1, foot bath should pay attention to the steps.
1, before soaking feet
You need to choose a foot bath bucket. Traditional Chinese medicine generally uses wooden foot bath barrels, which can absorb drugs better. The temperature of traditional Chinese medicine foot bath water should be controlled at about 40 degrees, and the depth should not exceed the ankle.
Step 2 soak your feet
In the process of soaking feet, it is best to massage your feet with your hands. The massage method is as follows:
Massage: About 1 cm below the "herringbone" on the upper sole is the renal reflex zone. Put your thumbs together, press the position hard and push it up 36 times until the soles of your feet are hot. This method is beneficial to people with kidney deficiency and deficiency of middle qi.
Kneading method: the middle position above the inner circle of the sole is the insomnia reflex zone. Keep your thumbs in this position and press hard for 36 times until you feel sore; Knead for another 3 to 5 minutes until it gets hot. This method is helpful for people with dizziness and severe insomnia.
Scraping method: scrape the inside and outside sides below the ankle bone with the index finger joints of both hands for 36 times until you feel sore, which is helpful for diseases such as prostate.
Step 3 soak your feet
You can usually soak your feet for 30 to 40 minutes. After soaking feet, if you feel that Chinese medicine is dirty, you can wash your feet with hot water. After finishing, pay attention to foot insulation.
2. the benefits of soaking feet with salt water
1, soaking feet with salt water can cure beriberi. Treating athlete's foot with salt water is because salt has good antiviral and antibacterial effects. When salt is put into hot water, the skin can better absorb the antiviral and antibacterial components of salt water by using the heat in the water, so as to realize the effect of treating beriberi by soaking feet with salt water.
2. You can wash your feet by soaking your feet in salt water. Because of the disinfection and sterilization of salt, the cleaning ability of salt water is very strong, and feet can be washed by soaking in salt water.
3, salt water soaking feet can exfoliate. Because salt has the function of exfoliation, you can use the heat in hot water to enhance the exfoliation effect by soaking your feet in hot water with salt.
4, salt water soaking feet can tonify the kidney and resist aging. Because our feet are farthest from the heart, there is little blood supply. Soaking feet with style salt water can make the effective components of salt water enter the kidney and heart, promote blood circulation, and achieve the effect of tonifying kidney and resisting aging.
5, salt water soaking feet can cure colds. Soaking feet with salt water can promote blood circulation and get rid of cold feet, thus treating colds.
6, salt water soaking feet can help sleep anti-aging, often wash feet with salt water, plus massage Yongquan and other acupoints, can promote local blood circulation, help sleep anti-aging effect, can also treat colds, and even enhance memory, so that the mind feels relaxed.
3. Who shouldn't soak their feet?
1. Patients with varicose veins or thrombosis
People with varicose feet will feel bloated and heavy when soaking their feet in hot water. This is because the temperature of the foot rises, which makes the blood vessels more dilated. Therefore, patients with varicose veins should raise their legs to help blood return after soaking their feet.
2. Diabetic patients
After diabetic neuropathy and angiopathy, the feeling of temperature in hands and feet is becoming invalid. Normal people will feel very hot water, but they can't, so it's easy to soak their feet with overheated water, causing burns. Once scalded, if not handled properly, it may lead to foot infection, ulceration, and even severe amputation.
3. Patients with heart disease and hypotension
Patients with heart disease or hypotension may feel dizzy at ordinary times. Soaking feet in hot water for too long may lead to cardio-cerebral ischemia and hypoxia, and increase the risk of illness.
4. Preschool children
Preschool children's expression ability and tolerance for hot water are not as good as those of adults, who think that children may not be able to bear the appropriate temperature. Therefore, children before the age of 7 are still not suitable for foot soaking.
I hope you can learn about these things about foot bath and let yourself spend the cold winter better. People who are not suitable for foot bathing should pay attention to other ways to keep warm. Proper foot bathing is the best way to keep fit. You can soak your feet according to the above methods before going to bed, which can promote sleep and help treat some diseases.