@sarajaneho: Many women suffer from iron deficiency during their period (your blood is being lost faster than it’s being rebuilt). Menstruation is literally a loss of blood so you will lose iron. How do you know if you’re iron deficient? You feel light headed from standing up quickly, you have pale lips, shedding hair, brittle nails, anxiety, poor sleep, brain fog… From a TCM perspective 1) your liver stores your blood and 2) your spleen governs digestion and the transformation of food INTO blood. If your spleen is weak (from stress, over thinking eating cold/iced/raw foods or drinks) then your body struggles to make enough blood, regardless of how much iron you consume. That’s why for many people taking iron supplements, if your spleen is not strong then they still won’t work. So in TCM we say there is blood deficiency due to the blood loss AND there is impaired rebuilding due to a weak spleen. Listen to the full conversation on HOT WATER (formerly known as Mind Your Manners) — “Why Foot Soaks Work, Iron Isn’t Enough & I Microdose Mounjaro”

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