Chinese Medicine Prevents and Treats Cold Hands and Feet in Winter

　　Winter is here, do you often feel cold hands and feet? In particular, it is said that this winter will be the coldest in the past 30 years, which may be even more painful for many people who are particularly afraid of the cold. So can we enhance the body's ability to resist cold through life adjustments? In fact, in addition to strengthening sports exercise In addition to wearing more clothes, there are many cold-proof foods in daily life, which can completely improve the body's ability to resist cold.

　　Which foods are the most reliable to keep out the cold?

　　meat

　　Traditional Chinese medicine health care emphasizes "winter storage", which means that winter should be the season for accumulating nutrients, so eating too light a diet is not advisable. The intake of meat can not only increase the community of nutrients such as protein and fat, but "warm" meat represented by dog ​​meat, mutton, beef, and venison also has a very powerful effect in keeping out the cold. They are high in protein, carbohydrates and fat, and are beneficial to the kidneys and yang, warming the middle and lower levels, tonifying qi and activating blood circulation. Eating these meats can speed up the metabolism of the body with yang deficiency and enhance the endocrine function, thus achieving the effect of keeping out the cold.

　　root vegetables

　　Medical researchers have found that people's fear of cold is related to the lack of inorganic salts in the body. Lotus roots, carrots, lilies, potatoes, green vegetables, Chinese cabbage, etc. are rich in inorganic salts. These foods can be mixed with other foods.

　　spicy food

　　Chili peppers contain capsaicin, ginger contains aromatic volatile oils, and pepper contains piperine.