Cold hands and feet is a very common phenomenon, especially in winter is more obvious, this is mostly Yang deficiency, qi and blood deficiency caused by the blood flow becomes slower, energy can not benefit the limbs, so easy to appear cold hands and feet, so encounter such a phenomenon how to regulate it, cold hands and feet cupping is useful.
Cold hands and feet cupping works?
Cold hands and feet can be treated with cupping.
Cupping has to adjust the balance of the body's yin and yang, eliminate fatigue, enhance physical fitness, remove cold and dampness, move the blood, pulling poison and heat, dredge the meridians, the correct cupping can achieve the purpose of helping to remove evil, treatment of disease, so many diseases can be cupping methods to regulate treatment.
The benefits of cupping for cold hands and feet
If there is a disorder of qi and blood, the flesh, bones, organs and bowels will be deprived of moistening, resulting in abnormalities in the functional activities of the internal organs, dysfunction of the meridians and blood, stagnation of qi and blood, and blockage of the meridians, thus causing the phenomenon of cold hands and feet. The effect is to improve the cold hands and feet.
Cold hands and feet cupping cupping where
Cupping points: foot three li point, hegu point, yongquan point, dazhi point, life-gate point, yangchi point.
Cupping method: using the warm cupping method, take the foot Sanli point, Hegu point, Yongquan point, suction cupping with an extractor or fire cupping, leave the cupping for 10-15 minutes, then take the Dazhi point, the Life Gate point for suction cupping, leave the cupping for 10-15 minutes, after starting the cupping, then use moxa to warm each point for 10 minutes, usually press the Yangchi point. The cupping is done once a day, 10 times for a course of treatment.
What to pay attention to when cupping cold hands and feet
1. When cupping, patients should take a comfortable position, choose different caliber of cupping depending on the affected area, choose a rich, elastic muscle, no hair and bones, and a bumpy joint to prevent dropping the cupping.
2. Use a large cupping jar on the flat area with full muscles and a small cupping jar on the narrow area with thin muscles and less subcutaneous fat.
3. Do not cupping on both sides of the neck, where there is carotid sinus.
4. When cupping, the fire should be sufficient, and the mouth of the jar should be close to the site of cupping, and the operation should be quick and light, so as to achieve stability, accuracy and speed, in order to pull the large jar tightly, otherwise it will not produce therapeutic effect.
5. The general cupping time is 10-15 minutes, if the patient feels tight and painful, the cupping can be started earlier.
Who is not suitable for cupping
1. Women should not cupping during menstruation, especially not in the small abdomen or lumbosacral area, otherwise it will easily cause excessive menstruation.
2. Pregnant women should not perform cupping, and like menstruating women, cupping should not be performed on the lumbosacral and abdominal areas, as this may cause pre-menstrual miscarriage.
3. Cupping is not suitable for people with heart failure and weak constitution.
5. Skin allergy, skin damage, cupping may aggravate the symptoms of allergy, skin ulcers can not cupping, easy to cause infection, blisters, aggravate the ulcer.
How to improve cold hands and feet
Exercise regularly
People with cold hands and feet should exercise diligently, walking is a good choice, with faster than walking, running at a slower pace, walking in large steps towards the front, and at the same time shake hands up for 30 minutes, can promote the operation of blood, so that blood circulation and metabolism accelerated.
Eat foods containing niacin
Niacin is useful for stabilizing the nervous system and circulatory system, and can also expand the peripheral blood vessels and improve the phenomenon of cold hands and feet. Niacin is abundant in animal liver, eggs, milk, brown rice, whole grains, sesame seeds, shiitake mushrooms, green beans and peanuts, and supplementation with vitamin B1, vitamin B and B3 can also promote the synthesis of niacin.
Eat warm food
Walnuts, sesame seeds, pine nuts, vegetables such as leeks, carrots, kale, spinach, fruits such as peaches, papaya, sex, other foods such as beef, mutton, seafood, glutinous rice, brown rice, soybeans, tofu, sesame, brown sugar, etc. are all familiar warm foods, which are ingredients that people with cold hands and feet should use more often.
Eat spicy food in moderation
Pepper, chili, mustard, garlic, curry and other spicy spices can promote blood circulation, usually in the dishes with these spices in moderation, to improve the phenomenon of cold hands and feet is also helpful.
