​The efficacy and function of red wine foot bath

As people's health awareness gradually becomes stronger, not only the elderly but also many young people have begun to like foot soaking. In fact, foot soaking has many benefits to the human body, and it can relieve physical fatigue. In order to better maintain their health, many friends choose to soak their drinks in red wine. So what are the effects and functions of soaking your feet in red wine? Let’s take a look at it together below.

Red wine foot bath - beauty and anti-aging

Method: Crush the ginger and put it into the foot bath water and boil it together. When the water is at a suitable temperature, add half a cup of red wine. Soak your feet for 10 minutes.

Efficacy: Accelerate blood circulation, dredge meridians, relieve fatigue, and beautify the skin. It is also very helpful for chronic cold legs and arthritis.

Notes for foot soaking:

1. Soak your feet until your body becomes warm and slightly sweaty.

When soaking your feet, if your upper body does not sweat but your lower body becomes hot and sweats, it indicates that you have cold kidneys.

When soaking your feet, if your upper body feels hot and sweats but your lower body does not sweat, it indicates that your Qi is deficient.

2. The temperature of the water for foot soaking should be between 38 and 43 degrees, but it is best not to exceed 45 degrees.

3. The foot soaking time should not be too long, 15-30 minutes is appropriate. When soaking your feet, blood will flow to the lower limbs, and the brain is prone to insufficient blood supply.

4. The best time to soak your feet is between 5 and 7 pm, because this is the active period of the kidney meridian.

5. It is not advisable to soak your feet within 1 hour after a meal. After eating, most of the blood in the body flows to the digestive tract. If you soak your feet in hot water immediately after a meal, the blood that should flow to the digestive system will flow to the lower limbs instead. Over time, this will affect digestion and absorption and lead to nutritional deficiencies.

6. It is best to use a wooden basin for foot soaking. The chemical composition in metal basins such as copper basins is unstable and can easily react with tannic acid in traditional Chinese medicine to produce harmful substances such as tannic acid iron, which greatly reduces the efficacy of the medicine.

7. Women should not use Chinese medicine to soak their feet during menstruation. The problems that women encounter during their menstrual period are more complicated. If you cannot identify the cause and use Chinese medicine to soak your feet, it will not only fail to have a soothing effect, but may also aggravate symptoms such as dysmenorrhea.

8. The key to foot soaking is persistence.