Winter and The Water Element in Chinese Dietary Therapy

According to the Nei Jing, “Water… keeps on flowing, and simply fills up all the places in which it flows; from any dangerous spot, it does not shrink, not from any plunge, and nothing will make it yield its own natural essence. Under all conditions, it (water) remains true to itself.”

The element of the most Yin of seasons, Winter, is Water. It stands for the accomplishment of a cycle and the purifying of past … Continue reading