What are the benefits of soaking your feet in hot water?

Persisting in soaking your feet in hot water is very helpful for promoting blood circulation in the soles of the feet. Our soles are the bottom of the body and the farthest distance from the heart. The microcirculation is usually not sufficient. If you soak your feet in hot water frequently, it can promote microcirculation in the soles of the feet, take away the garbage that stays on the soles of the feet for a long time, and provide sufficient nutrients for the soles of the feet. The soaking time for feet is generally about half an hour a day.

Why do we need to soak our feet? As the saying goes, feet are the "second heart" of the human body, "To grow a tree, you need to protect the roots, to grow people, you need the feet", "Rich people take tonics, poor people soak their feet." Soaking your feet in hot water is better than taking tonics. There are records of "toe observation method" and "foot sole path" in ancient Chinese medical books. The ancient Chinese medicine classic "Huangdi Neijing" introduces many acupoints on the feet, such as Taichong, Taibai, Yongquan, Kunlun, Qiaoyin, Neiting, etc., no less than 30, and explains that these acupoints can respectively reach the meridians of various organs of the human body, such as the liver meridian, spleen meridian, stomach meridian, bladder meridian, gallbladder meridian, kidney meridian, etc. This shows that our ancestors have recognized the relationship between many sensitive reaction points on the feet and the internal organs of the human body, and pointed out that using drugs to act on these reaction points can achieve the effect of curing diseases and maintaining health.

If I add a few herbs to the foot bath water, what will be the effect? ​​I feel it is very good. I have cold feet, so I use an appropriate amount of safflower and a handful of mugwort fluff, put them both in a small bucket, and brew with boiling water. The smell comes out after a few minutes, and it is fragrant and lingers for a long time. The color of the water is very beautiful, orange-red. I separated the water and the medicine, poured the medicine into the foot bath bucket, added an appropriate amount of hot water, and started soaking my feet. It only takes 30 minutes. After soaking for nearly two months, my cold feet problem has been alleviated.

Be careful not to soak your feet for too long, half an hour is enough. Our heart rate will speed up when soaking our feet. If the time is too long, it will cause a burden on the heart. Especially at night, if you soak your feet for too long, your heart rate will speed up, which will make you unable to sleep at night, and blood will flow to the lower limbs in large quantities, which will cause insufficient blood supply to the brain and easily lead to dizziness.