How do the elderly pedicure?
Pedicure has a very good health care function in Chinese medicine theory. The health care of feet has an impact on our health. What is the function of pedicure for the elderly?
Pedicure is a non-invasive natural therapy that integrates examination, treatment and health care by using the principles of traditional Chinese medicine.
Foot massage includes foot bath and foot massage. Foot is the "second heart" of human body, and it is a barometer of human body, which can accurately reflect the health status of human body.
Pedicure means washing feet with hot water, plus some scientific foot massage. Practice has proved that foot bath is a simple and effective self-care method. Therefore, the folk in our country are known as "a pot of soup before going to bed" and "washing feet in spring, rising sun, keeping fit; Wash feet in summer, remove dampness and clear heat; Wash feet in autumn, moisten lungs and intestines; Washing your feet in winter makes your abdomen warm.
Chinese medicine attaches great importance to foot health care. The five internal organs of the human body have corresponding projections on the feet. There are 12 meridians connecting human organs, 6 of which originate from the foot, which is the beginning of the foot's three yin and the end of the foot's three yang. There are more than 60 acupoints on the feet to communicate with the internal and external environment. If you can insist on washing your feet with hot water before going to bed, you can stimulate these acupoints, promote blood circulation, regulate the function of viscera and relax the meridians of the whole body, so as to achieve the purpose of eliminating diseases and pathogens, benefiting qi and removing blood stasis and nourishing vitality.
Modern medicine believes that the foot is the "second heart" of the human body, and there are countless nerve endings in the foot closely connected with the brain, which is closely related to human health. Therefore, often washing feet with hot water can enhance the body's immunity and resistance, and has the effects of strengthening the body and prolonging life.
From the point of view of physical therapy, hot water foot washing is a kind of bath therapy. When washing feet, the appropriate water temperature is 40-50℃, the appropriate amount of water is to submerge the ankles of the feet, and soak the feet for 5- 10 minutes. At the same time, massage your feet slowly, consistently and easily with your hands, first instep and then instep, until it gets hot.
This can dilate local blood vessels, excite peripheral nerves, accelerate blood circulation and enhance metabolism. If it can be persisted for a long time, it not only has health care function, but also has good curative effect on dizziness, insomnia, dreaminess and other symptoms caused by neurasthenia. If you add some drugs to the bath water, you can also prevent colds, foot diseases, frostbite and joint pain.
Middle-aged and elderly people should pay attention to the following points.
Avoid fasting foot bath.
Because the human body consumes a lot of calories in the process of soaking feet, the glycogen storage of middle-aged and elderly people is less than that of young people, and it is easy to have hypoglycemia shock due to hypoglycemia.
Second, avoid foot bath immediately after meals.
If the foot bath immediately after a meal is stimulated by rising temperature and hot water, the blood vessels in the skin will expand and the blood in the digestive organs will be relatively reduced, thus hindering the digestion and absorption of food.
Three bogey water temperature is too high.
Overheated washing water will cause future trouble. If you soak in overheated water or take a shower for too long, the blood vessels in the body and limbs will greatly expand and a large amount of blood will flow to the surrounding blood vessels, causing transient symptoms such as cerebral ischemia, dizziness, dizziness, nausea, and even coma and sudden death. Therefore, the water temperature should not be too high, preferably equal to or slightly lower than the body temperature, and 36-37 degrees is appropriate.
Four taboos rub the skin hard.
Some people like to rub their skin desperately in foot bath, causing epidermal damage and even bleeding, which makes the skin, the natural defense line of the human body, decline, and bacteria or viruses will take advantage of the damaged skin.
Five bogeys are soaked in water for a long time.
If you soak in water for a long time, the capillaries of the skin will expand, which will easily lead to temporary ischemia of the brain, and in severe cases, you will faint. Elderly people with hypertension and arteriosclerosis are at risk of stroke if they are soaked in hot water for a long time.
Avoid soaking feet with strong alkaline soap or various shampoo emulsions.
These alkaline chemicals easily irritate the skin, causing itching and inflammation. Old people should use lanolin soap or soap containing more fat, and wash with water after applying soap.
Seven bogey foot baths without running water.
This kind of bathing is not only unsanitary, but also a medium of skin diseases, and should be abolished.
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The secretion of sebaceous glands in the elderly is reduced and the moisturizing ability is poor. If the foot bath is too frequent, the skin will become rough, dry, dandruff, and even skin cracks or injuries due to lack of oil. The frequency of soaking feet in four seasons should be different. The frequency of soaking feet is generally once a day, and it can be twice a day because of treatment needs, but the elderly should be twice a day. If you sweat a lot at work, you need to soak your feet at any time. Generally, it can be once a day in winter and twice a day in summer.
Avoid excessive use of soap.
Don't use too much soap when soaking your feet. Because excessive use of soap is easy to wash away excessive sebum secreted by sebaceous glands, which makes the skin of feet dry, especially for the elderly.
Ten taboos: foot bath is the wind.
Old people generally like to wash their feet with hot water, and many old people also like to iron their feet with hot water, so that they feel comfortable after sweating all over. But at this time, we must pay attention to shelter from the wind, otherwise it will not only cause a cold, but also cause low back pain and become a chronic disease that has not healed for many years.
Healthy health can prolong life!