The correct way to soak your feet (the correct way to soak your feet with white vinegar)

It is getting colder and colder in autumn. Soaking feet with hot water before going to bed at night can not only keep warm, but also promote sleep, which is beneficial to health. But also pay attention to the method of soaking feet. This article will introduce the correct method of soaking feet.

Prepare a suitable bucket.

Prepare a big and deep bucket, the water level can soak more than half of the calf. You can't put your feet obliquely because the bucket is small, so that your feet can be placed at the bottom of the bucket smoothly and comfortably to avoid cramps.

The best time to soak your feet

Foot bath time should be 1 hour before and after meals, so as not to affect appetite or digestion. The soaking time is about 30 minutes. If the water is cold, you can heat the water 1~2 times in the middle, and drink a glass of water before and after soaking, which is beneficial to metabolism and body fluid supplement.

Common methods of soaking feet

Soaking feet with salt water: add 2 spoonfuls of salt to warm water, which has anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects. Soaking feet with salt water can prevent beriberi and colds. Massage Yongquan point on the soles of feet when soaking feet, which is helpful for salivary sleep.

Soak your feet with rice wine: adding a bottle of rice wine to warm water or using other alcohol can promote blood circulation. If you soak your feet with tea, you can also get rid of foot odor.

Soaking feet with vinegar: Soaking feet with rice vinegar or aged vinegar 100g can kill bacteria, treat beriberi to some extent, dispel rheumatism and improve cold symptoms. In addition, vinegar can penetrate the superficial skin of feet, enhance blood circulation, remove blood garbage and pathological deposits, and cure some chronic diseases.

Soaking feet with ginger: Soaking feet with 100g ginger, 20g dried tangerine peel and 30g mint can warm the spleen and stomach, eliminate dampness, relieve drowsiness and prevent varicose veins of lower limbs.

Lemon soaking feet: adding two slices of lemon in warm water can prevent colds, refresh the brain, soften the stratum corneum and reduce swelling.

Traditional Chinese medicine foot-soaking formula

It is best to soak your feet with Chinese medicine under the guidance of a doctor. Here are some formulas to recommend:

Improve foot eczema

Take Sophora flavescens, Rhizoma Atractylodis, Fructus Cnidii 15g, alum 5g and rhubarb 10g, and soak your feet to relieve itching, soften cutin and improve foot eczema caused by hot and humid weather.

Improve dysmenorrhea caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis

Use 30 grams of Lindera root, 30 grams of green tangerine peel, 30 grams of wormwood, 0/0g of Chuanxiong rhizome/kloc, and 0/0g of safflower/kloc. Add about two liters of water and 50 ml of Zuo's vinegar, boil it with strong fire, and fry it with low fire for 30 minutes. When the medicine is cooled to 50℃, pour the residue into a basin to soak feet.

Precautions for soaking feet

Soaking feet is good for most people, but it is dangerous for some people. The following people should pay attention.

Patients with frozen feet: After the feet are frozen, the temperature of the feet is lower than the normal tolerance of the body. If your feet are suddenly scalded by hot water, your skin and muscles can't stand the change of temperature difference, thus causing secondary damage to your feet.

Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: high water temperature dilates capillaries, increases blood flow, and increases the burden on the heart and blood vessels in a short time.

Diabetic patients with pain: diabetic patients are prone to peripheral neuropathy, which makes peripheral nerves unable to sense the external temperature normally. In addition, high water temperature is easy to cause foot infection.