Gold-Tier Herbal Cuisine: Herbal Cuisine for Common Illnesses

Author: Peng Mingquan
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Chinese medicinal diet therapy has a long history, with records of food therapy dating back to the Shang Dynasty. Over thousands of years, through the continuous exploration and practice of millions of people, food therapy, dietary treatment, and dietary supplementation have been constantly developed and refined. Books summarizing the positive and negative experiences of medicinal diet therapy have been published, becoming a valuable part of China's ancient cultural heritage. Due to various reasons, this treasure has long been neglected and lacked the necessary exploration, organization, and summary. Many materials have been lost or scattered due to their age, which has also made the work of organizing and exploring more challenging. Since 1980, when the author pioneered the Chengdu Tongren Tang medicinal diet restaurant, attention has been paid to summarizing practices while widely collecting relevant materials and reviewing ancient texts, combining the inheritance of heritage with development and improvement. This led to the compilation of "Medicinal Diet Therapy for Common Diseases." The book focuses on introducing medicinal diet recipes, efficacy, preparation methods, dietary practices, analysis, and suitability for conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, liver diseases, coronary heart disease, lung diseases, kidney-yin deficiency with impotence, gastrointestinal diseases, cancer, rheumatism, and menopausal syndrome. This book emphasizes both knowledge and practicality, with clear highlights, easy-to-understand explanations, and a popular and accessible style. It contains the rich connotations of the treasure trove of traditional medicine while also serving as a popular book to promote medicinal diet therapy. The entire book is systematic, coherent, scientific, and widely applicable, with very rich content. It is also worth specially noting that protected wildlife and plants should be protected and should not be consumed at will. Medicinal materials that require processing should be purchased from traditional Chinese medicine stores that have been properly prepared before use. When consuming medicinal diet therapy, with the guidance of a physician, the effect of syndrome differentiation and dietary therapy can be achieved even better. This book is suitable for general family members, health care workers, medical personnel, patients, medicinal diet therapy enthusiasts, as well as people from various industries engaged in daily work and labor.