How to sleep with cold feet in winter?

Wearing socks to sleep at night has advantages and disadvantages.

Some people say that wearing socks to sleep in cold weather is very helpful for sleep, which can increase the blood flow of feet and transfer the heat in the core area of the body to the periphery, so the body cools down slightly and induces drowsiness. An American study found that the temperature of feet is closely related to the quality of sleep. Taking off socks to sleep will reduce the temperature of feet, which is not conducive to promoting sleep. Therefore, it is suggested that after undressing and going to bed, it is best to wear socks when the body temperature drops at the beginning, so as to keep your feet at a relatively high temperature, which is more conducive to falling asleep quickly and improving the quality of sleep.

But there is also the opposite opinion: sleep without socks in winter. Because my feet are stuffy all day, I need to breathe some air at night. Sleeping in socks is not easy to eliminate the sweat produced by the feet, which is beneficial to the growth and reproduction of fungi on the feet, because wearing socks is not conducive to the blood circulation and ventilation of the feet, which is easy to eliminate sweat and induce fungal growth. It's easy to get tinea pedis.

Wearing socks can really keep your feet warm, but wearing them for a long time does more harm than good. Wearing socks with cold feet can't fundamentally solve the problem. Cold feet are caused by body cold. You can adjust your body in diet, or soak your feet often and do more exercise to improve blood circulation and speed up the circulation of meridians in your feet.

The advantages of sleeping in socks at night

Wearing socks to sleep at night can keep you warm. For example, there is no heating and air conditioning in winter in the south, and the bed is wet and cold in winter. Wear a pair of comfortable loose cotton socks at this time and put a hot water bottle at your feet. I will have a good sleep at night. As the saying goes, your head should be cold and your feet should be hot. It is not unreasonable. Or some northerners have very hot heating at home and often show their feet at night. In this case, they might as well wear a pair of loose cotton socks to prevent their feet from catching cold.

Disadvantages of wearing socks to sleep at night

Not conducive to blood circulation

When you put on socks, the blood circulation is blocked due to the compression of socks, and the skin of your feet can't breathe smoothly. Not only that, it will also affect the metabolism of the skin to a certain extent. If you sleep in socks for a long time, it is easy to get beriberi.

Affect sleep quality

Walking around all day during the day and sleeping in socks at night will bring great constraints to the feet, which will lead to poor breathing of the feet and is not conducive to the stretching of the feet. Socks cover your feet, and you will feel uncomfortable when you sleep, just like sleeping without undressing, so wearing socks will greatly reduce the quality of sleep.

Wearing socks to sleep in winter can make your feet warmer, but in the long run, it will do more harm than good. So, what should I do if my feet are cold when I sleep in winter?

1, soak your feet in warm water. Soaking feet is the most effective way to warm feet before going to bed. Most people soak their feet before going to bed. It is a well-recognized saying in the field of Chinese medicine that when your feet are warm, your body will be warm. However, if your feet get cold before going to bed, your body can't sleep any more. Pay attention to the water level and water temperature when soaking feet. The water level should be two or three inches higher than the ankle, and the water temperature should be in the range of 4 1 to 45 degrees. You should feel a little hot when your feet are just soaked in water.

It's time to soak your feet

From 7: 00 pm to 9: 00 pm, the kidney meridian has the weakest qi and blood, so soaking feet can replenish qi and blood. Note that it is not advisable to soak your feet within half an hour after a meal. Most of the blood will flow to the digestive system after meals. Soaking feet will let the blood that originally flowed to the digestive system flow to the feet, which will easily lead to indigestion. The foot bath time should not be too long, about 20 minutes is appropriate. The instep is red, and sweating slightly is best.

Precautions:

For newborns, children with weak constitution and children whose feet are still cold after a long sleep, it is recommended to put on socks to sleep. Children are not as weak as adults, and cold feet can easily make them catch a cold, have indigestion and even have diarrhea. Children in childhood often have cold hands and feet, and the chances of dysmenorrhea, hemorrhoids and arthritis in adulthood are higher than those of children who don't catch a cold. It is not suitable for children with cold feet to soak their feet in hot water. Children's feet are tender and easy to be scalded by hot water. Therefore, children had better wear socks when sleeping.

2. Use the warm water bag correctly. It is cold in winter, and most people are used to using warm water bags to keep warm, but almost all of them are used to warm their hands and bodies. Pay attention to those who have cold hands and feet when sleeping at night. Before going to bed, we can put warm water bags under the bed. After a few minutes, you will find that the bed is very warm, so you don't have to worry about cold feet when you sleep. However, it is necessary to pay attention to the purchase of qualified warm water bags to avoid hot water leakage.

3. Rub your feet. Rubbing feet is also a practical method. In winter, many people often rub their hands to keep warm when they feel cold outside. Feet can also use this method, that is, rub your right foot back and forth on your left calf before going to bed. One is that friction generates heat, and the other is that the heat on the left leg will transfer heat to the right palm through heat transfer, and the left leg can also rub back and forth on the right calf. This method is also very practical.

4, before going to bed, you can go out for a walk, mainly brisk walking, and persist for fifteen to twenty minutes until you feel hot. Because a large part of the reason for cold feet in winter is poor blood circulation, the heat generated by organs can't be transferred to the feet well through blood, which leads to cold feet, so exercise can not only keep your body warm, but also speed up blood circulation. It should be noted that it is advisable to exercise for half an hour before going to bed, otherwise it may affect sleep.

5. Cover an extra bed or use an electric blanket. It is very cold in winter. If you don't take warm measures at night, you can't warm your feet no matter how good you are. Cover your feet with a quilt. In addition, people with cold feet had better wear clean and warm socks at night, which will make their feet warmer. If there is an electric blanket at home, warm the bed before going to bed, and it will be much warmer when sleeping.

6. Diet. People with cold feet should avoid eating cold food and eat more warm food. Such as: crucian carp, carrots, mangoes, longan, beef, chicken, duck, lotus seeds and so on. If your feet are very cold and serious, for example, some people sleep all night and wake up the next morning with cold feet, you can see a doctor and ask him to prescribe some medicine for your physique and carry out medical treatment.