Lifestyle and Food Flashcards
Sour taste goes to the…
nerves
Bitter taste goes to the…
bones
Sweet taste goes to the…
muscles
Pungent taste goes to the…
surface and scatters qi
Salty taste goes to the…
blood and can dry it out
The organ associated with sour taste is…
the liver
The organ associated with a bitter taste is…
the heart
The organ associated with sweet taste is…
the spleen
The organ associated with pungent taste is…
the lungs
The organ associated with salty taste is…
the kidneys
Too much sour can upset the liver and should be used sparingly if a person suffers from…
chronic pain
Bitter foods should be avoided in patients with…
bone diseases
Sweet foods should be avoided in patients with…
muscle weakness
Pungent foods should be avoided in patients with…
spleen qi deficiency
Salty foods should be avoided in patients with…
blood deficiency
Sour taste generates…
fluids and yin
Sour taste action is…
astringing
Sour taste side effects include…
making phlegm worse
Bitter taste actions are…
clears heat, sedates, hardens, clears damp heat, subdues rebellious qi
Bitter taste side effects include…
injures the spleen and yin
Sweet taste actions…
tonfies, balances and moderates. It is used to tonify deficiency and to stop pain
Sweet taste side effects include…
creates dampness
Pungent actions…
it scatters qi and used to expel pathogenic factors
Pungent side effects include…
injures yin
Salty taste actions…
flows downward, softens hardness, used for constipation and swelling
Salty taste side effects include…
injures fluids
