How to eliminate foot edema

Foot edema is quite common in our daily life. There are many reasons for foot swelling, including bad living habits and diseases. For example, some women often wear high heels or stand for too long, which may cause edema. Pregnant women are especially prone to pregnancy-related foot swelling. At this time, it can be removed through certain conditioning. If it is due to disease, you should go to the hospital for examination in time.

1. Wash your feet with strong liquor

Soak your feet in warm water for half an hour before going to bed. After washing, dry your feet and apply strong alcohol (40-53 degrees is best) to the insteps, ankles, soles, etc. You will see that it is absorbed in a short while. Then you can go to bed after touching one side for ten minutes. When you wake up the next morning, you will find that the swelling of your feet has subsided. Wash your feet like this every night, the effect is very obvious.

2. Foot massage

After wearing high heels for a day, girls' feet will feel swollen, painful and swollen. In such cases, you can soak your feet in warm water for half an hour, then wash them and dry them. Massage the soles and insteps of your feet, especially the Yongquan point in the middle of the sole (stand on tiptoe, and there will be a concave area in the middle of the sole, which is the location of the Yongquan point). Massage your feet for half an hour before taking a rest. Massaging like this every day can not only eliminate swelling of the feet but also benefit the health of other organs in the body.

3. Foot bath

Wash your feet with warm water for half an hour every night before going to bed. While washing your feet, rub your feet at intervals to massage them.

4. Raise your feet

Wash your feet with warm water every night before going to bed. Before going to bed, find a wine box or quilt and place it on the soles of your feet. Put your feet on it when you lie down to sleep. It is best to sleep flat on your back. The swelling of your feet will be gone the next morning. This method is also used with pregnant women.

What causes swollen feet?

1. Nutritional foot swelling

It is mostly caused by the elderly eating less and having weakened digestive function.

2. Idiopathic foot swelling

It is more common in elderly women and may be related to endocrine and metabolic abnormalities.

3. Inferior vena cava foot swelling

It is caused by poor blood flow from the inferior vena cava, and one foot often swells first.

4. Functional foot swelling

Although not serious, it can last for several years and its cause is still unknown.

5. Foot swelling caused by systemic diseases

Elderly people with heart disease, heart failure and kidney disease often suffer from swollen feet.