TCM Basics 101: Supermarket Herbs - Gotu Kola
TCM Nature: Cooling
TCM Taste: Acrid, Bitter, Sweet
TCM Meridian Affinity: Kidney, Liver, Spleen, Large Intestine, Small Intestine
Benefits:
· Improves brain function
· Aids meditation
· Improves skin
· Prevents colds and flu
· Counters fatigue
· Improves circulation of blood and fluids
· Lowers blood pressure
Spirituality:
Gotu kola is considered the most spiritual of all herbs in India. It is used by yogis to develop the crown chakra.
In China, it is considered a “miracle elixir of life or the “fountain of life”. One legend says an herbalist who ate the plant daily lived to be over 200 years old.
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