Dietary Therapy: Medicinal Flowers

Author: Li Zhenqiong
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: Fresh flowers are vibrant and colorful, serving as both ornamental plants for appreciation and medicinal herbs for disease prevention and treatment. For thousands of years, many types of flowers have been used as medicinal herbs in medical books or clinical prescriptions. This book was compiled by the author to popularize the medicinal knowledge of flowers, referencing relevant books and literature, and is intended as a reference for readers in preventing and treating diseases. The book consists of three chapters:
Chapter 1: Basic Knowledge of Diet.
Chapter 2: Medicinal Flowers. It selects and describes 101 common medicinal flowers in China. Each flower is written from aspects such as alias, origin, collection and processing, characteristics, chemical composition, taste, efficacy, main indications, practical prescriptions, pharmacological effects, and literature references. The book focuses on practical prescriptions, which helps the public choose flower-based treatments according to symptoms in clinical practice, thereby improving the efficacy of flower-based therapies.
Chapter 3: Flower-Based Treatments for Common Diseases. It lists 90 common diseases, each accompanied by one or more flower-based prescriptions for clinical use.