USE walking barefoot.

This is very useful and very simple procedure as a way of hydrotherapy has been proposed by Sebastian Kneipp. In his book, he wrote: "It is useful to walk barefoot on wet grass. All the same, whether it is wet with dew, rain, or simply poured water. The more moisture in the grass, the longer walks, and the more they do, the best results in the hardening can be achieved. While walking through the grass should be 1/4 to 3/4 hour. After graduating from the walk, do not wipe their feet, it is better to wear the shoes dry ... »

Modern doctors also recognize the benefits of walking barefoot, this procedure helps to avoid such common nowadays diseases like stroke, myocardial infarction, hypertension, angina pectoris and, of course, diseases catarrhal nature. Scientists noticed: in case of accidental submersion of the feet in cold water (12 ° C), the temperature of the nasal mucosa decreases rapidly. Especially expressed such a reaction of the body of water at a temperature of about 4 C, in this case, instantly evident signs of the common cold: cough, runny nose, and so on. D. However, after the daily cooling leg with water temperature 12-14 ° C (for three weeks), the temperature of the nasal mucosa stops change, cold symptoms do not arise. Why? Everything is very simple. Under repeated action of stimuli on the skin formed conditioned reflexes that contribute to the appearance of favorable reactions to the body. The systematic application of cold water causes the body to form a hard heat in the skin. In addition, regular walking barefoot causes thickening of the horny layer of the skin of feet, which makes them less sensitive to cold. Thus, the experimentally observed: one-stage cooling stop water temperature of 10 ° C increases the body temperature of about 0, 4-0, 2 & quot; C, but at least tempering fluctuations in body temperature at first reduced and then completely disappear.

Walking barefoot is not only hardens but also a beneficial effect on blood vessels, heart and other organs. The fact that this procedure has an active effect on the point of the foot responsible for many of the organs: kidneys, stomach, eyes, heart, brain, and so on. D. Thus, this method is better than cure acupressure.

"Before bathing or after leave on the nature, stand barefoot on the ground and in the winter the snow at least for 1-2 minutes," - writes Porfiry Ivanov. It is terrible, of course, that's how to take and go barefoot in the snow. It is much easier to start in the summer, in the country: to the garden and run barefoot through the dewy grass. Children and frequently ill people accustomed to walking barefoot at home is recommended. It is best to start this summer, should begin to walk barefoot in the morning and evening on the floor in the room. On the first day - 10-15 minutes, then the procedure is extended by 5 minutes per day, and eventually brought up to 1 hour. At first, it is not forbidden to walk on the floor in his socks. After a month, you can walk around barefoot in the yard, in the garden.

Most useful, of course, walk on the wet grass, so the doctors and traditional healers recommend to perform barefoot walk in the morning and evening when the dew is on the grass. After this procedure, you must not wiping feet, wear shoes and walk on dry land (the sand or stone) for some time, at first rapidly, then more slowly, as long as wet feet are dry and warm the. It usually takes 15 to 25 minutes.

It is important that worn when walking on wet grass shoes certainly was dry, otherwise the procedure will not be good, but only harm one: can begin runny nose or other cold symptoms appear. Therefore, shoes and socks before walking through the dew leave in a dry place, then to his feet quickly dried out and warmed up.

Even greater are the benefits of walking barefoot on soft sand and wet rocks, in this case, the foot gets in a great session of acupressure. Excellent opportunity for such a procedure among those who spend a holiday at sea beaches, but it is easy to arrange a track of the stones in the yard or at the cottage. Before the morning or evening walk barefoot pour pebbles from a hose or watering can - and you can start improving procedures. If the day is hot and the stones dry quickly, they need to be watered up to 3 times, and the colder the water, the better. Depending on the health and fitness of man walking on the stones treatment should last for 3-15 minutes to an hour.

Do not despair if you are forced to spend the summer in the city and on the sea, and even the cottage can only dream of. Water and beach procedure for the legs is easy to do at home. Pour river pebbles in a flat metal or plastic basin and fill it with cold water - a simulator for the brake ready. In such a wet pebbles need to walk every day for at least 1 minute, and not only in summer but also in winter.

Very helpful and walking on water. This process hardens the body, stimulates blood circulation, improves kidney, bladder, stomach and other organs located in the abdominal cavity. Walking on water eases breathing, relieves headaches, improves sleep. This method can be applied not only to the sea or river, but also in a conventional bath. Type of cool water and do the footwork, overcoming the resistance of water. First, the water level should reach the ankles, then to the calves, then up to the knees. Start walking on water you need 1 minute, then gradually extended to the sessions for 5-6 minutes, the water temperature should be reduced gradually, too. In winter, water can be added to the snow. After the procedure, you need to move. In the summer you can walk outdoors in winter - just the room, until the legs and body will warm not.

The above procedure quenching summer will prepare you to walk on the hoarfrost in the autumn and winter snow. As a preparatory step, you can use foot baths, but they are a little lower. People are too sensitive to cold, you can start with wet rubdowns. Wiping his feet on the night with a towel moistened with water at room temperature, then drops it on a daily basis at 1 C, and in 4-5 days you'll be ready to more severe methods of hardening. By wiping we will return, but for now let's talk about going barefoot.

Walking is recommended by the newly fallen snow, t. E., He should be soft and scattered, not compacted and lumpy. In winter, you can not walk barefoot to do if a cold wind blowing strong, but in the early spring, when the snow begins to melt already in the sun, the wind walks is not a hindrance. The first walk through the snow should not exceed 3-4 minutes, but enough people can walk on the hardened snow, and even a half an hour. During such trips can not stand in one place, it is necessary to perform continuous motion.

You can not start walking on snow, if the whole body is not warmed. If you are cold, do some warm-up exercises, and only then begin the procedure. Do not walk on the snow for those who are sores on the legs or feet sweat a lot. First, you must get rid of this trouble, and then start training. For information on how to get rid of sweating, you learn from sections devoted to baths for feet.

Walk barefoot in the snow can be on the balcony, and even at home. Bring clean snow from the street, put it in a basin or tub and walk on it. You should begin with 1 minute, gradually increasing the time walking. In this way, quenched painful children and adults is a great benefit. Walking on snow improves blood circulation, heart and other organs. With this procedure, you can get rid of skin abscesses, boils, toothache, migraine.

After each walk is necessary to rub the feet and massage the calf muscles by applying the techniques of stroking, rubbing and kneading his hands. Such self-massage should be performed within 10-15 minutes.

Our ancestors were people healthy and strong, and all because of their poverty as paradoxical as it sounds. They went barefoot, resulting tempered and maintained excellent health. It was already known that walking barefoot - beautiful tempering procedures. A big fan of walking barefoot on dewy grass were Pushkin, Tolstoy, Ivan Pavlov.