Traditional Chinese medicine nutrition is a subject that studies traditional Chinese medicine nutrition. Guided by the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, it takes cooking skills as a means, takes food as raw materials, and achieves the purposes of health care, physical fitness, disease prevention and treatment, and longevity through reasonable collocation and cooking.
Traditional Chinese medicine nutrition has the following basic concepts:
Dietotherapy: Using the characteristics of food's nature and taste, according to different physical conditions and disease types, choose appropriate ingredients for conditioning, so as to achieve the purpose of health care, physical fitness, disease prevention and treatment. Dietotherapy is one of the core contents of TCM nutrition.
Medicated diet: under the guidance of Chinese medicine theory, drugs and food are reasonably matched and cooked to make a safe and effective diet with both efficacy and deliciousness. Medicinal diet is an important part of Chinese medicine.
Feeding: Make use of the nutritional components and efficacy of food, and choose appropriate ingredients for conditioning according to different physical conditions and health needs, so as to achieve the purpose of health care, physical fitness and longevity. Food supplement is one of the important contents of TCM nutrition.
The difference between dietotherapy and medicated diet: dietotherapy pays attention to the characteristics and efficacy of food, emphasizing overall adjustment and natural therapy; Medicinal diet pays more attention to the reasonable collocation and cooking of drugs and food in order to achieve the purpose of treating diseases.
Classification of medicated diet: According to the function and use of medicated diet, it can be divided into several categories, such as nourishing and strengthening, treating diseases, preventing diseases and protecting health, preserving health and beautifying.
Application principle of medicated diet: When applying medicated diet, certain principles should be followed, including dialectical treatment, combination of medicine and food, reasonable selection of materials and proper cooking.
Precautions for medicated diet: some problems should be paid attention to when applying medicated diet, such as the incompatibility between drugs and food, the selection of appropriate cooking methods, and the attention to the dosage and usage of medicated diet.
In a word, traditional Chinese medicine nutrition is a comprehensive subject, involving knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine theory, cooking skills, pharmacology and other fields. It has a wide range of applications, not only for daily health care, but also for the treatment and rehabilitation of diseases.