Autumn time & the quiet wisdom of TCM
What the metal element wants to teach you
Like the tree gives up its leaves - you too give up what wants to go.
🪙 Metal element & fall time
In TCM the Fall of the metal element assigned.
It stands for:
- Structure, reduction, clarity
- Boundaries & dignity
- Recognize the essentials
Autumn invites you to listen within again.
No longer to want, but to understand.
No longer to collect, but to check:
What is still real? What can become silent?
⚖️ Metal in balance shows itself as:
- Ability to make decisions
- Inner order & structure in everyday life
- Healthy demarcation from external stimuli
- A sense for the essentials
- Dignity in silence
🌿 What strengthens your metal in fall?
✨ 1. structure in the daily routine
- Eat, sleep, get up at the same time
- Create clear transitions (morning rituals, evening retreat)
→ Rhythm nourishes your Qi - especially in the metal element
🧘♀️ 2nd Qi Gong exercise: "Draw the bow"
- opens the chest & expands the breathing space
- strengthens lungs & mental centering
🎥 Instructions here: www.meine-tcm.com/qi-gong-uebung-den-bogen-spannen
💨 3. acupressure: lung 01 &
Lung 09
- Help with tightness, inner withdrawal & feelings of weakness
- Massage gently with the AkuPen or index finger
🔎 You can find the points here:
www.meine-tcm.com/akupunkturatlas
🫖 4. preserve lung yin - maintain moisture
- warm, moisturizing foods such as cooked pears, black sesame seeds, almond paste
- Teas with marshmallow, licorice or lime blossom
→ protects the lungs from dryness & internal constriction
🍲 5. fall cuisine:
- Warm, cooked dishes with root vegetables, millet, miso soup
- avoid: Raw food, cold dairy products, sugar
→ nourishes the center & protects against inner cold
🌲 5th clarity walk
Go slowly, in silence. Ask yourself:
What is essential? What can say goodbye? What wants to stay?
🧭 Your personal TCM analysis
Autumn often reveals what was too much. What no longer resonates.
Our free TCM analysis helps you to better understand your current Qi situation - and to gain new clarity.
👉 Start now: www.meine-tcm.com/tcm-analyse
✨ Conclusion
Autumn doesn't give you less - it gives you more of what matters.
"When the leaves fall,
shows what carries."
🍂 When everything gets quieter,
the essentials begin.
Author: Unknown
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