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What causes the body to get cold? What food should I eat when I am sick with a cold?
Many people in life have symptoms of body cold. Body cold is a kind of constitution, and the symptoms are generally a series of symptoms, so we should pay attention to the conditioning of body cold, because the symptoms of body cold still have many effects on the body, especially women. So, what is the cause of general body cold? What food should I eat when I am sick with a cold?

1, the cause of body cold

1, poor blood circulation in the body

When the organs in the body begin to age, such as the decline of heart function, and the blood can't meet the needs of all parts of the human body, chills will naturally occur. Anemia and poor blood circulation can also lead to poor circulation of human limbs, which in turn causes chills.

2. Yang deficiency of the body.

In traditional Chinese medicine, yang is the basis of maintaining life, which has the functions of warming the body, promoting the circulation of qi and blood, protecting the body and preventing diseases. When the body's yang is insufficient, there will be chills, body chills and other phenomena. Even Chinese medicine believes that deficiency of yang can cause pain.

3. Causes of disease

The so-called long-term illness is weak, and people who have been ill for a long time are prone to the phenomenon of insufficient yang and poor qi and blood, because the disease consumes too much of the human body.

If the body is damaged and not nursed back to health in time, it will naturally cause body cold.

4, the diet of the day after tomorrow leads to

The first is the acquired bad eating habits, such as excessive consumption of cold food, partial eclipse, dieting and so on. On the one hand, it is easy to hurt the gastrointestinal tract, on the other hand, it leads to insufficient calories and sub-health.

Secondly, being in a bad mood, loving alcohol and tobacco, not exercising and other habits will also cause physical weakness and chills.

2. Body cold symptoms

The symptoms of body cold will vary according to the severity in the human body.

1, imperceptible slight body cold

Mild body cold is generally manifested as chills in hands and feet, chills all over the body, dysmenorrhea, dull complexion, fatigue and joint pain. Of course, not all these phenomena will happen, and it is precisely because of this that body cold is easily overlooked.

2, moderate body cold is easy to cause physical discomfort.

Physical discomfort caused by moderate body cold symptoms will be considered as caused by other diseases. Oral diseases, constipation, irregular menstruation, dry skin, etc. It often happens, especially the skin of the feet is more prone to chapping.

3. Severe body cold that easily leads to disease.

Severe body cold can cause physical diseases, such as frequent urination, urinary incontinence, edema, numbness of limbs, gastrointestinal discomfort, loss of appetite and poor energy.

Therefore, body cold is not only as simple as being afraid of cold, but also may cause physical diseases. So how to adapt to body cold?

3. What should I eat if I feel cold?

1, brown sugar rose

Foods made of roses and brown sugar are very suitable for menstrual women to drink. Roses have the functions of relieving depression, promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, regulating menstruation and relieving pain. It can improve the symptoms of dysmenorrhea, menstrual disorder and depression caused by body cold in female menstrual period. Brown sugar has always been an indispensable skin care product for women during menstruation, which can warm the body and improve fatigue.

2. Stewed chicken with angelica

When cooking chicken soup, you can add some angelica, longan, red dates and medlar, which have multiple health-preserving effects. First of all, chicken is low in fat and rich in protein, which can well supplement human protein. At the same time, drinking chicken soup often can prevent respiratory tract infection.

Secondly, angelica can replenish blood, promote blood circulation, and regulate the stagnation of qi and blood caused by body cold. At the same time, jujube, medlar and longan all have the function of enriching blood and benefiting qi.

3. Ginger brown sugar tea

People with cold body are prone to catch cold, and abdominal pain is easy to occur because of cold. Abdominal pain is easy to occur in the morning and evening of autumn. This phenomenon can be improved by drinking ginger and brown sugar tea.

Ginger has the function of warming middle warmer and dispelling cold, which can not only regulate cold, but also improve abdominal pain, loss of appetite, nausea and other symptoms caused by cold.

4. Dangshen Jujube Tea

Dangshen jujube tea is brewed with boiling water, which is suitable for conditioning spleen deficiency, laziness and cold hands and feet caused by body cold. Among them, Codonopsis pilosula is a medicinal material for invigorating qi, which is very effective for body cold caused by deficiency of both qi and blood.

4. Body cold daily regimen.

1, foot bath

Body cold often causes poor blood circulation in limbs. In order to improve this phenomenon, you can keep in good health by soaking your feet. Soaking feet can promote blood circulation of lower limbs and improve abdominal pain and joint pain caused by body cold.

