(1) Huoxiang decoction soaks feet to relieve summer heat and damp.
In summer, you can also soak your feet in the water fried with Pogostemon. Take 30-50g of Pogostemon cablin, put it into 2000ml of water, fry it with strong fire for 40min, then fry it with slow fire to1000ml, take the juice and add 2000ml of water to fry it to1000ml. Put the two kinds of decoction into a basin and soak your feet. At the same time, the medicine is soaked in your ankle. Different traditional Chinese medicine decoction foot bath has different indications, such as dizziness, headache, insomnia, tinnitus, cold, eczema, beriberi, rheumatic joint pain, heel pain, lumbago, sciatica, hypertension, diabetes and so on. Chinese medicine practitioners with clinical experience should be invited to prescribe Chinese medicine to soak their feet according to their own specific conditions.
(2) Prescriptions recommended by experts
Prescription: peach kernel 15g, safflower 15g, frankincense 10g, myrrh 10g, lycopodium clavatum 15g, speranskia tuberculata 15g, earthworm 30g, Spatholobus stem 30g, and aconite.
This prescription has a good auxiliary treatment effect on hypertension, insomnia, rheumatism, rheumatoid disease, cervical and lumbar diseases, spleen and stomach diseases, chronic debilitating diseases and various diseases mainly due to yang deficiency, especially for removing summer heat and eliminating dampness, which will cause many diseases when stagnant in the body. One dose of this formula is boiled in water for 30 minutes. When the temperature drops slightly, you can soak your feet in the basin. The temperature of the liquid medicine should not be too high to avoid scalding. At the same time, the liquid medicine must not pass through the ankle joint when soaking feet. The soaking time should be sweating all over the body, not too long or too short. If patients with wind-cold colds don't sweat, they can drink some warm water appropriately to promote sweating. Be sure to drink 150-200mL warm water after soaking feet to promote human metabolism.
Family foot bath should be avoided.
You can't soak your feet immediately after a meal, so as not to affect digestion. When soaking feet, the indoor environment should be quiet and comfortable, the room temperature should be moderate, don't blow directly, and relax. The water temperature should be kept warm, too cold can easily cause colds and other discomfort, and too hot can burn the skin, especially for diabetics. Anyone with burns, pustulosis, chickenpox, measles and foot trauma should not take foot bath. The water temperature of chapped foot skin should not be too high, and it should be dried with vaseline after soaking and washing. Pay attention to observation during foot soaking. If there are any abnormal situations such as unconsciousness, pallor and cold sweat, stop immediately and notify the family members to deal with them in time.
Around us, even in winter, we spend only a handful of half an hour soaking our feet, not to mention spring, summer and autumn. In the following article, I will lead you to understand the benefits of soaking feet, the best time to soak feet, and the benefits of soaking feet with Artemisia argyi, which everyone is highly concerned about, so that everyone can know more about soaking feet and fall in love with soaking feet.
What are the benefits of soaking feet?
This is a cliche. Anyone who knows or has seen Chinese medicine knows that Chinese medicine experts often tell us to remember to soak our feet every day. Then why does Chinese medicine suggest that we should soak our feet often? Here I will tell you about the benefits of soaking feet.
1, promoting blood circulation
From the point of view of health, the foot is farthest from the human heart and bears the heaviest burden. So this place is most likely to lead to poor blood circulation, especially people who often feel cold hands and feet. Soaking feet with hot water is an excellent method. Soaking feet can promote blood circulation. I believe everyone knows this benefit, especially in winter. Old people soak their feet with hot water before going to bed, which can keep out the cold and improve their sleep.
2. Stimulate the acupoints, reflex zones and meridians of the foot.
There are dozens of acupoints on people's feet, each corresponding to a different body organ. As long as we insist on soaking our feet with hot water every day and doing corresponding massage when soaking our feet, then we can keep the health of all organs of our body. When we finish the foot massage, we will feel relaxed all over. At the same time, there are six main meridians on people's feet, including the end points of three yang meridians (bladder meridian, stomach meridian and gallbladder meridian) and the beginning points of three yin meridians (spleen meridian, liver meridian and kidney meridian), all of which are on the feet. So soaking feet with hot water is equivalent to stimulating these six meridians.
