TCM Basics 101: Supermarket Herbs - Pear
TCM Nature: Cooling
TCM Taste: Sweet, sour
TCM Meridian Affinity: Lung, Stomach, Spleen
Benefits:
· Clears heat
· Resolves Phlegm
· Resolves dryness
· Tonify Yin
· Promotes secretion of body fluids
· Relieves thirst
Spirituality:
Pears are ancient and sacred symbols of love and separation. Therefore pears also ask us to look at life from a different perspective as losing and separation is giving us an opportunity to change course for a healthier and more fulfilling direction for our life.
In ancient Chinese mythology, the pear tree symbolizes immortal life due to the longevity of the tree.
Pear is especially a symbol of the feminine. In Greek and Roman mythology, pears were sacred to three goddesses: Hera, Aphrodite and Pomona, an Italian goddess of gardens and harvests.
