Quantum Supplements. Deanna M. Minich

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      CHAPTER 3

      THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HERBS, SUPPLEMENTS, AND CHAKRAS

       It was not meant that the soul should cultivate the earth, but that the earth should educate and maintain the soul.

      MARGARET FULLER (1810–1850), Memoirs

      Depending on our life choices, the process of living may dull, dim, or deplete the vivid rainbow of energy we are composed of. Since everything that surrounds us carries an energy signature, it would be reasonable that we could tweak, shift, repair, and restore our rainbow energy with the assistance of external sources. Because we eat every day, one way to change our energy is through foods. Indeed, people can eat specific foods to help heal the chakras.

      This concept and its application are described in detail in my previous book, Chakra Foods for Optimum Health. However, sometimes food is not enough. We may experience repeated injury and long-term imbalance in the energetic field, resulting from compounded everyday stresses and burdens. To assist in the healing process, some people find that supplementing their healthy eating regimen and lifestyle approach with additional, fine-tuned nutritional or herbal support helps restore and shift their subtle energy to carry a different vibration—ultimately one that supports optimal wellness.

      The distilled vibratory essence of foods and plants in supplement form can affect the vibration of the chakras. When ingesting any number of the 29,000 dietary supplements on the market, people are most likely attempting to balance the life issues the chakras represent on a more philosophical and even spiritual level, but perhaps they are not always aware they are doing so. For example, not everyone realizes that high cholesterol and heart issues may be signs of deeper issues within the heart chakra—that is, how love is given and received, and even whether one has difficulty loving oneself. But if you examine the connection beyond the laboratory measurement of cholesterol, the relationship seems to be a logical one. The body-spirit paradigm is not new. Fortunately, it is on the verge of shifting into greater visibility, which may lead to increased awareness of the multilayered reasons for symptoms and, ultimately, enhanced healing.

      Based on this model, certain nutrients resonate with one or more chakra centers. Like the healing effects of foods, the healing effects of these potent nutrients are determined by their physical properties (solid, liquid, oil, powder, plant extract), origin, color, and function in the body. Pigments, minerals, vitamins, and plants are all part of the palette of dietary supplements used in the art of healing the chakras. For example, the colorful compound which is available in dietary supplement form, beta-carotene, a well-known orange-red plant pigment that converts in the body to vitamin A, imparts its orange color vibration and protective properties as an antioxidant to serve a deficient sacral chakra. Since its origin is carrots, a root vegetable, betacarotene also extends its energy to the root chakra.

      Minerals, through their contribution to physiological structure and, eventually, to function, stabilize the energy flow to and from chakras. This concept is seen with the mineral supplements zinc and iron, which compose the anatomical matrix governed by the root chakra. (For example, zinc is a component of protein-containing enzymes, and iron composes red blood cells.) Vitamins, either singly or in combination, may orchestrate activities in the chakras. If it weren't for the family of B vitamins working together as a team (referred to as the “B complex”), the solar plexus chakra would not be able to metabolize carbohydrates for energy. And, finally, plant extracts can be taken as a supplement to promote the vibration of healthy chakras; St. John's wort, for instance, can be taken to support healthy mood and third eye chakra activity. Along these same lines, ginkgo extract helps with memory and cognitive function, both of which fall within the realm of the third eye chakra.

       MACRONUTRIENTS AND THEIR CONNECTION TO THE CHAKRAS

      As discussed earlier in Chapter 2, the lower three chakras, the root, sacral and solar plexus centers, tend to be more connected to the physical body than do the upper four chakras. As a result, the major macronutrients, protein, fat, and carbohydrate, correspond respectively to these chakras: