1, the secret of soaking feet for health
1, eliminating dampness and dispelling cold: add ginger.
If the human body is too wet and cold, it is easy to catch a cold. The most obvious symptoms are cold hands and feet and joint pain. Treating these symptoms is very simple. As long as you soak your feet, add 5 slices of ginger and a little salt to the water for 20 minutes at a time and soak for two weeks continuously, these symptoms will be obviously improved.
2. Purify blood: add white vinegar.
Many people know that white vinegar soaks feet, but they don't know what benefits white vinegar soaks feet. It can be said that in the process of soaking feet with vinegar, vinegar can penetrate into the skin and enter the blood vessels, helping us clean up the garbage and toxins in the blood, thus achieving the effect of purifying the blood. Drop a few drops of vinegar in the process of soaking feet until the body sweats, which can achieve the effect of eliminating dampness and purifying blood. Remember, because vinegar is more acidic, you only need to soak it twice a week. Stick to it for a while, and you will find that your skin turns white, your edema improves, and your sleep quality improves.
3, diuresis and laxative: add dried tangerine peel
You don't have to soak your feet with dried tangerine peel, which is actually a good way to get rid of dampness. Girls who are easily afraid of cold are mostly wet. When soaking feet, add a few pieces of dried tangerine peel to the water to get rid of dampness. In addition, soaking feet with dried tangerine peel helps to moisten intestines and discharge garbage accumulated in intestines. Generally, after soaking for 3 weeks, constipation and body cold symptoms will disappear. At the same time, you will find that your foot skin becomes smooth and delicate.
4. Clearing lung and detoxifying: adding Folium Artemisiae Argyi.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi is also a great artifact to dispel cold and dampness. Many people will choose moxibustion to dehumidify, in fact, soaking feet is also possible. Especially when coughing and soaking feet, add a few pieces of mugwort leaves in water and soak for 20 minutes to achieve the effect of clearing away lung heat and detoxifying. With the sweat when soaking feet, the water will decrease.
So when you find yourself with too much water in your body, don't take medicine in a hurry. You can try these foot-soaking methods described above, which can also help you quickly expel moisture from your body and keep healthy.
2, foot bath taboo to know
1, too full to soak your feet.
When soaking feet, don't be too full, too hungry or eat, because foot massage will speed up the blood circulation of the whole body, which is prone to dizziness and discomfort. It is not advisable to soak your feet within half an hour after a meal, which will affect the blood supply to your stomach.
2, patients with severe heart disease, hypotension beware of syncope.
It is okay for healthy people to soak their feet or soak in hot springs, but special people, such as people with heart disease, cardiac insufficiency, low blood pressure and frequent dizziness, should not soak their feet or soak in hot springs for a long time. Because soaking feet in hot water or soaking in hot springs will dilate blood vessels, and the whole body blood will flow from important organs to the body surface, which will inevitably lead to ischemia and hypoxia in important organs such as the heart and brain. For people with heart disease and low blood pressure, it will increase the risk of illness.
3, diabetic patients must pay attention to the water temperature.
The peripheral nerves of diabetic patients can't sense the outside temperature normally, even if the water temperature is high, and they are easy to burn, which will lead to very serious consequences, so pay attention to the water temperature of soaking feet.
4, beriberi patients should be careful of infection.
People with beriberi should not soak their feet with hot water when their condition is serious enough to blister, because it is easy to cause wound infection. Foot inflammation, dermatosis, trauma or skin burn are not easy to soak.
5. Old people should not soak their feet for too long.
Old people who soak their feet for too long will have symptoms such as sweating and palpitation. Therefore, it is better for the elderly to soak their feet for 20 minutes before going to bed every day.
6. There is no need for babies to soak their feet.
Because children are pure yang, they are prone to fever and fall in love with fire. If you soak your feet in hot water and sweat again, you will get hot. Just wash your feet with warm water every day. After washing, you can gently pinch your feet and relax your muscles.