Dr Adeel Munshi - Registered Acupuncturist

Dr Adeel Munshi - Registered Acupuncturist I am particularly interested in womenโ€™s health, fertility, mental health, skin, sleep, musculoskeleta

Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor / Acupuncturist / Bowen Technician / Cupping Master / Facial Rejuvenation Specialist My Mission: Helping people with modern day problems get their lives back using ancient methods.

๐…๐„๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐€๐๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐…๐‹๐Ž๐—ช โ€” & ๐‚๐”๐๐๐ˆ๐๐† ๐‡๐„๐‹๐๐’ ๐‘๐„๐’๐“๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐ˆ๐“โฃโฃLetโ€™s talk about something that makes some people nervous but make...
10/03/2026

๐…๐„๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐€๐๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐…๐‹๐Ž๐—ช โ€” & ๐‚๐”๐๐๐ˆ๐๐† ๐‡๐„๐‹๐๐’ ๐‘๐„๐’๐“๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐ˆ๐“โฃ
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Letโ€™s talk about something that makes some people nervous but makes traditional medicine practitioners very happy: ๐‡๐ข๐ฃ๐š๐ฆ๐š (๐œ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ )โฃ
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If youโ€™ve ever seen those circular marks & thought, โ€œ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ด?โ€ โ€” relax. Those marks are actually the result of a very old therapy that has been used for thousands of yearsโฃ
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When it comes to ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, both ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž (๐“๐‚๐Œ) & ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž have something very interesting to say about itโฃ
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First, letโ€™s clear something upโฃ
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Many fertility issues are blamed purely on ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌโฃ
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But in ๐“๐‚๐Œ, hormones are often just the ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. The real problem usually sits deeper โ€” in things like:โฃ
โ€ข Blood stagnationโฃ
โ€ข Poor circulation to the uterusโฃ
โ€ข Cold in the wombโฃ
โ€ข Qi stagnation from stressโฃ
โ€ข Liver congestion affecting hormonal flowโฃ
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In simple words?โฃ
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Your reproductive organs might not be getting the ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ-๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐โฃ
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This is where ๐‡๐ข๐ฃ๐š๐ฆ๐š becomes interestingโฃ
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Cupping works like a circulation reset button.โฃ
It draws stagnant blood to the surface, stimulates microcirculation & encourages the body to produce ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก, ๐จ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐโฃ
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Think of it like unclogging traffic on a highway. When blood circulation improves:โฃ
โ€ข The uterus receives better nourishmentโฃ
โ€ข The endometrium can thicken properlyโฃ
โ€ข Hormonal communication improvesโฃ
โ€ข Inflammation can reduceโฃ
โ€ข Stress on the nervous system decreasesโฃ
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From a ๐“๐‚๐Œ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, hijama helps move ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ง๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข & ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ โ€” two things that commonly block fertilityโฃ
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From the ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, cupping was recommended for overall health & purification of the body

When circulation improves & stagnation clears, the body often does what it was designed to do: ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐žโฃ
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๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐š๐๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ.๐š๐ฎ

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09/03/2026

Pain is an inevitable part of life but suffering doesn't have to beโฃ
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๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐š๐๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ.๐š๐ฎโฃ

08/03/2026

Has this happened to any of you? Ramadaan or not ๐Ÿ™ˆโฃ
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๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐š๐๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ.๐š๐ฎ

๐๐‘๐„๐€๐Š๐…๐€๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐’๐โ€™๐“ ๐Ž๐๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐—ช๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐ โ€” ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐Œ๐Ž๐๐„๐’ ๐Š๐๐Ž๐—ช ๐ˆ๐“โฃโฃSomewhere along the way, modern wellness decided that skippi...
06/03/2026

