At the Core

Throughout history, many Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners have considered digestive health to be at the core of our overall well-being. When our digestive health becomes impaired, this can lead to the development of many other diseases that may seem unrelated, but are rooted in disharmonies of the digestive system. This way of thinking is so popular that an entire school of TCM was centered around healing the digestive system to cure all other disease.This school is called, “The School of the Spleen and Stomach”. Modern physiology tells us that digestion takes place primarily in the mouth, stomach, and intestines but in TCM, it is the energy of the Spleen and Stomach that are spoke of most often when considering ones digestive strength.Here are 5 TCM tips to help you start your journey towards more balanced digestion. 1. Eat More Cooked FoodsAll food that enters our mouth has to be broken down into more simple parts in order for our body to use it. This digestive “Qi” (enzymes, hydrochloric acid, bacteria, etc) that breaks down our food into usable parts has to do twice the amount of work when we consume raw and cold foods. Eating foods that are at body…