Where did foot bathing originate and what culture did it originate from?

China, Yinxu Culture.

Foot massage is also called foot massage, also known as foot massage, in ancient times, also known as foot pressing, case pestle, claw curtain, etc., from the Shang Dynasty Yin Ruins unearthed oracle bone inscriptions can be found, as early as the 14th century B.C., there are"Foot massage"Written records.

Foot massage is a branch of many massage techniques in China, due to the dense distribution of foot nerves, and there is a close relationship between various parts of the body, so foot massage has gradually been valued, therefore, foot massage is the most important massage technique among many massage techniques.

Foot baths originated in ancient times and are an integral part of medicinal baths. Foot bath, also known as foot soaking, is the single Chinese medicine or compound Chinese medicine boiled filter residue extraction, adjusted to the appropriate temperature, soaked feet or affected part of the best method, belongs to the category of traditional Chinese medicine internal and external treatment, its use is the same as the development of traditional Chinese medicine, has a long history.

Since the Yin Shang period, people have had the behavior of washing their feet and bathing. In the "Fifty-two Prescriptions", there are records of internal diseases and external treatments such as "warm ironing", "medicine and rubbing", and "external washing"; The "Yellow Emperor's Neijing", written in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, has a more comprehensive record of "medicinal baths". As recorded in "Su Wen Jade Machine True Tibetan Treatise":

Spleen wind, itching, abdominal heat, annoyance, yellowing, at this time, can be pressed, medicine, bath". This is the most typical description of the use of bathing to heal diseases; The Eastern Han Dynasty physician Zhang Zhongxue's "Treatise on Typhoid Fever" and "Jin Kui Yaolu" are two books, which contain records of medicinal bathing methods such as "washing", "bathing" and "smoking"; Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty wrote "Elbow Reserve Emergency Prescription" for the creation of various reasons and abscesses washed with vinegar and wine respectively. It is recorded in the book:

If it is hot, take one or two of cork and skullcap and cut it into soup. "Eyewash soup, with angelica, peony, coptis and other parts, fry the thick juice in snow water while it is hot, cold and warm, and then wash. ”；Tang Dynasty Sun Simiao's "Qianjin Yao Fang", "Qianjin Yifang", Song Dynasty Wang Huaiyin's "Taiping Shenghui Fang", Ming and Qing Dynasty's "Puji Fang", "Waizhi Shou Shi Fang", etc., these works have a record of foot bathing; Tibetan medical works such as "Four Medical Classics", "Tibetan Medicine", "Jingzhu Materia Medica", "Tara Materia Medica", "Blue Glaze", etc., also have records of bathing and dressing with medicinal liquids, such as "Jingzhu Materia Medica" writes that "Rhodiola rosea soaking liquid bathing has emollient effect."

It can be seen that the range of medicinal baths is very wide. With the development of modern medicine, the ancient foot bath method has also made great progress, making the foot bath more scientific, simple and effective.

The earliest impression of foot massage was in Lao Mouzi's movie "The Red Lantern Hangs High", in which the wives of the aunts tried their best to serve their feet, competing for the wind and jealousy, and intriguing. Nowadays, the popularity of foot bathing, I don't know whether it is the continuation of the remnants of feudal society or the spread of the hedonistic idea of capitalist society, although this statement is slightly ironic, but after really going to bathe, there is still a feeling of "washing your feet after dinner and racing over the living gods".

Foot bathing is also one of the traditional Chinese health care methods, which belongs to the category of traditional Chinese medicine.