PCOM: Herbs 1 - The Five Tastes
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The five tastes (Element) | Bitter (fire), Sweet (earth), Acrid (metal), Sour (wood), Salty (water) |
| description of a substance w/o taste | bland |
| characteristics to which aromatic taste refers | relates to temperature and the herbs ability to penetrate turbid and revive function |
| characteristics to which astringent taste refers | ability to prevent the leakage of fluids |
| properties of acrid taste | scatters, moves qi and blood, breaks up accumulations, upbearing (yang), |
| acrid herbs uses | exterior disorders and obstruction of qi and xue |
| properties of sweet taste | supplements and augments or boosts, harmonizes the middle, relieves pain and spasms, generates fluids |
| sweet herbs uses | various vacuity conditions |
| properties of sour | astringes, prevents loss of qi and fluids, secures astriction and stops perspiration |
| sour herbs uses | vacuity perspiration, vacuity diarrhea |
| properties of bitter | harmonizing, draining, drying, opening channels, descending |
| bitter herbs uses | bound stool due to heat, damp conditions; with cold can drain fire |
| properties of salty | softens accumulations, purges, laxative, descends |
| properties of astringent | stores or retains Essence, stops diarrhea, stops hemorrhage |
| properties of aromatic | disencumbers the spleen and transforms dampness, opens the orifices |
| properties of bland | disinhibits Dampness, percolates dampness, fluid (promotes urination) - drains damp |
| bland herbs uses | edema, inhibited urination |
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