Guest guest Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Hi all, I've been in this group for a while, and really enjoy the information passed along. Thank you! I wonder what you may think of this. I'm an avid morning jogger. Lately, I've been noticing that around 30 mins into the jog, when my body's pretty warm and sweaty, my hands feel slightly different. While my right hand lookss flushed and warm, pretty nimble, my left's a shade paler, slightly numb, and colder, so that I end up having to wear a glove for it. Kinda strange to run around with one glove on. I'm 33, with no problem with blood pressure, cholesterol, etc. (at least, from the last phys exam). I'm wondering if it's just my body's slow adaptitiveness to the cold temperature. By the way, if it is a circulation problem, what are some herbal/food remedies to recommend, espeically for winter? Thanks a bunch! Stay warm, Merl Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Hi all, this is a good time to review an essential concept in Chinese medicine: Treat things while they are still small. Preferably with the help of a practitioner unless you really know what you're doing. I just got off the phone with an inactive patient who wishes to begin treatment again because she has just been diagnosed with " Sjogren's " syndrome. I last saw this patient almost 2 years ago and remember battling with her to really get with it in terms of effecting changes to her health. Had we done what was necessary I am sure we could have staved off this impending manifestation for at least several years if not longer. Conservatively, however, to truly avoid this manfestation altogether she might have had to begin appropriate treatments while she was in her twenties (20 - 30 years ago). So Merl, now is the time to treat things as fully and properly as possible in order to avoid big problems in the apparently distant future. Hugo Merl Lin <mh0798 Chinese Traditional Medicine Thursday, 6 December, 2007 7:24:44 AM [Chinese Traditional Medicine] Problem with circulation? Hi all, I've been in this group for a while, and really enjoy the information passed along. Thank you! I wonder what you may think of this. I'm an avid morning jogger. Lately, I've been noticing that around 30 mins into the jog, when my body's pretty warm and sweaty, my hands feel slightly different. While my right hand lookss flushed and warm, pretty nimble, my left's a shade paler, slightly numb, and colder, so that I end up having to wear a glove for it. Kinda strange to run around with one glove on. I'm 33, with no problem with blood pressure, cholesterol, etc. (at least, from the last phys exam). I'm wondering if it's just my body's slow adaptitiveness to the cold temperature. By the way, if it is a circulation problem, what are some herbal/food remedies to recommend, espeically for winter? Thanks a bunch! Stay warm, Merl ------------ --------- --------- --- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 There are two formulas used in Chinese medicine that are for " cold extremities " . They represent slightly different mechanisms causing the problem, though. 1. Si Ni San (Frigid Extremeties Powder) is for when hands and/or feet are cold as a response to stress. This is qi stagnation where the warm yang becomes trapped in the abdomen. This condition should be alleviated by activity such as jogging. When something is stagnant, it stands to reason that it would be fixed by movement and jogging could provide that movement. 2. Si Ni Tang (Frigid Extremities Decoction) is for when hands and/or feet are cold due to a deficiency of warmth (yang) in the body. Deficiencies often manifest as aggravated by activity and 30 minutes of jogging would fit into this category. Also, there's this little known statement that I believe comes from the TCM bible called the Nei Jing. The statement translated directly from Chinese says " Turn left go up, turn right go down " . This is a great theory for when a problem manifests on one side of the body. " go up " means tonify, " go down " means reduce. So, when you have a problem with something only on the left side of the body, that means it would benefit from tonification and if it manifests only on the right side, it would benefit from removing something (which can vary widely). Given the fact that your problem arises after activity and only on the left side, I say try some Si Ni Tang and see how you do on it. -al. On Dec 6, 2007 7:24 AM, Merl Lin <mh0798 wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been in this group for a while, and really enjoy the information > passed along. Thank you! > > I wonder what you may think of this. I'm an avid morning jogger. Lately, > I've been noticing that around 30 mins into the jog, when my body's pretty > warm and sweaty, my hands feel slightly different. While my right hand > lookss flushed and warm, pretty nimble, my left's a shade paler, slightly > numb, and colder, so that I end up having to wear a glove for it. Kinda > strange to run around with one glove on. > > I'm 33, with no problem with blood pressure, cholesterol, etc. (at least, > from the last phys exam). > > I'm wondering if it's just my body's slow adaptitiveness to the cold > temperature. > > By the way, if it is a circulation problem, what are some herbal/food > remedies to recommend, espeically for winter? > > Thanks a bunch! > > Stay warm, > > Merl > -- , DAOM Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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