How to treat cold hands and feet after childbirth How to treat cold hands and feet after childbirth

Many mothers tend to feel cold hands and feet after giving birth, especially feeling cold. Today, let's talk about how to warm up the body if the mother's hands and feet are cold after giving birth.

What to do if your hands and feet are cold after childbirth

1. Control the consumption of cold food. When the weather gets hot, many female friends start to fall in love with the delicious cold food. It is OK to eat a little in the hot summer, but many people are still keen on it in the autumn, which can easily cause the body to catch a cold. In fact, even in the hot summer, it is not advisable to eat too much cold food, and it is better not to rush to eat the food just taken out of the refrigerator.

2. If you want to eat something cold, you might as well eat something hot first. If you want to eat something cold, you might as well try eating something hot first to protect your uterus. If you eat something hot first and then eat something cold, you will find that the heat of the hot food you eat first can be pressed to the uterus by the cold air of the cold food, thus avoiding the cold air from directly contacting the uterus.

3. Eat less cold foods. Some foods are cold even if they are eaten at room temperature. For example, pears, mung beans, bitter melon, etc. So when eating them, you must pay attention to the amount and don't eat too much.

4. Drink a cup of ginger tea before eating. We all know that ginger is a warm food. Before eating, you might as well take a piece of ginger and soak it in water to drink. This can eliminate the coldness brought by cold food, so that you can avoid the coldness of cold food from damaging the uterus.

5. Walking faster can generate yang energy. For women with cold body, you may try brisk walking or more physical exercise to regulate the cold body. Exercise is the best medicine for regulating the body.

What to eat when your hands and feet are cold

1. Eat animal liver

Animal liver is rich in nicotinic acid. Eating more can dilate peripheral blood vessels and improve cold hands and feet. In addition, eggs, milk, cheese, brown rice, whole wheat products, sesame, mushrooms, peanuts, mung beans, coffee are all rich in nicotinic acid...

2. Eat warming foods

Warming and nourishing foods have always been advocated by traditional Chinese medicine. Eating more warming and nourishing foods, such as ginseng tea, ginger duck, longan, sesame, beef, mutton, seafood, four-shen, glutinous rice, tofu, brown sugar, etc., are all warming foods. Eating them every day not only warms the body, but also has a gradual nourishing effect, and the hands and feet are no longer cold...

3. Eating spicy food

Spicy spices such as chili pepper, pepper, mustard, garlic, shallot, curry, etc. can promote blood circulation. Eating them with your daily diet can relieve cold hands and feet. It is best not to eat chili peppers if you have various ulcers or colds, otherwise it will aggravate the condition...

4. Vitamin E supplement

Vitamin E can dilate peripheral blood vessels, which is very helpful for peripheral blood circulation. However, the effect of vitamin E is slow and needs to be continued for 3 months to be effective. In addition, 210-250 IU must be taken every day to be sufficient...

5. Nuts

Nuts are very good for women, such as walnuts, sesame, pine nuts, etc. Nuts are rich in vitamin E, vitamin B, iron, zinc, calcium, magnesium and other minerals, as well as a certain amount of protein. These substances are helpful for people to resist the cold in winter...

6. Chinese herbal medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine is relatively mild and is most suitable for women to take to improve the condition of cold hands and feet. There are many drugs in traditional Chinese medicine that can improve and prevent cold hands and feet, such as ginseng, codonopsis, angelica, salvia miltiorrhiza, astragalus, velvet antler, rabbit silk, curculigo, cassia seed, cassia twig, ephedra, dried ginger, prickly ash, pepper, nutmeg, and cardamom.

Five TCM conditioning methods

1. Chinese herbal decoction

Astragalus and Cinnamon Twig Five Ingredients Decoction: This soup has the effects of nourishing blood and replenishing qi, warming the meridians and dredging the collaterals. Angelica sinensis, Chuanxiong and Millettia reticulata can be added to nourish blood and dredge the collaterals.

Danggui Sini Tang: This soup warms the meridians and dispels cold, nourishes blood and unclogs meridians. It is effective for blood deficiency, cold syncope, and cold hands and feet.

In addition, you can also use medicinal herbs such as Eucommia ulmoides and Viscum album to make soup as a dietary therapy.

2. Foot bath

You can use Chinese medicine such as Astragalus, Angelica, Millettia reticulata, Duchu, Viscum album, Achyranthes bidentata, and Cibotium barometz to bathe your feet, which can replenish qi and blood, warm the meridians, and achieve the therapeutic effect. You should consult your doctor for the specific formula.

3. Moxibustion

Coldness in the limbs after childbirth indicates weak Qi and blood. Qi and blood have two characteristics: "flow when warm and coagulate when cold". Moxibustion therapy uses the warm stimulation of moxa fire on meridian acupoints to make Qi and blood flow, attack evil with fire, warm the meridians and dispel cold evil. However, it is necessary to master the method under the guidance of a doctor, find the acupoints accurately and avoid burning the skin.

4. Stick to the ear acupoints

"The ear is where the main meridians gather", and the ear is connected to the meridians of the whole body. Auricular acupoint therapy uses round materials such as drugs and magnetic beads to stick on the auricular acupoints. After stimulating the auricular acupoints, it produces radioactive induction, which radiates shallowly along the meridians, playing a role in dredging the meridians to circulate qi and blood.

5. Acupuncture treatment

In terms of treatment, we use Chinese herbal decoctions and acupuncture to treat according to syndrome differentiation. According to the patient's tongue coating and pulse, we choose Chinese medicine that warms the meridians and dredges the blood vessels, removes blood stasis and dredges the collaterals, such as Huangqi Guizhi Wuwu Decoction; according to the patient's specific symptoms, we acupuncture different acupoints, such as Xuanzhong acupoint above the lateral malleolus. Acupuncture generally requires two courses of treatment, 10 times per course, and generally takes more than a month. If the illness lasts too long, the treatment will be slower.