She always made us eat warm food in the morning. Never cold. Never raw. "It wakes up the stomach," she said. → TCM: protecting spleen and stomach qi from cold damage. When we had a cold coming on, she'd slice ginger into hot water with a little brown sugar and make us drink it before bed. → TCM: releasing the exterior, expelling wind-cold. She'd press a point on the inside of our wrist when we felt nauseous on long car rides. She learned it from her mother. → TCM: Pericardium
