Foods That Are Sour In Flavor

FUNCTION

It is cooling in action, it causes contraction and has a gathering, absorbent, astringent effect. It is used to prevent or reverse abnormal leakage of fluids and energy, it also dries and firms up tissue. Sour activated the liver and helps counteract the effects of rich, greasy foods, helps to break down fats nad proteins

CONDITIONS

Urinary incontinence, hemorrhage, diarrhea, excessive perspiration, hemorrhoids, uterine prolapse

FOODS

Animal Protein: yogurt, cheese

Fruit: hawthorne berry, lemon, lime, sour plum, sourapple (crab apple), grape, huckleberry, blackberry, apple, mango, tangerine, raspberry, tomato

Vegetables: pickles, sauerkraut, leek, olive

Grain/Legume: aduki bean

Miscellaneous: vinegar, rose hip, sourdough bread

NOTES

Excess use can upset the liver. Caution for people with chronic pain, it makes phlegm and damp conditions worse and caution for people with weak digestion