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❄️ The Cold Core

In Chinese medicine: Kidney Yang Deficiency · 肾阳虚 · Shèn Yáng Xū

You are cold in ways other people are not, and warmth never quite reaches your edges.

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🎈I am bloated 😴I crash every afternoon 🥶My hands and feet are cold 🌙I wake at 3am

Know your type from the quiz? Browse by type:❄️ Cold Core 🪫 Depleted Engine 🏜️ Dry Well 🔥 Furnace 🕯️ Pale Thread ⛓️ Pressure Cooker ⚓ Steady Ground 🪨 Stuck River 💧 Waterlogged 🌪️ Windblown

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Ama (modifier)Blood Deficiency (general)血虚Blood Stasis血瘀Damp Accumulation湿困脾Damp-Heat in Spleen and Stomach脾胃湿热Food Stagnation食滞Heart Blood Deficiency心血虚Heart Yin Deficiency with Empty Heat心阴虚Kapha Constitution and AggravationKidney Essence Deficiency肾精不足Kidney Yang Deficiency肾阳虚Kidney Yin Deficiency肾阴虚Liver Blood Deficiency肝血虚Liver Fire Blazing肝火上炎Liver Overacting on the Spleen肝木克脾土Liver Qi Stagnation肝气郁结Lung Qi Deficiency肺气虚Phlegm-Damp in the Lung痰湿阻肺Pitta Constitution and AggravationQi Deficiency (general)气虚Spleen Qi Deficiency脾气虚Spleen Yang Deficiency脾阳虚Stomach Fire胃火Stomach Yin Deficiency胃阴虚Vata Constitution and AggravationYang Deficiency (general)阳虚Yin Deficiency (general)阴虚

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MandaSamaTikshnaVishama

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Ginger congee with jammy egg halves and scallion oil in a cream porcelain bowl

Cold Core

Ginger Congee with Jammy Egg and Scallion Oil

⏱️ 45 min🍽️ Serves 2

The warm breakfast that stops the 3pm crash.

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