TCM Seasonal Health Betterment - (Beginning of Winter )

Explore why Singapore's age-standardized death rate stayed stable through 2021 despite COVID-19; the discussion links mortality displacement to heart disease deaths and notes pneumonia declines from hygiene and masking.

Vaccination, including boosters, reduces transmission and is the key tool in modern medicine against covid-19. Adopt a healthy lifestyle, wear masks, and practice good hygiene to prevent chronic illnesses.

Understand post-COVID conditions and long covid, highlighting persistent symptoms across respiratory, neurological, digestive, and cardiovascular systems, with CDC updates and access to an online post-COVID course.

Vaccination does not stop infection but reduces the illness impact, and outcomes vary with individual constitution and health; even vaccinated people may be at risk with underlying illness.

From a modern medicine view, treatment targets symptoms and fever reduction, with severe cases needing hospitalization and ventilation; antivirals and vaccines rely on personal immunity and precautions.

Prevent disease before it occurs by intercepting health changes and nourishing the body, using seasonal timing and tcm to manage chronic conditions and post-covid symptoms.

Explore season-based health management in traditional Chinese medicine using mindfulness regulation, diet tailored to nine body constitution types, meridian regulation through acupressure and acupuncture, and breath training.

Explore the background of time-seasonal health betterment for the beginning of winter, aligning health management with the four seasons and natural rhythms to respect seasonal changes and support disease prevention.

Winter commencement outlines the seasonal weather shifts around November and the 15-day windows. It emphasizes warm nourishment to strengthen the body during the cold season, with lowest temperatures around January.

Explore how Singapore's seasonal changes affect health, including temperature, humidity, dryness, and coldness month by month. Learn how body symptoms respond to weather shifts and discuss practical implications with participants.

Explains how cold weather stresses the body, emphasizes kidney health, and increases rheumatism and muscle aches. Proposes keeping warm, adequate sleep, and light acupressure-based tips to boost immunity.

Explore how TCM seasonal health betterment for the beginning of winter addresses common illnesses in cold seasons, including cardiovascular risks like stroke and heart attack.

Stay warm to prevent illness during early winter by simple, easy-to-follow practices, including adequate sleep, acupressure massage techniques, and a supporting medical diet.

Prioritize adequate sleep in cooler weather to stay warm, boost immunity, and support cognitive development and dementia prevention from a Chinese medicine view of the heart system.

Explore four simple acupressure points to warm up the body, while grounding in acupressure, acupuncture, and meridians concepts, including key points like Conception Vessel and kidney and bladder.

Activate acupoint CV 08 Shen Que on the conception vessel to warm the body and support longevity in winter. Practice nightly rubbing to ease dysentery and diarrhea and sustain warmth.

Learn to locate the SJ 04 Yang Chi acupoint and apply gentle thumb pressure for an acupressure massage along the meridian to strengthen and nourish the body.

Focus on ki-01 yong quan acupoint on the sole to warm the body via the kidney meridian, boosting vitality and energy, especially for elderly women with kidney deficiency.

Discover three medicated diet recommendations for the season, including black sesame seeds, porridge key, nourishing black chicken soup, and sea cucumber, designed to warm the body and support seasonal health.

Learn how medicated black sesame porridge warms and nourishes the liver and kidneys, reaching the internal organs, with notes on constipation relief.

Explore a medicated diet featuring wolfberry, sea cucumber, and quail egg soup that nourishes kidney, liver, and lung systems in TCM, supports mind, strengthens marrow, and may help prevent dementia.

Address weather change and prevent illness by mustering the knowledge and skill to protect yourself and your family. Remember an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.