Recently, the weather is hot and cold, and people who have been troubled by cold limbs for a long time can feel the temperature drop more than ordinary people. From the physiological and disease point of view, limb cold is related to diabetes, hypotension, anemia, low endocrine function, lack of activity and diseases affecting the neurocardiovascular system.

Li (pictured), a famous female Chinese medicine practitioner, stressed that keeping warm in winter should start with keeping limbs warm. (Photo courtesy of Li Yu's family doctor) Cold limbs in Chinese medicine are mainly divided into qi and blood weakness, qi stagnation, yang deficiency and blood stasis. Deficiency of qi and blood, insufficient energy for warming and nourishing the body, manifested as pale lips, easy fatigue, lack of qi in speech and emaciation. Qi stagnation constitution is often caused by depression, which is prone to symptoms such as chest tightness and depression.

People with yang deficiency constitution, besides cold limbs, have lower body temperature and are afraid of cold than ordinary people. The lip color of blood stasis constitution is deep purple, and the color of limbs is dark red or even deep purple. In cold weather, we should pay special attention to avoid cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, such as myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular accidents.

Keep your limbs warm, keep healthy and strengthen your body.

The peripheral temperature of human limbs not only reflects the blood circulation of the body, but also can achieve the purpose of keeping healthy and consolidating the body by keeping the limbs warm:

First, the foot is the place where the liver, spleen and kidney of the human body follow. The liver has the function of storing blood and regulating qi; Spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow, which has the function of unifying blood circulation; Kidney is the innate foundation, and it is in charge of the reproductive endocrine system.

Second, there are heart meridians and lung meridians on the hands. Heart governs blood, which is the most important organ of human body; The lung governs the qi of the whole body. Qi and blood are the basic substances of human activities. Besides the circulation of the above meridians, the hands and feet also cover the whole body the twelve meridians. Therefore, by simply keeping hands and feet warm, the function of local acupoints can be enhanced, and the function of internal organs can be activated by feedback, thus achieving the purpose of effective health preservation and delaying aging.