The history of foot bath is thousands of years, and the earliest literature record is "Elbow Reserve Emergency Prescription" in Jin Dynasty, which has a history of more than 1000 years.
Soaking feet is the key to health preservation, which can remove human blood waste and pathological deposits, clean the human body and resist various diseases. Soaking feet has a good auxiliary effect on the treatment of many diseases. People often say: "the rich take tonic, and the poor soak their feet." It can be seen that soaking feet plays a great role.
Functional effect
The foot is also called the second heart of the human body, because scientific research has proved that there are reflex zones corresponding to various organs and meridians on the foot. When soaking feet with warm water, it can stimulate these reflex zones, promote blood circulation, regulate endocrine system, enhance the function of human organs, and achieve the health care effect of preventing and treating diseases. At the same time, thermal stimulation will accelerate foot microcirculation and open pores. On this basis, magnetic field lines combined with magnetic therapy can easily penetrate and act on the important acupoints and organ projection areas of the foot, which will increase the effect of foot soaking treatment several times. Of course, this combination of the two is much better than a single hot foot bath. With the rapid development of magnetic therapy, magnetic therapy has been widely used in various departments in the medical field. For the application of foot bath,
Benefits of soaking feet in hot water
(1) promotes blood circulation. The foot has been considered as the second heart of the human body since ancient times. According to the health theory, the feet are farthest from the human heart and bear the heaviest burden. So this place is most likely to cause poor blood circulation. According to medical records, "a man with feet is still like a tree with roots. The roots are exhausted first, and the old feet are old first." Especially for people who often feel cold hands and feet, soaking feet with hot water is an excellent method.
(2) Stimulate acupoints, reflex zones and meridians of the foot. According to medical theory, there are reflex zones, acupoints and meridians on the feet of various organs and organs of the human body. Many people have done pedicure, and when the masseur presses our feet, it will feel pain and soreness. This situation can basically explain that there is something wrong with the organs in the corresponding reflex zone. Therefore, when we finish the foot massage, we will feel relaxed all over. At the same time, there are six main meridians on people's feet, including the end points of three yang meridians (bladder meridian, stomach meridian and gallbladder meridian) and the beginning points of three yin meridians (spleen meridian, liver meridian and kidney meridian), all of which are on the feet. So soaking feet with hot water is equivalent to stimulating these six meridians.
(3) It has a good auxiliary effect on the treatment of various diseases. People often say that "the rich take tonic and the poor soak their feet", which shows the great effect of Chinese medicine soaking their feet. Especially in modern society, the extensive use of air conditioners and people's general love of cold food make their bodies cold and wet. Soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine can accelerate the elimination of cold in the body.
fundamental principle
Foot bath; foot?bath;?foot?soak
When we soak our feet in hot water, we will find that the blood vessels on our feet will expand and the epidermis of our feet will turn red. This is because soaking feet in hot water will accelerate the blood circulation of the feet, make more blood flow to the peripheral blood vessels of the lower limbs, and make the blood flow of the brain relatively decrease, thus making people feel sleepy [3].
At the same time, because countless nerve endings on the soles of the feet are closely connected with the brain, the warm stimulation of hot water on the nerve endings on the feet can inhibit the cerebral cortex and make people feel comfortable and relaxed in the brain, thus speeding up sleep and deepening sleep.
Season paojiao
"Soak your feet in spring and the sun will rise; Soak your feet in summer to get rid of damp heat; Soak your feet in autumn to moisten your lungs and intestines; Soak your feet in winter and your abdomen is warm. " This is the statement mentioned in the health books of traditional Chinese medicine, which mainly shows that foot bathing is suitable for all seasons, but the health care effect is different in each season.
Soaking feet in summer is good and well-founded. When the humidity is just right in summer and the spleen and stomach are blocked, there will be symptoms such as loss of appetite, lethargy, listlessness and irritability. Soaking feet in summer is helpful to dispel summer heat and dampness, prevent colds, cheer people up, stimulate appetite and promote sleep. Because the foot is the most important part after the heart, and there are a lot of capillaries, soaking the foot with warm water can better stimulate the meridians and invigorate the viscera function of the human body.
conventional process
prerequisite
First, adjust the temperature of foot bath water.
Generally speaking, the temperature of foot bath water is 38~43 degrees, but it is best not to exceed 45 degrees.
