Traditional Chinese medicine diet health, commonly known as "food tonic" and "dietotherapy", refers to the activities of nourishing the body, improving health and then assisting in the treatment of diseases by using diet. "The Yellow Emperor Neijing Su Wen? "On the Wuchang Political University" mentioned that "all grains and fruits and vegetables are edible", and Sun Simiao, the drug king, in "Need a thousand? "In the article" The Treatment of Food ",it is pointed out that" food can dispel pathogenic factors, strengthen viscera, please the spirit, refresh the mind and replenish qi and blood ". It shows that food not only maintains the normal life activities of human body, but also has the functions of conditioning, nourishing and treating, which is not completely consistent with the viewpoint of modern nutrition. There are many problems in strengthening the compulsory promotion of food. Iodized salt, fortified iron soy sauce, low sodium salt, etc. Calcium supplementation supplements constipation, but disrupts the metabolic balance in the body.

There are more than twenty kinds of functions of traditional Chinese medicine, such as hearing, improving eyesight, blackening hair, promoting hair growth, strengthening body, improving intelligence, calming the nerves, beautifying skin, reducing weight, strengthening tendons, strengthening yang, helping pregnancy and prolonging life. These functions are of great significance for improving human health quality and preventive health care, and are an integral part of TCM health preservation. China's traditional diet culture and theory come down in one continuous line with medicine. Calling pharmacology "materia medica" is also mainly rooted in the traditional plant-based diet culture in China. Flat tonic method: refers to the method of applying mild food for tonic, which is more suitable for people with weak constitution in the general population. This method mostly uses most cereals, beans, most vegetables and fruits, eggs, meat and milk. These foods are lukewarm, mild in nature, nourishing qi and blood and yin and yang, and can be eaten all year round. Clearing and tonifying method: refers to the method of applying foods that are cool or have purgative effect to tonify, which is more suitable for people with excess heat constitution, or adopted in summer and autumn. Most of the materials used in this method are millet, radish, wax gourd, watermelon and pear. ......