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What are the benefits of soaking feet before going to bed for women?
In the cold winter, many women choose to soak their feet before going to bed. They can sleep better when their feet are warm. Many people think it's good to soak their feet before going to bed, but they don't know where it is. In fact, soaking feet can not only beautify the skin of feet, but also regulate qi and blood, eliminate fatigue, promote sleep, delay aging and play a great health care role. Let me introduce the benefits of soaking feet before going to bed to women.

The health care function of soaking feet before going to bed;

1, soaking feet can relieve the mood. You must be very tired after a day's study and work. A pot of hot water will give you full enjoyment and make you fall asleep faster.

2. As the saying goes, "All diseases start from cold, and cold starts from feet." Therefore, soaking feet before going to bed at night can dispel cold and activate collaterals, which is of great benefit to the body.

3. Because the acupoints and reflex zones of the feet are very rich, soaking feet is very positive for health care, especially for preventing hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes and myocardial infarction.

According to the medical explanation, there are many acupoints under the soles of our feet. Soaking feet with hot water can not only accelerate the blood circulation of our human body, but also stimulate these acupoints, so that our human body can achieve the effect of health care. Generally speaking, it is more appropriate to soak your feet at 9 pm. At this time, soaking feet is the best time to tonify the kidney.

"Old people get old first", female foot health care is essential. Pay attention to soaking feet, especially ginger, which has more obvious health care effect.

You can also add ginger to soak your feet before going to bed. Special health care function of soaking feet with ginger;

1, ginger soaking feet reduces cold hands and feet.

Ginger can drive away cold, and the cold hands and feet are mainly due to insufficient blood supply to the end of the body. Soaking feet with ginger can effectively improve blood circulation and relieve the symptoms of cold hands and feet.

2, ginger soaking feet to delay aging. The kidneys are aging and people are getting old. Soaking feet with ginger can improve qi and blood, maintain kidneys, effectively delay aging and prolong life.

3, ginger soaking feet to maintain the kidney, ginger soaking feet to improve blood supply deficiency, combined with kidney-tonifying ingredients can play a very good role in warming the kidney.

4, ginger soaking feet to treat colds. Boiling a thumb-sized piece of ginger in water or soaking it in hot water until the water temperature is appropriate (about 40 degrees) can effectively prevent symptoms from developing further and prevent colds. Even if people don't have a cold, soaking their feet with ginger can also play a role in driving away the cold, thus preventing colds.

Note: soak your feet in warm water for 5 to 10 minutes before going to bed. Be careful that the water does not pass through the ankle and the water temperature is not too high. Generally 45℃ is more suitable. When washing feet, you can gently rub off the dead skin on the soles of your feet with your hands. In addition, the stains between toes must also be cleaned up to prevent fungi.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that foot is the starting and ending point of foot three yin meridians and foot three yang meridians, which is closely related to all zang-fu organs and meridians in the whole body. If you can insist on washing your feet with hot water before going to bed, you can stimulate these acupoints, promote blood circulation, and dredge the meridians of the whole body, thus regulating the function of zang-fu organs and enhancing physical fitness. Rubbing the soles of your feet before going to bed can relax people and improve the quality of sleep.