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What to add to the water: nine specific questions
Moxa and Foot Soaks

What to add to the water: nine specific questions

Anyone who has spent time on what to add to the water has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…

Amos ReillyAmos Reilly·July 26, 2026·4 min read
Diabetic feet and soaking: making the complicated part simple
Moxa and Foot Soaks

Diabetic feet and soaking: making the complicated part simple

Anyone who has spent time on diabetic feet and soaking has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…

Curtis ValeCurtis Vale·July 20, 2026·4 min read
Water temperature for goji berries: what to do and what to skip
Teas and Broths

Water temperature for goji berries: what to do and what to skip

Let us set the limits of water temperature for goji berries first: it reliably improves a working feel for your own baseline, and it does not deliver…

Roland PikeRoland Pike·July 17, 2026·4 min read
Sweating after a soak: a practical plan for ordinary weeks
Moxa and Foot Soaks

Sweating after a soak: a practical plan for ordinary weeks

Most people do not fail at sweating after a soak from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the doing…

Verity LangVerity Lang·July 14, 2026·4 min read
A summer sour plum drink: the order that saves effort
Teas and Broths

A summer sour plum drink: the order that saves effort

Most people want a summer sour plum drink to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad day.…

Amos ReillyAmos Reilly·July 11, 2026·4 min read
Soaking during your period: what to do and what to skip
Moxa and Foot Soaks

Soaking during your period: what to do and what to skip

Most people want soaking during your period to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad day.…

Roland PikeRoland Pike·July 8, 2026·4 min read

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PlainJournal covers daily wellness from the inside: four writers, one editorial rule — nothing is published until one of us has done it for at least a month, in a normal home, on a normal budget. The awkward parts stay in the text.