Is it good for women to soak their feet during menstruation?

There is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine that feet are the second heart of a person. This fully illustrates the importance of feet. Therefore, many people have begun to pay attention to the health of their feet and even studied foot soaking, but is it good for women to soak their feet during menstruation? Perhaps few people have paid attention to this issue, so we will introduce it to you today.

In a word, health begins with the feet. However, there are some tips for foot soaking that you should know. Generally speaking, people who are prone to constipation can add some salt to the water when soaking their feet. The water should not be too hot, about 40 to 50 degrees Celsius will be enough, and one or two teaspoons of salt will be enough. You can add an appropriate amount of hot water while soaking to maintain the water temperature. Soak for about twenty minutes, dry your feet with a towel, and wrap them up. Wrap it for three to five minutes and it will be done. Soaking your feet in this way not only has a very obvious laxative effect, but also can eliminate fatigue and help sleep.

People with smelly feet can put some vinegar in the water when soaking their feet. This can not only remove foot odor and prevent athlete's foot, but also promote blood circulation and eliminate rheumatism.

Adding ginger, tangerine peel and mint to water and then soaking your feet in it can warm the spleen and stomach and eliminate dampness.

As the saying goes, illness comes from cold. Especially for women, many gynecological diseases are caused by cold body. Coupled with women's physiological characteristics, their bodies are prone to qi and blood deficiency. Foot soaking is a very good way to solve these problems. If you persist in soaking your feet for three months to a year, you will definitely get miraculous results.

There are four taboos for foot soaking:

First, avoid soaking your feet after meals or on an empty stomach. Soaking your feet after a meal will cause blood to quickly gather in the feet, affecting the spleen and stomach's function of transportation and transformation. Therefore, it is best to soak your feet half an hour after dinner. When soaking your feet on an empty stomach, the blood will accumulate in the lower limbs, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the brain and internal organs.

Second, avoid water temperature being too high. If the water temperature is much higher than body temperature, it can easily burn the skin and cause excessive dilation of blood vessels. If you encounter a cold, you can increase the water temperature appropriately.

Third, avoid soaking your feet for too long. If you soak your feet for too long, you will experience symptoms such as palpitations and sweating.

Fourth, avoid taking your own initiative and using Chinese medicine randomly. If you are taking some traditional Chinese medicine to relax muscles and promote blood circulation, it is best to consult a doctor and control the dosage.

Fifth, it is prohibited for special groups of people. Women who are menstruating or pregnant should not soak their feet, and patients with bleeding symptoms should also not soak their feet.

I wonder if friends who have never studied foot soaking in detail will become interested in the knowledge of foot soaking after reading today's analysis and introduction? In fact, health preservation also requires certain knowledge and skills. It is recommended that if you are interested, you can do more research or learn from professionals. Of course, you must never believe the "health rumors" that are circulating, so as not to cause harm to your body.