The Maternal Tradition of “Sitting the Month”: Traditional Chinese Medicine Postpartum Care
By Dr. Lily Yeh Gillespie Growing up with my family in Taiwan, consuming herbal foods was part of our daily life. When my menstrual cycle started at the age of fourteen, my mother began cooking herbal medicine. Intrigued neighborhood aunties would visit and ask why, and mother proudly shared that I was “becoming an adult”. …
