First, what happened to cold hands and feet?
1, kidney-yang deficiency
The most common cause of cold hands and feet is kidney-yang deficiency, and patients with kidney-yang deficiency are prone to feel cold even at room temperature. Eating cold food is the chief culprit of moisture. Female friends should pay more attention to control the intake of cold food no matter what season it is in summer. Some foods in life belong to cold food!
2. Poor cardiovascular circulation
Cold hands and feet have a lot to do with the blood vessels of the heart, because blood is sent by the heart and brings oxygen to all parts of the body. When sugar is oxidized, it can generate heat energy, which will warm hands and feet. Once the function of cardiovascular system is damaged, it will affect the delivery of blood, causing cold hands and feet.
3. Hypoglycemia or hypotension
Generally obese people or people with low blood sugar will also have cold hands and feet. Because hypoglycemia will lead to poor blood circulation, which will cause cold hands and feet. This situation often occurs in the elderly and obese people. Controlling diet and exercise should be helpful!
4, stress, disease.
Long-term mental stress, fatigue, physical weakness, but also easy to cold hands and feet. For example, hypothyroidism, patients' body heat production is obviously reduced due to the decline of basal metabolic rate, and even if they wear more clothes in cold winter, their hands and feet are always cold.
Step 5 wear too little
In cold weather, if you don't wear enough clothes to keep warm, it is especially easy to feel cold hands and feet. This kind of situation usually happens to female friends who love beauty. They often wear stockings, shorts and short skirts under their bodies, so that the cold can easily invade the body from below!
Second, how to recuperate cold hands and feet
1, stick to hot water to soak feet.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold hands and feet are mostly caused by meridian obstruction. Rubbing hands, stamping feet, holding warm water bags and soaking hands and feet in the morning and evening can promote peripheral circulation, thus dredging meridians and warming hands and feet. Soaking feet is a very effective way to relieve cold hands and feet, which helps to promote peripheral blood circulation and dispel the chill. You can soak the water over your ankles every day and soak it in hot water of about 40 degrees for 20 minutes.
2, pay attention to keep warm
Usually, we must pay attention to keep warm, avoid reducing clothes for beauty, and don't wear tight clothes, otherwise it will hinder blood circulation. People with cold hands and feet wear pure cotton socks to keep their feet dry and comfortable. Pay special attention to keep your legs and feet warm. If the lower limbs are well kept warm, the whole body will feel warm.
3. Eat less cold food.
People with cold hands and feet should stay away from "cold" and eat less cold food, such as cold rice noodles and ice cream. People with cold hands and feet can eat more hot and warm foods, such as mutton, dog meat, onions, ginger, peppers and other foods. In addition, friends who want to warm their hands and feet quickly can also eat a bowl of hot noodle soup or drink a bowl of porridge, which can warm their hands and feet quickly.
Step 4 strengthen exercise
Most of my friends' hands and feet are cold because qi and blood do not run to their hands and feet, which belong to the extremities of the human body. Experts believe that strengthening exercise and exercise can promote the movement of qi and blood to all parts of the body. If you have cold hands, you can do more hand activities, and vice versa.
5, qi and blood conditioning
People with yang deficiency should eat more foods that warm and tonify yang and qi and blood, such as poria cocos and black rice paste. The formula of Poria cocos black rice paste is black rice, yam, Euryale ferox, Poria cocos, black beans, peas, raspberries and so on. Black rice has good effects of enriching blood, nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, strengthening the body, warming the stomach, benefiting qi and promoting blood circulation; Yam benefits kidney qi, strengthens spleen and stomach, and has the effect of invigorating spleen and tonifying deficiency; Black beans can improve anemia; Poria cocos and raspberry can benefit and strengthen the kidney. Only in this way can qi and blood be supplemented, yang deficiency constitution can be improved, qi and blood can be sufficient, yin can be balanced, yin can communicate, and cold hands and feet can be improved.
6. Massage and massage
As mentioned above, cold hands and feet are related to the disorder of qi and blood operation. Chinese medicine believes that massage can help qi and blood flow in the body. I suggest you massage your fingers more in your spare time, which can improve the symptoms of cold hands. Take a few minutes before going to bed at night and press Yongquan point on the soles of your feet. This acupoint can not only help keep feet warm, but also have a health care effect on the body.
