Morning Mist Intensive

<p><strong>PHLEGM-DAMP 痰湿</strong></p>
<p><em>The fog that takes all morning to lift.</em></p>
<p>An eight-day decoction course for a Morning Mist season — when heaviness is the throughline and days feel harder to move through than they should. Built on Er Chen Tang, the “Two-Cured Decoction” — the tradition’s core formula for transforming dampness — at full strength.</p>
<p>Raw herbs, barks, roots, and berries, steeped at home daily for eight days. A fog of long standing may call for up to three courses.</p>
<h3>Inside the formula — 11 herbs</h3>
<h4>Sovereigns</h4>
<ul><li><strong>Chen pi</strong> (tangerine peel) — one of the two “cured” herbs; regulates qi through the digestion</li><li><strong>Ban xia</strong> (pinellia) — the other; the tradition’s core phlegm-transforming herb</li></ul>
<h4>Ministers</h4>
<ul><li><strong>Fu ling</strong> (poria) — steadies digestion and helps fluid move as it should</li><li><strong>Cang zhu</strong> (atractylodes, stronger variety) — an assertive damp-drying herb</li></ul>
<h4>Assistants</h4>
<ul><li><strong>Hou po</strong> (magnolia bark) — moves qi through the digestion and eases the fullness that comes with dampness</li><li><strong>Bai dou kou</strong> (cardamom) — an aromatic that transforms dampness and promotes a clear head</li><li><strong>Jie geng</strong> (platycodon) — guides the formula’s action upward, toward the chest and throat</li><li><strong>Zhi shi</strong> (bitter orange) — a stronger qi-mover for more stubborn fullness</li><li><strong>Da zao</strong> (jujube) — a gentle, sweet tonic that softens the stronger herbs</li></ul>
<h4>Envoys</h4>
<ul><li><strong>Zhi gan cao</strong> (licorice) — harmonizes the formula and buffers the stronger herbs</li><li><strong>Sheng jiang</strong> (fresh ginger) — warms the digestion and helps carry the formula through the system</li></ul>
<h3>Not sure which formula is for you?</h3>
<p>Take the Intake — nine short sections, about five minutes, free.</p>
<p>Your reading names your <em>climate</em> (your body’s lasting tendency) and, if one is passing through, your <em>season</em> (the pattern active right now). It recommends a daily Regimen to keep your climate steady and, when a season is present, an eight-day Intensive course to bring you back to balance.</p>
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