Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases: Seasonal Medicinal Diet by Peng Mingquan: Essence of Seasonal Medicinal Diet

Author: Peng Mingquan
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Spring weather is warm, it is advisable to eat wheat to cool it down, avoiding excessive warmth. Avoid warm food and drinks, as well as warm clothing. Summer weather is hot, it is advisable to eat soybeans to cool it down, avoiding excessive heat. Avoid warm food and drinks, overeating, and damp clothing. Autumn weather is dry, it is advisable to eat sesame to moisturize true dryness, avoiding cold food and drinks, as well as cold clothing. Winter weather is cold, it is advisable to eat millet to warm the body and combat the cold, avoiding hot food and drinks, as well as warm clothing.
Cardiovascular diseases not only have high mortality rates but also high disability rates, bringing much suffering and difficulty to patients and their families, as well as increasing financial burdens. For the country, they not only affect economic development but also bring many social issues. Traditional Chinese medicine dietary therapy is one of the methods for preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases. As long as medicinal diets are consumed reasonably, they can play a role in prevention and treatment.
Medicinal diet therapy primarily functions to promote blood circulation, resolve blood stasis, lower blood pressure, and reduce blood lipids. It can improve the function of the cardiovascular system, prevent platelet aggregation, and thrombosis. The medicinal diet recipes in this book include both ancient formulas and the author's innovations. Each recipe is scientifically formulated based on the properties, functions, and characteristics of the medicinal foods. Each dish and soup is accompanied by recipes, efficacy, and preparation methods, with detailed content. Following the recipes can yield good therapeutic effects.
The medicinal ingredients used in these dishes and soups can be purchased from traditional Chinese medicine pharmacies, while the auxiliary ingredients such as meat and vegetables are easily obtainable in the market. The preparation methods are straightforward, and readers can choose according to their own conditions and the diseases they suffer from.