The weather is so cold, how can I warm myself up?
If you are afraid of the cold in winter, I have summarized four tips to help you resist the severe cold:
One diet:
Cold foods such as beer, ice cream, raw vegetables and fruits It will make the body feel cold, so be careful not to consume it excessively, and try to avoid eating it at night. Hot foods can warm the body. Meats: beef, chicken, mutton; seafood: sardines, mackerel; vegetables: carrots, onions, green onions, pumpkins. Generally, seasonal vegetables in winter are hot; fruits: chestnuts, walnuts, apples, dates; seasonings: Mustard, cooking wine, vinegar, brown sugar, turmeric, onion, garlic, cinnamon and mint. Develop good eating habits, quit smoking, and avoid excessive drinking.
2. Appropriate exercise:
Exercise can promote the growth of heat-producing muscles, improve hormone secretion, and promote metabolism. In addition, exercise can also help transport heat to various parts of the body. Experts suggest that instead of hitting the gym, walking one stop on your way to work can be more effective.
Three things to wear:
The basic principle of dressing is "thin tops and thick bottoms." Because there are many large blood vessels around the waist, if the lower body can be kept warm, the upper body will not feel too cold. Tight clothes and tight pants should be avoided as they may impede blood circulation. In addition, you can also use easy-to-take-on jackets to add or remove clothes at the right time to make your body feel comfortable.
Four traditional Chinese medicines for conditioning:
Huiren Shenbao has a very good conditioning effect on the cold in winter.
I used to be very afraid of winter. When winter comes, it’s freezing. No matter how much I cover myself, I feel cold. I saw many people wearing very little clothing in winter and they were so hot that I felt envious. Later, I was recommended by a friend. , I realized that the key is to fundamentally improve physical fitness and strengthen Yang Qi. From then on, I insisted on exercising and bought Huiren Shenbao for conditioning, 3 times a day. I insisted on taking it, both internally and externally, and exercised more After taking supplements with food and medicine, my body finally recovered and I was no longer afraid of the cold in winter. 1) Tips: Your hands and feet will no longer be cold in winter
Four major reasons for cold hands and feet
1. Circulation disorders
1. A weak heart cannot supply blood to distal parts of the body.
2. Anemia: Insufficient circulating blood volume or low hemoglobin and red blood cells.
3. The human body's blood vessels will shrink and the blood return capacity will be weakened, resulting in poor blood circulation in the hands and feet, especially the fingertips, which is often referred to as "poor peripheral circulation."
2. Insufficient Yang Qi
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold hands and feet are a "closed syndrome". The so-called "closed" means blockage, which is caused by factors such as cold weather or cold body. Affected by cold, the liver pulse will be cold, and the hematopoietic function of the liver will be affected, resulting in insufficient yang energy in the kidneys, cold limbs, red or white hands and feet, and even pain.
3. Hormone changes caused by menstruation and childbirth
Women account for the vast majority of people with cold hands and feet. This is a hormonal change that affects the nervous system, causing subcutaneous vasoconstriction and reduced blood flow, thereby triggering cold symptoms.
4. Disease factors
Raynaud's disease, Raynaud's phenomenon, and Takayasu arteritis mostly occur in young women. Thromboangitis obliterans occurs more often in middle-aged men.
In addition, people who have excessive mental stress, are overly psychologically sensitive, worry too much, and are often uneasy are also people who are at high risk of cold hands and feet syndrome.
The dangers of cold hands and feet
Cold hands and feet can lead to oligomenorrhea, irregular menstruation, and even infertility in women. During special physiological periods such as menstruation, pregnancy, and childbirth, women may suffer from physical weakness due to physical weakness. , more likely to cause cold hands and feet. If not prevented in time, it will lead to poor mental health and physical chills. Long-term cold hands and feet may also lead to frostbite in winter. It is also related to rheumatism, stomach problems and other diseases.
(2) Seven tips to prevent and treat cold hands and feet
If it is caused by a disease, it is natural to treat the disease first. For cold hands and feet that are not caused by disease, we should start from all aspects of daily life, quickly start exercising, diet therapy, taking medicated meals, bathing, massage... Naturally, your limbs will be warm and your complexion will be rosy.
1. Keep warm
Beauty cannot be frozen. Pay special attention to keeping your legs and feet warm. If your lower limbs are well kept warm, your whole body will feel warm. Don't wear clothes that are too tight as they can impede blood circulation. Before going to bed at night, remember to soak your feet. It will be easier to fall asleep if your feet are warm.
2. Exercise
Get up early in the morning and do some exercise to speed up blood circulation and metabolism. You will be full of energy throughout the day and will be less likely to get cold. Simple climbing stairs, jumping in place, etc. can help strengthen your body temperature regulation ability.
