China medical classics record: "A man with feet is still like a tree with roots. When a tree dies, the roots are exhausted first, and people are old and old. " There are many cold and dampness in the body, and soaking feet can accelerate the elimination of cold in the body. It has a good auxiliary treatment effect on chronic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, coronary heart disease, cerebral arteriosclerosis, hypertension and diabetes, and can prevent various complications.
Dr. Cheng Jiehui, director of the Prevention Center of Zhuhai Hospital of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, specially recommended the following foot massage herbs for different groups of people. Put them away quickly and start soaking your feet today.
Medicinal materials: Rose 10g, Semen Ziziphi Spinosae 30g, Rhizoma Acori Graminei 30g, Radix Polygalae 30g.
Efficacy: in addition to vexation and depression, nourishing blood and calming the nerves. It is suitable for patients with liver depression and blood deficiency who are not easy to wake up.
Medicinal materials: Fructus Foeniculi 20g, Rhizoma Cyperi 10g, Herba Leonuri 30g and Radix Angelicae Sinensis 20g.
Efficacy: promoting blood circulation and regulating qi, dispelling cold and relieving pain. It is suitable for non-menstrual women who have had menstrual blood clots, abdominal cold pain, cold coagulation and blood stasis in the past, and is not suitable for menstrual foot massage.
Medicinal materials: 20 grams of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, 20 grams of Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, 0/5g of Achyranthes bidentata15g of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. 30 grams of Spatholobus suberectus.
Efficacy: dispel dampness and cold, promote blood circulation and relieve pain. Suitable for cold and dampness blocking collaterals and cold pain in waist and knees.
Medicinal materials: 30g of Folium Artemisiae Argyi, 30g of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, 30g of Cinnamomum cassia twig and 30g of ginger.
Efficacy: Warming channels and dispelling cold, promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals. Suitable for people who are suddenly cold and warm, and their hands and feet are cold.
Before traditional Chinese medicine foot massage, you need to put the medicinal materials into a medicine pot and add 3000 ml of water to decoct them into 1000 ml juice, then pour the medicine juice into a foot massage bucket, add water to boil until the water temperature is about 45℃, and soak your feet. The water level should exceed the ankle joint 10 cm, which can be used in conjunction with foot massage. In addition, prepare a hot water kettle, add hot water in time to keep the water temperature.
Generally, the time for foot massage should not exceed 30 minutes. After foot massage, dry your feet immediately and keep them warm.
note:
1, people with heart disease or weak constitution, foot massage time should not generally exceed 10 minutes.
2. Diabetic patients have poor peripheral feeling. Pay attention to the water temperature when massaging the soles of the feet to avoid burns.
Those who have ulcers, rashes and injuries on the skin of their feet should not have foot massage.
Correspondent Song Liping
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