08/19/2025
🌿✨ Late Summer Fire and Earth Balance with TCM ✨🌿
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, late summer is its own special season, linked with the Earth element 🟡 — nourishing, stabilizing, and grounding. Just following the Fire Season, with the heat still present but with rising humidity, it’s the time of year to support your Spleen & Stomach so they can keep your whole system in balance.
🍑 Food wisdom for late summer
• Choose naturally sweet, earthy foods — think yams, squash, carrots, corn, millet, and dates.
• Enjoy ripe fruits like peaches, pears, and grapes 🍇 (but in moderation to avoid dampness).
• Lightly cooked meals (steamed or stir-fried) are easier on digestion than heavy, greasy, or icy-cold foods.
🧘♀️ Activity & lifestyle
• Gentle, grounding movement like walking, Qi Gong, Pilates, or yoga helps regulate digestion and energy flow.
• Outdoor time is still wonderful — but listen to your body and rest when heat or humidity drains you.
• Practice “centeredness”: journaling, mindful breath, or simply pausing before meals to feel gratitude.
☀️ Late summer invites us to nourish our center, find stability, and prepare for the shift into autumn.
💧 Acupuncture and Cupping Therapy can help move retained fluid
🌾 What foods or activities help you feel most grounded this time of year? Share below 👇