Elderly people can take the following measures when their hands and feet get cold in winter:
1. Enhance warmth: Increase clothing in a timely manner as the temperature drops. Wear gloves, shoes, and socks with good thermal performance. Apply some oil or fat to the hands and feet regularly.
2. Avoid mental stress and emotional excitement. It has been found that when emotions are excited, the temperature of the hands can quickly drop from ℃ to 24℃, and it only slowly recovers after calming down.
3. Ensure sufficient nutrition and eat foods with enough calories to increase the body's heat production.
4. Stick to winter exercises to promote blood circulation throughout the body. Soak hands and feet in warm water or massage the limbs daily to improve local blood circulation in the limbs.
5. Under the guidance of a doctor, take strong and tonic Chinese medicine such as ginseng, royal jelly, and Aconitum. Some people believe that Aconitum has a good therapeutic effect on cold hands and feet in the elderly.
6. If cold hands and feet are accompanied by weakened or absent arterial pulsation in the limbs, pale or bluish skin, and signs of ischemia, it is necessary to go to the hospital for examination.
