Some of the best ways to soak your feet

Almost everyone knows the benefits of foot soaking, but not everyone can stick to it. Those who can stick to it may not know all the precautions for foot soaking, such as how long is the appropriate time for foot soaking, what time is generally used for foot soaking, what material is the best basin for foot soaking, is Chinese medicine foot soaking suitable for everyone, etc. Here are some specific introductions to the best points for foot soaking for your reference.

1 Kidney deficiency - 17:00-19:00 foot bath

This period belongs to the You hour (17:00 to 19:00), when the kidney meridian is most active, which is conducive to storing the day's essence from the internal organs.

Soaking your feet at this time will help people with kidney deficiency accumulate kidney qi.

In addition, traditional Chinese medicine believes that "salt can enter the kidneys", so adding some salt or Eucommia ulmoides to the foot soaking water is more beneficial to protecting the kidneys.

Make sure the water for soaking your feet does not exceed your ankles! ! !

2 Heart - 19:00-21:00 Footbath

People with poor heart can soak their feet at this time.

This is the Xu hour, which is the heart time. Soaking your feet at this time can soothe your mood and clear away the pathogenic factors around the heart.

Warms the whole body and promotes sleep.

3 Health Care-21:00-23:00

This is the hour of Hai in traditional Chinese medicine. If conditions permit, you should prepare for bed.

Therefore, soaking your feet at this time can open up all your meridians, and you should go to sleep immediately after soaking.

As it is the transition from autumn to winter, you can add some ginger powder to the water to help prevent colds.

Ginger is pungent, warm and has the effect of dispelling cold and relieving exterior symptoms, and has relatively few toxic and side effects.

People who are afraid of cold and have cold hands and feet can also soak their feet in ginger.

4. Don’t soak your feet immediately if you are too hungry or too full

When a person is full, most of the blood goes to the stomach to assist digestion, and the head is not supplied with enough blood, which makes the person lazy and unwilling to move.

Soaking your feet at this time will accelerate blood circulation, easily affect blood supply to the stomach, and reduce gastric motility.

5. Bladder - 15:00-17:00 Foot bath

Shen time is good for draining the water from the small intestine and the "heat" in the body. People with cold hands and feet and frequent urination can also soak their feet at this time.

Warm yourself up.

Warm reminder: If you soak your feet every day, you will get unexpected benefits.

However, it should be noted that the foot soaking time should not be too long, 15 to 30 minutes is appropriate, and it is best to use a wooden basin to soak your feet.

In addition, women should not use Chinese medicine to soak their feet during menstruation. It is best to consult a doctor and take the right medication according to your condition.

The above is the best introduction to a few points of foot soaking. It seems that there is a lot of knowledge about foot soaking. People with various problems really need to pay attention, especially for women. In addition to not using Chinese medicine for foot soaking indiscriminately during menstruation, you should also not take medicine indiscriminately and pay attention to keeping warm. In short, you should pay attention to care during special periods to avoid unnecessary trouble.