TCM Basics 101: Supermarket Herbs - Spring Onion or Chives
TCM Nature: Warm
TCM Taste: Acrid
TCM Meridian Affinity: Stomach, Lungs
Benefits:
· Disperses cold
· Promotes sweating
· Relieves abdominal pain, bloating, nasal congestion
· Relieves toxicity and disperses clumps such as sores and abscesses
· Reduces cholesterol and lowers blood pressure
Spirituality:
Spring onion or chives are symbolic of harmony, balance and abundance.
The gypsies of ancient times used spring onion or chives in fortune telling.
It was also believed that bunches of dried spring onion could be hung around the house to ward off disease.
In the Middle Ages, they were prescribed for melancholy and became part of exorcism rituals.
