Principle of soaking feet to lose weight
At first, you will feel the warmth coming from the soles of your feet. After a few minutes, your body will feel warm, and then the hot air will circulate to every corner of your body with the blood, and the old waste accumulated in your body will be excreted. This can dispel the chill in the body, adjust the endocrine balance of the body, not only achieve the effect of losing weight, but also eliminate symptoms such as insomnia, headache and irregular menstruation.
When is it suitable to lose weight by soaking feet?
Soaking feet all year round is good for health. Therefore, hot water soaking feet is not only suitable for autumn and winter, but also suitable for weight loss in spring and summer. In the morning or before going to bed, it is the most suitable time to soak your feet and lose weight. Soaking feet in the morning can dispel the cold of invasion at night. Soaking your feet before going to bed helps you sleep and makes it easier for you to fall asleep.
Who is not suitable for soaking feet to lose weight?
Soaking feet to lose weight also has requirements for people's choice. Some people suffering from heart disease, diabetes, beriberi, hypotension and other diseases are not suitable for soaking feet to lose weight. Some people will have frozen feet in the lower body in autumn and winter. They should warm their legs with warm water to relax their muscles, and then soak their feet with hot water.
Under what circumstances should you not soak your feet to lose weight?
Not all time is suitable for soaking feet to lose weight, and soaking feet also has the best time. The human body is not suitable for soaking feet when it is hungry and full. After eating, most of the blood will be concentrated in the stomach to help digestion. If you soak your feet, it will disperse the blood in your stomach, cause indigestion and even cause stomach trouble.
Why can't people soak their feet when they are hungry? When people are hungry, their blood sugar will drop. Soaking their feet will promote blood circulation, accelerate the burning of human fat and consume human energy. In this case, soaking feet can easily lead to weakness of hands and feet, causing dizziness and even fainting.
How to lose weight by soaking feet
If you want to lose weight by soaking your feet, you should pay attention to three aspects. First, grasp the water level. The best way to lose weight by soaking feet is in the calf and abdomen. Second, adjust the water temperature. It is best to adjust the water temperature of soaking feet to 30 to 43 degrees Celsius to lose weight. Third, seize the time and soak your feet to lose weight. The longer the time, the better the effect. Soaking for too long will lead to calf peeling, and it is best to control it for 20-30 minutes. It should also be noted that when soaking feet, you should slowly put your legs into the water and your skin should adapt to the water temperature. Don't put your feet in the water at once, which will cause great high temperature stimulation to your feet.
Traditional Chinese medicine formula for soaking feet to lose weight
1. Mild obesity
Medicinal materials: Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Radix Saposhnikoviae each 65438±00g, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens and Notopterygii Rhizoma each 65438±05g.
Operation method: Similarly, soak the medicinal materials in 1L cold water for 15 minutes, then add 1L water and put it on fire to boil. If there are many medicinal materials, they can be wrapped in tulle cloth, so that the decoction does not need to be filtered after decoction. Pour the soup into the foot bath until the soup does not reach the ankle. Keep the water temperature at about 40 degrees and soak for about half an hour.
2. Digestive obesity
Medicinal materials: 5g of dried ginger, 5g of mulberry twig, 0g of hawthorn15g, and 65438g of Ziziphus jujuba seed.
Operation method: wrap the medicinal materials in gauze, soak them in 1L cold water for 15 minutes, then add 1L water to boil, then reduce the fire and continue to boil for half an hour. Pour the soup into the foot bath and add some hot water until the water reaches the ankle. The water temperature is about 40 degrees, and the foot bath time is 40 minutes.
3. Obesity
Medicinal materials: winter melon skin 200g, Poria cocos 100g.
Operation method: The skin of winter melon should be fresh, wrapped with gauze together with Poria, and boiled with 2L water. Because it is difficult to filter the skin of wax gourd after it is cooked, it must be wrapped in gauze. Similarly, after boiling, reduce the fire and continue frying for half an hour, then drown the ankles with medicinal soup and hot water, and control the water temperature at about 38-40 degrees. It is best to soak your feet before going to bed, and soak your feet for 20 minutes at a time.
4. Edema and obesity
Medicinal materials: Mu Tong 15g, Nanmu 15g, Pueraria lobata 10g.
Operation method: soak the three herbs in 1L cold water for 15 minutes, and do not rinse the herbs to avoid the loss of effective components. After soaking, add 1L cold water, and then heat and boil. After boiling, turn to low heat and continue cooking for half an hour. After filtering the decoction with two layers of gauze, pour it into a foot bath bucket, and add hot water of about 40 degrees until it doesn't pass Zusanli (knee). Soak for 20-30 minutes before going to bed, and it is better to keep the water temperature to keep your back sweating when soaking your feet.