The place where the life-sustaining substances that had spread towards the skin gather back inside is called the Five Organs, which are the liver, heart, spleen, lungs, and kidneys. These are responsible for classifying the body's constituent organs into five categories. Furthermore, taste is broadly divided into five types by nature, so the connection between taste and organs can directly impact the entire body.
The human body is born with a self-sustaining system. Therefore, food also plays its role according to this system. The bitter taste goes first to the liver, where it is used as needed and dispersed; the sour taste goes to the heart, the sweet taste to the spleen, the spicy taste to the lungs, and the salty taste goes first to the kidneys and then disperses. This theory has been established through thousands of years of clinical experience.
| Position | |
Taste | Five organs | Appendages |
Sour | Liver | Sinew, Nail, Eye, etc |
Bitter | Heart | Blood Vessel, Tongue, etc |
Sweet | Spleen | Muscle, Lip, Mouth, etc |
Spicy | Lung | Skin, Body Hair, Nose, etc |
Salty | Kidney | Bone, Hair, Ear, etc |
For instance, the taste of 'sour,' like 'Quince,' is used when managing a condition where there are muscle spasms in the legs and the tendons contract. This is because the sour taste first enters the liver, which governs the tendons.
The bitter taste, such as ‘Gardenia,’ is used to treat heart disease due to heart heat, as the bitter taste first enters the heart and helps remove the heat.
The sweet taste, like 'Rice,' enters the spleen and is involved in digestion, absorption, and excretion. This is because the sweet taste goes first into the spleen.
The spicy taste, like 'Mustard greens,' is employed for treating coughs with phlegm, as the spicy taste goes first into the lungs.
The use of 'kelp' or 'wakame' to manage renal edema is because the salty taste first enters the kidneys.
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