Food therapy and drug therapy are very different. One of the most remarkable characteristics of dietotherapy is "treating diseases and strengthening the body without disease", which has basically no toxic and side effects on the human body. That is to say, the biased characteristics of food (cereals, meat, fruits and vegetables) can be used for the treatment or adjuvant treatment of certain diseases and syndromes, regulating yin and yang, and making them tend to be balanced, which is helpful for the treatment of diseases and the rehabilitation of body and mind. But food is food after all, and it contains all kinds of nutrients necessary for human body, mainly to make up for the continuous consumption of Yin and Yang. Therefore, even if the syndrome differentiation is not accurate, food will not bring too much harm to the human body. As Zhang Xichun, a famous doctor, said in "A Record of Medical Fever in the West", "Dietotherapy can not only cure diseases, but also satisfy hunger, and cure diseases, and the diseases will heal themselves, that is, there is no symptom and no other diseases". Therefore, dietotherapy is widely used, mainly for sub-healthy people, followed by patients. Dietotherapy, as an auxiliary means of drugs or other therapeutic measures, is naturally accepted with daily diet.

Drug therapy mainly uses drugs, which have strong medicinal properties and have been called "poison" since ancient times, and are mainly used to treat diseases. Therefore, the scope of drug treatment is limited, mainly for patients, and it is an important means to treat and prevent diseases. If you use drugs casually, laxatives for deficiency syndrome, tonics for excess syndrome, warm drugs for heat syndrome and cold drugs for cold syndrome, you will not cure the disease, but will aggravate or even aggravate the original condition. Therefore, medication must be very cautious.

The combination of dietotherapy and food can not only achieve the purpose of health care, physical fitness and disease prevention, but also give people sensory and spiritual enjoyment, so that people can unconsciously achieve the purpose of disease prevention and treatment while enjoying delicious food. This natural therapy is very different from taking bitter drugs. It's not as disgusting as drugs, and it's hard to persist. Easy to be accepted by people and can be used for a long time. It is especially suitable for the conditioning and treatment of chronic diseases.

In addition, dietotherapy products are not as strict as drugs [NextPage] in dosage form and dosage, and cannot be replaced at will. Different cooking and processing can be carried out according to the taste habits of patients, so that they are delicious and colorful, and they can be treated in nutrition and deliciousness.

Of course, because dietotherapy and drug therapy have their own strengths, they are indispensable in the process of disease prevention and treatment. We should make good use of their advantages and apply them to different diseases or different stages of diseases. Dietotherapy and drug therapy cooperate with each other, cooperate with each other and complement each other. Man is connected with heaven and earth. People live in nature and are closely related to nature. The survival of human beings depends on various conditions provided by nature. There is a relationship of unity of opposites between human body and external natural environment. Therefore, medicated diet should follow the law of adapting to nature and climate change, and pay attention to nourishing yang in spring and summer and nourishing yin in autumn and winter, so as to play a good role in health preservation.

Nourishing liver and strengthening spleen in spring

Suitable drugs: gastrodia elata, nutmeg, codonopsis pilosula, yam, white peony root, etc.

Suitable food: rabbit, fish, chicken and fungus can clear away heat and nourish yin in summer.

Suitable drugs: Dendrobium, Bird's Nest, Rana chensinensis, Gynostemma pentaphyllum, Flos Chrysanthemi Indici, etc.

Suitable food: old duck, fish, wax gourd, watermelon, lotus leaf, etc.

Protecting liver in summer

Suitable drugs: Lycium barbarum leaf, tiger tail wheel, milk root, rattan root and ginseng fruit.

Suitable food: chicken, pig small intestine and pig liver.

Suitable drugs: olive, anoectochilus roxburghii, Cynanchum komarovii, Commelina communis, Glehnia littoralis.

Nourishing yin and moistening lung in autumn

Suitable drugs: Ophiopogon japonicus, Polygonatum odoratum, Rhizoma Phragmitis, Dendrobium, Chrysanthemum, Lily, etc.

Suitable food: soft-shelled turtle, fish, old duck, loach, celery, ginkgo, tremella, lotus root, pear, etc.

Supplementing qi and tonifying kidney in winter

Suitable drugs: Ginseng, Angelica sinensis, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Pseudostellariae, Cordyceps, Eucommiae Cortex, etc.

Suitable food: fish, poultry, black sesame, walnut, mutton, etc.