Means for fatigue of legs - foot baths. To do this, take 2 pelvis with water, in one the water will be hot, and in the other cold, the difference in degrees should be at least 20-22 degrees. In the water we add decoctions of herbs - rosemary and mint, they will relieve the pain, thyme disinfects, calendula and chamomile soothe. You can add essential oil to the water with salt. After the bath, we will lubricate the skin with oil - olive, sesame, linseed, beforehand add a couple of drops of vitamin A, or replace it with salt.
Be sure to buy medical insoles, which have a massage effect. As in the palm, and on the foot, there are many points that project internal organs. In this zone, a light massage can restore the tone to the entire body, including the legs. It is important not to overdo it, do not need to walk all day in these insoles, it will be enough to walk around the house for a couple of hours.
Foot baths from leg fatigue:
Cold foot bath
It is useful to stand in cold water for 1 or 4 minutes. The water in this tub should be up to the knees or up to the calves. If a person is healthy, then this bath serves as a strengthening and refreshing remedy. Such baths are very useful for rural people when they can not fall asleep after a hot and hard day. Such foot baths bring peace, eliminate fatigue and bring a healthy sleep.
Warm foot bath
In a bath with a temperature of 25 to 26 degrees Celsius, put 2 full handfuls of wood ash and a full handful of salt, mix well. The duration of this bath is 15 minutes. You can make a bath, only with a temperature of plus 30 degrees Celsius, behind it you need to make a cold foot bath, lasting no more than 30 seconds.
Foot baths are recommended for very young and old, nervous, anemic and weak women, they act with convulsions, throat pain, headaches, with hot flushes and circulatory disorders, and so on. Foot baths act soothingly, distract blood to the legs.
Foot steam bath
On the chair, lay out a thick and wide woolen blanket. Next, we will place the dishes filled with half-boiled water. On the edge of the dishes we put 2 plates on which we put our feet. The patient sits down, wraps himself up in a blanket, and then the steam goes through the blanket, as if it were a pipe.
For foot steam baths we use decoctions of hay. To enhance the effect of vapors, we lower the red-hot brick every 10 minutes into the water. The duration of such a steam bath is 15 or 30 minutes. After the steam bath, we cool the body. Baths for the feet are used for cold in the legs, with stagnation of blood, swelling, sweating of the feet. Foot baths promote successful recovery, activate the vital functions of the body.
Cold foot bath
This procedure is used for healthy people, as a strengthening, hardening and refreshing organism. It removes fatigue, heals insomnia, improves the work of the heart and blood vessels, increases the flow of blood from the chest and down from the head, improves blood circulation. This method is useful in cold feet syndrome, for those who have abscesses from the cold. It is necessary to start hardening when the body temperature is high, or otherwise the person feels a chill, and such a procedure will not do him good.
Let's immerse our feet in cold water in caviar. Bath procedure is not more than one minute. People who are sensitive to cold, you need to start a bath for feet with cool water, and gradually lower the temperature.
On the fatigue of feet from folk medicine:
Bath for feet with decoction of oat straw
Take the oat straw, cook it for 30 minutes, and cool the broth to 25 degrees, use it for the foot bath. The procedure time is half an hour. Baths soften the hardness on the legs. Foot baths help with festering and open wounds on the legs, with rotting and growing nails, with gout, callous rheumatism, and leg fatigue.
Foot bath with wood ash
In a warm bath with a temperature of 37 or 39 degrees, put a handful of sea salt and 2 handfuls of wood ash, and as it should, mix. The bath lasts 15 minutes. These baths are useful for women in menopause, for debilitated and elderly people. Such baths have a good effect in convulsions, with throat diseases, headaches, hot flashes, and circulatory disorders.
Foot bath with coniferous extract
We pour three liters of warm water into the basin, add 2 tablespoons of pine extract, 3 tablespoons of table salt or sea salt, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. We take a bath for fifteen minutes. It improves blood circulation in the extremities, relieves pain, tones tired legs.
Herbal foot bath
Bath with decoction of flaxseed, lime blossom, nettle, chamomile flowers, helps with skin inflammation. Put a handful of each kind of raw material into the pan, fill with a liter of steep boiling water. We insist for half an hour. The filtered broth is poured into a basin, we add 2 liters of water of the necessary temperature and we place the feet for half an hour in a bath.
Contrasting foot baths are a useful procedure. They are used for hardening, with migraines, cold feet syndrome, severe sweating. Contrast baths relieve pain after heavy loads, relieve swelling and fatigue of the legs. These baths can not be used for exacerbation of kidneys and heart diseases.
We put the 2 pelvis with the cold from -10 to 12 degrees, and from 40 to 42 degrees with water. In turn, we dip our feet on the ankle in hot water for a couple of minutes, and in cold water for twenty minutes. Begin with a comfortable temperature and each procedure should be shorter. Contrast baths apply every other day or every day, a course of bathing 12 or 20 procedures.
Now we know what foot baths from folk medicine should be used for foot fatigue. Before applying these baths, you need to consult a physician beforehand.