I feel very cold in winters. Even though I wear warm clothes, my feet and hands are always cold. I become very numb. At times, I feel so cold that it is unbearable. What is this? What can I do?

Hello Priyanka,

The cause which I can find from the problems is having low immunity and hemoglobin, but do not worry you can try abundant recipes for the same so that you can improve your immunity levels.

Recipes like, Palak peanut, Jaggery water these recipes will help you deal with both the issues effectively. 

Vitamin C, read this blog to know about the role of Vitamin C in our immunity.

Thank you

Dear health seeker Priyanka,

I too suffered from it right through my early age and so suffered Acharya k.l.sarma the father of nature cure in India, hereunder is the program followed by me and Acharya to get over the problem of keeping warm in winter.

"KEEPING WARM''

The winter is there with all its fury, many old age persons[like me] and weak persons, patients of some chronic diseases find it very awful to negotiate the marauding winter especially in north Indian states, some lucky ones migrate to the warmer ambiance of southern parts of the country. They may be guided by the following passage.

The secret of keeping warm is an abundance of the VITAL POWER, which can be obtained only by avoiding the wasteful expenditure of it, in the effort to digest excessive food. And the more nutritious the food is, the greater is waste, and the less is the balance available to keeping body warmth. Explained in easy terms is that one should eat light meals avoiding stimulants, such as tea, coffee, alcohol. It is easily held in popular parlance that alcoholic beverages like rum, whiskey, gin, brandy, eggs, meat, spices, etc. provide warmth, is a white lie, they may provide temporary succor from cold but the patient will quite chill after some time.
Physiologists tell that heat being produced in the cells all the time. At the same time, they say that oxidation of food substances takes place in the muscles-producing extra heat only when they contract. So there is no scientific evidence to prove that the heat produced when the muscles are at rest is due to oxidation. The true source of Vital heat is the Vital power itself. 
 The medical notion, that body warmth comes by the oxidation of food--essences in the body -cells, is unproved and almost disproved by experience.
The true source of the vital heat is the vital power itself.
The vital energy proceeds along the nerve--fibers, from its source in the brain to every part of the body. The blood should also be thin to allow the passage of it in the fine capillaries. It's the proper blood supply that ensures warmth all over the body. 
 In my own case (a chronic patient), in the days of my dependence on the doctors, I could not keep warm even in summers, eating very rich food in a large quantity as appetite permitted. I remember two summer years where I had to put on a sweater beneath my shirt to avoid onlookers and false sympathizers. Of course, this was in strict accordance with the medical teaching, alas they could have read about very important law of health which is ''LAW OF VITAL ECONOMY AS EXPOUNDED BY ACHARYA K.L. SARMA'' [I AM EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT I COULD BE INITIATED INTO NATURE -CURE OF SARMA'S]   

 BUT AFTER I GAVE UP THIS DEPENDENCE and became a follower of the  NATURAL WAY, there was no longer any inability to keep warm. Now I eat positive foods, including therein much less of the nourishment essences than before but more of those essences which help to eliminate foreign matter. THE POSITIVE DIET so purified and improved the blood, that it was quite equal to the task of resisting the external cold. 
 I may conclude by stressing the importance of maintaining a healthy vigor of the blood circulation. Healthy blood is thin being free from the viscous end products of imperfectly digested foods. These are of a sticky nature and cause the blood to become a thick and slow movement. Not only such blood does not readily circulate in the very fine blood vessels called capillaries which are the most important part of the circulatory system since it is these vessels that permeate the whole body especially the skin and contribute to bodily warmth. These substances are being prevented to be formed if the diet is sufficiently positive. And if they have been already formed they can be got rid of by changing over to a highly positive diet. 

   When the Vital power is very deficient, then the bodily warmth can just be increased by an improved diet but may not be sufficient unless helped by the suitable warm clothes and coverings. But if the diet is not improved then even with the warmest clothing it would be impossible to keep warm. That being the case, it is not enough to use warm clothing. It is necessary to take the diet that we recommend. 

