University Open Air: Pair Tea with Seasons
In traditional Chinese herbal medicine theories, summer is when people get weaker due to the excessive body water loss. Based on the same theories, our organs have more burdens in the summer because people tend to consume more iced or chilled foods and drinks. Therefore, the beginning of autumn is a proper time for us to recover. In Chinese, this “course of recovery” is call Autumn Rehabilitation (Chinese: 养秋, pronunciation: Yang Qiu). A proper autumn rehabilitation is to prepare our physical bodies for the upcoming seasons. Tea, as a natural product, is perfect for this purpose. Today, let’s talk about what teas to drink in autumn.
Julia Adams is a Certified Life Coach, and an educator at the NGO, Academy of Public Health and a private museum. She is also an expert in Chinese Traditions and Customs, skilled in the subject of Chinese Tea Ceremony and Traditional Chinese Culture, especially Tang Dynasty's culture. Julia is also a zither player, certified by Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Prior to relocating to New York from Shanghai, Julia was a news anchor at Jiangsu TV Station while also hosting citywide events; she then became an HR director and often hosted nationwide conferences on HR-related topics.
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In traditional Chinese herbal medicine theories, summer is when people get weaker due to the excessive body water loss. Based on the same theories, our organs have more burdens in the summer because people tend to consume more iced or chilled foods and drinks. Therefore, the beginning of autumn is a proper time for us to recover. In Chinese, this “course of recovery” is call Autumn Rehabilitation (Chinese: 养秋, pronunciation: Yang Qiu). A proper autumn rehabilitation is to prepare our physical bodies for the upcoming seasons. Tea, as a natural product, is perfect for this purpose. Today, let’s talk about what teas to drink in autumn.
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