Second, choose a suitable foot bath container.
Since it is a foot bath, it is necessary to embody the word "bubble". "Bubble" here means more water, enough heat and a long time. You can't take a basin and put some water in it. That won't help you stay healthy. At most, I wash my feet, not soak them.
Requirements for foot bath containers:
1, the texture should be harmless, safe and have good thermal insulation performance.
2, the height of the foot bath is generally more than 20 cm [not more than the ankle].
3, the structure can buy some microcomputer foot baths.
Therefore, choosing a correct foot bath can often achieve twice the result with half the effort. Solves the problems of complex structure and high cost of the existing foot bath tub, and can achieve the purpose of health care and treatment by adding traditional Chinese medicine foot bath powder.
The right choice is to buy a deep wooden barrel that can put the whole calf in. Why choose wooden barrels? First, it is easier to keep warm, and second, it is close to nature.
Third, choose heating equipment.
This kind of foot bath bucket sold in the market has no heating equipment, so when we soak our feet, sometimes we feel that the water is cold. To heat the water, we can prepare more hot water bottles and fill them with hot water before soaking our feet.
Fourth, how to confirm the foot soaking effect.
Why did you get your feet wet? It is good to soak in your back and feel a little damp, or sweat on your forehead. Be careful not to sweat. Because sweat is the liquid of the heart. Sweating too much will make you sad. As long as you sweat a little, you will be fine, which means that your meridians are connected from top to bottom. This is also a way to prove whether your meridians are open or not.
basic approach
Hot water soaking feet
That is to say, soak your feet with hot water without adding any extra items, and the equipment used is the same as other foot soaking methods. Soaking feet with single hot water can accelerate blood circulation, promote qi and blood circulation, detoxify, improve the metabolism of the body, and also have a good health care effect; Of course, if the body has diseases, then a single hot bath has little effect on treatment. Be careful not to sweat when soaking your feet with hot water, because your body is prone to exhaustion due to excessive water loss, and you can sweat slightly on your back and forehead.
Traditional Chinese medicine foot bath
Traditional Chinese medicine foot bath is divided into two situations:
(1) Direct Chinese medicine is boiled in water and then soaked in feet.
In other words, soaking feet with boiled Chinese medicine is similar to ordinary soaking feet. However, because some diseases are soaked in Chinese medicine, it is best to consult Chinese medicine and let Chinese medicine help prepare prescriptions, so that some diseases can be treated in a targeted manner.
② Soak feet with Chinese herbal foot bath tablets.
In fact, the effect of soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine foot bath tablets is similar to that of soaking feet directly with traditional Chinese medicine, except that the traditional Chinese medicine foot bath tablets are very convenient to use and only need to be dissolved in hot water.
Main efficacy
Help sleep
Sleep disturbance is very painful, which not only leads to listlessness during the day, but also leads to a decline in physical condition. Foot bath is recommended to improve the quality of sleep.
Adding pebbles to grind feet can improve the effect of foot bath, promote the connection of human blood vessels, achieve the effects of communicating heart and kidney, soothing liver and regulating qi, invigorating spleen and qi, calming the heart and calming the nerves, and better improve sleep. Adding pebbles to the foot bath can play a role similar to acupuncture.
Everyone knows the benefits of soaking feet before going to bed, but I'm afraid you don't know that if you add pebbles to the hot water for soaking feet and grind your feet with pebbles at the same time, it can have an effect similar to acupuncture and can promote sleep well.
Soak feet and acupoints
Soaking feet with hot water is like using moxa sticks to "warm moxibustion" the acupoints on the feet, and adding pebbles to the foot bath. The uneven stone surface can stimulate acupoints (Yongquan, Gu Ran, Taixi, etc. ) or the reaction area of the sole of the foot, which plays a role similar to foot massage and acupuncture, thus improving the effect of foot bath. Therefore, adding pebbles to the foot bath can play the role of "needle" and "acupuncture" to some extent.
There is no special requirement for pebbles to soak feet. It is best to choose smooth pebbles of similar size. Building materials and decoration can be bought in the market.
In addition, the water used for soaking feet should be kept at about 45℃, and the water depth should at least exceed the ankle joint. Step on the pebbles evenly and soak for about 20 ~ 30 minutes. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and diabetes, as well as the elderly, should pay special attention to the control of water temperature and time when soaking their feet with hot water. If you have dizziness, headache, fatigue and palpitation, you should temporarily stop soaking your feet and stay in bed immediately.
