Department of Pharmacy, Baotou Medical College, Baotou 014040, China
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hohhot 010020, China
Inner Mongolia Traditional Chinese & Mongolian Medical Research Institute, Hohhot 010010, China
Department of Mongolia Medicine Study, International School of Mongolian Medicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 999097-15141, Mongolia
Ningcheng County Traditional Chinese and Mongolian Medicine Hospital, Chifeng 024000, China
†Hui Niu and Aruhan contributed equally to this work.
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(1) By analyzing the medicinal plants and therapeutic dietary recipes in the classic ancient book Yinshan Zhengyao, inspiration and basis are provided for the development and utilization of medicinal and food homology products.
(2) Yinshan Zhengyao encompasses a rich array of medicinal plants and diverse therapeutic dietary recipes, facilitating the diversified development of medicinal and food homology products.
(3) Advocating for the integration of empirical formulas from Yinshan Zhengyao with modern scientific methods to propel the modernization of medicinal and food homology products.
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Yinshan Zhengyao covers 174 species of medicinal plants belonging to 55 families and 111 genera. The book emphasizes the importance of health preservation, dietary precautions, and maternal and child healthcare, aiming at preventing diseases before they occur. The book includes 237 recipes. The effectiveness of these recipes can be broadly categorized into regulating digestive, respiratory, endocrine, and nervous system functions, as well as providing protective and regulatory effects on various organs. These recipes are presented in various medicinal food forms such as porridge, thick soup, broth, paste, decoction, medicinal wine, noodles, dishes, and cooked wheaten food. However, most of these formulas are summaries of past experiences and require further validation of their material basis and therapeutic mechanisms through modern scientific methods.
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Yinshan Zhengyao stands as a classic in health preservation, gathering the principles of the homology of food and medicine. The book is divided into three volumes, emphasizing the significance of food in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases and health management. The book’s overall content predominantly comprises theories, prescriptions, and Materia Medica of Food, encompassing 237 prescriptions involving 174 medicinal plants from 55 families and 111 genera. The therapeutic effects of these dietary formulas can be divided into regulating the digestive, respiratory, endocrine, and nervous systems, possessing anti-aging properties, and safeguarding our body’s organs, presented in a diverse array of forms, including porridge, clear soups, hearty broths, pastes, decoctions, wines, noodles, vegetables with dishes, and cooked wheaten food. Yinshan Zhengyao showcases the significant role of the concept of medicinal and edible homology in traditional Chinese medicine culture. It provides practical experiences from ancient wisdom, offering a valuable resource for people to understand and apply the ancient Chinese wisdom of the homology of food and medicine.
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