Category Bitter

Effects:

• mostly laxative and diuretic;
• reduce nausea and vomiting;
• soothen mental stress (bitter – cool foods);
• take out body heat by body fluids (bitter – cool foods);
• take out excessive moisture (bitter – cool foods);
• help to produce urine (bitter-cool foods);
• act as natural laxatives (bitter – cool foods);
• stimulate digestion (bitter – cool foods);
• drys body fluids (bitter – warm foods);
• may cause heat in stomach and then ulcers (bitter – warm foods);

Organs affected: heart, small intestine, spleen;

Contraindications: diarrhea; stomach ulcers; cracked skin; fever;