“Old cold leg” is the folk name, modern medicine called it knee osteoarthritis. According to Chinese medicine, this disease belongs to “paralysis”, when the body is invaded by wind, cold, damp and other external evil, the meridians and channels are blocked so that the blood and Qi are not smooth, it will produce numbness, pain, flexion and extension of unfavorable symptoms. “Old cold leg” starts slowly. Both sides or one side of the knee joint often have vague pain, which is aggravated when moving and improves after rest. The symptoms are aggravated when it is cloudy and rainy, or when the climate becomes cooler, so it is a common feature of patients with this disease that they prefer warmth and fear cold. Sometimes the pain is acute, the joint is stiff, and there is a popping sound when moving. The stiffness of the joints increases after sitting for a long time and improves slightly after activity. In the late stage, the joints are swollen and movement is limited. Although joint degeneration is an inevitable process of human metabolism, the limitation of knee joint activities seriously affects work and life, so it is necessary to strengthen prevention and take various measures to postpone the occurrence, reduce the degree, delay the development and improve the quality of life. The Chinese medicine pathogenesis of old cold leg Chinese medicine believes that “old cold leg. It belongs to the category of “paralysis”. It is mainly caused by the attack of cold evil on the body, but also by wind evil and damp evil, which paralyzes the meridians and causes pain in the joints of the legs. The colder the weather, the more pain, long-term disease can hurt the liver and kidneys, so like warmth and fear of cold is its common characteristics. Chinese medicine treatment is based on dispersing the cold, warming the meridians, activating blood circulation, relieving swelling and pain. Chinese health care helps to prevent old cold legs 1, prevention of old cold legs, do a good job of keeping warm. (An autumn rain a cool. But look on the street, some beauty-loving girls are still wearing fashionable short skirts. As a physician, I would like to remind you that beauty is important, health is not less, do not just wind do not temperature. The dress should be dressed when you have to wear clothes, in case you fall “old cold legs” problem can not be cured. “Old cold legs” with a “old” word, so many people mistakenly believe that this is the patent of the elderly. In fact, it is not. As a result of not paying attention to warmth, some young people also suffer from “old cold legs”. The other day there was a long queue at the orthopedic clinic of the hospital, most of them were young girls, their symptoms are a cold weather, leg will have swelling, numbness, pain, and this is the precursor of “old cold leg”. For this condition, the symptoms will improve after treatment. But “old cold leg” is an “environmental disease”, when encountering cold weather or external wind and cold, it is easy to recur. (In summer, if you blow the air conditioner hard, it may also make the leg discomfort.) As the saying goes, “cold from the feet, the lower extremities warm, the whole body benefit …… for “old cold legs” patients, it is more important to do a good job of leg warming work. The old cold leg most afraid of wind, cold, wet, so usually must pay attention not to put the bed in the wind, to prevent sleep in the cold. Bedding should also be washed in the sun frequently. For patients with severe symptoms, it is a good idea to wear knee pads. Of course, for people with cold legs, exercise is also essential …… tendons for the bone, tendons can bind the bone”, exercise of the leg muscles is also a good protection for the knee joint. But this time wear “knee pads” easily cause inconvenience, you can wear cloth or rabbit fur and other animal fur made of “knee circumference”. Of course, in the fall, when the temperature is still high, only cloth knee pads with elasticity can be used. Don’t look at this method is simple, but it is the best way to prevent cold legs. Some people like to use hot compresses during the days of cold leg attack, this practice is not scientific. This is because the hot compress method will instead overheat the joints. The body’s joints are painful: do not rest excessively, so as not to make the blood around the joints coagulate, can not be unblocked pass for the old cold leg patients, treatment when the main cold, and hot compresses are not conducive to the dispersion of cold, the scientific approach is to soak feet. Chinese medicine has a “hundred diseases from the cold, cold from the feet,” said. The body’s 12 meridians have 6 from the bottom of the feet, soaking feet can play a role in stimulating the effect of meridians running. Cold and damp in the sufficient blood, the flow of blood flow in front of the foot without a foothold, the evil of cold and damp nowhere to hide, our legs can naturally rest easy. In addition, regular foot soak is also very good for health. China has a folk song cloud: spring feet, rising Yang solid off; summer feet. Summer dampness can be dispelled. Autumn feet, lungs moisten intestines moisten? Winter feet, Dantian warm burning.” It can be seen that soaking feet not only protect the feet, but also protect the body. Soak feet can add some cold medicine in the water, the common kitchen pepper is a very good cold medicine. Pepper sex wet, in Chinese medicine belongs to the cold class of drugs, can remove the internal organs of the cold, and can pass blood, adjust the joints. First grab a handful of pepper and add the right amount of water decoction, to be fully integrated into the medicinal effects of the water when poured into the basin first smoked feet, and so the water temperature to the feet can be used to soak feet. In this process you can keep adding hot pepper water, water to cover the ankles is good, soak on half an hour, to the whole body slightly sweating is appropriate, because sweating is the best way to get rid of cold. In addition to pepper, mugwort leaves to dispel cold and dampness is also good, you can have some more in the family if you have the conditions. 