足の指の冷え　末端冷え症

Cold toes

末端冷え性は、体温はそれほど低くないのに、手足など体の末端まで血液が行き届かず血行が悪くなり、手や足の指先、足底が温まらず、冷えている状態を指します。女性は、筋肉量が少なく、手袋や靴下で防寒しても温まりにくいという特徴があります。末端冷え性は、体温が正常でも、手足の指先だけが冷えている状態です。寒くなると血管が収縮するため血流が悪くなり、心臓から送り出される、暖かい血液が体の末端の毛細血管まで行き届かず、冷えを起こします。冷えがひどい場合には痛みに変わることもあります。体温を調節している自律神経は、寒さを察知したときは、皮膚表面や体の末端の血流を滞らせることで、体の中心部の体温を維持しようとします。そのため、末端部分は特に冷えやすくなります。鍼灸治療としては、体を温め血行を促し、冷えの解消に効果があるツボや、冷えのある患部にお灸をします。

Cold toes Terminal coldness is a condition in which the body temperature is not so low, but blood does not reach the extremities of the body, such as the hands and feet, resulting in poor circulation, and the hands, toes, and soles of the feet are not warm and cold. Women are characterized by low muscle mass, which makes it difficult to warm up even if they use gloves and socks to protect themselves from the cold. Terminal coldness is a condition in which only the tips of the hands and feet are cold, even though the body temperature is normal. When it gets cold, blood vessels constrict, which reduces blood flow and prevents warm blood pumped from the heart from reaching the capillaries at the ends of the body, resulting in coldness. If the cold is severe, it can turn into pain. When the autonomic nervous system, which regulates body temperature, senses cold, it tries to maintain the body temperature at the center of the body by blocking blood flow to the skin surface and the ends of the body. Therefore, the terminal parts of the body become particularly susceptible to cold. Acupuncture and moxibustion treatments include acupuncture points that warm the body and stimulate blood circulation, and moxibustion on the cold affected areas.