Post Date December, 02 2023
Everyone knows that there are many benefits of soaking feet, and some people like to soak feet with traditional Chinese medicine. The cost of soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine is a bit high. Today, I recommend to netizens a cost-effective and highly efficient method of soaking feet, which is to soak feet with salt water, especially in winter. What are the benefits of soaking feet with salt water?
Benefit 1: tonifying the kidney and anti aging
Soaking feet with salt water promotes blood circulation, allowing the effective components of salt water to enter the kidneys and heart, thereby achieving the effect of tonifying the kidneys. Secondly, soaking feet with salt water can remove the cold from the feet, while adding pebbles to grind the feet can improve the effect, promote the penetration of the human body's veins, have the effect of helping sleep and resisting aging, can also treat colds, even enhance memory, and make the brain feel relaxed.
Benefit 2: Eliminate beriberi and clean feet
Because of the efficacy of salt in killing viruses and bacteria, salt water has excellent efficacy in killing viruses and bacteria. Soaking feet with salt water can clean feet. Soaking feet in salt water can exfoliate. Because salt has the effect of exfoliating, putting salt into hot water to soak your feet can use the heat in hot water to enhance the effect of exfoliating.
Benefit 3: Reduce fire and enhance physique
Table salt has the effects of clearing fire, cooling blood, and detoxifying. People who are prone to becoming inflamed and have a dry and hot constitution can try this method.
Tips 1: The time for soaking feet should not be too long
The time for soaking feet should not be too long, preferably 15 to 30 minutes. When soaking feet, the blood circulation in the feet accelerates, resulting in a faster heart rate than usual. So if the bubble lasts too long, it can lead to an increased burden on the heart. It is prone to some complications, such as dizziness and fainting.
Tips 2: People with wounds or bubbles on their feet should not soak their feet
"If there is a wound, it can cause infection, which can cause pain in the wound, which is not good.". You should wait until the wound is healed before soaking.
Tips 3: It's not advisable to soak your feet when you're too full or hungry
Although there are many benefits to soaking feet in salt water, there are also certain aspects to be paid attention to
Let's take a look at what's important!
Soaking your feet in a state of overeating, hunger, or eating can accelerate blood circulation throughout the body, making it prone to dizziness and discomfort. It is not advisable to soak your feet within half an hour after a meal, which may affect the blood supply to the stomach.
Warm reminder:
Although there are many benefits to soaking your feet in salt water, you can't soak them often, just occasionally. After soaking your feet, massage your feet for a few minutes to improve blood circulation and further regulate your internal organs. After soaking your feet, it is recommended not to engage in other activities and fall asleep every few minutes for better kidney tonifying effects.
Precautions for soaking feet
1. The temperature of the foot bath should be between 38 and 43 degrees, but it is best not to exceed 45 degrees.
2. The time for soaking feet should not be too long, preferably 15-30 minutes. When you soak your feet, blood will flow to your lower limbs, and the brain is prone to insufficient blood supply.
3. Soak your feet on your body to generate heat and sweat slightly. Some people sweat from the lower body without sweating from the upper body, indicating kidney cold. You can drink ginger sugar water or hot boiled water while soaking your feet. Some people have a fever in their upper body but no sweat in their lower body, which can lead to a manifestation of qi deficiency. After a period of persistence, it can be effectively alleviated.
4. The best time to soak your feet is 5-7 pm, as this is the active period of the kidney.
5. It is not advisable to soak your feet within 1 hour after meals. After eating a meal, most of the blood in the body flows to the digestive tract. If you soak your feet with hot water immediately after eating, the blood that should flow to the digestive system will flow to your lower limbs, which can affect digestion and absorption over time, leading to nutritional deficiencies.
6. The best way to soak feet with traditional Chinese medicine is to use a wooden basin. The chemical components in metal pots such as copper pots are unstable and are prone to react with tannic acid in traditional Chinese medicine, generating harmful substances such as iron tannate, which greatly reduces the efficacy of drugs.
