Human health is closely related to feet. A man has feet just as a tree has roots. When the roots are dry, people get old first. The health care function of feet on human body has long attracted the attention and research of the ancients. Among them, "foot bath" has been popular for thousands of years because of its simple and effective characteristics. The ancient book "Notes" said: "It is enough for people to wash once a night". Literary giants Su Dongpo and Lu You left poems such as "My master advised me to wash my feet and sleep, but I didn't smell the bells and drums when I fell on the bed" and "Washing my feet and going to bed was so fast that my little grandson gradually got rid of the soup". Emperor Qianlong, regarded as the "son of heaven", also believed in the way of "three hundred steps in the morning and one pot of soup at night". Chinese medicine believes that the five internal organs of the human body have corresponding projections on the feet. Foot is the starting point of Yin San Meridian of Foot and the end point of Sanyang Meridian of Foot. There are more than 60 acupoints below ankle joint. If you often soak your feet with hot water, you can stimulate the acupoints of your feet, enhance blood circulation, regulate viscera, relax meridians and enhance metabolism, so as to achieve the purpose of strengthening your body and eliminating evil spirits. There is a folk song in China: "Wash your feet in spring, and the sun rises and takes off;" Washing feet in summer can dispel summer heat and dampness; Wash feet in autumn, moisten lungs and intestines; It makes sense to wash your feet in winter and feel your abdomen warm. The soles of people's feet are densely covered with many blood vessels, so foreign medical experts call them the "second heart" of people. There are countless nerve endings connected with the brain on the soles of the feet, and there are acupuncture points leading to the whole body on the soles of the feet. There is a Yongquan point at the foot. Massage this acupoint has the functions of nourishing yin, tonifying kidney and nourishing the internal organs. Therefore, massaging the soles of the feet can promote blood circulation and regulate menstruation, strengthen the body, prevent premature aging, and be beneficial to health and longevity. Old people often massage the soles of their feet, which can prevent numbness of legs and feet, weakness of activities, cold feet and cold heart. When soaking feet, the temperature of water is generally kept at about 40℃, and the amount of water should be enough to cover the ankles. Soak your feet with exothermic water for 5 to 10 minutes, and then massage your feet with your hands. Massage techniques should be correct, otherwise the purpose of getting rid of diseases and strengthening the body will not be achieved. After washing your feet with hot water every night, sit by the bed, lift your knees and put them on the other leg, and tilt them inward. Massage your left foot with your right hand, and your right foot with your left hand, alternately until local redness and fever occur. The movements should be gentle and consistent, light and important. At first, the speed should be slow, the time should be short, and then gradually speed up the massage after getting used to it. While massaging the soles of your feet, you should also move your toes more. Chinese medicine believes that the big toe is the channel of the liver and spleen. Exercising the big toe can soothe the liver and strengthen the spleen, stimulate appetite, and play an auxiliary role in hepatosplenomegaly. The fourth toe belongs to the gallbladder meridian, which can prevent constipation and costal pain through massage; The little toe belongs to bladder meridian, which can correct the position of female uterus. Therefore, massaging the soles and toes after foot bath has an important health care function. It is especially effective for neurasthenia, intractable numbness and spasm of knees and ankles, kidney deficiency, backache and leg weakness, insomnia, chronic bronchitis, periodic migraine, dysmenorrhea and renal insufficiency. , has a certain curative effect or adjuvant therapy. When soaking feet, adding some drugs into hot water can also prevent and treat beriberi, chapped feet, smelly feet, sweaty feet, heel pain, chilblain, edema and numbness of lower limbs, tepid limbs, inability to move, colds, rheumatoid arthritis and nocturia.
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