Symptoms and conditioning methods of damp-cold constitution.

A "cold" physique means feeling "afraid of cold, afraid of air conditioning, feeling cold when sleeping at night", etc.; when a person with a weak body does not pay attention to how to dress in daily life, does not pay attention to covering a quilt when sleeping at night, often uses air conditioning, and takes cold showers, it is often easy for us to suffer from "cold". So how should the damp-cold physique be adjusted?

The following symptoms or characteristics indicate that there is cold and dampness in the body:

A pale, bluish, dark or black complexion indicates that there may be cold in the body. The darker the color, the heavier the cold and dampness. A white tongue coating indicates cold and dampness in the body; repeated oral ulcers indicate coldness in the body; a white tongue coating when having bad breath indicates coldness in the body; thin white sputum when coughing indicates coldness in the body; a runny nose indicates coldness in the body;

If the sweat that comes out is cold sweat, it means there is cold in the body. If you like to sneeze, especially when you wake up in the morning and sneeze constantly when there is wind, it means there is cold in the body. If you feel cold all over when you have a cold and fever, it means there is cold in the body. If you often have abdominal pain and diarrhea, it means there is cold in the body. If you have acne and spots on your face, it means there is cold in the body. If you have eczema, psoriasis, and vitiligo, it means there is cold in the body. If you have cold hands and feet all year round, it means there is cold in the body. Swollen ankles mean kidney deficiency and kidney cold. Pain in the joints of the limbs, sore neck and shoulders, periarthritis of the shoulder, back pain and other symptoms mean there is cold and dampness in the body. The more painful parts and the longer the time, the heavier the cold and dampness in the body.

How to get rid of cold and dampness?

Sufficient blood is the basis for eliminating cold and dampness. Only when there is sufficient blood in the body and the kidney qi is sufficient, the blood circulation can be guaranteed to be smooth and the whole body will feel warm and comfortable. Cold and dampness have no foothold in the face of sufficient blood and freely flowing blood. Without cold and dampness, there will be no pain here and there, and no spots, acne, or ringworm. The whole body will feel warm after exercise.

1. Soak your feet in mugwort leaves. Proper sweating is the best way to get rid of the cold. Proper sweating can get rid of the cold.

2. Eat spicy and warm food to dispel cold. Due to different geographical climates, each region has its own dietary habits suitable for dispelling cold.

For example, people in the north like to eat warm, high-calorie foods such as onions, ginger, garlic, peppers, beef, and mutton to expel cold; Sichuan people like spicy food; Guizhou people like sour and spicy food; Hunan people like fried spicy food; and some people like to drink medicinal wine to expel cold.

3. Heat therapy is a simple, natural and effective way to get rid of cold that people have used since ancient times. Some people use hot water bags, or heated sand and stone salt, paraffin wax for hot compresses; some people use moxa sticks to fumigate the painful area, or apply heat to the painful area.

Some people stick ginger or garlic slices on the acupoints and then use moxa to fumigate; some use Chinese medicine liquid to boil water for fumigation; some use various physical therapy instruments to irradiate and dispel the cold; some use scraping, cupping, etc. to dispel the cold.

4. To make your own external cold-relieving wine, take 50 grams of peppercorns and soak them in 250 ml of white wine (55 degrees). The whole peppercorns should be soaked for a week before use. If you put the peppercorns into a grinder and grind them into powder, soak them for 1 to 2 days before use.