3, soaking feet to enhance resistance
Soaking your feet in the morning can soothe your nerves and make you refreshed all day. Soaking feet at noon can eliminate the fatigue of morning work; Soaking feet at 9 pm can tonify the kidney; Soaking feet for half an hour before going to bed can improve sleep. Only in this way can we adjust our physical condition to the best state and improve our resistance.
4, Chinese medicine foot bath conditioning diseases
Simple hot water soaking feet can regulate diseases, but it needs to add appropriate Chinese medicine to get good treatment. Because soaking feet in hot water can stimulate the acupuncture points on the feet, the thermal effect in hot water will promote the feet to absorb the Chinese herbal ingredients in the water. As long as the prescription is prepared for the disease that needs treatment, the effect of treatment can be achieved.
Who is not suitable for soaking feet?
1, women in pregnancy and menstrual period, because Chinese herbal foot bath may stimulate women's gonad reflex area, thus affecting the health of women and fetuses.
2. People suffering from various serious hemorrhagic diseases, such as hemoptysis, hematemesis, hematochezia, cerebral hemorrhage, gastrorrhagia, uterine bleeding and other visceral bleeding, may cause local tissue bleeding during foot massage.
3, failure, heart failure, myocardial infarction, liver necrosis and other critically ill patients, because the condition is very unstable, the stimulation of the foot reflex zone may cause a strong reaction, which complicates the condition.
4, infants and young children do not need to soak their feet. Children are "the body of pure yang", prone to fever and love fire. If you soak your feet in hot water and sweat again, you will get hot. Especially for infants, the feeling of temperature is different from that of adults. Adults think the water temperature is a little hot, which is already very hot for children. But they are not very expressive, so it is easy to burn the soft skin. From this point of view, it is not recommended to soak your feet with hot water.
5, some patients with acute infectious diseases, acute poisoning, surgical emergencies, such as trauma, fracture, burn, perforation, bleeding, etc. Because it may delay the best time for treatment. Such as dizziness, cough, asthma, dizziness and so on. If these people soak their feet with hot water, their blood circulation will be aggravated by soaking their feet.
6. People who are in great anger, great sorrow, great joy, mental stress and physical fatigue.
7. People with yin deficiency and physical weakness are prone to sweating and dizziness by soaking their feet in hot water, which is because of the system of such groups.
8. People who soak their feet before and after meals 1 hour. Due to the expansion of blood vessels in the foot, the blood volume increases during foot bath, and the gastrointestinal and visceral blood decreases, which affects the gastrointestinal digestive function. That is, foot bath before meals may inhibit the secretion of gastric juice, which is not conducive to digestion; Foot bath immediately after meals will reduce the blood volume of gastrointestinal tract and affect digestion.
9. Patients with foot trauma, blisters, scabies, inflammation, suppuration, ulcer, edema and severe varicose veins. Everyone should have heard that soaking feet can cure diseases, and beriberi can also be treated by soaking feet, but that is for beriberi patients, and the skin of the feet is not damaged. If beriberi is serious and the skin of the foot is seriously damaged, then don't soak your feet, otherwise it will easily infect the wound.
Soaking feet with cold water in summer can get temporary coolness, but cold feet will cause discomfort to body organs, and many problems will appear after a long time. Hot water should also be used for soaking feet in summer, and some matters should be paid attention to.
Soaking your feet in cold weather can keep your body warm. When the weather is hot, many people wash their feet with cold water to cool down. Chinese medicine reminds everyone that you should also soak your feet with hot water in summer.
Soak your feet with hot water in summer.
