What should I do if my feet are cold in summer

First, what is the cold feet in summer?

1. Sitting or standing for a long time is easy to get cold hands and feet.

People with cold hands and feet should improve their living habits and strengthen physical exercise. Especially those who sit for a long time or stand for a long time, we must pay attention to intermittent exercise, do more hands and feet and waist activities to promote blood circulation. Supplementing vitamin B 1 and vitamin B 12, and eating more iron-rich beans, beef bone soup, beef liver, milk and other foods are also helpful to improve symptoms.

2. Mental stress and anxiety

People who are usually too sensitive, stressed, anxious and often uneasy are all high-risk groups with cold hands and feet. In this case, you must first calm your heart and then receive medication.

3. Changes in body hormones

Women account for the vast majority of people with cold hands and feet. This is because the hormonal changes caused by menstruation and childbirth will have a certain impact on the autonomic nervous system, leading to contraction of subcutaneous blood vessels and decreased blood flow, leading to chills. In addition, menopausal women with estrogen deficiency, postpartum women or patients with abnormal heart function, hypothyroidism, malnutrition, anemia, hypotension, pelvic inflammatory disease, etc., generally have cold hands and feet.

4. Raynaud's disease and Raynaud's syndrome.

Raynaud syndrome is more common in young and middle-aged women. The typical performance is that the fingers (toes) of both hands turn white and cold after catching cold, then turn purple and red, and finally return to normal. The cause refers to the spasm of the arteriole at the toe. When it is a primary disease, it is called "Raynaud's disease"; If it is secondary, it is called Raynaud's syndrome. Raynaud's syndrome includes scleroderma, dermatomyositis, lupus erythematosus, thromboangiitis obliterans and polyarteritis nodosa.

5. Takayasu arteritis

Takayasu's arteritis often occurs in young women and often involves many large and medium arteries, such as aorta, abdominal aorta, brachiocephalic artery, upper and lower limb arteries, etc. If it happens in the lower limbs, it will cause chills in the lower limbs.

Second, how to regulate cold hands and feet in summer

1. Take more vitamin E: Doctors suggest that women with cold hands and feet can take more vitamin E.

2. Eat more foods containing niacin: Because niacin is very effective in stabilizing the nervous system and circulatory system and improving nervous tension, tension diarrhea and dermatitis, it is recommended that women with cold hands and feet can eat more foods containing niacin.

3. Exercise and shake hands frequently: Women with cold hands and feet may wish to stand up and exercise more, step on the steps, and move their fingers and toes from time to time at work to help blood circulation.

4. Cultivate the habit of eating spicy food: Women with cold hands and feet can also cultivate the habit of eating spicy food to make their bodies feel warmer.

5. Eat more nuts and carrots: people with cold hands and feet should choose more foods such as beef and mutton, seafood, four gods, glutinous rice and brown rice.

6. Don't be too hungry: not only don't be too thin, but also don't make yourself too hungry. Once you feel that you can't eat on time, you can prepare some biscuits, bread, or ginseng tea to replenish calories in time.

7. Keep warm: Don't wear less clothes to love beauty when it's cold. On the contrary, we should take various measures to keep warm. Besides, don't wear too tight clothes. Before going to bed at night, you should pay attention to putting on warm wool socks to keep your feet warm.

Third, press these acupoints to relieve cold feet.

First, press or knock on Lingquan point.

Walking for a long time is easy to get tired of feet, especially some women like to wear high heels to go shopping, and their feet are suffering. It is recommended to soak your feet in hot water after you go home, and at the same time massage properly or beat Lingquan points (Yinlingquan and Yanglingquan) with a health hammer.

Second, clap your thighs.

Doing morning exercises in parks or squares, you can see old people patting their legs from time to time. The old man said that patting the legs can promote blood circulation and make the body healthy. Chinese medicine experts say that patting the legs does have a health care effect. The leg is divided into six meridians leading to abdominal organs-kidney meridian, stomach meridian, bladder meridian, liver meridian, gallbladder meridian and spleen meridian. Clapping the legs will definitely stimulate these meridians, and then the viscera can be adjusted. Spend a few minutes every day and pat the inside and outside of the thigh evenly with two pieces, which is a health care method to ensure the smoothness of the six meridians. You can start from the bottom of your hips and pat from top to bottom, especially in fleshy places. Kicking your legs when you have something to do helps to eliminate edema and heaviness in your legs.

Third, friction Yongquan point

Old people and some women often have cold hands and feet in winter, which is caused by poor blood circulation of hands and feet. Miss Zeng is most afraid of cold feet when sleeping in winter. She said, "My feet are cold and I can't sleep all night." At this point, you may wish to rub Yongquan point with the inside of your palm (thenar) to warm your feet. This acupoint is located at the junction of the first third and the second third of the sole. In addition, if you often beat Zusanli, you can improve the blood circulation of fingers and toes through the adjustment of meridians, and then warm your hands and feet.

Four or five tricks to help you adjust your cold feet.

I. Inorganic salts

Studies have found that some people are afraid of cold in winter because they lack inorganic salts in their bodies. Under normal circumstances, the body will automatically adjust the body temperature balance, but once the body lacks inorganic salts, it will lead to the deterioration of the body temperature balance function, and it is easy to be afraid of cold and cold.

Second, add more iron and calcium.

Women's fear of cold is related to their low intake of some minerals. For example, the content of calcium in women can directly affect the elasticity and excitability of myocardium, blood vessels and muscles; Low iron content in blood is an important cause of iron deficiency anemia, which is often characterized by low fever and low body temperature. Therefore, supplementing foods rich in calcium and iron can improve the cold resistance of the body.

Third, vitamins.

Vitamins play an important role in improving the cold resistance of the body. For example, vitamin A can enhance the cold tolerance of human body; B vitamins are beneficial to normal metabolism; Vitamin c can improve the adaptability of human body to cold; Vitamin e can make blood circulation smooth.

Four. iodine

Iodine is an important raw material for the synthesis of thyroxine. Thyroxine can promote protein, carbohydrate and fat in the body to be converted into energy, thus generating heat energy. Resist the cold. If the body is temporarily short of iodine and the raw materials for synthesizing thyroxine are lacking, the body's ability to keep out the cold will be reduced.

Fifth, choose traditional Chinese medicine supplements

Chinese medicine often recommends Shiquan Dabu Decoction, Siwu Decoction and other Chinese medicine dietotherapy. These prescriptions are especially suitable for people with deficiency-cold constitution. If conditions permit, you can choose Chinese medicine to see a doctor and carry out targeted treatment according to specific conditions.