๐๐‘๐„๐€๐Š๐…๐€๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐’๐โ€™๐“ ๐Ž๐๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐—ช๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐ โ€” ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐Œ๐Ž๐๐„๐’ ๐Š๐๐Ž๐—ช ๐ˆ๐“โฃ
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Somewhere along the way, modern wellness decided that skipping breakfast is โ€œdiscipline.โ€โฃ
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But from both a ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž (๐“๐‚๐Œ) perspective & the wisdom of the ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐š๐ก, skipping breakfast can quietly sabotage a womanโ€™s hormones, digestion & fertilityโฃ
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Letโ€™s explain whyโฃ
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In ๐“๐‚๐Œ, the ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ก & ๐’๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ rule digestion and energy production. They are strongest in the morning, roughly between ๐Ÿ•โ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ. This is the bodyโ€™s prime time to transform food into ๐๐ข, ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ & ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญโฃ
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Translation:โฃ
Morning food becomes the fuel that literally builds your blood & reproductive healthโฃ
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Now hereโ€™s where it gets interestingโฃ
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Women rely heavily on ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ in TCM. Blood nourishes the uterus, supports the menstrual cycle & stabilizes hormonesโฃ
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When breakfast gets skipped?โฃ
The body basically says:โฃ
โ€œCoolโ€ฆ I guess weโ€™re building hormones out of stress today.โ€โฃ
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Cue the cortisolโฃ
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Instead of running on nourishment, the body runs on emergency energy. Over time, this can lead to:โฃ
โ€ข fatigueโฃ
โ€ข cold hands & feetโฃ
โ€ข irregular cyclesโฃ
โ€ข cravings at nightโฃ
โ€ข bloatingโฃ
โ€ข hormonal mood swingsโฃ
โ€ข fertility strugglesโฃ
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In TCM terms: ๐’๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐๐ข ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ & ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ start creeping inโฃ
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Now letโ€™s talk about the ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐š๐กโฃ
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The Prophet ๏ทบ emphasized ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  & warned against extremes. While modern diet culture glorifies skipping meals & โ€œbiohacking hunger,โ€ Islamic tradition encourages nourishment without excessโฃ
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Even something small in the morning โ€” like ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ โ€” aligns with both prophetic wisdom & digestive scienceโฃ
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Because digestion works best when it is ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ & ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ, not shocked at 2pm when the first coffee finally hits the stomachโฃ
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๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐š๐๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ.๐š๐ฎ

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๐๐‹๐€๐‚๐Š ๐’๐„๐„๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐’๐โ€™๐“ ๐Œ๐€๐†๐ˆ๐‚ โ€” ๐ˆ๐“โ€™๐’ ๐Œ๐„๐“๐€๐๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐‚. ๐“๐‚๐Œ ๐„๐—๐๐‹๐€๐ˆ๐๐’ ๐—ช๐‡๐˜ ๐ˆ๐“ ๐’๐”๐๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐’ ๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐Œ๐Ž๐๐„๐’โฃโฃSome people talk about black seed like i...
05/03/2026

๐๐‹๐€๐‚๐Š ๐’๐„๐„๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐’๐โ€™๐“ ๐Œ๐€๐†๐ˆ๐‚ โ€” ๐ˆ๐“โ€™๐’ ๐Œ๐„๐“๐€๐๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐‚. ๐“๐‚๐Œ ๐„๐—๐๐‹๐€๐ˆ๐๐’ ๐—ช๐‡๐˜ ๐ˆ๐“ ๐’๐”๐๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐’ ๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐Œ๐Ž๐๐„๐’โฃ
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Some people talk about black seed like itโ€™s a mystical cure-all. Take a spoon & suddenly your hormones behave, your gut sings & your life becomes peacefulโฃ
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If only it were that easyโฃ
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Yes, ๐›๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ (๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š) is famous in Islamic tradition because the Prophet ๏ทบ said it is a cure for every disease except death. But hereโ€™s the part many people misunderstandโ€ฆโฃ
Itโ€™s not โ€œmagic.โ€โฃ
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It works because it ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐จ๐๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญโฃ
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Interestingly, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) explains ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ howโฃ
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Letโ€™s break it downโฃ
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First, in TCM many hormone problems are not actually โ€œhormone problems.โ€ Theyโ€™re ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ & ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌโฃ
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Things like:โฃ
โ€ขCold uterusโฃ
โ€ขDampness & phlegm accumulationโฃ
โ€ขWeak digestion (Spleen Qi deficiency)โฃ
โ€ขKidney Yang deficiencyโฃ
โ€ขStagnant Liver Qiโฃ
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& guess what black seed does?โฃ
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It ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌโฃ
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Which is exactly what many modern hormonal issues needโฃ
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Letโ€™s look at it practically.โฃ
When digestion is weak in TCM, the body creates ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ.โฃ
Dampness turns into ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ & phlegm doesnโ€™t just sit in your lungs. In Chinese medicine it can ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโฃ
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Thatโ€™s why conditions like:โฃ
โ€ข PCOSโฃ
โ€ข stubborn weight gainโฃ
โ€ข insulin resistanceโฃ
โ€ข irregular cyclesโฃ
are often described in TCM ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ-๐ฉ๐ก๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโฃ
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Now enter black seed.โฃ
Black seed is warming & slightly bitter โ€” meaning it helps ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ & ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโฃ
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In simple language:โฃ
It helps your metabolism stop acting like a lazy sloth. Modern research actually supports thisโฃ
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Black seed helps with:โฃ
โ€ข blood sugar regulationโฃ
โ€ข insulin sensitivityโฃ
โ€ข inflammationโฃ
โ€ข gut healthโฃ
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๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐š๐๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ.๐š๐ฎ