Many people know that soaking feet with hot water in winter is both comfortable and comfortable, but it is ignored in summer. There are still many people who like to wash their feet with cold water, or simply put their feet under the faucet, which is comfortable and convenient. This is not correct. Soaking feet should be done every day and persisted all year round, each with its own effect. As the saying goes, "Wash your feet in spring and take off in the sun; Washing feet in summer can dispel summer heat and dampness; Wash feet in autumn, lungs moisten intestines and peristalsis; Washing feet in winter makes the field sheet warm. "
The moisture is just right in summer, and the spleen is the most afraid of moisture in people's internal organs. When moisture is blocked in the spleen and stomach, you will lose your appetite, feel drowsy and feel depressed. Soaking feet in summer is helpful to dispel summer heat and dampness, make people feel refreshed, stimulate appetite and promote sleep.
The reason is somewhat similar to the dog days application method of "treating winter diseases in summer". Because summer is the hottest season in a year, according to the theory of "correspondence between man and nature" in traditional Chinese medicine, the yang of human body is also the most vigorous in summer. At this time, soaking feet with warm water can better stimulate the meridians and invigorate the visceral function of the human body, so people with poor spleen and stomach are more suitable for soaking feet in summer. When the spleen and stomach are good, it is not easy to be attacked by moisture, and the symptoms mentioned above will naturally be alleviated. In addition, from the point of view of meridians, the foot is one of the most dense acupoints in the human body, and there are reflex zones corresponding to various internal organs. The meridians of the spleen, stomach, liver, kidney and other important organs all pass through here, and the health care and treatment effects of the viscera can also be achieved by conduction through the meridians when soaking feet.
Feet are called "second heart", but people's feet are far away from the heart and the distal parts of blood vessels, so the blood circulation is poor, and the fat layer of feet is thin and the heat preservation is poor, so the skin temperature of soles is low, which makes them very vulnerable to cold. If your feet catch cold, it will cause discomfort to many organs of the human body. Cold feet will reflexively cause contraction of mucous capillaries in the upper respiratory tract such as nose, pharynx and trachea, which will reduce the body's resistance and lead to a large number of pathogenic bacteria lurking in the body. After a long time, it is easy to cause vasodilation dysfunction and induce diseases such as limb arterial spasm, arthritis and rheumatism. In addition, too low foot temperature can easily cause stomach pain, abdominal pain, low back pain, varicose veins, coronary heart disease and other diseases.
The best way to soak your feet
Experts remind that every night, soak your feet with hot water of about 40℃ 15~20 minutes, and the water should not reach your ankles to your calves. Adding some salt to water can also play an anti-inflammatory and bactericidal role. If blowing the air conditioner causes a cold, headache or fever, you can also soak your feet in slightly hot water for more than 30 minutes. If you feel a little sweaty, the headache symptoms can be alleviated. It's best to do some simple massage after soaking your feet, such as carefully looking for the pain points in the soles of your feet (Yongquan point), toes and heels. Press each pain point for three minutes to get twice the result with half the effort.
Precautions for soaking feet
1, you should not soak your feet when you are full and hungry.
In summer, you should avoid soaking your feet when you are full, hungry or eating, because foot massage will speed up the blood circulation of the whole body and 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, special people soak their feet for a long time and cause syncope.
It is no problem for healthy people to soak their feet in hot springs, but special people should pay attention. For example, patients with heart disease and cardiac insufficiency, people with low blood pressure and frequent dizziness should not soak their feet with too hot water or soak in hot springs for a long time. Because soaking feet in hot water or soaking in hot springs will dilate blood vessels, coupled with the hot weather, the whole body blood will flow from important organs to the body surface, which will inevitably lead to ischemia and hypoxia of 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 should pay attention to water temperature.
Diabetic patients should pay special attention to the level of water temperature, because the peripheral nerves of these patients can't sense the external temperature normally, even if the water temperature is very high, and they are easy to be burned, which will lead to very serious consequences.
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. Don't soak your feet for too long.
Soaking feet for too long will cause symptoms such as sweating and palpitation. So it is better to soak your feet for 20 minutes before going to bed every day.
6. Foot bath water should not be too hot.
Just wash your feet with warm water every day. After washing, you can gently pinch your feet and relax your muscles.