Concept of Food Treatment Warming the Person with Thin Body by Qi and Tonifying the Person with Little Essence by Flavor
BIAN Di
Abstract：In the book of Su Wen Yin Yang Ying Xiang Da Lun Argumentation between Yin and Yang in Plain Questions,it is stated that "the emaciated patients must be treated with qi-tonifying methods and the patients who suffer from insufficient essence of life must be treated with supplementing essence by five flavors."Although the interpretations of the later therapists on it were quite different,they were all from the perspective of the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine.This article started with dietary regimen and food therapy on the basis of the theory of drugs and food homology,aimed at giving a complementary interpretation on " inadequate shape and essence"," qi-tonifying" and " supplementing tastes" from different angles.The study will possess reference significance of TCM clinic on the physical improvement of the sub-health constitution caused by inadequate shape and essence and prevention and control of chronic diseases caused by sub-health constitution.
Keywords：Food Qi and TasteConstitutionDiet Therapy
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 40-41 )