Soaking feet with hot water is foot bath, which belongs to one of the contents of pedicure in traditional Chinese medicine and is also a commonly used external treatment. Soaking your feet with hot water can not only relieve fatigue, but also help you sleep. At the same time, adding traditional Chinese medicine to water can also play other roles. Soaking feet with hot water can improve local blood circulation, dispel cold, promote metabolism, and finally achieve the purpose of health care. Soaking feet with proper Chinese medicine also has a certain effect on beriberi.
Functional effect
The foot is also called the second heart of the human body, because scientific research has proved that there are reflex zones corresponding to various organs and meridians on the foot. When soaking feet with warm water, it can stimulate these reflex zones, promote blood circulation, regulate endocrine system, enhance the function of human organs, and achieve the health care effect of preventing and treating diseases. At the same time, thermal stimulation will accelerate foot microcirculation and open pores. On this basis, magnetic field lines combined with magnetic therapy can easily penetrate and act on the important acupoints and organ projection areas of the foot, which will increase the effect of foot soaking treatment several times.
Of course, this combination of the two is much better than a single hot foot bath. With the rapid development of magnetic therapy, magnetic therapy has been widely used in various departments in the medical field.
profit
(1) promotes blood circulation. The foot has been considered as the second heart of the human body since ancient times. According to the health theory, the feet are farthest from the human heart and bear the heaviest burden. So this place is most likely to cause poor blood circulation. According to medical records, "a man with feet is still like a tree with roots. The roots are exhausted first, and the old feet are old first." Especially for people who often feel cold hands and feet, soaking feet with hot water is an excellent method.
(2) Stimulate acupoints, reflex zones and meridians of the foot. Theoretically speaking, there are reflex zones and acupoints of various organs and meridians on the feet. Many people have had pedicures. When masseurs press our feet, they feel pain and soreness. This situation can basically explain our corresponding reaction.
There is something wrong with the internal organs in the shooting area. Therefore, 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) It has a good auxiliary effect on the treatment of various diseases. People often say that "the rich take tonic and the poor soak their feet", which shows the great effect of Chinese medicine soaking their feet. Especially in modern society, the extensive use of air conditioners and people's general love of cold food make their bodies cold and wet. Soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine can accelerate the elimination of cold in the body.
fundamental principle
When we soak our feet in hot water, we will find that the blood vessels on our feet will expand and the epidermis of our feet will turn red. This is because hot water will accelerate the blood circulation of the feet, make more blood flow to the peripheral blood vessels of the lower limbs, and reduce the blood flow of the brain relatively, thus making people feel sleepy.
At the same time, because countless nerve endings on the soles of the feet are closely connected with the brain, the warm stimulation of hot water on the nerve endings on the feet can inhibit the cerebral cortex and make people feel comfortable and relaxed in the brain, thus speeding up sleep and deepening sleep.
Season paojiao
"Soak your feet in spring and the sun will rise; Soak your feet in summer to get rid of damp heat; Soak your feet in autumn to moisten your lungs and intestines; Soak your feet in winter and your abdomen is warm. " This is the statement mentioned in the health books of traditional Chinese medicine, which mainly shows that foot bathing is suitable for all seasons, but the health care effect is different in each season.
Soaking feet in summer is good and well-founded. When the humidity is just right in summer and the spleen and stomach are blocked, there will be symptoms such as loss of appetite, lethargy, listlessness and irritability. Soaking feet in summer is helpful to dispel summer heat and dampness, prevent colds, cheer people up, stimulate appetite and promote sleep. Because the foot is the most important part after the heart, and there are a lot of capillaries, soaking the foot with warm water can better stimulate the meridians and invigorate the viscera function of the human body.
conventional process
prerequisite
First, adjust the temperature of foot bath water.
Generally speaking, the temperature of foot bath water is 38~43 degrees, but it is best not to exceed 45 degrees.
Second, choose a suitable foot bath container.
Since it is a foot bath, it is necessary to embody the word "bubble". "Bubble" here means more water, enough heat and a long time. You can't take a basin and put some water in it. That won't help you stay healthy. At most, I wash my feet, not soak them.
Requirements for foot-soaking containers
1, the texture should be harmless, safe and have good thermal insulation performance.
2, the height of the foot bath is generally more than 20 cm [not more than the ankle].
3, the structure can buy some microcomputer foot baths.
Therefore, choosing a correct foot bath can often achieve twice the result with half the effort. The problems of complicated structure and high cost of the existing foot bath tub are solved, and the purpose of health care and treatment can be achieved by adding traditional Chinese medicine foot bath powder.
The right choice is to buy a deep wooden barrel that can put the whole calf in. Why choose wooden barrels? First, it is easier to keep warm, and second, it is close to nature.
Third, choose heating equipment.
This kind of foot bath bucket sold in the market has no heating equipment, so when we soak our feet, sometimes we feel that the water is cold. To heat the water, we can prepare more hot water bottles and fill them with hot water before soaking our feet.
Fourth, how to confirm the foot soaking effect?
Why did you get your feet wet? It is good to soak in your back and feel a little damp, or sweat on your forehead. Be careful not to sweat. Because sweat is the liquid of the heart. Sweating too much will make you sad. As long as you sweat a little, you will be fine, which means that your meridians are connected from top to bottom. This is also a way to prove whether your meridians are open or not.
basic approach
Hot water soaking feet
That is to say, soak your feet with hot water without adding any extra items, and the equipment used is the same as other foot soaking methods. Soaking feet with single hot water can accelerate blood circulation, promote qi and blood circulation, detoxify, improve the metabolism of the body, and also have a good health care effect; Of course, if the body has diseases, then a single hot bath has little effect on treatment. Be careful not to sweat when soaking your feet with hot water, because your body is prone to exhaustion due to excessive water loss, and you can sweat slightly on your back and forehead.
Benefits of soaking hands in hot water
People's palms are rich in blood, and six meridians pass through them. "Hand bath" is to affect human meridians through external thermal stimulation, so as to achieve the effect of treating and relieving human diseases. Through the "hand bath", the blood in both hands can be warmed up, and the warm blood will flow back to the heart. After about 10 minutes, all the blood in the human body warms up, and the blood flows through the brain, eyes, shoulders and other parts through branch blood vessels, thus achieving various effects such as treating scapulohumeral periarthritis, insomnia, refreshing and improving eyesight.
Because "hand bath" can play a unique role in expelling cold, accelerating the blood circulation of peripheral blood vessels, which is conducive to the operation of body qi. At the same time, with "foot bath", the effect will be better.
Compared with foot bath, the method of "hand bath" is simpler and easier: take a basin of hot water, the temperature is about 40℃-42℃, and the amount of water is appropriate to completely immerse your hands. Open your hands and soak in water for 5- 10 minutes. If the intermediate water temperature is not hot enough, you can reheat the water. "Hand bath" also needs to pay attention to the posture of the body, the shoulders should be completely relaxed, while taking a deep breath, rubbing all parts of the palm. Dry it with a clean towel in time after soaking, and keep warm. Usually do it once in the morning and once in the evening. If office workers feel tired at noon, they can also soak in the office once.