Grain and Bean Health Preservation

Author: Guo Ling et al.
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Publishing Date: 2005-10-01
Features: This book compiles information scattered across historical medical literature and current reports on health-preserving and health-enhancing foods, with the purpose of inheriting, promoting, organizing, and improving. It integrates research findings from ancient and modern times to create Gu Dou Za Lei Yang Sheng,. The book includes 128 types of foods (78 authentic and 50 supplementary) from categories such as grains, beans, vegetable oils, beverages, and seasonings. It provides detailed descriptions of these foods, including their synonyms, origins, properties, meridian tropism, efficacy, main indications, dosage, health-preserving and health-enhancing effects, classic health-preserving formulas, dietary taboos, and incompatibilities. Among them, the book collects over 2,600 practical and valuable ancient and modern health-preserving formulas.
It is especially important to remind readers that while traditional foods indeed have proven health-preserving and health-enhancing effects and are widely applicable, they should only be used as supplementary treatment methods. For critical conditions, it is essential to follow medical advice and use both Chinese and Western medications for treatment, rather than blindly applying the health-preserving formulas listed in this book for self-treatment. Additionally, readers should not lightly trust so-called "miraculous folk remedies" or "family secret recipes" found on the streets.