People with decreased skin sensation on their feet should pay attention to the degree and water temperature when wiping their feet with pebbles to avoid scratching or scalding their skin. People with foot injuries (including joint pain, strain, sprain, etc.). ) and the inflammation has not healed, it is not appropriate to soak your feet in pebbles with hot water.
Foot Soaking and Disease
In winter, many people will feel cold hands and feet, in fact, the blood circulation is not smooth. Soaking feet with hot water can promote blood circulation, relieve fatigue and improve sleep. No wonder soaking feet with hot water has become a folk family health care method that continues to this day. In addition, in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, soaking feet is also good for other systemic diseases, such as rheumatism, arthritis, colds and other common diseases. As long as you insist on soaking your feet every day, you can play a health care role in slowing down symptoms.
As the saying goes: "To raise trees, we should protect our roots, while to raise people, we should protect our feet." The foot is the "second heart" of the human body, so it is necessary to pay attention to science to protect the foot. Soaking feet with hot water can not only promote blood circulation of feet, reduce local muscle tension, but also help to eliminate fatigue and improve sleep. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that foot is the starting and ending point of foot three yin meridians and foot three yang meridians, which is closely related to all viscera and meridians of the whole body. Soaking feet with hot water can regulate the function of zang-fu organs and enhance physical fitness. For healthy people, it is generally enough to soak their feet with clear water, salt water or vinegar water, which is not only simple and convenient, but more importantly, it doesn't cost money.
There is an old saying in China: "Chinese medicine is not as good as tonic." 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, the application of traditional Chinese medicine foot bath is very extensive, 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.
Formula and efficacy
1, beriberi, itchy feet, sweaty feet and smelly feet
Formula: Cortex Phellodendri, calcined Os Draconis, Alumen, Flos Sophorae Immaturus, Galla Chinensis, Radix Curcumae, Flos Caryophylli, Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Kochiae Fructus and Sanguisorba officinalis.
Efficacy: clearing away heat and toxic materials, astringing and removing dampness, suitable for itching and peculiar smell caused by tinea pedis and sweaty feet, killing insects and relieving itching.
2, middle-aged and elderly people have low back and leg pain
Formula: Radix Saposhnikoviae, Rhizoma Cibotii, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Radix Astragali and Radix Angelicae Sinensis.
Efficacy: Benefiting liver and kidney, nourishing qi and blood, expelling wind and removing dampness, dredging channels and activating collaterals. Suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with liver and kidney deficiency, qi and blood deficiency, lumbago and leg pain.
3, gynecology nourishing blood and nourishing yin
Formula: Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, Fructus Hordei Germinatus, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Fructus Crataegi, Radix Polygalae, Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Fructus Lycii and Semen Cuscutae.
Efficacy: nourishing blood and nourishing yin, regulating liver and kidney, suitable for physical weakness, emaciation and blood deficiency infertility.
4. Soothing liver and regulating qi, invigorating stomach and spleen
Formula: Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride, Fructus Amomi, Monascus, Flos Caryophylli, Fructus Hordei Germinatus, Fructus Aurantii, Fructus Gardeniae, Cortex Magnolia Officinalis, Herba Agastaches and Radix Aucklandiae.
Efficacy: It is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with dyspepsia, hypochondriac swelling and pain, loose stool and other symptoms caused by stagnation of liver qi and disharmony between spleen and stomach.
Step 5 relieve stress and fatigue
Formula: Cortex Cinnamomi Japonici, Radix Acanthopanacis Senticosi, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Folium Ginseng, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Polygoni Multiflori Radix, Fructus Alpinae Oxyphyllae and Semen Cuscutae.
Efficacy: expelling wind and removing dampness, nourishing liver and kidney, strengthening bones and muscles. Suitable for people with strenuous exercise, long working hours or manual labor, lack of sleep and great ideological pressure. Chronic fatigue syndrome such as inattention, general fatigue, muscle aches, loss of appetite, etc.
6, nourishing yin and strengthening yang to prolong life
Formula: Semen Allii Tuberosi, Radix Morindae Officinalis, Eucommiae Cortex, Radix Codonopsis, Radix Astragali, Fructus Lycii, Bullwhip, Herba Cistanches, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Semen Cuscutae and Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens.
