Soak feet in spring, rising Yang solid off, summer soaking feet, summer humidity can be dispelled, autumn soaking feet, lung moisten intestines moisten, winter soaking feet, Dantian warm burning. –In the long history of China, there is no shortage of stories of celebrities relying on foot baths for health and wellness: Yang Guifei, a beautiful woman of the Tang Dynasty, often relied on foot baths to maintain beauty; Su Dongpo said: “hot bath foot method, its effect is not very aware of the first, but the accumulation of more than a hundred days, the usefulness of immeasurable, compared to taking medicine, its effect a hundred times” and wrote in a poem “others advised me to wash my feet to sleep, fall into bed without hearing the bells and drums”; the famous Qing dynasty minister Zeng Guofan is regarded as “study”, “get up early” and “foot bath health “for its life’s three major successes; visible foot bath in the history of Chinese health care occupies a pivotal position. There is a popular saying: “rich people take medicine, poor people wash their feet”, foot bath health care is even more popular today. Maybe you never soak your feet, that really misses a simple and convenient way to maintain health. Maybe you soak your feet every day, then, you soak the right? Foot soak seems simple, which contains a wealth of learning: what temperature what amount of water is right foot soak? Soak feet when to soak better? What kind of people are not suitable for foot soaking? Is it really useful to add herbs to foot soak? How to massage your feet after soaking? This article today, all for your interpretation: 1, the foot soak water temperature is not the hotter the better, and should not be too hot, the water temperature to 40-45 ℃ is the most appropriate, personal feeling of heat can be. Too high a temperature, it will burn the skin, and blood circulation at once too fast, resulting in blood rushing up, but cause discomfort, and even deficiency. 2, foot soak container and the amount of water foot soak is best to use the most appropriate wooden tub, covered with a bath towel wooden barrel, not only to achieve the purpose of maintaining the water temperature, but also to make the knee joint in the barrel, enhance the knee temperature. Plastic tubs and buckets at home can also be used for foot soaking, it is recommended to prepare a hot water bottle, soak feet when the water temperature drops, the appropriate supplement some hot water to maintain the temperature. Copper basin and other metal basin chemical composition is unstable, easy to react with the tannic acid in Chinese medicine, generating tannic acid iron and other harmful substances, so that the efficacy of the drug is greatly reduced, it is not recommended to use. Water volume according to the size of the basin, at least beyond the bare joints, the best to the calf belly. 3, foot soaking time foot soaking time is not the longer the better, according to the body and age, can correspond to the following chart: the best time for foot soaking between 7:00-9:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m. before the foot soaking, is conducive to replenish kidney gas. At this time is 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, thus promoting blood circulation in the body. Also need to note: fasting, half an hour after meals, foot soak is not recommended; if there are physical diseases such as: cardiovascular disease, diabetes, peripheral nerve and other problems, it is recommended that the foot soak time is shortened and pay attention to the water temperature is not too high. 4, foot soak to pay attention to the crowd: the following people can not feel free to foot soak, need special attention: ① pregnancy, menstruation of women: advocate clear water foot soak, the temperature should not be too high. Avoid the use of Chinese herbal ingredients, which may affect the gonadal reflex zone. ② Children should not use too hot water for a long time to soak their feet: because the arch of the foot is formed from childhood, so pay attention to protection from childhood. If you often use hot water for children to wash their feet, the ligaments on the bottom of the foot will become relaxed, which is not conducive to the formation and maintenance of the arch, easy to form flat feet, children are recommended to soak their feet 1-2 times a week. ③ diabetic patients: diabetic foot soak, need to be debugged by relatives of the water temperature, the water temperature can not exceed 40 ℃, each foot soak time about 15 minutes, diabetic foot, local ulcers can not soak feet. ④ serious blood pressure problems patients: serious cardiovascular disease, blood pressure is too high or too low are not suitable for foot soaking. ⑤ people with serious bleeding disorders: coughing up blood, vomiting blood, cerebral hemorrhage, gastric bleeding, etc., people with various internal bleeding, foot soak moment should not be too long, foot massage strenuous stimulation is not to do. (6) kidney failure, heart failure, myocardial infarction, liver necrosis and other kinds of critically ill patients: it is recommended not to soak feet. 5, foot soak with Chinese medicine is really useful? Ancient medicine in China believes that the human feet are distributed on the six major meridians, connected to the liver, spleen, stomach, kidneys and other internal organs, the soles of the feet have 66 acupuncture points, throughout the body blood and meridians, regulating the functions of the five internal organs. Foot bath with the addition of herbal ingredients, where the ingredients can be slowly released in warm water active, active ingredients acting on the nerves and reflex zones of the foot to help promote body metabolism. So add the corresponding herbal ingredients in the foot bath, there is a certain health benefits. 6, how to massage after foot bath? Massage method: after soaking feet while the feet are hot rub the soles of the feet, and so the whole body heat reduced in the future, and then go to sleep, the best effect. ① pounding the soles of the feet: every night before going to bed with a fist pounding the soles of the feet, do so can eliminate a day of fatigue, promote blood circulation throughout the body, is the internal organs detoxification function is enhanced, so that the body’s vascular excretion function unimpeded, accelerate the speed of fat burning. ② Massage toes: regular massage toes can not only slim down, but also enhance the role of memory. Memory is related to the cerebellum, and the little toe is the cerebellum reflex area, so massage the little toe helps to enhance memory. Practice: you can use both hands to grab the big toe of the feet, for circular massage, massage several times a day, 2 minutes each time. ③ friction feet: let the feet together to rub each other, so that the blood circulation is smooth, to be feet feel warm, this method can strengthen the body in a short period of time detoxification fat burning effect. Practice: lie on your back on the bed or floor, lift the feet to rub each other hard, if the hands at the same time to rub the effect is better. Just rub hard about 20 times, about 2 minutes. This method also helps to sleep, especially insomnia people can try.