Your feet are your second heart! Hot water foot bath has three benefits

What we call hot water foot bath is actually foot bath, which is a kind of foot therapy in traditional Chinese medicine. Of course, hot water foot bath is also a kind of external therapy. For today's young people, they are very tired from work every day. Soaking feet in hot water can also relieve fatigue and promote sleep. In addition, what are the benefits of hot water foot bath?

Benefits of hot water foot bath

(1) Promote blood circulation

Since ancient times, the feet have been considered the second heart of the human body. From the perspective of nutritional physiology, the feet are the farthest from the human heart and bear the heaviest burden. Therefore, this place is most likely to cause poor blood circulation. Medical books record: "The feet of a person are like the roots of a tree. When a tree withers, the roots die first. When a person ages, the feet age first." Hot water soaking is a great way to treat cold feet and hands.

(2) Stimulate the acupuncture points, reflexology areas and meridians of the feet

From a medical perspective, the feet have reflexology areas, acupuncture points, and meridians for various organs of the human body. Many people have had foot massages. When the masseur presses on our feet, we feel pain and soreness. This basically means that there is something wrong with the corresponding reflexology areas. Therefore, after a foot massage, we feel relaxed. At the same time, there are 6 main meridians on the human foot, including the end 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 on the feet. Therefore, soaking your feet in hot water is equivalent to stimulating these six main meridians.

(3) It has a good auxiliary effect in the treatment of many diseases

People often say that "rich people take tonic medicine, poor people soak their feet", which shows that Chinese medicine foot bathing has a great effect. Especially in modern society, with the extensive use of air conditioning and people's general love of eating cold food, there is more cold and dampness in the body. Through Chinese medicine foot bathing, the body can be accelerated to expel the cold.