What vinegar is best for soaking your feet? What are the differences between various vinegars?

Everyone knows that vinegar is a common seasoning in life and is a must-have in almost everyone’s home. However, in addition to its function as a seasoning, vinegar can also be used for foot soaking. So what are the benefits of soaking feet in vinegar?

1. What kind of vinegar is good for foot soaking?

There are many benefits of soaking your feet in vinegar. Ordinary edible vinegar will do. The following are the benefits of eating vinegar foot bath:

1. Soaking your feet for half an hour every day can regulate the nervous system, relax tense emotions, balance the meridians and blood, and long-term persistence can improve the quality of sleep, and it can also greatly improve phenomena such as dreaming, early awakening, and insomnia.

2. You can use a mixture of garlic vinegar and apple cider vinegar, which is very effective for sore feet. It can promote blood circulation in the feet and improve sleep quality. It can also effectively kill bacteria and disinfect, and is very useful for treating athlete's foot and skin diseases.

3. There are many acupoints on the soles of the feet, which run through all parts of the body and are the foundation of the human body. Soaking feet in vinegar can activate the acupoints on the soles of the feet. It is very effective in treating many chronic diseases. It can also strengthen the body in winter, make people no longer afraid of cold, and eliminate diseases such as rheumatism.

4. It is best to soak your feet before going to bed at night. Add 150 grams of vinegar and warm water in a foot basin and soak your feet in it for half an hour. This is a method in traditional Chinese medicine. The effect will be more significant if you persist in it for a long time. It can effectively improve the smoothness of the skin on your feet and make people less afraid of cold.

5. Soaking your feet in vinegar can soften bones and can provide relief for people suffering from heel spurs. However, women should be careful not to soak their feet in vinegar during menstruation, as vinegar has a blood-activating effect and may cause an increase in menstrual flow.

6. Soaking your feet in vinegar regularly can make the skin on your feet smoother. Chinese medicine believes that caring for your feet is caring for the whole body, and it can also prevent organ aging, because the soles of the feet connect various organs of the body.

7. Vinegar contains many substances needed by the human body. These substances can be absorbed by the skin through foot soaking. It is an effective way to soften cuticles and relieve fatigue. It can also regulate the balance of the skin and is a good thing for promoting blood circulation.

8. Vinegar can make the human body's blood circulation faster, improve physical fatigue, and increase oxygen carrying capacity, relieve hypoxia, and allow carbon dioxide to be better eliminated from the body. It is a way to relieve muscle fatigue, so it is recommended to soak your feet at night.

2. What are the differences between various vinegars?

Depending on the brewing raw materials and process conditions, the more common vinegar on the market are aged vinegar, rice vinegar and white vinegar.

The raw material of white vinegar is mainly glutinous rice. After processing, the starch in the glutinous rice is converted into sugar, then fermented into alcohol with yeast, and then fermented into acetic acid under the action of acetic acid bacteria. Due to its lighter color, white vinegar is mainly used for mixing cold dishes and is also frequently used in Western cooking.

Rice vinegar is mainly made from high-quality rice and sorghum through fermentation. There are differences in its production process between the north and the south. Rice vinegar in the south is mostly sweet and suitable for sweet and sour dishes and pickles. Rice vinegar in the north has a stronger sour taste and is suitable for cooking sour dishes such as sour soup fish.

The raw materials and preliminary processes of aged vinegar are the same as those of rice vinegar, but the difference is that the brewing time of aged vinegar is at least one year. The brewed rice vinegar needs to go through a long aging and concentration process of sun drying in summer and ice fishing in winter before it can be made into aged vinegar. High-quality aged vinegar is reddish brown or brown in color, has a high viscosity, and has a strong vinegar aroma. Aged vinegar is often used in dishes that are dark in color and need to highlight the sour taste, such as hot and sour soup. It is also suitable for dipping dumplings.