Cold comes and summer comes, autumn goes to spring. Especially in winter, many people are “have grace, not temperature”. This can easily lead to the accumulation of cold in the body, and when the cold accumulates in the body to a certain extent, it will endanger your health. In life, some people around us are often afraid of cold, and they often have cold hands and feet, and their faces are pale. This kind of person is what we call a person with a heavy body of cold.
As the saying goes: “ten people are nine cold and damp”, “all diseases start from cold” “. People with cold constitution have cold hands and feet most of the time, especially afraid of winter. Relatively speaking, the coldness in the body of many female friends in life will be relatively heavier. People with a lot of cold in the body have weak resistance, and it is easy to cause diseases because of the cold in the body.
People who suffer from all kinds of illnesses and colds, generally have these 4 kinds of symptoms
1. Loss of appetite
When the body is cold, the spleen is also affected and its ability to transport water is reduced. People have reduced ability to digest and absorb, showing loss of appetite, diarrhea, and bloating. After this happens, the spirit will also be relatively poor, such as yawning frequently, feeling tired and weak, etc.
2. Joint pain
When the climate changes or it continues to rain, many middle-aged and elderly people experience swelling and pain in their knees, elbows and ankles. Especially when the foot joints are painful, the patient is afraid to walk and rests if they can. This is mainly because they have rheumatism or arthritis. But there is another point that cannot be ignored, that is, the coldness in the body is too heavy, and it needs to be adjusted in time.
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Due to the characteristics of cold “stagnation and contraction”, the circulation of qi and blood in the meridians is generally affected by those with cold constitution, and the trend of qi stagnation and blood stasis is obvious. Generally speaking, for people with cold constitution, the most common one is “Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Syndrome”. Since the spleen dominates the muscles of the limbs, the lack of qi and blood in the limbs is more common, especially the “thenar” part of the palm, which corresponds to the “spleen meridian of foot yang”. The color here will become bluish, or even cyan, these are the manifestations of cold physique.
4. Easy to gain weight and easy to lose weight
Many people will think that your body is gaining weight because you are eating too much. In fact, there is a type of fat that is associated with a cold constitution. If the yang energy in the body is compared to a boiler, it is equivalent to “heating” the body. However, people with a cold constitution tend to have weaker yang energy, so they cannot provide more warmth to the body. In order not to let the heat disappear, the body will accumulate more subcutaneous fat, so the body will become fatter and fatter.
The cold in the body affects your health, so learn these 4 tricks to make you healthier
< p>1. Insist on exercising
Regular exercise will promote the yang qi in the body, generate heat energy, and help to expel excess cold in the body . Before going to bed at night, you can also use the palm of one hand to be close to the navel, the palm of the other hand on the back of the hand, and massage the abdomen clockwise with appropriate strength. Each massage for two minutes can accelerate blood circulation, improve body temperature, promote digestion, and help to dispel cold and dampness.
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People with severe body chills need to adjust their bodies reasonably to improve the symptoms of severe body chills. Generally speaking, people with severe body cold need to be properly exposed to the sun during normal times. However, many people in life always like to stay in the house, especially in hot summer, they like to turn on the air conditioner very much. However, this practice can also lead to further worsening of the cold in the body.
Appropriate sun exposure can not only supplement yang, but also improve immune function and achieve the effect of sterilization. In the process of sun exposure, the body’s synthesis of vitamin D will also increase, which can promote the body’s absorption of calcium, meet the needs of teeth and bones for calcium, and is also beneficial to health. Therefore, people who want to improve their cold physique should increase outdoor activities, help eliminate the cold in the body by basking in the sun, and keep the body in a normal state.
3. Hot foot bath
If people with yang deficiency want to supplement yang qi, it is recommended that they soak their feet in hot water around 9 o’clock every night. At this time, the kidney meridian qi and blood in the body are relatively weak, and the At this time, soaking the feet can add heat to the body, accelerate the expansion of blood vessels, and make the kidney meridians obtain blood nutrients faster, and play a role in nourishing the kidney.
< /img>4. Ensure adequate sleep
Excessive cold in the body can easily affect your health Posing a threat. If you want to improve your body cold, you should take care of your body through reasonable sleep. If people with a cold constitution do not get enough sleep, they may reduce organ function and lead to more severe cold intrusion. Under normal circumstances People need to fall asleep before 11 o’clock. If you can start from sleep, develop regular sleep habits, gradually improve organ function, and maintain a balance of yin and yang, when yang qi is sufficient, the symptoms of severe cold in the body will be gradually improved.
In addition, people who are usually cold should take care of themselves. They should not They should eat less if they have been exposed to raw and cold foods for a long time, including fruits, cold drinks, sashimi, etc. Usually, they should be exposed to warm water, sunlight, keep warm, eat some warm foods such as beef and sheep soup, strengthen exercise, and improve blood circulation speed. .In this way, the body will generate more heat, drive away the cold in the body, and better help us maintain our health.