Q I really love iced coffee and cold food. Does this make heat-cold imbalance worse?
A Eating cold food often chills the lower abdomen and digestive organs further, worsening lower-body coldness and deepening the upper-lower imbalance. Even if you feel heat above, it helps to cut back on cooling foods and eat warm food to warm the body from within.
Detailed Answer
Because of the sensation of heat, cold food and drinks are tempting, but eating them often chills the lower abdomen and digestive organs further, worsening lower-body coldness and digestive discomfort. This widens the imbalance where the top is hot and the bottom is even colder. Eating warm food to warm the body from within and keeping a regular meal rhythm helps restore balance. Excess caffeine and alcohol also tend to worsen the sensation of heat, so it's best to reduce them.
Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective
At Dongjedang, we guide patients to correct the habit of only noticing the heat above while letting the lower body get even colder. Treatment aims to warm the lower body and bring down the heat above to even out circulation, while cold food works against this. When warming eating habits and treatment work together, the upper-lower balance settles in more quickly.
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