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Spring in Traditional Chinese Medicine starts on February 4th
After the taiyang winter, spring is coming, can you hear the leaves and the ground cracking to let the seeds germinate and the flowers bloom?
All the energy concentrated underground during the winter springs forth and grows. Everything overflows with vitality from the movement of the wood, it is the time of germination and growth.
According to the Nanjing, Spring Wood marks the end of yin and the beginning of yang growth. It corresponds to the passage from the yin extreme to the yang extreme, from birth to maturity.
Spring is characterised by sudden changes in climate and temperature and is dominated by the wind.
What diet should we favour to have energy?
So we say... One should eat foods of a rather pungent nature because the liver, which belongs to this season, aspires to disperse itself... Allowing it to circulate energy, blood and fluids.
The liver stores blood and is open to the eyes.
The liver has the function of general from which emanates stratagems and reflection.
So in terms of food, let's favour spicy foods such as kohlrabi, celery, fennel, raw turnip, radish, garlic, spring onion, chives, onion, kumquat, pistachio, dill, star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, caraway, cloves, coriander, orange blossom, pepper, soybean oil, ginger, mint...
Overeating should be avoided as it will weaken the spleen and stomach...leading to digestive problems.
It is advisable to eat young food, rich in JING, such as sprouts...
At this time of year, we prefer foods that are seared and crunchy on the surface.
Add a little bit of sweet flavour to release tension and tone up, it avoids the blockage of liver qi and protects muscles and tendons.... And don't forget that a hint of acidic flavour is needed to nourish the liver's yin and anchor its yang.
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What are the emotions linked to this period?
The emotion linked to the liver is anger and kindness...
So if you feel irritability it is possibly a blow from the liver energy that is not circulating properly.
In this season, we must be careful to communicate in a benevolent way to avoid generating too much unnecessary tension for ourselves and others.
We stretch the body and go for a walk to admire the awakening nature...
We go to see our Chinese medicine therapist to help the liver energy to circulate better in all the meridians...
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And finally, we avoid getting too agitated.
The wind of jue yin blows in this season... So we take refuge in ourselves through our breathing to avoid being too overwhelmed by the gusts outside.
Take care of yourself, happy spring to you...
Source Déborah, Accord Essen' Ciel