? Different purposes: Dietotherapy is a health-preserving method that uses food to affect all aspects of the body's functions, so as to obtain health or prevent diseases. Mainly to maintain or improve physical fitness, enhance resistance, delay aging and promote life expectancy. Medical care refers to a health care method that uses drugs or other therapeutic means to treat diseases or abnormal situations that have occurred. It is mainly to eliminate or alleviate pathological changes, restore or improve body functions, and alleviate or eliminate symptoms.
? Different objects: Dietotherapy is suitable for all people, whether healthy people or patients, and the purpose of health preservation can be achieved through reasonable diet. Medical care is mainly aimed at patients or high-risk groups, and it is necessary to choose appropriate drugs or treatment schemes according to specific conditions and constitutions.
? Different methods: Dietotherapy mainly depends on the nutritional components and pharmacological effects of the food itself to adjust the balance of the body, which is usually long-term, mild, safe and without side effects. Medical care mainly relies on the powerful effect of drugs or other treatment methods to intervene in physical abnormalities, which are usually short-term, intense, risky and have side effects.
? Different effects: the effect of diet therapy is usually slow and lasting, which can prevent or reduce the possibility of onset, and can also assist the effect of drugs or other treatment methods. The effect of medical care is usually quick and temporary, which can control or eliminate the pathological changes that have occurred, and can also alleviate or eliminate serious symptoms.
From the perspective of Chinese medicine, the difference between dietotherapy and medical care mainly includes the following aspects:
? Different in nature: dietotherapy is based on food, with the principle of harmonizing yin and yang, coordinating zang-fu organs, adapting to the climate, and being different from person to person, so as to achieve the purpose of health care, physical fitness and prevention and treatment of general diseases. It belongs to the category of "preventing diseases" in traditional Chinese medicine. Medical care is based on drugs as the main means, based on the principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment, treating both the symptoms and the root causes, and combining attack with tonic, characterized by strong medicinal properties and remarkable curative effect, with the aim of curing severe or intractable diseases. It belongs to the category of "preventing diseases after work" in traditional Chinese medicine.
? It depends: dietotherapy is mainly based on the sexual taste and functional characteristics of food, and at the same time, considering personal physique, age, gender, season, region and other factors to make a diet plan. Medical health care is mainly based on the nature, taste, meridian tropism and efficacy characteristics of drugs, and at the same time, taking into account personal syndromes, tongue conditions, pulse conditions and other factors to formulate prescription plans.
? Different forms: Dietotherapy health care mainly uses daily food forms such as rice, porridge, soup, vegetables and drinks, and pays attention to sensory factors such as color, fragrance and shape to enhance appetite and palatability. Medical care mainly uses drugs in the form of decoction, powder, pill and paste. At the same time, pay attention to safety factors such as dose control and legal guidance to ensure curative effect and avoid toxic and side effects.
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