But remind everyone that the method must be correct! People who soak their feet are less likely to get sick.
Standard: Do not soak your feet for more than half an hour.
Zhu, Deputy Director of Traditional Therapy Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: The longer the soaking time, the better. It should be that the instep is red and the body is sweating slightly. After a long time, it will not only lead to dizziness and head swelling due to excessive blood perfusion in both lower limbs, but also be bad for the skin and prone to local skin dryness. Generally speaking, it takes 20 to 25 minutes to soak your feet, or when you feel a little wet on your back, you can sweat slightly on your forehead.
Generally speaking, the temperature of foot bath water should be 40~45℃, and it is best not to exceed 50℃. For people with more cocoons on their feet, the water temperature can be higher. In addition, you can add 10 ml vinegar or safflower, mugwort leaf and pepper to water, and then add juice after boiling, so that the health care effect is better. Children's skin is tender and the water temperature is lower.
Reading and watching TV while soaking your feet sounds pleasant, but it is not a good habit, because you should concentrate on reading and watching TV, your brain should concentrate on blood supply, and your feet have poor temperature perception, which may easily lead to burns or colds. Therefore, it is best not to read books or watch TV when soaking feet. It is advisable to calm down and recuperate in order to achieve the effect of "igniting the fire back to yuan".
At 7~9 pm, the kidney meridian is in power, and soaking feet can just replenish qi and blood.
Standard: The practice of health foot bath is relatively simple.
Chen Yanqing, director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Chinese medicine pays attention to syndrome differentiation and treatment. The foot-soaking prescription used to treat diseases generally tastes more, so as to achieve the purpose of eliminating diseases and evil spirits. This requires a doctor's prescription, and it is not recommended to imitate it at will.
Daily health, it is best to simply soak your feet, which is also the most conducive to persistence. Generally speaking, it is enough to add it blindly in foot bath water. For example, people with cold constitution can improve the symptoms of cold hands and feet by soaking their feet with dried tangerine peel. This is because tangerine peel, especially tangerine peel, has the effect of benefiting qi and drying dampness. Through the action of hot air, it can penetrate into the skin while the pores of the skin are open, stimulate capillaries, accelerate blood circulation, moisturize the skin and keep warm.
If you have a cold, you can soak your feet with 5 slices of ginger in boiling water for 20 minutes each time and soak for 2~3 days to get better. It can also enhance physical fitness and prevent the flu from happening again. Arthritis is hard to cure, but if you insist on soaking your feet with ginger 2~3 times a week, you can effectively relieve arthritis, and adding some salt when soaking your feet is better. When you feel flatulence, abdominal pain and diarrhea after catching cold, you can soak your feet with about 20~30g pepper, which can quickly drive away the cold evil in your body and relieve the pain and diarrhea, and it can be relieved after soaking for 2 ~ 3 days.
Standard: the practice of soaking feet is at least less than the ankle.
Wang Xinzhi, Dean of the Encephalopathy Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Chinese medicine believes that "the meridians pass through, and the indications are there", which means that as long as the acupoints of the meridians pass through, the corresponding organs can be treated. Generally speaking, it is best to soak your feet in a wooden bucket of moderate size, which can stimulate some acupoints of your feet and even take care of Sanyinjiao, Yanglingquan and Zusanli on your calves. That is to say, although leg bath has a calf more than foot bath, it can recuperate people's internal organs, and the effect is of course better.
Of course, if there are insurmountable difficulties, you can use an ordinary basin, but pay attention to the fact that the water should be large enough to at least drown your ankles. Don't dry your feet when you soak them. You can rub the soles of your feet with your palms, from the heels to the soles of your feet, and then rub them down to your toes. Move slowly and evenly and rub repeatedly until the soles of your feet are hot. You can rub your left and right feet alternately. You can also grasp the five toes of your left foot with the five fingers of your right hand, make dozens of "circular movements" along the clockwise direction, and then make reverse movements; Finish your left foot, and then take your right foot. This kind of foot massage can promote the blood circulation of the foot. The whole body blood is unobstructed, which naturally reduces the occurrence of diseases.
Standard: soaking feet is not suitable for everyone.
Xin Wang, Attending Physician of Cardiovascular Department, Xiyuan Hospital, Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Soaking feet "promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis" is the most common statement. However, it is harmful to patients with vascular diseases, especially those with vascular diseases of lower limbs, and may lead to aggravation or deterioration of the disease. When the feet are soaked in hot water, the arteries of the lower limbs dilate, especially when the skin is congested, more arterial blood enters the lower limbs. However, the reflux capacity of vein will not increase. Therefore, for patients with venous diseases with poor reflux or obstruction, soaking feet with hot water will aggravate blood stasis.
In addition, soaking feet in hot water can also cause capillary rupture and form bleeding spots on the skin. After a long time, pigmentation will form and the color of the calf will turn black. If patients with venous thrombosis are taking anticoagulants, the bleeding will be more serious.
Some patients with diabetic foot accompanied by neuropathy will have symptoms of particularly cold legs and feet and fear of cold. However, they are usually insensitive to the sensory feedback mechanism of pain and water temperature. I didn't know that boiling water while soaking my feet might have caused serious burns. Therefore, I suggest that you make sure whether you have the above vascular diseases before soaking your feet. If not, you can rest assured that you can enjoy them. Therefore, patients with diabetes, heart disease and venous embolism should consult a doctor before soaking their feet.
Lu: Soak your feet with mugwort leaves.
Before going to bed at about eight or nine o'clock, Lu will soak his feet in boiling water with mugwort. He thinks that after soaking feet, the blood in the head is active and the mind is clear, which can also relieve fatigue and help sleep. Because Folium Artemisiae Argyi has the function of warming meridians and dispelling cold, soaking feet can help remove cold and dampness in the body and help restore the body.
Methods: Take 50 grams of Folium Artemisiae Argyi. Decoct Folium Artemisiae Argyi in boiling water for about 15 minutes. When the water temperature is slightly lower, you can soak your feet in the liquid medicine for 15~20 minutes each time. After the water is cooled, hot water can be added.
Guo Chengjie: Soaking feet+rubbing back.
Guo Chengjie soaks his feet with hot water every night, and his hands are not idle when he soaks his feet. He will rub Shenshu point on his back. Chinese medicine says that "kidney is the foundation of congenital". The quality of kidney depends on the deficiency of kidney qi. If kidney qi is sufficient, urination will be pleasant!
Methods: When soaking feet, make a fist with both hands and rub Shenshu point up and down the spine with the back of the fist parallel. Massage Shenshu point, stimulate kidney through meridians, and make kidney excited.
Deng Tietao: Acupoint+Foot Soaking Prescription