Chinese medicated diet

Two Types of Medicated Diet

Dietetic Chinese Herbs:

Also known as "edible Chinese herb," "dietetic materia medica," or "medicinal foods," dietetic Chinese herbs refer to drink and food, which can be used either for prevention and cure of diseases, or for health care and recovery.

Dietetic Chinese herbs of this type include cereals, fruits, nuts, vegetables, seasonings, birds and animals, aquatic products and so on.

Medicated diet for dietetic therapy:

It is a diet made from beneficial drugs, food, and condiments. Concretely speaking, medicated diet can be prepared either from edible Chinese drugs alone, or from Chinese crude drugs and food according to certain prescriptions, by processing and cooking.

In light of its form and process, medicated diet can be divided into ten kinds: fresh juice, medicated tea, drink, medicated wine, decoction (liquid extract of a material via boiling), medicated gruel, honey extract, medicated cake, medicated pancake, and soups.