Autumn Ancient Chinese Principle to Shift our Inner + Outer Being
“In traditional Chinese medicine we recognize that humans, like animals and plants, are affected by seasonal changes.
Anything done to the body has equal consequence for the mind and spirit also. If you feel good physically, you will be more balanced emotionally, mentally and spiritually”
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Autumn is a time of establishing a rhythmic order and turning inward. The softer calm and re-centering energy ground us from a restless mind and body.
As Women, we innately “nest” in the fall as we prepare our hearts and home with comfort foods brimming with sensational scents of garlic, fennel and sustaining broths.
Lungs, Skin & Large Intestine
Fall corresponds to the lungs, skin, and large intestine. The lungs and large intestine are in charge of digestion and elimination. Fall is the best time to focus on digestive health by integrating a light cleanse.
Full of Inspiration
The fall element consists of metal and is our source of new ideas and is where new emotions take shape, since it’s our inhalation-connection (lung) to the universe.
Emotionally
“The Large Intestine ‘lets go’ of what is no longer necessary. A healthy balance between the Lung and Large Intestine is demonstrated by a person that can honor commitments, but then let go of a relationship when it is over.”
It’s a time to let go of old ideas, beliefs, and attachments, leaving room for new space to grow and evolve.
Autumn + Skin Health
Skin is our largest organ, but it is the LAST to receive essential building blocks from your daily food choices.
Essentially the ability to convert the energy and metabolism from the inner intestinal track throughout the rest of the body - is key.
Why are Dry Skin + Pesky Breakouts are at their worst during Fall?
Frequent dry spots, skin irritation and ailments like blemishes and psoriasis can be at their worst during Autumn months.
Warm and cool air trap the skin’s cellular turn over, met with the natural shifts biorhythm cause inconsistency and much-needed exfoliation and rich oils to replenish the deep layers of the skin.
Your dry, brittle hair and sun-worshipped skin will thank you for it.
Yin + Yang = Cause + Affect
The inability to eliminate through regular bowel movements or continue to move the lymphatic system (we have more lymph than blood).
If the Lungs are strong, the skin will be more clear, vibrant and firm.
FALL FOODS
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Add nourishing {yin foods} to your diet to promote body fluid, soothe the lungs and protect you from dryness.
The taste associated with metal is pungent or spicy.
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Wild rice, raw onions, garlic, radish, turnip, kohlrabi, cinnamon, mint, rosemary, scallions, cloves, fennel, anise, dill, mustard greens, horseradish, mustard, basil, nutmeg are considered metal foods.
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