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As the saying goes, "all diseases begin with the feet, people old feet decay first, health care first feet, foot protection is not afraid of old age".
Medical classics also 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."
The foot is known as the "second heart of the human body". Modern research has also shown that human feet are distributed with the five internal organs and the reflex areas of various tissues and organs.
From ancient times to the present, foot soaking has always been regarded as the easiest way to maintain health, and there is a saying that "soaking your feet in hot water before going to bed is better than taking tonic medicine often".
So, what are the benefits of foot soaking? What are the key points to pay attention to in the foot soak regimen?
How to "soak your feet" to get twice the result with half the effort?
The effect of foot soaking
It is recorded in the classic book of traditional Chinese medicine "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing": "Yang Qi originates from the surface of the five toes of the feet, and Yin Qi originates from the five toes of the feet." ”
The foot is the intersection of the three yin meridians (liver, spleen, and kidney meridians) and the three yang meridians (stomach, gall bladder, and bladder meridians), the place where yin and yang meet, and an important hub for the meridian circulation of the whole body.
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Foot soaking, also known as foot bath, is one of the commonly used external treatment methods in traditional Chinese medicine, just like acupuncture, massage, external patches, etc., which uses the principle of "internal disease and external treatment, blood circulation and stasis".
Soaking your feet in spring, "Rising Yang and Solidifying", that is, soaking your feet in spring, can enhance the yang energy of the human body. The yang energy in our body has the effect of warming and nourishing the tissues of the whole body and maintaining the function of the internal organs.
Yang Qi deficiency will lead to the weakening and decline of physiological activities, resulting in a decrease in the body's ability to withstand cold and immunity, and Yang Qi deficiency will lead to all kinds of diseases.
In spring, insisting on soaking your feet regularly can replenish Yuanyang and prevent diseases.
The main points of foot soaking
Foot soaking, of course, is one of the minimalist health regimens with remarkable results, if you can pay attention to some of the key points of foot soaking, it will be better to get twice the result with half the effort!
01 The length of time to soak your feet
The best time to soak your feet is around 21 o'clock in the evening, when the effect is best. The reason why this time was chosen is because this is the time when the kidney meridian qi and blood are relatively weak.
Soaking your feet at this time, after the body heat increases, the blood vessels in the body will expand, which is conducive to blood circulation, thereby promoting blood circulation in the body, and nourishing the liver and kidneys!
In addition, the foot soaking time should not be too long, and it is advisable to sweat slightly!
It is generally about 30 minutes for young people, 20-30 minutes for middle-aged people under 60 years old, and 15 to 20 minutes for seniors over 60 years old.
02 The temperature and level of the water for foot soaking
The temperature of the water is the key to soaking your feet. As the farthest part from the heart, the foot is often insufficient in heat, and the ankle is thin, with many blood vessels, and it is easy to dissipate heat.
Therefore, the feet are usually the most cold place for the whole body. Soaking your feet is the most direct and fast way to heat up.
However, when soaking your feet, the water temperature should not be too hot, and it should be controlled at about 40 to 45 °C, so that it is comfortable and not hot.
If the water temperature is too low, it is easy to cause the cold to invade the feet and spread to the whole body; Too high water temperature will not only cause burns** and cause redness, swelling and peeling of feet, but also lead to excessive expansion of blood vessels in the human body, excessive reflux, and dizziness and brain swelling.
In addition, the height of the water surface of the foot soaking is preferably above the ankle, near the gastrocnemius (calf). You can also put a cloth on your legs to enclose your legs, which can better keep the heat from dissipating.
03 Massage the spring points on the soles of the feet
Soak your feet without massage, and the effect is half less. If you do some foot massage while soaking your feet, the effect will be even better! The easiest of them all is to massage the Yongquan acupoint!
The Yellow Emperor's Neijing mentions: The kidney comes from the spring, and the spring is full of heart. It means that the qi of the kidney meridian is like the water of the source, gushing out to irrigate the limbs of the whole body.
As the lowest acupuncture point in the human body, the qi of the kidney meridian gushes out from the Yongquan acupoint, and nourishing kidney qi is the foundation of the human body.
Sufficient kidney essence can make the waist and knees strong, the ears and eyes are clear, the spirit is full, and the walking is strong, preventing the invasion of cold and dampness.
Conclusion
Su Dongpo said: "The hot bath foot method, its effect is not very noticeable at first, but it accumulates for more than 100 days, and the function is immeasurable, compared with taking medicine, its effect is 100 times greater."
In other words, although the effect of foot soaking is good, it is important to persevere! Soaking your feet is not something you can feel in a day or two.
The cold and dampness of the body are formed over the years, and the process of expelling cold is also measured over the years. Keep warm now, just no or less new cold, but the old cold still needs to be worked on.
We can use the good habit of soaking our feet to continuously discharge the cold of our body, so as to prevent small colds from accumulating into big colds and small illnesses from accumulating into major diseases.
The first bubble doesn't feel like much, but over time, you will find that the effect is very significant.
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