8 ways to warm up perpetually cold hands and feet

We all know those people (you might be one of them!). Your hands and feet are always frozen. It could be the height of summer and you just can't get warm. You rub your palms together in desperate need of heat, grasping at those ephemeral glints of warmth.

According to Cleveland Clinic, cold hands and feet are common and usually nothing worthy of worry. Typically, people who suffer from unusually cold extremities are victims of a benign and unexceptional condition, known as Raynaud's disease, that causes blood vessels in the fingers and toes to overly constrict. If your fingers and toes tend to turn white when cold and red or purple when warm, you may have Raynaud's disease. However, there is no reason for alarm. The condition is common and not dangerous.

While there is no need for treatment, there are many home remedies that you can (and should!) use to keep you from feeling cold.

1. Hot spice bath. Not only will you be warm from the inside out, you'll also smell delightful. Follow the advice of Home Remedy Hacks and take a nightly soak in a hot bath treated with 1 tablespoon each of cayenne pepper, black pepper, ginger, cumin, cinnamon, oregano, sage and rosemary.

2. Salmon. Eating more omega-3s can promote clean arteries and healthy blood circulation, says Home Remedy Hacks.

3. Self massage. Massaging your hands and feet with warm olive oil before bed is like giving yourself a loving bear hug. To maximize the warming effects, Home Remedy Hacks recommends covering the feet with cotton socks after your self-massage.

4. Ginko Powder. Daily Mail UK claims consuming a quarter teaspoon ginko powder mixed with water at meal times can promote healthy circulation and prevent cold extremities.

5. Acupressure. Stimulating acupressure points on the soles of the feet and at the wrists, as demonstrated in the below graphics, can produce warmth in the extremities. Grace Chen of HerbalShop urges cold hand and feet sufferers to drink warm water after their self-massage in order to benefit most from the effects of acupressure.

6. Avoid caffeine. When you're cold, you may reach for a hot cup of coffee. But according to Patient, doing so can actually trigger Reynaud's. To warm internally without exacerbating symptoms, opt for herbal, caffeine-free tea or hot water with lemon.

7. Green tea. Drinking green tea not only warms the body, but also increases blood circulation. Home Remedy Hacks recommends drinking a cup with ginger 2- 3 times a day. Be sure however, the tea is caffeine free.

8. Apricots and oysters. According to Home Remedy Hacks, iron-rich foods like dried apricots and oysters, prevent anemia, a common cause of cold hands and feet. Dates, soybeans, apples, and spinach are also healthy sources of iron.

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