My Chinese moms timeless health tips including a magic go-to and a plant that helps with cramps, colds, and upset stomachs

Modern health trends come and go, but the real secret to feeling your best may lie in ancient practices you can do right at home.“So many of my wellness roots trace back to my mom’s kitchen.She always believed that food is medicine and that healing starts long before you’re sick,” Lulu Ge, founder of Elix, a wellness brand inspired by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), told The Post.Ge shared three of her mother’s time-tested food tips, plus two bonus remedies, to help you spend less time in the doctor’s office and more time enjoying your life.Ladies, listen up: “Eat warming foods for a warm, pain-free womb,” Ge said.

That means ditching iced drinks, especially during your period.In TCM, the menstrual cycle is believed to be closely linked to the flow of “Qi,” or vital energy, and blood.Ge’s mother warned that getting chilled can cause stagnation, leading to painful cramps, irregular periods and trouble shedding the uterine lining.The remedy? Load up on warming spices and cooked foods, while avoiding cold and raw dishes, to keep your blood flowing and stay pain-free.Used in Chinese and Indian medicine for thousands of years, ginger comes from the root of the Zingiber officinale plant.“It’s a warming spice shown to help with digestive issues, nausea, and bloating,” Ge said.Here’s how it works: ginger speeds up the rate at which food leaves the stomach, which helps those with delayed stomach emptying — a common cause of nausea.It also reduces fermentation, constipation and other causes of bloating and gas.Additionally, ginger contains gingerol, a compound with powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.These help reduce inflammation in the digestive tract, easing stomach pain and cramps.Whenever Ge had cramps, a cold, or an upset stomach, her mother would simmer fresh ginger into tea and insist she sip it slowly.“Now, I keep Elix’s Ginger Aide with me everywhere as a nod to that tradition,” she said.The product is a pur...