1, precautions for foot bath
Method: It is best for the elderly to soak their feet in a deep wooden bucket with a large bottom area, so that they can lay their feet comfortably flat and let the water soak all the way to their calves. The water temperature is about 40 degrees Celsius, so hot water should be replenished at any time.
Use massage foot bath with caution: because Chinese medicine massage mainly stimulates local acupoints to achieve therapeutic effect, but the water flow of massage foot bath is not strong enough and the stimulation area is large, so it is difficult to achieve the effect. In addition, the material of massage footbath is complex, and chemical reaction may occur after adding Chinese medicine.
Time: First of all, we should pay attention to the time of soaking feet, not too long, at most half an hour, otherwise the local blood circulation of soaking feet for a long time will be too fast, which will cause relative ischemia in other parts of the body, especially the elderly may faint due to insufficient blood supply to the brain. In addition, it is not advisable to soak your feet within half an hour after a meal, otherwise it will affect the blood supply to your stomach, which will lead to malnutrition in the long run.
Medication: At the same time of soaking feet in hot water, if Chinese medicine can be added to hot water, it can also play a multiplier role in health care for some elderly patients with chronic diseases. For example, the elderly with qi deficiency can choose Dangshen, Astragalus, Atractylodes macrocephala and other qi-invigorating drugs. Patients with hypertension should soak their feet with chrysanthemum, medlar, mulberry branch, salvia miltiorrhiza and borneol. Some elderly people need to promote blood circulation and tonify the kidney in winter, so they can choose Angelica sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Carthami Flos and Radix Dipsaci. Some elderly people have dry skin and are prone to chapping in winter. You can choose cassia twig, honeysuckle and safflower. Take/kloc-0.5 ~ 20g of each of the above traditional Chinese medicines, put them into a casserole and decoct them, then pour the decocted liquid into a bucket, add hot water and soak them for 30 minutes every day.
2. People who are not suitable for pedicure
1, pregnant or menstrual women are not suitable for pedicure. Because Chinese medicine foot bath and acupoint massage may stimulate women's gonadal reflex zone, affect the health of women and fetuses, and even lead to massive bleeding or abortion.
2. Patients with acute infectious diseases, acute poisoning and surgical emergencies such as fracture, burn, perforation and bleeding are not suitable for pedicure. Such patients should take emergency measures in time to avoid delaying the opportunity and not blindly choose pedicure for treatment.
3. People who are extremely nervous or extremely tired, such as extreme sadness, extreme joy, extreme fear and extreme anger, are not suitable for pedicure. These people should have pedicure after being calm or fully rested, so as to achieve the expected effect.
4, renal failure, heart failure, myocardial infarction, liver necrosis and other critically ill patients are not suitable for pedicure. Because the patient's condition is very unstable, the stimulation of pedicure to the foot reflex area may cause a strong reaction, which may lead to the deterioration of the condition.
5. People with various severe hemorrhagic diseases. Patients with severe visceral bleeding such as hemoptysis, hematemesis, hematochezia, cerebral hemorrhage, gastric bleeding and uterine bleeding are not suitable for pedicure. Because pedicure can promote blood circulation, it may aggravate various bleeding symptoms.
6. People who are hungry or full are not suitable for pedicure. Because pedicure will cause local vasodilation and increase blood volume, which will lead to the decrease of blood supply in digestive system such as gastrointestinal tract and affect normal gastrointestinal function.
7. Patients with foot trauma, blisters, scabies, inflammation, suppuration, ulcers, edema and varicose veins are not suitable for pedicure. Because, in the process of foot soaking and acupoint massage with traditional Chinese medicine, the patient's feet will be touched, which may cause serious discomfort such as pain and itching, and even aggravate the condition.