In the long history, there are many stories about celebrities keeping in good health by foot bath: Yang Guifei, a beautiful woman in Tang Dynasty, often came to beauty beauty by foot bath; Su Dongpo, a great writer in Song Dynasty, kept in good health by foot bath every night; Zeng Guofan, a famous minister in Qing Dynasty, regarded "reading", "getting up early" and "keeping in good health by foot bath" as his three major achievements in life.
On "foot massage all year round" in TCM health preserving theory;
Modern research shows that the foot has reflex zones (acupoints) corresponding to various viscera and organs. Stimulating these reflex zones can promote the blood circulation of human body and achieve the health care effect of preventing and treating diseases.
"Washing feet with Chinese medicine is better than taking tonic." Foot bath therapy refers to selecting appropriate drugs, adding warm water after decoction, and then foot bath, so that the ions of liquid medicine can enter the blood circulation of human body through mucosal absorption and skin penetration under the warm and mechanical action of water, and then be transported to the viscera of human body, thus achieving the purpose of preventing and treating diseases. Soaking feet for 15 minutes every day can play a health care role. If you soak your feet in hot water at about 40℃ 15~20 minutes, your headache will be obviously relieved. This is because the blood vessels in both feet dilate and blood flows from head to foot, which can relatively reduce brain congestion and thus relieve headaches.
For the headache caused by cold and fever, soaking feet with hot water can also help reduce the fever. Massage Yongquan and Taichong points on the back of the big toe at the same time, which helps to lower blood pressure; Kneading Zusanli point and Sanyinjiao point can prevent and treat spleen and stomach diseases. In addition, insisting on scientific foot bathing has a good effect on rheumatism, insomnia, brain injury, stroke and constipation. Especially for relieving all kinds of occupational diseases that modern urbanites are prone to, it can often get twice the result with half the effort.
Soaking feet has many advantages, but it is not suitable for everyone. The following people should pay attention: