Five tips for treating knee pain caused by cold air

Traditional Chinese medicine mentions that cold and numb hands and feet are caused by insufficient Qi and blood, which prevents blood from being supplied in large quantities, leading to poor blood circulation. When winter comes, many young people now have this problem - their knees are easily caught in cold and there is a tingling sensation. Therefore, we should actively exercise in winter to warm up our bodies. In addition, we also provide some health-preserving methods today to help improve everyone's qi and blood and make the blood circulate better.

1. Use salt bag for hot compress: bag, belt, coarse salt, Chinese medicinal materials. The Chinese medicinal materials you can choose are: ginger, mugwort, safflower, Panax notoginseng, cinnamon, etc., mainly coarse salt. Put the salt bag in the microwave and heat it for 3-5 minutes, to 50-60 degrees, until it feels hot to your hand. When applying it, you can wrap a towel around your knee first, then apply the salt bag, or apply it directly to the painful area, but be careful not to get burned. After cooling, you can reheat it and apply repeatedly. Salt is warm and can dispel cold, and prevent evil spirits from penetrating into the body. The medicinal properties are more easily exerted after being heated. Applying a hot compress with a salt bag will make the blood circulation in the sore area much smoother, thereby taking away waste in the knee muscles and relieving the pain. Insist on soaking your feet for a period of time: In addition to exercise to promote blood circulation, soaking your feet is also a very effective method, which is very helpful in driving away the coldness in the knees. Soak your feet in hot water around 8 or 9 o'clock every night. Soak for about 20 minutes each time, until your body feels warm and you sweat slightly. If you persist in soaking for a while, it can effectively dispel cold and dampness.

2. Acupuncture: You should pay attention to keeping your body warm, avoid contact with raw or cold water, use air conditioning less in summer, and do daily maintenance. If necessary, you can use acupuncture, moxibustion and other methods of traditional Chinese medicine to remove the cold, and the effect will be very good.

3. Ginger and brown sugar tea: appropriate amounts of ginger, red dates and brown sugar. Wash and shred the ginger, wash and tear the red dates, cook the ingredients in a casserole for about 1 hour, add brown sugar until dissolved, filter and drink the tea. Effect: It has a good effect in dispelling cold, improving stomach cold, uterine cold, local coldness, etc.

4. Black bean and red date porridge: appropriate amounts of black beans, walnuts, longan, red dates, peanuts, and glutinous rice. Soak the black beans in water for 3 hours, wash the other ingredients, put them into the rice cooker, add water, and press the porridge button to cook porridge. Function: Nourish blood and replenish qi, promote blood circulation.

5. Angelica, ginger and mutton soup: 3 taels of angelica, 5 taels of ginger, and 1 jin of mutton. The material is handled cleanly.