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Scatters
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Acrid
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Moves Qi and blood
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Acrid
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breaks up accumulations
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Acrid
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Upbears (Yang)
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Acrid, Sweet
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Used for exterior disorders and obstruction of qi and blood.
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Acrid
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Supplements and augments or boosts
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Sweet
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Harmonizes the middle
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Sweet
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Relieves pain and spasms
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Sweet
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Generates fluids
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Sweet
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Used for various deficient conditions.
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Sweet
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Relieves pain and spasms.
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Sweet
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Generates Fluids
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Sweet
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Used for various deficient conditions.
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Sweet
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Astringes
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Sour
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Prevents Loss of Qi and fluids
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Sour
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Secures astriction (bind or constrain)and stops perspiration
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Sour
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Used for vacuity perspiration
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Sour
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Vacuity diarrhea
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Sour
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"Puckering Effect" |
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Downbearing
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Sour, Bitter, Salty
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Draining
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Bitter
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Drying
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Bitter
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Opens Channels
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Bitter
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harmonizing
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Bitter
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Draining, drying, descending (not necessarily all three)
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Bitter
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Used for bound stool due to binding of heat.
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Bitter
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Damp Conditions
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Bitter
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Softens accumulations
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Salty
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Purges (LI)
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Salty
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Laxative
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Salty
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Similar usage to the sour flavor
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Astringent
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Stores or retains essence
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Astringent
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Stops diarrhea
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Astringent
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Stops hemorrhage
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Astringent
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Puckers but doesn't taste sour.
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Astringent
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Disencumbers (unburden) the spleen and transforms dampness.
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Aromatic
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Opens the orifices (not really a taste)
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Aromatic
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Disinhibits (not hold back) dampness
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Bland
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Percolates dampness (urethra)
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Bland
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Used for edema
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Bland
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Removes dampness through urination.
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Bland
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Both disperse but one breaks down bigger things.
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Acrid and aromatic. Aromatic breaks down bigger things.
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Used to stop something from leaking. (If it belongs and you need to keep it.)
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Sour
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Pungeant and Spicy =
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Acrid
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Licorice =
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Sweet
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Lung likes:
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Acrid
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Spleen likes:
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Sweet
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Liver likes:
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Sour
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Heart likes:
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Bitter
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Kidney likes:
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Salty
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