      NATURE- CURE is in fact a panacea. IT IS  A ALL CURE- PATHY WITHOUT INCURRING HEAVY EXPENDITURE                                                              .--------V.S.PAWAR M.I.I.N.T.(1978)

हेलो,

कारण -अम्ल की अधिकता से रक्त संचार में अशुद्धि आती है। ठीक प्रकार से रक्त संचार ना होने के वजह से अधिक ठंड लगती। 

शरीर में अम्ल की अधिकता के कारण रक्त संचार में दोष उत्पन्न होता है।

समाधान - तिल के तेल से पूरे शरीर की मालिश करें।

घड़ी की सीधी दिशा (clockwise) में और घड़ी की उलटी दिशा (anti clockwise)में मालिश करें। नरम हाथों से बिल्कुल भी प्रेशर नहीं दें।

स्पाइन की मालिश, पैरों की मालिश करें। नाभि की मालिश करें।

जीवन शैली-  1आकाश तत्व - एक खाने से दुसरे खाने के बीच में अंतराल (gap) रखें।

फल के बाद 3 घंटे, सलाद के बाद 5 घंटे, और पके हुए खाने के बाद 12 घंटे का (gap) रखें।

2.वायु तत्व - प्राणायाम करें, आसन करें। दौड़ लगाएँ।

3.अग्नि - सूर्य की रोशनी लें।

4.जल - अलग अलग तरीक़े का स्नान करें। मेरुदंड स्नान, हिप बाथ, गीले कपड़े की पट्टी से पेट की गले और सर की 20 मिनट के लिए सेक लगाए। 

स्पर्श थरेपी करें। मालिश के ज़रिए भी कर सकते है। नारियल तेल से

घड़ी की सीधी दिशा (clockwise) में और घड़ी की उलटी दिशा (anti clockwise)में मालिश करें। नरम हाथों से बिल्कुल भी प्रेशर नहीं दें।

5.पृथ्वी - सुबह खीरा 1/2 भाग + धनिया पत्ती (10 ग्राम) पीस लें, 100 ml पानी मिला कर पीएँ। यह juice आप कई प्रकार के ले सकते हैं। पेठे (ash guard ) का जूस लें और कुछ नहीं लेना है। नारियल पानी भी ले सकते हैं। पालक  पत्ते धो कर पीस कर 100ml पानी डाल पीएँ। दुब घास 25 ग्राम पीस कर छान कर 100 ml पानी में मिला कर पीएँ। कच्चे सब्ज़ी का जूस आपका मुख्य भोजन है। 2 घंटे बाद फल नाश्ते में लेना है।  फल को चबा कर खाएँ। इसका juice ना लें। फल + सूखे फल नाश्ते में लें।

दोपहर के खाने में सलाद + नट्स और अंकुरित अनाज के साथ  सलाद में हरे पत्तेदार सब्ज़ी को डालें और नारियल पीस कर मिलाएँ। कच्चा पपीता 50 ग्राम कद्दूकस करके डालें। कभी सीताफल ( yellow pumpkin)50 ग्राम ऐसे ही डालें। कभी सफ़ेद पेठा (ash guard) 30 ग्राम कद्दूकस करके डालें। ऐसे ही ज़ूकीनी 50 ग्राम डालें।कद्दूकस करके डालें।कभी काजू बादाम अखरोट मूँगफली भिगोए हुए पीस कर मिलाएँ। 

लाल, हरा, पीला शिमला मिर्च 1/4 हिस्सा हर एक का मिलाएँ। लें। बिना नींबू और नमक के लें। स्वाद के लिए नारियल और herbs मिलाएँ।

रात के खाने में इस अनुपात से खाना खाएँ 2 कटोरी सब्ज़ी के साथ 1कटोरी चावल या 1रोटी लेएक बार पका हुआ खाना रात को 7 बजे से पहले लें।

6.सेंधा नमक केवल एक बार पके हुए खाने में लें। जानवरों से उपलब्ध होने वाले भोजन वर्जित हैं।

तेल, मसाला, और गेहूँ से परहेज़ करेंगे तो अच्छा होगा। चीनी के जगह गुड़ लें।

7.एक नियम हमेशा याद रखें ठोस(solid) खाने को चबा कर तरल (liquid) बना कर खाएँ। तरल  को मुँह में घूँट घूँट पीएँ। खाना ज़मीन पर बैठ कर खाएँ। खाते वक़्त ना तो बात करें और ना ही TV और mobile को देखें।ठोस  भोजन के तुरंत बाद या बीच बीच में जूस या पानी ना लें। भोजन हो जाने के एक घंटे बाद तरल पदार्थ  ले सकते हैं।

हफ़्ते में एक दिन उपवास करें। शाम तक केवल पानी लें, प्यास लगे तो ही पीएँ। शाम 5 बजे नारियल पानी और रात 8 बजे सलाद लें।

