1, by morphology

One is a fluid, such as a tea bag, which can be prepared by pulverizing medicinal materials or food into coarse powder and soaking in boiling water;

The second is semi-fluid type, such as semi-fluid thick paste made by decocting medicinal materials and food with water, removing residues, concentrating, adding sugar or refining honey;

The third is solid food, such as rice and pasta made of rice, glutinous rice and wheat flour. Taking this as the basic raw material, drugs with nourishing effect and mild taste are added.

2, according to the production method.

There are stewing, stewing, stewing, steaming, boiling, boiling, frying, frying, marinating, burning and frying.

3, according to the function points

One is health care and longevity, such as medicated diet for invigorating qi and blood: it is suitable for people who are weak at ordinary times or lack of qi and blood after illness, such as Shiquan Dabu Decoction and Bazhen Cake.

Second, beauty and hairdressing, such as whitening and freckle-removing medicated diet: suitable for people with dark spots and pigmentation on the skin, such as angelica dahurica and Poria porridge, which play a role in beauty and whitening;

Third, eliminate evil and treat diseases, such as relieving exterior symptoms: it has the effects of sweating, relieving muscles and penetrating evil, and is suitable for the early stage of colds and exogenous diseases.

4, according to the nourishing form.

Pingbu: refers to a slow tonic method to treat people with chronic physical weakness and slow development of the disease;

Tonifying: Tonifying specifically refers to nourishing in summer, which refers to choosing a diet with certain effect of dispelling summer heat and promoting fluid production to supplement human consumption;

Warming and tonifying method: the method of treating deficiency-cold syndrome with warming and tonifying drugs;

Junbu: a method of treating qi and blood deficiency or sudden loss of yin and yang with powerful tonic. Because of extreme weakness and critical syndrome, it is not enough to save lives, so it is named.

Extended data:

Application principles of health-preserving medicated diet

1, take a meal due to the syndrome.

Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes syndrome differentiation and treatment, and the application of medicated diet should also be based on syndrome differentiation and treatment. For example, patients with blood deficiency often choose jujube, peanuts and other blood-enriching foods, while patients with yin deficiency often choose medlar, lily, Ophiopogon japonicus and so on. Only by using materials according to evidence can the health care function of medicated diet be brought into play.

2. It changes with time.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that people correspond to the sun and the moon, and the movement of qi and blood in human viscera is closely related to the climate change in nature. "Use cold to stay away from cold, use heat to stay away from heat", that is to say, use cold medicine to avoid cold winter and use warm medicine to avoid hot summer. This view also applies to medicated diet.

3. Eat for people

People's physique and age are different, and there should be differences when using medicated diet. Children's physique is delicate, raw materials should not be cold and hot, old people's liver and kidney are insufficient, and drugs should not be warm and dry. Pregnant women are afraid of fetal gas and should not use products that promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. These are all medical diets that should be paid attention to.

4. Every place is different

There are certain differences in climatic conditions and living habits in different regions, and human physiological activities and pathological changes are also different. Some are located in wet places, and their diets are warm, dry and spicy, while others are located in cold places, and their diets are hot and greasy, while the diet in Guangdong in the south is cool and sweet, so is the selection of medicinal foods.

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