What causes coldness in the body?
Sep 01, 2025
Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Sun Lianqing
Introduction
Hemoglobin levels in the blood are insufficient, leading to reduced oxygen transport capacity. This results in inadequate oxygen supply to various tissues and organs, decreased heat production, and the development of cold body condition (cold intolerance), accompanied by symptoms such as dizziness and fatigue. Treatment should involve the use of ferrous fumarate tablets, vitamin B12 tablets, and Angelica Blood-enriching Oral Liquid under a doctor's guidance, to replenish raw materials for blood formation and improve the anemic condition.
Body coldness may be caused by hereditary factors, prolonged exposure to cold, cold deficiency of the spleen and stomach, hypothyroidism, anemia, and other conditions. If abnormalities occur, timely medical consultation is recommended. Detailed analysis is as follows:
1. Hereditary factors: If there is a familial tendency toward cold body constitution, genetic factors may affect the body's metabolic rate and heat production capacity, leading to an individual's innate deficiency of yang energy, manifested as body coldness. Daily attention should be paid to keeping the whole body warm, especially the hands, feet, waist, and abdomen, to avoid worsening symptoms due to cold exposure.
2. Prolonged cold exposure: Long-term exposure to cold environments, frequent consumption of raw or cold foods, or wearing insufficient clothing can lead to the accumulation of cold pathogens in the body, depleting yang energy and resulting in body coldness. Adjustments to the living environment should be made promptly, avoiding raw and cold foods, adding more clothing, and using methods such as warm compresses and foot baths to expel internal coldness.
3. Cold deficiency of the spleen and stomach: Irregular eating habits or excessive consumption of cold foods can damage the yang energy of the spleen and stomach, weakening their transformation and transportation functions. This impairs the normal production of qi and blood needed to warm the body, causing body coldness, often accompanied by symptoms such as abdominal distension and diarrhea. Treatment should be guided by a physician using herbal medicines such as Fuzi Lizhong Pills, Xiangsha Yangwei Pills, or Wenwei Shu Granules to warm and tonify the yang energy of the spleen and stomach.
4. Hypothyroidism: Insufficient secretion of thyroid hormones leads to a reduced metabolic rate and decreased heat production, causing cold intolerance, cold extremities, and other manifestations of body coldness, often accompanied by fatigue. Physicians generally recommend medications such as levothyroxine sodium tablets, thyroid extract tablets, or Jingui Shenqi Pills to supplement thyroid hormones.
5. Anemia: Insufficient hemoglobin levels in the blood reduce oxygen delivery capacity, leading to inadequate oxygen supply to body tissues and organs, decreased heat production, and resulting in body coldness, often accompanied by dizziness and fatigue. Treatment should be guided by a physician using medications such as ferrous fumarate tablets, vitamin B12 tablets, or Danggui Buxue Oral Liquid to supplement essential materials for blood formation and improve the anemic condition.
In daily life, maintaining a regular routine, consuming more warm-natured foods, and engaging in moderate exercises such as jogging or yoga can help promote blood circulation. If symptoms of body coldness persist or worsen, or are accompanied by other discomforts, timely medical evaluation is necessary to identify the underlying cause and initiate targeted treatment.
