The four properties and five flavors of traditional Chinese medicines

This article briefly described the meaning and function characteristics of the four properties and five flavors of traditional Chinese medicines, and classified the properties and flavors of both the kidney-meridian and the nephrotoxic traditional Chinese medicines, in order to further improve the understanding of the characteristics of such traditional Chinese medicines and reduce the adverse reactions caused by unreasonable use of the drugs. Key words: Four properties and five flavors; Combining consideration of the properties and flavors; Traditional Chinese medicines with kidney meridian tropism; Traditional Chinese medicines with nephrotoxicity