Spicy. It has the functions of dispersing stagnation, relieving exterior syndrome, promoting qi circulation and promoting blood circulation. Drugs for relieving exterior syndrome, activating qi and activating blood generally have pungent taste, so pungent drugs are often used to treat exogenous exterior syndrome, qi stagnation and blood stasis.
Spicy food refers to food with the function of dispersing stagnation and promoting qi circulation. Common ginger, onion, pepper, pepper, mint, Schizonepeta tenuifolia and Ligusticum chuanxiong all belong to pungent taste. Whether spicy or not, spicy belongs to spicy.
Four flavors refer to the four characteristics of drugs: cold, hot, warm and cool. Neijing holds that pungent powder, sour harvest, sweet and slow, bitter and firm, and salty and soft are the earliest summaries and generalizations of the drug functions represented by the five flavors.
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Four flavors refer to the four characteristics of drugs: cold, hot, warm and cool. Neijing holds that pungent powder, sour harvest, sweet and slow, bitter and firm, and salty and soft are the earliest summaries and generalizations of the drug functions represented by the five flavors.
Four qi and five flavors, the sexual taste of traditional Chinese medicine. One of the basic contents of the property theory of traditional Chinese medicine. All drugs have certain properties and tastes. Sex and taste are one aspect of drug performance. From ancient times to the present, when discussing a drug, all kinds of Chinese medicine books indicate its nature and taste first, which is of practical significance for understanding the nature and personality of various drugs and clinical medication.
The nature of drugs is summarized after repeated verification according to the actual curative effect, which is a high summary of various medical functions of drugs in essence. As for the determination of drug taste, it is obtained through oral taste, so as to find some regular relationship between different tastes of various drugs and medical functions. Therefore, the concept of taste not only represents the real taste of taste perception, but also reflects the actual performance of drugs.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Four Qi and Five Flavors-Interpretation of pungent taste