What should I do if my arm hurts from the wind

In addition to eating watermelon in the summer, we often use fans and air conditioners, which will cause the body to increase its coldness. Not only is the body cold, but it is also very likely that the arms will be invaded by wind and cold, resulting in symptoms of arm pain. These are relatively common problems, so you can use some small folk remedies to expel the coldness, which can treat arm pain.

Proper sweating is the best way to get rid of cold and dampness. Proper sweating can get rid of cold. Whether you sweat after exercise, sweat after eating warm food, or sweat slightly after soaking your feet, you can achieve the effect of removing cold and dampness.

Diet can dispel cold and dampness. Eating spicy and warm foods regularly can dispel cold and dampness. Due to differences in geography and climate, each region has its own dietary habits that are suitable for warding off the cold. For example, people in the north like to eat warm, high-calorie foods such as onions, ginger, garlic, peppers, beef, and mutton to expel cold and dampness; Sichuan people like to eat spicy food; Hunan people like fried spicy food; and some people like to drink medicinal wine to drive away the cold. Although they are different, they all have the function of dispelling cold, removing dampness and keeping warm.

Heat therapy can be used to remove cold and dampness with a hot water bottle, or hot compresses with heated sand, stones, or salt; you can also use moxa sticks to fumigate the painful area; you can also use various physical therapy devices to irradiate and remove the cold; you can also use scraping, cupping, etc. to remove cold and dampness.

To make your own external medicinal wine to dispel cold, take 50 grams of peppercorns and soak them in 250 ml of white wine. Whole peppercorns need to be soaked for a week before use. If you put the peppercorns into a grinder and grind them into powder, they can be used after soaking for 1-2 days. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is warm in nature and can remove coldness from the six internal organs. Rub the pepper wine on the painful area and rub it up and down to dispel the cold.

Replenishing blood and regularly eating blood-enriching foods to replenish blood is also the fundamental way to eliminate cold and dampness.

Finally, I would like to recommend a therapeutic porridge for dispelling cold and dampness: red bean and barley porridge. The method is to cook porridge with red beans and coix seeds in a 1:1 ratio.

Precautions

If the body is particularly cold and damp, you should seek medical attention immediately