2, help to lose weight, hot water soaking feet consumes 120 calories per hour (based on 60kg body weight), and at the same time 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: "Hot water to soak feet, eat ginseng; The rich eat ginseng and the poor soak their feet. " This is an ancient concept of preventing diseases by soaking feet, but it is also very reasonable from the perspective of modern medicine, because soaking feet can dilate 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 increase the temperature of feet, which has a significant effect on improving the symptoms of cold feet. Especially in autumn and winter, soaking feet every day can play a role in dispelling cold and warming up; 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. Soak your feet to keep your lower limbs relaxed. While promoting blood circulation, it can also relieve muscle tension and release people's fatigue and pressure at this time. If you soak your feet with hot water every day, your mood will gradually get better.
6, prevention of disease soaking feet can also prevent the occurrence of many chronic diseases, because there are many acupuncture points on the soles of the feet, and the acupuncture points on the soles of the feet 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.
2 Disadvantages of soaking feet in hot water in winter In fact, the correct way of soaking feet will not cause any harm even if it is soaked every day, but if the following wrong way of soaking feet, it may bring corresponding harm to health, such as:
1, soaking feet for a long time is generally controlled within 20 minutes at a time. If you soak your feet for a long time, it may lead to dizziness, chest tightness and palpitation, especially for children below 12, the elderly, people with weak constitution and patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. You should avoid soaking your feet for a long time to avoid physical discomfort.
2, 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, 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 the feet should be at least as high as the ankles, and the water temperature should not exceed 40℃. It is safer for diabetics to control the water temperature at around 37℃.
Three six taboos of hot water soaking feet 1. If the patient has beriberi, he can't soak his feet with hot water in an infected state.
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? The reason for this is the following：
1, after cleaning the skin, applying a 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.