1, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis
Meridian belongs to zang-fu organs, which often soak feet, stimulate the meridians of feet, promote the coordination of zang-fu organs' functions, discharge the waste accumulated in the body, and make the blood flow more smoothly. In addition, people who often stand are prone to varicose veins of lower limbs. Soaking feet can speed up the blood circulation in the legs, make the venous blood in the legs return in time, help reduce venous blood stasis in the legs and prevent varicose veins in the lower limbs.
Step 2 strengthen the body and eliminate evil spirits
For example, when soaking feet, water temperature stimulation and drug penetration act on the reflection area of lymphatic system, which can clear away fire and detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve pain, and relieve swelling and ulcers caused by damp heat.
In summer, people live in air-conditioned rooms. In addition, the diet is unreasonable and I like to eat cold food, so it is cold and wet. Often soaking feet can dispel cold and remove dampness, and prevent the pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis and joint cold and dampness. In addition, the winter weather is cold, and many people, especially women with weak constitution, are prone to chills. Soaking feet before going to bed at night can raise body temperature and achieve the effect of keeping warm and driving away cold.
3. Beautiful and beautiful
Soaking feet can nourish viscera with qi and blood, accelerate metabolism, accelerate the excretion of endotoxin, make skin rosy, improve rough skin, and play the role of beauty beauty.
4, soothing the liver and relieving depression
Often soaking feet can relieve stagnation of liver qi, and at the same time, soaking feet can stimulate the liver meridian, brain, cerebellum, brain stem, parathyroid gland and other reflex areas, thus alleviating the discomfort caused by stagnation of liver qi such as insomnia, depression and neurasthenia.
5, tonifying the kidney and strengthening the body
7: 00 pm to 9: 00 pm is the weakest time of qi and blood in kidney meridian. At this time, proper foot soaking can promote the flow of qi and blood to the kidney meridian, and play a role in tonifying kidney and benefiting qi. The kidney meridian is full of qi and blood, and the kidney qi is naturally vigorous, indicating that people's vitality is more vigorous and their bodies are stronger.
For women with cold limbs, blood stasis and dysmenorrhea, and stomachache, soaking feet is the most suitable way to keep fit. Often soaking feet, water temperature stimulation can promote human blood circulation and metabolism, and increase skin temperature. In addition, soaking feet can also promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, warm kidney and help yang, and relieve dysmenorrhea and stomachache caused by blood stasis.
1, never soak your feet on an empty stomach.
Soaking feet on an empty stomach will consume calories in the body. If the elderly soak their feet on an empty stomach, it will easily lead to hypoglycemia.
Don't soak your feet immediately after dinner.
Many elderly people choose to soak their feet immediately after meals, but they don't know that this habit will affect food digestion and easily lead to indigestion.
3. Avoid excessive water temperature.
Generally 35-38 is the best. If the water temperature is above 40, soaking or bathing in overheated water for a long time will greatly expand the blood vessels of the body and limbs for the elderly, and a large amount of blood will flow to the surrounding blood vessels, causing transient symptoms such as cerebral ischemia, dizziness, nausea, and even coma and sudden death.
4. Don't rub your skin hard.
Some elderly people like to take a bath, which will reduce the skin's resistance, which is the body's natural defense, and bacteria or viruses will use damaged skin cells.
5. Don't soak your feet with strong alkaline soap or various shampoo emulsions.
These alkaline chemicals easily irritate the skin, causing itching and inflammation. Old people should use lanolin soap or fatty soap, and then rinse with clear water.
6. Don't soak your feet too often.
The secretion of sebaceous glands in the skin of the elderly is reduced and the moisturizing ability is poor. If the feet are soaked too much, the skin will become rough and dry due to lack of oil, and there will be too much dandruff, and even skin cracking or injury will occur. The frequency of soaking feet in four seasons should be different. The frequency of soaking feet is generally once a day, and people who need treatment can do it twice a day, but the elderly should do it once a day. If you sweat too much at work, you need to soak your feet at any time. Ordinary people soak once a day in winter and twice a day in summer.
7. Don't overuse soap when soaking your feet.
Because excessive use of soap is easy to wash away the fat secreted by sebaceous glands and make the skin of feet dry, especially for the elderly. Soft soap is not suitable for the elderly.
8. Don't take shelter when soaking your feet.
Old people like the feeling of sweating when soaking their feet, but they must pay attention to shelter from the wind at this time. It is very important to take shelter from the wind when you are sweating all over. Otherwise, it will not only cause a cold, but also cause low back pain and become a chronic disease that cannot be cured for a long time.