The older generation said that "cold starts from the feet", while many young people think that "they are not afraid of freezing". Recently, many women have found that their "great aunt" (menstruation) is irregular.
Liu Wen'e, deputy chief physician of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, reminded that freezing hands and feet in winter is not as simple as joint pain.
Liu Wen'e introduced that the ankle area is distributed with lymphatic vessels, blood vessels, nerves and other important tissues, is an important weight-bearing joint in the human body, because the ankle subcutaneous fat is less, so its warm performance is relatively poor, if the ankle is exposed too early, it may lead to ankle pain, and even leg cold. Especially for women, if the feet lack warmth, it is easy to let cool air invade the body, which will cause poor blood circulation, menstrual disorders, abdominal pain, waist and leg pain and other symptoms in the long run, and may also lead to infertility.
"In addition to the ankles, the two parts of the head and navel should not be cold." Liu Wen'e reminded that if women with cold hands and feet mess up their "big aunts", it is usually caused by long-term living habits, dressing habits and other reasons. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain from the aspects of living, diet, solid protection of internal organs, exercise, etc., and open the winter health mode. Go to bed early and get up late to ensure adequate sleep, which is conducive to the potential of yang qi. Winter is usually a strong appetite, spleen and stomach digestion and absorption function is better, the diet can be appropriately added to the high heat, high nutrition, strong taste, strong tonic food, such as lamb, beef, chicken and other animal foods, for the Yang deficiency cold caused by cold hands and feet especially beneficial. Usually, when people with cold hands and feet cook soup, they can add a little warm and yang products, such as ginseng, cinnamon, deer antler velvet, and can also add a small amount of yin supplements, such as goji berries, mulberries, in order to prevent the temperature from being too hot and dry, yang qi deficiency and qi deficiency, can add party ginseng, white art, poria, yam, astragalus and other healthy spleen tonic qi.
Source: China Traditional Chinese Medicine News