The benefits of hot water foot bath, a good way to maintain health

Many people like to take foot baths. Soaking feet in hot water can relieve fatigue after a tiring day. In fact, there are many benefits of soaking feet in hot water. It can promote blood circulation throughout the body and has a good effect on many diseases. You can put some Chinese medicine when soaking your feet.

1. Benefits

(1) Promote blood circulation. Since ancient times, feet have been considered the second heart of the human body. From the health perspective, feet are farthest from the human heart and bear the heaviest burden, so this place is most likely to cause poor blood circulation. Medical books record: "People have feet, just like trees have roots. When a tree dies, the roots die first. When a person grows old, the feet age first." Hot water soaking feet is an excellent method, especially for those who often feel cold hands and feet.

(2) Stimulate the acupuncture points, reflex areas and meridians of the feet. From a medical point of view, there are reflex areas and acupuncture points of various organs and meridians on the feet. Many people have done foot massage. When the masseur presses our feet, we will feel pain and soreness. This situation basically shows that our corresponding reflex areas are

There is a problem with the internal organs in the shooting area. So, after we have a foot massage, we will feel relaxed all over. At the same time, there are 6 main meridians on the human foot, including the end points of the three yang meridians (bladder meridian, stomach meridian, and gallbladder meridian) and the starting points of the three yin meridians (spleen meridian, liver meridian, and kidney meridian). Therefore, soaking the feet in hot water is also equivalent to stimulating these six most important meridians.

(3) It has a good auxiliary effect in the treatment of many diseases. People often say "rich people take tonics, poor people soak their feet", which shows that soaking feet with Chinese medicine has great effect. Especially in modern society, the extensive use of air conditioners, coupled with people's general preference for eating cold food, leads to more cold and dampness in the body. Soaking feet in Chinese medicine can speed up the expulsion of cold from the body.

2. Basic Principles

When soaking your feet in hot water, you will find that the blood vessels in your feet will dilate and the surface of your feet will turn red. This is because soaking your feet in hot water accelerates the blood circulation in the feet, causing more blood to flow to the peripheral blood vessels in the lower limbs and reducing the blood flow to the brain, making people feel sleepy.

At the same time, because the countless nerve endings on the soles of the feet are closely connected to the brain, the warm stimulation of the peripheral nerves of the feet when soaking your feet in hot water can have an inhibitory effect on the cerebral cortex, making people feel comfortable and relaxed in the brain, thereby accelerating sleep and deepening sleep.

3. Four seasons foot bath

"Foot soaking in spring can raise yang and strengthen the body; foot soaking in summer can remove dampness and relieve heat; foot soaking in autumn can moisten the lungs and intestines; foot soaking in winter can warm the dantian." This is a sentence mentioned in Chinese medicine health books, which mainly explains that foot soaking is a health-preserving method suitable for all seasons, but the health-preserving effects of each season are different.