2, exercise therapy, for the treatment of extra points There is a saying “flowing water does not rot, the household pivot is not moth-eaten”, often exercise for the transmission of leg qi and blood, the prevention of old cold leg is also a lot of benefits. As the symptoms of the old cold leg is mainly knee pain, many patients often exercise in a semi-squatting position to do the knee joint back and forth rocking action, but this can only achieve the opposite effect. This is because the weight of the body in the lower half of the squat, which in turn will increase the burden on the knee joint, thus aggravating the symptoms. Here I introduce you to several methods: (1) dry feet: the benefits of foot washing we have already mentioned earlier, in fact, no water “dry feet” on the old cold leg also has a very good preventive effect, and can be carried out anywhere, anytime. How to wash it? Hands together holding the thigh root, then press down hard, all the way to the ankle, and then press from the ankle to the thigh root. Repeat this 20 times, standing and sitting can be. Elderly people with mobility problems can also sit on the bed massage. This method is mainly through the stimulation of leg meridians, promote the circulation of blood and Qi in the legs to play the effect of cold. (2) leg shaking method: hands on the wall or tree and other support, one foot upright, the other leg up to do back and forth shaking, so repeatedly 50 times. In the process of shaking the leg to pay attention to the knee joint to keep collapse straight, this can also play a forging _ refining leg muscles, to promote the effect of blood flow. For the elderly with mobility problems, you can also try cycling method. The specific method is the body lying flat on the bed. Feet raised in turn to do pedal bicycle action, so that the legs can be exercised, the operation is also relatively safe. People stand is not sick, Chinese medicine first treat people after the treatment of disease, which is also the mastery of Chinese medicine. Therefore, Chinese medicine emphasizes health care, not disease treatment. The disease treatment, before the disease prevention, this is the way to stop the exact health. 3, reasonable exercise old cold leg belongs to a chronic disease, appropriate exercise can promote joint cartilage absorption of nutrients. Prevent muscle atrophy. Enhance the strength of the leg muscles, and maintain the range of joint movement. The amount of exercise to body comfort, slight sweating is appropriate, so as not to exercise too much to cause excessive strain on the joints. Even the occurrence of trauma. Diabetic patients can choose exercises such as tai chi, jogging and gymnastics, and persistently stick to them. To prevent the recurrence of old cold leg in winter. Diabetic patients with a history of old cold leg should not try to prevent the recurrence of old cold leg by knee exercises (such as half squatting posture exercises, back and forth movement of knee joint, going up stairs, etc.). This is because these exercises are not only not good for cold legs. Instead, it will aggravate the damage of the knee joint and cause synovial reaction of the joint. 4, massage to prevent the old cold marrow winter often massage the upper and lower knee eye, Liang Qiu point, blood sea point, Chung Quan point, Taichong point, Shen pulse point, Zhaohai point, Kunlun point, Taixi point, Sanyinjiao point, Yanglingquan point, foot Sanli point, etc., can activate the blood to disperse cold, through the pain, prevention and treatment of “old cold leg”. Each point can be massaged for 1-2 minutes. You can also pinch the muscles at the back of the calf, 2-4 minutes per side, or use a massage stick to gently tap along the meridians on the leg. In addition, you can also choose to visit the acupuncture department of a regular Chinese hospital. Acupuncture, moxibustion of the Blood Sea point, Liangqiu point, Yinlingquan point and the foot three miles point to move Qi and blood, warming the meridians and dispersing cold. Take 30 grams of each of Xanthophora, Chrysanthemum, and Wailingxian to prevent old cold leg. Take 20 grams each of Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Achyranthes Bidentatae, 15 grams each of Radix Solanum, Radix Sulforaphane, 10 grams each of Boswellia and Myrrh. The above herbs were decocted in 4000 ml of water and brought to a boil, then changed to low heat for 1 59 hours. Then pour the liquid into a knee-high bucket and smoke the knee and ankle joints first while the steam of the liquid. When the liquid is at the right temperature then bathe the legs for about 30 minutes once, once a day. The medicine can be used for two days (boil it after the first use and store it, then boil it again when using it the next day). Can effectively prevent old cold leg in winter (our orthopedic department wash medicine) 5, local hot compress to prevent old cold leg Hot compress fried salt: take 250 grams of table salt, 60 grams of cumin into the pot and fry hot, wrapped with cloth hot compress affected limbs can effectively prevent old cold leg. Hot compress medicine and wine: take 50 grams of Liu Yao Nuo, 30 grams of each of Wei Ling Xian, Xinyin Cao, Turbinate Cao, Chicken Blood Vine, Deer Antler Gum and Cow Knee. Papaya and Wujiapi each have 2 0 grams. Pound all the medicines together. Put them in eight fine gauze bags and tie them tightly. Put into a large glass container, pour 3000 ml of high quality white wine of 50-60 degrees, and soak airtight (10 days in summer. (Other seasons soak 15 days). Take the amount of medicinal wine before going to bed. Massage the diseased joint. To local heat is appropriate, once a day. The temperature of the hot compress should be controlled at 50 to 60. C, the time control in half an hour to 1 hour is appropriate. To prevent burns. 