四分律行事鈔資持記 3.347

3.347

時量中，初對味別簡。六味中，缺鹹淡二味。甘味中，甘草是盡形，蜜等即七日。酸中，果汁是非時。辛味中，薑椒等皆盡形。苦味不入時食，故唯在終身。次對七日總簡。以七日體別，同是可食，故除已外，一切名時。從下，顯示時義。若論時及盡形，皆通六味。但時藥微通辛苦，盡形少於甘肥，非時多是甘酸，七日唯局甘味，如是求之。

Under 'Timing and Quantity,' first it distinguishes them separately in relation to the flavors. Among the six flavors, the two flavors of salty and bland are absent. Among the sweet flavors, licorice is a lifetime [medicine], whereas honey and the like are seven-day [medicines]. Among the sour, fruit juices are untimed [medicines]. Among the pungent flavors, ginger, pepper, and the like are all lifetime [medicines]. The bitter flavor does not enter into timely foods, and so it exists only among lifetime [medicines]. Next, it summarizes them in contrast to the seven-day [medicines]. Because the substance of seven-day [medicines] is distinct and equally edible, everything outside them is called timely. 'From...' below reveals the meaning of timely. If one speaks of timely and lifetime [medicines], both cover all six flavors. However, timely medicines slightly cover pungent and bitter, lifetime [medicines] lack sweet and rich [flavors], untimed [medicines] are mostly sweet and sour, and seven-day [medicines] are strictly limited to the sweet flavor; one should investigate them in this way.