Tikta rasa — bitter

Clearing / lightening teaching proxy

Tikta, the bitter taste, is shown near a liver-side digestive proxy to represent the clearing and lightening vocabulary of common Ayurvedic teaching. It remains a target-organ projection of a substance classification, not a claim that bitterness is located in the liver or lower abdomen.

Madhura rasa — sweetAmla rasa — sourLavaṇa rasa — saltyKaṭu rasa — pungentTikta rasa — bitterTikta rasa — bitterKaṣāya rasa — astringent

Point 5 of 6 in Ṣaḍ Rasa — Six Tastes

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Caraka Saṃhitā (primary_canonical)

Sūtrasthāna 26–27 classifies tikta and describes its light, drying, and doṣic effects; the liver-side point is an editorial target-organ proxy.

Aṣṭāṅga Hṛdayam (primary_canonical)

Sūtrasthāna 10 gives the qualities and actions of tikta; the text does not assign it to a single organ coordinate.

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