6, dietary therapy medicine to prevent old cold leg On the basis of not affecting the control of sugar, moderate amount of high-protein, high-calorie, easy to digest food. Less cold, greasy and stimulating food can help prevent old cold legs. Recommended medicine – black beans stewed pig’s feet: take 500 grams of pig’s feet, 100 grams of black beans, oil, salt, pepper, star anise, cinnamon, aromatic leaves, wine in appropriate amounts. Soak the black beans in water for about 3 JJx; wash and chop the pig’s trotters into small pieces, and then put them in cool water and slowly boil them, wait for the meat to change color and then take them out and set them aside; take out the casserole for soup. Add pig’s feet, black beans, peppercorns, star anise, cinnamon, incense leaves, cooking wine, etc., and then add water over the ingredients, boil over high heat until the pot boils, and then turn down the heat and stew for 1 hour until the pig’s feet are soft and cooked. In addition, diabetic patients with cold legs can also choose to go through Chinese medicine in the summer. Winter disease summer treatment” to support the root, improve the body’s immunity. To prevent the recurrence of cold legs in winter. To determine whether you suffer from “old cold leg” of the self-test method of the tube sheet to walk 500 meters at a speed of 120 steps / minutes, if there is no leg pain, numbness and other uncomfortable symptoms. Then it means normal. On the contrary, it means that you may suffer from old cold leg. Need to go to the hospital for further examination. Usually we old cold legs, it is easy to step into the following three misconceptions: misconception one, old cold legs is the disease of the elderly It is true that the elderly have a relatively high likelihood of suffering from old cold legs, but this disease is not irrelevant to young people. Especially some young women, late autumn is still short skirts floating, although beautiful but “freezing”, old cold legs will take the initiative to come to the door. According to reports, in early December last year, Changsha rainy low temperature, many young girls in the hospital orthopedic outpatient queue. Their common symptom is: leg soreness, swelling and pain and heavy feeling, the doctor said this is the precursor of the old cold leg. So here to remind those who love beauty but ignore the health of female friends, must pay attention to warmth and appropriate exercise, do not let the old cold legs for a moment of beauty. The second misconception is that the old cold leg will not recur. Many patients suffer from the old cold leg because they work or live in a humid and cold environment, and after treatment, the condition improves and even the symptoms disappear completely. But the old cold leg is an “environmental disease”, once the weather conditions that induce this disease, it is easy to relapse. Therefore, in winter, patients with cold legs need to pay special attention to keep their legs (knee joints are the most important) warm. It is worth noting that some people with cold legs who are afraid of heat may also suffer from the disease in summer. Because they like to stay in the air-conditioned environment for a long time, and the cold air in the air-conditioned room is always at the lowest level, plus the wall temperature is very low, the lower limbs of the old cold leg problems, naturally suffer. Myth three, where the pain on the exercise where the old cold leg is a chronic disease, moderate physical exercise can prevent muscle atrophy, enhance the strength of the leg muscles. Such as playing taijiquan, jogging and gymnastics, the amount of activity to the body comfortable, slightly sweating as the degree, it is important to persevere. The main symptom of the old cold leg, most of the knee pain, so some patients target the exercise of the knee joint, often half squatting posture for the knee joint back and forth rocking action. In fact, this is not scientific, because the pressure on the knee joint is the greatest when half squatting, shaking but increased wear and tear resulting in increased pain. Patients can use drugs, acupuncture, massage and other methods to treat knee pain. The old cold leg exercise method 1, not inverted stretching method, holding the knee sit-ups. Supine position, the knee bent up, hands clasped in front of the chest, the front and back 10 times for a group, practice 3 groups per day. As if not inverted, can gradually increase the angle, the more skilled the more powerful the swing. 2, practice “flying swallow” prone on the mattress, slowly lift the head, as far back as possible, legs together, feet back up, shaped like a flying swallow. The elderly can first complete the head action, and then lift the legs, and gradually reach 10 a group, 3 groups per day. 3, stretch lazy back lying on his back in bed, as far as possible upward arm, downward leg, stretch the waist, do left, right side bending activities, as if stretching lazy back, repeated 10 times, 3 times a day. 4, turn the hula hoop legs slightly apart, standing, hands crossed behind the head, the body as if rotating a hula hoop, twisting left and right, so that the waist muscles, tendons, joints are stretched and stretched. Skilled 20 for 1 group, 3 groups per day. 5, fold back to walk to find a flat secluded place, walk 100 steps forward, and then back, according to their physical condition to decide the number of repetitions. Insist on walking 15 minutes a day. Old cold leg Kong’s six fingers and six points point pressure maneuver Position: patient supine, the operator stands on the side of the affected knee. Preparation: rub around the knee joint, quadriceps, inner and outer knee eyes, medial and lateral collateral ligaments, etc. for 10 minutes to relax the knee joint. Six fingers and six acupuncture points: Six fingers (thumb, index and middle fingers) are used to apply pressure on the acupuncture points (Blood Sea, Liang Qiu, inner and outer knee fossa, inner and outer knee eye, and outer knee eye) until the knee joint becomes sore and swollen and mildly heated.