Keep your feet healthy first and never get old： get a pedicure at home at night
Editor’s words
As the saying goes, "the old roots of trees wither first, and the old feet of people decay first." Keep your feet healthy first, and keep your feet forever. " The weather is getting colder and colder. Foot massage can not only dispel the cold and warm the body, but also has the health care effect of strengthening the body resistance and eliminating evil spirits, and it is also effective in the treatment of some diseases. Foot massage in traditional Chinese medicine is mainly divided into three parts: foot bath, foot massage and scraping. As long as these methods are used reasonably, health can be easily maintained at home.
Foot bath nourishes the essence, and adding "materials" is better.
"Wash your feet in spring, and the sun rises and takes off; Washing feet in summer can dispel summer dampness; Wash your feet in autumn, moisten your lungs and intestines; Washing feet in winter, Dantian is warm. " Traditional Chinese medicine believes that feet are the root of human essence, and the shape of feet, the strength of muscles and the flexibility of joints all reflect the operation of human qi and blood. According to the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine, there are many important acupoints in the foot to treat diseases and preserve health. Stimulating these acupoints through the warm effect of foot bath can promote blood circulation, regulate viscera, balance yin and yang, dredge meridians, delay aging, eliminate diseases and prolong life.
The founder of the Qing dynasty’s external treatment method wrote in the theory parallel prose: "the principle of external treatment is the principle of internal treatment, and the medicine for external use is the medicine for internal use." It can be seen that adding some Chinese herbal medicines to foot bath can make the drug effect enter the blood through the infiltration of the skin, and with the blood running, the drug will reach the focus, which is convenient, safe and effective to regulate the disease. Here are two commonly used foot bath prescriptions for different diseases.
1. Damp-removing and itching-relieving foot bath prescription. Take 10 grams of Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, Rhizoma Polygoni Cuspidati, Kochia scoparia, Cortex Phellodendri, Rhizoma Atractylodis and Poria, add appropriate amount of water, decoct for 20 minutes, and soak your feet when the temperature is about 45℃. It has the effect of eliminating dampness and relieving itching, and is suitable for those with damp-heat accumulation and itchy skin.
2. Huoxue Quyu Foot Bath Prescription. Take 30 grams of Spatholobus suberectus, 30 grams of Sinomenium, 15 grams of Ramulus Cinnamomi, 15 grams of Radix Paeoniae Rubra, 15 grams of Carthami Flos, 10 grams of Radix Aconiti Preparata and 10 grams of Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, add appropriate amount of water, decoct for 20 minutes, and soak your feet when the temperature is about 45℃. It has the effects of warming channels, dispelling cold, promoting blood circulation, dredging collaterals and relieving pain, and can be used to treat skin numbness, local skin dryness, limb pain, dizziness and shortness of breath.
When soaking feet, it is best to use a deep wooden bucket or enamel basin with a large enough bottom, so that your feet can be comfortably placed flat. Soak your feet in water at 40 ~ 50℃ for about 30 minutes each time. Dry immediately after foot bath and put on warm clothes to prevent catching cold.
Although soaking feet is good, it is not suitable for everyone, such as patients with severe hemorrhagic diseases and people with ulcers or inflammation in their feet. In addition, it is easy to get dizzy when soaking feet when you are too full or too hungry; It is not advisable to soak your feet within half an hour after a meal, so as not to affect digestion; People with severe heart disease and low blood pressure should be careful of syncope when soaking their feet; Diabetic patients should prevent burns; Foot bath for the elderly should not be too long. Just soak your feet for 20 minutes before going to bed. Too long can easily lead to palpitation, sweating and other symptoms. ▲