Herbs & Food
144 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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1Summer’s Hidden Danger: Why TCM Says Heat Travels to Your Heart
Discover why Chinese medicine warns that summer heat can disrupt your Heart’s balance, and learn simple cooling techniques to protect…
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2Your ‘Heart Fire’ Is Rising: 5 Cooling Foods to Eat in Summer
Learn how to use specific, delicious foods to balance the intense heat of summer and calm your ‘Heart Fire’ according…
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3The TCM Diagnosis Secret: What Your Pulse Really Tells a Doctor
Forget stethoscopes. In Chinese medicine, your pulse holds 28 different qualities. Here’s how practitioners read your health in your wrist.
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4Abdominal Breathing: The Tai Chi Secret Most Adults Have Lost
Watch a baby breathe — belly rising, chest still. That is abdominal breathing, the foundation of tai chi and the…
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5Ba Duan Jin: The 8-Minute Qigong Routine for Whole-Body Health
Eight simple movements, 10-15 minutes a day, a thousand years of refinement. The complete guide to the Eight Pieces of…
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6Zhan Zhuang: Standing Like a Tree (The Hardest Easy Exercise)
You just stand there — but five minutes in, your legs shake and your mind screams. Why standing meditation is…
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7Congee: Chinese Medicine #1 Healing Food (Recipe Guide)
Simple rice porridge, simmered for hours, is Chinese medicine prescription for weak digestion, fatigue, and recovery. Here is how to…
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8Cinnamon in Chinese Medicine: The Deep Warming Remedy for Cold Types
More than a baking spice — cinnamon is Chinese medicine deep warming herb for cold hands, low back ache, and…
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9Red Dates (Jujubes): The Chinese Superfood for Blood and Energy
Every Chinese kitchen has a jar of red dates. Here is why they are the most important blood-building food in…