Avoid spicy food for cold hands and feet. Chinese medicine reminds you of 4 taboos

In winter, not only women have cold hands and feet, but also many men. What should we do with cold hands and feet in winter? How to treat cold hands and feet? Why do you always have cold hands and feet? Have you found the reason? That's because you always break the 4 taboos of people with cold hands and feet in winter!

1. Avoid eating meat if you have cold hands and feet

Most people believe that cold hands and feet are caused by insufficient Yang energy, so they will try to find ways to nourish themselves. Mutton and dog meat are considered to be excellent winter tonics. Little do people know that such "tonic" treatment is not only ineffective, but may even aggravate the condition. In fact, the reason why many people suffer from insufficient yang energy is often due to weak spleen and stomach. Even if they eat the most nutritious food, especially the food that is difficult to digest, it will not be absorbed, making it difficult to replenish the yang energy and deliver it to the extremities, causing cold hands and feet. In addition, this type of patients also often have symptoms such as loss of appetite, sallow complexion, and loose stools.

Tips: This type of patients should first regulate their spleen and stomach and then carry out warm tonic. It should be noted that the so-called "tonic" does not mean eating meat, but balanced nutrition. They should eat more whole grains and easily absorbed foods such as fish and shrimp. You can also use yam and lotus seeds to make porridge to help regulate your body. If you want to stew the meat, you can also add some Chinese medicine, such as hawthorn, tangerine peel, cardamom, angelica, etc., to aid digestion and strengthen the spleen and stomach.

2. Avoid losing weight if you have cold hands and feet

Losing weight is an important reason why women have cold hands and feet. Nowadays, more and more girls are dieting and eating only a little at each meal. Not only does this lead to low energy intake, but in the long run it can also lead to anemia, fatigue and weakness. These are the main reasons for cold hands and feet in winter. The vast majority of women have symptoms of blood deficiency, such as frequent dizziness, blurred vision, dull complexion, insomnia, nightmares, irregular menstruation, etc. Moreover, people with blood deficiency are often thin and have poor physical fitness. The primary characteristic of this type of people is that they are afraid of cold. Not only do they have cold limbs and bodies, but they also feel depressed.

Tips: Women with qi and blood deficiency can eat more blood-enriching and spleen-strengthening foods. It is also effective to eat some warm and blood-enriching foods in winter, such as beef, mutton, ginger, red dates, brown sugar water, etc. In addition, you can also eat less foods that have a yin-nourishing effect. Traditional Chinese medicine believes in "seeking yang from yin." In addition, this group of people may wish to eat some foods such as Ophiopogon japonicus, Coix seed, and yam that have the effects of nourishing yin, strengthening the spleen and removing dampness.

3. Avoid spicy food if your hands and feet are cold

In winter, hot pot and malatang are the dietary choices of many people. They think it is a wonderful thing to eat spicy hot pot in the cold winter. However, eating more spicy food in this season, especially for people in the north, will not only fail to drive away the cold, but will instead damage body fluids. Spicy, warm and fragrant seasonings such as chili, pepper, mustard, garlic, onion, curry, etc. can promote blood circulation. In theory, they should be just right for warding off the cold. However, spicy food is very harmful to the gastrointestinal tract. Chinese medicine believes that the spleen controls the limbs, and the spleen and stomach function of those who are weak and have cold hands and feet generally will not be very good. Eating chili to ward off the cold is like robbing Peter to pay Paul, so it is not recommended. In addition, the autumn and winter seasons in the north are not as humid as in the south, but rather dry. Eating too much spicy food will damage the body's body fluids, causing symptoms such as dry skin, dry eyes, dry throat, lack of body fluids, yellow urine, and constipation.

Tips: In addition to Sichuan hotpot, eating hotpot in winter can indeed increase the feeling of warmth, and can remove the coldness from the body and keep out the cold, but be careful not to eat too strong a flavor and avoid it being too greasy. In addition, people generally drink less water in winter than in summer, so you should pay attention to drinking more water. You can also drink more soup and porridge, which can not only warm your body but also replenish body fluids.

4. Cold hands and feet may indicate bad mood

Psychological stress and emotional instability will definitely lead to physical weakness, which may cause symptoms of qi deficiency and blood stasis, and cold hands and feet. Most of these patients suffer from chills and cold limbs due to emotional suppression, depression or sudden mental stimulation, as well as the influence of factors such as cooler weather or cold body. Especially for women during special physiological periods such as menstruation, pregnancy and delivery, cold hands and feet are more common due to physical weakness. In addition, these women often have symptoms such as irritability, impatience, swelling in the flanks, dysmenorrhea, and have a history of bad mood.

Tips: Patients of this type should first maintain a calm state of mind, not overwork, and avoid excessive tension. You can promote blood circulation and improve the symptoms of cold hands and feet in winter by strengthening exercises on your limbs. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen controls the limbs. Exercising the limbs can invigorate the spleen yang, improve the spleen's transportation and transformation functions, and make the production of qi and blood active. People with qi deficiency often have weak spleen and stomach, so we should pay attention to regulating and protecting the spleen and stomach functions.

Those female friends who complain that their hands and feet are not warm enough all day, are you still trying to lose weight? Those male friends who have the Ice Palm still try to eat spicy food? You can’t do that! Remember these four taboos!