Berberi refers to vitamin B 1 deficiency, which mainly involves nervous system, cardiovascular system, edema and serous exudation. Clinically, the symptoms of digestive system, nervous system and cardiovascular system are the main symptoms, which often occur in areas where polished rice is the staple food. Vitamin B 1 (thiamine) is a water-soluble vitamin, which often exists in food with other B vitamins. It participates in various enzyme system activities in the form of coenzyme in the body, especially in the process of carbohydrate oxidation capacity. There is not much storage in the body, which is prone to deficiency. Thiamine is widely found in cereals, beans, nuts, yeast, liver, meat, fish and other foods. Cereals mostly exist in ectoderm (bran, bran), and refined white rice loses a lot. It is easy to decompose and lose its activity when heated in alkaline solution. By the way, beriberi patients should eat the following foods. Rice bran is rich in vitamin B 1, so patients with beriberi should eat more and more often. Tang Sun Simiao's "Qianjin Yifang" has long recorded: "The treatment of beriberi is often done: five liters of rice bran, one bucket of water, seven liters of boiled rice porridge, and I will eat it regularly, that is, I will not send it." Professor Ye Juquan from China Pharmaceutical University once introduced it; "Paralytic or heart-pounding beriberi: 90 ~ 1 50g of bran, 2 bowls of water, decocted to1bowl, deslagging, adding brown sugar, and taken twice a day." For pregnant women with beriberi edema, Ye also introduced that glutinous rice bran and germinated wheat should be sacrificed in the same amount, ground into 1 dumpling, steamed and cooked, and eaten 3-5 pieces a day. Wheat is also called bran and wheat skin. It is said in the "Drug Map Test" that wheat contains a kind of nutriment, which has the effect of soothing nerves. Modern medicine has confirmed that wheat bran contains a large amount of vitamin B 1, which has the function of preventing and treating beriberi and peripheral neuritis. For athlete's foot edema, folks are used to frying wheat bran to brown, adding appropriate amount of brown sugar, mixing well, and taking jujube soup, 60 grams each time, 1 day twice, which is quite beneficial. Pea is suitable for both wet and dry beriberi. In Song Dynasty, there was a record of "treating beriberi, lifting shoulders and wheezing". Similar to the shortness of breath phenomenon of wet beriberi, you can often cook light food with green peas. Peanut According to Modern Practical Chinese Medicine, peanuts are suitable for patients with beriberi, and a method is introduced: "Berberi: raw peanut kernel (for clothing)15g, adzuki bean15g, red jujube15g, boiled soup and drunk several times a day." Adzuki bean can promote diuresis, reduce swelling, detoxify and remove dampness, strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, and is suitable for people with beriberi and edema. There was a record in Shengji Zonglu that adzuki bean was mainly used with Perilla leaf and Mulberry root bark to treat "athlete's foot with shortness of breath, astringent urination, swelling all over the body, flatulence in both feet and turning into water". According to the description of symptoms, it was similar to the severe mixed athlete's foot. "Dietotherapy Materia Medica" also said: "Rotten cooking with carp will cure beriberi and abdominal edema." Common folk adzuki bean 60 ~ 1 20g, boiled and eaten,1day twice, for several days. Or use 60 grams of adzuki beans and 250 grams of white gourd, and simmer them together. Coix seed can strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis. "Dietotherapy Materia Medica" has long recorded that it can "dry wet beriberi". "Materia Medica Justice" also says: "Coix lachryma-jobi, sweet and light in taste, can benefit joints, remove beriberi, treat flaccidity, cramp and dampness, and eliminate edema and pain." "Drug Meaning" also said: "If you use it to treat the swelling and pain of beriberi, it will be ineffective if you use it twice." It is especially suitable for people with beriberi edema. Soybean is rich in protein, which is a kind of food with high plant protein, and also contains many vitamins. Soybean can be made into bean products such as tofu, soybean milk, bean curd brain and dried bean curd, which are suitable for the prevention and treatment of beriberi. Snail can clear heat and benefit water. "Materia Medica Addendum" says: "Cooking food is beneficial to defecation, athlete's foot is washed up, and feet and hands are