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MIS CARRIAGE ISNโ€™T ALWAYS GENETIC โ€” SOMETIMES YOUR WOMB IS COLDโฃโฃEveryone jumps straight to:โฃ๐Ÿงฌ โ€œIt must be geneticโ€โฃ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ...
03/03/2026

MIS CARRIAGE ISNโ€™T ALWAYS GENETIC โ€” SOMETIMES YOUR WOMB IS COLDโฃ
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Everyone jumps straight to:โฃ
๐Ÿงฌ โ€œIt must be geneticโ€โฃ
๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ โ€œJust bad luckโ€โฃ
๐Ÿงช โ€œTry again next timeโ€โฃ
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Meanwhile your body is whispering (or yelling): โ€œ๐ˆ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐‡๐€๐•๐„ ๐„๐๐Ž๐”๐†๐‡ ๐—ช๐€๐‘๐Œ, ๐๐Ž๐”๐‘๐ˆ๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐๐† ๐๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐ƒ ๐“๐Ž ๐‡๐Ž๐‹๐ƒ ๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐„โ€โฃ
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Letโ€™s talk about this from ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿค + ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ŸŒฟ โ€” because both systems clocked this issue ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด before lab coatsโฃ
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๐Ÿฉธ ๐๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐ƒ ๐ƒ๐„๐…๐ˆ๐‚๐ˆ๐„๐๐‚๐˜: ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐€๐๐„๐Œ๐ˆ๐€โ€ฆ ๐๐”๐“ ๐€๐‹๐’๐Ž ๐˜๐„๐’โฃ
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In TCM, ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ isnโ€™t just a lab number. Itโ€™s nourishment. Warmth. Stability. Itโ€™s what ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ in the wombโฃ
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When Blood is weak or deficient:โฃ
โ€ข The uterus lacks nourishmentโฃ
โ€ข The embryo struggles to implant or stayโฃ
โ€ข Spotting happens easilyโฃ
โ€ข Miscarriages repeatโฃ
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Think of it like this:โฃ
๐Ÿ‘‰ You planted a seedโ€ฆ but the soil was dry & coldโฃ
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๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐—ช๐Ž๐Œ๐: ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐”๐๐ˆ๐๐•๐ˆ๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐†๐”๐„๐’๐“โฃ
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Cold contracts. Cold slows. Cold blocks circulationโฃ
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In TCM, Cold in the uterus can come from:โฃ
โ€ข Excess iced drinks (yes, even in winter)โฃ
โ€ข Chronic dieting or fasting without supportโฃ
โ€ข Postpartum depletionโฃ
โ€ข Emotional shock or griefโฃ
โ€ข Too much raw food + not enough warmthโฃ
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Cold + Blood deficiency = ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต โ€œ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅโ€โฃ
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๐๐‘๐Ž๐๐‡๐„๐“๐ˆ๐‚ ๐Œ๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐‚๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐’๐€๐—ช ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐“๐Ž๐Žโฃ
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In Prophetic Medicine, ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ก, ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ & ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐-๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ are foundational โ€” especially for womenโฃ
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The teachings of ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ญ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๏ทบ emphasised:โฃ
โ€ข Warm, grounding foodsโฃ
โ€ข Avoiding excess cold on the bodyโฃ
โ€ข Strengthening the blood after lossโฃ
โ€ข Rest after traumaโฃ
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This wasnโ€™t superstition โ€” it was ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌโฃ
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Foods like:โฃ
๐ŸŸค Datesโฃ
๐Ÿฏ Honeyโฃ
๐Ÿฅฃ Warm brothsโฃ
๐Ÿฅฉ Nourishing meatsโฃ
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All ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ + ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ก โ€” exactly what both systems aim to do after miscarriageโฃ
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๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐š๐๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ.๐š๐ฎ

