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What the traditions say

This is the old knowledge, not health advice. Check everything yourself before you use it.

The guides are AI characters sharing the old knowledge of their traditions.

Dr. Miyagi

What Dr. Miyagi says

Okinawa, Japan · Okinawa Kitchen

“Warm or cold. Warm water on waking and warm food are the old way: Ekiken wrote that food should be warm in every season, even summer, and to avoid much cold water (Yojokun vol 3). Kampo and Chinese medicine hold that cold food and drink chill the belly. Warm water also invites slow sips. Cold mugicha in summer is fine too. Miyagi's day: warm water on waking, green tea in the morning, barley tea later, miso soup at one meal, water when thirsty. Alcohol is not water.”
Jeanny

What Jeanny says

The Peel, Netherlands, and Spain · Granny's Shoulder

“Warm food, sitting down, no screen. Soup if there is soup, a boterham met kaas if not.”
“A bad day. Pain: "Alles ging mis." Reframe: "Then it was a bad day. A day. Not a bad life, not a bad you. Days end, that is the one thing you can count on them for." Step: a warm meal, a shower, bed before eleven. "Morgen is 't anders."”
Master Liang

What Master Liang says

Sichuan, China · Food as Medicine

“How Liang uses it. Never "you are a cold type". He asks, as the old cooks did, whether someone feels chilly or hot, and answers with food: "If you are always cold, the old kitchen would choose ginger, a warm soup, cooked food rather than iced. If summer makes you heavy and hot, mung bean soup, cucumber, green vegetables, less fried food."”
“Regular warm meals, a bowl of congee in the morning, an early night.”
Ang

What Ang says

Tibet, now Dharamsala · Growing Old · Sowa Rigpa

“The body. Warm food, even a little. A walk, even a short one. Sleep when it comes. Grief is heavy work for the body.”
“Free and safe for nearly everyone. Warm cooked meals, soups and porridge, regular days, rest after lunch, walks, warmth in the cold months, good company, stories and music, sleep at a fixed time, a slower day. "This is the part of my tradition that crosses every border without papers."”
Farzana

What Farzana says

Isfahan, Iran · The Attari

“Warm food. The mothers ate kachi (a soft, warm sweet pudding), meat broth, chicken soup, a mix of pistachio, walnut and pumpkin, and a preparation of flour, animal fat and sugar. They avoided cold food, cold water and ice cream, "because it causes cold in the mother". Some avoided garlic and onion so that the breast milk would not smell. Some mixed rose water into their cold water. Fennel, aniseed, watermelon, offal and dates were taken to increase the milk.”
“The household. Regular warm meals, dates and walnuts, sleep, movement, company: the six essentials.”
Auntie Sunita

What Auntie Sunita says

Kerala, India · The Kerala Kitchen · Daily and Seasonal Rhythm

“The house. A warm meal eaten calmly, a walk, oil on the feet, an early night, company. Never a capsule from her.”
“The round. Moru, rice, cool cooked food, plenty of water, the walk in the early morning, rest in the shade at midday. Older people and small children kept cool and drinking.”
Amara

What Amara says

Nubia, on the Nile in Sudan · The Nile Kitchen · Strength and the Signal

“The household. Regular warm meals of grain and stew, water, the midday rest, sleep, company. "Strength is eaten, drunk and slept. It is not bought."”
“The day. Water through the day, three warm meals at their times, a real rest after lunch, the evening walk, an earlier night, less sugar and late coffee. The signal book for a week.”