1, application mode difference: food is used in the form of diet (including drinking and eating), such as boiling tea and steaming rice. Drugs are used in the form of medicines, such as pills, powders and decoction. Usually we often eat red bean barley syrup, which can dispel dampness and strengthen the spleen, and is very suitable for eating when the humidity is high in spring and summer. Coix seed, also known as Coix seed, is a master of Chinese medicine who blindly removes moisture. Coix seed belongs to spleen, stomach and lung, which can strengthen spleen, promote diuresis and stop diarrhea. Shen Ling Baizhu Powder, a classic prescription, uses coix seed, and the effect is very good. For friends with weak spleen and stomach, you can take two doses of conditioning.
2. Different scope of application: Food has a wide range of applications, and people put food first. Whoever it is, take the initiative to accept food. Hunger is a signal that they need to accept food, otherwise they can't survive. The application of drugs is limited, and diseases are treated by drugs. No matter what disease it is, it is a passive acceptance of drugs, and illness is a signal that drugs need to be accepted.
3, general characteristics difference: food is edible and can satisfy hunger. Generally speaking, cold and heat are weak, mostly flat, and have the functions of strengthening the body and preventing diseases, especially suitable for chronic diseases or mild diseases, and can also be used for preventive health care, which is an aspect of rehabilitation medicine. Drugs should not be eaten more, generally not used to satisfy hunger, with strong bias, and have the effect of eliminating diseases and treating diseases. If you are sick, you should use drugs as a tool to treat diseases. Therefore, when taking medicine, you must go through the guidance of a doctor. Don't take drugs at will. Good medicinal use can save people, and bad use can also harm people.
4. The difference of applicable objects: food is used by healthy people, followed by patients, and can be used as an auxiliary means of drugs or other therapeutic measures, so it is called "dietotherapy". Drugs mainly act on patients, and they cannot be used without illness. Dietotherapy is guided by the theory of traditional Chinese medicine and uses the characteristics of food to regulate the body. Adding some drugs to porridge and decocting them together can have the dual effects of satisfying hunger and treating diseases. For example, japonica rice porridge can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi. If dried ginger is added, it will have the effect of warming the spleen and stomach, and friends with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold can insist on eating it.
5. Difference of usage characteristics: whether a substance is medicine or food. When it comes to its specific things, we can't generalize. For example, salt, medically speaking, has the functions of swallowing, clearing fire and cooling blood, and introducing medicine into the kidney. The amount is generally large; But if it is used as a seasoning in food, the dosage should be small, otherwise it will taste bad. Another example is coix seed, which can be eaten in large quantities by cooking porridge with water alone; When taking medicine, the prescription is big. But it is still not as big as food, so food and medicine should be based on specific substances.
Therefore, drugs are mainly used to treat diseases, food is eaten, and rehabilitation is the main thing.
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