Efficacy: Warming kidney and strengthening yang, solidifying essence and strengthening yang. It is suitable for lumbago, tibial weakness, premature ejaculation and impotence caused by kidney-yang deficiency.
7. Chronic bronchitis
Main symptoms: repeated chronic cough, expectoration and asthma. And the early cough is aggravated, and the sputum is mostly white, thin or sticky.
Formula: loquat leaf, mulberry bark, Fritillaria thunbergii, dried tangerine peel, Pinellia tuber, houttuynia cordata, platycodon grandiflorum and perilla seed.
Efficacy: Indications for chronic bronchitis.
8, insomnia
Main symptoms: unable to sleep normally or unable to sleep after waking up. Common symptoms such as dizziness, heartache, palpitation, forgetfulness, mental fatigue, restlessness, etc.
Formula: Radix Astragali, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Radix Codonopsis, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Cimicifugae Rhizoma and Radix Bupleuri.
Efficacy: Buzhong Yiqi, Shugan Jieyu. Indications for insomnia.
9, chronic stomach disease
Main symptoms: Chronic gastropathy generally includes chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcer and gastric neurosis. The main symptoms of chronic gastritis are epigastric pain with no obvious regularity, epigastric discomfort, belching and nausea after eating. Gastric ulcer usually hurts 2 hours after eating. Duodenal gastric ulcer often hurts at night and relieves after eating. Gastric neurosis is a functional disease of gastric nerve, which is mainly manifested as sudden and severe gastric colic.
Formula: Pogostemon cablin, Eupatorium odoratum, eggshell, Angelica sinensis, dried tangerine peel, red yeast, Amomum villosum and clove.
Efficacy: soothing the liver and regulating qi, regulating stomach and relieving pain, and eliminating dampness. Can be used for treating dyspepsia and stomachache caused by disharmony between spleen and stomach. It is also suitable for chronic gastritis.
10, hyperlipidemia
Formula: Fructus Rosae Laevigatae, Semen Cassiae, Radix Polygoni Multiflori Preparata, Coicis Semen, Herba Artemisiae Scopariae, Rhizoma Alismatis, Fructus Crataegi, Radix Bupleuri, Radix Curcumae, and Radix et Rhizoma Rhei with wine.
Efficacy: nourishing yin to reduce fire, removing blood stasis and dredging veins. Suitable for hyperlipidemia.
1 1, hypertension
Clearing heat and invigorating qi, calming liver and suppressing yang, nourishing liver and kidney, lowering blood pressure and calming wind.
Function: Nourishing liver and kidney, lowering blood pressure and calming wind. Indications: dizziness, headache, irritability and pain in waist and knees caused by essential hypertension.
Formula: Concha Haliotidis, Apocynum venetum, Herba Schizonepetae, Herba Taxilli, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Radix Paeoniae Alba and Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae.
12 diabetes
Warming yang and nourishing blood, promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals, clearing away heat and toxic materials, expelling wind and removing dampness.
Functions: Warming yang and dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, clearing away heat and relieving pain, and promoting granulation. Suitable for diabetic symptoms.
Formula: Ramulus Cinnamomi, Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Caulis Lonicerae, Radix Astragali, Olibanum and Myrrha.
13, obesity
Eliminate water and swelling, clear away heat and dampness, reduce fat and lose weight, and prolong life.
Functions: diuretic, detumescence, lipid-lowering and weight-reducing, and indications for simple obesity, hyperlipidemia and arteriosclerosis.
Formula: Polygonatum sibiricum, ginger, cinnamon, wax gourd peel, Wupu and Sophora japonica.
14, rheumatoid arthritis
Warming yang and dispelling cold, expelling wind and dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, strengthening tendons and bones.
Warming yang and dispelling cold, expelling wind and dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis are suitable for rheumatic lumbago and leg pain.
Function: expelling wind and cold, promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals, removing dampness and relieving pain, and is suitable for bone and muscle pain caused by wind-cold invasion, swelling and pain after soft tissue injury and chronic low back pain.
Formula: Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, Rhizoma Atractylodis, Fructus Zanthoxyli, Cortex Phellodendri, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Herba Schizonepetae, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Cortex Moutan.