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02/03/2026

Stop apologising for wanting betterโฃ
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๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐š๐๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ.๐š๐ฎโฃ

๐—ช๐‡๐˜ ๐†๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐“๐”๐ƒ๐„ ๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐„๐‘๐€๐‹๐‹๐˜ ๐‚๐‡๐€๐๐†๐„๐’ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐๐‘๐€๐ˆ๐ ๐‚๐‡๐„๐Œ๐ˆ๐’๐“๐‘๐˜ (๐˜๐„๐’, ๐’๐‚๐ˆ๐„๐๐‚๐„โ€ฆ & ๐’๐Ž๐”๐‹)โฃโฃ๐Ÿšจ ๐‡๐Ž๐“ ๐“๐€๐Š๐„: Gratitude isnโ€™t just โ€œpositive ...
27/02/2026

๐—ช๐‡๐˜ ๐†๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐“๐”๐ƒ๐„ ๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐„๐‘๐€๐‹๐‹๐˜ ๐‚๐‡๐€๐๐†๐„๐’ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐๐‘๐€๐ˆ๐ ๐‚๐‡๐„๐Œ๐ˆ๐’๐“๐‘๐˜ (๐˜๐„๐’, ๐’๐‚๐ˆ๐„๐๐‚๐„โ€ฆ & ๐’๐Ž๐”๐‹)โฃ
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๐Ÿšจ ๐‡๐Ž๐“ ๐“๐€๐Š๐„: Gratitude isnโ€™t just โ€œpositive vibesโ€ or spiritual fluff.โฃ
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Itโ€™s a ๐›๐ข๐จ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง for your brain, hormones & nervous system & guess what?โฃ
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๐“๐‚๐Œ ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ. ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ ๐ญ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ. ๐๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉโฃ
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Letโ€™s unpack it ๐Ÿ‘‡โฃ
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๐—ช๐‡๐€๐“ ๐†๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐“๐”๐ƒ๐„ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐„๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐๐‘๐€๐ˆ๐ (๐‘๐„๐€๐‹ ๐‚๐‡๐„๐Œ๐ˆ๐’๐“๐‘๐˜, ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐๐”๐Ž๐“๐„๐’)โฃ
When you practice gratitude, your brain releases:โฃ
โ€ข ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž โ†’ motivation & pleasureโฃ
โ€ข ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง โ†’ emotional stability & calmโฃ
โ€ข ๐Ž๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ญ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ง โ†’ connection & safetyโฃ
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At the SAME time, it lowers:โฃ
โ€ข ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ (stress hormone)โฃ
โ€ข ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌโฃ
โ€ข Fight-or-flight signalingโฃ
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Translation?โฃ
Your brain literally shifts from ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž โ†’ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐žโฃ
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Gratitude doesnโ€™t ignore problems.It tells your nervous system: โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญโ€โฃ
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๐“๐‚๐Œ ๐„๐—๐๐‹๐€๐ˆ๐๐’ ๐†๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐“๐”๐ƒ๐„ ๐•๐„๐‘๐˜ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐…๐…๐„๐‘๐„๐๐“๐‹๐˜โฃ
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, emotions arenโ€™t just feelings โ€” they are ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ that move (or block) Qiโฃ
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๐Ÿ‘‰ Gratitude:โฃ
โ€ข Softens ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (aka anger, resentment, tension)โฃ
โ€ข Strengthens ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ข (joy, connection, emotional circulation)โฃ
โ€ข Supports ๐’๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐๐ข (grounding, digestion, trust)โฃ
โ€ข Protects ๐Š๐ข๐๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ (fear & survival reserves)โฃ
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When gratitude is present:โฃ
โœ” Qi flowsโฃ
โœ” Blood nourishes the brainโฃ
โœ” Shen (spirit) settlesโฃ
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When gratitude is absent? Qi tightens. Hormones spike. The body bracesโฃ
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Thatโ€™s why bitterness shows up as:โฃ
โ€ข Tight chestโฃ
โ€ข Shallow breathโฃ
โ€ข Digestive issuesโฃ
โ€ข Hormonal chaosโฃ
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Your body is ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ to your thoughtsโฃ
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๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐š๐๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ.๐š๐ฎ

