permission to wear an obnoxiously large scarf until May

Not kidding!

In TCM, we have many lifestyle behaviors / choices that we incorporate based on the seasons and the weather. Our medicine is based on nature and the seasons, so we turn to nature to give us direction on how to live and what to eat. And of course, nature generously provides and offers us opportunities to eat certain foods that strengthen and support our health during that specific time of year. It also allows us to lean into certain emotions / mental states that help us grow as people.

Covering your neck with a scarf starting when the seasons change in the fall until we circle back to milder weather in late spring is a great way to support immunity, in TCM. This is important in both cold and windy weather. This protects a very important set of acupuncture points on our neck, the acu points name translates to “Wind Gate” or “Wind Pool” - when the neck is uncovered to cold and/or windy weather, external pathogens can enter our systems and we can get sick. And- don’t go outside with wet hair. Same idea- that will leave your neck (and those powerful acupuncture points) especially vulnerable and could lead to compromised immunity! 

So, I’ll see you in the clinic, accessorizing with obnoxiously large scarves until ~May! 

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