How to treat old cold legs

Speaking of old cold legs, no one will feel strange. Many people get cold legs when they get old. So, what are the reasons for cold legs? In fact, the old cold legs generally have the following reasons:

One is because of vascular factors. The elderly are prone to arteriosclerosis, mainly arteriosclerosis obliterans in both legs. Weather changes will cause vasoconstriction of lower limbs, and further ischemia of limbs will cause pain.

Secondly, because of knee osteoarthritis, the changes of blood vessels and nerves around the leg, especially the knee joint, will aggravate the symptoms after being stimulated by cold and humidity. In addition, there are other reasons, such as rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, but this is only a few.

So, how should the old cold legs be treated?

First, we must adhere to reasonable activities. In fact, in real life, if you are too fat, it will not only increase the burden on your heart, but also increase the burden on your waist and legs. Many fat people have low back and leg pains. On the contrary, because of low back pain and reduced activity, the body will become fatter and fatter, which has become a vicious circle. Therefore, even people with low back and leg pain should adhere to reasonable activities. The so-called "running water does not rot, relatives do not bite" is the truth.

Second, we must keep warm. Human lower limbs produce less heat and are most vulnerable to cold and dampness, so we should pay attention to the protection of waist and legs. Especially for middle-aged and above people, kidney qi is gradually deficient, and the heart is full of fire, which is manifested as upset and dry mouth, while those below the waist are mostly sour and cold, and the number of people with upper heat and lower cold is increasing. Therefore, the weather is getting cold, and it is necessary to strengthen the warmth of the lower limbs. Patients with low back pain can wear a waist circumference to keep warm and protect their waist.

Third, we must pay attention to tonifying the kidney. In fact, everyone should pay attention to tonifying the kidney from the age of 40. Huangdi Neijing pointed out: "The waist is the house of the kidney. If you can't turn around, the kidney will be abolished. " What do you mean? It is said that low back pain can't turn over, which means that kidney qi loss is serious, yin and yang essence and blood deficiency in the kidney, and the three evils of wind, cold and dampness will take advantage of it.

Fourth, you can treat low back and leg pain with medicated wine. In fact, many folk remedies have medicinal liquor for treating lumbago and leg pain. Liquor is pungent and warm, pungent and can disperse, relax muscles and promote blood circulation, warm and can dispel cold, dispel wind and cold, and remove dampness. Adding some traditional Chinese medicine to wine can achieve better results.

Fifth, physical therapy can be used to treat low back and leg pain. In fact, if you have low back pain, you can spread gauze on your waist, mash ginger and apply it, and then bake it with an infrared lamp to strengthen the role of relaxing muscles and collaterals; You can also press Weizhong point, which is located at the midpoint of the transverse line of the posterior popliteal fossa of the knee joint, to treat low back pain; There is also a point called Chengshan point, which is at the highest point of Xiaotui. Click on it to treat leg pain. In addition, you can also soak in hot springs. Hot springs themselves can improve blood circulation. If drugs such as Lycopodium distichum, Caulis et Folium Gaultheriae Yunnanensis and hematoxylin are added to hot springs, the curative effect can be increased.

In short, all the above methods can treat old cold legs.