Bathing too often in winter is likely to bring health risks, especially for the elderly who are weak and lack of qi and blood.
There are three main reasons for this.
1. Frequent bathing can easily cause the yang energy in the human body to leak out, resulting in a decrease in disease resistance.
The climate is cold in winter, the human body's yang energy is introverted, and people's daily life should not disturb the yang, no leakage, so that the yang energy does not leak out, which is in line with the way of winter storage.
If you take a bath frequently, it can make the yang energy overcome, and external evils such as wind, cold, and dampness can easily take the opportunity to invade the human body and cause disease.
Frequent bathing will reduce the body's immunity, and it is easy to catch a cold and cause respiratory infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia.
2. Taking a hot bath consumes qi and blood, which is easy to induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents.
When bathing, the hot water "washes" the body, and the yang energy hidden in the depths of the human body is emitted outward and upward, disturbing the liver and yang, and the mind is lost, which is easy to cause stroke.
The human body will also sweat due to the accelerated flow of qi and blood, and the discharge of qi with sweat can cause heart and yang to burst out and induce myocardial infarction.
3. Taking too much bath in winter will disturb the collection of qi and blood.
So that the internal organs, limbs, and skin can not be warmed and nourished by qi and blood.
Especially for the elderly who are deficient in qi and blood, "blood deficiency is easy to cause dryness", which is easy to cause itching, dandruff, etc.
Less bathing in winter is not not not bathing, in winter the intestines are closed, people sweat less, and you can wash 2 or 3 times a week.
The water temperature is best maintained at 37 39 and the bath time should not exceed 20 minutes.
Keep warm indoors, keep air circulation, prevent excessive humidity, and drink water properly before and after bathing for the elderly.
Immediately after bathing, dry your body, blow dry your hair, get dressed, and moisturize with moisturizer in time.
Among the twelve meridians of the human body, the foot is the root of the six meridians, and it is the junction of the yang meridian and the yin meridian of the human body.
It is also one of the most dense acupuncture points in the human body, known as the "second heart of the human body", which plays an important role in the flow of qi and blood throughout the body.
Keep your feet away from your heart, and your yin qi is the heaviest, so you can soak your feet often to make your body feel comfortable, relieve fatigue and improve sleep.
Moreover, it can promote the flow of qi and blood through the reflex area of the five internal organs and the communication of the meridians of the whole body, and regulate and warm the functions of various viscera tissues.
To achieve the purpose of disease prevention and treatment, improve the body's ability to resist disease.
The water temperature of the foot soak is controlled at 38 43, the water level is not above the ankle joint, soak for 15 20 minutes, and the body is slightly sweaty.
Depending on the situation, you can also soak your feet in warm water with salt, wormwood, or a dialectical foot bath formula.