Why do you sweat a lot when soaking your feet?

There are actually many ways to relax and maintain health, such as going out for a walk after get off work every day, or doing some simple sports, which are all helpful for health care. It’s just that many young people have not yet realized this aspect. If there is a simpler way to maintain health than exercising or walking, foot soaking is definitely one of them. All you need is a wooden basin and some hot water. So, why do you sweat a lot when soaking your feet?

Reasons for excessive sweating when soaking your feet

Nowadays, people's living conditions are getting better and better. Many people choose to soak their feet to relieve stress, but don’t think that soaking your feet is a small matter. In fact, there is a lot of knowledge involved. For example, when soaking your feet, excessive sweating or sweating in abnormal areas may indicate a physical problem. Let me introduce it to you below.

Because everyone's physique is different, the amount of sweat they excrete will also be different. Normally, you can soak your feet until your back feels a little damp or your forehead is sweaty. However, if you sweat too much or it's abnormal, your health may be at risk.

When soaking your feet, your upper body sweats

It is usually due to qi deficiency that causes sweating in the upper body when soaking feet. Qi deficiency usually manifests itself as lack of energy, lack of physical strength and energy, and feeling tired after the slightest effort. If the qi deficiency is not too serious, it can be adjusted through diet.

When soaking your feet, your lower body sweats

This situation is mostly caused by kidney cold. Kidney cold is a manifestation of imbalance of yin and yang in traditional Chinese medicine. You may want to eat more walnuts, sesame seeds and other foods to help regulate it. At the same time, you should also strengthen physical exercise, quit smoking and drinking, combine work and rest, and adjust your mentality. For women, it is mostly due to body weakness and coldness. Some Chinese medicine practitioners suggest that you can regulate your body by replenishing qi and blood, or you can open up the body's meridians and sweat glands by soaking your feet for a long time.

There are many benefits for women to soak their feet

Eliminate fatigue

The biggest function of foot bath is to eliminate fatigue. The ancients have long concluded from practice that hot water foot bath can eliminate fatigue.

Improve sleep

Foot bath can promote blood circulation in the feet and the whole body, accelerate blood flow, disperse deposits on the soles of the feet and eliminate fatigue substances in the body, eliminate fatigue and put people in a resting state, thereby improving sleep.

Improves blood circulation

Foot bath can improve blood circulation in the feet. The warm effect of water can dilate blood vessels in the feet, increase skin temperature, and thus promote blood circulation in the feet and throughout the body. Someone has done a test that if a healthy person soaks his feet in 40℃-45℃ warm water for 30-40 minutes, the blood flow in his whole body will increase by 10-13 times for women.

Boosts metabolism

Foot bath can promote blood circulation in the feet and the whole body. Due to the increase in blood circulation, it can regulate the functions of various endocrine glands and prompt them to secrete various hormones, such as thyroid hormones secreted by the thyroid gland and adrenaline secreted by the adrenal glands. These hormones can promote metabolism.