What symptoms can cold feet cause

Keeping your feet warm is very important at all times, especially in summer. Some people think that the weather is hot in summer, so they don’t need to wear shoes and often go barefoot. In fact, this can easily lead to cold feet. The feet are connected to the human heart. If the feet are cold, it will not only cause calf pain, but also cause diarrhea, abdominal pain and other symptoms. What symptoms will cold feet cause?

What to do if your feet get cold in winter

1. Soak your feet every day

Every night before going to bed, soak your feet in a basin of hot water. At the beginning, do not use too much water, just enough to soak your toes. The water temperature should be between 40℃-50℃. After soaking for a few minutes, add water above the ankle joints. Keep the water temperature between 60℃-70℃. Rub your feet against each other to promote water flow. You can also use 9 grams each of Chinese medicine cinnamon twig, dried ginger, safflower, and Sichuan pepper. Add 1500 ml of water before going to bed every night, boil it for 10 minutes, remove the residue and pour it into a basin, add water to the appropriate temperature, rub while soaking, add more water when the water temperature drops, and soak for 15-20 minutes. It can not only warm your feet but also promote sleep.

What to do if your feet are cold

2. Acupoint massage

Yongquan acupoint is located on the sole of the foot. It is the depression that appears when the toes are bent. Rubbing the Yongquan point on the soles of your feet with your fingers can help drive away the cold.

3. Exercise

Exercise is one of the best ways to get rid of the cold. You can move all parts of the body and promote blood circulation by jogging, brisk walking, and Tai Chi. However, you should not exercise excessively. High-intensity exercise will cause excessive sweating, which can easily lead to the opposite effect.

4. Diet therapy

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that when the weather gets cold, the whole body starts to feel cold, and the hands and feet also become cold. This is often caused by "yang deficiency", and the physical condition can be improved through medicinal and food supplements. The most commonly used medicinal herbs that are most effective in replenishing qi and nourishing blood include deer antler, cinnamon, dodder seed, angelica, wolfberry, etc.

5. Choose comfortable shoes and socks

To choose shoes that fit your feet, generally the size should be slightly larger (about 0.5-1.0 cm larger). This will not only make them comfortable to wear but also help to keep your feet healthy.

Common causes of cold feet

1. Cold feet should be alert to Raynaud's disease

Raynaud's disease, also known as arachnoid artery spasm, is a spasmodic disease of small arteries at the end of the limbs caused by vascular and nerve dysfunction. When people suffer from this disease, they usually experience coldness in the extremities, such as toes and fingers, accompanied by pain, purple skin, flushing or paroxysmal whitening of the skin on the limbs. This disease is usually caused by cold or emotional excitement.

2. Neurasthenia can also cause cold feet

If you are too nervous or under too much work pressure, it may sometimes cause cold feet. Because keeping the mind in a state of excitement, extreme tension, or excessive depression for a long time will often cause neurasthenia, which leads to autonomic nervous dysfunction and a persistent feeling of coldness in the feet and lower limbs. Therefore, no matter how stressful work or study is, you should achieve a proper balance between relaxation and tension and arrange your work and rest time reasonably.

What to do if your feet are cold

3. Cold hands and feet may be "hand-foot cold syndrome"

Generally speaking, if people have cold hands and feet, they may be suffering from "hand-foot cold syndrome". Among people who experience cold hands and feet, women account for the majority. This is because the hormonal changes caused by menstruation and childbirth will have a certain impact on the autonomic nervous system, and the sensitivity of this autonomic nervous system will cause subcutaneous blood vessels to contract and blood flow to decrease, thereby causing cold symptoms.