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๐๐‹๐Ž๐€๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐€๐“ ๐ˆ๐…๐“๐€๐‘ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐€ ๐…๐„๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐‘๐„๐ƒ ๐…๐‹๐€๐† โ€” ๐๐Ž๐“ โ€œ๐๐Ž๐‘๐Œ๐€๐‹โ€โฃ(Yes, I said what I said)โฃโฃLetโ€™s talk about that post-iftar mom...
26/02/2026

๐๐‹๐Ž๐€๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐€๐“ ๐ˆ๐…๐“๐€๐‘ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐€ ๐…๐„๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐‘๐„๐ƒ ๐…๐‹๐€๐† โ€” ๐๐Ž๐“ โ€œ๐๐Ž๐‘๐Œ๐€๐‹โ€โฃ
(Yes, I said what I said)โฃ
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Letโ€™s talk about that post-iftar momentโฃ
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You break your fastโ€ฆโฃ
You take three bitesโ€ฆโฃ
& suddenly you look ๐Ÿ” ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌโฃ
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Everyone laughs & says:โฃ
๐Ÿซ“ โ€œ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ข, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ต!โ€โฃ
๐Ÿฅค โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญโ€โฃ
๐Ÿ› โ€œ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅโ€โฃ
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๐Ÿšซ Nopeโฃ
That bloating is your body waving a ๐›๐ข๐  ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ โฃ
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๐—ช๐‡๐˜ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐Œ๐€๐“๐“๐„๐‘๐’ (๐„๐’๐๐„๐‚๐ˆ๐€๐‹๐‹๐˜ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐…๐„๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐˜)โฃ
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From a TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) perspective, bloating after iftar screams:โฃ
๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—ช๐ž๐š๐ค ๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž (๐’๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐๐ข ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ)โฃ
๐Ÿ’จ Food not transforming properly โ†’ dampness + gasโฃ
๐Ÿง  Blood is stuck in digestion instead of nourishing hormonesโฃ
๐Ÿฉธ Less energy for ovulation, s***m quality, implantationโฃ
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In simple terms:โฃ
If your gut is strugglingโ€ฆโฃ
๐Ÿ‘‰ your hormones are strugglingโฃ
๐Ÿ‘‰ your cycle can get wonkyโฃ
๐Ÿ‘‰ fertility takes a hitโฃ
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Your body canโ€™t prioritize baby-making when itโ€™s busy fighting your biryaniโฃ
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๐๐”๐“ ๐—ช๐€๐ˆ๐“ โ€” ๐—ช๐‡๐€๐“ ๐€๐๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐…๐€๐’๐“๐ˆ๐๐†?โฃ
Fasting itself can be incredibly healing. ๐ˆ๐… cortisol (stress hormone) isnโ€™t hijacking the processโฃ
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The problem isnโ€™t the fast.โฃ
The problem is ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ข๐ญโฃ
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๐Ÿšซ Smashing your system with:โฃ
โ€ข Fried foodsโฃ
โ€ข Cold drinksโฃ
โ€ข Sugar bombsโฃ
โ€ข Eating like youโ€™re racing the adhanโฃ
= digestive shockโฃ
= bloatingโฃ
= inflammationโฃ
= hormonal chaosโฃ
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๐’๐ˆ๐†๐๐’ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ โ€œ๐๐‹๐Ž๐€๐“โ€ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐€๐‚๐“๐”๐€๐‹๐‹๐˜ ๐€ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐๐‹๐„๐Œโฃ
๐Ÿšฉ You bloat even after small mealsโฃ
๐Ÿšฉ You feel heavy, foggy, or exhausted after iftarโฃ
๐Ÿšฉ Your period is painful, late, or clottyโฃ
๐Ÿšฉ Youโ€™re trying to conceive but something feels โ€œoffโ€โฃ
๐Ÿšฉ PMS gets worse in Ramadan, not betterโฃ
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This isnโ€™t your body being dramatic. This is ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐๐›๐š๐œ๐คโฃ
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๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐š๐๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ.๐š๐ฎ

