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1 Sponsored by China Now Jointly hosted by: - Ming-Ai (London) Institute - The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the UK - The Good Earth Group 1

2 This is the fourth of the 9-Series Traditional Chinese Medicine Workshop which is sponsored by "China Now 時代中國. The workshop content was prepared by the speaker who hold its ownership and copyright. Ming-Ai (London) Institute accepts no liability for any damages or losses arising from the use of this document or its contents. 2

3 Tuesday, 3 June 2008 Chinese Medicated Diet By Dr Kaichun Zhao 藥膳 趙凱存醫師 3

4 Human Health and Food Long history in recognising the close relations of human health to daily food. The Yellow Emperor s Internal Classic ( 黄帝内经 ) Shennong s Herbal Classic ( 神农本草经 ) Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases ( 伤寒论 ) Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang ( 备急千金要方 ) Special chapter for medicated diet (Vol.26) 4

5 Health in Chinese Medicine Yin Yang and Qi Blood Yin and Yang balance ( 阴平阳秘 ) Qi and blood free movement ( 气血流通 ) Zang and Fu Zang: heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney Fu: small intestine, gallbladder, stomach, large intestine, bladder Zang Fu co-ordinate in order ( 脏腑协调有序 ) Zang is fully nourished ( 脏要充盈 ) Fu is without accumulations ( 腑须无积 ) 5

6 Diseases in Chinese Medicine External Pathogens Temperature Weather Food Internal Pathogens Emotion Physiological development 6

7 Food in Human Health The Role of Medicated Diet in Human Health If don t know the appropriateness of food, there will be no health ( 不知食宜者, 不足以存生也 ) Appropriate food can eliminate pathogens and settle the Zang-Fu, sooth the mind and smooth the emotion, supplement and nourish the Qi and blood ( 食能排邪而安脏腑, 悦神爽志, 以资血气 ) Seek medicine treatment if medicated diet failed ( 食疗不愈, 然后命药 ) Simiao Sun: <Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang>, Vol 26 7

8 Medicated Diet Properties of Medicated Diet Four natures: cold, cool, warm, hot Five flavours: sweet, sour, bitter, pungent, salty Channel tropism (affected Zang-Fu system) Medicated Diet Recipe (Formula) A prescription of medicated diet for certain therapeutic purpose Medicated diet Medicinal herbs Flavourings or condiments Sweet, sour, warm; large intestine, stomach; moisten intestine, promote blood circulation Sweet, bitter, cool; stomach, liver; lower blood pressure, clear heat Pungent, cool; lung, stomach; relieve fullness, eliminate phlegm 8

9 Medicated Diet Preparation Forms of Medicated Diet Recipe Fresh juice Tea Decoction Medicated wine Gruel Syrup (honey extract) Cake Dishes Soup Soup of angelica ginger lamb ( 当归生姜羊肉汤 ) Qiuli Gao (Pear syrup): contain Shengdi, Gegen, Radish, Maidong, lotus root, Beimu, Baimaogen, honey ( 生地 葛根 萝卜 麦冬 鲜藕 贝母 蜂蜜 白茅根 ) 9

10 How and What to Take Understanding Your Body Conditions TCM diagnosis Differentiation of Yin-Yang, cold-heat, deficientexcessive, exterior-interior Differentiation of Zang-Fu, Qi and blood Understanding the Environment Seasons Geometric regions 10

11 How and What to Take General Principles For deficient, use tonic diet For excessive, use clearing and reducing diet For cold, use warm/hot diet For heat, use cold diet Spring, use food with light taste and dispersing activity, eg. Wheat, Chinese date, Douchi (fermented bean), spring onion, coriander Summer, used food with sweet and cold properties, eg. Mung bean, water melon, Wax ground (winter melon). Autumn, use food with Yin tonifying and moisten activities, eg. Baihe (lily bulb), lotus seeds, Shanyao (Chinese yam), sesame, honey. Winter, use warm and tonifying food, eg. beef, lamb, Chinese date, Guiyuan, Lizhi. 11

12 Common Medicated Diet Food Name Properties Effects Polished Round- Grained Rice 粳米 / 糯米 Sweet, neutral/warm; spleen, stomach Tonify Qi,Strengthen spleen/stomach, calm irritability, reduce diarrhea Wheat 小麦 Sweet, cool; heart, spleen, kidney Nourish heart/kidney, clear heat, reduce irritability Chinese sorghum 高粱 Sweet, warm; spleen stomach Strengthen spleen, improve digestion, reduce diarrhea Mung bean 绿豆 Sweet, cold; heart, stomach Clear heat, detoxify, diuretic, relieve irritability, dysentery Black sesame 黑芝麻 Sweet, neutral; liver, kidney Tonify liver/kidney, relieve dizziness, constipation Yellow bean 黄豆 Sweet, neutral; spleen, large intestine Strengthen spleen, detoxify, relieve dysentery, enteritis, sore throat and mouth ulcers 12

