closely and take treatment at the very beginning. 



The different colors also influence the desires and preferences of the 

 different races. For instance, the colored people like red; the Chinese 

 like yellow and light red; the white people like white. Likewise, in the 

 human system, because the spleen and the stomach belong to the Earth 

 Element, they naturally crave sweets and things of yellow coloring. 

 Consequently, if a person whose spleen is affected is sad and down- 

 hearted, a bouquet of yellow flowers would be a good gift for him. In 

 case a person has heart trouble or his mind is affected, dark blue or 

 dark green would be the most suitable colors for his environment, in 

 order to overcome the fire element. 



THE FIVE TASTES REPRESENT THE FIVE PRINCIPAL 

 ELEMENTS IN NATURE 



1. A pungent taste influences the action of the lungs, which belong 

 to the mineral element. 



2. A sour taste has power to contract the air in the blood and to 

 assist in the functioning of the gall bladder and liver, which be- 

 long to the vegetation element. 



3. A bitter taste rushes through the system and works especially 

 upon the heart, which belongs to the fire element. 



4. A sweet taste belongs to the earth element; anything sweet has 

 a special effect upon the stomach and spleen. 



5. A salty taste belongs to the water element. In nature, the water 

 of the ocean is salty. In the human body, the kidneys and their 

 sub -organ, the bladder, belong to the water element. Anything 

 that is salty affects these organs. 



In the early dawn of Chinese civilization, the Chinese classified all 

 things in nature under the five principal elements. The five tastes are 

 just as important as the five colors or the five musical tones. If a per- 

 son understands these five tastes, he can tell approximately how any 

 given food will affect his system. If any food has a deleterious effect 

 upon any part' of his system, he can easily abstain from that sort of 

 food. 



Of the five tastes, the most destructive to the human system is the 

 bitter (or hot), because it influences the blood passing through the 

 heart. 



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