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๐—ช๐‡๐˜ ๐€๐๐†๐„๐‘ ๐…๐„๐„๐‹๐’ ๐’๐“๐‘๐Ž๐๐†๐„๐‘ ๐—ช๐‡๐„๐ ๐˜๐Ž๐”โ€™๐‘๐„ ๐‡๐”๐๐†๐‘๐˜ โ€” & ๐—ช๐‡๐€๐“ ๐ˆ๐’๐‹๐€๐Œ (& ๐“๐‚๐Œ) ๐“๐„๐€๐‚๐‡ ๐”๐’ ๐€๐๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐ˆ๐“โฃโฃEver notice how youโ€™re spiritually...
25/02/2026

๐—ช๐‡๐˜ ๐€๐๐†๐„๐‘ ๐…๐„๐„๐‹๐’ ๐’๐“๐‘๐Ž๐๐†๐„๐‘ ๐—ช๐‡๐„๐ ๐˜๐Ž๐”โ€™๐‘๐„ ๐‡๐”๐๐†๐‘๐˜ โ€” & ๐—ช๐‡๐€๐“ ๐ˆ๐’๐‹๐€๐Œ (& ๐“๐‚๐Œ) ๐“๐„๐€๐‚๐‡ ๐”๐’ ๐€๐๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐ˆ๐“โฃ
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Ever notice how youโ€™re spiritually enlightened after suhoorโ€ฆ but by 3:47pm youโ€™re ready to argue with a chair?โฃ
Congrats. Youโ€™re not โ€œtoxic.โ€ Youโ€™re ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ˜Œโฃ
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Letโ€™s talk hanger, hormones, the liver (yes, that liver) & why Islam already warned us about thisโฃ
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๐—ช๐‡๐˜ ๐‡๐”๐๐†๐„๐‘ ๐Œ๐€๐Š๐„๐’ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐€๐๐†๐‘๐˜ (๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐‹๐Ž๐†๐˜ ๐๐ˆ๐“)โฃ
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When you havenโ€™t eaten:โฃ
-Blood sugar dropsโฃ
-Cortisol (stress hormone) risesโฃ
-Adrenaline jumps in like itโ€™s ready for a fightโฃ
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Your brain goes:โฃ
๐Ÿšจ โ€œWeโ€™re starving. Everyone is a threatโ€โฃ
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So no, youโ€™re not suddenly an angry person. Your nervous system is just ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ-๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ & ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐โฃ
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๐“๐‡๐„ ๐“๐‚๐Œ ๐“๐€๐Š๐„: ๐๐‹๐€๐Œ๐„ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„๐‘ (๐‹๐Ž๐•๐ˆ๐๐†๐‹๐˜)โฃ
In Traditional Chinese Medicine:โฃ
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-๐€๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ = ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒโฃ
Hunger weakens digestion โ†’ less blood + Qiโฃ
-๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ข ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค โ†’ pressure builds โ†’ irritation explodesโฃ
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Translation?โฃ
A hungry body = stagnant Liver Qi = ๐ณ๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐žโฃ
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Thatโ€™s why:โฃ
-You snap fasterโฃ
-Sounds are louderโฃ
-People feel more annoying than usualโฃ
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Your Liver isnโ€™t evil. Itโ€™s just screaming: โ€œ๐˜—๐˜“๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜š๐˜Œ ๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜‹ ๐˜œ๐˜š ๐˜—๐˜™๐˜–๐˜—๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜“๐˜ โ€โฃ
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๐—ช๐‡๐€๐“ ๐ˆ๐’๐‹๐€๐Œ ๐“๐„๐€๐‚๐‡๐„๐’ (& ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐ƒ๐„๐„๐)โฃ
The Prophet ๏ทบ didnโ€™t just tell us to fast โ€” He taught us ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ฒโฃ
Fasting isnโ€™t meant to make you reactiveโฃ
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Itโ€™s meant to ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญโฃ
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Thatโ€™s why Islam teaches:โฃ
-Control the tongueโฃ
-Walk away from argumentsโฃ
-Say โ€œI am fastingโ€ instead of engagingโฃ
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Why?โฃ
Because hunger ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ whatโ€™s inside youโฃ
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Anger isnโ€™t created by fasting โ€” Itโ€™s ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ by itโฃ
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The reward? You donโ€™t just discipline your stomach. You discipline your ๐ง๐š๐Ÿ๐ฌ, your emotions, your reactionsโฃ
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๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ.๐š๐๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ.๐š๐ฎ