3. Diet
Supplement more vitamin E; eat more foods containing niacin and B vitamins, which can expand peripheral blood vessels; eat more warm foods such as nuts and carrots, Avoid eating cold food, ice products or drinking cold drinks; eating spicy food such as chili, pepper, mustard, etc. can promote blood circulation.
4. Take traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine has fixed prescriptions to treat cold hands and feet, such as Shiquan Dabu Decoction, Bazhen Decoction, Siwu Decoction, Lizhong Decoction, etc.
These traditional Chinese medicines are usually more suitable for people with weak and cold constitutions. However, it is better to ask a Chinese medicine practitioner to prescribe medicine.
5. Eat on time
Don’t have a partial eclipse or lose weight excessively. Allow your body to store an appropriate amount of fat, which can help maintain body temperature. If you know in advance that you will not be able to eat on time due to busy work today, you can prepare some biscuits, bread, or ginseng tea to replenish calories in a timely manner.
6. Take a bath
Adding ginger or chamomile, cinnamon, rosemary and other essential oils, pepper bath agents, etc. to hot water can promote blood circulation and warm the body stand up.
The Tai Chi Tibetan Medicine Fire Dragon Bath recently launched by Asen Big Barrel uses a wooden barrel bath with Tibetan medicine, fire dragon meridian strips soaked in Tibetan medicine for back meridian fire dragon bath, aromatic essential oil meridian detoxification, and ear candling and brain candling. By reducing stress and other methods, two and a half hours of operation can enhance Yang Qi, cure diseases and prolong life.
7. Massaging the Yangchi point can warm up the body
The name Yangchi means to accumulate the heat of the sun. The Yangchi point is on the back of the hand and wrist, right at the gathering point between the bones on the back of the hand. The way to find it is to first tilt the back of your hand upwards. Several wrinkles will appear on the wrist. Press the wrinkles on the side close to the back of your hand. You will find a tender point in the center. This point is the Yangchi point. . Yangchi point is an important point that controls blood circulation and hormone secretion throughout the body. As long as this acupoint is stimulated, blood circulation can be quickly smoothed and the body can be warmed.
To stimulate the Yangchi point, it should be done slowly, for a long time, and with a gentle intensity. It is best to use both hands together. First use the middle finger of one hand to press the Yangchi point of the other hand, and then switch to use the middle finger of the other hand to press the Yangchi point of this hand. This posture can naturally transfer power from the middle finger to the Yangchi point without the help of others. Women with cold hands and feet generally don't have to worry about the coming of winter as long as they insist on stimulating the Yangchi point.
In addition, massaging the Yongquan point, Laogong point, Qichong point, and slapping the Shenshu point all have certain effects.
(3) What should a little woman who is afraid of the cold eat more?
In the cold winter, in addition to strengthening physical exercise and wearing more clothes, if you can eat more cold-proof food every day, you can improve the body's cold resistance. Common cold-proof foods in daily life include:
Meat: Dog meat, mutton, beef, and venison have better cold-proof effects. They are high in protein, carbohydrates and fat, and are beneficial to the kidneys and yang, warming the middle and lower levels, tonifying qi and activating blood circulation.
Eating these meats can speed up the metabolism of the body with yang deficiency and enhance the endocrine function, thus achieving the effect of keeping out the cold.
Rhizome: Medical researchers have found that people's fear of cold is related to the lack of inorganic salts in the body. Lotus roots, carrots, lilies, potatoes, green vegetables, Chinese cabbage, etc. are rich in inorganic salts. These foods can be mixed with other foods.
Spicy food: Chili peppers contain capsaicin, ginger contains aromatic volatile oils, and pepper contains piperine. Eating these spicy foods can dispel wind and cold, promote blood circulation and increase body temperature.
Iodine-containing foods: kelp, seaweed, sea salt, nostoc, jellyfish, clams, Chinese cabbage, spinach, corn and other iodine-containing foods can promote the secretion of thyroid hormone in the human body.
Thyroid hormone has a thermogenic effect. It can accelerate the oxidation process of most tissue cells in the body (except the brain, glands, and uterus), increase heat production, increase the basal metabolic rate, and strengthen skin blood circulation. Resistant to cold.
Foods high in iron: Researchers from Pennsylvania State University in the United States found that people who lack iron in their blood are also sensitive to cold.
The body temperature of anemic women is 0.7°C lower than that of women with normal hemoglobin, and their heat production is 13% less. When iron intake is increased, their cold tolerance is significantly enhanced. Therefore, women who are afraid of cold can consciously increase their intake of foods with high iron content, such as animal liver, lean meat, spinach, egg yolk, etc.