Each taste has its own unique properties and different effects on our health. Rasa, the Sanskrit word for taste, has many meanings. Rasa is a feeling of pleasure, but it is also the essence of something – its true nature and essential quality. Both the feeling of pleasure and the properties of the taste itself contribute to healing. Taste stimulates Prana, which in turn stimulates Agni, or the digestive fire. If the taste of food is not appropriate, the digestive fire will not be able to properly digest the food,…