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๐…๐€๐’๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐‚๐€๐ ๐๐Ž๐Ž๐’๐“ ๐…๐„๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐˜โ€ฆ ๐๐”๐“ ๐Ž๐๐‹๐˜ ๐ˆ๐… ๐‚๐Ž๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐‹ ๐ˆ๐’๐โ€™๐“ ๐‘๐”๐๐๐ˆ๐๐† ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐’๐‡๐Ž๐—ชโฃโฃYes, fasting ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ support hormones & fertility....
24/02/2026

๐…๐€๐’๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐‚๐€๐ ๐๐Ž๐Ž๐’๐“ ๐…๐„๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐˜โ€ฆ ๐๐”๐“ ๐Ž๐๐‹๐˜ ๐ˆ๐… ๐‚๐Ž๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐‹ ๐ˆ๐’๐โ€™๐“ ๐‘๐”๐๐๐ˆ๐๐† ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐’๐‡๐Ž๐—ชโฃ
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Yes, fasting ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ support hormones & fertility. No, it doesnโ€™t work if your body thinks itโ€™s being chased by a lionโฃ
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Letโ€™s talk about the hormone nobody invited but always shows up anyway: ๐‚๐Ž๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐‹ ๐Ÿ˜ฌโฃ
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๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐Ž๐ƒ๐˜ ๐‡๐€๐’ ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐“๐˜: ๐’๐”๐‘๐•๐ˆ๐•๐€๐‹โฃ
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Your body is very simple (& dramatic)โฃ
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If cortisol is high, your body says:โฃ
โŒ โ€œNow is NOT the time for babiesโ€โฃ
โŒ โ€œWe are stressed, tired, under-fed, over-thinking & surviving on vibesโ€โฃ
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& fertility? It gets politely shoved into the back seatโฃ
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๐…๐€๐’๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐ƒ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐‘๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ = ๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐Œ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐‘๐„๐’๐„๐“โฃ
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When fasting is ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ & ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐, amazing things happen:โฃ
โœ” Insulin sensitivity improvesโฃ
โœ” Inflammation dropsโฃ
โœ” Gut lining repairsโฃ
โœ” Hormone receptors respond betterโฃ
โœ” Egg & s***m quality get a glow-upโฃ
โœ” Ovulation becomes more regularโฃ
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Your body thinks:โฃ
โœจ โ€œWeโ€™re safeโ€โฃ
โœจ โ€œFood is comingโ€โฃ
โœจ โ€œEnergy is balancedโ€โฃ
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& fertility quietly switches back onโฃ
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๐‘๐€๐Œ๐€๐ƒ๐€๐ ๐…๐€๐’๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐ƒ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐—ช๐‘๐Ž๐๐† = ๐‚๐Ž๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐‹ ๐‚๐‡๐€๐Ž๐’โฃ
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Now letโ€™s talk about the ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ:โฃ
๐Ÿšซ Skipping suhoorโฃ
๐Ÿšซ Living on caffeine at iftarโฃ
๐Ÿšซ Overeating fried food then sleeping badlyโฃ
๐Ÿšซ Scrolling till fajrโฃ
๐Ÿšซ Training hard while under-fuelledโฃ
๐Ÿšซ Being spiritually present but physically depletedโฃ
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Your body hears:โฃ
๐Ÿšจ โ€œFAMINE!โ€โฃ
๐Ÿšจ โ€œDANGER!โ€โฃ
๐Ÿšจ โ€œSHUT DOWN REPRODUCTION!โ€โฃ
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High cortisol literally:โฃ
โ€ข Blocks ovulationโฃ
โ€ข Disrupts progesteroneโฃ
โ€ข Suppresses testosteroneโฃ
โ€ข Worsens PCOS & cycle irregularityโฃ
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Thatโ€™s not healing. Thatโ€™s survival modeโฃ
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๐“๐‚๐Œ + ๐ˆ๐’๐‹๐€๐Œ๐ˆ๐‚ ๐—ช๐ˆ๐’๐ƒ๐Ž๐Œ (๐“๐‡๐„๐˜ ๐€๐†๐‘๐„๐„ ๐๐“๐—ช)โฃ
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In TCM, fertility depends on ๐Š๐ข๐๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ & ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ขโฃ
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High cortisol during Ramadan:โฃ
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23/02/2026

I recently came across some beautiful words from an amazing athlete that I wanted to share. It is a great reminder to always give 100% to everything you do, but once it is behind you, to forget about it & move on.
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