Effective Home Remedies to Combat Winter Chills

Winter is here and so is the cold that comes with it. Unless you are living near the equator or have insane cold resistance you are a victim of winter chills, a lot of us are actually. However, these common chills that are invited by the winter can be controlled or even avoided by following so fairly simple yet effective home remedies.

11 effective home remedies

• Decrease the consumption of tea, coffee, and caffeinated drinks such as cola and caffeine-based energy drinks. Caffeine constricts blood vessels and decreases peripheral circulation, leading to a rise in blood pressure. Due to this rise in blood pressure in winter, you may face some irritation.
• Keep fresh ginger in your pantry and add chopped, grated, or sliced fresh root to soups, stews, stir-fries, or even herbal teas for an added spicy flavor. Ginger is known to improve circulation and blood flow to the hands and feet. Better blood circulation means fewer chills due to active blood flow.
• Use Herbal Teas to support healthy circulation. Herbal teas such as ginger root, hawthorn berries, yarrow flowers, linden leaves, rosemary leaves, and ginkgo leaves are rich in flavonoids and strengthen the walls of blood vessels, improving circulation.
• Uncross your legs. Frequent leg crossing looks pleasing to the eye but can hinder circulation, thus leading to chills due to the absence of adequate blood flow.
• Choose Movement! Instead of sitting for long periods, take a moment to raise both legs off the floor and flex and point your toes or take a time-out moment and walk. This will prevent the decrease in blood flow which occurs when you’ve been sitting for a prolonged period.
• Exercise regularly. Increasing the pumping mechanism of the heart is extremely important for cardiovascular health.
• Keep hands and feet warm in cold weather and wear gloves whenever possible.
• Supplement with Vitamin C and bioflavonoids. Bioflavonoids enhance vitamin C absorption and vitamin C helps in strengthening blood vessels and capillaries, ensuring proper blood flow.
• Frequent intake of warm water will generate some heat which will be later transported to other parts of the body.
• After a warm bath just rinse your body with cold, normal, water to take your body temperature to room temperature. After a warm shower when you step out the effect of cold increases due to a big difference in the temperature of the surroundings and temperature of your body.
• Cut back on chips and other fatty food, instead go for something green that helps your blood flow.

Over to you
Winter chills are irritating, but you can fight them at your home by following the above mentioned simple yet effective home remedies which will get you through winter with the least amount of irritation.