(1) Salt water foot bath

Every time you soak your feet with hot water, add a small amount of salt, which can play a role in sterilization and disinfection. Soaking feet with salt water can improve foot inflammation caused by beriberi, foot odor and fungi. It should be noted that if there is a wound on your feet, it is recommended not to soak your feet with salt water.

(2) Soak your feet with vinegar

Adding proper amount of vinegar to foot bath water can play an anti-inflammatory and bactericidal role. Soaking feet with vinegar for a long time can improve foot inflammation, foot odor and beriberi. At the same time, it can also remove dampness and detoxify, which is very beneficial to the body.

(3) Milk soaks feet

Soaking feet with milk can nourish and moisturize foot skin, prevent and improve chapped and dry foot skin, and make skin white, tender and delicate. In addition to soaking feet with milk, you can also use goat milk, which also has a good moisturizing effect.

(4) Soak your feet with ginger.

After washing ginger, put it into the pot, add appropriate amount of water to decoct it, and soak your feet with juice, which can promote blood circulation, raise your body temperature and play a role in driving away cold and keeping warm. It is especially suitable for autumn and winter, and can eliminate dampness, promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and prevent chilblain.

(5) Soak feet with Chili water

Boiling Zanthoxylum bungeanum with proper amount of water until its fragrance overflows, air drying and foot soaking can soften hardness, remove blood stasis, soften the callus of feet, relieve foot diseases caused by blood stasis, and have the effects of beautifying and moistening feet.

(6) Soaking feet with Chinese herbal medicines

Soaking feet with Chinese herbal medicines such as dandelion, mint, Artemisia argyi and Acorus gramineus has a good health preserving effect. Dandelion can improve eczema, relieve skin inflammation and joint discomfort; Peppermint can warm meridians, dispel cold, dispel wind and relieve itching; Folium Artemisiae Argyi has the functions of eliminating dampness, stopping bleeding and promoting blood circulation. You can choose the appropriate Chinese herbal medicine to soak your feet according to your own needs.

(7) Flowers soak feet

Pouring petals into water or soaking feet directly also has a good health care effect. There are many flowers that can be used to soak feet, such as roses, peony, peony, lotus, jasmine and so on. Roses rejuvenate the skin and jasmine refreshes the mind. You can choose the right flowers to soak your feet according to your own needs.

2. the benefits of soaking feet

1, promoting blood circulation

According to the theory of keeping in good health, the foot is farthest from the human heart and bears the heaviest burden. It has been said since ancient times that the second heart of the human body is also the most likely to cause poor blood circulation. It is recorded in medical classics that "a man with feet is still like a tree with roots, and the roots of the tree are exhausted first, and the old feet of the man are old first." For people with cold hands and feet, soaking feet is the best way to promote blood circulation.

2. Stimulate the acupoints, reflex zones and meridians of the foot.

Pressing the footsteps can also reflect whether there is something wrong with the corresponding liver. When doing pedicure, the masseur will feel pain and soreness when pressing our feet, but after pressing, he will feel relaxed all over. There are six main meridians on the soles of the feet. Soaking feet can stimulate these six meridians and promote blood circulation.

3. Adjuvant treatment of diseases

As early as thousands of years ago, Chinese medicine attached great importance to the exercise and maintenance of the foot, and used foot massage (pedicure) to prevent and treat diseases. There is a folk saying that "the rich take tonic and the poor soak their feet", which shows the great role of soaking their feet. Modern people yearn for air-conditioned rooms and like to eat cold food, so some people will feel cold and wet in their bodies. Soaking their feet can accelerate the discharge of cold in their bodies.

4. Improve sleep and eliminate insomnia.

Insisting on soaking feet also has a good effect on improving sleep. Soaking feet in water at 43 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes can reduce lactic acid in the blood. Moreover, the foot is rich in nerve endings and capillaries. Soaking the foot with hot water has a mild and good stimulating effect on nerves and capillaries. This warm stimulation is reflected in the cerebral cortex, which plays an inhibitory role, thus improving sleep and eliminating insomnia. Soaking feet can increase the blood velocity and flow of feet, thus improving heart function, reducing heart load, promoting metabolism, and regulating meridians and qi and blood.