sunshinelady
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My boyfriend does the Same thing. He says he feels cold spots on my body when I'm sick. His dad taught him things like this.
Do the cold spots coincide with where you are sick?
My boyfriend does the Same thing. He says he feels cold spots on my body when I'm sick. His dad taught him things like this.
I had extreme coldness before going raw, and that was also one of the main reasons why I resisted going raw. So I started eating raw foods in the summer to make sure I was starting on a good footing because I figured out my body could tolerate it better and would feel stronger by the time the cold weather rolled in.
After 2 years of experimenting with raw foods, I have to say that I am still generally cold, but less so than I was before I started raw foods, and to me this is progress. I am not 100% raw and don't think I will ever be, but I can attest that if you eat the proper raw foods it will not make you colder.
Also, keep in mind that even in Chinese traditional herbology, all foods and herbs are attributed a specific temperature rating ranging from extremely cold to extremely hot, and this is so independent of them being cooked. For instance, ginger is considered a hot food/herb, whether cooked or not. Hot pepper too. Cinnamon too. But mintpeppermint/spearming is considered a cold herb, cooked or not. So, I don't use much mint tea, unless it is in the dead of summer. And I often sprinkle ginger or cinnamon or pepper in my raw smoothies.
Very good to know. I'd been wanted to try raw until I started seeing her. I am going to wait until she gives me the go ahead to do so. My blood type says that I need to be vegan/vegetarian, so I am going to try that at some point. But, at this point, she actually put me on "more meat" because I'm so cold. LOL
Yeah, I don't use mint and I don't use aloe vera anymore because they are cold rated.
I wonder if we can find that chart of cold/hot foods online.
The Chinese have entire books on that, but here is a good short primer:
Dunno about that. I was taught that the first Chinese medicine book ever written was the Huang Di Nei Jing, Classic of the Yellow Emperor.Yeah, she told me the first Chinese medicine book ever written was about coldness syndrome, so it's pretty major.
Dunno about that. I was taught that the first Chinese medicine book ever written was the Huang Di Nei Jing, Classic of the Yellow Emperor.
She is probably talking about the Shan Han Lun, which is the Classic of Cold Difficulties, but that was centuries later after the Huang di Nei Jing.
there might be something to this, but honestly, i seen some folks who are ALWAYS cold and they have some of the longest hair i have ever seen....
i'd give more credit to good diet and scalp massage anyday
No wonder I'm so cold, all my favorite foods are on the cold list.
This is probabaly why white and asian people's hair generally grow faster than african americans. They can get one inch per month easier. White people are generally always hot/warm they break out in shorts and flip flops as soon as there is a 60 degree day and we generally are more cold.
Is this why bunning works as well because buns allow the head to retain more warmth than wearing your hair down and loose?
Dunno about that. I was taught that the first Chinese medicine book ever written was the Huang Di Nei Jing, Classic of the Yellow Emperor.
She is probably talking about the Shan Han Lun, which is the Classic of Cold Difficulties, but that was centuries later after the Huang di Nei Jing.
my mom is anemic so she is naturally cold natured, but her hair grows fast. I'm all for Eastern medicine, but I'm still skeptical. But if it works for someone yay for them, but it might just be the placebo effect....
Anemia is not related to coldness syndrome. It's a different issue.
So perhaps I misunderstood what this Coldness Syndrome is all about.....
I guess this is why hair grows faster in the summer and partly why cayenne pepper works.
I have been taking cayenne internally for something unrelated to hair but I have noticed that my hair growth has TAKEN OFF
I take a few teaspoons spread out throughout the day spaced evenly out in water
I agree w/ the evolution theory someone stated earlier. Black people r more cold natured bc of where our ancestors lived. One thing I do know is that white people or people w/ less melanin have more vitamin d than people w/ lots of melanin. That's what keeps them warm all the time. Maybe we could start taking a vitamin d supplement? I'll do some research on this and post back later.
ETA. I'm back. Had a revelation. So it seems vitamin D needs ultraviolet light (sun) to be activated in our skin so to speak. Being that I'm black I already have less vitamin d than white folk so it really doesn't help that I'm a complete hermit!! Having a vitamin d deficiency causes hair loss. I've been having trouble w/ my edges for the longest. Got tested for anemia and I have it so I've been taking iron. No change in my hair. I think I have a vitamin d deficiency. Ever since my SO got deployed I don't go anywhere but to work and back. Not being in the sun has been my problem this whole time!!! Of course too much sun is bad but I haven't been getting enough! I'm definitely going to start taking vitamin d and see if I notice a change. I love this forum. I learn so much!!
I guess this is why hair grows faster in the summer and partly why cayenne pepper works.
I have been taking cayenne internally for something unrelated to hair but I have noticed that my hair growth has TAKEN OFF
I take a few teaspoons spread out throughout the day spaced evenly out in water