The problem of cold hands and feet and poor blood circulation is quite common, which is called Raynaud's syndrome in medicine (fingers will lose their blood color because of cold). In the United States, almost every woman with 5 ~ 10 will have 1, including men. Generally speaking, the body has the ability of self-regulation. When exposed to cold air, the body will naturally slow down metabolism to maintain the heat energy of organs. In patients with Raynaud's syndrome, due to excessive contraction of blood vessels, poor local blood circulation and even blockage, heat energy cannot reach hands and feet, and there will be a tingling sensation, but as long as it is warm, it will recover immediately. More serious Raynaud's syndrome, even ischemia leading to tissue necrosis, must be amputated. Usually, ordinary people can improve as long as they change their lives and keep warm. As far as Chinese medicine is concerned, cold is the source of all diseases and needs to be paid attention to. "A cold is very harmful to your health," said Dr. Lin Jian Chen, director of obstetrics and gynecology at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. When the climate is cold, the body function will be reduced, the resistance will be weakened, and the disease is particularly easy to attack. So as long as the cold current passes, the emergency room of the hospital is always crowded. Cold can also cause pain. Cold can accelerate the contraction of nerves and blood vessels, and cause visceral spasm, such as stomach pain, abdominal pain or physiological pain. Cold also hurts the spleen and stomach, which is easy to cause flatulence and indigestion. In A Dream of Red Mansions, the Jia family, old and young, has little activity, light and greasy diet and weak constitution, and is particularly prone to catching a cold in autumn and winter. Whenever Jia's old people cry about their loss of appetite, family doctors often suggest with a smile that they don't need to take medicine, as long as they "eat lightly, keep warm, or starve for two meals", their bodies will gradually recover. I often come into contact with female patients who seek treatment because of cold hands and feet in outpatient department. Lai Rongnian, director of the Chinese Medicine Department of Yangming Hospital, lamented that modern women have less exercise, decreased gastrointestinal function and poor blood circulation. He further explained that the stomach is the "spleen" of Chinese medicine and is responsible for the whole body blood supply. If the stomach function is poor and the absorption capacity is poor, food nutrition cannot be converted into enough blood to provide body needs, and peripheral blood circulation naturally deteriorates. "There may be some gynecological problems, such as weak uterine function due to insufficient blood supply and frequent dysmenorrhea," Director Lai Rongnian reminded. At this time, the key point of treating cold hands and feet will be to strengthen the function of spleen and stomach and relieve the pressure of life. Especially due to insufficient blood circulation, arthritis patients can best understand the feeling of "heartache when it is cold" and can hardly do anything. Eliminating cold and keeping warm is an important part of TCM health preservation. Especially in the winter when the yang is exhausted, everything is flowing at low tide, which is most suitable for storing and nourishing vitality. Keeping heat, power and warmth in winter, that is, yang, can save enough energy to wait for next spring, except for getting sick less. 6 strokes are cold 1. Regular exercise is not lazy. To adapt to the cold, we must first improve our cold resistance. Exercise is the best way. Continuous regular exercise habits can improve the physique of being afraid of cold. There is an old saying in China: "Exercise more and get sick less in winter. Exercise can really stimulate muscle and blood circulation and improve immunity. Especially in China, people usually overeat, so some people put forward the importance of "medicine tonic is not as good as food tonic, and food tonic is not as good as dynamic tonic". "However, winter sports should not be too intense. Generally, it is good to practice until the body sweats slightly. Playing Tai Chi at home, doing soft exercises or yoga, and practicing cutting skills (legs are shoulder width apart, knees are slightly bent, arms are naturally vertical, palms are backward, and they swing back and forth easily and naturally) can increase blood circulation. Director Lai Rongnian encourages everyone to walk more, as long as they can breathe when walking, and it also has the function of strengthening the stomach. Doing housework and sweeping the floor are also good exercises. ● Intimate reminder: Remember to keep warm when you go out to exercise, and carry a towel with you to wipe your sweat; Do some warm-up exercises before exercise to avoid physical discomfort caused by excessive temperature difference. 