Dietary Regulation for Harmonious Constitution in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Dietary Regulation for Harmonious Constitution in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Click the blue text above to follow us Medical Guidance: Dr. Song Yuhong, Deputy Director of the TCM Department at Guangzhou First People’s Hospital, welcomes you to continue following us. Each person inherits different genetic traits from their parents and has different living environments, making them a unique individual. Therefore, each person’s constitution varies. Traditional … Read more

Balancing Yin and Yang During the Spring Equinox: The Right Time for Medicinal Cuisine

Balancing Yin and Yang During the Spring Equinox: The Right Time for Medicinal Cuisine

Spring Equinox ·Season Knowledge of Health Preservation During the Spring Equinox The Spring Equinox is the fourth of the twenty-four solar terms, occurring around March 20 each year. On this day, day and night are equal in both the northern and southern hemispheres. After this day, the sun continues to move northward from the equator, … Read more

Daily Herb: Coix Seed

Daily Herb: Coix Seed

Today |Herbal Discussion JIN RI BEN CAO SHUO Coix Seed (Yi Yi Ren) Coix seed is sweet in flavor, slightly cold in nature, and enters the lung, spleen, liver, stomach, and large intestine meridians. It is indicated for muscle spasms, inability to bend or stretch, rheumatic pain, promoting qi, benefiting the stomach and intestines, reducing … Read more

Transforming with Poria: A Traditional Chinese Medicine Perspective

Transforming with Poria: A Traditional Chinese Medicine Perspective

Poria (Fu Ling) is the dried sclerotium of the fungus Poria cocos, which commonly parasitizes the roots of pine trees. It is shaped like a sweet potato, spherical, with a light brown or dark brown outer skin and pink or white interior. It has the functions of promoting urination, leaching out dampness, strengthening the spleen, … Read more

The Best Way to Eliminate Dampness Is Not Medication: Keep These 4 Items at Home for Easy Dampness Removal

The Best Way to Eliminate Dampness Is Not Medication: Keep These 4 Items at Home for Easy Dampness Removal

Promoting health knowledge for a better life Click below to follow for free↓↓↓ The term “dampness” is now widely recognized. People often drink dried tangerine peel tea or eat Job’s tears porridge to eliminate dampness. However, after trying these methods, the results are often unsatisfactory. So how exactly can we remove dampness? What exactly is … Read more

Eighteen Foods to Eliminate Dampness and Detoxify the Body

Eighteen Foods to Eliminate Dampness and Detoxify the Body

Director Zheng shares health knowledge with you Click below to follow for free ↓↓↓ 01. Yam (Shan Yao): Yam can regulate the digestive system, reduce subcutaneous fat accumulation, prevent obesity, and enhance immune function. Eating it raw is the best for detoxification; you can cut peeled white yam and pineapple into small pieces and blend … Read more

Ginseng Pairings to Warm Through the Cold Winter

Ginseng Pairings to Warm Through the Cold Winter

Ginseng (Ren Shen) is the dried root and rhizome of the perennial plant from the Araliaceae family, known for its ability to greatly replenish Yuan Qi (元气, original vital energy), revive Yang, and rescue from collapse. It is regarded as the premier herb for treating deficiency and has been used to this day, earning the … Read more

Symptoms of Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency and How to Regulate Them

Symptoms of Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency and How to Regulate Them

From the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the spleen is fundamental to maintaining human activity. There is an old saying, “Being able to eat is a blessing.” This is because humans need to consume food to sustain basic life activities, and the spleen is the central organ in the process from food intake to … Read more

Seven Medicinal Porridges for Summer: Different Recipes for Each Day of the Week

Seven Medicinal Porridges for Summer: Different Recipes for Each Day of the Week

Green Bean Summer Porridge Ingredients 50g green beans, 50g millet, 50g rice, a small amount of glutinous rice. Method Soak the green beans overnight. Rinse the millet, rice, and glutinous rice. In a pot, add water and the above ingredients. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 50 minutes on low heat, … Read more

Strengthening the Spleen and Nourishing the Stomach: Can You Make These Health-Boosting Medicinal Dishes?

Strengthening the Spleen and Nourishing the Stomach: Can You Make These Health-Boosting Medicinal Dishes?

Strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach: Can you make these health-boosting medicinal dishes? What should you eat to aid digestion? What should you eat if you have a cold stomach? What to do if you don’t feel like eating in hot weather? Strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach, using local medicinal materials from … Read more