swollen." Snail is rich in protein and a certain amount of thiamine, which is especially suitable for beriberi edema. Black herring is rich in protein and vitamin B 1, which can replenish qi and eliminate dampness. "Dietotherapy Materia Medica" contains: "Boil herring and leek to treat beriberi and weakness, boredom, and benefit the heart." "Kaibao Materia Medica" also says: "Black herring governs beriberi and dampness." Therefore, whether it is wet or dry, it is suitable for eating. Carp is a high-protein diet, which can promote diuresis, reduce swelling and tonify deficiency. "Compendium of Materia Medica" points out: "Cyprinus carpio is good at urinating, so it can eliminate swelling and beriberi." It is especially suitable for people with beriberi and edema. Wax gourd can benefit water and contains many vitamins, and the sodium content in wax gourd is also low. Therefore, it is especially suitable for people with beriberi edema. You can use 50~500 grams of wax gourd, boil thick soup, 1 day for 2~3 times. You can also choose the boiled water of winter melon skin to drink. Porphyra has the functions of resolving phlegm, softening and promoting diuresis. It not only contains a lot of protein, but also contains a lot of thiamine. Compendium of Materia Medica says, "People with beriberi should eat it." "Living with Interest Diet Spectrum" also said: "Porphyra removes beriberi." "Modern Practical Chinese Medicine" also clearly pointed out: "Laver cures wet beriberi." Cowpea beriberi is caused by the lack of vitamin B 1 in meals. Cowpea contains not only 22% protein and 55.5% starch, but also a large amount of vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, nicotinic acid, etc. Therefore, people suffering from beriberi should eat it regularly. Horse milk can replenish blood, moisten dryness, clear away heat and quench thirst. The local people call it "Kemusi", and it is suitable for people with beriberi. This is because mare's milk is fermented, not boiled, so the vitamin B family is hardly destroyed. No wonder Kazakh herders seldom eat vegetables and fruits several times a year, but seldom suffer from beriberi, because they often drink mare's milk and mare's milk wine. Frog meat is cool and salty, which can tonify deficiency and benefit water. Moreover, frog meat is a high-protein food. Every100g of frog meat contains about11.9g of protein and vitamin B 1. Therefore, people with beriberi, especially those with dry beriberi and edema of lower limbs, should eat it properly. Soft-shelled turtle is flat in nature and sweet in taste. It is a food for clearing and nourishing, and has the functions of nourishing yin, tonifying deficiency and softening hardness. It is believed in Qianjin Shizhi that turtle meat can "treat beriberi". Compendium of Materia Medica also says: "Take pills to treat beriberi." According to modern research, Carassius auratus contains a large amount of vitamin B 1, and in100g of Carassius auratus, thiamine (also known as anti-beriberi vitamin) is 0.62mg.. This shows that there is a scientific basis for ancient doctors to say "treating beriberi". The clam meat is cold, sweet and salty, and can clear away heat, promote diuresis and detoxify. According to predecessors' experience, people with wet beriberi should eat it properly. For example, in "Rihuazi Materia Medica", it is considered that "it is easy to urinate, and it is hot to go down, and beriberi is wet and toxic". Wang Mengying's Diet Spectrum with Interest also said that it "clears away damp heat and cures beriberi". The modern Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine also agrees with the theory of "treating wet toxic beriberi" with clam meat. Eel is also called white eel. It is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of tonifying deficiency and expelling wind and dampness. In the Tang dynasty, Meng Wei, a food doctor, thought that "wet beriberi is good for people to eat." "Materia Medica Huiyan" also contains: "Eel fish, ... people who suffer from rheumatism and beriberi often eat it, and gradually get the effect." Therefore, patients with beriberi should eat regularly. Mussel can nourish liver and kidney, nourish essence and blood, and eliminate gall. According to modern research, mussel contains a large number of B vitamins, such as vitamin Bl, vitamin B2, vitamin B 12, etc. Therefore, it is suitable not only for patients with angular stomatitis, glossitis and anemia, but also for patients with beriberi who lack thiamine. Snakehead is also called snakehead and goblet. Cold in nature