Foot massage is an excellent physical therapy and health care method in the treasure house of traditional Chinese medicine. Medical classics record: "A man with feet is still like a tree with roots. When the tree dies, the roots are exhausted first, and the old feet decline first. " Therefore, 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. In the health care theory of traditional Chinese medicine, "foot massage all year round: washing feet in spring, opening the sun, setting;" Washing feet in summer can dispel summer heat; Wash feet in autumn, moisten lungs and intestines; The record of "Tian Dan washes his feet in winter and burns wet" is an image summary of the role of traditional Chinese medicine pedicure.

Modern scientific research shows that people's feet have reflex zones (acupoints) corresponding to various zang-fu organs. Stimulating these reflex zones can promote human blood circulation, regulate endocrine system, enhance the function of human organs, and achieve the self-care effect of preventing and treating diseases.

There is an old saying in our country: "It is better to take tonics than to wash your feet with hot water." If you soak your feet for 15 minutes every day, it can play a health care role. If you soak your feet in hot water at about 40 degrees Celsius, your headache will be obviously relieved after about 15 ~ 20 minutes. 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. If you can massage Yongquan point while soaking your feet and press Taichong point on the back of your big toe, it will also help lower your blood pressure. Moreover, hot water soaking feet has a wide range of applications, including rheumatism, spleen and stomach diseases, insomnia, headache, cold, paraplegia, brain injury, stroke, lumbar disc herniation, nephropathy, diabetes and other systemic diseases, as well as rehabilitation after a serious illness. Therefore, insisting on scientific pedicure, especially for alleviating all kinds of occupational diseases that modern urbanites are prone to, can often get twice the result with half the effort.