Hot hands in summer and cold hands in winter may be related to the external temperature. Hot hands may also be caused by yin deficiency, while cold hands in winter may be caused by yang deficiency, and if both phenomena are present, there may be both yin and yang deficiency.
Yin deficiency may be caused after a hot disease, or a disease that wounds and depletes the yin fluid for a long period of time. Clinical manifestations include flushed cheeks, dry throat, five heart-heat (heat in the hearts of the two hands and two feet, and self-consciousness of the heart and chest), hot flashes, night sweats (abnormal sweating after falling asleep, and sweating stops after waking up), and other symptoms, and the patient’s yin deficiency may result in hot hands in the summer.
Yang deficiency refers to the body’s lack of yang qi, the warming function is weakened, clinical manifestations of pale face, fear of cold, low temperature of hands and feet.
Yin and yang deficiency refers to both yin and yang deficiency, which is mainly manifested as both fear of heat and fear of cold, fear of heat in summer and fear of cold in winter, which may lead to the phenomenon of hot hands in summer and cold hands in winter.
Patients with hot hands in summer and cold hands in winter are advised to consult a doctor for a clear diagnosis and treatment.