Healthy Habits

     In Chinese medicine the feet are viewed as the roots of the body.   The energy in the lower half of the body should be warm and dense while the upper body should be cool and clear.  Chinese people are very protective of their feet.  They pay very close attention to keep their feet covered and warm.   In today’s modern world a persons heart and mind is overly stressed.  Too much sensory stimulation through modern technology and fast pace living tends to over work the nervous system.  We tend to be less in our bodies and more in our heads.  The most obvious results of this is insomnia, dream disturbed sleep, shallow sleep, stress, headaches, nervousness, infertility, constipation, fatigue and many other symptoms associated with a nervous system that is over stimulated.  These symptoms can be helped with foot soaking.  People that suffer from menstrual pain, infertility or other types of chronic pain may also find benefits from soaking their feet.  This is due to the fact that warming the feet helps to increase circulation through the entire body.  continue reading »