Cold below the waist

Probably the most common problem in winter is cold hands and feet. This symptom occurs more often in the lower body. This is mainly because the lower body is farther away from the heart, so it is more likely to have insufficient blood supply, which makes it more likely to cause coldness. Therefore, it is quite necessary to strengthen the body's warmth and improve the body's blood circulation function, so as to more thoroughly solve the problem of coldness in the lower body.

If you feel a cold sensation below the waist, poor circulation is generally the first consideration. There may also be problems with the lumbar spine, such as lumbar disc herniation, bone hyperplasia and spinal stenosis, which can compress the spinal cord and cause abnormal sensations. First of all, you should pay attention to a regular life and proper exercise, keep warm, avoid cold stimulation, avoid sitting for long periods of time, and do more outdoor exercise. In addition, you can do a vascular color ultrasound examination and a lumbar magnetic resonance imaging examination, and you can also use some Chinese patent medicines for conditioning.

Women who are afraid of cold should take iron supplements

Generally speaking, women are more sensitive to cold than men. Not long ago, two experts from a human health research institute in the United States conducted a group experiment on female volunteers. The experimental report found that people with low tolerance to cold had significantly insufficient iron levels in their blood. The main cause of iron deficiency in women is menstruation, which leads to a large loss of iron.

As we all know, iron is an important raw material for the production of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the main functional substance in red blood cells and is responsible for the transportation and metabolism of oxygen in the body. Iodine and tyrosine are the main raw materials for the production of thyroid hormone. Iodine needs to be continuously taken in from food, while tyrosine is generally synthesized in the body. Long-term iodine deficiency will affect the synthesis of thyroid hormone, and the body's ability to resist cold will also be reduced.

How to warm your hands and feet

● Soaking your hands and feet in hot water before going to bed can not only promote circulation in the blood vessels but also help you sleep.

●After taking a shower or soaking in hot water, put on socks immediately after drying to keep warm.

●If women often have cold feet in winter, they can fill a bucket with hot water, rice wine and ginger slices (the ratio of hot water to rice wine is 1:1). Using it in winter while watching TV or after a break from get off work can help improve women's fear of cold.

Do some exercise and you won't feel cold

When the weather is cold, we eat more and move less, which makes it easy for excess fat to accumulate in the body. At this time, we can do more exercise, which can not only consume excess fat, but also enhance blood circulation and warm the body.

What to eat to avoid the cold

In winter, choose foods or medicinal herbs with warm properties to nourish the body, so that the blood circulation is smooth and the qi and blood are activated, which can help keep out the cold. Foods that have a warming and tonic effect are generally red, sweet foods, or spicy condiments and foods. This type of food has a warming effect, and can also nourish the body and promote metabolism. Warm and hot foods suitable for winter

Meat: Lamb, beef, shrimp, sea cucumber, oyster, eel, venison, chicken liver and other meats rich in lipids and protein.

Fruits and vegetables: leeks, perilla, green peppers, mustard greens, cabbage, peppers, onions, pumpkins, lychees, peaches, longans, onions, ginger, garlic, etc.

Others: brown rice, sorghum, sesame, and stone fruits such as pine nuts, cashews, walnuts, and chestnuts.

When cooking or eating cold food, you can add some hot seasonings or Chinese medicinal materials such as onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, chili, ginseng, astragalus, tangerine peel, etc. to balance it. For example, when eating crabs, which are cold in nature, you can stir-fry the crabs with ginger, which is hot in nature, to reduce the coldness of the crabs. Common cold foods include loofah, winter melon, celery, cucumber, kelp, agar jelly, cabbage, etc. When cooking, you can use appropriate amounts of onion, ginger, garlic and other seasonings to neutralize the coldness. In addition, you can also use wolfberry, red dates, ginseng, longan meat or ginger to make tea and drink it, which can also keep out the cold.