Soaking feet is indeed a method of health preservation in traditional Chinese medicine, but not everyone is right. I know that the theory of foot bath Chinese medicine holds that the human body is an organic whole, and the human body has 12 meridians and 8 meridians. Among them, our foot is the starting point of foot penis and foot yang meridian. When your feet are baptized with warm water, the stimulation of water temperature will naturally affect these six meridians (similar to the principle of acupuncture stimulating meridians) and affect the human body.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the front side has greater influence than the back side. Soaking feet with warm water can not only prevent colds and indigestion, but also eliminate fatigue, promote blood circulation and treat insomnia, migraine, neurasthenia and other diseases. Correct foot bath, usually after dinner 1 hour. If you soak your feet, the water temperature should be controlled at 40~ 45, and the foaming time should be 20 ~ 30 minutes. If the water temperature is low, add warm water appropriately to raise the temperature.

In case of foam, don't forget to wipe your feet with a towel in time The misunderstanding of soaking feet is that soaking feet is really beneficial to physical and mental health, but if you choose the wrong way, it will not only fail to play a role in health care, but also endanger your health and even your life. Diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (hypertension, heart disease, brain tumor, etc. ), patients with venous embolism and foot injury are not suitable for soaking feet. At least not suitable for long-term warming.

We know that heat expands and contracts. As we all know, soaking feet with hot water will dilate the blood vessels in the lower body, and the blood will be concentrated in the lower body, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the brain, lungs, stomach and other organs, so symptoms such as dizziness and chest pain may occur after a period of time. There is such an example, that is, soaking the wrong foot.

In a community, Uncle Li always feels cold in his legs. He likes to soak his feet and warm his legs every day, but later he found that his right foot was sour and black. He went to the hospital for examination and found that his right lower limb vein was blocked and his limbs were broken, which required amputation. Another example is more extreme. A 40-year-old woman died while soaking her feet because of the rupture of a cerebral vascular aneurysm caused by changes in blood pressure.

Soaking feet is a relatively simple health care method. Many friends like soaking their feet. Soaking feet can promote blood circulation and make you healthy. But through the above introduction, we all know that it is not suitable for soaking feet every day. Therefore, according to their own physical health, formulate appropriate health care methods.