Tag: yin-yang
The dual forces of balance in TCM
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1Summer’s Gentle Thunder: When Joy Becomes Too Much for Your Heart
In TCM, summer joy can become agitation. Learn the subtle signs of excess joy depleting your heart qi and how…
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2Winter’s Cold Tongue: What Your Body Reveals in the Deep Freeze
Learn to read your body’s winter signals through tongue diagnosis and pulse reading, revealing how cold affects your qi and…
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3The Autumn Lung: Why TCM Says Your Skin and Breath Hold the Key to Letting Go
In autumn, TCM teaches the Lung governs our breath and skin, acting as the body’s gatekeeper for immunity and emotional…
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4Autumn’s Dry Cough: What Your Lungs Are Telling You (TCM Diagnosis)
Learn what a persistent autumn dry cough signals about your Lung qi and yin, and how to use pear soup…
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5Winter’s Quiet Strength: A Gentle Tai Chi Flow for Cold, Dark Days
Discover a slow, grounding tai chi sequence designed for winter’s stillness, to conserve energy, warm your core, and cultivate deep…
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6Pear, Fritillaria & the Autumn Cough: A Grandmother’s Kitchen Remedy
My grandmother’s steamed pear with fritillaria bulb (Chuan Bei Mu) was our autumn shield against dry coughs. Learn the recipe,…
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7The Summer Kitchen: 5 TCM Pantry Staples for Heat, Humidity, and Harmony
Your kitchen holds the keys to summer wellness. Discover 5 TCM pantry staples for cooling, draining dampness, and staying energized…
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8Spring Liver Qi Stagnation: The 7-Day ‘Unsticking’ Ritual with 5 Bitter Greens
Feeling stuck, irritable, or bloated as spring arrives? This 7-day TCM ritual uses 5 specific bitter greens to gently move…
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9Autumn’s Golden Practice: Forest Bathing Through a TCM Lens
How the ancient Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku aligns with autumn’s Metal element in TCM for lung health and emotional release.