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I would love to learn more about TCM, specifically accupressure, diet and herbs, but the best books are in Chinese. Are there any great books that have been translated well into English?

I have many books in my library today about TCM. I would recommend one as a place to start. It is a very good introduction to TCM for the Western person.
Title is Between Heaven and Earth. Authors are Beinfield and Korngold. The first half is very beneficial. The second part strays into a lot of opinion. But it still is a great introduction.
Another good book about foods specifically with a reference to TCM is Healing with Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition by Paul Pitchford.

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Does anyone here have personal experience/s with TCM?

Certainly TCM has treatments for constipation. But the causes behind the constipation are many and the treatments are related to the causes and will contradict each other at times. So I hesitate to just say that a person with constipation should use a particular formula or herb.
Obviously we need sufficient moisture and bulk to make bowel movements work. Exercise, sufficient water consumption, and fiber are all part of the answer.
I would suggest seeing a TCM practitioner in person. Good bowel health is very important. Taking time to resolve this problem, if it is chronic in your life, can do a lot to maintaining good health.

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When I was living in Taiwan, I picked up some good habit from the people I was living with, including chinese medicine remedies. One was to eat some bitter/sour orange like dried skins (sold in blisters) in winter. I believe it could be kumquat skins. Now that I am back i don’t know the name and cannot find them here. Hence I need a little help with a correct ID.

For the usage of dried tangerine peel (陳皮 Chen-Pi) in traditional Chinese medicine: it helps on digestion and eases coughing and vomiting.

For the usage of dried kumquat (金桔 Jin-Ju) in traditional Chinese medicine: it helps dissolve phlegm, and helps recover from being drunk.

One of the most popular ready made traditional Chinese remedy that people in Taiwan take for ease of coughing is "Pi- Pa-Gao". Here is the wiki page in traditional Chinese language, you can take a look at the picture, and look it up in U.S. Asian supermarket.

http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E5%BF%B5%E6%85%88%E8%8F%B4

But if you already have sore throat, you probably want to use western medicine to stop the inflammation. In this case, aspirin could work better.

When I was living in Taiwan, I picked up some good habit from the people I was living with, including chinese medicine remedies. One was to eat some bitter/sour orange like dried skins (sold in blisters) in winter. I believe it could be kumquat skins. Now that I am back i don’t know the name and cannot find them here. Hence I need a little help with a correct ID.

For the usage of dried tangerine peel (陳皮 Chen-Pi) in traditional Chinese medicine: it helps on digestion and eases coughing and vomiting.

For the usage of dried kumquat (金桔 Jin-Ju) in traditional Chinese medicine: it helps dissolve phlegm, and helps recover from being drunk.

One of the most popular ready made traditional Chinese remedy that people in Taiwan take for ease of coughing is "Pi- Pa-Gao". Here is the wiki page in traditional Chinese language, you can take a look at the picture, and look it up in U.S. Asian supermarket.

http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E5%BF%B5%E6%85%88%E8%8F%B4

But if you already have sore throat, you probably want to use western medicine to stop the inflammation. In this case, aspirin could work better.