In fact, cold hands and feet are a way for the body to protect itself. Generally speaking, when our body is attacked by cold, in order to avoid too much damage, blood will flow to important organs such as the heart, so that the blood in the limbs will be reduced and blood will be lost, so there will be symptoms of chills in the limbs. Of course, if our hands and feet are cold all the time, we should pay attention. This may be a warning from the body.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the reason of cold hands and feet is mainly related to the yang in the body, or the liver qi is not smooth.
If the hands and feet are cold and the whole body is afraid of cold, in the same environment, they wear more clothes than ordinary people. This kind of person is the performance of insufficient yang in the body, and needs to supplement yang to warm the limbs and the whole body;
If only the hands and feet are cold, the body has no symptoms of being afraid of cold, or even the face is red, this is most likely caused by liver depression. At this time, it is necessary to soothe the liver and relieve depression and relieve qi in the body.
Knowing the cause of cold hands and feet, how to relieve or treat it? Presumably, many people are paying attention. Chinese medicine has given three ways to help them improve their "cold-fearing" physique and not be "ice men" in winter. So, what are these three coup? Let's have a look.
1. Eat more spicy food.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pungent taste can be dispersed. According to the theory of four qi and five flavors in traditional Chinese medicine, pungent flavor has the characteristics of "dispersing", that is to say, pungent flavor has the functions of dispersing, activating qi and promoting blood circulation.
Clinically, pungent drugs are mostly used for people who are cold-dispelling, qi-activating and bloating-relieving, and are afraid of cold constitution. They can eat more beef and mutton at ordinary times, and add pungent onions and peppers when cooking, which can promote blood circulation in the body and warm limbs, but they should also eat less cold foods such as cold drinks at ordinary times to avoid aggravating their illness.
2. Exercise sweats slightly
According to the principle of yin and yang in the Book of Changes, "moving is yang, and static is yin". Regular and reasonable exercise can increase the yang in the body and help to supplement the deficiency of yang. Usually, you can choose appropriate and effective exercise methods according to your physical condition and personal hobbies, such as Tai Ji Chuan and Baduanjin, but it is best to sweat slightly when exercising, because the yang will be excreted with sweat, and excessive sweating will lead to yang failure and sudden loss.
Not only that, you can also bask in your back and replenish the yang in your body. Chinese medicine says that "the back is yang", and there is a very important meridian on our back, called "Du meridian", which is the "sea of yang pulse" of the human body. Warming the middle meridian plays a vital role in yang in the body.
3. Moxibustion points
Moxibustion is a unique treatment method of traditional Chinese medicine. Moxibustion can not only drive away the cold evil in the body, restore the yang, but also play an important role in nourishing the viscera. In our body, there are two acupoints with warm-up function, which can play an unexpected role if stimulated frequently.
Zusanli is the first point of health preservation. There is a folk saying that "it is better to eat an old hen than to press Zusanli". This point is an important point on the stomach meridian of Foot Yangming, which has the functions of warming the middle warmer, dispelling cold, strengthening the spleen and tonifying yang, and tonifying the middle warmer and benefiting qi.
Guanyuan point is an acupuncture point on the twelve meridians's Ren meridian, which Taoist Laozi called "the mysterious entrance". Moxibustion at Guanyuan point can regulate all the symptoms of yang deficiency in the body, especially for people who are afraid of cold. Moxibustion at Guanyuan point can relieve the symptoms of yang deficiency in the body and supplement one's own yang.
In fact, in addition to these, changes in daily living habits can also improve one's physical fitness, such as going to bed early and getting up early, and adapting to the changes of yin and yang in the external environment. For people with cold hands and feet who are prone to anger and irritability, there is a saying in Huangdi Neijing: "Blood returns to the liver when people lie down", and nourishing liver blood is also an important means to alleviate the condition.