Third, what to eat with cold hands and feet
1, mutton
Nutritional value: Mutton is rich in high-quality protein, calcium, iron, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2 and other nutrients, which can supplement enough calories and vitamins in winter to achieve the effect of "warming up".
Food Matching: Ginseng Mutton Soup, Mutton Walnut Soup, Sea Cucumber Mutton Soup and Braised Mutton with Cordyceps sinensis can improve the warm-up effect of mutton, and adding walnut kernel can also eliminate the smell of mutton. But mutton should not be eaten with pumpkin, otherwise it may cause jaundice or beriberi.
Tips: Chinese medicine believes that mutton can replenish blood deficiency, which is known as "ginseng can replenish qi and mutton can replenish shape". Suitable for people who are afraid of cold, thin, old and weak. But people with fever, eye diseases, diarrhea and accumulated heat in the body had better not eat it, so as not to aggravate the condition.
2. Nuts such as walnuts, sesame seeds and peanuts.
Nutritive value: Nuts are rich in oil, polyunsaturated fatty acids, phospholipids, B vitamins and vitamin E. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that nuts are mild in taste and have the functions of tonifying kidney, strengthening brain, strengthening heart and keeping fit, and keeping out the cold. In addition to helping the body resist the cold, it is also a beneficial food for strengthening the brain, beautifying and resisting aging.
Food Matching: Walnut and Jujube Porridge, Hazel and Gouqi Porridge, Peanut and Jujube Pork Foot Soup, Braised Chicken with Chestnut, Shrimp with Cashew Nuts, Ginkgo Bladder Soup, etc. Both of them have a good warm-keeping effect and are simple and convenient to make.
Tip: Eating nuts in moderation varies from person to person. People who often get angry, have diarrhea or cough due to phlegm-heat should try to avoid eating.
3. Jujube
Nutritional value: There are folk sayings that "eating three dates for a hundred years will not make you old" and "adding red dates to porridge for better skin". Jujube has the effects of tonifying deficiency and benefiting qi, nourishing blood and calming nerves, strengthening spleen and regulating stomach. Jujube is rich in cyclic adenosine monophosphate, which is an essential substance for human energy metabolism. It can enhance muscle strength, eliminate fatigue, dilate blood vessels, increase myocardial contractility and improve myocardial nutrition.
Food Matching: Qi Zao He Tang (take Astragalus membranaceus 15 ~ 30g, Jujube 10g, Lily 30g, stew for 30 ~ 40 minutes, and then eat soup with ingredients). The combination of these three is very beneficial to people with deficiency of both qi and blood, which can relieve fatigue, chills and other symptoms, and also moisturize and whiten skin.
Tips: Chinese medicine believes that jujube is a good product for tonifying the middle energizer, tonifying the kidney and warming the stomach, and treating yin deficiency. However, obese patients should avoid overeating because of excessive phlegm, full abdomen and thick and greasy tongue coating.
4, leeks
Nutritional value: Chinese chive is an exciting medicine, which has the functions of strengthening stomach, refreshing and warming. Every 100g edible part contains 2-2.8g of protein, 0.2-0.5g of fat, 2.4-6g of carbohydrate, and a large amount of carotene and vitamin B2, which ensures its "warm-up" effect. Leek also contains volatile propylene sulfide, which is spicy and can stimulate appetite.
Food Matching: Cooking leeks is very simple. Fried shrimps, eggs, pig liver and sheep kidney with leek can enhance its efficacy. It's also good to put some leeks in the porridge. Note that, according to "Dietotherapy Materia Medica", leek should not be eaten with honey, otherwise it may lead to diarrhea.
Tips: Chinese medicine believes that leek is a warm-bellied food, suitable for the weak who are afraid of cold and kidney-yang deficiency; Women with deficiency and cold in the late menstrual period and postpartum period can take appropriate supplements; However, people with tonsillitis, nasal empyema and otitis media should not eat leeks.