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How Porridge Can Help You Strengthen Your Immunity During the Spring Season

Porridge is renowned in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for its nourishing properties. The famous Chinese physician Sun Simiao said: “The superior doctor should first adjust the patient’s diet and lifestyle.” In TCM, pathogen properties like wind, heat, and dampness are considered to be physical influencing factors, which if allowed to accumulate too much, can affect ...

Hermann Rohr

Oatmeal porridge.

8 Tips to Maintain a Healthy Spleen

The spleen has some important functions: it fights off invading germs in the blood (the spleen contains infection-fighting white blood cells) it controls the level of blood cells (white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets) it filters the blood, and removes any old or damaged red blood cells. To nourish the spleen and stomach, ...

Nspirement Staff

A bowl of chicken soup.