The best time to soak your feet in winter.
Although foot massage has a good health care effect on shoulder, back, waist and leg joint pain, insomnia, skin itching, cough and asthma and other common and frequently-occurring diseases, it is not good for your health to control the foot soaking time according to your personal physique and diseases and blindly soak in hot water for a long time.
Many people like to soak the water from very hot to completely cold, and some even keep heating it for an hour or two, which is wrong.
Soak your feet for 30-45 minutes, once a day or every other day. There is also a hot foot bath method in traditional Chinese medicine: before each foot bath, the boiled liquid medicine is put into water (which can be diluted), and then it is carried out according to the method of ordinary hot foot bath.
However, it is necessary to remind the elderly that the foot bath time should be shorter, because the elderly soak for too long, which is easy to cause 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. Optimum water temperature for foot bath in winter.
The water temperature for soaking feet should not be too hot or too cold, and it is generally appropriate to keep it at 38℃-43℃.
If conditions permit, you can put your feet in water around 38℃ first, and then let the bath water gradually heat up to around 42℃ to keep the water temperature. When soaking your feet, water usually overflows your ankles, so you should rub it often.
However, diabetics and people with sensitive skin should pay attention to the fact that water with high water temperature can easily lead to burns because it is insensitive to external stimuli. Winter health care at 9: 00 pm is the most nourishing kidney.
Experts suggest that soaking feet at 9 pm is the best way to tonify the kidney. The reason why this time period is chosen to tonify the kidney is because it is the time when the kidney meridian is weak in qi and blood. At this time, after soaking feet to increase body heat, blood vessels in the body will expand, which is conducive to promoting blood circulation, thus promoting blood circulation in the body. At the same time, the nerves that have been nervous for a day and the kidneys that have been tired for a day can be completely relaxed and fully adjusted at this time, and people will feel very comfortable.
"Hot water soaking feet can not only tonify the kidney and clear the liver, but also help improve the quality of sleep." If you do foot massage for a few minutes after soaking your feet, it will better promote the blood circulation of the body and further regulate the viscera and organs. After soaking your feet, I suggest you stop doing other activities and fall asleep every few minutes, which is better for tonifying the kidney. Winter health care office workers are full of energy in the morning.
The reason why I choose to soak my feet in the morning is because I sleep in the same position for a long time at night and my blood circulation is not smooth. Bubbles in the morning can promote blood circulation and regulate the autonomic nervous system and endocrine system. Nerve endings on the soles of the feet are connected with the brain. When washing feet, massaging the soles of feet and toes with both hands in warm water can make the brain feel relaxed and comfortable, make the brain feel refreshed and energetic, and "fill up" the day's work.
The method of washing feet in the morning is very simple. The water temperature is controlled at about 40℃, and it is better to be comfortable and not burn, and soak for about 5 minutes. Massage Yongquan point of both feet with index finger, middle finger and ring finger for about 1 minute, and then massage the gap between toes of both feet for about half a minute. In order to keep the water temperature, you can add a proper amount of hot water several times and repeat it for 3-5 times. If there is not enough time, do 1 time, or massage without soaking in hot water.