What are the symptoms of qi and blood deficiency?

Qi deficiency and blood deficiency have a great impact on the body, especially for women. To put it simply, qi deficiency and blood deficiency mean qi deficiency causing weakness and blood deficiency causing irritability. In addition, long-term deficiency of qi and blood will cause low immunity and may cause a series of diseases, the most common of which is the cold, and may also cause tracheitis, pharyngitis, rhinitis, pneumonia, etc. It may also cause various diseases in the digestive system, such as indigestion, gastritis, enteritis, gastroenteritis, loose stools, etc. There are many factors that cause qi deficiency and blood deficiency. For example, due to climate change and physiological characteristics, some people have poor appetite and often like to eat their favorite foods. Over time, this will lead to insufficient intake of other foods and iron deficiency. In addition, being too cold or too hot can also affect the secretion of digestive juices, leading to reduced absorption of iron in food and causing anemia. Below I will share with you the symptoms of deficiency of qi and blood.

1. Palpitations

Some people are physically and mentally exhausted due to years of hard work, and often feel their heartbeats are very fast and heavy, as if there is a little rabbit jumping around in their arms. At the same time, the symptoms of palpitations will worsen after physical activity, after meals, and even when you are mentally stressed, seriously affecting your normal work and life. In traditional Chinese medicine, this is considered weakness. This weakness is due to weakness of the liver and spleen, which in turn leads to deficiency of Qi and blood.

2. Cold hands and feet

Cold hands and feet is a common phenomenon, mostly occurring among women. These people usually work at their desks and have little time for exercise, or simply do not exercise. Over time, the heart's function weakens, blood flow slows down, and energy cannot reach the limbs, so problems such as cold hands and feet occur. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, cold and numb hands and feet are mostly caused by problems with Qi and blood, because the deficiency of both Qi and blood leads to poor blood circulation and insufficient blood supply. Therefore, symptoms of cold hands and feet are likely to occur when qi and blood are deficient.

3. Insomnia and dreaminess

Insomnia is increasingly troubling modern people. Many people feel that insomnia affects their health, and a poor night's sleep can cause a deterioration in physical fitness. In fact, it is the decline in physical condition that leads to insomnia. Most people who suffer from insomnia are adults. Due to their careers and families, they are in a state of energy expenditure for a long time. That is, while consuming a large amount of "qi", they are also overdrawing "blood". When the human body is in a state of qi and blood deficiency, sleep will be abnormal. The onset of insomnia means a decline in physical fitness, but most people are not aware of this warning signal. People use sleeping pills to fight insomnia, with the aim of finding a way to fall asleep. The dosage of sleeping pills keeps increasing, and they only take it one night at a time. There is little time to think about the real cause of insomnia, let alone how to treat it. It can be seen that insomnia and frequent dreams are symptoms of deficiency of both Qi and blood. When insomnia occurs, one should first consider replenishing Qi and blood rather than blindly taking sleeping pills.

4. Backache and heaviness of legs

This problem often occurs among middle-aged people. They often feel sore and weak in the waist. They are accustomed to supporting their waist with their hands to help support the body, or subconsciously hammering their waist, as if hammering it twice would make them feel more comfortable. When sitting down, you must find a cushion to support your waist, otherwise you will have the illusion that your waist is about to break. In addition, my legs feel heavy when I stand, and I can't take a step when I walk, as if there are two sandbags on my legs. I have to lift my legs deliberately to move. This is directly related to long-term overwork and overdraft, which leads to serious deficiency of qi and blood.