Recently, after the fourth episode of "the bite of China," the fourth episode of "the Chinese medicinal diet with food therapy" was broadcast, the topic of Chinese medicine and food was hotly debated. The experts believe that the medicine is the same origin, the health care health has a long history, should be scientific knowledge --

There is a basis for medicinal food

2018-03-05 Chinese traditional Chinese medicine 3 edition author: xu jing

Jujube yam cake tonic qi, yuzhu old duck soup nourishing Yin and dryness... The Chinese medicine, which appears in the Chinese pharmacopoeia, is also a dish for people.

"Ancient times many drugs derived from food, practice in the development of the ancient people distinguish between food and drugs is mainly based on its main function is different, the food must be safe and provide nutrition of the human body, drug is mainly used to treat diseases. Sometimes the boundary between the two is not clear, and some foods have therapeutic and health effects. "Said Yang rui, President of the China institute of medicinal food.

For some foods, there is no clear line between them and drugs. They are both food and medicine.

There is an official basis for drug feeding.

"The understanding of food function was gradual," Yang said. The first is non-toxic and edible, providing basic nutrition. Then, they found other functions of food -- treatment and health.

In our country, the understanding of the boundary between "medicine and food source" and the food medicine is a process from fuzzy to clear. In shennong times medicine and food, non-toxic people can be, poisonous people should avoid. With the accumulation of experience, medicinal food began to differentiate. After the use of fire, people began to eat cooked food, cooking processing technology gradually developed. At the same time the food and drug differentiation, the food therapy and the medicine also gradually distinguish.

Mary, many of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) after the spring and autumn period and the ancient books, such as the elbow backup nasty side in huangdi's internal classic "huang on the diet material medica feed the peaceful holy benevolence formulae, hong door" "drink board was" compendium of material medica compendium of material medica such food as food, have of discourse of "medicine and food items and diet food keeps a record of the drug. The word "medicinal food" appeared in the eastern han dynasty "the book of the han dynasty", should say Chinese medicine medicinal food science has a long history, rich content. Zhai huaqiang, a professor at Beijing university of traditional Chinese medicine, believes that the concept of "medicine and food homology" has long been integrated into Chinese blood, and is one of the important concepts of Chinese people's health.

The "medicinal food homologous" develops today, more standard. Mary thinks, launch of "medicine and food" items and management, reflect the "medicine and food items" is both the characteristics of the food, but different from ordinary food, its safety and usage is particularly important.

To this end, the national health and family planning commission has promulgated the "list of substances that are both food and medicine", "available for health food list" and "list of prohibited items for health food". In the list of items that are both food and medicine, there are 101 items, including cloves, sword bean, fennel, hawthorn, purslane, plum and papaya, which are both food and medicine.

It can be seen that the "medicinal food source" has the official basis and specifications, and the rumor of "pseudoscience" and "deception" on the Internet is unbreakable.

Diet should follow the doctor's advice.

Although there is a basis for "drug feeding", how should people choose to use it in the face of a wide variety of medicinal foods? To this, Yang rui gave a clear answer: "the medicine in the list should be used reasonably, the medicine that is outside the list should follow doctor's advice."

"Today, the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine medicinal food generally divided into two major categories of dietotherapy medicinal food and nourishment medicinal food, in principle, the former should be under the guidance of TCM doctor matching board, and recommended to the society of medicinal food is focused on safety guaranteed the latter." He said.

Yang pointed out that food and diet are not exactly the same, although they are all reflected in the thought of the same origin of medicine, but the diet is heavy in health care, and food therapy focuses on the treatment of diseases. Feeding does not need to follow the doctor's formula as strictly as the diet, nor does it require adherence to multiple courses of treatment.

Some people have misconceptions about medicinal diet therapy. Sometimes improper use of traditional Chinese medicine, blind pursuit of therapeutic effects, resulting in health damage.

In response to these phenomena, Yang said, "the origin of food medicine is not equal to the same sex, nor is it equal to the same work as the medicine. It's safe to eat a ton every day, which requires careful evaluation.

Chen kaixian, an academician at the Chinese academy of sciences and a researcher at the Shanghai institute of medicine, also believes that drug abuse can be used. Some people in the civil society have the wrong idea of health preservation, for example, it is good to think that licorice is good, and it is used to make tea for a long time. In fact, it can lead to decreased adrenal cortical function.

"Some medicinal materials have been processed in a formal manner, which can remove or reduce the toxic side effects, but the people do not necessarily know the correct processing method. In addition, the dosage of medicinal materials also has exquisite, overdose can produce side effect. If you don't have the characteristics of these traditional Chinese medicines, you will have the opposite effect. Chen kaixian said.

Chen also warned that the list released by the national health and family planning commission has been fully tested and verified, and that it should not be used to eat the medicinal materials that are not listed in the list. At the same time, even if the medicinal materials in the list should be used in the right way, these medicinal materials should be used for long-term consumption of the disease, whether they can achieve the goal of health maintenance and even cure, and also need the guidance of doctors.

Feeding should vary from person to person.

Many netizens said that after watching the documentary, their families picked up a notebook to record the food and drink in the film. Can the food producers shown in the documentary be used directly by the public?

In response to concerns, Yang said: "the diet is relatively safe. For example, people eat pears, papayas, mutton, ginger and other common foods. When using these articles to make medicinal food, it is more flexible, and people can use it according to their own tastes, and carry out daily maintenance.

Yang rui introduced that the food and medicinal diet in the three principles of the cause, because of the two aspects of the significant embodiment. "In terms of time, we would recommend what kind of food to eat and what kind of food to eat, different time orders have different feeding side. In the field of land, we recommend different regions according to regional differences, such as the south and the north.

Also pay attention to the "cold" and "cold" differences of food when taking food and medicine. The ancients will give food points according to the observed phenomena of some "fever", is "hot" summer ripe cherry, ripe pear is "cold", qiu dong the duck to eat all kinds of aquatic life, so their meat is cold sex, and mutton is warm, but the "properties" and different goats and sheep. "If you don't understand the compatibility, the 'cold temperature' will not be able to achieve the health care effect," Yang said.

When it comes to the collocation of food and drug compatibility, director of hospital of Beijing millennium monument regions Feng Xingzhong said: "food can devote cold, hot, warm, cool, at the same time, food, sour, bitter, sweet, bitter, salty taste can correspond to different organs of the body. Food is biased, so it needs to be matched in order to achieve better health outcomes.

Feng xingzhong pointed out that people are part of nature, and as the seasons change, the human body will also change. Therefore, people can choose flexibly according to their physical needs when feeding and feeding.

Yang rui also believes that the combination of food and food is more flexible, the people can match according to their tastes and preferences, and can also make old and young food and medicinal food at home. Before eating food have medicinal food, however, Mary also advice for his own body and the surrounding environment, the solar terms have a certain understanding, although the nourishment medicinal food safety guaranteed, but to reach the effect of preserve one's health of physical fitness, prevention of disease, to better understand their own body, can get twice the result with half the effort.