"Soaking your feet in all seasons is better than taking tonics."
People who pay attention to health know that foot soaking is a very important health method.
Medical classics record: "A man has feet, just as a tree has roots, the roots of a tree are exhausted first, and the old feet of a man are the first to decline." Health first nourishes the feet, and the feet are not afraid of old age".
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the feet are the blood of qi, the internal organs, and the inside and outside. The feet are covered with many acupuncture points and nerve endings, and the human feet are like the roots of a tree.
The feet are the farthest part of the human body from the heart, and they are also the final part of the body, so the feet are most likely to suffer from poor blood circulation, resulting in uncomfortable symptoms such as cold hands and feet, especially in winter.
As the saying goes: "The cold starts from the feet, the cold comes from the legs" The legs and feet are cold, the whole body is cold, the qi and blood converge in winter, the weather is cold, and the cold is most likely to be invaded by the cold evil, and the winter foot soaking can help us activate the qi and blood, warm the body and mind.
As the "second brain" of the human body. The feet bring together the three important meridians of the human body: the foot less yin and kidney meridians, the foot too yin and spleen meridians, and the foot and yin liver meridians, and a simple foot soak can promote the smoothness of the three major meridians of the human body, which can be said to be the most affordable way to maintain health.
It's just that soaking your feet in winter also has a certain amount of attention, so avoid 'water is too hot', 'soak for too long', and 'too much material'.
The water is too hot: Soaking your feet in hot water helps to promote blood circulation and increase the warmth of the lower body. However, it must be emphasized that the hotter the water temperature is, the better it is, 40-45 is preferable, and it is better not to exceed 50
Soak for too long:Soaking your feet is not necessarily good for your health the longer you go. Prolonged foot soaking may lead to impaired blood return, which in turn can lead to damage to the feet**. The foot soaking time is controlled at 15 to 20 minutes, and it is best to soak your feet at 8 to 9 o'clock in the evening until you sweat slightly.
Too much material:When soaking the feet, add some ginger slices, mugwort leaves or peppercorns, which can play a certain health care effect, but what "material" to add should be decided according to the physique, and cannot be added at will. If you add it incorrectly, it will not only have a bad effect, but it may also have the opposite effect.
In addition, because foot soaking can promote blood circulation well, therefore, when soaking feet, you can eat some nourishing and digestible foods appropriately, which can further replenish the body.
For people with cold hands and feet in winter, the best way to replenish qi and blood and pass through the meridians is to drink a little drink that replenishes qi and blood, such as ejiao, when soaking their feet.
Ejiao has the effect of replenishing qi and blood, but people with cold hands and feet in winter have a weak physique and are not as good as normal people, so it is more suitable to use Dragon Ball Ejiao instead of Ejiao when soaking their feet, and take it with water.
Dragon Ball Ejiao is made of oyster powder, which weakens the greasy and stomach-hindering of Ejiao, and also enhances the effect of Ejiao on replenishing blood and stopping bleeding, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs.
Regarding foot soaking, many friends may have mastered some 'exclusive' methods, have a lot of 'flower work', and like all kinds of additives.
But in fact, it is better to add some ingredients to the cup than to add some ingredients to the foot bath, and the effect is often much better than just soaking the feet.