Spring Digestion Self‑assessment Worksheet
Module 2 — Spring Greens, Lymphatics & Mineral Medicine
Self‑Study Tool
Spring digestion is lighter, more reactive, more upward, and more easily overwhelmed than winter digestion.
This worksheet helps you map how spring is moving through your digestive system — physically, emotionally, and energetically.
Move slowly. Let your senses guide you.
1. Baseline Check‑In
Before assessing anything, pause and notice:
Where is your breath sitting?
chest • throat • belly • shallow • deep • uneven
Where is your energy today?
low • steady • rising • scattered • heavy • bright
What is the emotional weather inside you?
2. Spring Digestive Pattern Scan
Check any that apply.
A. Upward Movement
□ burping after meals
□ upward heat or pressure
□ restlessness after eating
□ tension in the chest or throat
Notes:
B. Light Appetite
□ craving greens or broths
□ less interest in heavy foods
□ feeling satisfied with small meals
□ aversion to oily or rich foods
Notes:
C. Sluggishness & Stagnation
□ heaviness after meals
□ slow digestion
□ constipation or irregularity
□ emotional stagnation
Notes:
D. Tender Digestion
□ easily overwhelmed by rich foods
□ emotional sensitivity
□ tension or tightness in the belly
□ need for gentleness
Notes:
E. Mineral Hunger
□ craving deep greens
□ fatigue that improves with minerals
□ muscle tension or cramps
□ feeling depleted or ungrounded
Notes:
3. Sensory Mapping of Spring Digestion
Close your eyes for a moment and feel into your digestive system.
Temperature
Does your digestion feel warm, cool, overheated, or neutral?
Moisture
Does it feel dry, moist, tender, or brittle?
Movement
Does it feel upward, stagnant, sluggish, or flowing?
Texture
Does it feel soft, tense, tight, loose, or vulnerable?
Emotional Tone
What emotion lives in your digestion today?
4. Matching Your Pattern to Spring Energetics
If you checked mostly “Upward Movement”:
Energetic: lifting + cooling
Herbs: dandelion greens, violet, chickweed
If you checked mostly “Light Appetite”:
Energetic: clearing + moistening
Herbs: chickweed, cleavers, violet
If you checked mostly “Sluggishness”:
Energetic: clearing + lifting
Herbs: dandelion greens, cleavers, bitters
If you checked mostly “Tender Digestion”:
Energetic: moistening + cooling
Herbs: violet, chickweed, plantain
If you checked mostly “Mineral Hunger”:
Energetic: mineralizing + grounding
Herbs: nettle, violet, plantain
Which energetic feels most accurate?
5. Bitter Medicine Matching
Bitters help guide spring digestion into balance.
Which bitter feels right for your pattern?
□ dandelion greens (lift + clear)
□ nettles (mineralize + strengthen)
□ chickweed (cool + moisten)
□ cleavers (clear + hydrate)
□ violet (soften + soothe)
□ plantain (cool + ground)
Why this one?
6. Microclimate Reflection
Spring digestion mirrors the land.
Which microclimate matches your digestion today?
□ seep spring — cool, moist, tender
□ forest edge — upward, bright, early
□ floodplain — rich, heavy, fast
□ warm pocket — early awakening
□ shaded hollow — slow, cool, quiet
What does this microclimate teach you about your digestion?
7. Your Spring Digestion Profile
Synthesize your patterns.
My digestion feels:
light • upward • tender • sluggish • clearing • mineral‑hungry
My dominant energetic is:
cooling • moistening • lifting • clearing • mineralizing
The herb that matches me is:
The microclimate that mirrors me is:
8. Integration: What Does My Digestion Need?
Write 2–4 sentences.
What support does your digestion need to feel balanced this spring?