All About Indian Summer
Although Indian summer is not often recognized as a full-fledged season, in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), it represents the critical fifth season and the balance point between yin and yang. The number five plays an important role in TCM theory; there are five elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, and water) and five flavors (sour, bitter, sweet, salty, and pungent), and it follows that there are also five seasons. In the transition between the warmer, yang seasons (spring