Can a Foot Steamer Remove Moisture from the Feet?
Yes, a foot steamer can help remove moisture. It uses high-temperature steam combined with traditional Chinese medicine essences, allowing medicinal gases to be absorbed by the calves, knees, and soles of the feet. This promotes blood circulation and encourages the excretion of toxins through sweating. Foot steaming therapy is beneficial for conditions like rheumatism, internal rheumatoid arthritis, various types of dermatitis, and can help relieve symptoms such as cold extremities, insomnia, menstrual pain, gastrointestinal issues, and muscle fatigue. The primary functions of foot steaming include warming and activating blood, detoxifying and reducing fat, repelling cold and relieving pain, and soothing and beautifying the skin.
To remove moisture using foot steaming, traditional Chinese herbal medicines like ginger slices, cinnamon, zelan, and mulberry branches are used for their cold-dispelling and dehumidifying effects. These herbs are boiled in water for 20 minutes, and then the feet are soaked for half an hour, submerging the ankles. While soaking, massaging the Yongquan acupoint on the sole and the Yangchi acupoint on the back of the wrist helps dispel cold and dampness.
Is the Fumigation Foot Bath Safe?
- Quality Assurance: All electrical components used in traditional Chinese medicine fumigation steam machines have quality certifications, ensuring stable and reliable performance.
- Safety Protections: These machines have multiple safety features, including temperature cut-off protection, dry-burn prevention, and temperature fuse tubes.
- Material Safety: The wood used in the steam barrel undergoes desugaring, carbonization, and high-temperature drying processes, preventing insect damage and allergic reactions.
- Steam Management: The steam is guided by balloon devices in the barrel and steam-dissipating net devices on the footrest, preventing direct steam burns to the skin and sensitive areas of the legs.
- Separate Components: The steam engine is separated from the wooden barrel, ensuring user safety even if the steam engine malfunctions.
How to Maintain the Steaming Bucket
Upon receiving the steaming bucket, fill it with water up to two-thirds full and let it soak for two days. If not used for an extended period (about eight to nine days), fill the bucket with 30cm of water. Maintaining moisture in the wood helps the bucket adapt to seasonal changes, preventing blackening and rot, even in humid environments like bathrooms.
The Function of the Foot Steamer
Foot steamers are ideal for pedicures, foot baths, foot bath centers, and home use. The experience differs from a typical sauna because the steam generated by the negative ion steam machine is more delicate and carries less heat, providing a gentle warming effect without discomfort. The process stimulates the meridians and acupoints of the feet, helping balance internal organs and endocrine systems, thus enhancing the body’s resistance to disease. It can be used alongside traditional Chinese medicine, Tibetan medicine, Miao medicine, and Yao medicine as needed.
Precautions for Steaming Feet in the Fumigation Barrel
- Duration: Foot steaming should last between 15 to 30 minutes. Prolonged steaming can increase heart rate and place undue stress on the heart, particularly for individuals with weak constitutions, who may experience dizziness or fainting.
- Post-Meal Timing: Avoid steaming feet within half an hour after eating. Doing so can divert blood away from the digestive system, affecting digestion and absorption, potentially leading to nutritional deficiencies. It’s best to steam feet at least one hour after eating.
Note: Individuals with severe heart disease, severe hypertension, severe renal insufficiency, aortic aneurysms, psychiatric conditions, dementia, or pregnant women should avoid fumigation. Additionally, it is not recommended for the elderly, frail individuals, or those with acute and chronic infectious diseases.