The first part explains the concept, research category and practical significance of TCM nutrition from different angles of modern and historical development. It is pointed out that TCM nutrition should include eight parts: food theory, food nutrition, food medicine, food treatment, food prohibition, diet, food history and food system. Its formation is closely related to the development of China's official medicated diet system and folk diet customs, which has a far-reaching impact on the world.

The second part, with detailed information, shows the distribution of rich medicinal diet works since the Zhou Dynasty, and even the early medicinal diet research in Japan, Korea and other countries. These contents provide an important social and theoretical basis for the construction of TCM nutrition.

The third chapter sorts out 54 kinds of medicinal diet literature that have been lost, reflecting the development style of medicinal diet at that time.

The fourth chapter selects 14 surviving medicinal diet documents for readers' reference.

The presentation of TCM medicated diet literature will help to broaden the horizons of TCM medicated diet research and deepen the scope and level of theoretical research of this discipline. With the in-depth development of TCM nutrition, TCM nutrition provides a systematic and clear research direction for TCM nutrition education. It provides a rare desk book for researchers engaged in the research and development of traditional Chinese medicine medicated diet, and has great reference value for the public to use medicated diet to achieve health care.