Before Your Period, the TCM Way: Keep Qi Moving

The week before your period has a reputation: small things irritate, the body feels tight and tender, and the snack drawer calls. In the four-seasons picture, this is the month's late autumn — the phase where everything depends on keeping things moving, kindly and on purpose. This lesson explains the traditional TCM idea behind the pattern, Liver Qi stagnation, and the gentle tools tradition reaches for first: warm regular meals, rose and mint tea, and a daily walk.