There is a saying in folk culture that goes' small cold, big cold, freeze into a ball '. At this time, many people may feel the cold seeping into their bones, especially when the knee joint pain intensifies. Regarding this "cold pain", Jiang Quan, chief physician of Guang'anmen Hospital of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, will introduce some methods of "thawing" joints to everyone. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold pain in joints is mainly caused by the invasion of cold pathogens and obstruction of yang qi. The Great Cold Season is also the time of the year when Yin Qi is most abundant and Yang Qi is stored inside. Jiang Quan introduced that if one does not pay attention to keeping warm at this time, it is easy for cold pathogens to invade the human body and hinder the smooth flow of qi and blood. As the saying goes, if there is no connection, it will be painful. Especially when the joints lose nourishment, health problems such as joint cold pain, inflexibility, or joint soreness are likely to occur. For this type of cold pain, the main treatment method is to use the warming and promoting therapy, starting from two aspects: daily care and external treatment with traditional Chinese medicine. Health care focuses on "clothing, food, and movement". How can we achieve "cold does not invade the body" through the regulation of daily life during the cold season? Jiang Quan introduced that everyone should pay special attention to the three aspects we mentioned: clothing, food, and movement. Clothing "means that when wearing clothes, one must" hide warmth "and pay special attention to protecting the waist, abdomen, head, neck, and feet; Food "means to" hide heat ". You can eat medicinal and edible products such as ginger, cinnamon, and angelica, as well as make soup to warm up the meridians, dispel cold and warm the body; Movement "means to" store energy "during exercise, and in winter, try to avoid particularly intense exercise to prevent the dissipation of yang energy. Jiang Quan recommends moxibustion therapy in traditional Chinese medicine for external treatment, which uses the power of warmth to dispel coldness and relieve pain. It is simple and easy to use. It is reported that moxibustion, with the help of the warm power of moxa, can locally treat some cold and painful joint parts or acupoints such as Zusanli and Guanyuan, and can exert the effects of warming yang, dispelling cold, warming meridians, dispelling cold and relieving pain. In addition, applying Sanjiu patches also has certain therapeutic effects. At specific acupoints, local treatment with traditional Chinese medicine that warms yang and disperses cold has the effect of dispersing cold and unblocking meridians, which is particularly suitable for patients with joint cold pain. However, Jiang Quan emphasized that because everyone's physical condition is different, when undergoing these treatments, it is necessary to go to a formal medical institution and have a doctor evaluate them first. For example, some people are prone to allergies or have underlying diseases. Whether moxibustion or application is suitable or not still requires professional judgment. (New Society)