The culture of "homology of medicine and food" has been passed down from generation to generation, including food nutrition, dietotherapy, medicated diet and other core contents. "The homology of medicine and food" is the wisdom summed up by the ancients in the process of discovering food and medicine.

Like medicine, food is biased and has four flavors, so food not only provides basic nutrition, but also has similar therapeutic effects as medicine. In ancient times, the records of "medicinal and edible homology" varieties were mainly reflected in mainstream materia medica and food materia medica.

Many ancient books recorded a large number of Chinese herbal medicines with homology of medicine and food, and introduced the related principles, efficacy, taboos and usage in detail, which provided valuable basis for the research on tumor prevention with homology of medicine and food.

Clinical practice shows that cancer patients attach great importance to diet, but they still lack professional information guidance of relevant systems.

How to reasonably and efficiently use and exert the theory of "homology of medicine and food" to serve more people is an opportunity and challenge facing health care at present, and it is also one of the key breakthroughs in tumor prevention and treatment. Choosing traditional Chinese medicines with the same origin of medicine and food as the main choice of research and classifying them according to their physique can not only ensure safety but also ensure certain curative effect. It is of great significance to learn from the development achievements of food industry and combine the characteristics and technical advantages of traditional Chinese medicine to establish a "homology of medicine and food" coordination system for tumor prevention with high level of evidence, so as to provide a full-course, phased and hierarchical dietary plan for high-risk groups, precancerous lesions and tumor patients.

food therapy

"Five grains are nourishing, five fruits are helping, five animals are benefiting, five dishes are filling, and the smell is harmonious and refined."

-Huangdi Neijing

Dietotherapy principle

Physical condition: yin and yang rise and fall, deficiency and excess, cold and heat.

Edible and medicinal taste: cold, hot, warm, cool, sour, bitter, sweet, pungent and salty.

Reasonable dietotherapy in different stages of tumor treatment

In radiotherapy,

In chemotherapy,

Medicine and food homology

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