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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1The Willow Branch Qigong: A Spring Practice for Liver Qi Flow
A gentle, flowing qigong sequence inspired by spring willows, designed to soothe liver qi stagnation and release winter’s held tension.
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2Spring’s First Greens: A TCM Guide to Bitter Herbs for Liver Qi
Spring is the season of the Liver in TCM. Learn how to use common bitter greens and herbs to support…
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3Spring’s Bitter Greens: The Liver-Cleansing Kitchen Herbs Your Body Craves
Discover the 7 bitter spring greens and herbs that Traditional Chinese Medicine uses to cleanse the liver and awaken your…
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4Spring’s Liver Cleanse: The 7-Day Herbal Tea Ritual for Renewal
A gentle, 7-day TCM tea ritual using chrysanthemum, goji berry, and rose to support your Liver’s natural spring renewal and…
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5Spring’s Green Pulse: The 7-Day Liver Reset with Foraged Greens
A TCM-inspired 7-day plan using spring’s first bitter greens to gently clear liver qi stagnation and align your body with…
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6Spring’s Liver-Qi Surge: Why You Feel Restless (And How to Flow With It)
Spring’s rising energy can feel like inner restlessness. Learn how TCM explains this seasonal shift and 5 grounding practices to…
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7Spring’s Green Surge: Why Your Liver Qi Is Stirring (And How to Flow With It)
Spring’s rising energy can make you feel restless or irritable. Learn the TCM connection between the Liver and spring, and…
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8The Winter Root: Why TCM Says Your Energy Hides Underground Now
Discover why Traditional Chinese Medicine views winter as a time for deep, root-based energy storage, and how to align your…
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9Autumn’s Gentle Grip: Why TCM Says Your Lungs Are the First to Feel the Chill
Discover why Traditional Chinese Medicine links the autumn season to your Lung organ system and how to protect this vital…