How long after a meal can I soak my feet

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, soaking your feet is very beneficial to the body, especially for women who suffer from dysmenorrhea or heavy dampness. Soaking your feet every day can effectively improve the situation. Most people choose to soak their feet after dinner, but how long after a meal can you soak your feet? You cannot soak your feet immediately after a meal. You should soak your feet half an hour after the meal, or longer. The water temperature should not be too high when soaking your feet. It is best to keep it at around 45 degrees, which will be more beneficial for foot massage.

1: 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.

2: 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 → remove foot odor, treat athlete's foot, promote blood circulation, and eliminate 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 can remove yin qi, relieve abdominal pain and unclog blood vessels; motherwort can remove blood stasis, promote new blood circulation, and regulate menstruation; angelica can replenish blood, promote blood circulation, regulate menstruation and relieve pain. It 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 10 grams of Astragalus, 10 grams of Radix Pseudostellariae, 10 grams of Herba Lycopodii, and 6 grams of Zanthoxylum bungeanum in water → relieve diabetes (caused by yin deficiency) → Zanthoxylum bungeanum removes dampness; Astragalus replenishes Qi and strengthens the exterior; Herba Pseudostellariae can help the medicine penetrate the skin and penetrate deep into the body to exert its medicinal power.

3. 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.

4. When soaking your feet:

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.

Persisting in soaking your feet is very good for your body, and there is a lot to learn from it. Share this article with your friends so that they can also learn the basic knowledge of foot soaking.