Uterine care: There is no such thing as "uterine cold" in traditional Chinese medicine

I don't know when the saying of "uterine cold" began to spread everywhere, such as nine out of ten women have cold uterus, women with cold uterus are not easy to get pregnant, women with cold uterus have bad complexion, etc. Gynecologists are often asked by female patients: "I am usually very afraid of cold, is it because of cold uterus?" "I can't get pregnant, is it because of cold uterus?"... What exactly is cold uterus? Can cold uterus cause infertility? Traditional Chinese medicine does not understand what "cold uterus" means. Cold uterus is just a folk saying. Traditional Chinese medicine has no concept or saying of cold uterus, and there is no medical statistics showing the conclusion that "nine out of ten women have cold uterus".

Traditional Chinese medicine divides cold and hot foundation

According to TCM theory, human constitution can be divided into cold, hot, deficiency and excess, among which "cold" is divided into excess cold and deficiency cold. Excessive cold means that a person is feeling the actual cold evil, such as wearing too few clothes, air-conditioning temperature is too low, etc., which causes excessive yin and cold in the body, that is, "excessive yin leads to internal cold", and it is necessary to dispel the cold; deficiency cold means that the body lacks yang, and the cold is generated from within, that is, "deficient yang leads to external cold", and it is necessary to warm the yang.

The menstruation of women with "cold" may manifest as dysmenorrhea, scanty menstrual flow, clots of menstrual blood, dark color, and other problems. The symptoms of real cold and false cold are different: those with real cold like warmth, have severe pain, and refuse to be pressed; those with false cold have dull pain, like rubbing and pressing, and those with false cold also often have fatigue, lack of energy, poor appetite, and loose stools.

Although many women who visit gynecological clinics think they are very "cold" and "weak", in fact, women with weak cold are relatively rare, and most of them are those with strong cold.

Cold drinks cause "uterine cold"?

The "uterine cold" theory also believes that eating cold drinks and using air conditioning can cause "cold", which is not good for the uterus. Some people like to eat cold food, some people like to eat hot food, and different people have different tolerance levels for cold food. As long as you don't feel any discomfort after eating cold drinks, it means that the body's positive energy can resist external pathogens, which means that cold drinks have no adverse effects on your health. For example, some people with yin deficiency prefer to eat cold food and drink cold drinks to feel comfortable, and their bodies can tolerate it, so there is no need to worry about it.

Of course, it is not recommended to get caught in the rain, take a cold shower, or lie on wet ground during the menstrual period. At this time, the body's resistance is weak and it is easy for the cold evil to invade. You must also pay attention to private hygiene to prevent bacteria from ascending through the vagina and infecting the uterine cavity.

Is “uterine cold” the root cause of infertility?

Regarding infertility, Chinese medicine believes that first of all, everyone should understand a concept: it can be called infertility only when both husband and wife have normal sexual life and have not conceived for more than one year. Patients who meet this condition must go to a regular hospital's infertility clinic or see a specialist physician to check the cause. These physicians are more professional in infertility issues and can prevent patients from taking detours.

Sometimes the failure of "making a baby" is caused by the man, so the man must also be checked, especially before the woman undergoes invasive infertility testing, the man's problem must be ruled out first. Find out the problem that causes infertility and then provide targeted symptomatic treatment.

For female patients who need to use Chinese medicine to regulate their bodies, Chinese medicine believes that they can take some kidney-tonifying Chinese medicine to balance yin and yang, but regular infertility examinations are essential.