Is it suitable to soak your feet during menstruation?

Menstruation is a special physiological period for women. During menstruation, women should pay special attention to taking good care of their bodies. They should pay attention to keeping warm and not let their bodies catch cold. If they catch cold, it may cause some unnecessary disease symptoms. So you must be especially careful. So is it suitable to soak your feet during menstruation? Let us introduce it to you in detail below.

Women should not use Chinese medicine to soak their feet during menstruation

The problems that women encounter during their menstrual period are more complicated. If you cannot identify the cause and use Chinese medicine to soak your feet, it will not only fail to have a soothing effect, but may also aggravate symptoms such as dysmenorrhea. Therefore, if women want to use Chinese medicine foot bathing to treat menstrual health problems such as dysmenorrhea, it is best to consult a doctor and take the appropriate medication according to their own situation.

Regulate blood pressure

According to traditional Chinese medicine, the human body's internal organs have corresponding projections on the feet. The feet are the starting point of the three yin meridians of the foot and the ending point of the three yang meridians of the foot. There are more than sixty acupoints below the ankle joint.

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

Improves blood circulation

Foot bath can improve blood circulation in the feet. The warm effect of water can dilate blood vessels in the feet, increase skin temperature, and thus promote blood circulation in the feet and throughout the body. Someone has done a test and found that if a healthy person soaks his feet in 40℃-45℃ warm water for 30-40 minutes, the blood flow in his whole body will increase by 10-13 times for women.

The question of whether it is suitable to soak your feet during menstruation has been clearly introduced above. In normal times, we can choose the appropriate method for maintenance according to our actual situation. Foot soaking is very helpful for the body. However, you should also pay special attention to the method and technique when soaking your feet. Don't make the water too hot, and don't soak for too long.