Collection of Health-Preserving Prescriptions with the Same Source of Medicine and Food

This book is divided into three parts: general introduction, health-preserving prescriptions with the same source of medicine and food, and appendices. The general introduction focuses on the concept, content, types, development history, basic theory, prescription principles of health-preserving prescriptions with the same source of medicine and food, as well as their relationship with traditional Chinese medicine for disease prevention and modern nutrition. The section on health-preserving prescriptions with homologous origin of medicines and foods focuses on introducing the specified catalog of homologous medicinal and food sources and traditional Chinese medicines in some new resource foods. It elaborates on the distribution of nature and taste, functions and indications, efficacy of food and medicine, and key health-preserving prescriptions. The compilation of this book is based on the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine theory, highlighting the characteristics of health-preserving prescriptions with the same origin of medicine and food in terms of health care and disease prevention and treatment. It can provide a brief and systematic reference for the majority of TCM enthusiasts, TCM health management workers and TCM clinical workers to learn the health-preserving prescriptions with the same origin of medicine and food.