Cold hands and feet of a 16-year-old boy may be spleen yang deficiency, kidney yang deficiency, spleen and kidney yang deficiency, etc. It is recommended that a clear diagnosis be made under the guidance of a doctor and in conjunction with systemic symptoms.
1. Spleen Yang Deficiency: If a boy often drinks cold drinks, eats cold food, does not pay attention to keep warm, etc., it may lead to Spleen Yang Deficiency, Spleen is the master of the limbs, so Spleen Yang Deficiency can appear cold hands and feet. Symptoms include diarrhea, cold pain in the abdomen, lack of warmth in the limbs, loss of appetite, and fatigue (mental exhaustion and physical weakness). Medicines that warm the spleen and yang can be used, such as Lizhong Pill and Radix Rehmanniae Pill.
2. Kidney-Yang deficiency: It is less common for 16-year-old boys to have Kidney-Yang deficiency, but this cause cannot be ruled out. Kidney yang deficiency can be characterized by chills and cold hands and feet, especially in the lower limbs, accompanied by coldness in the waist and knees, fear of coldness and curling up, and whiteness or sallowness of the face. Medicines to warm kidney yang can be used, such as Jin Gui Ren Qi Pills and Yu Gui Pills.
3. Spleen and kidney yang deficiency: Kidney yang deficiency and spleen yang deficiency at the same time, symptoms such as cold pain in the lower abdomen, diarrhea at five o’clock (diarrhea before dawn), undigested grains (more undigested food in the stools), swelling of the whole body, urinary incontinence (unsmooth urination), cold (cold body), cold limbs, and a pale face. Medicines to warm the spleen and kidney, such as Si Shen Wan, may be used.
The above medicines should be used under the guidance of a doctor. If a 16-year-old boy has cold hands and feet, it is recommended to ask the doctor to clarify the cause and follow the doctor’s instructions for active treatment.