It is said that soaking feet is for health, but do you know the benefits of soaking feet? Do you know how to soak and when it is good for your health? Let Xiao Nuan give you a science lesson ~
Keep in good health, first raise your feet, dispel dampness and cold, and eliminate all diseases.
Soaking feet for health has a history of thousands of years.
It is recorded in Huangdi Neijing that the cold rises after autumn, soaking feet to drive away the cold and eliminate all diseases. Even the longest-lived Ganlong in the Qing Dynasty insisted on "300 steps in the morning and a pot of soup at night". The way to keep healthy and live longer is in this pot of soup.
Especially in winter, feet are like entering a freezer, so it's too hot to walk during the day and can't sleep at night.
All diseases start from cold, and cold starts from foot. The foot is the farthest place from the heart in all parts of the human body, and the blood flows the longest distance. Coupled with the influence of gravity, blood return is particularly difficult.
Therefore, soaking in hot water feet once a day in winter can dispel the damp and cold accumulated in the body, promote blood circulation and discharge toxins, which is of great benefit to the body.
Question: When is the best season to soak your feet?
"Washing feet in spring, the sun rises and takes off; Washing feet in summer, removing dampness; Wash your feet and nourish your heart in autumn; Hot feet and warm abdomen in winter. "
Soaking feet with hot water all the year round is good for the human body. No matter which season, it should be soaking feet before going to bed.
Question: How to soak your feet is the best for your health?
Generally speaking, a foot bath every night can achieve the purpose of health care. Soak your feet with warm water of about 40℃ (where the ankle joint is submerged by water) for 20 ~ 30 minutes each time (the water can be heated to keep the water temperature). It is better to have reddish skin after soaking. Massage your toes and soles with your hands.
Question: Who needs to soak their feet?
Soaking feet is for health. Everyone can stick to soaking feet, which is good for health. The following categories are very necessary to insist on soaking feet:
People who often have cold hands and feet and dysmenorrhea insist on soaking their feet, which can dispel cold and dampness, improve qi and blood and relieve dysmenorrhea. Old people with rheumatic bone pain and joint pain at home. Soaking feet every day can relieve arthritis, cold legs and nerve numbness. People who are usually deficient in qi and cold can prevent colds and relieve cold symptoms by soaking their feet. Because soaking feet can speed up metabolism, insisting on soaking feet also has the effect of slimming. Special reminder: people with wind-heat colds, high blood pressure and impatience should not soak their feet at high temperature for a long time; Patients with phlebitis, diabetes and foot injury should not soak their feet.
Adding some ingredients to keep healthy in winter will make your body more comfortable.
Ginger: It can help stimulate capillaries and improve local blood circulation and metabolism. People with cold hands and feet in winter can soak their feet with ginger.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi: It has the functions of dispelling cold and dampness and regulating qi and blood. Soaking feet with mugwort leaves can improve cold and dampness constitution and improve lung function.
Safflower: Soaking feet with safflower can warm the whole body, promote blood circulation and help prevent insomnia. People who are prone to chilblain in winter and have chapped skin can use safflower to soak their feet to prevent it.
Cinnamon: It has the effects of dispelling cold and relieving pain, removing blood stasis and promoting blood circulation, strengthening stomach and strengthening body, and can help warm kidney and strengthen yang. Soaking feet with cinnamon can relieve edema caused by nephropathy.