Bite-Size Chinese Medicine

Quick notes mostly about fitting old-world wisdom into a modern American life.

Don’t eat when you’re angry

Anger makes the body’s Qi go upward, the opposite direction that you want the food in your digestive tract to go.

Wait a bit. Cool off. Then eat.

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