Do you often experience this: struggling to get out of bed in the morning, feeling sluggish and lacking energy during the day, unable to muster enthusiasm for anything, hands and feet feeling as cold as ice cubes, and having a poor immune system, catching a cold with even the slightest breeze? Actually, all these issues stem from your body’s insufficient Yang Qi.

As the old saying goes, "When Yang Qi is abundant, one is full of vitality." Yang Qi is like the sun within our body—it drives the circulation of qi and blood and aids in digesting what we eat. However, once Yang Qi fails to rise, trouble arises, making it easy to experience the problems mentioned above.

Why are so many people nowadays unable to boost their yang energy? Ultimately, it's all due to long-term neglect that has accumulated health issues.

Let's start with diet. With better living conditions nowadays, many people indulge in ice milk tea and ice cream in summer, and pair hotpot with ice-cold beer in winter. While this might feel satisfying, the spleen and stomach simply can't handle such abuse. Think of the spleen and stomach as the wood-burning stove at home—it needs yang energy to keep it burning and functioning. If you constantly pour cold water into the stove, how can the fire burn brightly? Over time, not only will digestion suffer, but yang energy will also fail to rise.

Then there's the issue of inappropriate supplementation. Some people, feeling deficient, blindly follow trends and take yin-nourishing herbs like Liu Wei Di Huang Wan. While this formula is indeed effective, it's like draping a thin veil over a small sun—if yang energy is already insufficient, such an approach only weakens it further.

Actually, boosting yang energy isn't difficult. Ingredients like ginger and chili peppers in the kitchen are excellent—adding more of them to dishes can help yang energy ascend, leveraging the warming nature of these foods. Additionally, herbs like Evodia and Szechuan pepper, with their warming properties, can be used for foot soaks or applied to the navel to gradually lift the sunken yang energy.

If the condition is more severe, Chinese patent medicines can also lend a hand. Fuzi Lizhong Wan can tonify spleen yang, while Guifu Dihuang Wan can tonify kidney yang, and so on. However, it’s important to remember that these medicines are like clothes—they must fit properly. Different body constitutions require different treatments, and specifics should be tailored to individual detailed conditions.

The content of this article is for knowledge and educational purposes only. If you experience any physical discomfort, please seek medical attention promptly and receive treatment under the guidance of a professional physician through syndrome differentiation!