Remedies for Health and Well-being
Kumquat is excellent for moving qi in the chest and stomach, clearing stagnation that causes coughing, likely with some phlegm, and improving a poor appetite. Obviously these qualities make kumquats really good to have on hand with a respiratory pandemic going around – not as some miracle cure, but as a small balm for the 85% of those who catch it, but will be fortunate enough to weather their illness at home.
Years from now I hope we’ll all look back on the great quarantine staycation of 2020 with nostalgic memories of how we learned to do more with less, turn our social networks into circles of mutual aid and concern, and catch up on sleep and cuddle-naps with family in a time of social distancing. But that is then. And this is now. And its panic-fucking-weirdos-hoarding-basic-necessities go time, fam.