Foot soaking is a very common way of health, especially after some strenuous exercise and excessive physical labor, proper foot soaking with hot water can eliminate some discomfort on the body.
Therefore, in daily life, there are many people who especially like to soak their feet. Moreover, proper foot soaking in the time before going to bed every night can also play a better health care and assist in the treatment of some diseases. So, what are the benefits of proper foot soaking for the body?
1. Relieves body and brain fatigue
Especially for people who perform heavy physical labor or strenuous exercise, after a busy day, the body will be in a more tired state, and the function of various organs in the body has declined.
If you soak your feet properly with hot water at this time, you can speed up the overall blood circulation speed, can effectively relax the muscles, so as to achieve the effect of eliminating the fatigue of the body.
For people who have to do mental work every day, after a day of brain use, the brain nerves will be in a state of fatigue, so it is necessary to soak the feet appropriately.
Because there are many peripheral nerves on the soles of the feet, these peripheral nerves will be closely connected to the brain. When soaking feet in hot water, it can cause warm stimulation to these peripheral nerves. It will make the brain produce a relaxed and comfortable feeling, which effectively eliminates the fatigue on the brain, and has a certain elimination effect on some anxiety, depression, tension and other emotions.
2. Drive away the cold and warm up the blood
No matter at any time of the year, if the body appears to be cold, such as accidental rain or exposure to too much cold water, it will cause some cold to invade the human body. Not only is it easy to have cold in the body, but it will also cause cold stomach, which will lead to a decrease in the digestive function of the gastrointestinal tract.
At this time, you can properly soak your feet with hot water every night, through soaking your feet, you can dilate blood vessels, and promote the opening of pores, excrete some cold air, and have a variety of effects such as driving away cold and warming up, preventing and assisting in the treatment of cold and cold, eliminating stomach cold and so on.
In addition, some women can easily cause uterine cold when their bodies are cold. Every time you come to menstruation, there will be dysmenorrhea or a blood clot in the menstrual blood. Then you can also use hot water to soak your feet, soaking your feet can promote the speed of blood circulation throughout the body, improve the blood supply to the uterus, and effectively eliminate the phenomenon of uterine cold.
3. Improve sleep quality
For people with sleep problems, soak their feet with hot water half an hour before going to bed every night.
Because when soaking feet, the blood vessels in the feet will expand rapidly, so that the overall blood flow speed will be accelerated, and a large amount of blood will flow to the peripheral blood vessels in the lower limbs. The amount of blood flowing to the brain will be reduced, at which time it will cause people to have a certain degree of drowsiness, and a certain degree of calming and sleep-promoting effects can be achieved.
All in all, a proper soak in the feet every night has the above three benefits for the body. In addition, it can also stimulate the meridians and effectively improve rheumatism, joint pain and other phenomena.
However, it is worth noting that for people with varicose veins in the lower limbs or during menstruation and pregnancy, do not soak their feet in the end, otherwise they will aggravate some uncomfortable symptoms.
When other people soak their feet, the water temperature should be kept at about 45 degrees, and the time for each foot soak is 10 to 15 minutes. In addition, do not use Chinese medicine to soak your feet indiscriminately. Once the medicine is not right, it will aggravate some uncomfortable symptoms, which is not good for health.