Xinhuanet Chengdu April 26th (Reporter Ye Jianping, Su Xiaozhou) In recent years, more and more people have chosen Chinese medicine foot bath as a way of health care. Guo Wenqing, deputy secretary-general of the Sichuan Reflexology Association, reminded the public that although traditional Chinese medicine foot baths have certain effects in health care, there are also taboos in traditional Chinese medicine foot bath health care. Not everyone can carry it out. It is concluded that at least seven types of people should not be carried out.
One is women in pregnancy and menstruation, because the bathing feet of Chinese medicine may stimulate the gonad reflex zone of women, thus affecting the health of women and fetuses.
Second, people with severe bleeding, such as hemoptysis, vomiting blood, blood in the stool, cerebral hemorrhage, stomach bleeding, uterine bleeding and other visceral bleeding, may cause local problems when performing foot massage. Bleeding within the tissue.
The third is all kinds of critically ill patients with renal failure, heart failure, myocardial infarction, liver necrosis, etc. Because the condition is very unstable, the stimulation of the reflex zone of the foot may cause a strong reaction and complicate the condition.
Fourth, some patients with acute infectious diseases, acute poisoning, and surgical emergencies, such as trauma, fractures, burns, perforations, and major bleeding, may delay the best time for treatment.
Five is a person who is in a state of anger, great sorrow, great joy, or nervousness and physical fatigue.
Six people who have a foot bath within 1 hour before and after meals. Due to the expansion of the blood vessels in the foot and the increase in blood volume, the gastrointestinal and visceral blood is reduced, which affects the gastrointestinal digestive function. That is, the foot bath before meals may inhibit the secretion of gastric juice, which is unfavorable for digestion; the foot bath immediately after meals can cause the blood volume of the gastrointestinal tract to decrease and affect digestion.
Seven are patients with trauma, blisters, hemorrhoids, inflammation, suppuration, ulcers, edema and heavier varicose veins.