TCM Basics 101: Supermarket Herbs - Honey
TCM Nature: Neutral
TCM Taste: Sweet
TCM Meridian Affinity: Kidney, Triple Warmer
Benefits:
· Yin and Qi tonic
· Builds endurance
· Supports muscles
· Moistens throat
· Fights cold and flu
· Heals wounds
· Aids digestion of herbal prescriptions, and is also used to make herbal tablets and pills
Spirituality:
The Egyptians held the honeybee in high regard and used honey in their mummification process. Therefore honey was a sacred substance and sacred to any gods and goddesses of the underworld and the dead: i.e. Anubis and Osiris.
In Ancient Greece, the high priestess of Aphrodite was “Melissa” which translates to “bee”. She tended to the sacred beehives at Aphrodite’s temple on Mount Eryx.
Honey is taken regularly to balance the sacral chakra and fertility. Honey can be symbolically used to stick things together and “sweeten” a situation.
Honey is used as an offering to specific deities and poured into the ocean and river as an offering to sea and river goddesses like Oshun and Yemaya.
