I’ve been carrying this episode around with me this week. I really loved the discussion about your visions of healthcare. When you all discussed burnout I wanted to raise my hand and shout, That happened to me! I was lucky that I could pivot to something else that feels more authentic for me. So happy to have this podcast out in the world!
I've been listening to your Yinspired recordings, Haunani, and enjoying them.
My first husband and father of my children is Chinese, born and raised in Vietnam. We were together for 16 years. His father, who lived with us for several years, was a Chinese medical doctor/practitioner, not licensed or certified, but very experienced. I remember patients coming to our house and Tia, as we called them, talking with them, checking their pulse and tongue, and giving them recommendations for herbs. I remember going into the facinating Chinese herbal shops, one of which was owned by our brother in law in San Francisco.
When my first son was born my mother in law made me special medicine in a crockpot that included Cornish game hen, an herb that looked like a dried red fruit, sort of like a date but round, and other herbs. I drank it everyday. She also recommended that I stay in the house for a week, or maybe it was a month, and that I not wash my hair for a week after birth. I didn't follow those recommendations.... (I birthed my two children at home with a midwife...)
Listening to your Yinspired podcasts brings back many wonderful memories for me.
WOW! These are beautiful memories and thank you for sharing them with us.
From an East Asian Medicine perspective, the period after childbirth is considered a very sacred and volatile time for the mother. The care and nourishment (or lack of it) can have longterm effects on the mother's mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health.
The more I learn about post-partum care around the globe, especially in traditional cultural practices, every culture seems to have sacred post-partum care for nourishing the baby AND mother. I wish that knowledge and importance of nourishing the baby and mother were more mainstream in the U.S.
The "dried red fruit" was most likely jujube or da zao 大枣, also known as Chinese date, Korean date, Indian date, and red date. There were likely other herbs in it as well to nourish your qi, blood, and essence.
I’ve been carrying this episode around with me this week. I really loved the discussion about your visions of healthcare. When you all discussed burnout I wanted to raise my hand and shout, That happened to me! I was lucky that I could pivot to something else that feels more authentic for me. So happy to have this podcast out in the world!
I've been listening to your Yinspired recordings, Haunani, and enjoying them.
My first husband and father of my children is Chinese, born and raised in Vietnam. We were together for 16 years. His father, who lived with us for several years, was a Chinese medical doctor/practitioner, not licensed or certified, but very experienced. I remember patients coming to our house and Tia, as we called them, talking with them, checking their pulse and tongue, and giving them recommendations for herbs. I remember going into the facinating Chinese herbal shops, one of which was owned by our brother in law in San Francisco.
When my first son was born my mother in law made me special medicine in a crockpot that included Cornish game hen, an herb that looked like a dried red fruit, sort of like a date but round, and other herbs. I drank it everyday. She also recommended that I stay in the house for a week, or maybe it was a month, and that I not wash my hair for a week after birth. I didn't follow those recommendations.... (I birthed my two children at home with a midwife...)
Listening to your Yinspired podcasts brings back many wonderful memories for me.
WOW! These are beautiful memories and thank you for sharing them with us.
From an East Asian Medicine perspective, the period after childbirth is considered a very sacred and volatile time for the mother. The care and nourishment (or lack of it) can have longterm effects on the mother's mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health.
The more I learn about post-partum care around the globe, especially in traditional cultural practices, every culture seems to have sacred post-partum care for nourishing the baby AND mother. I wish that knowledge and importance of nourishing the baby and mother were more mainstream in the U.S.
The "dried red fruit" was most likely jujube or da zao 大枣, also known as Chinese date, Korean date, Indian date, and red date. There were likely other herbs in it as well to nourish your qi, blood, and essence.