TCM Seasonal Health Betterment - (Beginning of Spring)

Learn to stay vigilant against COVID-19 by following safety measures, wearing masks, and seeking early testing and treatment to prevent long-term lung damage.

Examine how Covid-19 affects the body, including fatigue, breathlessness, altered taste and smell, digestive issues, chest pain, sleep disturbance, and skin effects.

Explore basic principles of health betterment in traditional Chinese medicine, emphasizing prevention before disease, intercepting pathological changes, and nourishing the body before and after illness, with seasonality and individuality.

Discover TCM approaches to health betterment in the beginning of spring, blending mindfulness regulation, dietary strategies, qigong, dynamic body constitution protocols, diet meridian regulation, and acupressure.

Influenza A is a contagious respiratory virus; this lecture covers its transmission, symptoms, and TCM approaches—herbal remedies, diet, and acupuncture—to strengthen immunity and balance constitution, with masks and rest.

Explore influenza A as a highly contagious respiratory virus, its transmission modes—droplets, surfaces, and airborne spread—and common symptoms, viewed through a Chinese medicine lens on lung and large intestine balance.

Keep warm during early period, monitor emotional swings, maintain a regular diet pattern, engage in appropriate exercise, and keep sugar and fat under control.

The time season management approach guides seasonal health betterment by aligning with spring's variable weather, from cold to warm and windy days, including spring showers.

Examine how rising temperatures and subtle weather changes affect the body systems, drawing on a 30-year chart and Singapore’s tropical climate.

Understand covid dynamics, including coronavirus variants, mutations, and omicron risk, and transmission patterns. Stay vigilant, protect antibodies, and prioritize prevention to reduce infection risk.

The lecture explains that coronavirus is time sensitive, peaking within seven days, and oxygen may be needed as it peaks; stay on standby and act immediately.

During the beginning of spring, rising energy magnifies emotion and can trigger emotional dysfunction. Calm yourself with deep breaths—inhale and exhale—and practice mindfulness through dynamic breath.

Explore digestive system health during the beginning of spring, focusing on managing overindulgence during festivals and addressing gastric pain and diarrhea to support overall wellbeing.

Explore home-friendly exercise options during COVID, including brisk walking, jogging, and yoga, to improve blood circulation and metabolism while reducing abdominal distension.

Explore qi gong as a dynamic blend of movement, breath and mindfulness that regulates breath with intention to heighten body awareness, sustain focus, and support healing across conditions.

This lecture introduces acupressure massage practices for early spring, addressing fluctuating emotions and digestive sensitivity. Learn to use specific points along the governor vessel, gallbladder, liver, stomach, and conception meridians.

Identify GV20, a convergence point, and use acupressure massage to boost energy flow and heat balance. Include gentle hair brushing to support the practice.

Master a stress-relieving acupressure technique for the shoulder at GB21, using a finger press with a five-count hold, swapping sides to ease tension; avoid the point during pregnancy.

perform acupressure massage on LV14 to relax the chest and regulate viscera and emotion by addressing tension along the meridians below the sixth intercostal space.

Regulate emotion to prevent energy from becoming trapped, channel tension through mindfulness to let it go and calm energy in the body, recognizing energy is conserved and transformed.

Explore acupressure massage CV12 at the Chungwon point to stimulate stomach peristalsis, support digestive health, and boost immune ability.

Master st36 acupressure point massage to regulate the digestive system and aid digestion. Boost immunity through forefinger pressure and dietary guidance like Zanka Allison to support spleen and stomach function.

Modern research on ST36 reveals a bi-directional regulation mechanism that may enhance the body's ability to defend against disease. Massage the point; warm hands and rotate the area.

Learn knee care for aging through simple massage and warming techniques performed daily to ease stiffness, support standing, and preserve walking ability and independence.

Warm your feet to improve sleep by soaking them in warm water for 15–20 minutes, then massage your toes, dry, and wear socks to maintain warmth and support better sleep.

Explore the medicated diet during the spring transition and how weather changes influence dietary needs, including practical porridge ideas like millet porridge.

Explore a medicated diet with red dates and walnut, a rice-based porridge. The recipe nourishes blood, warms the spleen and stomach, supports diabetes, and helps yang deficiency or key deficiency.

Explore how the medicated diet longan poria tea uses a four-ingredient formula to calm emotions during spring, support sleep, and ease nocturnal perspiration and post-menopausal tension.

Discover a medicated diet approach with millet porridge and red dates, showing how to adjust warmth and ingredients for cold-bodied individuals to improve appetite.

Master knowledge and skill, embrace health as a journey, and stay alive to enjoy future generations as the course expands to learners in 100 countries.

Explore how seasonal changes influence health across the four seasons, from keeping warm to prevent cardiovascular risks and eczema flares, and learn year-round strategies for betterment.