中药的性味,即四气五味,是中药学理论的标志之一,自古以来,医家对此均很重视。在《内经》、《神农本草经》等古典医籍中就对药物性味及其作用作了记载,历代医家在本草著作中大都首先标明其性味。中药性味理论,沿用自今,在临床中仍有实际意义。中药的性又称为气,即寒热温凉平的药性,表明药物的性质。虽有四 The taste of traditional Chinese medicine, namely the four flavors and five flavors, is one of the hallmarks of Chinese pharmacy theory. Since ancient times, doctors have attached great importance to this. In the Classical Medical Books such as Neijing and Shennong’s Materia Medica, the drug’s taste and its effects were recorded, and most of the physicians in the past have firstly identified their taste in their herbal works. The theory of the taste of traditional Chinese medicine, used from nowadays, still has practical significance in clinical practice. The nature of Chinese medicine is also known as Qi, which means the nature of the drug. Although there are four