1. Does hot water soak your feet to tonify the kidney?
Hot water soak your feet can tonify the kidney. The foot is an important area where human meridians circulate, and different meridians correspond to different viscera. Often soaking feet with hot water can stimulate the reflex zone and meridians of the feet, and play a role in regulating and improving the functions of various organs and coordinating the viscera.
2. When to soak your feet to tonify the kidney
At 7-9 pm, the qi and blood in the kidney meridian are the weakest. Soaking your feet with hot water at this time can promote the qi and blood of your body to flow into the kidney meridian and play a role in tonifying the kidney and benefiting qi. The kidney meridian is full of qi and blood, and the kidney qi will naturally flourish, which can also play a role in strengthening the body.
3. Correct method of soaking feet with hot water
When soaking feet with hot water, the water temperature should not be too hot, and it is appropriate to soak feet at about 4℃, and the soaking time should not be too long, and it is appropriate to soak feet for about half an hour. It is best to soak until you sweat a little. Because metal is easy to be cold, it is best to use a wooden basin as a container for soaking feet, and the amount of water for soaking feet should be more than half of the calf. You can drink a glass of water before soaking your feet to replenish your body fluids.
4. Soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine for tonifying the kidney
(1) Soaking feet with ginger juice
Wash ginger, smash it, and put it in the water for soaking feet. Soaking feet with ginger water can warm the body and drive away the cold, at the same time, it can also promote blood circulation and nourish the kidneys.
(2) Soaking feet with wormwood
Washing wormwood, decocting it in a pot, and soaking feet with liquid medicine have a good effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and the effect of clearing meridians on nourishing kidneys is naturally better.
pregnant women should not use Chinese herbal medicines to soak their feet at will, so as not to harm themselves and their fetuses.
5. Taboos for foot bathing need to be known
1. It is not easy to soak your feet when you are too full and hungry
When you soak your feet, avoid being in a state of being too full, hungry or eating, because foot bathing will speed up the blood circulation of the whole body and easily lead to dizziness and discomfort. It is not advisable to soak your feet within half an hour after a meal, which will affect the blood supply to your stomach.
2. Patients with severe heart disease and low blood pressure should be careful of syncope
People in good health can soak their feet and soak in hot springs, but special people, such as patients with heart disease and cardiac insufficiency, people with low blood pressure and frequent dizziness, should not soak their feet with too hot water or soak in hot springs for a long time. Because soaking feet in hot water or soaking in hot springs will cause blood vessels to dilate, and the whole body blood will flow from important organs to the body surface, which will inevitably lead to ischemia and hypoxia of important organs such as the heart and brain. For people with heart disease and low blood pressure, it will increase their risk of illness.
3, diabetic patients must pay attention to the water temperature
Diabetic patients' peripheral nerves can't sense the outside temperature normally, even if the water temperature is very high, they can't feel it, and it is easy to get scalded, which will lead to very serious consequences, so pay attention to the water temperature of soaking feet.
4. Patients with beriberi should be careful to be infected
People with beriberi should not soak their feet with hot water when their condition is serious enough to blister, because it is easy to cause wound infection. Foot inflammation, skin diseases, trauma or skin burns are not easy to soak feet.
5. Old people should not soak their feet for too long
Old people, if they soak their feet for too long, they will cause symptoms such as sweating and palpitation. Therefore, it is better for the elderly to soak their feet for 2 minutes before going to bed every day.
6. There is no need for infants to soak their feet
Because children are "pure yang", they are prone to fever and fall in love with fire. If you soak your feet and sweat with hot water again, it will heat up. Just wash your feet with warm water every day. After washing, you can gently pinch your feet to relax your muscles and bones.
6. Daily conditioning of kidney deficiency
1. Always beat Tai Ji Chuan. Practice Tai Ji Chuan, preferably in the park with fresh air, under trees and by the water in the morning.
2. Self-massage the waist every day: rub the palms together until the palms are hot, then put them on both sides of the waist, with the palms facing the skin, and massage the waist up and down until it feels hot. Once in the morning and once in the evening, about 2 times each time.
3. Rub the soles of your feet every day: after rubbing your hands against your palms, rub the soles of your right feet with your left hand and your left feet with your right hand, once in the morning and once in the evening, 3 times each time.
4. Do anal contractions every day: relax and breathe naturally; When exhaling, do anal contraction, relax when inhaling, and repeat for about 3 times.
5. Do a set of simple gymnastics every day (if you have time, you can do it several times in a row):
(1) Keep your feet parallel, shoulder-width apart, look straight ahead, your arms naturally droop, your palms stick to the seams of your pants, and your fingers naturally open. Lift the heel and breathe continuously for 9 times.
(2) Fall to the ground with the heel, inhale, slowly bend your knees and squat, and gradually turn the back of your hands forward, with the jaws facing your ankles; When the hand is close to the ground, grab it into a fist with a little force (meaning to grab something) and suck enough air.
(3) Hold your breath, stand up gradually, hang your hands, and clench your fists gradually.
(4) Exhale, stand at attention, twist your arms outward, put your fists forward, press your elbows against your soft ribs from both sides, and at the same time, lift your body and heel hard, lift your anus and breathe.