What people can not hot water soaking feet What people are suitable for hot water soaking feet

Winter cold, many people have the habit of soaking their feet in hot water. But I do not know, foot soak is not suitable for everyone, the wrong foot soak may cause harm to the body. Then we will see what people can not hot water foot soak it?

Patients with blood clots

Hot water foot soak, the lower extremity artery expansion, skin congestion, more arterial blood into the lower extremity, but the venous reflux capacity does not increase. So hot water foot soak will aggravate blood stagnation for patients with venous disease who have poor return or blockage; in addition, hot water foot soak can also lead to capillary rupture, forming bleeding spots on the skin, which will form pigmentation and darken calves over time; if patients with venous thrombosis are taking anticoagulant drugs, the bleeding situation will be more serious.

Patients with arterial occlusion

Although the manifestation of lower limb arterial occlusion is lower limb ischemia, hot water soaking feet, does not dilate the occluded blood vessels. Of course, the dilation of arteries only increases the blood flow to normal tissues, while the ischemic tissues may be more ischemic due to the phenomenon of blood theft. In addition medical research has been conclusive: the increase in peripheral temperature can increase the oxygen consumption of tissues and aggravate ischemia.

Diabetic foot patients

There are three types of diabetic foot: neuropathic, ischemic and mixed. Some patients with the neuropathy type exhibit cold legs and feet. Therefore, hot water foot soaks can easily be a comfortable option. However, the sensory feedback mechanisms for pain and water temperature are dysfunctional in these patients, and excessive water temperature can lead to severe burns. Patients with ischemic diabetic foot face a problem similar to that of arterial occlusive disease, and hot water foot soaks can instead aggravate ischemia.

Critically ill patients

Kidney failure, heart failure and other critical patients, because of the seriousness of the condition, treatment is complicated, the stimulation of the foot reflex zone with hot water soaking may cause a strong reaction to complicate the condition, so such people should not soak their feet.

Children should not often soak feet

Children often use hot water to soak their feet, will bring some impact on the nerve and vascular function of the foot, especially frequent foot soaking or ironing will lead to the ligaments on the bottom of the child's foot become relaxed, which is not conducive to the formation and maintenance of the arch, in the long run, will increase the risk of forming flat feet.

Elderly people should be careful when soaking their feet

The elderly should be extra careful when soaking their feet because blood will rush to the lower extremities when soaking in hot water, and the elderly may feel dizzy due to insufficient blood supply to the brain. Older people with cardiovascular disease should pay extra attention.

Fasting or overfed people

Fasting or too full people should not foot bath, because foot bath foot vasodilation, blood volume increases, resulting in gastrointestinal and visceral blood reduction, affecting the gastrointestinal digestive function. That is, foot bath before meals may inhibit the secretion of gastric juices, which is not conducive to digestion; foot bath immediately after meals can cause a reduction in blood volume of the stomach and intestines, affecting digestion.

People with frostbite feet

Feet were frozen, indicating that the attack by the extremely cold wind and cold, the temperature is lower than the body's normal tolerance level, the skin, muscles in a stiff state. At this time, such as the sudden hot water scalding feet, will make the temperature from cold to sudden heat, skin, muscle can not withstand the huge temperature difference of tens of degrees Celsius, thus aggravating the condition of frozen feet, serious and even muscle and bone stripping. Therefore, when the frozen feet should be moderate hand rubbing, so that the feet heat up, and should not use hot water to soak feet.

What people are suitable for hot water foot soak

1, rheumatism joint pain, cold, dampness in the body

"Suwen - paralysis": "wind, cold and wet three gas mixed to, combined with paralysis." Cold winter rheumatism patients increased dramatically, we must pay attention to foot exercise and warm feet. According to Chinese medicine, rheumatic diseases are caused by internal injuries to the yin and yang of the internal organs, external exposure to the six evil spirits, phlegm and blood stasis, and imbalance of Ying Qi and Wei Blood. Through the foot bath soak therapy to assist in treatment, can regulate the function of the internal organs, and then achieve the purpose of warming the meridians, blood circulation, dispersing cold and paralysis, improve rheumatic joint pain.