15, menopausal syndrome
Nourishing liver and kidney, calming liver and reducing fire, nourishing yin and suppressing yang, nourishing blood and calming nerves
Nourish liver and kidney, calm liver and reduce fire. Indications: climacteric syndrome.
Function: clearing heart and calming liver, attending climacteric syndrome; Sweating, upset, irritability, dry mouth, insomnia, palpitations.
Formula: Rhizoma Coptidis, Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, Radix Ophiopogonis, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Cynanchum atratum, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae and Os Draconis.
16, neurasthenia
Nourishing kidney and liver, improving intelligence and calming nerves, soothing the liver and strengthening the spleen, benefiting qi and tonifying the middle energizer.
Strengthening spleen and nourishing heart, improving intelligence and calming nerves. Suitable for insomnia, dreaminess, forgetfulness, fatigue and weakness caused by neurasthenia.
Functions: invigorating spleen and nourishing heart, improving intelligence and calming nerves. It is suitable for insomnia, dreaminess, forgetfulness, fatigue and brain dysfunction caused by neurasthenia.
17, magic ginger therapy
Formula: Zingiberis Rhizoma, Flos Chrysanthemi Indici, Rhizoma Atractylodis, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Flos Caryophylli, Fructus Xanthii, and Herba Menthae.
Efficacy: dispelling wind and cold, activating collaterals and dredging veins, warming middle warmer and dispelling cold, benefiting qi and nourishing blood, etc. It has special effects on cold limbs caused by chilblain and poor blood circulation.
Matters needing attention
Pay attention to the following questions when soaking your feet.
1, the time should not be too long, and it is best to control it in 15-20 minutes. If the time is too long, the local blood circulation in the foot is too fast for a long time, and the blood in the body will flow more to the lower limbs, resulting in cardiovascular overload. Moreover, the winter climate is inherently dry, and the skin is soaked in hot water for too long, which will also lead to the skin being too dry and prone to itching. Therefore, no matter what age people soak their feet, it is best to use certain moisturizing products after the end to keep the skin moist.
2. The water temperature should not be too high. Many people think that the higher the water temperature, the better as long as it is within their tolerance, but it is not. The best water temperature for soaking feet is below 50℃, which requires hot but not scalding. Feel the water temperature with your feet instead of your hands. If the water temperature is too high, the blood vessels on the feet will easily expand excessively, and the blood in the body will flow more to the lower limbs, which will easily lead to insufficient blood supply to important organs such as the heart, brain and kidney, which is not good for the body.
3, it is not appropriate to soak your feet within half an hour after a meal, which will affect the blood supply to the stomach. In the long run, it will make people malnourished.
4. You can't sleep immediately after soaking your feet. Rub your feet when your feet are hot, and wear socks to keep warm in time. It is best to go to bed after the whole body heat gradually decreases.
5. It's best to soak your feet comfortably with a wooden bucket or enamel basin with a deep bottom area, and it's best to let the water soak all the way to your calves. The water temperature is about 40 degrees Celsius, so water should be heated at any time to keep the temperature uniform.
Water should have a certain degree of heat, preferably 40 ~ 50 degrees Celsius. Only the feet can bear it can stimulate the acupoints, cure diseases, preserve health and strengthen the body.
The amount of water should not be too small, usually over the ankle. The appropriate soaking time is 5~ 10 minute.
Don't read books or watch TV when soaking your feet, so it's easy to achieve the effect of "getting burned back to the yuan"
If the foot bath tub is not thoroughly cleaned or the tub wall is not treated with anti-bacteria, the bacteria on the feet can easily remain in the tub wall, causing repeated foot infections, so it is very important to choose a good foot bath tub.
In addition, the effect will be better if some drugs are properly added to the water when soaking feet. The following are several commonly used drugs and their functions.
L a handful of torreya grandis leaves, boiled in water and washed outside can cure beriberi. [4]
1 1。 Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Rhizoma Coptidis, Scutellariae Radix, Cortex Phellodendri, and Flos Chrysanthemi Indici each 65438±05g, decocted in water to get juice, and soaked enough to treat furuncle in spring and summer.
Geranium wilfordii soaking feet in boiling water can treat numbness and spasm of knees and ankles.
Decocting Ginkgo biloba leaves with water and washing feet can prevent and treat diarrhea in children.
