What can I do to improve my blood circulation?

Yoga.

Lose weight, exercise, improve your diet. The basic “get healhy” activities.

Add one very simple supplement to your diet and it will balance blood sugars and improve your circulation, plus a lot of other really good things…! You can get the capsules at most health food shops.

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Not sure about supplements, I always believed in raw physical exercise and a proper diet. If all else fails, consult a physician. Hope this helps :-)

Look into the benefits of hawthorn.

To echo @DarlingRhadamanthus, Saigon cinnamon is the best type, followed by Ceylon, then Cassia. The fresher the better. If you drink coffee, it’s easy to add.

Oy. The multibillion dollar supplement industry is kissing you guys right now.

The best way to improve circulation is to exercise. It’s free.

I actually love cinnamon but I had no idea it was good for circulation. I´ll be starting school next week and I´ll be using the gym at school so I´ll be sure exercise plenty and add more cinnamon to my diet. Thanks guys!

“but I had no idea it was good for circulation”
That’s because there is no science-based evidence that it actually has any efficacy. It won’t hurt you though. Don’t throw your money away on cinnamon pills, though.

@Rarebear, step outside your head for a minute and look at an ordinary spice rack.

…step outside my head a minute…
Are you denying that there is a multibillion dollar industry who are raking in the money from unsuspecting consumers using unproven medical therapies?

If @kheredia truly has a circulation problem, which, based upon her description I doubt, then that means that she is having claudication from arterial obstruction. If she were to have arterial claudication and it were to go untreated, then not only would some bullshit herbal “remedy” like cinnamon NOT work, but it would be harmful and potentially limb threatening because she would eschew regular medical care.

Show me a placebo controlled double blinded randomized controlled trial that shows that cinnamon improves clinical outcomes in arterial claudication and I’ll change my tune. The only reason I didn’t suggest that kheredia seek immediate medical advice is that numbness is not a symptom of poor circulation.

Come to think of it, though, numbness can be a symptom of peripheral neuropathy of some kind. If she has a family history of diabetes then she should be tested for diabetes, not take cinnamon.

If she wants to put cinnamon in her coffee, by all means. Just don’t use it in place of proper medical advice.

Why not just show us one that says there is no efficacy?

It hasn’t been studied, so there are no references, and that’s exactly my point. You can’t go around recommending herbs and supplements for potentially dangerous conditions based upon anecdotes, without any real evidence of their efficacy. It’s disingenuous at best and dangerous at worst. It’s dangerous to say “take cinnamon for vascular disease”, because if the patient actually DOES have vascular disease, and the cinnamon, which has no known vascular effect, is taken in place of a treatment that could actually work then the sufferer could lose a limb or their life.

In what reality does this “eschewing” and “in place of” and “vascular disease” exist? She has already been to her doctor. They found no vascular disease. She’s not avoiding medical care.

I think there needs to be balance between age old herbal remedies and modern medicine.
For example, I used motrin for years for headaches until I discovered that peppermint oil works faster and better. Why would I compromise my liver with chemicals if I don’t have to. Now, if the headaches were not easily stopped and/or became alarmingly frequent, I might see a doctor to discover the cause.

@XD Okay, point. I missed the part where she already saw the doctor.

That said, the OP asked about “blood circulation.” You recommended cinnamon based upon zero evidence of efficacy for blood circulation.

@Judi I have no problem with old herbal remedies if there is good scientific evidence of clinical efficacy. You compromising mentioned your liver. I have seen two cases of fulminate liver failure from taking Chinese herbs. Herbs are not harmless.

@Rarebear; I agree. I wish there were more skilled herbal practitioners and that doctors and herbalists would work together for the patients benefit. (Like the miracle peppermint oil for headaches.) no doubt herbs are powerful and harmful if used by someone who has no idea what they’re doing. (Just like drugs. )