TCM Basics 101: Supermarket Herbs - Black Sesame
TCM Nature: Neutral
TCM Taste: Sweet
TCM Meridian Affinity: Liver, Kidney
Benefits:
· Regulate bowels by its laxative effects, relieves constipation
· Lubricate the intestines
· Replenish Qi and Blood
· Tonifies yin energy of Liver and Kidney
· Treats tinnitus, dizziness, vertigo, premature graying of hair, dry eyes and blurred vision
· Nourishes scalp and stimulates hair growth
Spirituality:
Black sesame is able to create connections with other higher worlds hence leading one to enhanced creativity, artistry and intuition.
It is believed that Lord Yamraj, the Hindu god of death, loves black sesame and offering these seeds during Shradh will liberate the ancestors from Yamlok.
Black sesame are also called the seed of immortality in Veda texts.