Foods to Support the Transition to Spring
In Chinese Medicine, food therapy can be used to help the body during seasonal transitions. So much of this medicine is tapping into our body’s innate, primal capacity to heal – harmonizing our food intake with seasonal eating is a key aspect of this! Spring is associated with the wood element and governed by the energetics of the liver and gallbladder. The wood element governs smooth flow of qi through the body, and it is strongly associated with proper transformation of stagnation in the body (especially coming out of the winter months!). Some basic ways to support the wood element through food therapy include: • Eat early spring greens such as dandelion greens, collards, kale, chickweed, arugula! Lighter soups and...Read More