Temperature changes a lot during the period between summer and autumn. When the weather turns, it is imperative to keep warm in cold weather. Your health can be affected for good or ill depending on your response to the different weather.
In Chinese medicine, there are a old saying that “never cast a clout till may be out”. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) points out that 3 parts of your body you especially need to keep warm when weather changes.
- Belly button
The belly button, also known as the Shenque acupoint, connects the five internal organs. It is a also the most secret and crucial key acupoint for human life. It delivers qi and blood to the entire body.
The belly button is very thin, it is easy to cause diarrhea, stomach pain, and damage the spleen and stomach when it is cold.
If the spleen and stomach are damaged, it is not conducive to the transportation and transformation of water and dampness in the body. This will cause excess moisture in the body.
- Lower back
There is a meridian called the Du meridian in the position of the spine on the back of the body. If the back gets cold, it inevitably damage the Governor Vessel and deplete the Yang Qi. Therefore, the first thing to do is to warm the back. People who are usually afraid of cold can get more sunbathing on the back. It can supplement the lack of yang in the body by doing so.
When wind and cold invade the human body, the bladder meridian is affected first. If you have just caught a cold, you feel the back is hard to move, and even leading to the headache and back pain.
On the bladder meridian, the Shu acupoints connecting the five internal organs is where the qi of the viscera enters and exits. The first door of preventing attack from wind and cold must be carefully looked after.
- Legs
In TCM, there is a saying that “cold starts from the feet”.The blood circulation on the feet is the most likely to be blocked.
When the legs and feet get cold, the cold can reach the stomach, uterus, heart and lungs by following the meridians, causing stomach pain, diarrhea. Female are prone to uterine cold, and even causing dysmenorrhea, late menstruation or amenorrhea.
