However, it should be noted that the principle of homology between medicine and food does not mean that medicinal materials can be eaten like daily food.

In 20 18, the National Health and Family Planning Commission released a new version of the homology catalogue of medicine and food, including 1 10 kinds of Chinese medicines, including clove, star anise, fennel, purslane, pepper, houttuynia cordata, ginger (ginger, dried ginger), wolfberry fruit, dandelion, ginseng, honeysuckle, rose, selfheal and so on.

However, it should be noted that although some Chinese medicines can be edible, they need to be edible within a limited population and dosage, in other words, they cannot be eaten at will.

Take ginseng as an example. Although ginseng is a good tonic, you must pay attention to your physique when eating, and pay special attention to the consumption and interval. There are many reports about adverse reactions of ginseng in clinic. Long-term or large-scale consumption of ginseng can lead to "ginseng abuse syndrome", and its clinical manifestations are excitement, hypertension, dizziness, insomnia, nervousness, euphoria, rash, diarrhea, loss of appetite and so on. Some people also have edema and blurred vision. Patients with fever, infection and hypertension due to yin deficiency should pay special attention not to eat ginseng.

It can be seen that every Chinese medicine has efficacy, dosage, and suitable and unsuitable people. If you take it at will, "treating the disease" will become "causing disease" and cause harm to the human body.

Medicinal and edible homologous substances are more palatable than medicinal substances, and most of them are nourishing drugs. They are mild in nature and taste, have the functions of recuperation, rehabilitation and health care, and have a long history of eating. The common homologous ingredients of medicine and food on the daily table are as follows.

Yam is sweet and flat. It is often considered to have the effects of invigorating spleen and lung, consolidating kidney and astringent essence. As an edible food, yam is rich in dietary fiber. Compared with fine staple food, such as rice, yam has a good feeling of fullness, and it plays a good auxiliary role in controlling appetite and weight. In addition, it contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, which is helpful to promote digestion, improve gastrointestinal function and effectively reduce gastrointestinal burden.

In medicine, studies show that yam polysaccharides and saponins in yam can increase insulin sensitivity, improve damaged islet cells and significantly reduce blood sugar in alloxan diabetic mice, thus having a positive impact on the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes.

It should be noted that although yam is used as both medicine and food, we can't directly use yam bought in the market as medicine, nor can we use yam prepared by the hospital as an ingredient. Because medicinal yam needs to be processed by traditional Chinese medicine, it can only be used after passing the inspection according to the inspection standard of China Pharmacopoeia. Doctors choose the appropriate dosage according to the condition. As an ingredient, yam is fresh and high in water content, which does not meet the medical standards and cannot be mixed.

Dandelion, also known as "Queen of Hundred Herbs", is rich in nutrition, which not only contains protein, fatty acids, amino acids, vitamins and trace elements, but also contains functional components such as flavonoids, phenolic acids, sterols and polysaccharides.

Many clinical studies show that dandelion is beneficial to human health. In recent years, there is a saying that dandelion can fight cancer, but in fact this statement is misleading.

The conclusion that dandelion has anticancer effect is taken out of context from the paper published by Professor Pandi in Canada. Professor Pandi has been studying DRE (dandelion extract) for many years, but his conclusion that dandelion can kill 98% of cancer cells is mainly based on cell experiments in test tubes, which is different from helping patients eliminate cancer cells in the body in clinic.

Professor Pandi's paper also clearly shows that these are only animal experiments and cell experiments, and these results only make him believe that DRE will "become" an alternative therapy, rather than "prove" that DRE is an anticancer drug.

Therefore, although dandelion has many effects, it has no obvious anti-cancer effect, so it should be avoided to deify it. At present, it has been clearly confirmed that there are three main pharmacological effects.

① Anti-inflammatory

Dandelion is often used as an anti-inflammatory drug among the people, which has been confirmed in modern pharmacological research. Foreign scholars have studied the effect of dandelion leaf extract on the production of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) by primary cultured rat astrocytes stimulated by substance P and lipopolysaccharide. The results show that dandelion leaf extract can significantly inhibit the production of TNF-α, and its mechanism is mainly achieved by inhibiting the production of interleukin-1(IL- 1), so it can be inferred that dandelion leaf extract has certain anti-inflammatory effect on the central nervous system.

② sterilization

Dandelion has a wide antibacterial spectrum, and it has been found that it not only has inhibitory effects on many kinds of bacteria and fungi, but also has inhibitory effects on viruses to varying degrees. The bacteriostatic ring experiment verified the inhibitory effect of dandelion on Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

③ detumescence

"Materia Medica Justice" has a saying that "dandelion, cool in nature, can cure furuncle, furuncle, swelling, heat toxicity and other symptoms, and it can be taken and applied, which is quite effective, especially for treating breast furuncle, furuncle, swelling and lump". Now dandelion is widely used in clinic, which has a good effect on surgical lymphadenitis, furuncle, mastitis and erysipelas.

However, it should be noted that dandelion is not suitable for everyone, because very few people will be allergic after soaking dandelion in water. In addition, dandelion is cold and not suitable for people with renal insufficiency, yang deficiency and cold, and spleen and stomach weakness.

Lycium barbarum is sweet and flat. The main active substances are Lycium barbarum polysaccharides, carotenoids, flavonoids, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, vitamins and other organic substances, as well as inorganic substances such as calcium, zinc and iron. It is often considered to have the effects of nourishing liver and kidney and benefiting shrewdness. Traditional Chinese medicine is commonly used in clinical practice for physical deficiency, waist and knee pain, dizziness, tinnitus, impotence and nocturnal emission, internal heat to quench thirst, blood deficiency and chlorosis.

Taking "Lycium barbarum can improve eyesight" as an example, Professor Wang Yuying of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine said: "Lycium barbarum does improve eyesight. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the eyes can only see clearly if they get enough blood, which is called seeing things with blood. Lycium barbarum has the function of nourishing liver blood and benefiting essence blood, so it has the effect of improving eyesight. " Therefore, office workers who use computers for a long time, and their eyes are prone to fatigue and dryness, often drink medlar water, which has a certain soothing effect on eye fatigue.

The common way to eat Lycium barbarum is to make tea in summer and soup in winter. Objectively speaking, the harm of soaking in water is not great, and drinking it all the year round will not do much harm. Its biggest side effect is that excessive consumption will lead to excessive internal heat, nosebleeds, and even redness of eyes and physical discomfort. There is no limit to the number of people who eat soaked Lycium barbarum, but they need to stop eating for some unwell symptoms.

So, who are unwell should pay attention to eating medlar? The following three groups of people need to pay attention:

Summary: There is a saying that traditional medicine and diet culture in China have the same origin of medicine and food, which is the experience summed up by our ancestors in the long history. Macroscopically, Chinese medicine and food are similar in origin and nature, but they have different effects on human body. Saying that medicine and food are homologous does not mean that medicine and food are not divided. The connotation and function of medicine and food are different and must be strictly distinguished. # Rumor Zero Plan # # Family Health Guard #

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