Handbook of Common Diseases and Food Therapy

Author: Lu Jun
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: Food has a tremendous impact on human health. This book points out that by appropriately selecting daily fruits, vegetables, shellfish, and fish in your diet, you can help combat, prevent, and treat various illnesses, small or large. In short, it helps you eat correctly and healthily.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: The Source of Food Therapy and Healing
1. Concept of Food Therapy
2. Why Food Can Cure Illnesses
3. Therapeutic Effects of Food
4. The Relationship Between the Five Flavors of Food and Food Therapy
5. The Nature and Flavor of Food
6. Meridian Tropism of Food
7. Differentiating and Feeding According to Patterns
8. Holistic View of Food Therapy
9. Principles of TCM Food Therapy
10. Contraindications of Food Combinations
Chapter 2: Common Food and Medicinal Contraindications
1. Common Grains and Their Medicinal Contraindications
2. Medicinal Contraindications of Common Beans
3. Medicinal Contraindications of Common Fruits
4. Medicinal Contraindications of Common Vegetables
5. Medicinal Contraindications of Common Livestock and Poultry
6. Medicinal Contraindications of Common Aquatic Products
7. Medicinal Contraindications of Common Chinese Medicinal Herbs
Chapter 3: Dietary Contraindications in Daily Life
1. Overeating Leads to Harm
2. Avoid Overeating When Very Hungry and Overdrinking When Very Thirsty
3. Forcing Food Hurts the Spleen and Stomach
4. Moderation in Eating and Drinking
5. Reducing Food for Weight Loss Benefits Longevity
6. Eat at Appropriate Times, Do Not Eat Arbitrarily
7. Early Breakfast, Full Lunch, Light Dinner
8. Avoid Burning Lips from Hot Food and Freezing Teeth from Cold Food
9. A Happy Stomach and a Content Spleen
10. Eat Slowly and Gently, Do Not Eat Roughly
Chapter 4: Food Therapy for Common Internal Diseases
1. Colds and Influenza
1. Wind-Cold Cold
2. Wind-Heat Cold
3. Summer-Damp Cold
4. Influenza
2. Heatstroke
3. Headache
4. Acute Bronchitis
5. Chronic Bronchitis
6. Asthma
7. Bronchiectasis
8. Pneumonia
9. Emphysema
10. Tuberculosis
Chapter 5: Food Therapy for Common Surgical Diseases
1. Erysipelas
2. Hemorrhoids
3. Furuncle Disease
Chapter 6: Food Therapy for Common Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology Diseases
1. Conjunctivitis
2. Glaucoma
3. Night Blindness
4. Cataracts
5. Myopia
6. Rhinitis
7. Epistaxis
8. Chronic Pharyngitis
Chapter 7: Food Therapy for Common Urology Diseases
1. Premature Ejaculation
2. Nocturnal Emission
3. Anejaculation
4. Impotence
5. Male Infertility
6. Male Menopause Syndrome
Chapter 8: Food Therapy for Common Gynecology Diseases
1. Irregular Menstruation
2. Dysmenorrhea
3. Leukorrhea
4. Functional Uterine Bleeding
5. Vulvar Itching
6. Uterine Prolapse
7. Nausea During Pregnancy
Chapter 9: Food Therapy for Common Pediatrics Diseases
1. Enuresis in Children
2. Night Waking in Children
3. Anorexia in Children
4. Hyperactivity in Children
5. Summer Heat in Children
6. Diarrhea in Children