The fire goes up, the cold sinks, and the legs are the base camp of the cold
"The fire is above, the cold is below", the cold is going down, after the cold enters the human body, it will sink from the buttocks, all the way to the thighs, knees, popliteal fossa, and feet, so the legs are the base camp of the cold!
Leg cold will induce "old cold legs", but the harm of leg cold can be far more than "old cold legs", it is even more terrible than palace cold, and will induce various diseases.
1. Gynecological diseases
The leg is the "traffic artery", and there are 3 Yin meridians gathered here: Zutai Yin and Spleen Meridian (spleen blood), Zushao Yin and Kidney Meridian (kidney blood), and Zu Yin and Liver Meridian (liver and blood). There are many gynecological points on these meridians, such as the Xuehai acupoint, the Diji acupoint, the Sanyin Jiao acupoint, etc.
Once the legs are cold, there will be blood stasis, and it will be difficult for qi and blood to go down, which will directly lead to reduced menstrual flow, delayed menstruation, dysmenorrhea and even amenorrhea, etc., and qi and blood stasis in the pelvic cavity, which will form pelvic polyps, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, etc.
2. Heart disease
The body's blood runs through arteries and veins. Venous return in the legs mainly depends on the contraction of the calf muscles, so taking care of the calves is equivalent to adding a "pump" to the lower part of the body, which can help the heart. The cold leg will affect the contractile function of the calf muscles, and it will be difficult for the venous blood to flow back to the heart through the capillaries, venules and veins, and in the long run, it will induce heart disease.
3. Aging
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that people have "four roots" - ear roots, nose roots, milk roots, and foot roots, and the root of the "four roots" is the root of the feet. Only when the feet are healthy and the meridians are conducted, can the qi and blood be smoothly sent to various organs, and life activities can be carried out normally. On the contrary, if the legs are cold for a long time, the speed and accuracy of the instruction transmission between the legs and the brain will decrease, which will then affect the health of the whole body and affect the life expectancy.
4. Moisture
The legs are responsible for storing blood, and 50% of the nerves, blood vessels, and blood in the human body are concentrated in the legs. When the legs are cold, when they encounter moisture, they will wrap around each other and form cold and dampness.
Dampness is heavy turbidity and qualitative evil, water-like yin, the lower part of the human body is also yin, the same kind seeks each other, therefore, dampness evil is a disease, and it mostly hurts the lower part of the human body, like common edema, eczema and other diseases of the lower limbs are more common.
The calf is the main position of the spleen meridian, and the spleen mainly transports water and dampness, so the edema caused by spleen deficiency is mainly reflected in the legs, such as sour and swollen calves, weakness in the legs, and edema of the lower limbs, which are mostly manifestations of water and dampness.
5. Hot at the top and cold at the bottom
If the cold is cold and the legs are cold, the blood will be stagnant, resulting in poor circulation in the legs, and the energy of the legs will be blocked, where will the excess energy go? I have to go up, the upper body will be too hot, and people will be easy to get angry, and after a long time, the physique of heat and cold will be formed.
Dig deeper, the 6 meridians of the legs - spleen meridian, kidney meridian, liver meridian, stomach meridian, bladder meridian, and gallbladder meridian are in charge of the secretion and detoxification of the human body.
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