How to regulate Yang deficiency body type

The main manifestations of Yang deficiency body are cold hands and feet and mental discomfort, so how to take care of Yang deficiency body? The principle of Yang deficiency body conditioning is not to hurt Yang Qi, smooth the flow of Qi and blood, Yang deficiency body conditioning mainly includes diet conditioning, spiritual conditioning, living and health care, herbal health care, four seasons of health care, and meridian health care six aspects.

Diet: avoid raw and cold, prefer warmth

Cold foods such as iced drinks, ice cream, watermelon, bitter melon, mung beans, crabs and other foods have a strong effect on Yang deficiency constitution and should be eaten sparingly, or with warm foods. People with Yang deficiency constitution should also control salt intake in their diet to avoid obesity, swelling and high blood pressure. People with Yang deficiency should eat more warm foods that nourish kidney yang, such as mutton, beef, longan, chestnuts, walnuts and lychees.

Spirituality: tune the mind

Most people with a Yang deficiency constitution are calm and introverted, so they should be guided by the trend and avoid being too emotionally depressed. Increasing outdoor exercise, getting more sunlight and listening to light and lively music can help maintain a bright mind and combat anxiety and sensitivity.

Living: keep warm, move more and stay up less

Yang deficiency body, especially women in the cold season should not be too little clothing, pay attention to the joints, waist and abdomen, back of the neck, foot warmth. A moderate amount of exercise helps Yang Qi rise and shine. Choosing exercises suitable for you and doing more outdoor activities can activate Yang Qi in your body and enhance your body's ability to resist cold. Staying up late hurts yang qi. People who stay up late are prone to haggard faces and mental fatigue, so to protect yang qi, people with yang deficiency should avoid staying up late.

Medicinal tonic: help Yang to prevent dryness and heat

Back pain and frequent urination at night caused by Yang deficiency can be relieved by consuming important flat tonics such as deer antler, puzzle nut, eucommia, cuscuta, cinnamon, ginseng and astragalus.

Four seasons of health: do not crave coolness in summer and warm tonic in winter

Summer and winter are the hardest seasons for people with Yang deficiency, because winter itself is cold, while summer is hot but in an air-conditioned environment for a long time, it is easy to hurt Yang Qi. In order to protect Yang Qi, Yang deficiency body people should eat less cold food in summer and exercise more, and in winter they should take more warm food such as mutton and beef.

Meridian health care: moxibustion

The four major acupuncture points that have a warming effect on Yang in meridian health are Shen Que, Qi Hai, Guan Yuan and Zhong Ji. Every year, during the hottest or coldest time, choose 1~2 acupuncture points and moxibustion with moxa until the skin is red and hot and tolerable. Moxibustion Shen Que point: 1 coin-sized piece of ginger poked out many small holes, a little salt and clear moxa velvet. Fill your belly button with salt, put ginger on top, gently place the conical moxibustion column on the ginger, light the moxa slowly burning until the salt in the belly button is yellow and wet, feel as if hot water slowly roaming in the abdomen, with hot water soaking feet, soak until the skin of the feet is red. This will get rid of cold, relieve menstrual cramps and reduce blood stagnation in the body.