I was out of breath after walking a few steps, my hands and feet were cold when it was a little cold, and I was listless from morning to night...... Many contemporary people have entered a state of "physical weakness".
In the view of traditional Chinese medicine, people's lives are fast-paced, and most people's bodies are in a state of exhaustion, which may induce diseases over time, and by looking at the "hands" can help determine whether you are really empty.
Look at your hands to know that you are not empty
, 01 hands often feel numb, it may be blood deficiency
Staying in one position, such as pressing against your arm while sleeping, will cause numbness. Poor blood flow causes blood to not reach the corresponding area, which leads to numbness. At this point, as soon as the lower limbs are moved, the numbness will improve or disappear.
In the absence of special circumstances, people who still have frequent and persistent limb numbness in their hands, except for diabetes, transient cerebral ischemia, cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, etc., Chinese medicine believes that it may be related to blood deficiency.
Blood is a subtle substance metabolized by the diet, and the blood is not enough to nourish the muscles and veins, resulting in the symptoms of numbness in the extremities. People with blood deficiency constitution are often accompanied by symptoms such as pale lip nails, pale or yellowish complexion, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, dreams, forgetfulness and so on.
02 People with weak hands may be qi deficiency
Yuan Qi is the most fundamental and important Qi of the human body, and it is the driving force of the human body's vital activities. The typical characteristic of qi deficiency is fatigue, which is manifested in the hands as lack of hand strength, inability to lift, and often soreness.
People with qi deficiency will also have paleness, shortness of breath and fatigue, self-sweating, susceptibility to colds, poor immunity, and slow recovery after illness. Observing the tongue, the tongue is fat, the tongue is pale in color, and there are tooth marks around the tongue, which can basically be determined to be qi deficiency constitution.
How to "make up" different types of void
In life, some people are a little uncomfortable, so they always want to make up for it or recuperate. Traditional Chinese medicine often says that "deficiency is not supplemented", in fact, it is said that "supplementing deficiency" cannot be "made up indiscriminately", but should be seated in the right number, and "indiscriminate supplement" includes making up for the wrong way and illegality.
Replenish blood deficiency
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen is the source of qi and blood biochemistry, and you can take red dates, yams, hawthorn, longan and other foods of the same origin as medicine and food to strengthen the spleen and replenish blood.
At the same time, choose nutritious foods rich in iron, folic acid and vitamin B12 in the diet, such as pork liver, spinach, carrots, shrimp, etc.
To treat qi deficiency, there is a famous prescription in traditional Chinese medicine "tonifying the middle and nourishing qi soup", and the astragalus membranaceus is known as the "holy medicine for replenishing qi", and it is praised as "the best of all medicines for replenishing qi" in "Seeking Truth in Materia Medica".
People with qi deficiency can usually take 10~20 grams of astragalus to boil water to drink or make soup. At the same time, people with qi deficiency should also strengthen exercise in their lives, such as walking, Baduanjin, and Taijiquan.
Qi and blood food therapy
We will introduce you to 3 "blood tonifying soups" suitable for daily consumption, using dietary therapy methods to replenish qi and blood and nourish the five internal organs.
[Ingredients] 10 red dates, 1 piece of brown sugar, 30 grams of red beans, 30 grams of red peanuts, 10 grams of wolfberry.
【Method】Red beans and peanuts need to be soaked in advance, then put red beans, red dates and peanuts in the pot first, add water and boil until soft, add wolfberries and brown sugar before leaving the pot and stir evenly.
Wuhong soup can nourish qi and blood, and is suitable for those with low menstrual flow and light color.
Angelica red dates and eggs to drink
【Ingredients】10 grams of angelica, 20 grams of red dates, 1 egg, 20 grams of brown sugar.
【Method】Put all the ingredients into the pot and boil for 15-20 minutes, take out the hard-boiled eggs and remove the shell, put them back in the pot and continue to cook for 10 minutes, drink the soup and dregs, except for angelica, which can not be eaten, everything else can be eaten.
It can replenish blood and regulate menstruation. It is suitable for people with less blood deficiency and irregular menstruation, especially after menstruation is clean; Pregnant women should not take it.
Longan red date wolfberry tea
[Ingredients] 10 grams of longan meat, 20 grams of red dates, 10 grams of wolfberry, 10 grams of brown sugar (those who don't like sweetness can go to brown sugar).
【Method】Make tea and drink.
It can nourish qi and blood, and benefit the shrewd eyes. It is suitable for oligomenorrhea caused by qi and blood deficiency; Those who are deficient in yin and fire are not to take it. - Life Times
