What is a cold constitution?

In life, we always encounter people with cold hands and feet. At this time, some people will say that it is because they have a cold constitution. So the temperature is usually a bit low, and people nowadays pay more and more attention to health preservation. When it comes to health preservation, it means choosing a suitable health preservation method according to your physical condition to achieve the goal of helping the body to be healthier. However, many people don’t really understand what a cold constitution is. So, what is a cold constitution?

People with a "cold constitution" have low heat production energy, so their hands and feet are colder, their faces are paler than ordinary people, they sweat easily, their stools are loose, their urine is clear, their skin color is pale, their mouths have a tasteless taste, they like to drink hot drinks, and they are rarely thirsty. Even in the hot summer, they will feel uncomfortable when entering an air-conditioned room and need to drink a cup of hot tea or put on a coat to feel comfortable. People with this constitution should choose warming foods. People with cold constitution are more afraid of cold and prone to anemia. Eating cold food will make their cold symptoms worse. As the coldness of the limbs increases, poor blood circulation in the extremities will occur, causing numbness in the hands and feet even in the hottest days. The pain will be more severe in winter due to the cold environment. People with cold constitution generally have certain microcirculation disorders, and the temperature of their distal limbs is easily affected by changes in external temperature.

Your hands and feet are hot in the summer and cold in the winter. No matter what time it is, you will sweat easily if you are nervous or do a little exercise. For example, if you hold a pen for a long time, your palms will sweat, and some may even wet the paper. People with cold constitution can improve their condition through massage, acupuncture and diet therapy. You should exercise more often and eat more warm foods, such as whole grains, red dates, wolfberries, etc. Such as celery, spinach, etc. It is taboo to eat cold foods, such as radish, cabbage, water spinach, tofu, winter melon, loofah, bitter melon, persimmon, pear, tomato, watermelon... and other melon fruits. Ice products and drinks are also taboo.

How to get rid of coldness

Sufficient blood is the key to eliminating cold and dampness. Only when there is sufficient blood in the body and the kidney qi is sufficient, the blood circulation can be guaranteed and the whole body will feel warm and comfortable. Cold and dampness have no foothold in the face of sufficient blood and freely flowing blood. Without cold and dampness, there will be no pain here and there, and no spots, acne, or ringworm. The whole body feels warm after exercise. People who exercise regularly, do physical labor and do housework regularly will feel a lot of heat in their body. This is because exercise generates heat, which helps dispel cold and dampness. However, if you only focus on exercise but your body does not have enough blood, you will feel tired after exercise, your resistance will decrease, cold and dampness will take advantage of the opportunity to invade, and your body will still be weak and sickly. Proper sweating is the best way to get rid of the cold. Proper sweating can get rid of the cold. Whether you sweat after exercise, sweat after eating warm food, or sweat slightly after soaking your feet, you can achieve the effect of dispelling cold. Diet to dispel cold: Eating spicy and warm food regularly can dispel cold. Due to differences in geography and climate, each region has its own dietary habits for dispelling 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; Sichuan people like spicy and hot food; Guizhou people like sour and spicy food; Hunan people like fried and spicy food; and some people like to drink medicinal wine to dispel cold. Although they are different, their functions are to dispel cold, dampness and keep warm.

In fact, many women in life have a cold constitution. Some people experience dysmenorrhea during menstruation because their body is too cold. Therefore, if you have a good understanding of your own physical constitution, you can also nourish your body well. At the same time, the above article introduces how to eliminate coldness, I believe it will be helpful for some friends.