What are the effects of Chinese traditional foot bath?
Foot bath is one of the contents of traditional Chinese medicine foot therapy, and is also a common external treatment. Bubble feet with hot water, not only relieve fatigue, but also conducive to sleep. At the same time, adding some traditional Chinese medicine in water can also play a role in treating diseases.
Hot water soaking feet can improve local blood circulation, expel cold, promote metabolism, and ultimately achieve the purpose of health care. It also has a certain effect on beriberi with proper Chinese medicine.
In China, there are many characteristic foot bath services, including foot massage. This is a very enjoyable thing.
What are the effects of Chinese traditional foot bath?
According to traditional Chinese medicine, the foot is the second heart of the human body. There are reflective areas corresponding to the viscera and meridians on human feet. When feet are soaked with warm water, these reflex areas can be stimulated, blood circulation of human body can be promoted, endocrine system can be regulated, and functions of human organs can be enhanced, and health care effect of disease prevention and treatment can be achieved. At the same time, thermal stimulation can accelerate the microcirculation of feet and open pores.
The benefits of soaking feet in hot water as below:
(1) Promote blood circulation. Feet have been known as the second heart of the human body since ancient times. According to the theory of health preservation, the foot is the farthest from the heart of the human body, and the burden is the heaviest. Therefore, this place is most likely to lead to poor blood circulation. According to the medical classics, "people have feet, just as trees have roots. When trees wither, roots will die out first, and old feet will decline first." Especially for those who often feel their hands and feet cold, hot water soaking feet is an excellent method.
(2) Stimulate the acupoints, reflex areas and meridians of the foot. In terms of medical theory, there are reflex areas, acupoints and meridians of the internal organs and organs of the human body on the feet. Many people have done foot therapy. When massagists press our feet, they will feel pain, pain and distension. This basically shows that there is something wrong with the internal organs in the corresponding reflection area. So, when we finish the foot massage, we feel relaxed. At the same time, there are six main meridians on the human foot, including the ending points of the three yang meridians (bladder meridian, stomach meridian, and gallbladder meridian) and the starting points of the three yin meridians (spleen meridian, liver meridian and kidney meridian), all of which are located on the feet. Therefore, soaking feet in hot water is equivalent to stimulating these six main meridians.
(3) It has a good auxiliary effect on the treatment of many diseases. It is often said that "rich people take tonic, poor people bubble feet", it can be seen that traditional Chinese medicine has a great effect on feet. Especially in modern society, the large use of air conditioning, coupled with people generally like to eat cold food, so the body more cold and wet, through the Chinese medicine soak feet, can accelerate the body cold.
When you come to China, you must take time to enjoy yourself in the foot massage hall.
