The method of foot soaking for health can be said to be suitable for all seasons. The benefits of foot soaking for health vary in different seasons. Take autumn for example, regular foot soaking can not only relieve fatigue, but also moisturize the skin. So what are the benefits of foot soaking in autumn? Let's analyze it below.
I. Benefits of Foot Soaking in Autumn
1. Promotes Blood Circulation
Medical literature states that "the feet are like the roots of a tree. When the roots of a tree wither, the tree dies. When the feet of a person get old, the person ages." For those with cold hands and feet, foot soaking is the best way to promote blood circulation.
2. Regulates Blood Pressure
Using Chinese herbal foot soaking to treat hypertension can effectively prevent the toxic side effects of drugs. It has better effects. Since hypertensive patients need long-term medication, it is better to use external Chinese herbal medicine to reduce the hormonal stimulation to the human body.
3. Relieves Fatigue
The greatest function of foot bathing is to relieve fatigue. Ancient people have long concluded that hot water foot bathing can eliminate fatigue, dispel foot sediment, eliminate fatigue substances in the body, and improve sleep by eliminating fatigue and putting people in a state of rest.
4. Nourishes Yin and Moistens Dryness
Dryness in autumn can easily cause itchy skin, dandruff, dry mouth, and easy to get angry. Foot soaking can promote blood circulation, increase blood oxygen content, improve the supply of nutrients to the skin by blood, and help relieve dryness.
II. Enhance the Effects of Foot Soaking in Autumn
1. Add Ginger
Soak the feet with 100 grams of ginger, 20 grams of tangerine peel, and 30 grams of mint. This can promote the health of the spleen and stomach, dispel dampness, and eliminate fatigue. It is especially suitable for people who work standing or do physical labor for a long time.
2. Add Vinegar
Add 100 grams of rice vinegar or aged vinegar to the foot soaking water, which can kill bacteria and treat athlete's foot to a certain extent. It can also dispel rheumatism and improve symptoms of aversion to cold.
In addition, vinegar can penetrate the surface of the feet, increase blood circulation, eliminate blood waste and pathological residues, and cure chronic diseases.
3. Add Salt
Add 2 tablespoons of table salt to the foot soaking water. Salt can have an anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effect. Persisting in soaking the feet with salt water in autumn can prevent athlete's foot and prevent colds. Massaging the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of the foot during foot soaking also helps to promote sleep.
4. Add Rice Wine
Add an appropriate amount of rice wine to the foot soaking water, which can promote blood circulation and activate blood flow. If tea leaves are added to the foot soaking water, it can also remove foot odor.
III. Precautions for Foot Soaking for These 4 Types of People
1. Diabetics
Because the blood vessels and nerves of diabetics are often damaged for a long time, their sensitivity to hot and cold may decrease, making it easy to get burned during foot soaking.
2. Varicose Vein Patients
Because of poor blood circulation in the legs, foot soaking can cause blood vessels in the legs to dilate, more blood flows from the heart to the feet, but cannot flow back to the heart, which can worsen varicose veins.
3. Drunk People
Foot soaking can make alcohol quickly enter the internal organs and aggravate drunkenness.
4. Empty or Full Stomach
Foot soaking on an empty stomach can cause dizziness, while foot soaking after a full meal can cause indigestion.
