No matter how good your foot bath is, it will be useless if you don't know how long to soak it.

The feet are the base camp of yin blood, and the three yin meridians converge here: the foot Shaoyin kidney meridian, the foot Taiyin spleen meridian, and the foot Jueyin liver meridian. The kidneys produce blood, the liver stores blood, and the spleen controls blood, so it is crucial to take good care of your feet. Below, the editor will share with you some knowledge about foot soaking.

Why can soaking your feet at night replenish blood?

Blood deficiency, blood stasis → cold hands and feet, dull tongue, spots on the face, tight heart, stuffiness, shortness of breath → soak your feet at night--- put safflower (spicy, warm in nature, enters the liver meridian and pericardium meridian, breaks up blood, promotes blood circulation, harmonizes blood, and regulates blood) in hot water to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis; dredge the three yin meridians of the kidney, liver, and spleen.

Tips for foot soaking

Soak your feet in spring to open up the sun and consolidate the body;

Soak your feet in summer to remove dampness and heat;

Soak your feet in autumn to cleanse your intestines and moisten your lungs;

Soaking your feet in winter can warm your dantian.

Add salt to water → cure constipation → can also eliminate fatigue and help sleep.

Add vinegar to water → treat foot odor → get rid of foot odor, treat athlete's foot, promote blood circulation, and get rid of rheumatism.

Put ginger, tangerine peel and mint in water → treat spleen and stomach deficiency → warm the spleen and stomach and eliminate dampness.

Put peppercorns in water → removes odor and dampness, promotes the flow of qi and water, and supports yang energy.

Put white peony root, motherwort and angelica in water → treat dysmenorrhea, which is usually caused by body cold or qi stagnation and blood stasis. White peony root removes yin qi, relieves abdominal pain and unclogs blood vessels; motherwort removes stasis and promotes new blood circulation, activates blood circulation and regulates menstruation; angelica replenishes blood, activates blood circulation, regulates menstruation and relieves pain, and can also make the skin fair and rosy and improve the problem of cold hands and feet.

Put dried ginger in water → treat rheumatism, bone pain, fear of cold → dried ginger warms the middle and dispels cold, restores the meridians.

Put 10g of Astragalus, 10g of Radix Poriae Cibotii, 10g of Herba Lycopodii, and 6g of Zanthoxylum bungeanum in water → relieve sugar

Four taboos of foot soaking

First, avoid soaking your feet right after a meal or on an empty stomach. It should be taken half an hour after a meal.

Second, avoid too high water temperature. It should be 40-50 degrees.

Third, avoid taking too long. It should be about 20 minutes, until you sweat slightly.

Fourth, avoid taking your own initiative and using Chinese medicine randomly. Taboos for foot soaking: Women during menstruation or pregnancy; patients with bleeding symptoms should not soak their feet.

Foot bath

The upper body does not sweat, but the lower body sweats → kidney cold;

The upper body is hot but the lower body does not sweat → Qi deficiency.