Many people experience cold hands and feet in autumn and winter, as if holding ice just taken out of the refrigerator. Even with thick socks and gloves, they cannot warm up, and they always crave hot food and fear the wind.
Many people think they lack yang energy and quickly eat mutton to supplement it, but after a while, they find their mouth dry and tongue parched, with sores at the corners of their mouth, yet their stomach remains cold. This is actually because they haven't identified the root cause of the problem.
The essence of feeling cold is often not simply yang deficiency, butThe body's yang energy is blockedUnable to reach the extremities. Yang qi should naturally warm the entire body from the center, but if the spleen and stomach are deficient and cold, their transformative capacity declines. The meridians become like frozen pipes, and yang qi gets blocked midway, unable to continue flowing to the limbs. As a result, the hands and feet do not receive warmth and become cold.
At this time, blindly supplementing yang not only fails to clear blockages but also causes excess "heat" to accumulate in the body, leading to internal heat. Therefore, the key to solving the problem lies in opening the pathways for yang qi to flow.
In this case, we can refer to a single Chinese medicinal herb, which isRamulus Cinnamomiwarm in nature, capable ofWarming and unblocking the meridians, assisting yang to transform qihelping to transport the blocked yang qi to the limbsSuitable for individuals who are afraid of cold, have cold hands and feet, and also experience abdominal bloating and loose, unformed stools.Persist in using it for a period of time. Once the pathways are cleared and yang energy can smoothly reach the entire body, the body will naturally warm up gradually.
However, it is important to note that traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes syndrome differentiation and treatment. Since each individual has a different constitution and varying complexities of syndromes, it is crucial not to blindly apply treatments on your own. Always use them under the guidance of a professional physician based on syndrome differentiation to ensure both safety and effectiveness.
