Soaking feet before going to bed is good for your health. Soaking feet with hot water for 20 minutes before going to bed every day can improve cardiovascular function, accelerate blood circulation, relieve fatigue and promote sleep. However, the water temperature of soaking feet should not exceed 40 degrees Celsius, and the time of soaking feet before going to bed is different at different ages. Young people can soak their feet 15-20 minutes every day, and the elderly can extend the time to 20-30 minutes. Ensure the water temperature in winter. This method of soaking feet before going to bed is very useful. Massage your feet more when soaking your feet, promote blood circulation, and soak your feet often, which can also enhance your immunity and prevent colds.
First of all, soaking feet has many advantages:
1, eliminating fatigue; 2. improve sleep; 3. Soaking feet can raise body temperature, promote blood circulation in peripheral blood vessels and reduce the burden on the heart; 4, nourishing the kidney and protecting the liver; 5, laxatives; 6. Eliminate toxins; 7. lower blood pressure; 8, relieve headaches; 9, fever; 10, expelling cold; 1 1 to improve dysmenorrhea; 12, beauty and health.
Second, the benefits of safflower soaking feet:
Safflower can soak your feet, and often soak your feet with safflower, which can effectively dredge the meridians. Wrap a handful of safflower in gauze and boil it in water. Generally, soaking feet for one or two days at a time can promote blood circulation; The effect of soaking feet with safflower is obvious: firstly, it can effectively improve the blood circulation of feet, dispel excess cold in the body and prevent chilblain or skin cracking. Zanthoxylum bungeanum, Zingiberis Rhizoma or Folium Artemisiae Argyi can be added as appropriate to dispel cold and promote blood circulation. Second, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis can be used to relieve and improve female amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea. Safflower and angelica can be used together, and the effect of promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation is better. Soaking feet with safflower before going to bed can also eliminate fatigue and improve sleep, which is suitable for people with weak constitution and long-term insomnia.
Three, several groups of traditional Chinese medicine foot bath formula:
1, warming kidney and strengthening yang. The medicines used are actinolite, dodder, fennel, cinnamon, prepared rhizome of rehmannia, aconite, euryale seed, etc.
2, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, Salvia Miltiorrhiza, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Eupatorium adenophorum, Semen Persicae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, and Rhizoma Chuanxiong.
3. Dispelling wind and removing dampness, Curcuma longa, Cinnamomum cassia, Achyranthes bidentata, Gentiana macrophylla, Eupatorium adenophorum, Ramulus Mori, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Xu Changqing and Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae.
4, to eliminate fatigue, there are Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus membranaceus, Poria, Atractylodes macrocephala, Chuanxiong, dried tangerine peel, roses.
5, to beriberi, Sophora flavescens, Cortex Phellodendri, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Fructus Cnidii, Radix Arnebiae, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Kochia scoparia, Herba Taraxaci, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, etc.
6, improve sleep Schisandra chinensis, Chuanxiong, Cyperus rotundus, Polygonum Multiflori Radix, Curcuma longa, Lily, Poria, Bupleurum, etc.
The formula for soaking feet varies from person to person. Foot bath is for external use, which is different from eating. So you can choose the formula according to your physical needs. Of course, you can also soak your feet with pepper, ginger slices and mugwort leaves. For example, soaking feet with mugwort leaves can dispel fire, dispel cold and dampness, nourish liver and kidney, resist viruses, prevent colds and help improve sleep. If you want to sleep well, you should make a fixed schedule.
Fourth, the benefits of wormwood soaking feet:
1, eliminating deficiency fire and cold fire
Generally, when there is deficiency fire and cold fire in the body, there may be problems such as gum swelling and pain, oral ulcer and sore throat. At this time, boiling water with mugwort leaves to soak feet can get rid of deficiency fire and cold fire.
2. Eliminating dampness and cold
It is said that cold starts from the feet, so when the feet are cold, the blood circulation will become blocked. Soaking feet with boiling water of Folium Artemisiae Argyi can promote blood circulation, expel damp and cold qi in the body, and play a good health care role.
3, nourishing the liver and protecting the kidney
From 9: 00 to 10: 00 in the evening, when the kidney meridian is the weakest. At this time, boiling water with mugwort leaves to soak feet can nourish the kidney meridian, protect the liver and kidney, and make the body healthier.
Step 4 remove the athlete's feet
Because Folium Artemisiae Argyi has antibacterial, antiviral and body resistance enhancing effects, boiling water with Folium Artemisiae Argyi to soak feet often can kill bacteria and fungi on the skin surface and pores and remove beriberi.
Five, foot bath to remove foot odor:
Some people often like to soak their feet because they stink. Here are some ways to get rid of foot odor. You can also try:
1, radish soaked in water
People with smelly feet can soak their feet in radish water, that is, cut the radish into thin slices and put it in the pot, add appropriate amount of water, cook for three minutes with strong fire, then turn the heat down and pour it into the footbath for five minutes. You can soak your feet when the water temperature is right. Generally, it can be soaked several times in a row to remove foot odor.
2. soak your feet in soybean water
When your feet are smelly, you can also soak your feet with soybean water, that is, first boil the soybeans with high fire, then slowly cook them with low fire for about 20 minutes, and then turn off the fire. After the water temperature drops, you can soak your feet. Insisting on soaking feet with soybean water can not only effectively remove foot odor, but also relieve beriberi.
3, salt tea soaking feet
Soaking feet with salt tea can also relieve foot odor, because tea has the function of convergence and adsorption, so people with smelly feet can soak their feet with boiled tea and some salt, which can effectively remove foot odor.
Step 4 soak your feet in wormwood pepper water
Folium Artemisiae Argyi has bactericidal and antipruritic effects. Soaking feet with Artemisia argyi leaves can remove beriberi, and Zanthoxylum bungeanum also has the function of relieving itching and killing insects, so soaking feet with pepper water can also remove beriberi. If you add Artemisia argyi and Zanthoxylum bungeanum to soak your feet together, you can not only remove beriberi, but also effectively remove foot odor.
Step 5 soak your feet with ginger and salt water
You can put some ginger slices and some salt in hot water and soak your feet when the ginger salt is not hot. This method can not only effectively remove foot odor, relieve fatigue, but also have a certain effect on the symptoms of chapped sole skin.
6, white vinegar soaking feet
Because white vinegar has bactericidal effect, soaking feet with white vinegar can also relieve foot odor, but it should be noted that white vinegar will stimulate wounds, so it is not recommended for people with wounds on their feet to soak their feet in this way.
7. Soak your feet in leek water
Wash fresh leek, cut into pieces, put it in a pot, soak it in boiling water, put your feet in it for half an hour after the water temperature drops, and wash them again one week later to remove foot odor.
8. Pueraria lobata soaked in water
It is to wash feet with ground kudzu root, white wine and appropriate amount of decoction once a day for a week, which can effectively relieve foot odor caused by excessive sweating.