Light snow is coming. How to use Chinese medicine to prevent cold "disease"

Cold seasons can easily cause: frostbite, dry mouth, colds, cold hands and feet, etc. So how can we use Chinese herbal medicines to prevent colds in winter?

Cold prevention disease 1: Frostbite prevention

Although frostbite is not a serious disease, it is really itchy and painful when it occurs. Although frostbite often occurs in cold winter.

Chilblains are common in early winter and early spring, and are more common in children, women and people with poor peripheral blood circulation. These patients often have symptoms such as cold skin on the extremities, cyanosis of the extremities, and excessive sweating.

Chinese medicine formula for preventing frostbite:

Danggui Sini Decoction (15 grams of angelica, 12 grams of cinnamon twig, 10 grams of red peony root, 6 grams each of asarum, tongcao, and licorice, and 8 dates) is decocted and taken. It can help the Yang Qi flow, dissipate the cold, and allow the Qi and blood to flow smoothly, thus curing frostbite.

Cold prevention 2: Activating blood circulation to keep out the cold

In winter, we should use appropriate foods with cold-resistant effects for warming and conditioning, so as to warm the whole body tissues, strengthen the physical fitness, promote metabolism, improve the body's ability to resist cold, maintain the normal function of body tissues, resist external evil, and reduce the occurrence of diseases.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that foods such as mutton, dog meat, longan, leek, walnut, millet, etc. have the effect of warming the yang and replenishing qi, and eating more of them can improve the ability to resist the cold. On the contrary, it is best to eat less cool or cold foods such as crabs, duck meat, mung beans, rock sugar, bananas, cucumbers, watermelons, and pears.

Blood circulation and cold protection formula:

The soup made by stewing 15 grams of American ginseng, 10 grams of Panax notoginseng and about 50 grams of pig's trotters with water for 1 hour also has the effects of replenishing qi, activating blood circulation and unblocking meridians. It is suitable for patients with hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease and osteoarthritis.

Prevention of cold disease three: prevent dry mouth

Brewing lotus seed cores with boiling water can also effectively reduce internal heat. The brew should not be too strong or too weak. Drinking it two or three times a day can prevent dry mouth, rising internal heat, sore and itchy throat, hoarseness, and drowsiness. It can also treat cough.

Cold prevention disease 4: cold

A cold is a cold caused by wind and chill, which occurs more frequently in autumn and winter. The symptoms include body aches, runny nose, and cough with phlegm. Both Western medicine and Chinese medicine can be used for treatment, and diet therapy can also be used. Preventive measures include keeping warm, strengthening physical exercise and improving immunity.

Foot bath recipe for colds: 15 grams of mugwort leaves, 15 grams of perilla leaves, 10 grams of platycodon, 10 grams of ephedra, and 5 slices of ginger. People who catch a cold often experience sneezing, runny nose, body aches, aversion to cold, tasteless mouth, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, and loose stools. Soaking your feet at home during the acute phase of a cold can help you recover as quickly as possible.

Prevention of cold diseases 5: Prevent cold hands and feet

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, cold and numb hands and feet are mostly caused by problems with Qi and blood. Qi deficiency and blood deficiency cause poor blood circulation and insufficient blood volume, which require Qi and blood supplementation. Generally, thin girls with weak constitution or middle-aged and elderly people with weak constitution are most likely to have cold hands and feet, because this type of people has poor peripheral blood circulation, which can easily disrupt the body temperature regulation mechanism. Cold hands and feet are caused by the poor regulation of autonomic nervous function and the thinning of blood vessels. Moreover, toes, knees, shoulders, fingers and other parts are joint areas with more movement, and because there are relatively fewer fat and blood vessels, heat is easily lost.

Traditional Chinese medicine also has fixed prescriptions to treat cold hands and feet. You can make more Chinese herbal decoctions or medicated foods at home. For those with weak and cold constitution, it is recommended to eat less cold drinks and raw and cold foods in summer, and eat more warm and nourishing foods.

Angelica and mutton soup: Boil appropriate amounts of angelica, ginger and green onion with mutton.

Astragalus Chicken Soup: Boil astragalus, ginger, jujube, scallion and chicken together. These two medicinal foods have the effects of warming the meridians and activating blood circulation, unblocking tendons and collaterals, and replenishing qi and blood. In addition, you can also use eggplant roots, Qinjiao, Rhizoma Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, mulberry branches, and cassia twigs alone or in combination to boil water for soaking and washing.

Cold prevention six: skin care

Winter skin care recipe: Walnut sesame drink 30 grams of walnuts, 20 grams of sesame, 200 ml each of milk and soy milk, and appropriate amount of white sugar. Grind walnut kernels and sesame seeds into fine powder, mix with milk and soy milk, boil and drink, add sugar for taste, divide into 2 portions, 1 portion each in the morning and evening, 1 dose per day. It can replenish deficiency, promote body fluid and moisten the intestines, moisturize the skin and eliminate blemishes.