How to manage cold body constitution and lower body weight gain

Sep 02, 2025 Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Sun Lianqing
Introduction
Consume more ingredients that can warm yang and remove dampness, such as red adzuki beans, poria, ginger, lamb, and yam. Add warming seasonings like pepper and cinnamon during cooking. Avoid raw, cold, and sweet greasy foods to reduce dampness accumulation. Promote circulation and remove dampness through diet to warm and疏通 (unblock) the lower limb meridians. Choose lower limb-targeted exercises such as squats, lunges, stair climbing, and rope skipping, 3-4 times per week, each session lasting about 30 minutes.

  Cold body constitution and lower body weight management generally can be achieved through warming meridians via diet, strengthening lower limb exercises, focusing on lower body warmth, improving circulation habits, and maintaining regular作息. Detailed analysis is as follows:

  1. Warming meridians through diet: Consume more ingredients that warm yang and dispel dampness, such as red beans, poria, ginger, lamb, and yam. Add warming seasonings like pepper and cinnamon during cooking. Avoid raw, cold, or sweet greasy foods to reduce dampness accumulation. Warm the lower limbs' meridians through diet and promote dampness elimination.

  2. Strengthening lower limb exercises: Choose lower limb-targeted activities such as squats, lunges, stair climbing, and jump rope, 3-4 times per week for about 30 minutes each session. Exercise activates lower limb muscles, promotes blood circulation, and improves blood stasis caused by cold body constitution.

  3. Focus on lower body warmth: Wear long pants and thick-soled shoes daily, avoid walking barefoot on cold floors, and wear warm socks and knee protectors in winter. During menstruation or cold weather, apply a hot water bag to warm the waist, abdomen, and legs to reduce cold invasion into the lower limbs.

  4. Improve circulation habits: Avoid prolonged sitting or standing; get up and move for 5-10 minutes every hour, performing simple movements like rising onto the toes or shaking legs. Soak feet in warm water around 40°C for 15 minutes before bedtime, with the addition of mugwort leaves or ginger as desired. Dry and keep feet warm immediately after soaking.

  5. Maintain regular作息: Go to bed at a fixed time daily, ensuring 7-8 hours of sleep and avoiding staying up late. Nighttime is a critical period for yang energy restoration and metabolic regulation. Regular作息 reduces yang energy consumption, maintains normal metabolic function, and prevents worsening of lower body obesity due to metabolic disorders.

  If lower body obesity does not improve after implementing these measures, or if discomforts such as leg edema and cold joints occur, timely consultation with a professional for syndrome differentiation and adjustment is recommended. Avoid blind dieting or excessive exercise in daily life; choose suitable methods according to body constitution to ensure safe and effective management.