Lele Sun

🎓 Master in Traditional Chinese Medicine | Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine | I Ching | Chinese History & Philosophy

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🥬 HERB OF THE DAY 09: Cabbage 包菜

Cabbage leaves reduce inflammation 🍂 A warm leaf on a baby's chest eases a cough 👶 A cool leaf soothes sore nursing breasts. Or eat it as kimchi.

Tip: Crush softly, lay on 20 min. For babies, ask your doctor first.

Kimchi fan? 💭

#TCM

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🍵 TCM SECRETS 09: No Water at the Table

TCM suggests don't drink water or tea during meals 💧 Any kind dilutes your digestion and can cause bloating.

Tip: Have warm soup with your meal, then tea 🫖 15 min after to aid digestion

Do you drink water with meals? 💭

#TCM

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📜 CHINESE WISDOM 08

"Use bronze as a mirror to fix your clothes. Use history as a mirror to see rise and fall. Use people as a mirror to see your right and wrong."
以人为镜，可以明得失

— Emperor Taizong of Tang 唐太宗 👑 598–649 AD

Who is your mirror? 💭

#ChineseWisdom

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🤍 HERB OF THE DAY 08: Daikon

“Eat radish in winter, ginger in summer” 冬吃萝卜夏吃姜 🍂

Daikon moves Qi, eases bloating, and clears phlegm and dry cough.

Tip: Simmer it in soup 20 min 🍲 or eat it pickled with rice 🥢

Do you eat daikon? 💭

#TCM #HerbOfTheDay

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🦶 TCM SECRETS 08: No Bare Feet 🧵

In TCM, feet are the body's root 🌳 The Kidney meridian starts at Yongquan 涌泉 on the sole.

Cold floors send cold and damp up into the body ❄️

Signs: cold hands, stiff knees, back ache, period cramps, tummy upset, night peeing.

#TCM

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📜 CHINESE WISDOM 07

"Walk to where the water ends, then sit and watch the clouds rise."
行到水穷处，坐看云起时

— Wang Wei 王维 🏔️

My favorite phrase for Double Ninth ❤️ When the road ends, a new view begins.

What do you do when you feel stuck? 💭

#ChineseWisdom

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🌰 HERB OF THE DAY 07: Chestnut 栗子

A Double Ninth favorite! TCM calls it the fruit of the kidneys 💪

✅ Strengthens lower back and knees
✅ Warms the stomach and spleen
✅ Moves blood

💡 Tip: 5–7 roasted a day. Too many = bloating!

Do you love chestnuts? ❤️

#TCM

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☀️ TCM SECRETS 07: Sunbathe your back 晒背

In TCM, the back is the yang side of the body 🔥 The Du meridian on your spine rules all yang energy.

💡 Tip: back to the sun 15–20 min, 9–11 AM 🌞

💆 Massage down your spine to move yang energy 🔥

#TCM #Wellness

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📜 CHINESE WISDOM 06

"Without calm, you cannot see your purpose. Without stillness, you cannot go far."
非淡泊无以明志，非宁静无以致远

— Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮, Letter to His Son 诫子书 🪶

Quiet minds win the long game 🌙

Where do you find your calm? 💭

#ChineseWisdom

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🌿 🌿 HERB OF THE DAY 06:
Goji Berry

In TCM, goji nourishes the liver and kidneys and brightens the eyes 👀 Great for under-eye bags!

Tip: soak 10–15 goji in warm water. Eat the berries too 🍵

Drink daily for 30 days and see ✨

How do you enjoy goji? ❤️

#TCM

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🍵 TCM SECRETS 06:
Sweet relief for period pain 🌸

Cramps = cold in the womb ❄️ Sweet warms you and moves the blood 🔥

💡 Tip: brown sugar in hot water ☕

🍰 Have a little dessert 10 days before your period!

Your go-to comfort? 💕

#TCM #PeriodPain

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CHINESE WISDOM | 05

上工治未病
"The best doctor treats illness before it begins."

Zhang Zhongjing 张仲景 (c. 150–219 AD), China's "Medicine Sage" 医圣.

Warm food, good sleep, strong spleen energy: the real medicine.

How do you prevent illness?

#ChineseWisdom

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HERB OF THE DAY | 05

Red Dates 大枣

In TCM, red dates boost spleen energy, warm the stomach, and nourish blood.

Grandma's trick: cut 3 dates, remove the pits (too much fire heat). Cook or steam in water 30 min. Drink as tea 1–2x a day.

Do you cook with red dates? 🍵

#TCM

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TCM SECRETS | 06

My grandmother always said: have some soup before you eat.

The engine has to be hot before you can race.
The stomach has to be warm before you can digest.

A little warm soup first turns the engine on.

Do you start meals with soup? 🍲

#TCM

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CHINESE WISDOM | 04

心无挂碍。

"A mind with nothing to cling to."
— The Heart Sutra

Worry grips the past and the future. Let go, and the mind gets light again.

Not empty, just free.

What's one thing you could let go of today? 🪷

#Buddhism

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TCM | HERB OF THE DAY 04

陈皮 Chen pi, aged tangerine peel

You know orange peel from marmalade. TCM ages it for years.

Warm and aromatic, it moves qi and dries damp. Great for a heavy stomach in Cold Dew.

Add a strip to hot tea after meals.

Marmalade or chen pi tea? 👇

#TCM

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TCM SECRETS | 04

寒露脚不露。
"At Cold Dew, don't bare your feet."

We're in Cold Dew (寒露), when autumn turns cold and dry. Cold enters through the feet first.

Wear socks, skip cold floors, soak your feet in warm water at night.

Socks or barefoot at home? 👇

#TCM #寒露

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CHINESE WISDOM | 03

以静制动。

"Patient over persistent."
— Sima Yi's strategy, Three Kingdoms

Sima Yi stayed calm and quiet. He moved only when he was sure the move would work.
One right action beats many restless ones.

Are you patient or persistent? 👇

#ChineseWisdom

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🍐 TCM | HERB OF THE DAY 03

🍂 Autumn is dry, and it's the Lung's season.
💧 Skin dries out fast.
🍐 Eat a pear, or steam it with honey. Pear nourishes the Lungs, and healthy Lungs keep your skin moist.

Raw or steamed? 👇

#TCM #TCMSecrets #HerbOfTheDay #AutumnWellness