Nowadays, more and more elderly people are engaging in foot bath health care. Foot bath, as a traditional Chinese medicine maintenance method, has very good health effects. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, there are reflex zones and numerous acupoints on the feet. When people soak their feet in hot water, they stimulate the acupoints and reflex zones, promote blood circulation in the feet and even the whole body, accelerate the body's metabolism, and play a role in regulating the whole body. If the reflex zone of the large intestine on the sole of the foot is stimulated, it can also have a laxative effect.
1. Four-Skin Light Body Foot Bath Formula
【Ingredients】30g Poria cocos skin, 20g Acanthopanax skin, 20g porcine belly skin, 15g ginger skin.
【Procedure】Put the above herbs into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil for 30 minutes, remove the residue and take the juice, pour it into the foot bath tub together with 3000ml of hot water. Steam first, then soak feet for 30-40 minutes, once per night. 7 days is one course of treatment.
【Efficacy】Tonifies the spleen and eliminates dampness, disperses accumulated dampness, eliminates excess water in the body, cleans excess oil in the blood, and has a slimming effect.
2. Winter Melon Skin and White Imperata Root Foot Bath Formula
【Ingredients】100g dried winter melon skin, 100g bottle gourd pulp, 60g white imperata root, 30g horse whip grass, 50ml white wine.
【Procedure】Put the above four ingredients into a pot, add water and boil for 30 minutes, remove the residue and take the juice, pour it into the foot bath tub together with 3000ml of hot water and white wine. Steam first, then soak feet for 30-40 minutes, once per night. 7 days is one course of treatment.
【Efficacy】Lightens the body and improves health. Tonifies the spleen and eliminates dampness, disperses accumulated dampness, and has a noticeable slimming effect on the lower limbs.
3. Plantain Seed and Ginger Slice Foot Bath Formula
【Ingredients】50g plantain seed, 3 slices of ginger.
【Procedure】Put the plantain seed and ginger into a pot, add water and boil for 30 minutes, remove the residue and take the juice, pour it into the foot bath tub together with 3000ml of hot water. Steam first, then soak feet for 30-40 minutes, once per night. 7 days is one course of treatment.
【Efficacy】Plantain seed diuresis and water drainage, dispels dampness and reduces swelling. Ginger promotes sweating, dispels cold and releases the surface, and promotes blood circulation.
Warm reminder: When elderly people take foot baths, they should avoid soaking in water for too long, and they should not take foot baths on an empty stomach. Prolonged soaking in water can cause expansion of the capillaries in the skin, which can easily lead to temporary cerebral ischemia and even fainting. Elderly people with hypertension and arteriosclerosis have the risk of stroke when soaking in hot water for a long time. Moreover, a lot of heat is consumed during the foot bath process, and the glycogen storage in middle-aged and elderly people is less than that in young people, so they are prone to hypoglycemic shock due to low blood sugar during foot baths.
