In modern medicine, "old cold leg" is also called "knee osteoarthritis". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "old cold legs" are related to the evil of wind and cold. According to experts' analysis, in autumn and winter, the human body is attacked by external evils such as wind, cold and dampness, the meridians are blocked, the blood is not smooth, and the leg joints will feel pain, numbness and inflexibility. Therefore, soaking feet and fumigating feet have become common methods to treat "old cold legs".
It is generally believed that the simplest and most practical method of soaking feet is hot water soaking feet. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the foot is the starting and ending point of the three yin meridians of the foot and the three yang meridians of the foot, which is closely related to all the zang-fu organs and meridians of the whole body. Soaking feet with hot water can regulate the function of viscera and enhance physical fitness. Therefore, health experts throughout the ages have taken soaking feet in hot water as a measure to keep fit and prolong life. Its practice is to use a washbasin to prepare a thermos bottle next to half a basin of hot water and soak your feet in the basin. The water temperature should be higher, but it must be tolerated, based on the principle of not burning your hands. It is best to soak your feet for about 30 minutes at a time. If the water temperature is low, you can continue to drain water. So, is foot bath suitable for all people, and what should we pay attention to?
First of all, the blood circulation and heart rate of the human body are accelerated when soaking feet. If you soak your feet for too long, it will easily increase the burden on your heart. Patients with hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and the elderly should pay special attention. If you feel chest tightness and dizziness, you should temporarily stop soaking your feet and lie in bed immediately. After dinner, you can only soak your feet 1 hour, and the amount of water should not exceed your ankles.
Secondly, children should not soak their feet with hot water. Because the arch of the foot began to form in childhood, we should pay attention to protection from an early age. If you often wash your feet with hot water, the ligaments on the soles of your feet will become slack, which is not conducive to the formation and maintenance of the arch, and it is easy to form flat feet. Don't often wash your children's feet with hot water, not to mention washing your feet with hot water for a long time.
In addition, patients with skin diseases should not go to public places for foot massage. Some drugs should be used for fumigation to achieve the therapeutic effect, but the doctor's advice must be sought. It is best to soak in barrels alone at home and take local fumigation.
In fact, fumigation is a milder and safer way to protect feet than soaking feet. Why is this? Traditional Chinese medicine experts pointed out that fumigation is a method to promote blood circulation, coordinate organ functions and regulate metabolism by using heat energy to affect the blood circulation and utilization of qi and blood, releasing negative ions and sub-ions to make the human body sweat from the inside out, thus achieving the effect of promoting blood circulation, coordinating organ functions and regulating metabolism. Soaking feet is just a simple high-temperature and high-pressure environment, forcing the body surface to sweat. Soaking feet will dissipate heat and sweat after the body gets hot, but the heat of water will penetrate into the body through the skin. Given the interaction, the body is actually damaged.