Is salt water foot bath effective?

The foot is also known as the second heart of the human body. There are many very important acupuncture points on it, so foot care is particularly important. Salt water foot bath also has many benefits and has a good therapeutic effect on some diseases.

1. Soak your feet in salt water to treat athlete’s foot

This is because table salt has good antiviral and antibacterial effects. If you put table salt into hot water and use the heat in the water, the skin can better absorb the antiviral and antibacterial components of the salt water, and the effect of salt water foot soaking in treating athlete's foot can be achieved.

2. Soaking your feet in salt water can clean your feet

Because of the antiviral and bactericidal effects of table salt, salt water has strong cleaning ability, and you can clean your feet by soaking your feet in salt water.

3. Soaking your feet in salt water can exfoliate

Because table salt has an exfoliating effect, if you put table salt into hot water and soak your feet in it, you can use the heat in the hot water to enhance the exfoliating effect.

4. Soaking your feet in salt water can nourish the kidneys and resist aging

Because our feet are the farthest from the heart, the blood supply is very small, and soaking feet in salt water can allow the effective ingredients of the salt water to enter the kidneys and heart and promote blood circulation, thus achieving the benefits of nourishing the kidneys and anti-aging.

5. Soaking your feet in salt water can cure colds

Soaking your feet in salt water can promote blood circulation and remove the cold from your feet, thus achieving the effect of treating colds.

6. Soaking your feet in salt water can help you sleep and fight aging

Washing your feet frequently with salt water and massaging acupoints such as Yongquan can promote local blood circulation, help sleep and anti-aging, treat colds, and even enhance memory and make the mind feel relaxed.

The method of washing feet with salt water is to add half a spoonful of salt to half a basin of hot water. The water temperature can be slightly higher. However, if there are wounds on the feet, washing the feet with salt water should be postponed.