First of all, we need to understand what cold is. The cold in traditional Chinese medicine and the cold in temperature are two concepts. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that there is a mass of qi in the body, which is the core of the body. When this qi is quiet, it will cause coldness. Only when qi mass is active in the body will cause heat. Therefore, cold refers to insufficient vitality in the body, which makes it easy to get sick.
The cold in the human body is divided into cold outside and cold inside. External cold refers to the invasion of cold air into the body and affecting the activity of the internal qi in the human body. At this time, the qi in the body must fight with the cold air outside, allowing the qi to return to balance, resulting in heat symptoms.
. Internal cold refers to the weakness of the body, which makes the qi unable to function normally, which will manifest as a white complexion and shortness of breath and fatigue.
For women, their body is more yin, so they are more susceptible to cold air. If cold occurs in the body, the circulation of qi and blood will be blocked, and gastritis, diarrhea, joint pain and other conditions will gradually occur. In severe cases, it may also lead to infertility , so you must not be careless about the cold.
Reminder: Four habits will attract cold air. People who are infected will change as soon as possible
1. Like to eat raw, cold and cold food
In fact, the food we eat also has cold attributes. If you eat these cold foods frequently, it is easy to cause coldness in the body. In addition, modern people like to eat raw, cold and cold fruits, ice creams, drinks, etc., which will aggravate the generation of cold air and eventually lead to the formation of cold constitution .
2. Don’t pay attention to keeping warm
Nowadays, in order to pursue cool beauty, many young people don’t pay attention to keeping warm. They have to expose their navels and wear suspenders in summer. When it’s cold, they have to expose their ankles. When it’s hot, they stay in the air-conditioned room for a long time and do not pay attention to protecting the exposed parts. This gives the opportunity for cold air to invade, and over time, the body will become colder.
Especially for women, the belly button is less fat, and it is easy to cause diarrhea and dysmenorrhea and other problems.
3. Staying up late often
In traditional Chinese medicine, it is believed that 11 pm to 1 AM is the time when the yin energy is the most prosperous. At this time, the yang energy declines, so you need to sleep well and keep the yang energy.
If you always stay up late during this period, it will easily allow the cold to invade the body, and over time it will damage your health.
4. Overwork
The circulation of qi in the human body has certain rules, and they will run around the body under the body's regulatory mechanism. If the body is in a state of high intensity, high pressure and high load for a long time, the physical energy consumption is too high, the movement of the qi is disrupted, and the temperature regulation mechanism is disordered, it will cause cold in the body.
Usually, people with cold body caused by overwork will experience memory loss, bad temper, general fatigue, restless sleep, indigestion, etc.
Know the cause of coldness, we must drive away the cold according to the causes:
1. Pay attention to eating more warm foods in your diet, drink warm water, and eat hot food;
2. Do a good job of keeping warm. Add and remove clothes in time according to the weather conditions. Keep warm from head to toe in autumn and winter, especially pay attention to keeping your abdomen warm.
3. Bath in the sun more often. If the body is cold, you can drink some ginger soup to drive away the cold. If the cold is severe, you can use moxibustion to drive away the cold.
4. In autumn and winter, you can soak your feet more before going to bed every day, which is also very helpful for driving away the cold. When soaking your feet, you can add safflower , mugwort, etc. to soak your feet to drive away cold and dampness, and the effect is better.
5. Persist in exercise to enhance the circulation of qi and blood in the body, and enhance the body's yang energy.
