What are the benefits of soaking your feet every night

There are as many as 66 acupoints on our feet. The cold in winter can easily hurt our feet, causing the blood vessels in our feet to contract, blood circulation to be poor, and it can also easily induce diseases. If you insist on soaking your feet in the morning and evening, it can not only drive away the cold, but also promote blood circulation, promote our body's metabolism, and the effect of health care is very ideal. You can add Chinese medicinal materials or peppercorns when soaking your feet.

Soaking your feet in pepper water is better for promoting sleep than soaking your feet in hot water alone. In fact, the method is very simple. Wrap 50 grams of peppercorns (1 jin is divided into 10 portions) in a cotton cloth, tie it tightly with a rope, add water and boil it, and then use the water to soak your feet. The pepper bags can be reused repeatedly and can be replaced with new ones after a week or so. "Sichuan pepper is a good thing." Sichuan pepper is not only one of the most commonly used seasonings in the kitchen, but also a traditional Chinese medicine that can warm the stomach, relieve pain, remove dampness and dispel cold. Soaking your feet in water with pepper has the same effect as soaking your feet in water with angelica or safflower. Both can invigorate blood circulation and dredge meridians, making the blood flow throughout the body unobstructed and the whole body warm. In addition, pepper is also a natural disinfectant, and soaking your feet in pepper water can help treat athlete's foot.

The benefits of soaking your feet every day are more than what are mentioned above... Children who love to cough, and middle-aged and elderly people with high blood pressure, all have certain benefits if you insist on soaking your feet. Traditional Chinese medicine talks about "treating the upper disease from the lower part". Soaking your feet can promote blood circulation in the body and enhance the barrier function of the respiratory system, so it can help relieve cough symptoms and reduce the occurrence of colds. Soaking your feet can encourage blood to flow from top to bottom, so blood pressure is easier to stabilize.

It is usually best to soak your feet in the evening after 9 o'clock. Soaking your feet at this time can nourish the kidneys and replenish qi, and can eliminate the day's fatigue. However, when soaking your feet, you should pay attention to the water temperature not being too high, otherwise it will easily cause burns. The water temperature is generally around 45°C when soaking your feet. You can add salt to the foot soaking water. Salt has good anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects, and soaking your feet in salt water can help with bowel movements.