What causes body cold?

Cold body in women is related to congenital reasons and improper acquired conditioning. For example, it may be caused by circulatory disorders or insufficient yang energy. These are quite harmful to women and can easily lead to irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea. Because hormones may change to a certain extent, it may also cause symptoms of infertility in women.

What causes body cold?

1. Coldness may be caused by circulatory disorders

Weak heart: Inability to supply blood to the extremities of the body. Anemia: Insufficient circulating blood or low hemoglobin and red blood cells. Poor peripheral circulation: The human body's blood vessels will contract and the blood return ability will be weakened, resulting in poor blood circulation in the hands and feet, especially the fingertips.

2. Body coldness may be caused by insufficient yang energy

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold hands and feet are a kind of "blocked syndrome". The so-called "blocked" means blocked. It is affected by factors such as cool weather or cold body, causing the liver meridian to become cold.

The liver's hematopoietic function is affected, resulting in insufficient kidney yang, cold limbs, red or white hands and feet, and even pain.

3. Coldness may be caused by hormonal changes caused by menstruation and childbirth

Among people with cold hands and feet, women account for the majority. This is because hormonal changes affect the nervous system, causing subcutaneous blood vessels to constrict and blood flow to decrease, thus causing cold symptoms.

4. Coldness may be caused by illness

Diseases such as Raynaud's disease, Raynaud's phenomenon (Raynaud's disease is a disease characterized by paroxysmal contraction of small arteries in the extremities causing ischemia in the extremities after being exposed to cold or emotionally tense, also known as extremity vasospasm) and Takayasu arteritis are mostly found in young women; thromboangiitis obliterans is mostly found in middle-aged men. Both of these conditions can cause body cold.

5. Coldness may be caused by mental stress

People who are often under excessive mental stress, are overly sensitive, worry too much, and are often uneasy are also at high risk of cold hands and feet. This is because excessive stress increases the secretion of adrenaline and causes blood vessels to constrict. Once blood vessels constrict, blood circulation is obstructed. If the poor blood circulation is not improved, the blood circulation in the whole body will not be smooth, resulting in low body temperature.