13 Common Medicated Diet Food Name Properties Effects Water melon 西瓜 Howthorn fruit 山楂 Carrot 胡萝卜 Pork 猪肉 Lamb 羊肉 Sweet, cold; heart, stomach, bladder Sour, sweet, slightly warm; spleen, stomach, liver Sweet, neutral; lung, spleen Sweet, salty, neutral; spleen, stomach, kidney Sweet, warm; spleen, kidney Clear heat, diuretic, relieve dryness, thirsty, sore throat, constipation and urinary infection Improve digestion, promote blood circulation, reduce dysentery, stomach fullness, blood pressure Strengthen spleen, remove stagnation, relieve cough, chronic dysentery Tonify kidney/blood, supplement Yin, moisten dryness Tonify Qi, treat abdominal cold pain, weak back/knee, stomach cold 13

14 Common Medicated Diet Some traditional Chinese herbal medicines are frequently used as medicated diet: Tonics: Renshen, huangqi, dangshen, fuling, gancao, danggui, dihuang, huangjing, shanyu, gouqi, longyanrou, Roucongrong Others: Juhua, yinhua, shanzha, lugen 14

15 Recipe For Strengthening Qi Soup of Ginseng and Lotus Seed Soak in appropriate amount of water and steam for 1 hour Drink the soup, twice a day For lassitude, general weakness, spontaneous sweating, diarrhea, poor appetite. 1. Rensheng 10g 2. Lotus seed 10pcs 3. Crystal sugar 30g 15

16 Recipe for Supplementing Blood Thick Soup of lamb with Chinese Angelica Root Collect the herbs into a bag and tie up the opening. Put lamb and other condiments together with appropriate amount of water and salt, bring it to boiling with strong fire and then stew with mild fire until the meat is done properly. Weakness after illness or delivery, abdominal cold pain, metrorrhagia, metrostaxis, anemia 1. Lamb 200g 2. Danggui 15g 3. Huangqi 25g 4. Dangshen 25g 5. Appropriate amounts of spring onion, fresh ginger, cooking wine. 16

17 Recipe for Supplementing Yin Gruel with Dogwood Fruit ( 山萸肉 ) Put clean dogwood fruit together with rice in a earthenware pot to make gruel, add appropriate amount of sugar just before the gruel is ready. Take twice a day, 3-5 days as a course. Strengthen liver and kidney Yin /essence, arrest excessive sweating, relieve dizziness, tinnitus, sore lower back, frequent urination. 1. Shanyu 15-20g 2. Rice 60g 3. Appropriate amount of sugar 17

18 Recipe for Prolonging Life Soft Extraction of Jade ( 琼玉膏 ) Grind Renshen and Fuling into fine powder, pound Dihuang to obtain juice, mix the herb powder, juice and honey thoroughly. Put the mixture into a jar and seal it with layers of paper. Put the jar in a deep pan with appropriate water, bring the water to boiling and then using mild fire to stew it for 3 days. Seal the jar properly with wax and soak it in cold water for 10 days. As before, boiling the jar for another day, then it is ready for use. One spoon a time, twice a day. Tonify Qi, blood and essence, promote generation of marrow. From Yin Shan Zheng Yao 饮膳正要 1. Renshen 120g 2. Rehmannia root juice (Dihuang) 800g 3. Fuling 245g 4. Honey 500g 18

19 Medicated Diet for Some Diseases Disease Diet Recipes Hypertension Hawthorn fruit 山楂, chrysanthemum flower 菊花, sophora flower 槐花, celery 芹菜, onion 洋葱, corn stigma 玉米须, green tea 绿茶 Chronic bronchitis Apricot kernel 杏仁, water chestnut 荸荠, lily bulb 百合, honey, pear, white radish, lotus root, walnut kernel, tangerine peel 1. Tea of Hawthorn fruit 12g, chrysanthemum flower 9g. 2. Decoction of Hawthorn fruit 15g and cassia seed 决明子 15g 1. Chuan fritillary bulb 川贝母 6g, lily bulb 15g, water chestnut 30g, pear 1-2 pcs, sugar, steamed together. 2. Water chestnut, white radish, lotus root 250g each, pear 500g, pounded to make juice, add honey 250g. Take 30 ml each time. 19

20 Medicated Diet for Some Diseases Disease Diet Recipes Stomach ache Tangerine peel, white radish, fruit citron 枳壳,finger citron 佛手, ginger 1. Gruel made from rice 100g with decoction of amomum fruit 3g, tangerine peel 6g, fruit citron 6g, finger citron 6g (for stagnated type) Chronic enteritis Rosted ginger, Chinese yam, hyacinth bean 扁豆, Poria, Job s-tears seed 薏苡仁, euryale seed 芡实, lotus seed 1. Gruel made of Chinese yam, euryale seed, lotus seed, hyacinth bean, Job s-tears seed 15g each, Chinese date 10 pcs, rice 75g. Take twice a day. Diabetes Chinese yam, mulberry, dogwood fruit 山萸肉, corn stigma 1. Gruel made of Dihuang juice and rice. 2. Gruel prepared with Tianmendong 30g and rice 60g. 3. Gruel made of Chinese yam, Longyanrou, lizhi, wuweizi and rice. 20

21 Counter-Interactions There is a few counter-interactions recorded Renshen to Radish Black plum (Wumei), huanglian, jiegeng to pork 21

22 Best wishes for your health! Thank you! 22