Common foot soaking methods
1, hot water
Soaking feet with hot water can also accelerate blood circulation, promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, detoxify and improve body metabolism. But soaking feet with hot water is ineffective in treating diseases.
2. vinegar
Soak your feet with vinegar. Soaking feet with proper amount of vinegar can cure foot odor and promote blood circulation. It also has the functions of washing feet and exfoliating.
3. Ginger and dried tangerine peel
Adding some ginger and dried tangerine peel to the water will relieve some friends with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, and also have the effect of eliminating dampness.
4. mugwort leaves
Soaking feet with mugwort leaves can effectively dispel deficiency fire and cold fire, and also has a good effect on treating facial diseases related to deficiency fire and cold fire, such as oral ulcer, sore throat, periodontitis, gingivitis and so on. Folium Artemisiae Argyi also has the function of expelling cold, which can promote blood circulation and expel damp and cold in the body.
5. Salt water
Soaking feet with salt water can not only sterilize, but also prevent beriberi; Moreover, cold feet can cause colds and discomfort. If you often soak your feet with salt water, you can also prevent colds.
6. Chinese medicine
For women with dysmenorrhea, you can try soaking feet with Chinese medicine. Soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine can also promote blood circulation and stimulate acupoints, reflex zones and meridians of the feet, which has a good auxiliary effect on many diseases.
When is a good time to soak your feet?
1) the best time to soak your feet
Generally, the best time to soak your feet is 9: 00 pm, because this is the time when the qi and blood of the kidney meridian are relatively weak, and soaking your feet at this time is the most tonifying kidney. Soaking feet at night can also eliminate the tension of the day, let the kidneys rest, and the relative human body will feel very comfortable.
2) What is the best time to soak your feet?
It is best to control it within 15-20 minutes, because soaking feet for too long will easily lead to excessive local blood circulation in both feet, resulting in heart overload. And soaking feet for a long time in winter will lead to dry skin; In addition, the temperature of soaking feet should not be too high, and it is best to control it below 50 degrees Celsius. Water at a certain temperature can stimulate acupoints on the feet. So as to achieve the functions of keeping in good health and strengthening the body.