The primary flavor found in any old-fashioned homemade root beer recipe is sassafras, a deciduous tree native to North America. The characteristic sweet flavor comes from the treeâs roots, thus giving us the name root beer. Incidentally, the treeâs leaves give us file powder which is the essential thickening agent in classic gumbo. Now of course, the primary flavor we associate with root beer is that of wintergreen, not of sassafras.
I was flipping through Rachel Pollack's 78 Degrees of Wisdom and she was comparing The Chariot (7) to Strength (8). She explains that The Chariot is 7 as that is the number of holes in the male body, and Strength is 8 as that is the number of holes in the female body (in both cases the nostrils count as only one hole).
Diseases of the internal female reproductive organs can cause left lower abdominal pain specific to female patients. As you can see in the picture, female reproductive organs include two ovaries and fallopian tubes on two sides. The uterus or womb lies in the middle and connects to the cervix.