Baby's hands and feet are hot but back and neck are cold

If parents always feel that their baby's hands and feet are hot, but the back and neck are cold, this is an abnormal phenomenon. This may be because their baby has hot hands and feet. This situation generally requires treatment with Chinese herbal medicine to improve. During treatment, you must pay attention to the care of their lives, and you should also give them some nourishing foods.

Palmoplantar heat refers to a feeling of heat in the palms and soles of feet. The name of this disease was first seen in Chapter 88 of Dan Xi's Heart Method, which also pointed out that Huo Yu Tang is the main treatment. Hotness in the palms and soles comes from the Chapter 6 of Golden Chamber: Blood Bi, Deficiency and Labor Disease, Pulse Symptoms and Treatments by Zhang Zhongjing: "Deficiency and labor are characterized by urgency in the abdomen, palpitations, epistaxis, abdominal pain, nocturnal emission, soreness and pain in the limbs, hot hands and feet, dry throat and irritability. Xiao Jianzhong Decoction is the main treatment." This article discusses the syndrome and treatment of asthenia caused by deficiency of both yin and yang. Yin deficiency generates heat, which causes nosebleed, hot hands and feet, dry throat and irritability. "Suwen · Tiaojing Lun" points out that "Yin deficiency causes internal heat." It can be seen that heat in the palms and soles is one of the main symptoms of internal heat caused by Yin deficiency, which falls into the category of internal injury fever.

There are many reasons for internal injury and fever: deficiency of vital energy, depletion of essence, blood, body fluids, deficiency of Yang Qi, irregular chamber and ventricular rhythm, internal blood stasis, accumulation of phlegm, and long-term emotional depression, all of which can lead to deficiency of Yin and Yang, Qi and blood, and disorder, resulting in various internal injury and fever diseases.

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Huo Yu Decoction: Pueraria root, Bupleurum, White Peony Root, Licorice, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Cimicifuga heracleifolia, and Scallion White. Another recipe: Gardenia, Cyperus rotundus, Angelica dahurica, Atractylodes macrocephala, Pinellia ternata, and Ligusticum chuanxiong.

1. Blood stasis blocks the collaterals, which turns into fire over time and can cause heat in the hands and feet

It has long been established in TCM theory that internal blood stasis will turn into fire over time. However, few people discuss whether the heat generated includes heat in the hands and feet. Cheng's case of treating blood stasis blocking the collaterals can be said to be a new inspiration for clinical physicians in their understanding of the clinical significance of heat in the palms and soles. The treatment is to remove blood stasis and dredge the menstruation, then Gexia Zhuyu Decoction can be used with modifications.

2. Insufficient spleen and deficiency of the middle jiao can cause hotness in the hands and feet

Qi deficiency fever has been one of the controversial issues in Chinese medicine for many years. The main point of this debate revolves around why qi deficiency can lead to fever? Although everyone has their own understanding of this, everyone has their own opinions. However, the understanding that Qi deficiency can cause fever is basically the same, and it is also recognized from clinical practice that Qi deficiency can indeed cause fever, and the type of fever is not fixed. There are low fever, high fever, afternoon fever, and heat in the palms and soles, etc. But no matter what type of fever, they all have their common characteristics, that is, "heat and restlessness", and fever is often accompanied by symptoms of weak spleen and stomach, and poor digestion and transport. During treatment, by tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, and removing heat with sweet and warm herbs, not only the spleen and stomach functions are restored, but also the fever symptoms are cured. Only then can Buzhong Yiqi Decoction be used with modifications.

3. Hyperactivity of heart fire, internal heat can cause heat in the hands and feet

The symptoms of hyperactivity of heart fire are simple internal heat syndrome. Generally speaking, the clinical manifestations should be signs of internal real fire burning, such as hotness in the heart and chest, insomnia at night, red face and thirst, red tongue with yellow coating, or even redness, swelling, erosion and pain on the tongue, short and dark urine, dry stool, and a rapid and strong pulse. According to general understanding, this syndrome seems to have nothing to do with the symptoms of hot palms and soles. However, there are indeed clinical cases of hot hands and feet caused by excessive heart fire. The treatment is to clear the heart and reduce fire, then Daochi San can be used with modifications.