Soaking feet with hot water is foot bath, which belongs to one of the contents of pedicure in traditional Chinese medicine and is also a commonly used external treatment. Soaking your feet with hot water can not only relieve fatigue, but also help you sleep. What health can you add to soaking your feet? Come and have a look.

: add lemon

1, to prevent colds: warm water and 2 slices of lemon to refresh yourself and prevent colds.

2, swelling effect: lemon also has the effect of detoxification and swelling. If you are tired after walking too much, you can try soaking your feet with lemongrass water or using lemon essential oil.

3. Softening the stratum corneum: Before soaking feet, add some lemon juice or lemon peel to the water. The water must submerge the ankle joint, and it is better to soak for 10 minute. After soaking your feet, rub your feet with lemon peel and rub them repeatedly until your palms and soles are hot. Rub them for about 10 minute to soften the stratum corneum.

: add salt

1, can prevent beriberi: washing your feet with salt water often can not only sterilize and prevent beriberi, but also make your feet smooth and tidy.

2, can help sleep anti-aging: when washing feet with salt water, with Yongquan point and other acupuncture points, can promote local blood circulation, help sleep anti-aging, and even enhance memory, so that the mind feels light.

The method of washing feet with salt water is: generally, half a tablespoon of salt can be added to half a basin of hot water, and the water temperature can be higher. But if there is a wound on your foot, you should stop washing your feet with salt water and soak your feet with hot water instead.

: add ginger

1, treatment of insomnia: before going to bed every night, add 3 large slices of ginger to a small half basin of water, add a spoonful of vinegar after boiling, and soak your feet for 30 minutes when the water temperature is suitable, which can soothe your nerves and help you sleep.

2, warm spleen and stomach: with ginger 100 grams, 20 grams of dried tangerine peel, 30 grams of mint bath, can warm spleen and stomach, eliminate dampness and solve difficulties. If you find it tedious to take a bath, you can soak your feet with this water.

3, prevention and treatment of varicose veins of lower limbs: washing feet with ginger decoction can quickly expand the capillary network of human respiratory mucosa, accelerate blood circulation, so that white blood cells in the blood of respiratory mucosa can destroy bacteria and viruses invading the human body in time, so that the human body can be protected from infection. People who often stand are prone to varicose veins of the lower limbs. Foot bath can speed up the circulation of blood in the legs and make the venous blood in the legs return to the right heart in time, which is conducive to reducing venous congestion in the legs and preventing varicose veins of the lower limbs.

After soaking feet, rub the heat with your hands and gently rub the relevant parts or acupoints, which can be * * * the whole foot, the area * * *, the foot center of Duo * * * Yongquan point * * * or Taichong point * * * * behind the first and second toe joints * * * or the depression of Taixi point * * * between the high point of the medial malleolus and the achilles tendon.

: add wine

1, promoting blood circulation: soaking feet with warm water of rice wine or other white spirits can promote blood circulation.

2, in addition to foot odor: soak your feet with hot water of white wine and tea, and there will be no foot odor after soaking for several times, because white wine has a strong bactericidal effect. The specific method is: take Pueraria lobata 15g, grind it into fine powder, add Chinese liquor 15g, add appropriate amount of water, boil it, and soak your feet for 20 minutes when the water is cooled to a suitable temperature. Every day 1 time for 1 week.

3. Relieve fatigue: Before going to bed every night, soak your feet with half a basin of hot water and a little white wine for 15 minutes, then apply a little safflower oil to the soles of your feet, and then scrape the six basic reflex areas of your feet, namely adrenal gland, kidney, ureter, bladder, celiac plexus and spleen, 50 ~ 100 times each, and then scrape five toes and the whole instep. After shaving, apply a little safflower oil on the instep and rub the instep and instep with both hands until it is hot. Whole journey 15 ~ 20 minutes. This method can relieve daytime fatigue and make you fall asleep easily.

: add vinegar

1. Panel moisturizing: Before soaking feet, add 100 ~ 150g rice vinegar or aged vinegar to soak feet, which is good for health. Because soaking feet with vinegar can not only increase the elasticity of the panel and make it smooth, but also get rid of rheumatism and improve discomfort such as chills.

2, eliminate fatigue: vinegar can accelerate human blood circulation, improve the oxygen-carrying capacity of hemoglobin, improve the hypoxia state of all parts of the body caused by fatigue, enhance the metabolism of each system, is conducive to the discharge of carbon dioxide and waste gas in the body, so that the human body can be relaxed.

3, treatment of sleep disorders: soaking feet with vinegar water for half an hour every day can coordinate the excitement of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves, regulate and relax nerves, reconcile meridian qi and blood, achieve a balance between yin and yang, and persist for a long time, which can greatly change the quality of sleep.

When soaking feet, pay attention to the following points:

1, prepare a big and deep bucket, with the principle of flooding half the calf.

2, the bucket should not be too small, and the feet should be comfortably flat on the bottom of the bucket, otherwise it is easy to cramp.

3. The soaking time is about 30 minutes. If the water cools quickly, it can be heated 1 ~ 2 times in the middle.

4. Drink 1 glass of water before and after soaking, which is beneficial to metabolism and replenish body fluids in time.