TCM Basics 101: Supermarket Herbs - Beetroot
TCM Nature: Cooling
TCM Taste: Sweet
TCM Meridian Affinity: Liver, Heart, Small Intestine
Benefits:
· Strengthens immunity
· Aids blood production
· Regulates metabolism
· Slows dementia and improves mental faculties
· Reduces tumour
· Nourishes blood
Spirituality:
Beetroot is red and is the colour of blood and blood connects us to ancestors and relatives. Beetroot assists in grounding and balancing the root chakra.
Eat more beetroot is you are having difficulty getting close to anyone, fear of abandonment or are finding it hard to trust.
Read another blood nourishing herb - Raisins here.
Read another blood nourishing herb - Prunes here.
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