What's so particular about bathing in traditional folk customs?

2065438+February 8, 2008, the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the northern part of China spent a small year on this day. Speaking of off-year customs, we all know that we should offer sacrifices to stoves, sweep dust, eat sugar and eat jiaozi. In addition, there is another important thing: taking a bath. As for the traditional folk custom of taking a bath in the off-year period, health experts also have suggestions to send it, so let Lao Huangli introduce you to the importance of taking a bath in the off-year period.

In the tradition of childhood, adults and children have to take a bath and have their hair cut. There is a folk saying that "people have money but no money, so they shave their heads for the New Year". It is believed that on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God who reported his life to the Jade Emperor will leave. If you want to please this "life Committee member", you must pay attention to personal hygiene and keep yourself clean. And off-year bathing on this day is also very particular.

hot bath

The temperature is about 38-40℃. Try it with your hands. It feels a little hot. Its biggest function is to help clean the skin. In addition, because the temperature of hot water bath is similar to that of most hot springs and slightly higher than human body temperature, it has similar functions to hot springs. If it can dilate skin blood vessels, promote blood circulation and enhance metabolism, it has certain curative effect on neuralgia and rheumatoid arthritis.

lukewarm bath

The temperature is about 35℃, and I feel a little hot when I try it by hand. This is a temperature slightly higher than the skin temperature and slightly lower than the body temperature, which is very suitable for bathing. Warm water bath can calm nerves and reduce cardiovascular burden, and has a good effect on hypertension, neurasthenia, insomnia, skin itching and so on.

The study found that healthy people soaked in water at 35 degrees Celsius for 2 hours, after bathing, the urine output increased, the blood supply capacity of the heart was enhanced, and the average weight was reduced by 0. Five kilos. Regular warm baths can also stimulate appetite and make your face more rosy.

cold bath

The water temperature is about 20℃, which is the most obvious of the three. Modern medical research shows that sticking to cold water bath can not only significantly increase the number of white blood cells and improve immunity; It also has the effects of promoting blood dilution, improving blood circulation and blood quality, and preventing thrombosis.

In addition, cold water bath plays a certain role in exercising people's will, improving people's adaptability to external climate change, delaying the aging of tissues and organs, improving skin blood circulation and keeping skin healthy.

When cold water drenches the body, in order to maintain a constant body temperature, the body will quickly mobilize its regulatory function, which can not only improve the stress ability of the nervous system, but also enhance the elasticity of blood vessels and improve organ function, and has a curative effect on preventing senile diseases such as arteriosclerosis, hypertension and coronary heart disease.