There are many benefits of foot soaking for women, and there is a lot of knowledge involved!

We all know that foot soaking is good for us. Now we are about to enter winter and the temperature is getting lower and lower. Many people will have a better sleep quality by soaking their feet before going to bed. Regular foot soaking can also prevent and treat various diseases. However, there are also some things to pay attention to when soaking your feet. Let’s learn about it together!

The benefits of foot bath

The part of our human body that is farthest from the heart is the feet. However, as the weather is starting to get cooler, the blood vessels in the feet are prone to contraction, causing blood circulation disorders and easily inducing a variety of diseases. Foot soaking is the key to health preservation. It can remove waste and pathological sediment from the human blood, cleanse the body, and resist various diseases. Foot soaking has a good auxiliary effect in the treatment of many diseases. People often say: "Rich people take tonics and poor people soak their feet."

There are taboos for safe foot bathing

The foot soaking time should not be too long, 15 to 30 minutes is appropriate. When soaking your feet, blood will flow to the lower limbs, and the brain is prone to insufficient blood supply. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and the elderly who feel chest tightness or dizziness should stop soaking their feet and take a rest. Diabetic patients have poor peripheral sensory ability, so family members should test the water temperature first to prevent scalding.

It is best to use a wooden basin for soaking your feet with traditional Chinese medicine. The chemical composition in metal basins such as copper basins is unstable and can easily react with tannic acid in traditional Chinese medicine to produce harmful substances such as tannic acid iron, which greatly reduces the efficacy of the medicine.

Children should not soak their feet in overheated water for a long time. Because the arch of the foot begins to form in childhood, it is important to protect it from an early age. If you often use hot water to wash your child's feet, the ligaments on the soles of the feet will become loose, which is not conducive to the formation and maintenance of the arch of the foot and can easily lead to flat feet.

Women should not use Chinese medicine to soak their feet during menstruation. It is best to consult a doctor and take the right medication according to your condition.

Questions you need to know about foot bathing

1. It is very important to prevent scalding. The hotter the water, the better. The water temperature should not exceed 40℃. For diabetics or chronic patients with poor foot sensation, the water temperature should be lowered by 5-10℃.

2. The foot soaking time should not be too long, generally 20-30 minutes before going to bed is best;

3. You can use clean water or salt water for foot soaking. You can also add various foot bath powders, but be careful of inferior powders that contain toxic minerals. It is recommended to buy powders at a hospital or pharmacy.