The health of your feet is important in promoting blood circulation and overall health.
Many busy people ignore their feet these days and no longer take foot baths. But traditional Chinese medicine recommends daily foot baths that promote blood circulation and drive away pathogenic energy.
The feet are very important in health maintenance. Ancient Chinese often compare the human body to a tree, with the torso the trunk, the arms the branches and the feet the roots.
It is said that a dying tree withers first in its roots and an aging person first feels health recede from the feet.
So it’s important to take good care of your feet for overall health. Massage, foot exercise, soaking in hot water and sometimes taking herbal soaks are all easy and effective.
There’s also acupuncture, accupressure (reflexology) and application of herbal paste to the feet.
Simple soaking is surprisingly effective. Six meridians (liver, gall bladder, kidney, spleen and stomach) reach the feet, each of which has more than 60 acupunture points. As with the ear, the foot has points that correspond to many parts of the body.
Soaking in hot water activates blood and energy throughout the body. In herbal foot baths, the skin absorbs elements through the skin and these travel through energy channels to target points.
Soaking until there’s a sweat can relieve symptoms of colds, flu and menstrual cramps.
Herbal soaks can be beneficial to those with chronic stomach inflammation, high blood pressure and to stroke patients.
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