Question
What’s causing the cold hands of a 6-year-old girl? Previous treatment and outcomes: None, no allergies, no family history of hereditary diseases. Desired assistance: I would like to understand the cause and treatment methods.
Answer
Children with cold hands often have poor blood circulation as the cause. Poor blood circulation can lead to insufficient blood supply to the extremities, resulting in cold hands. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, frequent cold hands in children may indicate a deficiency in yang, which is caused by insufficient qi and blood. Children with cold hands due to yang deficiency tend to have weaker resistance and are more prone to recurrent illnesses. Particularly in winter, it may lead to invasion of cold pathogenic factors into the body, causing upper respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, and other respiratory diseases. It may also increase the risk of infectious and immune diseases.