Half of the thirteen prescriptions in Neijing are ingredients, which is also the earliest prescription of "medicated diet". There are 1/4 prescriptions in 52 disease syndromes, and 1 12 prescriptions in Treatise on Febrile Diseases account for more than 1/2. In the above ancient recipes, it is very common to use cinnamon, ginger, jujube, pepper, fennel, lentils, coix seed, licorice, wine, vinegar and even animal glue.
Besides the homology of medicine and food, the homology of medicine and food is mainly based on the same theory, that is, the homology of medicine and food.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that physical weakness or the occurrence and development of diseases means the mutual growth and decline of yin and yang, such as the rise and fall of yin and yang. How to adjust this imbalance between yin and yang, Zhang Jingyue said: "If you want to save it, only people with smells can do it." Food, like medicine, belongs to odor preference, as Qin Shou's new book for the aged says: "Good medicine tastes bitter and delicious." The role of food in preventing and treating diseases is also to eliminate the imbalance between yin and yang by eliminating pathogenic factors, or reinforcing deficiency and helping the weak, adjusting and rebuilding the function of viscera and qi.
It is not difficult to find examples of using food and medicine at the same time from many classics of herbs and prescriptions. Such as black-bone chicken, mutton, donkey skin, pig skin, bird eggs, onions, ginger, dates and so on. It can be used for nourishing yin and Yang Qi, enriching blood or regulating stomach qi, so as to achieve the effect of preventing and treating diseases.
From a large number of ancient recipes, recipes and tea spectrum, it is not difficult to find that there are also many drugs, such as Lycium barbarum, Chinese yam, Astragalus membranaceus, Poria, clove, cardamom, cinnamon, etc., to improve the efficacy of food health care and disease prevention.