Continuing with our citrus theme from the previous column, today we'll discover a few more uses of the spiritually potent, beautifying, healing orange and its citrus relatives.
In general, these fruits are known to calm anxiety and raise the spirits, while offering a wide range of additional benefits to beauty and the immune system. It should come as little surprise that such a beneficent botanical group is considered especially important for supporting what is known as ki in Japanese, qi in Chinese, or, in English, as the vital energy of the being. The following are some intriguingly creative and practical ways to add some citrus to your everyday life, and reap the multifaceted rewards to body, mind and soul.
In Japan and China, a bath in powdered tangerine peel is taken not only to perfume and beautify the skin, soothe aching muscles and combat fatigue and colds, but also to recharge the body's vital energy.