Herbs & Food
160 articles · Kitchen herbs, healing foods, and the TCM approach to eating for your body type.
Healing foods from the kitchen: herbal teas, nourishing soups, warming spices, and the everyday remedies that cultures worldwide have relied on for centuries.
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1The Summer Spice You’re Overlooking: Why Black Pepper Cools You Down
Discover why TCM uses warming black pepper in summer to promote healthy sweating and cool you from the inside out.
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2Summer’s Cooling Kitchen: 5 Unexpected Herbs to Soothe Heat From Within
Discover five surprising cooling herbs from your pantry that go beyond mint to calm summer heat, soothe digestion, and restore…
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3Summer’s Secret Hydrator: The TCM Watermelon Rind Elixir
Don’t toss that rind! This cooling, hydrating summer elixir from TCM tradition uses the whole watermelon to beat heat and…
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4The Summer Spice You’re Ignoring: Why TCM Loves White Pepper for Cooling
Discover why this common kitchen spice is a secret TCM weapon for beating summer heat from the inside out, and…
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5Summer’s Secret Hydrator: Why Watermelon Rind Tea Beats the Heat
Don’t throw away the rind! This zero-waste TCM remedy is a powerful cooling tea that hydrates and detoxifies your body…
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6Summer Smoothies? Why TCM Prefers These 5 Warming Alternatives
The counterintuitive reason your icy morning smoothie might be sabotaging your summer energy, and what to blend instead.
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7The 5-Minute Summer Kitchen Remedy: TCM’s Cooling Cucumber & Mint Elixir
Beat summer heat with this 5-minute TCM kitchen remedy. Cucumber and mint create a cooling elixir to calm internal fire…
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8Summer Kitchen Remedies: 5 TCM-Approved Foods You Already Have
Discover 5 common kitchen ingredients TCM practitioners use as summer remedies. Simple, effective, and likely already in your pantry.
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9Summer’s Hidden Cooling: The Surprising Power of Bitter Melon
Discover why bitter melon, a staple in Asian kitchens, is TCM’s secret weapon for clearing summer heat and supporting digestion.