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Dietary treatment for colds should first start with determining whether the cold is caused by wind heat or wind cold. To determine the source of your cold, eat ginger.  If you experience excessive thirst, dry mouth, sore throat, and sweating after eating, then your cold is caused by wind heat. To alleviate this type of cold, eat foods that have cooling properties such as cucumber and watermelon.  In case you are experiencing cold intolerance, the only way to counter that is by eating warm foods like garlic and curry. Do not overeat. Chinese traditional medicine maintains that proper diet can restore balance to the body and boost your immune system. Your emotions play a key role in your overall health.  Traditional Chinese medicine indicates that there are seven types of emotions that must be monitored and reduced, because they are factors that can aggravate an illness. These emotions include: anxiety, anger, fear, fright, overjoy, overthinking, and sadness.  Do a self-check every time you feel a surge of these emotions, because they can harm several organs in the body. You can regulate your emotions by thinking positive, being optimistic, meditating, and listening to calming and soothing music. The type of exercise beneficial to reducing colds is mostly centered on doing slow, rhythmic exercises that require you to be mindful of your breathing. Exercise should focus on incorporating all the parts of the body. A good exercise found in Chinese culture for this type of workout is tai-chi.

summary: Use diet to help treat colds. Avoid negative emotions to heal. Exercise to increase health.


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Pour .5 cups (120 ml) of milk into a saucepan and set it on top of your stovetop. Turn the heat to medium-high and stir the milk as it heats up, ensuring that the milk does not start to boil or burn. The milk should be warm and frothy when ready. Use coconut or almond milk for added creaminess and sweetness. Pour the heated milk into a cup of Earl Grey that has steeped for 3-5 minutes. Then, stir the tea with a spoon so that the steam milk gets incorporated with the cup of tea. Do not pour the milk into the water before the tea has steeped, as milk will often mute the flavors in the tea. The vanilla extract will add vanilla notes and play off the flavors in the steamed milk. Taste the tea and add more vanilla if desired.

summary: Heat .5 cups (120 ml) of milk into a saucepan for 5 minutes. Pour the heated milk into a cup of steeped Earl Grey. Add a .5 teaspoons (2.5 ml) of vanilla extract to the tea and stir.


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To calculate the area of exterior walls, measure the perimeter of the house, or the combined length of all exterior walls. Exclude porches or other “appendages.” Multiply the perimeter by the height of the roofline, or the spot where the top of an exterior wall meets the roof. If your house has gables (peaked parts of the roof), add half the height of a story to the total roofline height to get a ballpark approximation of the area including gables.  Most houses have a height of 9 feet (2.7 m) per story. Add 4.5 feet (1.4 m) to account for any gables. For example, if your house is 24 feet (7.3 m) by 35 feet (11 m) and 2 stories tall, the area in square feet would be (24 + 24 + 35 + 35) x (9 + 9 + 4.5) = 118 x 22.5 = 2,655. To estimate the cost of painting a room, find the total wall area of the room. Measure the perimeter of the room (the combined lengths of all sides of the room) and multiply it by the height of the ceiling.  For example, if the perimeter of your room is 55 feet (17 m) and the ceiling is 10 feet (3.0 m) high, the area of the walls is 550 square feet (51 m2). If the room has any doors and windows, measure the area of each and subtract it from the wall area for a more accurate estimate. Multiply the length of each door or window by its width to find the area. If you’re going to paint your ceilings, you’ll need to factor them in as well. Measure the length of the ceiling and multiply it by the width to get the total area. For example, if the ceiling is 12 feet (3.7 m) by 10 feet (3.0 m), the area is 120 square feet (11 m2). In addition to the walls and ceilings, you may wish to paint your doors and doorframes as well as other trim, such as baseboards. To save the trouble of measuring each of these individually, you can use these tricks to get a good estimate:  Most doors are 21 square feet (2.0 m2), so simply multiply that area by the number of doors you plan to paint. Likewise, the average window is 15 square feet (1.4 m2). While you won’t be painting the windowpanes, the amount of paint you’d need to cover them should also be roughly how much you’d need to cover the window frames and door frames in a given room. To estimate the area of your baseboards, calculate the perimeter of the room and subtract 3 feet (0.91 m) per door. Multiply that by the trim width of your baseboard (e.g., .5 feet (0.15 m). To determine the total square footage you’d like to cover, measure all the surfaces you’d like to paint throughout the entire house, including walls, ceilings, doors, and trim. Add up the results. For example, this might yield a total area of 2,350 square feet (218 m2).
summary: Multiply the house perimeter by the roofline height to measure the exterior. Multiply a room’s perimeter by the ceiling height to find the wall area. Measure the area of the ceilings if you plan to paint them. Measure any doors, windows, and trim you plan to paint. Repeat this process with every room to find the total area.