Soaking your feet like this is better than taking tonic medicine

Foot soaking is a very good way to maintain health and wellness. Soaking your feet is good for your health, but the prerequisite is to do it correctly, including the water temperature and duration, which have their optimal levels.

Optimum water temperature: 42°C

The water temperature for foot soaking should not be too hot or too cold, generally maintained at 38℃ ~ 43℃. If conditions permit, you can first put your feet in water at about 38°C, and then let the water gradually heat up to about 42°C to maintain the water temperature. When bathing your feet, the water should usually cover the ankles and rub them frequently. However, diabetic patients should be aware that since their skin is insensitive to external stimuli, water with too high a temperature can easily cause burns.

Best duration: about 30 minutes

Many people like to soak in very hot water until the water is completely cold, and some even keep adding hot water and soak for one or two hours. This is a wrong practice. The best time for soaking your feet is 30 to 45 minutes, and you can soak your feet once a day or every other day. However, the elderly are especially reminded that the foot soaking time should be shorter, because if they soak their feet for too long, it is easy to cause symptoms such as sweating and palpitations. Therefore, it is best for the elderly to soak their feet for 20 minutes before going to bed every day.

Best time to soak your feet: 9 p.m.

The reason for choosing this time period is that this is the time when the qi and blood of the kidney meridian are relatively weak. When soaking your feet at this time, the body heat will increase, and the blood vessels in the body will expand, which is beneficial to blood circulation and thus promote blood circulation in the body. At the same time, the nerves that have been tense all day and the kidneys that have been tired all day can be completely relaxed and fully adjusted at this time, achieving the best kidney-nourishing effect, and people will feel comfortable as a result. Avoid soaking your feet when you are too full, too hungry or eating. It is also not advisable to soak your feet within half an hour after a meal, as it will affect the blood supply to the stomach.

Who can't soak their feet?

There is no problem for healthy people to soak their feet in hot water or in hot springs, but special groups of people should be careful. For example, patients with heart disease, heart failure, low blood pressure, and people who often feel dizzy should not soak their feet in too hot water or in hot springs for a long time. Because soaking your feet in hot water or hot springs will cause the body's blood vessels to dilate, blood throughout the body will flow from important organs to the body surface, which will inevitably lead to ischemia and hypoxia of important organs such as the heart and brain.

How to make a good soak

When your back feels a little damp or your forehead starts to sweat, it means you are well. Be careful not to sweat too much. Because sweat is the fluid of the heart, sweating too much will hurt the heart. As long as you sweat slightly, it means that the meridians are connected from top to bottom. This is also a way to prove whether the meridians are unobstructed. Some people start sweating after 20 minutes of soaking, while some people need to soak for a long time before sweating, and some people may not even sweat at all.

Massage is more effective after soaking

After soaking your feet, you can massage your feet yourself to achieve different health care effects.

Pushing method: About one centimeter below the "human shape" on the upper part of the sole is the kidney reflex area. Put your thumbs together, press the position hard, and push upwards 36 times until the soles of your feet feel warm.

Efficacy: This method is beneficial to people with kidney deficiency and insufficient vital energy.

Pressing and kneading method: The middle position above the inner circle of the heel is the insomnia reflex area. Press the position with the thumbs of both hands, press hard 36 times, until you feel soreness; then rub for 3 to 5 minutes until you feel warm.

Efficacy: This method is helpful for people suffering from dizziness, blurred vision and severe insomnia.

Scraping method: Use the index finger joints of both hands to scrape the inner and outer sides below the ankle bone 36 times until you feel soreness.

Efficacy: It is helpful for prostate and other diseases.

There is a saying among the people: Soaking your feet in hot water is better than eating ginseng. Rich people take tonics, while poor people soak their feet. There is scientific basis for this statement. Modern scientific research has proved that there are reflex areas on the human feet corresponding to various internal organs. Soaking your feet can stimulate these reflex areas, promote blood circulation, regulate the endocrine system, and enhance the function of human organs.