祖国医学把食物的味道分为酸、苦、甘、辛、咸五种。早在两千多年前,人们就认识到不同食物的味道对人体会产生不同的效用和影响,从而影响人的健康。酸味食物主要有:番茄、木瓜、柿子、乌梅、荔枝、橘子、芒果、李子、葡萄、山楂、石榴、橙子、枇杷、杏、橄榄、梨、醋、马齿苋、猫肉、佛手以及酸菜等。产生酸味的主要成份是有机酸。中医认为,酸味食物具有止喘、止泻、敛汗、涩精、缩收小便等作用。科学实验表明,食用酸味食物可增加肝脏 Motherland medicine to the taste of food is divided into sour, bitter, sweet, Xin, salty five. As early as two thousand years ago, people realized that the taste of different foods have different effects and effects on the human body, thus affecting human health. Sour foods mainly include tomato, papaya, persimmon, ebony, lychee, orange, mango, plum, grape, hawthorn, pomegranate, orange, loquat, apricot, olive, pear, vinegar, purslane, cat meat, bergamot and sauerkraut . The main component of sour produce is organic acids. Chinese medicine believes that sour food with Zhichuan, antidiarrheal, convergence sweat, astringent, contraction of urine and other effects. Scientific experiments show that eating sour foods can increase the liver