About this episode

The episode discusses managing heat during a summer heat wave in Vietnam and the importance of calibration in adapting to extreme temperatures.

This month's conversation is inspired by Sabine' experience of managing a heat wave in Vietnam with more or less successful adaptive skills, to put it diplomatically. In order to prevent overheating, or overcooling for that matter, and to benefit from adaptations like air conditioning, protective clothing, iced fruit juices, or hot soups, the key is, as always, calibration on the basis of discernment. But what does that look like in the context of running errands in a heat wave in June in Hoi An, Vietnam? What is the pivoting point between healthy, normal sweating and uncontrolled outpouring of precious jin fluids that rob the body of a necessary resource? How do we know whether, when, and how external heat or cold are beneficial or damaging to a specific body at a specific time and place? When and how can we harness the healing power of the sun's Yang Qi, yet avoid its life-threatening intense heat and radiation? When we are exposed to excessive external heat, do we consume hot or cold drinks to restore the body's equilibrium? How can we gently support an older and somewhat depleted European body used to the cold climate of the Pacific Northwest as it struggles to adapt to the…

People in this episode

Host: Sabine Wilms PhD

Topics covered

• heat management
• adaptation
• health
• climate
• nutrition
• spirituality

Keywords

• heat wave
• adaptation
• sweating
• Yang Qi
• nutrition
• Vietnam
• climate

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Vietnam, Hoi An, Pacific Northwest

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