Legs reflect systemic illness, legs feel cold, kidney yang deficiency

In traditional Chinese medicine, a headache cannot be treated by simply treating the head, and a leg pain cannot be treated by simply treating the legs. Because when the liver and kidneys are weak, it will be reflected in the legs. Chinese medicine practitioners suggest that after middle age, both men and women should pay more attention to changes in their legs.

Cold legs: Kidney Yang deficiency

If you often feel back pain in your life, feel tired without doing any work, have swollen and cold legs, cold limbs, and little and clear urine; if women always have delayed menstruation, little menstrual flow, frequent lower abdominal distension and pain, or dark-colored menstrual blood clots, etc. , you should pay attention, as these are typical symptoms of yang deficiency . Especially below the waist, if the area does not move upward when pressed, or even if you feel abdominal bloating and pain, you should be more careful.

In this case, changing bad living habits is the fundamental solution. Do not eat raw, cold or spicy food, and avoid eating cold, greasy, and difficult-to-digest food , such as rice, tofu, pork, peanuts, bananas, etc. People with constipation should not eat glutinous rice, etc. People with diarrhea should avoid eating milk, sea cucumbers, shrimps and other laxative foods. Pay attention to keeping warm and don't stay up late. Rub the Shenshu point (1.5 inches away from the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra) from 4 to 6 pm every day. After washing your feet with hot water every night, rub the soles of your feet for 5 to 10 minutes each time, which can nourish the essence and strengthen the kidneys.

If your legs feel cold but your hands and feet are hot, it means you have kidney yin deficiency. You should eat more cool foods, such as mung beans, white fungus, lotus seeds, etc. You can also do walking, jogging, yoga, Tai Chi and other exercises.

Leg edema: spleen deficiency

According to traditional Chinese medicine , lung deficiency, spleen deficiency, and kidney deficiency can all lead to edema, and edema caused by spleen deficiency is particularly evident in the legs. If the depression does not recover easily when pressed, if you lose appetite, and have a dull complexion, you should strengthen your spleen and eliminate dampness.

In terms of diet, it is recommended to cook porridge together with yam, coix seed, and water chestnut, and drink a bowl of it every morning. At the same time, you can eat more spleen-nourishing foods such as beef, chicken, red dates, carrots, potatoes, etc., and avoid foods that can easily damage the spleen, such as bitter melon, cucumber, winter melon, celery, and bananas. Duck meat, pork, oysters, milk, and sesame can easily hinder the spleen's functioning, so don't eat too much of them.

In addition, modern medicine believes that there are many reasons for leg swelling. It is recommended to go to the hospital to see a doctor first and never take medicine blindly.

Cold knees, cold hands and feet: cold syndrome

If you often feel cold hands, feet and knees, it is mostly a manifestation of cold syndrome. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this is a reaction to Qi deficiency, Qi stagnation, and insufficient Yang Qi . Women are more likely to experience this during special physiological periods such as menstruation, pregnancy and childbirth. It is recommended to soak your feet in hot water more often , which can warm the body and relieve fatigue.

The purpose of warming the knees can also be achieved through proper massage.

1. Massage the Yongquan acupoint , rub the left foot with the right hand and the right foot with the left hand, 100 times every morning and evening, then rub the toes more than 100 times.

2. Rub the Qi Chong point (inside the thigh root). There is an artery under this point. Press and rub the Qi Chong point first, then press and rub the artery, pressing and releasing alternately, until you feel heat flowing down your legs and feet.

3. Shenshu points (on both sides of the waist): tap each point more than 100 times with a little force.