jeopardy
taste bud.
Research has show that the tongue actually doesn't have specific spots for taste. Originally it was thought the back of the tongue was exclusive to bitter tastes.
Acids taste sour, alkaline substances taste bitter.
Bases( compounds with a pH above 7).
The Tongue Tastes Bitter after feverRetention of pathogenic heat in the liver and gall bladdercauses Retching, bitter taste in the mouth with thirst, irritability, insomnia, hypochondriac pain, yellowish tongue coating, wiry and rapid pulse.Disharmony of qi circulation in the liver and gall bladder channels is due to interior heat retention in the liver and gall bladder. This causes hypochondriac pain, bitter taste in the mouth
taste bud.
Bitter-melon.
The tongue however does taste things that are: bitter, salty, sour and sweet.
The four basic tastes are bitter tastes, sweet/sugary tastes, salty tastes and sour tastesSweet, Salty, Sour and Bitter.
Bases taste bitter. Acids taste sour.
Slippery tastes bitter
Slippery tastes bitter
Acids taste bitter.
quinine is bitter when tasted........
the tip is sweet, on the very back is bitter, sour is on the side, and salty on the edges. EDIT: Actually, that theory has been disproven a few years ago and it is now known that they are spread throughout the tongue
cyonide
Water should not have a bitter taste, in fact it should not have a taste at all. If you have water that tastes bitter it could be that something else is in your water. If all water tastes bitter to you, then you should probably check with your doctor since it could indicate a neurological disorder. Answer 2: It may not be a neurological disorder. You may be one of the people who are considered as supertasters/ people who experience taste with greater intensity. There are certain cases where people have a sensitive TAS2R38 receptor gene, or the bitter taste receptor, but this only makes makes you taste bitter substances more distinctly, which is good at times because bitter substances are mostly toxic. Btw, water tastes bitter and metallic to me too. I can't drink a mouthful without gagging.