Often soaking feet with celery leaves is beneficial to patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease.
Soaking feet with ginger can cure cold and stuffy nose.
Soaking feet safely is taboo.
First, the foot soaking time should not be too long, and 15-30 minutes is appropriate. When soaking feet, blood will flow to the lower limbs, and the brain is prone to insufficient blood supply. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and the elderly should temporarily stop soaking their feet and have a rest if they feel chest tightness and dizziness. Diabetic patients have poor peripheral sensory ability, so their families should try the water temperature first to prevent burns.
Second, you should not soak your feet within half an hour after a meal. It will affect the blood supply in your stomach, which will lead to malnutrition in the long run. . After eating, most of the blood in the body flows to the digestive tract. If you soak your feet with hot water immediately after eating, the blood that should flow to the digestive system will flow to the lower limbs instead, which will affect digestion and absorption for a long time and lead to nutritional deficiency. Therefore, it is best to soak your feet for half an hour after meals.
Third, it is best to use a wooden basin for soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine. The chemical composition in metal pots such as copper pots is unstable, and it is easy to react with tannic acid in traditional Chinese medicine to produce harmful substances such as iron tannic acid, which greatly reduces the curative effect of drugs.
Fourth, children should not soak their feet in overheated water for a long time. Because the arch of the foot began to form in childhood, we should pay attention to protection from an early age. If you often wash your feet with hot water, the ligaments on the soles of your feet will become slack, which is not conducive to the formation and maintenance of the arch, and it is easy to form flat feet.
Fifth, women should not use traditional Chinese medicine to soak their feet during menstruation. The problem of women's menstrual period is more complicated. If you can't find the reason, soaking your feet with traditional Chinese medicine can not only relieve it, but also aggravate the symptoms such as dysmenorrhea. Therefore, if women want to treat menstrual health problems such as dysmenorrhea by soaking their feet with traditional Chinese medicine, it is best to consult a doctor and prescribe medicine according to their own situation.
the aged
1. The skin is one of the organs of the human body, which has the functions of barrier, absorption, secretion and excretion, thermoregulation, feeling and breathing. Because it can absorb drugs by itself, if hot water is used, it is more beneficial for drugs to exert their efficacy in the human body.
Secondly, the foot is one of the meeting points of human meridians. Among the 12 meridians of human body, there are three Yang meridians ending in the foot and three Yin meridians starting from the foot, and there are more than 60 meridian points distributed in the foot. Stimulating these acupoints by soaking in traditional Chinese medicine can regulate meridians, dredge qi and blood, and adjust the function of viscera, thus playing a role in preventing and treating diseases. So some people say that "soaking feet every day is equal to taking medicine."
Generally speaking, elderly people with chronic diseases are more suitable to soak their feet with traditional Chinese medicine. Such as hypertension, headache, dizziness, chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, apoplexy sequelae, chronic prostatitis, chronic vasculitis, climacteric syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic enteritis, neurosis, chilblain, chapped feet, etc. Can be relieved by this foot bath.
When soaking feet, some Chinese medicinal preparations can be added, such as products containing pure Chinese medicines such as Korean pine essence, Sophora flavescens, Schisandra chinensis, ginger, Codonopsis pilosula, Beiqi, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Stemona Stemona, Fructus Cnidii, Carthami Flos, mint, etc. Can be used for removing beriberi, improving sleep, rheumatic joint pain, fatigue, blood circulation, dizziness, palpitation and insomnia, dry eyes, soreness of waist and knees, and constipation.
If headache and dizziness often occur due to hypertension, Prunellae Spica, Folium Mori, Flos Chrysanthemi and Ramulus Uncariae cum Uncis can be added. Radix Clematidis, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, etc. Can be used for cold pain in waist and legs; Angelica sinensis, cassia twig, ginger, ephedra, etc. Adde into chilblain; Bletilla striata, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, Cortex Lycii, Herba Artemisiae Scopariae, etc. Can be added for chapping.
Traditional Chinese medicine foot bath is good, but there are also some points that must be paid attention to.
1. After the medicine is fried, add hot water. In order to prevent scalding the skin, the temperature should be kept at 42-45 degrees Celsius for half an hour.
2. In order to keep the water temperature constant, it is advisable to use wooden barrels. The chemical composition in the metal basin is unstable and is not recommended.
