Healthy Winter Program At the end of each year, when the cold weather and snowfall are intertwined, and the temperature drops suddenly, patients with cold limbs need to pay more attention to physical conditioning. At this time, traditional Chinese medicine believes that the external cold evil is easy to condense the meridians, resulting in poor blood circulation, which in turn causes cold hands and feet. If there is also a deficiency of blood and muscles and veins, this symptom will be further aggravated.
For this syndrome of deficiency and cold condensation of meridians, Chinese medicine selects 9 kinds of medicines for conditioning, namely: angelica, cinnamon branch, peony, asaroxin, licorice, tongcao, jujube, evodia and ginger. The combination of these nine flavors of traditional Chinese medicine is the Angelica sinensis and Wu Zhu ginger soup in the classic of traditional Chinese medicine "Treatise on Typhoid Fever". In the formula of Angelica sinensis four inverses and Evodia ginger soup, Angelica sinensis has the effect of running blood and replenishing blood deficiency; White peony can benefit the yin camp, and it can be paired with angelica to nourish blood and blood. Guizhi warms the meridians to dispel cold, invigorates blood and veins, and assists Angelica to warm and clear blood vessels. fine pungent can warm the meridian and dispel cold; Mu Tong can benefit joints and blood vessels; Jujube can replenish blood; Licorice can invigorate qi. The combination of these two medicines can strengthen the spleen, replenish blood, and promote yang qi. Evodia and ginger can warm the meridians and dissipate cold, which is used for the disease of cold hands and feet. 
The subtlety of Angelica sinensis and Dogwood ginger soup is that Mutong can be used together with cinnamon branches and fine spices to achieve the effect of cold but not sluggish, while cinnamon branches and fine spices can achieve the effect of warmth but not dryness due to the coldness of Mutong, which can reduce each other's medicines***
Although the formula of Angelica sinensis and Dogwood ginger soup in Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Typhoid Fever" is extremely exquisite, and the drugs can reduce adverse drug reactions with each other, it is still not recommended for patients to self-medicate. Because if the patient has cold pain in the hands and feet with very severe cold, it is necessary to add Chinese herbal medicines such as Chuanwu; If it is a patient who has developed bruising in blood coagulation, it is necessary to add Chinese herbal medicines such as peach kernels. In addition, Angelica sinensis plus Evodia ginger soup uses asaroxin, and asaroxin is a toxic drug in traditional Chinese medicine, so before using any traditional Chinese medicine, you must go to a nearby public hospital to be asked by a doctor to see and hear the four diagnoses before taking the medicine, and do not self-medicate. And be sure to keep warm during the end of the year.