​Benefits of scraping the soles of your feet

For many people, they often massage the soles of their feet in their daily lives. As we all know, many meridians and acupoints in the body are located in our feet. Especially now, many Chinese medicine clinics also offer professional foot scraping treatments. Many friends will undergo this kind of health care treatment in order to keep themselves healthy. So, do you know what are the benefits of scraping the soles of your feet?

1. Unblock the meridians and blood

Meridians have the function of connecting internal organs and limbs. The human body's internal organs, tendons, bones, skin, flesh, five senses, nine orifices, limbs and other tissues and organs mainly rely on the meridian system for communication to make the body coordinated and unified. Meridians have the functions of circulating qi and blood, nourishing the whole body, resisting external pathogens, and protecting the body. The meridians belong to the internal organs and the limbs externally. They communicate between the internal organs and the body surface, connecting the internal organs and tissues of the human body into an organic whole.

Among the twelve meridians in the human body, six meridians reach the feet, namely the three yin meridians of the foot (the spleen meridian of the foot Taiyin, the liver meridian of the foot Jueyin, and the kidney meridian of the foot Shaoyin) and the three yang meridians of the foot (the stomach meridian of the foot Yangming, the gallbladder meridian of the foot Shaoyang, and the bladder meridian of the foot Taiyang). Through foot scraping and massage therapy, the meridians can be dredged, pain can be relieved, the functions of the internal organs of the human body can be regulated and restored, and the functions of the disordered and diseased internal organs can be repaired and adjusted, thereby achieving recovery.

2. Improve blood circulation

Blood flows through the circulatory system consisting of the heart and blood vessels, transporting nutrients and excreting waste. Improving blood circulation is extremely important to the health of the body. Everyone has a pair of feet, but have you ever thought about how much pressure your feet are under? With every step a 68kg person takes, their feet experience 260kg of pressure. On average, your feet are subjected to 2.6 million kilograms of pressure every day. This figure is roughly equivalent to the pressure exerted by 40,000 people stepping on your shoes.

The feet are farthest from the heart in the human body. If the peripheral circulation in the feet is obstructed, it can easily cause poor blood circulation, which in turn causes poor metabolism and decreased function of tissues and organs throughout the body. Foot scraping massage can smooth the blood circulation in the feet, enhance blood circulation throughout the body, accelerate the body's metabolism, replenish nutrients, and make your body healthy and function normally.

3. Regulate the nervous system

The nervous system is the dominant regulatory organ in the body. Nervous tissue is distributed throughout our body and plays a vital role in controlling and regulating body activities. In addition, the important and complex physiological functions of nervous tissue are all completed through reflex activities, and the basis for completing this activity is neurons. Through reflex activity, neurons ensure the internal unity of the body, enabling the functional activities of various organs of the human body to better adapt to changes in the external environment.

The foot is rich in nerve tissue. By effectively stimulating the reflex zones on the soles of the feet, the functions of the corresponding tissues and organs can be regulated, making normal ones stronger and abnormal ones improved and restored.