Since the time of our great-grandmothers, many folk methods of dealing with ailments have been invented. For example, apply plantain to the cut site, cabbage leaf for puffiness or bruising, breathe over boiled potatoes for a runny nose, and steam your legs for a cold.
Oddly enough, even with the terrible modern ecology and the body utterly weakened by it, these methods still remain effective and help, if not radically, then in combination with other methods.
So, for example, after returning home after a long winter walk, do not be lazy to do prevention: take the time to soar your feet every time you feel even a slight malaise. Well, if the disease makes itself felt with a sore throat, cough and runny nose, then this procedure should become simply indispensable and mandatory.
What is the point of such therapy? How is sheaffect the body? The fact is that hot water stimulates blood flow. In this case, the blood circulates more in the lower part of the body, that is, in the legs, and outflow occurs in the upper part. Accordingly, if we want to facilitate breathing (the work of the lungs, sinuses and respiratory tract), then we must certainly soar our legs.
Contraindications and consequences if ignored
Most people wonder if this procedure has contraindications, despite its harmlessness? For example, is it possible to soar legs with a temperature or other diseases? Yes, there are contraindications, and ignoring them can lead to undesirable consequences.
For example, you can not soar legs:
- at temperature, because hot water raises it even more;
- during pregnancy - this can lead to premature contractions, bleeding;
- for cardiovascular diseases;
- for hypertension;
- just before going outside.
How to soar legs properly
Legs need to soar "wisely". Prepare everything you need for the procedure itself and what you need after it: a basin with high sides (or a bucket), hot water, a kettle of boiling water, mustard powder or mustard (if you are not allergic to these components), a blanket, a towel, warm socks (wool is better).
You need to soar your legs, lowering not only your feet into the water, but also your ankles (at least partially). No need to pour boiling water and suffer: start withtemperature is about 37-38 degrees, and as you get used to it, add boiling water from the kettle. Before starting the procedure, dilute mustard or powder in water - this contributes to a better heating of the tissues and improves blood flow. There is an opinion that you can soar your feet in an infusion of herbs, such as chamomile, mint and sage. You can, but it will make your skin and feet softer and nothing more. Such a decoction is useful only when taken orally in the form of tea with honey. But if you decide to add these herbs or essential oils from them to boiling water, cover yourself over the basin with your head with a large towel or blanket. Thus, you will also undergo an inhalation procedure, which will improve the therapeutic effect. The duration of such a procedure is 10-15 minutes.
After water procedures, the feet should be patted dry with a towel and put on warm socks prepared in advance. It is better to spend some time under the covers with a cup of he althy herbal tea with honey.
