Dietary Recommendations and Remedies for Common Childhood Illnesses

Author: Wu Baokang
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: This book is a highly practical and unique read on dietary and food therapy for common children's illnesses. Chapter 1: An Overview of Food Therapy introduces the basic knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine food therapy, including: what food therapy is, the nature and functions of foods, the compatibility of Chinese herbal medicine and food, principles of food formulation, basic principles of food therapy, raw materials for food therapy, cooking and seasoning of medicinal and edible dishes, dietary taboos, dietary recommendations for patients, etc. Chapter 2: Food Therapy for Brain Development and Intelligence Enhancement in Children introduces many food therapy methods that help improve children's learning efficiency and promote brain development. Chapter 3: Wonderful Food Therapy Recipes for Pediatric Illnesses includes an overview of various common pediatric illnesses, syndrome differentiation and dietary adjustment, dietary care precautions, recommended foods, foods to avoid, taboos of food therapy and medicinal food combination, and food therapy recipes. Target Audience: Family members of pediatric patients, medical staff, and nutritionists.