Taste Flashcards by Elissa McAlpine

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Side Effect of Excess Bitter

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Injures SP and Injures Yin

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If the HT is diseased you should not eat

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Salty Foods

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Clears Damp-Heat and it subdues Rebellious Qi

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Bitter

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The Bitter taste goes into what tissue and Organ

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Bones and HT

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The Salty taste goes into what tissue and Organ

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Blood and KD

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Clears Heat, Sedates, and Hardens

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Bitter

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Generates Fluids and Yin

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Sour

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The Sweet Taste Goes into what tissue and Organ

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Muscles and SP

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Avoid What in Bone Diseases

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Bitter Foods

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Salty taste should be avoided in

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Blood Deficiency

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The Sour Taste goes into what Tissue and Organ

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Nerves and LV

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Excess of Sweetness Can Cause

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Weak Muscles

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Side Effect of Excess Salthy

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Injures Fluids

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Can Upset Liver, and should be used sparingly for chronic Pain

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Sour

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Side-Effect of Excess Sour

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Makes Phlegm Worse

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Is used to Expel pathogenic factors

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Pungent

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IF the KD is diseased one should not eat

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Sweet Foods

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Tonifies, Balances, and Moderates

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Sweet

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Is used to tonify deficiency and to stop pain

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Sweet

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Side Effects of Excess Pungent

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Injures Yin

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Is used to treat constipation and swelling

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Salthy

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If the LV is diseased one should not eat

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Pungent Foods

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If LU is diseased one should not eat…

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Bitter Foods

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Scatters

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Pungent

Flows downward, softens hardness

Salty

What should be avoided in Qi Deficiency

Pungent

The Pungent taste goes into what tissue and Organ

QI and LU

Astringent and can control perspiration and diarrhea

Sour

If Spleen is Upset Should not Eat...

Sour Foods

Side Effect of Excess Sweet

Creates Damp