The bleed
Ginger and brown sugar tea, kitchari and ginger congee — soft, warm, easy food for the days when digestion is at its quietest.
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The Cycle Kitchen
Thirteen traditional preparations, by cycle phase. Free, in full.
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What's inside
It opens with the foundations — the four phases, Ayurveda, Chinese medicine and a pantry list — then one section per phase, each starting with what both traditions say that phase needs.
The rebuild
Red date and goji tea, black sesame soup, ojas milk and a chicken, red date and ginger soup, for the week after the bleed.
The peak
Lighter eating and a fresh ginger tea, with the traditional reasoning kept alongside.
The turn inward
Golden milk, longan and red date sweet soup and kheer, for the turn inward at the end of the month — plus how to make your own ghee.
Every recipe carries proper quantities and method, sourced from Ayurvedic institutions and Chinese food-therapy practice. Every one is labelled by tradition, so you always know which map you're reading.
And the safety page
Traditional food is still food that does things. Dang gui, astragalus, multi-herb confinement packets — the guide says plainly which of these interact with medication, which are contraindicated in pregnancy, and which deserve a real consultation instead of a recipe book. Most books in this genre leave that out.
If you want this matched to your actual month
The Cycle Kitchen is the food half, on its own. The app puts it against the phase you're actually in, alongside the moon and all three astrology traditions — Western, Vedic and Bazi — with the other two guides, Four Skies and Living by the Moon, included.
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