2. Avoid the stimulation of cold food.

The stimulation of cold food will aggravate the phenomenon of body cold, such as abdominal pain and diarrhea.

3, moxibustion

Moxibustion is not only a therapeutic method, but also a health care method, which is also regarded as a warming method by Chinese medicine. Moxibustion can dispel cold and warm abdomen. Therefore, body cold actually has certain conditioning methods in daily life.

5, cold daily conditioning method

1, avoid all cold food.

If you have determined your cold constitution, you should cut off all cold foods, especially cold drinks. Such as: ice cream, ice cream, frozen fruit, ice water, etc.

2. refuse cold food.

For example: crabs, turtles, snails (cold), oyster meat, mullet, octopus.

Fruits include bananas and persimmons. Some vegetables and spices are cold.

3. Avoid cold and humid places.

Wet and cold places, as the name implies, will make the cold constitution more serious, or stay in an air-conditioned room for a long time without going out, which also has a great impact on our health. If the working environment is unavoidable, you can choose to add more food to your diet, or choose to adjust your working style and let yourself walk regularly.

4. Food supplements qi and blood

The cold is too bad because female friends come to menstruation once a month, and girls with insufficient blood and weak blood are more or less cold. Eat more nutritious food, especially those that tonify qi and blood. Remember to break the food into pieces or cook it soft and it is easy to digest and absorb!

5, hot feet to drive cold

Hot feet can drive away the cold, but this kind of struggle that requires you to persist for a long time cannot be achieved overnight. If you burn your feet overnight and forget them overnight, it will be in vain. You must insist on ironing your feet. How can I burn my feet? Boil a pot of hot water and burn it slowly in a vat. Be sure to burn it until it is hot. You can soak in hot springs if you have the conditions!

Experts especially remind everyone that if you want to get pregnant, you should pay more attention to eating warm food. Warm food can warm the body, make it excited and increase its vitality. It is suitable for people with cold constitution, and can improve their functions of decline, stagnation, anemia and atrophy, such as litchi, angelica, ginger, longan, garlic, scallion, almond and peanut. Proper exercise increases physical vitality, helps to promote blood circulation, and is very beneficial to improve cold constitution!

6. How do white-collar women in the office improve their body cold by blowing air conditioners?

It is hot in summer, but they always stay indoors with strong air conditioning, and there are also many women who suffer from waist and joint pain due to cold. Coupled with walking indoors and outdoors, there are not a few cases where the body temperature sensing system has problems and cannot adapt to temperature changes. According to reports, experts warned everyone: "There are not a few cold constitutions caused by living habits. We should pay attention to adjusting living habits at ordinary times to avoid the harm of cold to the body."

7. Women with cold constitution are more prone to fatigue and edema.

Women have less muscles than men, so they are more vulnerable to body cold. This is because it is not fat but muscle that produces body heat. Women have less muscles, so they are more likely to get cold. In addition, if you often work overtime until late at night, this irregular living habit will easily lead to the collapse of the balance of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves and the deterioration of metabolism, which will directly lead to the occurrence of physical chills. In addition, people who like to wear halter tops, low-waisted pants and lose weight excessively are also the reasons for their chills.

When the human body is in a cold state, the most direct symptoms are fatigue, edema, dizziness, headache, insomnia, inattention and possibly catching a cold. In addition, it may also lead to severe dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, stiff shoulder and neck, dark circles and dry skin.

Chinese medicine treatment of body cold, first of all, to rule out diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypothyroidism and other causes of body cold. After eliminating the cause, we only need to pay attention to living habits to improve the symptoms of body cold.

6. How to regulate women's body cold?

1. Watch your diet

Women usually need to eat less cold and spicy food, pay attention to the balance of diet and nutrition, and drink more boiled water, especially Jiang Shui, which has a good effect on improving body cold.

2. Take a hot bath (38-40℃)

Women insist on taking a warm bath for half an hour every day, which can not only relieve fatigue, but also promote blood circulation, drive away body cold and improve cold constitution.

3. Pay more attention to keep warm

In winter, many women also "prefer grace to temperature", which makes it difficult for the body to resist the external cold and aggravate the body cold. Women need to pay attention to add clothes in time and do a good job of keeping warm.

adequate sleep

Night is the time for the human body to adjust itself. Don't often stay up late, otherwise it will reduce immunity, make people listless, and make cold easily invade the body.

5. Moxibustion improves physical fitness

Nowadays, many people will improve their physique through moxibustion. Moxibustion at different acupoints can achieve different effects and has a good health care effect.