This book contains more than 120 types of food with therapeutic effects, divided into cereals, vegetables, meats, aquatic products, fruits, and other categories. It contains more than 80 kinds of traditional Chinese medicines for both medicinal and food purposes. According to their functions, they are divided into external medicines, heat-clearing medicines, wind-removing and dampness-removing medicines, temperature-regulating and internal medicines, digestion medicines, blood-activating and hemostatic medicines, phlegm-relieving, cough-relieving and asthmatic medicines, deficiency-tonifying medicines, astringent-reducing medicines, and other medicines.
The alias, origin, meridian distribution of nature and flavor, efficacy and indications, suitable and contraindicated groups, dietary precautions, health care recipes, etc. Of each variety are listed in categories. It is also equipped with color pictures of ingredients and medicinal materials, and pictures of the original plants for most plant varieties. This book is suitable for reference reading by professional doctors of traditional Chinese medicine, nutritionists, enthusiasts of diet therapy and traditional Chinese medicine, and people who are concerned about health.