2, cold hands and feet, dull face, poor internal circulation, bruises and bruises

People with these symptoms are mostly due to body yang deficiency, feeling cold evil, cold condensation of the heart and blood deficiency. Soak feet hot water through the skin of the foot muscle coup, transdermal absorption through the meridians into the internal organs, and stimulate the reflex zones of the five and six internal organs of the human body in the foot, effectively stimulate the holographic reflex zones on the bottom of the foot, regulate the function of the internal organs, to activate blood circulation, promote blood circulation, in the warm cell phone at the same time to achieve the purpose of improving qi deficiency blood stasis type chest paralysis.

3、Insomnia and dreaminess, menopause conditioning, mental weakness, mental tension

Insomnia is a disease characterized by frequent failure to obtain normal sleep, insomnia seriously affects physical and mental health and work, study and life. Through the foot bath soaking therapy, the use of water warming effect, promote the smooth flow of Qi and blood, effectively stimulate the reflex zones of the five viscera and six internal organs holographic reflexes, regulate the function of the internal organs, regulate Yin and Yang, and then achieve the purpose of improving sleep.

4, insufficient blood, weakness, weakness, low immunity

Our organs have a certain degree of self-regulatory function, the state of significant disease does not appear when the state belongs to the subhealth state. By soaking feet, hot water through the warming effect, effectively stimulate the holographic reflex zones on the soles of the feet, regulate the function of the internal organs, replenish the qi, nourish the qi and blood, improve immunity, and thus achieve the purpose of improving subhealth.

5, hypertension, headaches and tinnitus, fatigue, dizziness and other people

Modern people suffering from hypertension, not only will cause headaches, dizziness, palpitations and numbness of the limbs and other symptoms; serious cases will also cause heart, brain, kidney and other organ pathologies and the corresponding symptoms. Foot is the human foot three Yang meridian, foot three Yin meridian and other six meridian points, there are more than 60 points, after the Chinese medicine foot bath soaking therapy, through the warming effect of water, promote the smooth flow of Qi and blood, effectively stimulate the plantar holographic reflex zones, regulate the function of the internal organs, long-term foot soak makes the body's limb end blood circulation is improved, and slowly blood pressure down.

6, sweaty feet, athlete's foot, foot odor, foot peeling, itchy feet

Modern people often wear shoes and socks in the sweltering summer heat, warm and humid environment suitable for ringworm growth. Prone to foot odor and foot odor, such people often shoes once off, will be scattered with a strange smell, which makes many phlegm damp body, feel very embarrassed. The hot water foot soak, by adding to the water to clear heat and dry dampness, kill insects and relieve itching bitter ginseng and other herbs, anti-bacterial deodorant, dispel ringworm, improve the role of athlete's foot, eczema, foot odor, and so on, and thus achieve to improve the ringworm dermatitis.

7, frequent urination, kidney deficiency type hypofunction, seminal emission, premature ejaculation, kidney qi weakness

There are many kinds of kidney deficiency, the most common of which are kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency. The symptoms of kidney yin deficiency are "heat", mainly including back pain, dryness and heat, night sweating, false sweating, dizziness, tinnitus, etc. The symptoms of kidney yang deficiency are "cold", mainly lumbar acidity, cold hands and feet, fear of cold and wind, poor sexual function, etc. After the foot bath of Chinese medicine, through the warming effect of water, promote the smooth running of qi and blood, the unique active ingredients of Chinese medicine through the skin couples of the foot, transdermal absorption through the meridians into the internal organs, effectively stimulate the holographic reflex zones of the foot, regulate the function of the internal organs, warm the kidney and benefit Yang, replenish blood and nourish Yin, fill the marrow, and thus achieve the role of warming the kidney deficiency.