Drink this every day to fix your poor circulation

Mother of God your hands are freezing I said this to a woman recently in a salsa class and she looked at me and she said I'm sorry I have very poor circulation you know when you look at the modern world today especially in the United States and developed countries when you look at the statistics the number one reason you and I are most likely to die is because of cardiovascular disease AKA circulatory issues that then lead to a whole Cascade of other health issues let's talk from a traditional Chinese medicine point of view about blood flow circulation and herbal form that can really really help with blood flow hey guys I'm Dr Alex Hine board licensed acupuncturist and doctor of traditional Chinese medicine and author of the health book master of the day so let's jump in so what's up with the cold hands and feet where is this coming from and what can we do about it so when we're talking about cold hands and feet we are obviously talking about circulation and blood flow but for some people The Chronic reason they're having circulatory issues is just purely because they're nervous and they have high circulating levels of stress hormones so for example if you've ever gotten up on a stage to a speech or to give a talk and you're noticing your breathing's becoming shallow your hands are getting cold even though mentally you're not actually saying anything or thinking anything you're not mentally nervous because of the stress hormones it's secreting you're feeling the Vaso constriction right you're feeling the cold hands and feet that's happening so while some people have this chronically other people run cold is their genetic temperament and so they tend to be typically more of like the anemic type I see clinically they're thinner they're more pale-faced they tend to have cold hands and feet and they tend to really struggle with pore circulation now a lot of these people often will struggle with if they're women menstrual irregularity sometimes or sometimes anemia but this kind of genetic or constitutional type often has poor circulation other people it is really the anxiety or the stress hormone aspect and finally there can be medical conditions like Ray nods if you've ever seen the purplish or even pink discolored fingertips or fingers of someone with Ray nods it's very distinct there could be lots of reasons for poor circulation but what can you actually do about it what role do cold hands and feet Play In traditional Chinese medicine what is the origin so for example sometimes you have diabetics diabetics very common with long-term circulatory issues as a result of this uncontrolled blood sugar and one thing that happens is that they will often get for example diabetic neuropathy Sensations that range from numbness or burning or tingling or just lack of sensation in their extremities particularly in their feet most often what we have to do from a traditional Chinese medicine point of view we say is move the blood so we'd like to say that the blood status in Chinese medicines related to liver function the liver and the kidneys we say have the two main roles influencing blood circulation and blood warmth if we want to use that right your body temperature so for example there's a strong correlation between what we call your resources or yangi right Yang energy if you want to use that term and three factors one is your body warmth and temperature specifically your hands and feet and core two is your overall immune system functioning are you sickly or do you have a good immune system and three is your amount of actual energy reserves like physical energy like like I feel energized I sleep well these three factors we say indicate basically good Vitality good resources good body temperature and warm which means also means good circulation good energy and then the third one is good immune system functioning ancient people observed that body warmth was strongly correlated with a good strong physical Constitution and lack of body warmth was not so for example when I see people coming in and they're a little bit more of like the sickly type they tend towards being thin pale and on the colder side we say that as someone who genetically has a weaker battery charge they have literally weaker reserves weaker yangi the battery is genetically slightly weaker than the average person so sometimes these people have what we call a diagnosis of liver blood deficiency in traditional Chinese medicine a lot of these different health issues can come from various organs in various locations various physiological Pathways if you haven't checked out my guide the root cause quiz this organ is likely the cause of your symptoms from a traditional Chinese medicine point of view it's the link right below this video and we actually go down in meticulous detail through each organ Network the most common symptoms that you're likely to see in that organ Network what other related organs are often affected as well as at the end we have a video list of like let's say if the spleen pancreas is your issue or the kidneys or the liver like we talked about what videos should I watch to have strategies to apply my own life they're all free download that free guide because it's really really comprehensive and will help you understand this diagnosis a little bit more so let's talk about one famous formula here based on this one interesting study so this one famous formula is called dangu Sun Tang dangu Frozen extremities decoction this is something common commonly clinically used and has a wide range of uses but in this video we're just going to talk about circulation so they did a really interesting study in this one research paper this paper here is called herbal medicines for cold hypers sensitivity in the hands and feet a systematic review and meta analysis now basically they compiled a list of research papers studying the effect of these traditional herbal medicines on your perceived body temperature and also objective temperature of extremities so in one study they actually basically had people plunge their hands into cold water they measured the amount of time it took to get circulation back so they had external ways of monitoring the surface temperature in the fingers and here's what they actually found they measured the peripheral blood flow by using what's called a laser Doppler flux meter one particular study the first trial showed that one formula was better than the control which was just lifestyle change for recovering blood flow 10 minutes after the 30second cold water test the second one used a famous formula called W Jing Tong and they found it was better than the control Vitamin E for increasing the peripheral surface blood flow of the tiptoe the third trial showed that this formula I mentioned dang Sun Tong was better than what they called Western medicine for changing the finger arterial blood flow and the fourth trial showed that that same formula was better than what they called Western medicine for improving the nail capillary blood flow so they had people with their hands in the cold water they measured how long it took circulation to get back with a a formula to try and some other kind of control and they found that these formulas were very very effective now that's no surprise because we utilize those formulas for improving circulation and in various areas yes it can be for rain nods when your hands are freezing it can also be for poor circulation and hormone flow in the abdomen and for women with regular Menses we often utilize these formulas wening Tong and dangin Tong we utilize those for regulating hormones and regulating blood flow basically to the reproductive organs the reproductive system and that's one of the ways we regulate the cycle and treat the pain that women are having with dmara lots of reasons for cold extremities and poor circulation these formulas are some of the commonly used ones there can be lots of reasons ranging from you're just genetically like that lack of exercise diabetes rods all kinds of things but these traditional medicines are really really effective for restoring that now don't forget guys I work with a limited number of new patients every single month in my clinic in Los Angeles are virtually via tele medicine so if you'd like to reach out book a visit with me just go to Dr Alex hind.com clinic or check out the info below this video I've also launched a brand new online program introduction to Healing with traditional Chinese medicine where we go into a lot of the common diagnoses you may get from an acupuncturist or TCM practitioner and some lifestyle practices you can do on a day-to-day basis just to live longer and live healthier so you can check it out the link is below this video as well and before you go I have a related video on this right up here