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