TCM Seasonal Health Betterment - (Beginning of Summer)

Track the evolving Covid-19 pandemic, including mutations and vaccine responses, and review recent Singapore case updates. Explore practical responses from acupressure and medical data perspectives.

Learn covid-19 prevention strategies, including avoiding crowded and confined spaces, washing hands frequently, and wearing masks. Explore how improving immunity and seeking medical advice early when unwell can improve outcomes.

Describe post-COVID conditions in Singapore, including long COVID and long-term fatigue, noting 10-30% of infected may suffer; vaccines reduce severity but don't fully prevent infection.

Identify post-covid conditions and common symptoms—fatigue, fever, breathing difficulties, cough, chest pain, digestive issues, and neurological changes—and explore constitution and diet in traditional chinese medicine.

Identify who is at risk for long covid, highlighting severe illness, hospitalization and intensive care, underlying health conditions, not being vaccinated, and multisystem inflammatory syndrome.

Learn how to live with covid and manage long covid as a multisystem condition with fatigue, brain fog, and cough. Emphasize prevention, masks, and immunity to support recovery.

Discover how immunity in TCM depends on qi and blood, and how an active lifestyle, adequate sleep, and nourishment of the spleen and stomach strengthen energy to boost defenses.

Explore how season, locality, and personal constitution guide immunity enhancement in tcm, recognizing that each person’s diet is unique and should suit their upbringing and individuality.

Explore seasonal health and weather changes, from the four seasons to a 24-sector, 15-day cycle rooted in Asian wisdom, including climate effects on eczema and urinary tract infections.

Explore how locality influences health betterment by examining Singapore and Indonesia, located one degree north of the equator, where a tropical rainforest climate yields warm weather with little temperature variation.

Explore how body constitution types, including fire and water elements within the five-element framework, relate to temperament, health risks, and mood, shaped by Singaporean spicy, fried diets.

Combat hot, humid weather by consuming warm, heat-cleansing foods and ginger water to support digestion, ease headaches, and protect skin and cardiovascular health this season.

Value health alongside knowledge and skills for lifelong learning, and craft an action plan to know who you are now, define your goals, and restore health.

Explore acupressure and a medicated diet intro for early summer, focusing on cleansing body heat, regulating the hot system, and incorporating Longan porridge as an invigorating dietary option.

Learn an acupressure technique you can apply today by massaging a heart meridian point with your forefinger to calm anger, improve circulation along the hot meridian, and wake you early.

Master the acupressure technique Qu Chi, a key point on the large intestine meridian under the elbow, massaging it to clear heat and dampness and aid detoxification.

Learn a simple acupressure technique you can use today, targeting three points behind the elbow and knee along the bladder meridian to support detoxification; practice three minutes daily.

Learn the Nei guan acupressure point on the inner forearm, between two tendons, to ease palpitations and chest tightness by applying gentle open-and-close pressure.

Learn how bitter gourd fits a medicated diet for the hot and humid summer, using a simple soup with onion and ginger to cleanse, detoxify, and support eyesight—even for vegetarians.

Explore medicated dieting with tuckahoe barley soup to support detoxification and cleansing during the beginning of summer. Consider a diet of rice or greens during the season.

Learn how red dates longan porridge in a medicated diet supports heart and spleen health, aids sleep, and calms the body during the seasons, with optional rice adjustments.

Discover astragalus qi invigorating tea, a summer immune-support formula blending honeysuckle, ginger, and water to enhance immunity and seasonal vitality.

Learn how weather changes and underlying illnesses, including COVID-19, affect health, and how vigilance and essential health knowledge help you strengthen yourself and loved ones against pending diseases.