Benefits of salt water foot bath

　　Salt blister Benefits of feet

　　When washing your feet, choose to soak your feet in salt water, which can effectively prevent and treat beriberi , promote blood circulation, etc.

　　1. Soaking your feet in salt water can cure athlete’s foot. Soaking your feet in salt water can cure athlete's foot. This is because salt has a good anti-virus and sterilizing effect. If you put the salt into hot water and use the heat in the water, then skin It can better absorb the anti-virus and sterilizing ingredients of salt water, so that the effect of foot soaking in salt water can be achieved to treat athlete's foot.

　　2. Soaking your feet in salt water can clean your feet. Because of the antiseptic and sterilizing effects of table salt, salt water has a strong cleaning ability. Soaking your feet in salt water can clean your feet.

　　3. Soaking your feet in salt water can exfoliate your skin. Because table salt has an exfoliating effect, you can use the heat in the hot water to enhance the exfoliating effect by soaking your feet with table salt in hot water.

　　Soaking feet in salt water can nourish the kidneys and resist aging. Because our feet are farthest from the heart, there is very little blood supply. Soaking feet in salt water allows the active ingredients of salt water to enter the kidneys and heart, and promotes blood circulation, which has the benefits of nourishing the kidneys and anti-aging.

　　4. Soaking feet in salt water can cure cold . Soaking feet in salt water promotes blood circulation and removes coldness from the feet, which can cure colds.

　　5. Soaking feet in salt water can help you sleep and resist aging. Regularly washing your feet with salt water and massaging acupuncture points such as Yongquan can promote local blood circulation, help you sleep and resist aging. It can also treat colds, and can even enhance memory and make your mind feel relaxed.

　　How to soak your feet in salt water

　　The advantage of soaking feet in salt water is that it can kill fungi on the feet to a certain extent and has a certain degree of curative effect on beriberi. To soak your feet in salt water, add a spoonful of salt to half a basin of hot water. The water temperature should gradually increase from about 30℃ to about 50℃ ； Just wash and soak for 30 minutes. It is advisable to rub your feet together while soaking, which is more conducive to relaxing muscles and activating muscles and accelerating blood circulation. However, if there are wounds on the feet, salt water foot washing should be postponed.

　　How to soak your feet:

　　Add salt: one level spoon, suitable for those with fire in the upper part of the body, frequent red eyes, toothache, sore throat, impatient and angry, irritable and upset, fire in the upper part and cold in the lower part, and swelling of the legs and feet.

　　Add Sichuan peppercorns: 20--30 capsules, suitable for foot sweat, foot odor and athlete's foot. eczema。

　　Add mugwort leaves: boil a handful before use, suitable for the respiratory system disease ,like cough , chronic tracheitis, bronchitis, emphysema asthma。

　　The best time to soak your feet in salt water

　　Generally, it is best to soak your feet around 9 o'clock in the evening. The reason why you choose this time to nourish the kidneys is because this is the time when the kidney meridian qi and blood are relatively weak. When you soak your feet at this time, the body heat will increase, and the blood vessels in the body will expand, which is conducive to blood circulation and thus promote blood circulation in the body. At the same time, after a stressful day during the day, nerve , as well as the kidneys that have been tired for a day, can be completely relaxed and fully adjusted at this time through foot soaking, and people will also feel comfortable.

　　If you do a foot massage for a few minutes after soaking your feet, it will improve the blood circulation of the body and further regulate the internal organs. After soaking your feet, it is recommended not to engage in other activities and fall asleep after a few minutes. This will have a better kidney-tonifying effect.

　　When soaking your feet, the water temperature should not be too hot, preferably about 40°C, and the foot soaking time should not be too long, preferably about 30 minutes. Since metal is easy to cold, it is best to use a wooden basin as the container for foot soaking, in which you can put some salvia and angelica root that are good for promoting blood circulation. ； Or put some forsythia, honeysuckle, isatis root, and chrysanthemum to reduce fire and clear away heat.