Health and Wellness Manual for Middle-Aged and Elderly People: Diet Therapy and Medicinal Cuisine

Author: Wu Dingkun
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book is a health guide for middle-aged and elderly people on applying dietary therapy and medicinal diet for self-care, health preservation, and prevention of common diseases. The book is rich in content, strong in practicality, scientific basis, and operability, with easy-to-understand language and a tabular format for convenient memorization and reference. It systematically introduces the theoretical foundation of dietary therapy and medicinal diet, the nutritional requirements and dietary principles for middle-aged and elderly people, dietary therapy and medicinal diet recipes for preventing common diseases, the properties, functions, and dietary effects of commonly used Chinese medicinal herbs and foods, seasonal health preservation, health care, and tonic medicinal diet. It also provides guidance on the preparation of dietary therapy and medicinal diet dishes, various medicinal diet recipes, herbal teas, herbal wines, medicinal porridge, vegetarian dishes, floral dishes, and dietary therapy for 33 common diseases. The dietary therapy and medicinal diet recipes introduced in the book can be prepared at home and applied according to the principle of syndrome differentiation and body constitution. This book can also serve as a textbook, reference material, and reading material for enthusiasts of dietary therapy and medicinal diet, as well as for healthcare professionals.