Benefits of soaking feet with hot water in winter
1, improve sleep quality
Stimulation of hot water on the meridians of feet can promote blood circulation, dredge meridians, relieve fatigue and improve sleep quality, especially for people who soak their feet with hot water 10-20 minutes before going to bed every day, their sleep quality is generally good, which can ensure them to enter deep sleep quickly and sleep until dawn.
2. Help to lose weight
The consumption of hot water for soaking feet is 120 calories/hour, and at the same time, it can promote metabolism in the body, accelerate fat burning, accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis and improve constipation and other symptoms. If you can persist in soaking your feet every day, it will also help you lose weight.
3. Improve immunity
As the saying goes: "soak your feet in hot water and eat ginseng;" The rich eat ginseng and the poor soak their feet. "This is the ancient concept of preventing diseases by soaking feet, but it is also very reasonable from the perspective of modern medicine, because soaking feet can expand the blood vessels in the soles of the feet. Once the blood vessels expand, the speed of blood flow will be accelerated, and qi and blood will be smooth. Where the yang is insufficient, it will extend to the yang, and the qi and blood of the body will be completely unobstructed, thus improving immunity and preventing diseases.
4, expelling cold and detoxifying
Soaking feet with hot water can improve the temperature of feet, which has a significant effect on improving the symptoms of cold feet, especially in autumn and winter, which can play a role in driving away cold and keeping warm; At the same time, soaking feet can speed up blood circulation, promote metabolism, help to expel toxins from the body, and make people rosy and energetic.
5. Relieve fatigue and stress
Soaking feet to keep the lower limbs relaxed can not only promote blood circulation, but also relieve muscle tension, so that people's fatigue and pressure can be released at this time. If you soak your feet with hot water every day, your mood will gradually get better.
6. Prevention of diseases
Soaking feet can also prevent many chronic diseases, because there are many acupoints on the soles of the feet, which affect various organs of the body. Soaking feet every day can make the yang reach the feet, activate acupoints, and make the meridians unobstructed, which can prevent many chronic diseases. If you massage your feet, the effect will be better.
Disadvantages of soaking feet with hot water in winter
In fact, the correct way to soak feet, even if it is soaking feet every day, will not cause any harm, but if it is the following wrong way to soak feet, it may bring corresponding harm to health, such as:
1, foot bath time is too long
Generally, it is advisable to control the foot soaking time within 20 minutes each time. If you soak your feet for a long time, it may lead to dizziness, chest tightness and palpitation, especially for children, the elderly, people with weak constitution and patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases who are below 12. Avoid soaking your feet for a long time to avoid physical discomfort.
The water temperature is too high.
Many people think that the higher the water temperature, the better, but in fact, this practice is not good and it is easy to burn the skin of the feet. If younger children soak their feet with too high water temperature, it may also damage the function of their feet. It is suggested that the water surface of feet should be at least as high as ankles, and the water temperature should not exceed 40℃. It is safe to control the water temperature of diabetic patients at around 37℃.
Six taboos of soaking feet in hot water
1. If the patient has beriberi, you should not soak your feet with hot water when infected.
2, patients with severe heart disease, or people with low blood pressure, try not to soak your feet with too hot water to avoid syncope.
You can't soak your feet if you are too full or too hungry before eating, because the blood circulation of soaking your feet is accelerated, which leads to dizziness and discomfort.
People with broken feet should not soak their feet, so as not to stimulate or aggravate the wound.
5, soaking feet for patients with venous diseases with poor reflux or obstruction will aggravate blood stasis and aggravate the condition, which is likely to make the feet more swollen and swollen.
6. Diabetic foot patients often have neuropathy, and the peripheral nerves of the foot have no response to temperature and pain. No matter how hot the water is, it is hard to feel the heat, and it is easy to burn your feet when soaking. Once scalded, even a small blister, if not treated in time, may lead to foot infection, ulceration, and finally may lead to amputation.
Will it be better to apply a mask when soaking feet?
Yes, for the following reasons:
1, after cleaning the skin, the mask can play a role in hydrating and moisturizing. Soaking feet with hot water can speed up blood circulation, promote metabolism, help the skin quickly absorb nutrients in the mask, and play a better skin care effect.
2, hot water soaking feet will open facial pores, and the effect of absorbing the mask will be faster, which can effectively improve the tight, desquamation and sensitive state of the skin.
3. Generally, it is appropriate to apply mask 15 minutes, but it is not appropriate to soak feet for too long. Soak your feet 15 minutes is also better. At the same time, it can also avoid discomfort such as hypoglycemia and dizziness caused by soaking feet for too long.