A Study On Documentary Origins And Uses Of Traditional Chinese Medicines Commonly Adopted For Medicated Diet & Food Therapy Listed In Chinese Medicated Diet Dictionary And Full Recording Of Food Therapy Recipes Of The Traditional Chinese Medicine

Purpose: With a study made on the two books, namely Chinese Medicated Diet Dictionary andFull Recording of Food Therapy Recipes of the Traditional Chinese Medicine, by means ofdocument research and statistical methods, a calculation & analysis is conducted on thedocumentary origins of medicated diet and food therapy recipes, uses of traditional Chinesemedicines commonly adopted for medicated diet and food therapy, and compliance of medicated dietand food therapy containing compatible medicines with the rules that abstain from contraindicationfor the traditional Chinese medicines and a data base is thus provided for the establishment of amedicated diet and food therapy analysis & application software and a website.Method: Through a selection of 124 commonly used traditional Chinese medicines listed in ChineseMedicated Diet Dictionary as the common medicines adopted for medicated diet and food therapyunder this study, with all the medicated diet and food therapy recipes totaled up to 15,311 listed inChinese Medicated Diet Dictionary and Full Recording of Food Therapy Recipes of theTraditional Chinese Medicine entered entirely and making use of a data form established by aMicrosoft Excel software and by means of an Excel software and a recipe-containing traditionalChinese medicines frequency statistics 1.0 software, a study is made on the documentary originsof medicated diet and food therapy recipes listed in the two books said above, uses of the 124traditional Chinese medicines commonly adopted for medicated diet and food therapy, uses oftraditional Chinese medicines commonly adopted for the 17 categories of medicated diet recipes forbringing up to full vitality and invigorating the function of spleen and compliance of medicated dietand food therapy containing compatible medicines with the rules that abstain from contraindicationfor the traditional Chinese medicines.Result:①The medicated diet and food therapy recipes listed in the Chinese Medicated DietDictionary are originated from 577 ancient or modern books in various categories, the three of which that contain most of the recipes quoted from are Chinese Medicated Diet, the MedicatedDiet & Proved Recipes for Diseases and the Dietotherapy of Materia Medica, and the medicateddiet and food therapy recipes listed in the Full Recording of Food Therapy Recipes of theTraditional Chinese Medicine are originated from 530 ancient or modern books in variouscategories, the three of which that contain most of the recipes quoted from are Ingenious Diet toCure Tens of Diseases, Medicated Diet & Proved Recipes for diseases and the Dietotherapy ofMateria Medica.②The first five traditional Chinese medicines that are used most listed in theChinese Medicated Diet Dictionary are fructus jujubae (used for 400 times), fructus lycii (used for399 times), angelica sinensis (used for 390 times), dioscorea (used for 364 times) and liquorice (usedfor 285 times) and the first five traditional Chinese medicines that are used most listed in the FullRecording of Food Therapy Recipes of the Traditional Chinese Medicine are fructus jujubae(used for 396 times), dioscorea (used for 336 times), fructus lycii (used for 208 times), radix astragali(used for 177 times) and dried orangepeel (used for 172 times). The first nine traditional Chinesemedicines that are used most are all the same in both the books said above with only a slightdifference in their order of arrangement.③The 38 traditional Chinese medicines for medicateddiet listed in the Chinese Medicated Diet Dictionary have been used up to 4,200 times, each ofwhich is averaged to be used for 110.52 times and the 86 traditional Chinese medicines fornon-medicated diet listed in the Chinese Medicated Diet Dictionary have been used up to 5,237times, each of which is averaged to be used for 60.89 times. The 38 traditional Chinese medicinesfor medicated diet listed in the Full Recording of Food Therapy Recipes of the TraditionalChinese Medicine have been used up to 3,101 times, each of which is averaged to be used for 81.61times and the 86 traditional Chinese medicines for non-medicated diet listed in the Full Recordingof Food Therapy Recipes of the Traditional Chinese Medicine have been used up to 2,317 times,each of which is averaged to be used for 27.25 times.④The first three traditional Chinesemedicines used most in the 17 categories of medicated diets for bringing up to full vitality andinvigorating the function of spleen listed in Chinese Medicated Diet Dictionary are respectivelydescribed below: Those for bringing up to full vitality and invigorating the function of spleen aredioscorea (used for 128 times), radix astragali (used for 83 times) and fructus jujubae (used for 75times);Those for enriching the blood and adding nourishment are fructus lycii (used for 56 times),angelica sinensis (used for 37 times) and radix polygoni muItiflori (used for 23 times);Those forbringing up to full vitality and enriching the blood are fructus jujubae (used for 80 times), angelicasinensis (used for 73 times) and radix astragali (used for 70 times);Those for treating yin deficiency and promoting the secretion of saliva or body fluid are fructus lycii (used for 85 times), dioscorea(used for 59 times) and rehmannia glutinosa libosch (used for 31 times); Those for invigoratingyang and keeping in good health are fructus lycii (used for 72 times), cistanche deserticola YC Ma(used for 53 times) and eucommia ulmoides oliver (used for 39 times); Those for relievinguneasiness of body & mind and developing resourcefulness are dried longan pulp (used for 56 times),fructus jujubae (used for 43 times) and fructus lycii (used for 35 times);Those for whetting theappetite and digestion are crataegus cuneats sieb (used for 40 times), malt (used for 22 times) andmembrane of chicken gizzard (used for 19 times);Those for warming up the interior and dispellingthe internal cold are dried orangepeel (used for 32 times), cassia (used for 22 times) and fructusjujubae (used for 21 times); Those for regulating the flow of vital energy and assuaging the paincaused by functional disorder of various organs are dried orangepeel (used for 24 times), amomumvillosum (used for 12 times) and cyperus rotundus (used for 10 times);Those for invigorating thecirculation of blood and absorbing clots are angelica sinensis (used for 40 times), safflower (used for25 times) and crataegus cuneats sieb (used for 21 times);Those for repressing hyperactive liveryang are chrysanthemum (used for 27 times), gastrodia elata (used for 27 times) and fructus lycii(used for 9 times);Those for relieving exterior syndrome and dispersing pathogenic factors arepeppermint (used for 31 times), chrysanthemum (used for 28 times) and liquorice (used for 24times);Those for removing the phlegm and relieving a cough are lily (used for 22 times),tendril-leaved fritillary bulb (used for 21 times) and fructus jujubae (used for 16 times);Those forrelieving internal heat or fever and detoxification are liquorice (used for 62 times), ophiopogonjaponicus (used for 54 times) and chrysanthemum (used for 39 times);Those for relieving rheumaticpains and removing dampness are angelica sinensis (used for 136 times), ligusticum chuanxiong hort(used for 131 times) and eucommia ulmoides (used for 118 times); Those for promoting diuresis andsubsiding swelling are semen coicis (used for 19 times), fructus jujubae (used for 18 times) and poriacocos (used for 9 times);Those for looseing the bowel to relieve constipation are lily (used for 22times), tendril-leaved fritillary bulb (used for 21 times) and fructus jujubae (used for 16 times);⑤Those categories of traditional Chinese medicines that are more used in the 17 categories ofmedicated diet for bringing up to full vitality and invigorating the function of spleen listed inChinese Medicated Diet Dictionary are respectively described below: Those for bringing up to fullvitality and invigorating the function of spleen include drugs for bringing up to full vitality,regulating the flow of vital energy, arresting discharge and damp-excreting; Those for enriching theblood and adding nourishment include haematic and drugs for bringing up to full vitality;Those for bringing up to full vitality and enriching the blood include drugs for bringing up to full vitality andhaematic; Those for treating yin deficiency and promoting the secretion of saliva or body fluidinclude haematic, drugs for bringing up to full vitality and yin tonic; Those for invigorating yang andkeeping in good health include Tang tonic and drugs for bringing up to full vitality;Those forrelieving uneasiness of body & mind and developing resourcefulness include haematic, sedativesand tranquilizers and drugs for bringing up to full vitality;Those for whetting the appetite anddigestion include drugs for whetting digestion and regulating the flow of vital energy;Those for warming up the interior and dispelling the internal cold include drugs for regulating theflow of vital energy and dispelling the internal cold;Those for regulating the flow of vital energy andassuaging the pain caused by functional disorder of various organs include drugs for regulating theflow of vital energy and dispelling the internal cold; Those for invigorating the circulation ofblood and absorbing clots include drugs for invigorating the circulation of blood and absorbing clotsand haematic; Those for repressing hyperactive liver yang include drugs for liver-regulating andtreating exterior disorders;Those for relieving exterior syndrome and dispersing pathogenic factorsinclude drugs for treating exterior syndromes;Those for removing the phlegm and relieving a coughinclude drugs for removing the phlegm & relieving a cough and bringing up to full vitality and yintonic;Those for relieving internal heat or fever and detoxification include drugs for treating exteriordisorders, heat-clearing and bringing up to full vitality;Those for relieving rheumatic pains andremoving dampness include drugs for invigorating the circulation of blood and absorbing clots anddispelling the internal cold;Those for promoting diuresis and subsiding swelling include drugs fordamp excreting and bringing up to full vitality; Those for looseninging the bowel to relieveconstipation include haematic and sedatives and tranquilizers;⑥Among the 14,842 medicated dietand food therapy recipes containing compatible medicines listed in the two books said above, thereare 11 cases of compatibility of medicines, which are in violation of the rules that abstain fromcontraindication for the medicated diet and food therapy recipes.Conclusion:①As seen from the documentary origins, most of the documents among them are bookspublished later in 1980's and a greater part of recipes are quoted from such 5 ancient books asTaiping shenghuifang (Peaceful Holy Benevolent Prescriptions written by Wang Huaiyin in theSong Dynasty);②Traditional Chinese medicines for medicated food are far more frequently usedthan those for non-medicated food;③Such drugs for bringing up to full vitality used in themedicated diet and food therapy recipes as tonics are those used most frequently among thetraditional Chinese medicines.④In the 17 categories of medicated diet, the traditional Chinese medicines used have basically effected a cure as required for the medicated diet and food therapyand a small number of such medicines as liquorice and fructus jujubae have played the role ofcoordination and harmony of the nature of drugs in the medicated diet;⑤Compatibility ofmedicines and their rules abstaining from contraindication for the medicated diet and food therapyhave been basically observed in the medicated diet and food therapy recipes with only a fewexceptions.⑥This study will have a certain instructive effect on the preparation of medicated dietand food therapy for athletes.⑦This study is intended to provide a data base for the establishmentof medicated diet and food therapy analysis & application software, a data bank and a website, andlay a reliable basis for the further study of the medicated diet and food therapy recipes.