Herb Property Basics
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- According to the Nei Jing Taste is...
- Yin
- According to the Nei Jing Temperature is...
- Yang
- Hot
- Re
- Cold
- Han
- Warm
- Wen
- Cool
- Liang
- Neutral
- Ping
- Sweet
- Gan
- Pungent/Acrid
- Xin
- Salty
- Xian
- Sour
- Suan
- Bitter
- Ku
- Bland/Neutral
- Dan
- Aromatic
- Xiang
- Astringent
- Se
- Tonifies deficiency - Harmonizes - Sometimes moistens - Soothe acute disease - Regulate medicines
- Sweet
- Disperses and moves - dispels pathogenic factors from body - promotes normal flow of qi - stimulates blood circulation
- Pungent/Acrid
- Purges - softens hard masses - resolves lumps - relieves constipation thru purgation
- Salty
- Astringes - prevents leakage of fluids and energy - contracts
- Sour
- Drains and drys - puts down the upward abnormal flow of Qi by purgation - drys damp - dispels heat
- Bitter
- Leeches out dampness - promotes urination (diuresis)
- Bland/Neutral
- More of a temp. characteristic - ability to penetrate turbidity and revive a particular fx.
- Aromatic
- Ability to prevent leakage of fluids - more of a taste characteristic
- Astringent
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Saltiness travels in the...
And enters the... -
Blood
Kidney -
Bitterness travels in the...
And enters the... -
Bones
Heart -
Sweetness travels in the...
And enters the... -
Flesh
Spleen -
Acridity/Pungency travels in the...
And enters the... -
Qi
Lung -
Sourness travels in the...
And enters the... -
Sinews
Liver - Name the directions...
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Ascending - Descending - Neutral
Contracting - Dispersing - Neutral