Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Diet Therapy and Chinese Medicine

Author: Guan Peisheng
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The book is richly illustrated with nearly two hundred images of medicinal herbs and dishes, introducing over a hundred commonly used dietary therapy ingredients in daily life. It covers everything from name etymology, botanical classification, and ecological descriptions to taste, nature, functions, edible parts, active components, and dietary therapy values, providing detailed and precise information. Each dietary therapy ingredient is accompanied by selected dietary therapy recipes, briefly introducing the ingredients and their therapeutic effects, making it highly valuable for reference. The book explains how to closely align diet with seasons, environment, age, gender, and body constitution to achieve the best dietary therapy results. It also introduces the characteristics of foods and dietary therapy literature, helping readers further explore the path to health.
The author of this book is a renowned biologist and herbologist with in-depth knowledge and research in dietary therapy. The content cited in the book reflects the latest achievements in current dietary therapy research. Written by Professor Guan Peisheng, a leading expert in herbology and dietary therapy, the book primarily introduces the names and actual uses of medicinal herbs suitable for dietary therapy. It also describes the morphology of certain edible parts used in dietary therapy and their effects, along with selected dietary therapy recipes as examples.
This series of books is written by experts and divided into two categories: "Professional Series" and "Material Series." The former includes topics such as culinary techniques and food industry management, while the latter focuses on the introduction of food and materials.