TCM Basics 101: Supermarket Herbs - Apricot
TCM Nature: Warm
TCM Taste: Sweet
TCM Meridian Affinity: Heart, Stomach, Spleen
Benefits:
· Strengthens muscles
· Improves stamina
· Alleviates constipation
· Improves blood pressure
· Lowers LDL cholesterol
· Quenches thirst
Spirituality:
A painting of an apricot field is meant to symbolize academic success. This might be partly attributed to Confucius famously conducting classes under a huge apricot tree.
The fruit itself carries the symbolism of a beautiful women.
The display and placement of apricot fruits are usually to represent beauty or to call on fertility luck.
This why when a couple has an intention to conceive their first child, they can hang paintings of the apricot or place the fruit itself in the east or southeast sectors of the house.