3. It is not advisable to soak your feet immediately after a meal, which will easily affect digestion.
4. Not suitable for people who are allergic to drugs.
5. Patients with tinea pedis should use bath tools alone.
6. After all, traditional Chinese medicine foot bath can only be used for adjuvant treatment of diseases because of its limited drugs absorbed through the skin and slow absorption speed. If you are seriously ill, you must go to the hospital so as not to delay your illness.
profit
First, promote blood circulation. Soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine is an excellent method.
Second, stimulate the acupoints, reflex zones and meridians of the foot. Soaking feet is also equivalent to stimulating these six meridians.
Health preserving principle
According to the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine, there are 66 acupoints below the ankle starting from the Sanyin meridian (spleen, liver and kidney). In the view of Chinese medicine, soaking feet with hot water, just like moxa stick moxibustion, has the functions of promoting blood circulation, warming viscera, strengthening body and preventing diseases. According to the measurement of modern medicine, people feel most comfortable when the temperature of their feet is kept at 28-33℃. The elderly have arteriosclerosis and reduced blood supply to the feet. They are more afraid of cold than young people, and their feet are cold and cold, which will reduce their body resistance and cause diseases. Therefore, we should always keep our feet warm and soak our feet with hot water every night, which can make the whole body circulate blood and be beneficial to physical and mental health.
The scientific basis of foot health comes from the following four principles:
(1) holographic principle: The biological holographic theory points out that there are objectively areas corresponding to various organs of the human body, that is, reflection areas. By stimulating these reflex zones, the physiological functions of human organs can be adjusted, so as to achieve the purpose of treating diseases and self-care. Biped animals have 62 basic reflex zones, like a miniature of human body, which always pay attention to the health of all parts of human body. Stimulating the reflex zone through Chinese herbal medicine foot bath regularly can improve the absorption of drugs and accelerate the delivery of drugs. Under the stimulation and induction of reflex zone and the dual action of drugs, it can dredge the whole body blood, regulate the functions of various tissues and organs, improve the pathological changes of viscera and organs and improve the immunity of the body.
(2) Meridian principle: As early as thousands of years ago, it was recorded in Huangdi Neijing that the yin pulse gathers in the foot and gathers in the heart of the foot. The so-called trip to the meridians, all three meridians start from the feet. Foot is the starting point of Sanyin Meridian and the ending point of Sanyang Meridian, and the acupoints of the six meridians of foot, such as meridians, meridians, acupoints of Shu and Yuan, are all located in foot. There are 66 acupoints in these meridians distributed on both feet, which are very sensitive to all kinds of stimuli and closely related to all organs of the whole body. Soaking feet with Chinese herbal medicine can promote qi and blood circulation and warm viscera, thus achieving the effect of treating internal diseases with external treatment and upper diseases with the same treatment.
(3) Circulation principle: As we all know, because our lower limbs are farthest from the heart, the blood circulation is not very good, and the blood circulation of internal organs is mostly tiny blood vessels, so the blood return is even worse. When using Chinese herbal foot bath, on the one hand, due to the warming effect and drug effect, it can accelerate blood circulation, make the blood of lower limbs and viscera also join the systemic circulation, and make the toxins and wastes in the human body excrete through metabolism. On the other hand, the capillaries and peripheral nerves of the foot are very rich. By stimulating these acupoints, the blood vessels in the foot are dilated, the blood circulation is accelerated, the nerve sensitivity is enhanced, the drug ions are promoted to enter, and the drug properties are quickly and effectively distributed throughout the body through meridian conduction. Combined with the stimulation of foot reflex zone, * * * can regulate the function of viscera, thus playing a role in treatment and health care.
(4) Physical principle: In the process of Chinese herbal medicine foot bath, physical factors such as heat energy, water pressure and drug ion movement are combined to stimulate the feet, thus stimulating the self-regulation function of the body, promoting the body's resistance function and enhancing the body's immune function, thus inhibiting or reducing the release of bioactive substances, and achieving the effects of regulating visceral metabolism and preventing diseases. At the same time, under the action of biological negative ion energy, the nerve cells, brain glands and lymphocytes of pituitary gland are activated to the maximum extent, thus improving the recognition and killing effect of antibody substances on germs and viruses, and promoting the excretion organs such as sweat glands and urinary system to eliminate toxins in the body.