This time the cooling rate was so large that many people's "old cold legs" hurt again.
Half-legged, called knee osteoarthritis in the medical name, is a non-inflammatory and degenerative lesion. Most patients' legs, especially knee joints, will experience repeated attacks, soreness, numbness, pain, and other feelings that cannot be cured for a long time.
Most patients are elderly people. In fact, old cold legs have no absolute relationship with age. It’s just that as you get older, the prevalence of old cold legs will also increase, and the condition will also be more serious. Now young people are not paying attention, they may also suffer from old cold legs.
Traditional Chinese medicine interpretation
Half cold legs belong to the category of "娱文". From traditional Chinese medicine, cold is a yin evil, its nature is attracted, and it is most likely to damage the yang, leading to poor qi and blood, and causing pain if it is blocked. External infection of wind, cold, dampness, and heat is related to the deficiency of human body's positive energy. For example, some young people who do not pay attention to keeping warm often expose their legs to a cold environment, causing their legs to be invaded by wind, cold and dampness, and may suffer from old cold legs.
Modern medicine knowledge
As we grow older, articular cartilage slowly "aging", not only will it become thinner and brittle, but it may also cause trauma to break or even peel off large areas. If the articular cartilage is worn out, a "raw" grinding between the bones occurs during movement. The hard wear of this joint will cause sterile inflammation, causing local pain, redness, swelling, and joint stiffness.
acupoint massage relieves symptoms
1 It’s cold, everyone has experienced it, that is, the hands and feet joints are stiff and painful in the morning, especially in the knee joints. Old patients with cold legs are particularly obvious. In severe cases, it feels like they are locked.
Dr. Chen Boyan, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, recommends the following acupoints to everyone. You can try to massage and self-regulate more in daily life to relieve the morning stiffness of old cold legs.
[Knee Eye Point]
Positioning: Meridian strange point. Located on the side of the knee joint, in the depression on both sides of the patellar ligament, there are 4 points left and right.
Efficacy: has the functions of eliminating rheumatism, dispersing wind and cold, promoting joints, unblocking meridians, and stopping pain.
Operation: Both thumbs and index fingers and massage the inner and outer knee eye acupoints on the same side for 3-5 minutes, and local soreness and swelling are appropriate.
[Heding point]
Positioning: is in the upper part of the knee, at the depression above the midpoint of the patellar bottom.
Efficacy: Unlimiting joints, dispel wind and dampness, and activate the collaterals and relieve pain.
Operation: Press and rub the Heding acupoint with both hands with thumbs or palms for 3-5 minutes, and local soreness and swelling are appropriate, or pat the Heding acupoint with a weak palm.
【Zu Sanli】
Positioning: belongs to Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian , located on the outer side of the calf, 3 inches below Calves , and is connected to Jiexi.
Efficacy: Drying and eliminating spleen dampness, and raising s stomach qi .
Operation: Alternately massage Zusanli acupoint with both hands and thumbs for 3-5 minutes, and local soreness and swelling are appropriate.
【Sanyinjiao】
Positioning: is on the inner side of the calf, 3 inches above the tip of the medial ankle, behind the medial edge of the tibia.
Efficacy: Resistance to strengthen the spleen and blood, regulate the liver and nourish the kidneys.
Operation: Press and rub the Sanyinjiao point on the same side with both hands, for 3-5 minutes, and local soreness and swelling are appropriate.
In addition to acupoint massage, you should also pay attention to these
. Wearing and care: less short skirts or knee-leaks to avoid direct cold on your knees. Pay special attention to not wearing wet clothes. You can wear suitable knee pads when you go out and wear less high heels to reduce direct wear on your knees when walking.
2. Position note: Cold autumn and winter, reduce sitting on the ground or sleeping on the floor for a long time, and old patients with cold legs avoid sitting for a long time and poor qi and blood circulation.
3. Dietary therapy and maintenance: appropriately choose dietary therapy to strengthen the waist and kidneys and eliminate rheumatism. Such as Eucommia ulmoides Achyranthes Pig trotter soup, etc.
4. Appropriate foot soaking can help improve old cold legs. Common ginger, safflower , mugwort leaves, etc. can warm the meridians and dispel cold, unblock the meridians and relieve pain.
5. Do regular leg muscle exercises without knee weight. Moderate exercise can prevent muscle atrophy, strengthen the strength of leg muscles, and increase local blood circulation .
Source: China Traditional Chinese Medicine News
