What does chills and cold limbs mean

Fear of cold and cold limbs is a term in traditional Chinese medicine, which mainly refers to body cold. People with cold body often have clinical manifestations such as cold limbs, diarrhea, and fear of wind. Especially when the cold winter comes, people with cold body will always feel cold limbs or chills in the knee joints due to poor blood circulation in the peripheral nerves. This group of people are also often accompanied by symptoms such as back pain and knee pain, bland mouth without thirst, anemia, and low blood pressure.

1. The meaning of chills and cold limbs

Fear of cold and cold limbs are caused by insufficient kidney yang and weak fire in the gate of life. "Cold fear" refers to the feeling of being afraid of cold and wind. "Cold limbs" refers to the symptoms of cold hands and feet, even cold elbows and knees. "Fear of cold and cold limbs" is often accompanied by symptoms of kidney deficiency such as sore waist and knees, fatigue, shortness of breath, laziness to speak, and a bland mouth without thirst.

2. What causes chills and cold limbs?

1. There are many reasons for chills and cold limbs. First of all, it is believed that it is caused by the temperature. In the cold winter, the temperature is low, many people have poor resistance to cold, poor blood circulation, and poor blood circulation in the peripheral nerves, which can easily cause chills and cold limbs. Then, patients with anemia and hypoglycemia are also prone to chills and cold limbs. This is mainly because these people have insufficient qi and blood, which leads to decreased organ function, thus causing chills and coldness.

2. Secondly, people who often eat some benign foods are also prone to chills and cold limbs. Cold and benign foods have the effect of clearing away heat and purging fire. If you have a weak and cold constitution, eating them frequently will easily lead to chills, and the poor blood circulation in the peripheral nerves will cause symptoms of cold limbs.

3. In addition, anemia, low blood pressure, hypothyroidism, autonomic nervous system disorders, etc. may cause cold limbs.

4. Finally, because of the lack of exercise, blood circulation is difficult to reach the peripheral nerves, thus leading to chills and cold limbs.

3. What to do if you feel cold and have cold limbs

Usually we can improve the phenomenon of cold limbs through exercise, foot soaking, massage and other methods. If you are afraid of the cold, you can eat more warm and nourishing foods to increase the heat in the body and help improve the symptoms of cold limbs. Ensure adequate sleep, a good sleep helps store yang energy.