It should be noted that different people have different tolerance to ice water because of their different constitutions. Young people are in their prime, and drinking too much occasionally may not cause discomfort, but for the elderly, children and women, special attention should be paid to avoiding drinking ice water.
1, cold and dampness enter the spleen and stomach: the spleen prefers dryness to dampness, and the stomach prefers warmth to coldness. Drinking more ice water will aggravate the cold and dampness in the body, damage spleen yang and stomach yang, weaken human yang, cause loss of appetite or abdominal distension and stomach pain, and in severe cases, diarrhea may occur;
2, cold and dampness into the blood: Chinese medicine believes that qi and blood are balanced, blood is warm, and it solidifies when it is cold. Too cold food such as ice water will lead to stagnation of qi and blood, which will adversely affect the body. If it is female, it may lead to cold and dampness affecting menstrual blood circulation, leading to menstrual blood stagnation. If long-term cold and dampness spread along the Yin Meridian to the parts distributed along the Meridian, such as the uterus, that is, the uterus and its accessories, the intrauterine environment becomes cold, the blood circulation is not smooth, and it condenses into blocks, which is not conducive to the growth and development of germ cells, resulting in fragile endometrium, which is not conducive to the implantation of fertilized eggs and reduces the probability of conception;
3, cold and dampness into the lungs: breathing is mainly the yang of the lungs, cold and dampness into the lungs, the yang of the lungs is lost, the lung qi can not operate normally, coughing, water and dampness condensed into phlegm, manifested as phlegm and pale face.