The method of soaking feet in salt water is very simple. Just add two tablespoons of salt to half a basin of hot water. Xiao Jiang said that soaking feet with salt water often can sterilize and prevent beriberi, and can also keep the skin of feet smooth and clean.

So can saltwater soaking feet really treat beriberi?

Yang Ming, chief physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Henan Provincial People's Hospital, said that soaking feet with hot water every day has a certain health care effect on the human body, but there is no scientific theoretical basis for soaking feet with ordinary salt.

Ginger juice soaks feet, dispels cold and cures cold hands and feet.

Soaking feet with ginger juice is to add a few pieces of beaten ginger to warm water, which has the effect of dispelling cold and has a good effect on relieving the symptoms of cold hands and feet.

Yang Ming said that ginger is pungent and warm. If taken orally, it can accelerate the blood circulation of human body and improve the uncomfortable symptoms such as cold hands and feet, fear of cold and fear of cold. There is no harm in soaking feet with Jiang Shui, but it is unfounded to say that soaking feet with ginger juice can treat some diseases.

Soaking feet with vinegar improves sleep disorder.

Add a few spoonfuls of white vinegar to warm water, and the vinegar is soaked. Soaking feet with vinegar can moisturize the skin, eliminate fatigue and treat sleep disorders.

Yang Ming explained that acetic acid can promote metabolism, help rest, restore physical strength, and prevent arteriosclerosis and hypertension. Vinegar is good for health, but the saying that vinegar soaking feet can improve sleep is a folk experience, and there is no such saying in medicine.