What should I do if I am afraid of cold in winter?
First of all, we should make an accurate judgment on whether this situation is normal or not, because the temperature in winter is inherently low. If we rule out the normal situation, then we should check what causes the body cold symptoms. But no matter what causes it, it is inseparable from the following adjustment methods:
1. Foot bath
When you go back at night, try to soak a hot foot every day. Soaking feet can help the blood circulation of the soles of the feet. We all know that there are many acupoints on the soles of people's feet, and hot water immersion can effectively stimulate these acupoints, thus playing a certain health care role.
2. Eat more foods that tonify qi and blood.
In the usual diet, it is necessary to eat more foods with qi and blood, which will help improve the physique of chills. Jujube, longan, medlar and donkey-hide gelatin are all good things to help replenish qi and blood. So being afraid of cold in winter is obviously a symptom of cold constitution, especially for female friends. Besides keeping warm in winter, we should also do a good job of protection in summer. For example, don't eat too much cold food, which is extremely harmful to your health. If possible, you should also develop the good habit of soaking your feet in summer. Only in this way can you improve your fear of cold in winter.
Reasons for being afraid of cold in winter
1, with insufficient endowment and weak quality.
Due to parents' infirmity, infirmity, insufficient pregnancy, insufficient nutrition in the spleen, or postpartum feeding disorder, Shui Gu's deficiency of essence and qi, or chemical substances invading pregnant mothers, their physique is getting weaker and weaker, and they are prone to long-term illness after illness, which leads to qi and blood deficiency of viscera and leads to physical weakness.
2, overwork, damage to the five internal organs
Overworked, you will be exhausted because of overwork, and you will lose it over time. Especially overwork and overindulgence are more common. Melancholy thinking, obsession, unable to do what you want to do, etc. , make you sad, heart loss of nutrition, spleen loss of health, heart and spleen damage, lack of blood, make you tired. However, early marriage and childbearing, sexual immorality, frequent masturbation and so on. Deficiency of kidney essence, deficiency of kidney qi and long-term loss of yin and yang.
3. Injury after chemotherapy
Various chemotherapeutic drugs are used to treat malignant tumors. While treating diseases, they kill a lot of normal cells, damage internal organs, consume qi, blood and body fluids, and are in poor shape. Because of their injuries, they are mentally abnormal, deformed, afraid of the cold, their limbs are not warm, their faces are like dust, and they look shriveled.
4, a serious illness for a long time, lost in treatment.
Severe illness, excessive pathogenic factors, visceral injury, consumption of qi and blood, yin and yang, difficulty in restoring healthy qi, loss of adjustment after illness, easy to cause fatigue, long-term treatment, mistreatment, long-term unhealed, aggravated illness, damage of qi and blood, yin and yang, or postpartum death, it is difficult to support the healthy qi and eliminate evil spirits, which can evolve into strain of yang qi.
5. Abuse leads to the loss of essence, and the treatment with positive treatment is also harmful to human body.
Correct diagnosis, improper drug selection, delayed treatment opportunity, deficiency of qi, blood, yin and yang, or inadequate postpartum treatment and aftercare may lead to fatigue. In short, age, surplus, backwardness, congenital, chronic disease, serious illness and weakness become a disease.
Is there any clever way to alleviate the feeling of being afraid of cold in winter?
1, wear appropriate clothes
The more clothes you wear, the warmer you may be. Some people can spend the whole winter wearing only down jackets and thermal underwear. Some people are all wrapped up, but they still keep shivering. It is particularly important to choose a suit of warm winter clothes that suits you.
2. Reduce limb exposure
In addition to wearing warm clothes, you can also add other auxiliary equipment to help keep warm, such as gloves and hats. Hands are often "exposed" outside. Even if your clothes are warm, your hands are easy to get cold. Gloves can provide appropriate protection.
3. soak your feet in hot water
Soaking feet with hot water can not only improve local blood circulation, drive away the cold in winter, but also promote metabolism. Soaking feet with hot water before going to bed is more conducive to sleep.
Step 4 Exercise properly
Many times I am afraid of cold because I am weak and not cold-resistant. Strengthen blood circulation, enhance resistance and warm the body through exercise.
Step 5 eat high-energy food
Fat-rich foods such as beef and mutton can be eaten. At the same time, foods rich in iron such as milk, beans and green leafy vegetables can also be eaten. Foods rich in sulfur such as kelp, fish, shrimp and oysters can also improve the ability to keep out the cold.
6. Hot water bottle for heating
Hot water bottle is one of the most commonly used heating equipment, from rubber to PVC to electric heating treasure, which is convenient and practical. However, attention should also be paid to avoid water leakage and burns during use.
7, pet heating
People who have cute pets at home believe that everyone has such an experience. Keeping cats and dogs at home in winter is like a natural hot water bottle. But pets will roll on the ground or go out for a walk, so pay attention to cleanliness.
8. Floor heating
The heat dissipation mode of floor heating is mainly radiation heating, and the heat radiates evenly from bottom to top. This heat dissipation method conforms to the ergonomic principle, and the heating method with uniform temperature and small temperature difference in the same floor of the room is more comfortable. The ground with warm floor and concrete floor have strong heat storage capacity. In the case of intermittent heating, the indoor temperature changes slowly and feels natural, and there will be no discomfort caused by excessive temperature rise. At the same time, the heat loss during transmission is small, saving about 20% energy compared with other heating equipment; Floor heating plus insulation layer has a very good sound insulation effect.
9. Radiator heating
Radiator, also known as radiator, is a heating method based on convection. Steel column radiator and copper-aluminum composite radiator are very popular in the market. Heating is to heat the surrounding air, so that the air forms convection indoors to achieve the purpose of heating. Radiators are relatively low in cost, generally installed on walls and other places, with simple and convenient maintenance. Radiators give off heat quickly and stop as soon as they are turned on. Can dry clothes and shoes, can be installed in the bathroom as a towel rack and heating. If it is a house that has been renovated or lived for a long time, it is recommended to choose the heating method with the radiator exposed. The construction period is short and the installation can be completed in 1 day. It's convenient and quick to pack today and warm tomorrow.
What if women are afraid of cold in winter?
1, wearing
Wear more clothes: In winter, the temperature is low, so it is natural to wear more clothes than in other seasons. Otherwise, how can you keep warm? Wear more clothes and try not to wear short skirts or anything like that. Wear a scarf and hat to keep warm when you go out.
Warm-keeping products: Women who are afraid of cold in winter can wear more clothes and use small items such as hot water bottles and baby warmers at any time to keep warm temporarily.
Step 2 exercise
Swing your hands and feet: It is recommended to do some small exercises after getting up every morning, such as simply jumping, stepping, swinging your arms and twisting your waist. All these will help to strengthen your thermoregulation ability.
Take a walk after meals: Exercise can effectively promote blood circulation, improve cold, cold hands and feet, and improve immunity. There is no need to take a walk for half an hour after dinner every day, but pay attention to keep warm. You can choose some indoor sports in rainy days.
Don't sit for a long time: In addition to ensuring proper exercise, you should avoid sitting for a long time if you want to promote blood circulation in your body. It is best to get up and walk every hour at work, and move your fingers and toes from time to time to help blood circulation.
Soak your feet
Soaking feet or bathing with hot water can effectively improve local blood circulation, dispel cold, promote metabolism, remove human blood waste and pathological deposits, play a role in cleaning the human body, resist various diseases, and finally achieve the purpose of health care. Soak your feet in hot water for about 20 minutes every night until you get hot. It is best to sweat slightly. People who are particularly afraid of cold can add some essential oils such as ginger, cinnamon and rosemary to the foot bath water, which can promote blood circulation and warm your body.
Ginger: Generally, take ginger15-30g, pat it flat, put it in a pot, add half a pot of water, cover the pot, and cook it in hot water for about 10 minute. After cooking, pour out all the Jiang Shui, add some cold water, adjust the water temperature, and then soak your feet.
Vinegar water: 100- 150g rice vinegar or aged vinegar can enhance blood circulation and solve the problem of foot odor.
Folium Artemisiae Argyi: 50- 100g of Folium Artemisiae Argyi, depending on the amount of water. Boil with water first, then add cold water or soak your feet after cooling. If it's too much trouble, soak mugwort leaves in some hot water for 20 minutes, and then add water to soak your feet.
Step 4 massage
Yangchi point: on the wrist of the back of the hand, the position is just the assembly part of the bones between the back of the hand. This point accumulates the heat of the sun and is an important point to control the blood circulation and hormone secretion of the whole body. Press the middle finger of one hand on the yangchi point of the other hand, and do it slowly, for a long time and slowly. Insisting on pressing can effectively improve the fear of cold.
Laogong point: located at the fingertips of middle finger and ring finger when making a fist. By pressing, rubbing and other methods, the left and right hands cross, and each acupoint is operated for 5- 10 minutes, and multiple massages can be performed every day.
Yongquan point: located at the sole of the foot, it is a depression in front of the foot when the foot is curled up. It is an important acupoint on the kidney meridian, which has the function of tonifying kidney and fixing essence. You can massage Yongquan points on both sides of the soles of your feet before going to bed every day and pat 100-200 times until local fever is appropriate.
Step 5 diet
Eat on time: don't be partial to food and lose weight excessively. Let your body store some fat, which can help maintain your body temperature. If you know in advance that you are busy with work and can't eat on time, you can prepare some bread or ginseng tea to replenish calories in time.
Often eat warm food: On the basis of a reasonable diet, you can often eat warm food in winter, such as walnuts, black-bone chicken, longan, red dates, peanuts, chicken soup, mutton and pork liver. Vegetables, you can eat some leeks, green peppers, peppers, onions, pumpkins, onions and ginger. And fruit can eat durian, litchi, longan and so on.
6, warm food supplement:
Jujube longan porridge
Jujube, longan, peanuts, rice, the right amount. Wash the ingredients, put them into the pot together, add water, boil over high fire, and continue to cook over low heat until the porridge is thick.
Function: It is especially suitable for people who are anaemic, afraid of cold and prone to dizziness.
Ginseng and jujube tea
Ginseng 15g, jujube 12g. Wash the ingredients, rinse them, put them together in a casserole, add water and boil them over low heat for about 40 minutes.
Functions: invigorating spleen and lung, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, calming nerves and improving intelligence, and invigorating vitality.
Guizao black chicken soup
One black-bone chicken, red dates, longan and ginger. Wash the black-bone chicken, put the ingredients together in a casserole, add water and bring to a boil, then continue to cook on low heat for about 1 hour, and season.
Function: tonify spleen and stomach, qi and blood, soothe the nerves, nourish liver and kidney, and can be used for all deficiency diseases.