Rhythms and root

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Food as Medicine

The Quiet Sharpness – Leek and Onion in the Metal Element

On clarity, warmth, and the still movement of autumn.

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Eva Schmitt
Oct 23, 2025
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The Metal element belongs to autumn – the time of clarity, structure, and stillness.
Two humble plants capture this movement almost perfectly: leek and onion.
They purify and warm, open and nourish, and remind us that medicine often begins where we least expect it – in everyday life.

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