8.उपवास के अगले दिन किसी प्राकृतिक चिकित्सक के देख रेख में टोना लें। जिससे आँत की प्रदाह को शांत किया जा सके। एनिमा किट मँगा लें। यह किट ऑनलाइन मिल जाएगा। इससे 200ml पानी गुदाद्वार से अंदर डालें और प्रेशर आने पर मल त्याग करें। ऐसा दिन में दो बार करना है अगले 21 दिनों के लिए। ये करना है ताकि शरीर में मोजुद विषाणु निष्कासित हो जाये। इसके बाद हफ़्ते में केवल एक बार लेना है उपवास के अगले दिन। टोना का फ़ायदा तभी होगा जब आहार शुद्धि करेंगे।

धन्यवाद।

रूबी, 

प्राकृतिक जीवनशैली प्रशिक्षिका व मार्गदर्शिका (Nature Cure Guide & Educator)

Hi 

Cold weather during winter causes muscles to lose more heat and contract,  causing tightness throughout the body. Body metabolic rate will be more and needs more food for more energy. Keeping the body warm by woolen clothes will help but, the body needs more energy to maintain the temperature.  

To maintain body temperature energy expenditure you have to take proper diet. 

• Take a proper and Balanced Diet: Foods enrich with Vitamin D, C and K are good for muscles. Add orange, cabbage, spinach, tomatoes in your diet as they are good and help to get muscles active.
• Add vegetables like Sweet potato, turnip, and other seasonal vegetables available, which are rich in calcium and anti-oxidants.
• Take more nuts and dry fruits which increases inner body heat and protects from the winter and also provides the abundant level energy to prevent laziness in winter.
• Include Jaggery: Its warm natural, healthier sugar and it contains more minerals like iron, phosphorus magnesium, etc. This helps to cure and prevent cold, cough and other respiratory problems and fatigue.
• Sesame or til: Consume sesame in the form of chikki, or soaked in overnight helps to improve the internal body. heat and prevent help in winter. 
• Add black pepper, ginger, nutmeg, saffron, and honey in your daily diet to improve your immunity and to keep the body warm.
• Include dates, Bajra, Ragi and millets which are rich in iron, calcium, protein, and fiber.
• Keep hydrated – Drink Lukewarm water, veg. soups and juices. During winters, we tend to reduce our water consumption but it is necessary because the cartilage between the joints has to be smooth and in order to maintain the right amount of friction, the body needs to be hydrated.
• Keep Active: Do regular active exercises, like walking, jogging, etc. to improve the muscle activity and metabolism which relieves muscle pain and keeps the body warm.
• Calcium Intake: Foods enrich with calcium are great for your muscles, joints, and bones.
• Wear proper warm clothes and be safe from cold weather.
• Avoid smoking and alcohol.
• Avoid junk foods and fatty food items. Always take healthy diets.
• Consume more seasonal vegetables and fruits available.
• Do Yogasanas, like suryanamsakara and other asanas be active.
• Do pranayama like suryabhedhana, bhastrika and kaphalabharti.
• Do physical activities brisk walking, jogging, and cycling, etc. 

Namasthe!

Feeling cold during winters especially when your mercury drops beyond the normal levels is a physiological mechanism. Our body is well capable to handle these changes as the thermoregulatory centers in the brain handle these changes automatically.

Some simple ways to keep yourself warm

1. Wear Woolen Clothes - Wear genuine woolen clothes which could keep you warm. A lot of duplicate woolen clothes are available in the market and often we get carried away by the price. Avoid going out for unwanted reasons.
2. Keep The Cold Out. Keep your doors and windows closed during winter. Avoid using coil heaters which could drain off the oxygen levels in the home, instead, oil heaters might be recommended.
3. Avoid Coffee, Tea, Alcohol - avoid taking alcohol or hot beverages. Instead herbal coffee or herbal tea or soups might be best substitutes for the above.
4. Consume Diet that produces heat. Nuts like cashew, almond, peanuts, etc increase your body heat. While having food you could heat the food before having it. Consume a lot of porridge, stew, soups infrequent intervals ( slightly hot ) so that this could raise your body temperature.
5. Sunbaths - If there is an option for sunlight, making it a point to have exposure to sunlight whenever it is possible. 
6. Keep Active through Yoga and Exercises - Brisk exercises like brisk walking, jogging, etc could generate body heat. Yoga is also an alternative form to generate body heat. The heat-generating breathing exercises ( right nostril breathing ) could increase your body heat.