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 Body Signs: What Your Sweating Pattern Reveals About Your Qi
Learn to decode what your summer sweat patterns mean in TCM. Discover if your body is cooling itself properly or…
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2The 3-Minute Summer Reset: A TCM Ritual to Cool Your Core
Feeling overheated and frazzled? This quick, ancient Chinese practice uses breath and acupressure to instantly cool your system and restore…
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3The Summer Kitchen Pharmacy: 5 Healing Foods Beyond Tea
Move beyond tea. Discover 5 cooling, nourishing summer foods from the TCM kitchen that heal heat and fatigue from the…
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4Summer Sweat: What Your Body Is Really Trying to Tell You
Sweating in summer isn’t just about cooling down. In TCM, the location and type of sweat reveal your inner state…
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5Your Body’s Hidden Cooling System: The TCM ‘Triple Burner’ Explained
Feeling hot this summer? Discover how your body’s ‘Triple Burner’ system works to regulate temperature, energy, and fluids from the…
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6The Summer Slow Walk: How to Turn a 10-Minute Stroll into a
Discover how a slow, mindful walk in summer’s warmth can become a powerful moving meditation, grounding your energy and finding…
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7Summer Night Sky: Why TCM Says Stargazing Cools Your Heart
Discover why Traditional Chinese Medicine recommends gazing at the night sky in summer to calm heart fire, reduce anxiety, and…
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8The 3-Minute Summer Grounding Meditation: Cool Your Feet, Calm Your Mind
When summer heat makes your mind race, this quick grounding meditation uses visualization to pull excess heat down through your…
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9Summer Anger: The Surprising TCM Link to Your Liver & How to Cool It
Discover why summer heat can trigger unexpected anger, and learn TCM’s cooling practices to soothe your liver and restore calm.