What causes cold hands? Signs of four major diseases

In life, some people may have cold hands and feet all year round. In winter, if your hands and feet are cold, you can choose to use hand warmers to keep them warm, but in summer, some people even feel fortunate, thinking that they finally don’t have to worry about the summer heat. In fact, this may very well be a sign of some disease.

1. Spleen and stomach deficiency and coldness

The spleen and stomach are the source of Qi and blood. If the spleen and stomach are cold and weak for a long time, the Yang Qi will not be transmitted to the extremities, and the person will then have symptoms such as cold hands and feet, weak energy, fatigue, shortness of breath when moving, loss of appetite, yellow complexion, loss of appetite, indigestion, light tongue coating, and weak pulse. Generally, keeping warm and exercising can improve the symptoms of cold hands and feet to a certain extent.

2. Kidney Yang Deficiency

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "kidney yang" is the driving force behind the kidney's physiological functions and the source of the body's thermal energy. When a person's kidney yang is insufficient, he or she will feel cold all over, have a pale complexion, sore waist and weak legs, cold hands and feet, fear of cold, cold chest and lower abdomen, fatigue and shortness of breath, frequent urination at night, a pale and fat tongue, a deep and weak pulse, and even if you wear more clothes, your hands and feet still feel cold and difficult to warm up.

3. Liver Qi Stagnation

People with liver qi stagnation often have cold hands and feet, depressed expression, easy to be upset, easily angry, bad temper, high pressure, often feel bad, have symptoms such as fullness and pain in the chest and flanks, white tongue coating, and stringy pulse because the liver qi is blocked inside and qi and blood cannot reach the limbs. One characteristic of cold hands and feet is that the hands are not colder than the elbows, and the feet are not colder than the knees.

4. Blood deficiency and cold stagnation

People with blood deficiency and cold stagnation often have cold hands and feet, dizziness, easy fatigue and weakness, sallow complexion, pale nails, lips, and eyelids, dizziness, dry eyes, palpitations, dreaminess, insomnia and forgetfulness due to weak Qi and blood, and inability to transport blood to the extremities. Women also have symptoms such as scanty and light menstruation, or even amenorrhea in the later stages of the disease, limb numbness and body pain, and a pale and purple tongue.