Use in Skin Care and Remedies

The pineapple is a curious plant. For a long time scientists did not understand how its fruit is formed. The berries fused with the stem of the inflorescence to form the pineapple fruit sit in the middle of the scratchy leaf rosette almost like a fat tuber. A crown of leaves tops the fruit like a feathered hat. Its weight and its growth close to the ground give the pineapple fruit an earth-like, root-like quality. The embryonic roots just below the crown of leaves further support this image. However, our fruit is not only earth-like. The prickly, unfriendly exterior conceals a sweet side which has something of a flower-like quality. With the fused flower stem, the middle part of the plant has become integrated in the pineapple fruit, further emphasised by the leafy crown. The pineapple is thus a fruit which combines root-like, leaf-like and flower-like qualities.
In anthroposophical medicine the plant root is seen as related to our sensory system, the middle, leafy part of the plant to the body's rhythmic processes such as breathing and circulation and the flower to the metabolic processes. The "three-faceted" pineapple fruit thus has connections both to the eye and to metabolic processes. In the Dr.Hauschka Daily Revitalizing Eye Cream it supports the cream's refreshing, anti-irritant and soothing action.