China – Warm Cold Limbs 60T N:895628-007

Description

China – Warm Cold Limbs (60T) is a Traditional Chinese Medicine formula based on Dang Gui Si Ni Tang, developed by Zhang Zhongjing. It is used to improve circulation and warm the body, particularly for people who experience chronically cold hands and feet due to poor blood flow or blood deficiency. By nourishing the blood and stimulating circulation, it helps relieve cold-related discomfort, numbness, and pain in the extremities, especially in conditions where symptoms worsen in cold weather.

🌿 Key Ingredients:

Typical herbal composition includes:

• Dang Gui (Angelica sinensis) – nourishes and moves blood

• Gui Zhi (Cinnamon twig) – warms circulation

• Bai Shao (White peony) – nourishes blood & relaxes vessels

• Chuan Xiong – improves blood circulation

• Xi Xin – warms interior and relieves cold pain

• Gan Cao (Licorice) – harmonises formula

• Da Zao (Jujube) – supports digestion and energy

✅ Main Benefits:

🧤 1. Warms Cold Hands & Feet

• Ideal for people with chronically cold extremities

• Helps with numbness, tingling, or bluish/purple fingers

❤️ 2. Improves Circulation

• Supports blood flow in smaller vessels

• Useful for conditions like Raynaud’s syndrome

🦵 3. Helps Circulatory Disorders

Traditionally used for:

• Poor peripheral circulation

• Vascular issues

• Cold-related joint or limb pain

🌡️ 4. Relieves Cold-Induced Pain

• Pain that improves with warmth (a key TCM sign)

⚙️ How It Works (TCM View):

In TCM, cold limbs are often caused by:

• Blood deficiency

• Cold stagnation in the meridians

• Poor circulation preventing warmth from reaching extremities

This formula:

• Warms the channels

• Nourishes blood

• Restores proper circulation to hands and feet

🩺 Common Uses (Traditional Context):

• Cold hands and feet

• Weak pulse / low circulation

• Circulatory disorders

• Gout or arthritis (worse in cold weather)

• Frostbite or cold sensitivity

• Certain vascular conditions

⚠️ Important Considerations:

• ❌ Avoid during pregnancy

• Use caution if you:

  • Have heat symptoms (feeling hot, inflammation)

  • Are on blood-thinning medication

Brief History:

This formula is based on Dang Gui Si Ni Tang, created by Zhang Zhongjing around 200 AD during the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was first recorded in the classic medical text Treatise on Febrile Diseases (Shang Han Lun). For over 1,800 years, it has been used to treat cold extremities and poor circulation caused by internal cold and blood deficiency, and it remains widely used in Traditional Chinese Medicine today.

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