Is it useful to soak your feet when you have a cold? What is the best way to soak your feet?

For friends who have a cold, foot soaking is very good for them, because foot soaking can stimulate the acupuncture points of the feet, keep the blood flowing, and enhance metabolism. You can use salt water to soak your feet, as it can remove the coldness from the feet and has the effect of treating colds.

1. There are many acupoints on the feet. The functions of almost all parts of the body can be reflected in the acupoints on the soles of the feet, or massaging the relevant acupoints on the soles of the feet can have an effect. Soaking your feet can not only open up your meridians and massage acupoints, but also promote blood circulation throughout the body, help perspiration, etc., which is very good for treating colds. It is recommended to soak your feet in hot water frequently, which is not only good for treating colds, but also has a good effect on helping sleep and cold limbs.

2. Soaking your feet in salt water can cure colds

Soaking your feet in salt water can promote blood circulation and remove the cold from your feet, thus achieving the effect of treating colds.

3. Soaking your feet in salt water can better clean your feet.

Table salt not only has good bactericidal ability, but also has good exfoliating and cleaning effects. Soaking your feet in salt water regularly can make your feet cleaner.

4. Soak your feet in salt water to treat athlete’s foot.

Because athlete's foot is mainly caused by bacterial infection, and salt has the effect of killing viruses and bacteria, put an appropriate amount of salt into hot water, the salt will be fully melted and integrated with the clean water, and then use the hot steam in the water to allow the skin of the feet to better absorb the bactericidal components of the salt water, so as to achieve the ultimate purpose of soaking feet in salt water to treat athlete's foot.

5. Soaking your feet in salt water can nourish the kidneys and resist aging.

Because our feet are farthest from our heart, they are often most prone to insufficient blood supply. Therefore, soaking your feet in salt water can speed up blood circulation, allowing the salt water to play a role in promoting good blood circulation between the kidneys and heart, thereby achieving the effect of nourishing the kidneys and anti-aging.