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Ayurveda

Energetics (Virya)

The immediate effect that a taste has on the body.

Heating - pungent\sour\salty

   Pungent - Ginger

   Sour - Lemon

   Salty - Salt

Cooling -bitter\astringent\sweet

   Bitter - Gentian

   Astringent - White oak bark

   Sweet - Licorice.

Tastes & Organs

Excess sweet disturbs the spleen. 

Excess salty disturbs the kidneys.

Excess pungent disturbs the lungs. 

Excess sour disturbs the liver.

Excess bitter disturbs the heart. 

Excess astringent disturbs the colon.

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