Foot massage and health: The human foot is also known as the second heart of the human body. As early as 5000 years ago, it was called the “Toe Viewing Method”. During the Han Dynasty, Hua Tuo, a famous doctor, called it the “Foot Heart Path” in his “Huatuo Secrets”, and the main effect of the “Five Animal Play” he researched was to “remove diseases The main effect of the “Five Animal Play” he researched was to “remove diseases and benefit the feet and hooves” and “expel the evil from the joints. Li Shizhen, a famous medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, pointed out in the “Eight Veins of Qi Jing” that “cold starts from the feet”, so the feet are the fundamental source of treatment. Modern medicine proves that: there are reflex zones on the human feet corresponding to the organs of the internal organs, and meridian distribution, through the stimulation of these reflex zones, can promote human blood circulation, regulate the endocrine system, enhance the function of human organs, to achieve the health effects of disease prevention and treatment.
Foot massage for spinal diseases: the reflex zones of the cervical spine in the foot are: the root of the thumb toe of both feet, the middle of the fifth lateral toe of both feet (the most prominent point in the middle of the lateral side of the foot), and the reflex zone of the cervical muscles is: the 2cm wide area behind the toes of both soles. Method: twisting method, with the thumb or fingertips; can also be used the second or third finger joints, with a few millimeters of amplitude twisting back and forth. The force is initially lighter, gradually enhanced, to a slight pain is appropriate, massage time can be selected to take time for. The best is once a day in the morning and evening, 10-30 minutes each time. Can be combined with Chinese medicine foot bath, dredge the meridians, move the qi to relieve pain.
Chinese medicine foot bath is the use of hot water to promote the role of drug penetration into the body, that is, to ensure that the drug can penetrate through the feet to the circumference of the meridians, but will not have an oral drug overdose resulting in adverse reactions. You can choose the herbal formula that suits your needs, put the freshly decocted herbal medicine into the footbath and use the herbal steam to fumigate your feet for about 10 minutes. Chinese medicine fumigation is one of the important external treatment methods in Chinese medicine, and its application in foot therapy can expand the capillaries of the feet with the help of water vapor, so that the active ingredients of Chinese medicine can fully circulate through the capillaries to the meridians of the whole body, and then run to the five organs and six internal organs by meridians, so as to achieve the effect of internal and external treatment, the upper disease.
Thus, it can unblock the meridians, improve blood circulation, promote metabolism, regulate the nervous system, thus improving sleep, preventing and controlling various vascular diseases, preventing and controlling diabetes, adjusting blood lipids and blood pressure, preventing and controlling rheumatoid arthritis in middle and old age, and also a good way to maintain beauty and lose weight. Chinese herbal foot soak is effective for diabetic foot, constipation, pediatric enuresis, neurasthenia, menstrual disorders, dysmenorrhea, menopausal syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression and anti-aging.
In the process of soaking feet, it is best to massage the feet with your hands, massage methods are as follows: push method: the upper part of the sole of the foot “herringbone” under about 1 cm, the kidney reflex zone. Thumbs together, press the position, push up 36 times, until the bottom of the foot is hot. This method is beneficial to those with kidney deficiency and lack of vital energy.
Pressing and kneading method: the location of the heel of the sole of the foot above the middle of the inner circle, for insomnia reflex zone. Thumbs of both hands press the location, press hard 36 times, pressure to a sore feeling is appropriate; and then rub 3 to 5 minutes, until the heat is appropriate. This method is helpful for people with dizziness and severe insomnia.
Scraping method: Use both hands index finger joints to scrape the inside and outside sides of the ankle bone below 36 times, until there is a sore feeling is appropriate. It is helpful for prostate and other diseases.
9:00 p.m. foot soak the most protective kidney: The reason for choosing this time period for the kidneys, because this is the time of the kidney meridian qi and blood is relatively weak, at this time soak feet, body heat increases, the body’s blood vessels will expand, which is conducive to blood circulation, thus promoting the body. At the same time, the daytime tension of the nerves, as well as tired kidneys all day, can be completely relaxed and fully adjusted by soaking feet at this time, people will also feel comfortable.
Hot water foot soak can not only play the role of nourishing the kidneys and liver, but also help to improve the quality of sleep. If the foot soak, and then properly do a few minutes of foot massage, the body’s blood circulation is better, the internal organs can also be further regulated. After the foot soak, it is recommended that no other activities, a few minutes apart that sleep, the kidney effect is better.
Commonly used soaking formula efficacy: ginger foot soak, dispersing cold, treatment of cold hands and feet; vinegar foot soak, improve sleep disorders; mugwort foot soak, can pass meridians, dispel wind and cold. Can cure cold feet waist cold; pepper water soak feet, can disperse cold and dampness, stop pain, can prevent foot odor, treatment of foot sweat, foot odor.