The Benefits Of Herbal Foot Soaking
A long time ago, the Chinese discovered several ways to use herb to create a kind of immersion foot that are very good for human health. The treatment can even cure many common diseases. And for those reasons herbal foot soaking method also becomes popular in Vietnam. Many people consider that foot soaking with herbs as a method of relaxation which brings pleasant and benefit for health.
However, several people really understand about all the features of foot soaking method as well as the benefits that is brought from herbs. According to Ms. Thuy – a food massage specialist in hospital Ho Chi Minh City, a foot soaking method can be easily performed by some common herbs such as: mugwort, wild betel leaf, tuber forest, and cinnamon.
In the process of cooking, elements that contain in pharmaceutical materials will dissolve in water or evaporate. The herbs will make an impact directly on the skin and mucosa. Or they can be absorbed by the mucosa, which brings benefits for human body such as: balance blood circulation, reduce muscle pain, gentle nerve and combat stress.
The method of applying foot soaking with herbs is very simple. First we need to boil the herbs and then let it cool at 30 – 40 degrees, after that let the herbs pour in a specialized tray that adjust the vibration on the legs and soak in 30 minutes. The water now contains all of the nutrition which it absorbs from the herbs, has the ability to heal. The healing water combines with waves from vibrated frequency will impact directly on the feet. It makes your body feel gentle, relaxing and lowering the tiredness. Herbal foot soaking method is suitable for the elders, or people who have arthritis and hypertension.
On the other hand, you should combine herbal foot soaking therapeutic with massage or acupuncture the legs to achieve the best results. After 30 minutes soaking feet with herbal water, you should continue to massage and acupuncture points in the legs. Moreover, legs and feet have many acupuncture points, many of them reflexes correspond to organs inside the body. Therefore, when you work with sufficient force, it will help your body to adjust the dysfunction agency respiratory, digestive, circulatory, nervous, musculoskeletal joints, genital, urinary, gentle nerve, reducing stress and relaxing health recovery.
In fact, herbal foot soaking method and massage acupuncture are not difficult to do. If you cannot go to spa, you might soak your foot with herbs by yourself at home. These herbs are mostly common and easy for you to find, they are mugwort, wild betel leaf, tuber forest, and cinnamon. You soak your feet with herbs in 30 minutes, and then massage them by using palms rubbing across strongly round soles of the feet. You need to pay attention to find the pain points. After that, you use your fingers to press exact point of pain, click them and rotate 10 rounds forward and 10 rounds backward. And for the toes you have to do something different, you need strongly massage (put some more pressure on them) and then slightly the toes around and around like a small circle.
In conclusion
The herbal foot soaking is not only a simple treatment, very effective, safety but also easy to implement and not expensive.
