Post Date December, 03 2023
Spring, summer, autumn, and winter are also the winter of the year, but many friends do not know how to tonify the kidney in winter. Today, it is advisable to learn some knowledge about how to tonify the kidney when winter comes. I hope these common tips can help everyone in daily life, thereby enabling everyone to stay away from diseases.
Winter is coming, do you know how to tonify the kidney
When winter comes, many friends feel particularly afraid of the cold. During the day, my hands and feet are always cold, so I want to eat hot rice and drink hot water. Even so, it is difficult for my body to warm up. It's a bit better to exercise regularly, but after sitting down for a while, your hands and feet are as cold as iron. Sleeping at night, wearing warm clothes, and covering more quilts than others, still feels not warm.
Slow blood circulation in winter is the main reason why our hands and feet are cold. Due to low temperature, blood vessels contract and the ability of blood circulation decreases, resulting in poor blood circulation in hands and feet, especially at fingertips and toes. According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, cold hands and feet in winter are mainly caused by kidney deficiency in the body, with a particular emphasis on kidney yang deficiency. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidney stores essence, which produces kidney yin and kidney yang, and plays a nourishing and warming role in the five viscera and six internal organs. If you are excessively afraid of the cold, this is enough to indicate that your body lacks yang, which is what we call kidney yang deficiency.
Due to long-term physical overdraft and excessive pressure, the essence and qi in the kidney may suffer from rapid deficiency. Without timely nourishment and treatment, the essence, qi, spirit, and blood in the kidney may be excessively consumed and overdrawn. "The kidney is the mother of the five internal organs." If the kidney is deficient, the function of the spleen and stomach will also decrease. After a weak temper, the function of digesting food must decrease. We do not have enough food to nourish the five viscera and six internal organs, which can lead to poor blood flow and insufficient blood circulation at the ends of the patient's limbs, resulting in loss of their warm energy, leading to cold hands and feet.
Regulate the spleen and stomach, replenish kidney yang first
Many people with cold hands and feet in winter also have a bad appetite when eating, often feeling faint in their mouths, and are prone to diarrhea after catching cold. It is often at five or six o'clock in the morning when a sudden stomachache arises and one goes to the bathroom. After going to the bathroom, the stomachache will disappear. According to traditional Chinese medicine, this is mainly caused by deficiency of spleen and kidney yang. To improve the function of the spleen and stomach, it is first necessary to replenish the kidney yang. Kidney Yang deficiency The human body is like a car without gasoline, no matter what its appearance, it cannot function. As mentioned earlier, the yin and yang of the kidney can vary, and patients cannot assert whether it is kidney yin deficiency or kidney yang deficiency based on a symptom. Therefore, it is easy to treat kidney yang deficiency as kidney yin deficiency during treatment and regulation, or treat kidney yin deficiency as kidney yang deficiency, resulting in more severe symptoms.
As the saying goes, "Cold starts from the foot." The foot is farthest from the heart, with thin fat on the foot and poor thermal insulation ability. However, the soles of the foot are closely related to the mucous membrane of the upper respiratory tract. Once a friend with kidney deficiency catches a cold, it is easy to cause capillary contraction in the mucous membrane of the upper respiratory tract, leading to clinical symptoms such as colds, waist and leg pain, women's dysmenorrhea, and diarrhea. Before going to bed at night, scalding hands and feet with hot water can not only protect against the cold, but also effectively promote local blood circulation and relieve systemic fatigue.
How to Tonify the Kidney in Winter?
1. Regular drinking water
Water is the source of life. If the human body lacks water, it may cause retention of turbid toxins, thereby increasing the burden on the kidneys. Therefore, regular drinking water is a very important method of nourishing the kidney.
2. Eat less salt
Modern people tend to have a heavy taste and like to eat foods that taste too salty. If they consume too much salt, their kidneys will have a burden. The sodium content in salt can lead to poor water excretion, further increasing the burden on their kidneys. Therefore, MM should avoid eating foods that taste too salty.
3. Brush your teeth and rinse your mouth with warm water
In winter, brushing and rinsing your teeth with warm water can ensure normal metabolism. Protecting your teeth means protecting your kidneys. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bad teeth indicate that the kidney has become deficient.
4. Pulling earlobe
If pulling your ears can also invigorate the kidneys, you must be joking, but that's the truth! There is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine, "The kidney opens the body in the ear, and the ear is the official organ of the kidney.". With sufficient kidney qi, hearing becomes acute; Kidney Qi deficiency can also affect hearing. Similarly, there are many acupuncture points for treating kidney diseases in the ear. Therefore, regular binaural exercises can play a role in strengthening the kidneys, waist, and body. Pull your ears during meetings and work to nourish the kidneys.
5. Drink less beverages
Caffeine in beverages can cause blood pressure to rise, which can harm your kidneys. You should drink fewer drinks and more water to let the body excrete toxins, and your kidneys will be healthier.
6. Chinese wolfberry is the best kidney tonic
The most powerful kidney tonic food is Chinese wolfberry. According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, lycium barbarum fruit has a sweet and flat taste, and is beneficial to the liver and kidney meridians. It can nourish the kidney and nourish the essence, nourish the liver and eyesight, replenish blood and calm the nerves, promote fluid production, and quench thirst. It is commonly used to treat liver and kidney deficiency and deficiency of blood essence.
7. Don't bear to urinate
When the stored urine in the bladder reaches a certain level, it stimulates the nerves and produces a urination reflex. At this time, it is necessary to go to the toilet in time and discharge urine thoroughly. Otherwise, the accumulated urine can become watery and turbid qi, damaging the kidneys. Therefore, when there is urine, it should be discharged in a timely manner, which is also one of the best methods for nourishing the kidney.
8. Pay attention to keeping warm
Keeping warm is particularly important in winter, as it not only resists the entry of cold, but also helps prevent colds. It can also effectively alleviate the symptoms of dysmenorrhea in women. And can have the effect of protecting and nourishing the kidney.
9. Massage the waist
Rub the palm of your hand hot and place it on your waist. Massage in circles up and down until you get hot. Massage once in the morning and evening for 10 minutes each. This can protect the kidney and quickly relieve fatigue in your waist.
