The 5 Flavors – A Lost Art From Ancient Chinese Medicine Used To Nourish & Heal People
Chapter 22 of the Su Wen ends with a useful summary of the five (5) flavors: pungent/acrid, sour, sweet, bitter and salty. [Huang Di nei jing su wen Chapter 22]: the Yang Ming Shan Zhu (Chinese Edition) chapter is titled “On Transference of Solid Visceral Qi Following Regularity of Four Seasons” while the same Chapter 22 in the Unschuld & Tessenow translation is titled “Discourse on How the Qi in the Depots Follow the Pattern of the Seasons.”