2. Warm food supplements food is also the fastest way to make your body feel warm, especially hot drinks. Hot milk with high content in protein, brown sugar ginger tea with warming effect, or western rosemary tea and cinnamon tea are all good heating sources. Dr. Lin Jianchen likes to bring home-made teabags to work, which are cheap and simple. The content and taste change with the seasons and personal preferences (teabags can be bought in Chinese medicine equipment stores): people who are prone to get angry (dry mouth on weekdays) can use Ophiopogon japonicus or Radix Adenophorae to cut into small pieces and soak them in water; Generally, you can choose medlar and red dates, which have the effect of invigorating qi; Longan tea, which is common in the market, enriches blood and is suitable for hardworking office workers. Sesame and peanut contain vitamin E and rich nicotinic acid, which helps to absorb vitamin B and strengthen the ability of nerve to resist cold. Vitamin E can dilate blood vessels and strengthen peripheral blood circulation. Walnut with nourishing qi and blood is rich in nutritional value and suitable for patients with long-term cough and asthma to eat in winter. Dr. Lin Jian Chen Jianyi. Some spicy spices, such as onion, ginger and garlic, can also make the body feel warm, but people with high blood pressure, mania and skin allergies should use them as little as possible. Special reminder, winter diet is best to be light and less greasy, so as not to increase the burden on the stomach. In addition, children's staple food can be slightly increased in winter. Because cold weather is easy to consume calories, and children's activities in winter will not decrease, so they need more calories to supplement. ● Intimate reminder: The role of ginger is to keep warm, which is commonly used by pregnant women when they are confinement; Ginger is sweaty, and ginger should be used at the beginning of a cold. 3. Eating supplements varies from person to person. Tonifying in winter was originally intended to recuperate the weak and sickly physique and strengthen physical strength to resist the cold, but modern people are rich in nutrition. In fact, not everyone needs supplements. Generally, people who are prone to cold hands and feet can supplement some warm medicated diets, such as Siwu Decoction, Sesame Chicken and Shiquan Dabu Decoction. Accelerate blood circulation. If you are prone to dry mouth, bad breath, constipation or high blood pressure, tonic is like adding fuel to the fire. Enough is enough. If you have a cold, fever or diarrhea, you'd better stop all kinds of supplements to avoid aggravating your condition. ● Intimate reminder: Some patients with chronic diseases, such as lupus erythematosus, will get worse if they take supplements. They should look for Chinese medicine to do physical dialectics and supplement their personal weaknesses. 4. Relieve stress. Good mood stress is the cause of the deterioration of blood circulation. Japanese research found that nearly 70% of women have cold hands and feet. These new women have less sleep time and irregular working hours. In this 24-hour tense situation, blood vessels are constantly contracting and blood circulation is getting worse and worse. Therefore, experts suggest that it is best to force yourself to divide the day into three parts: 8 hours of work, 8 hours of sleep and 8 hours of doing what you like. For example, get together with friends, listen to music and learn to relax. These all help to improve cold hands and feet. ● Intimate reminder: Cold weather is easy to make people feel depressed and unstable. Might as well use the body to drive the mind, simple exercise can secrete endorphins, which makes people feel happy. 5. Get enough sleep and nourish the yang. Chinese medicine mentioned that Yang Can promotes the operation of five internal organs, which is the source of human warmth. When the yang is insufficient, it is easy to be mentally exhausted and afraid of the cold. Adequate sleep can just supplement the deficiency of yang. Especially in winter, you should go to bed early and get up late, sleep at night 10, and get up after the sun comes out, so as to avoid catching a cold in the morning and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke caused by rapid contraction of blood vessels caused by excessive temperature difference in patients with chronic diseases. Try not to stay up late. In the morning 1 point, the human body's adrenaline secretion is the lowest, and the resistance is particularly weak at this time. As long as the temperature drops a little, "some asthma patients are most likely to attack at this time." Dr. Chen reminded that adequate sleep and rest will make the body have enough ability to resist the external cold and pressure. ● Intimate reminder: If you feel cold for a while, you can press Hegu point in the center of the tiger's mouth on the back of your hand to strengthen blood circulation. 6. Warm foot bath is good for sleeping. The foot is the farthest place from the heart, and the blood supply is poor. In addition, the subcutaneous fat of the foot is less, the ability to keep warm is poor, and cold feet are quite common. In particular, there are many acupoints in the foot related to the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract. When the feet catch cold, the resistance drops, which is easy to cause upper respiratory tract infection. Foot bath and massage before going to bed can draw air downward, make feet warm immediately, and help sleep. It usually takes about 20 ~ 30 minutes to prepare a pot of warm water to soak your feet. The material for soaking feet can be boiled with 2 Liang of dried wormwood or cassia twig (available in Chinese medicine shops), or some old ginger slices or wine can be put in. By the way, foot massage can speed up blood circulation when soaking feet. For example, pressing the concave point (Yongquan point) that appears when the sole of the foot is bent will make the body heat up rapidly. Foot is rich in acupoints, which are connected with all parts of the body. Regular foot bath and massage can stimulate acupoints and promote blood circulation. ● Intimate reminder: You can also add some coarse crushed pepper seeds or dried peppers to your socks. The release of capsaicin can make your feet hot, just like a natural foot stove, which makes people feel the dawn.