In the cold winter season, most people like to soak their feet in hot water before going to bed or going to bed at night, so as to relieve the fatigue of the body after a day's work. With the gradual improvement of people's health awareness, people are also very concerned about the effect of foot soaking in winter. In fact, the following precautions should be kept in mind in winter.
1. Best time 20-30 minutes
The foot soaking time should not be too long, 20-30 minutes is appropriate. The foot bubble does not play its due health care effect for less than 20 minutes, but the foot bubble time is too long, and the blood vessels are not suitable for long-term expansion. Moreover, the foot skin is easy to be blistered and broken during too long period.
2. The best water temperature is 40 ℃
The water temperature should not be too high. Many people think that the higher the water temperature is, the better it will be as long as it is within their tolerance, but in fact, it is not. The best water temperature for feet is about 40 ℃, a little higher than the human body temperature. Don't use your hands to measure the water temperature, it's best to use your feet to feel it. If the water temperature is too high, the blood vessels on the feet are prone to over expansion, and the blood in the body flows more to the lower limbs. On the contrary, it is easy to cause insufficient blood supply to the heart, brain, kidney and other important organs, which is harmful to the body.
3. Not too little water
Different from foot washing, the water level is better to be higher. It is better not to reach the knee. It can play a role in the acupoints of feet and small legs.
4. Don't soak your feet for half an hour after dinner
It will affect the blood supply to the stomach, and in the long run it will cause malnutrition. After eating, 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 the lower limbs, which will affect digestion and absorption for a long time and lead to nutritional deficiency. Therefore, it's best to soak your feet half an hour after dinner.
5. Special people are not allowed to soak their feet
Such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular patients, children, pregnant women and other special groups should not be stimulated by hot water, it is better not to soak feet, usually wash feet. In addition, diabetics, gout and other patients should not use hot water to soak their feet. They can choose water that is slightly lower than their body temperature.
6. Wooden tub is the best choice for bathtub material
Compared with other materials, wooden basin has a slower heat dissipation, which is suitable for feet soaking for a long time. Ordinary plastic basin or iron basin can cool easily in more than ten minutes. Moreover, some wood, such as camphor wood, pine wood, and sexual temperature, can help to improve the effect of feet.
7. Pay attention to the sanitation and cleanness of the barrel
If the bucket is not clean thoroughly or there is no antibacterial treatment in the bucket wall, the bacteria on the feet are easy to remain in the bucket wall, causing repeated infection to the feet, so it is very important to choose a good bucket.
8. Women should not use their feet during menstruation
Women's menstrual problems are more complex. If you can't identify the cause, you can use traditional Chinese medicine to soak your feet. It will not play a soothing role, but may also aggravate symptoms such as dysmenorrhea. Therefore, if women want to use the method of foot bubble to achieve the purpose of treatment of menstrual health problems such as dysmenorrhea, it is best to consult a doctor, according to their own conditions, medication.
In fact, in order to achieve a good effect, we need to control the water temperature of the feet soaking water in winter, and the eight precautions we should remember when soaking feet are also what we should remember and follow when soaking feet.