Based on philosophy, cosmology and outlook on life, TCM attaches importance to the relationship between man and nature, "Yin-Yang and five elements, the unity of man and nature", the holistic view, syndrome differentiation and treatment, and the changes of "looking, smelling, asking, feeling" and "pulse condition"; Traditional Chinese medicine has the characteristics of four qi and five flavors, ups and downs, meridian tropism, toxicity, compound compatibility, processing and so on.
The medicinal properties of traditional Chinese medicine mainly include four qi and five flavors, and the four qi refer to: cold, hot and cool; Five flavors mean: sour, bitter, sweet and salty. Sexual apathy: cold >; Cool and hot: hot >; Warm. Every Chinese medicine has four qi and five flavors, which are summarized by predecessors and have no regularity. Only need to follow in the process of use: cold is hot, and hot is cold.