and sweet in taste, it has the function of invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis. Tang Meng Chang thought long ago: "It is effective to make food for people with beriberi." Qing Wang Mengying also said: "The fish is sweet and cold, swimming in water, edema in the lower abdomen and beriberi." Therefore, patients with beriberi, especially those with edema of beriberi, eat well. According to the experience of ancient doctors, papaya is suitable for people with beriberi, whether dry or wet. For example, there is a Mugua pill that "cures all beriberi" in Wei's Family Tibetan Prescription. There are also mugua pills for treating wet beriberi in Shenghui Fang. In Fu Jia Mi Bao Fang, there is papaya powder which can cure beriberi and rush the heart. In the Criterion of Syndrome Treatment, there are some famous prescriptions, such as Jiming Powder, which can treat beriberi pain and can be taken by both men and women. Betel nut According to the experience of ancient doctors, it is quite appropriate for people suffering from beriberi to eat some betel nuts. For example, it is pointed out in "beriberi": "Betel nut cures beriberi, causing edema." "A Brief Introduction to the Recipes of the Masses" also introduced: "Treating beriberi and rushing to the heart: a white betel nut, as the end, with the boy urinating, ginger juice and warm wine * * * half a cup, only for one service, and never taking it." Lily According to the experience of ancient doctors, beriberi patients should eat it. For example, Wang Shixiong, a food doctor in the Qing Dynasty, pointed out: "Lily calms beriberi and regulates the throat." There is also a record of lily's "treatment of beriberi" in the theory of medicinal properties. Sagittarius contains a lot of B vitamins, among which vitamin B 1 and vitamin B2 are very rich, so eating them regularly can prevent beriberi. Therefore, people who already suffer from beriberi should eat properly. Perilla leaf is a dual-purpose product for medicine and food, and is commonly used as seasoning by the people. It is warm in nature, pungent in taste, has the function of regulating qi and dispelling cold, and contains aromatic volatile oil. Ancient doctors often thought that beriberi patients should eat it. There are records of perilla leaf treating "damp-heat beriberi" in Japanese Herbal Medicine and Medicine Meaning. From modern medicine, it also contains a large amount of vitamin B 1, so it is also suitable for beriberi patients. Eating cornus is a common seasoning in South China. It is warm in nature, bitter and pungent in taste, and has the effect of warming the middle and drying dampness. According to previous experience, beriberi patients should eat it. For example, "Dietotherapy Materia Medica" once said: "Treating athlete's foot and rushing to the heart: eat cornus and ginger and drink it." Fennel is warm and pungent, which can warm and disperse cold and dampness. According to previous experience, both dry beriberi and wet beriberi should be eaten. For example, there is a record of fennel "treating dry and wet beriberi" in "Rihuazi Herbal Medicine". It is also said that it can "treat beriberi" in "Medicinal Solution of Jade Sorbus" and "Diet Spectrum of Living with Interest". Therefore, people suffering from beriberi often use fennel as seasoning food, which is the most suitable. Anise is one of the commonly used ingredients of spiced powder. Warm in nature and sweet in taste, it can warm yang and dispel cold. According to previous experience, people with beriberi should eat it. For example, Chen Jiamo, a physician in the Ming Dynasty, called it "trunk, wet beriberi". There is also a record of anise "relaxing muscles and removing athlete's foot" in the Compilation of Medical Forest. Qing Huanggong embroidery also said: "Dry and wet beriberi are effective." Therefore, it is quite appropriate for beriberi patients to eat some spiced powder containing anise and fennel. Corn silk is flat and sweet, which can benefit water and release heat. Hebei Medicinal Materials also says that it "treats edematous beriberi". The Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine also thinks that corn beard can "cure beriberi". Therefore, all beriberi patients should eat it. In addition, patients with beriberi should often eat millet, corn, sorghum, flour, buckwheat flour, rice, walnuts, sunflower seeds, milk, pig heart, pig liver, lean pork, kidney, beef liver, sheep liver, chicken liver, chicken heart, duck liver, eel, kelp, Chinese cabbage, potato, day lily, edamame, etc.