Cold feet in the dog days

We all know that the dog days of summer are the hottest time of the year, and this is also the time when people are most likely to suffer from heatstroke and get sick. Many people will experience summer distress, which means they cannot eat or vomit frequently due to the heat. Some women will have cold hands and feet during the dog days. So what causes cold hands and feet during the dog days? Let me introduce to you

Many women will experience cold hands and feet in winter. In severe cases, their hands and feet are cold even in hot summer, so they need to cover themselves with quilts when they sleep at night even in the hottest days of summer. Others are puzzled and confused, and I feel embarrassed and painful. In fact, this has something to do with the excessive coldness in our body.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that yin deficiency causes internal heat, while yang deficiency causes external cold. Cold hands and feet are mainly caused by kidney yang deficiency

Blood flows when it encounters heat and coagulates when it encounters cold. The blood loses the warmth of kidney yang and cannot nourish the whole body, so the hands and feet become cold. In simple terms: Yin deficiency and excessive fire cause hot hands and feet, while Yang deficiency and fear of cold cause cold hands and feet. Traditional Chinese medicine treats yang deficiency mainly by warming yang and tonifying the kidney

Mugwort is a purely yang substance, so moxibustion is most effective in replenishing yang. So how to do moxibustion?

First, do moxibustion in the lung area, five centimeters away from the body, for twenty minutes.

Transfer the heat to the palms through the sense of Qi, then to the Bladder Meridian area, five centimeters away from the body, and do circular moxibustion for twenty minutes. Transfer heat to the soles of your feet through the sense of Qi. Combined with acupoint massage, the effect is also very good. For example: Yangchi and Dazhui are mainly used to treat cold hands;

Qi Chong and Yong Quan are used to treat cold feet.

Yangchi point: It extends down between the fourth and fifth fingers, in the depression of the transverse line on the back of the wrist. Remember it must be in the depression. You will feel soreness and swelling when pressing. Press for three to five minutes.

Dazhui: Press the highest point of the neck at the bottom of the head for three to five minutes

Qi Chong Point: 5 inches below the navel and 2 inches to the side, press the pulse point of the inguinal artery for 10 seconds and release immediately, repeat five times

Yongquan acupoint: Press and hold the point in the herringbone fossa on the upper third of the sole of the foot for three to five minutes. Cold hands and feet are not a disease, but they can be deadly. Traditional Chinese medicine cures the root cause and has more stable effects. The dog days of summer are the hottest time of the year and the time when people’s yang energy is at its strongest. We must seize the opportunity to force out the coldness in our bodies.