What are the four qi and five flavors, rising and falling, floating and sinking in traditional Chinese medicine?

The four qi and five flavors refer to the nature and taste of traditional Chinese medicine.

One of the basic contents of the theory of medicinal properties of traditional Chinese medicine.

The concept of taste not only represents the real taste perceived by the sense of taste, but also reflects the actual performance of the drug.

Opinions and suggestions: Refers to the four properties of cold, hot, warm and cool properties of medicines.

Also known as the four natures.

It originally refers to the five flavors of pungent, sweet, sour, bitter, and salty medicines, but later expanded to a symbol that reflects the functional classification of medicines.

As for its yin and yang attributes, pungent, sweet, and bland are yang, sour, bitter, and salty are yin.

Lifting, floating, and sinking is a kind of drug performance used to summarize the trend of drug effects. Lift means rising, and falling means falling. Float means divergence, and sinking means convergence, storage, and release.