Is soaking your feet during menstruation good for your health?

Hot foot bath is for hygiene, but more specifically it is a health-preserving method. Hot foot bath has many benefits to the human body, especially for women who usually soak their feet before going to bed, which can relieve fatigue caused by a busy day, relieve dysmenorrhea during their special cycle, and keep the body warm, which can better promote blood circulation and help to activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

What is the effect of soaking feet during menstruation on the human body?

Regulate blood pressure

According to traditional Chinese medicine, the body's internal organs have corresponding projections on the soles of the feet. The feet are the starting and ending points of the three yin meridians of the foot, as well as the end point of the three yang meridians of the foot. There are more than 60 acupoints below the knee joint.

Using Chinese medicine foot bath to treat hypertension can effectively avoid the toxic side effects of drugs, and the effect is good. Because patients with hypertension need to take medicine for a long time, to reduce the hormonal stimulation of drugs to the body, it is generally better to use external application of Chinese medicine.

Relieve dysmenorrhea symptoms

After washing your feet with warm water for a period of time, a thin layer of sweat will appear on your body. This is because hot water increases the body's temperature, thereby achieving the effect of dispelling cold.

Many female friends experience menstrual pain during their menstrual period. Those with more serious symptoms may be bedridden. Many people use hand warmers to relieve the pain. In fact, soaking your feet in hot water can also treat menstrual pain caused by cold.

Improve blood circulation system

Foot massage can improve the blood circulation of the feet. The moist heat effect of water can dilate blood vessels in the feet, increase skin temperature, and thus promote blood circulation in the feet and the whole body. Some people have done tests and found that a healthy person soaks his feet in 40℃-45℃ warm water for 30-40 minutes, and the blood flow in his body increases 10-13 times that of a woman.

Promote basal metabolism

Foot massage can promote the blood circulation of the feet and the whole body. Due to the increase in blood circulation, it can regulate the functions of various endocrine glands and promote the secretion of various hormones by various endocrine glands, such as thyroxine secreted by the thyroid gland and adrenaline secreted by adrenaline. These hormones can promote metabolism.

Relieve fatigue

The greatest effect of foot massage is to relieve fatigue. Ancient people have long concluded from practice that hot water foot massage can relieve fatigue.

Improve sleep quality

Hot water foot bath can promote blood circulation, speed up blood circulation, which can drive away the accumulation of feet, and can also remove fatigue substances in the body, which can improve people's sleep quality.