Differentiation of symptoms of lower limb chillness in traditional Chinese medicine

In life, many people are particularly afraid of cold, especially in winter. The cold weather makes people don’t want to go out. Sometimes people are afraid of cold in different parts of the body. Some people feel that their limbs are more afraid of cold. This is mostly because there is a lot of cold in the body. If the limbs are cold, you must keep warm, otherwise you will probably get cold legs in old age. So how does traditional Chinese medicine diagnose the fear of cold in the lower limbs?

1. Warming Yang Method

Use cinnamon twigs, cinnamon bark, aconite, evodia rutaecarpa, roasted ginger, dried ginger, etc. The ready-made medicines include Guifu Dihuang Pills and Lizhong Pills. It is necessary to replenish yin and yang at the same time. You cannot replenish yang without yin. Don't you know that yin and yang are interdependent, and there is no yang without yin?

2. Diuresis

Most doctors will not use this method, they will only use aconite and dried ginger. They don't know that to promote yang, it is not about warming, but about promoting urination. Cold and dampness trap the spleen, and even supplementing yang will not work. When yin is strong, yang is weak. If you get rid of the dampness, the yang will naturally flow smoothly and the body will be warm. It is very good to use Wuling San, Weiling Tang, or Zhenwu Tang, which can both replenish yang and eliminate dampness.

This method can be extended to the method of resolving phlegm. If phlegm and dampness block the spleen and the body is not hot, the method of warming and resolving cold phlegm can be used, such as Yanghe Decoction, Erchen Decoction, etc.

3. Depression relief method

The whole body's qi flow is not smooth, mainly due to liver and spleen stagnation, which leads to cold legs and feet. Use Si Ni San.

For example, if a girl has cold limbs due to menstrual pain, it is a sign of depression, and hawthorn and brown sugar water can be effective as a single remedy.

4. Qi and blood tonifying method

The body's qi and blood are insufficient, so very little blood flows to the limbs. How can it be warm? Use Bazhen Soup.

5. Warm Blood Method

Blood deficiency and cold blood. A normal person's blood is hot. Your blood is cold, so how can your limbs be hot? For this condition, use Zhang Zhongjing's Danggui Sini Decoction.

There are too many methods. It depends on how the doctor diagnoses the disease. The Fire God School, which only knows how to use aconite and dried ginger, is a one-sided school. It is not advisable and goes against the medical sage's dialectical treatment.