Just today, I was thinking about the 6 tastes & how they are understood in Aryuveda. I still have a lot to learn!
Sweet -
emotions: love & attachment
location in body: mouth
increases Kapha
Sour -
emotions: envy & resentment
location in body: stomach
increases Kapha & Pitta
Salty -
emotions: greed
location in body: first stage of small intestine
increases Kapha & Pitta
Bitter -
emotions: grief, sorrow
location in body: 2nd stage small intestine
increases Vatta
decreases Kapha & Pitta
Pungent -
emotions: hatred
location in body: 3rd stage of small intestine
increases Pitta & Vatta
decreases Kapha
Astringent -
emotions: fear & anxiety
location in body: -- we will have to ask Pamela!!!
increases Vatta & Kapha
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