrees Celsius for half an hour; Second, it is not advisable to soak your feet immediately after a meal, which will easily affect digestion; Third, the drugs absorbed by foot bath in traditional Chinese medicine through the skin are limited after all, and the absorption speed is slow, which requires you to persist for a long time;