Patient's question:
My sister often has cold hands and feet, irregular periods, and severe menstrual cramps. She has visited the hospital and taken medication, but the results were not significant. Later, she consulted a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, who said it was caused by uterine coldness and advised her to pay attention to her health in daily life.What kind of help do you need: How can uterine coldness be regulated?
Doctor's answer:
Gynecological cold and kidney deficiency are related to conditions such as spleen qi deficiency, blood deficiency, liver depression, phlegm-dampness, damp-heat, blood stasis, and others. Western medicine, however, attributes such symptoms to factors like age, nutritional factors, psychological factors, endocrine factors (hypothalamus, thyroid, adrenal glands, pancreas), developmental factors, inflammation, and tumors. There are many reasons that can lead to gynecological cold. On one hand, it is related to one's constitution, such as women who are naturally prone to feeling cold and have cold hands and feet due to insufficient yang qi in their bodies, making them more susceptible to gynecological cold. On the other hand, it is also closely linked to unhealthy lifestyle habits, such as some women's preference for cold drinks and their tendency to wear thin clothing even in winter.