Aaltrude
04-28-12, 02:40 PM
April 18th 2012
Margie King, Health Coach
Pomegranates have been cultivated for over 4,000 years. Our word pomegranate dates back to around 750 B.C. and comes from the Latin "Punicum malum" meaning "Phoenician apple." Today the fruit is often called a "Chinese apple."
Despite its frequent comparison to an apple, the pomegranate bears a striking resemblance to the female ovary. It is not too surprising, then, that it served as a symbol of fertility for the Zoroastrians and other ancient cultures.
Fruits in general are defined as "the developed ovary of a seed plant" but in the case of the pomegranate fruit, the physical resemblance to a human female ovary is striking. Looking at a cross section of each reveals how similar are the containers for the pomegranate’s seeds and the ovary’s eggs.
Read more: http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/pomegranates-new-natural-hormone-replacement-therapy
Margie King, Health Coach
Pomegranates have been cultivated for over 4,000 years. Our word pomegranate dates back to around 750 B.C. and comes from the Latin "Punicum malum" meaning "Phoenician apple." Today the fruit is often called a "Chinese apple."
Despite its frequent comparison to an apple, the pomegranate bears a striking resemblance to the female ovary. It is not too surprising, then, that it served as a symbol of fertility for the Zoroastrians and other ancient cultures.
Fruits in general are defined as "the developed ovary of a seed plant" but in the case of the pomegranate fruit, the physical resemblance to a human female ovary is striking. Looking at a cross section of each reveals how similar are the containers for the pomegranate’s seeds and the ovary’s eggs.
Read more: http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/pomegranates-new-natural-hormone-replacement-therapy