Healing Cuisine Encyclopedia

Author: Lin Caisheng / Yu Qing / Yang Rensong (editors)
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book selects 177 commonly used household foods. For each selected food, it provides detailed explanations of its origin and botanical classification, naming and source, synonyms and origin, properties, meridian tropism, main indications, efficacy, nutritional composition, and main pharmacological effects. Additionally, it includes effective prescription formulas, dietary therapy methods, summaries of ancient literature, dosage and usage, and precautions. The healing formulas selected in the book belong to household or disease prevention and treatment experience methods, with some also being commonly used clinical formulas in traditional Chinese medicine. They have good efficacy for some common and chronic diseases and are free of side effects. However, they only represent a small part of traditional Chinese medicine treatment and are not exhaustive. The purpose of the authors in compiling these formulas is to guide people on the path to health and longevity by reasonably combining and consuming the 177 selected foods, starting from the basics, maximizing the absorption of their nutritional components, and leveraging their medicinal effects. This approach aims to prevent nutritional loss caused by improper food combinations, thereby helping to prevent and assist in the treatment of diseases.