The main raw material of medicated diet is traditional Chinese medicine. Among more than 4,000 kinds of commonly used Chinese medicines, more than 500 kinds can be used as raw materials for medicated diet, of which about 60 kinds are safe to use and delicious, including Gastrodia elata, Ginseng, Eucommia ulmoides, Poria, Angelica sinensis, Adenophora adenophora, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Pearl Powder, Cordyceps sinensis, Cassia Seed, Asparagus, Clove, Astragalus, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Codonopsis, Lycium barbarum, Glycyrrhrizae Radix, Ophiopogon japonicus and Antler.
The compatibility of these traditional Chinese medicines with food should follow the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, so that their functions are complementary and coordinated, otherwise mistakes will occur or affect the effect, and traditional Chinese medicine has strict taboos on medicinal diet. It mainly includes drug compatibility taboo, drug diet and food compatibility taboo, food compatibility taboo and disease taboo.
According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, people's physique can be different due to heredity, living environment, diet and living habits. Different constitutions have different physiological, pathological and psychological manifestations. The most important thing in making and eating "medicated diet" is to "eat it according to the body". Those with cold constitution and deficiency should not be cold, and those with fire should not be warm. Only by supplementing their shortcomings can we give timely help.
In medicated diet therapy, we should not only pay attention to the sexual taste of non-therapeutic Chinese herbal medicines, but also pay attention to the sexual taste of therapeutic Chinese herbal medicines. Generally speaking, Chinese herbs for warm diet, such as ginger, scallion, red dates, walnuts, mutton and fennel, have the functions of warming the interior, dispelling cold and helping yang, and can be used to treat cold syndrome and yin syndrome; Chinese herbal medicines for cooling diet, such as mung bean, lotus root, watermelon, pear, water chestnut, purslane and chrysanthemum, have the functions of clearing away heat and purging fire, cooling blood and detoxifying, and can be used for treating heat syndrome and yang syndrome.
As far as the five flavors are concerned, sour Chinese herbal medicines, such as ebony and pomegranate, can converge and converge; Bitter Chinese medicines, such as bitter gourd and almond, can clear away heat and reduce qi, purge fire and dry dampness; Sweet dietetic Chinese medicines, such as jujube, honey and maltose, can nourish, reconcile and relieve pain; Spicy Chinese herbal medicines, such as ginger and scallion, have the function of dispersing stagnation and promoting qi circulation; Salty dietotherapy traditional Chinese medicines, such as seaweed and kelp, can soften hard mass and disperse hard mass; Mild dietetic Chinese medicines, such as Poria cocos and Coix lachryma, can ooze urine.
The cooking of medicated diet is mainly "stewing, boiling, stewing and steaming", which can eventually become "soup", so that drugs and food can be heated for a long time, and the effective components can be released to the maximum extent to enhance the efficacy. Medicinal diet cooking is characterized by the original flavor of medicine and food, which can not only achieve nourishing effect, but also make dishes delicious, thus inducing people's appetite and achieving exact results.
"Moderate diet" is an important principle of TCM health care, and medicinal diet should also be moderate and temperate. It is not advisable to overeat in the short term, and you should not rush for success. Should be based on their own situation, often eat a small amount, perseverance, over time will be effective.
Remind you that taking medicine in autumn should be cautious. This remedy comes from the internet, please follow the doctor's advice before using it.