What causes chills?

The four seasons of the year have different temperatures, and the cold in winter can make some friends unbearable. Fear of cold is a symptom of chills, but as long as you wear more clothes, you will be fine, so many people don’t take it to heart. In fact, chills are a manifestation of physical weakness. Let’s take a look at the main causes of chills and prescribe the right remedy.

Fear of cold is mostly caused by the invasion of external cold evil, or by the body's own yang deficiency and yin excess, or by dysfunction of the body. When the human body is out of balance, evil spirits can easily enter the body. Since the body is yin-dominant, the symptom of fear of cold is obvious, which has been discussed in many medical books of all dynasties. "Suwen. Tongpingxulun" says: "If the essence and energy are deprived, one will become weak." "Suwen. Tiaojing Lun" says: "Yang deficiency causes external cold, Yin deficiency causes internal heat" which further explains that deficiency syndrome is prone to cold evil invading the human body, which over time becomes the host and causes internal cold. 《

Synopsis of the Golden Chamber. Symptoms and Treatment of Blood Stasis and Deficiency proposed the name of the disease, detailed the symptoms, causes and pulse treatment, divided the causes into three categories: yang deficiency, yin deficiency, and both yin and yang deficiency. The treatment principle focuses on warming and tonifying the spleen and kidneys, and proposed treatment principles such as strengthening the body, eliminating evil, and eliminating evil (stasis) and promoting new life. Li Zhongzi's "Essential Readings in Medicine" emphasizes the importance of the spleen and kidneys in human fatigue, and focuses on warming and nourishing the spleen and kidneys. The aspects, content and range of chills and asthenia are very wide, and are mostly seen in diseases of viscera, qi and blood in traditional Chinese medicine, internal medicine, surgery, gynecology and pediatrics. All multidisciplinary chronic wasting diseases, when developed to a serious stage, are mostly characterized by deficiency of viscera qi, blood, yin and yang, which also fall into the category of yang deficiency and fear of cold. Many wasting, chronic, and functionally degenerative diseases that present similar clinical manifestations to those of deficiency may present with chills and coldness as the main symptom.

Causes of chills

1. People who are iron-deficient have less hemoglobin, which affects the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity, leading to disorders in tissue energy metabolism. People will feel abnormally cold due to insufficient heat generation;

2. People with low blood pressure have insufficient peripheral blood circulation, and human tissues cannot get enough oxygen and energy, which will also cause chills;

3. When the body's thyroid hormone secretion is insufficient, the blood circulation in the skin and other parts of the body slows down, and insufficient heat production will make the reaction to cold more intense;

4. The estrogen level in menopausal women is low, which affects the stability of nerves and blood vessels, and it is easy to have coldness in the waist, abdomen, hands and feet, and the whole body.....

5. From a Western medical perspective, it may also be caused by lack of exercise, which weakens blood circulation, or insufficient absorption of nutrients.

6. According to TCM analysis, this may be a manifestation of congenital physical weakness and kidney deficiency: the body's Yang Qi is weak and cannot warm the limbs, resulting in symptoms such as cold limbs. (For this type of deficiency, it is recommended that you go to a local hospital for TCM dialectical treatment.)

Friends who are afraid of cold need to regulate their bodies. Appropriate exercise can relieve the symptoms of cold, and the heat generated by exercise can improve hormone secretion. Promote metabolism, and wear more clothes in cold weather, especially tops, because the upper body has more blood vessels. Don't wear tight clothes and pants, as this is not conducive to blood circulation and heat.