Are footbaths and foot baths harmful?

As people's living standards improve, more and more people begin to enjoy the fun that modern technology brings to life. For example, soaking and washing feet is considered by modern people to have many benefits, and many foot basins and foot baths have been invented for convenient use. Is there any harm in using a foot basin or foot bath for a long time? Let’s take a look at the relevant explanations below. I hope people who often soak their feet would like to understand this.

Footbaths and foot baths are harmless to the human body. Moreover, footbaths mainly work through the warm, mechanical, and chemical effects of water and the therapeutic effects of medicinal steam and liquid fumigation to dredge the meridians, disperse wind and reduce temperature, penetrate the tendons and bones, regulate qi and blood, thereby achieving a series of health benefits such as enhancing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular function, improving sleep, eliminating fatigue, eliminating sub-health conditions, and enhancing human resistance.

Precautions for use:

1. When using a foot bath, do not pour hot water above 60 degrees directly into it to avoid scalding your feet or deformation of the product due to high temperature. After use, remember to unplug it before pouring water and cleaning. When cleaning, do not immerse or spray the product with water. The water in the basin should be poured out and wiped with a cloth.

2. People who are allergic to exercise, heart disease patients, children, patients with severe foot trauma and bleeding, and people who are numb to temperature should not use it.

3. It is recommended to drink a cup of boiled water before foot bath, which is beneficial to increase blood circulation in the body and achieve the purpose of detoxification through sweating.

4. Maintain sufficient water temperature, massage intensity and time during the foot bath. The suitable water temperature for foot bath is between 36℃-46℃, and it should feel warm and slightly hot. It varies from person to person, and don't pursue the hotter the better; the intensity of massage should be until you feel comfortable after use, and there is no need to force yourself to sweat too much and blindly extend the time.

5. Women should not use Chinese medicine to soak their feet during menstruation. He said that the problems that women encounter during their menstrual period are more complicated. If you use Chinese medicine to soak your feet without identifying the cause, it will not only fail to have a soothing effect, but may also aggravate symptoms such as dysmenorrhea. Therefore, if women want to use Chinese medicine foot bathing to treat menstrual health problems such as dysmenorrhea, it is best to consult a doctor and take the appropriate medication according to their own situation.