Research On The Characteristics Of Medicated Diet Prescriptions In The Northern Song Dynasty

Objective The progress of social economy makes people pursue higher life quality on the basis of food and clothing.All sorts of drawbacks resulting from fast pace lifestyle make people aware of the importance of keeping in good health.As the most important part in life,diets become the pointcut of life cultivation,having been paid more and more attention.The paper tries to study the prescriptions of medicated diet from official compiled formulary and medical records in the Northern Song Dynasty to make analysis on the characteristics of the ingredients,and compatible regularity,so that to summarize the therapeutic experience of the Northern Song Dynasty,thus to guide modern people’s dietary regimen.Methods From the Full Records of Food Therapy Recipes of TCM,combined with the books included in Ancient Book Databases,to trace books related on dietary regimens in Northern Song Dynasty.According to the exclusion and inclusion criteria,the author finally selected Taiping Royal Prescriptions(Taiping Shenghui Fang),General Medical Collection of Royal Benevolence(Shengji Zonglu),and Filial Care of the Elderly(Yanglao Fengqin Shu)as the primary objectives,and Classified Materia Medica(Zhenglei Bencao),Records of Life Cultivation(Baosheng Yaolu),Formulary of Peaceful Benevolent Dispensary(Heji Jufang)as the secondary objectives.Medicated diet information databases were established in Excel,and frequency statistics and extreme value analysis were integrated to make statistical analysis on the medicated diet prescriptions in Taiping Shenghui Fang,Shengji Zonglu,and Yanglao Fengqin Shu based on the disease branches.The number of medicated diet prescriptions in each disease branch,the number and frequency of food materials,the dosage forms and compatibility pattern of food and medicinal materials were analyzed respectively in the above three books,and the frequency of food materials,dosage forms and compatibility pattern were generally analyzed in Zhenglei Bencao,Baosheng Yaolu,and Heji Jufang.Results A total of 318 prescriptions of medicated diet were recorded in Taiping Shenghui Fang,which can be divided into internal medicine,external medicine,gynecology,pediatrics,ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology,and health care six departments;302 medicated diet prescriptions were recorded in Shengji Zonglu,covering internal medicine,external medicine,gynecology,pediatrics,and ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology five branches,162 medicated diet prescriptions were recorded in Yanglao Fengqin Shu,including internal medicine,external medicine,and ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology three departments,and 34 medicated diet prescriptions were recorded in Zhenglei Bencao,Baosheng Yaolu,and Heji Jufang.Most medicated diet prescriptions were used to treat internal diseases,including diseases of the heart,lung,spleen,liver and gallbladder,kidney,qi-blood and body channels and collaterals,among which many were for stroke,consumptive disease and diabetes.Prescriptions for external disease were mainly on hemorrhoids.For gynecologic disease,medicated diet prescriptions were mainly for prenatal and postpartum diseases.Pediatric medicated diet focused on tonifying the deficiency,and most medicated diet prescriptions for five sense organs were for eye diseases and ear diseases.A total of 106 kinds of food materials were used in these books,among which rice,flour,bean sauce,green onion,chicken,and mutton got high frequency.On the varieties of food ingredients,grains are widely used as the majority,followed by livestock and poultry meats and vegetables.In terms of dosage form,a total of 33 kinds were used,both commonly used ones such as porridge,soup,drinks and special ones such as huo(bouillon),botun(soup noodles),qizi(flour dices).Eight ways of combination were used,which are vegan,pure non-vegetarian,meaty-vegan,food materials combined with tonic medicine,food materials combined with warm medicine,food materials with heat clearing medicine,food materials with medicine of resolving phlegm and removing dampness,and food materials with medicine of activating blood to remove stasis.The proportion of three kinds of food materials compatibility is evenly,characterized by balanced nutrition and light diet.On the combination of food materials and medicine materials,food materials and tonic medicine and food materials and medicine of resolving phlegm and removing dampness are more often used than the othersConclusion 1.Food ingredients are diverse and various,japonica rice and white flour are used as staple food,and bean sauce is widely applied.2.Liquid or semi-liquid dosage forms such as porridge,soup and decoction are widely used,contributing to the full absorption of nutrition.3.The combination of food materials are light and tonic,while food and medicine combinations prefer medicine with the features of reinforcing and removing phlegm and dampness.4.Most medicated diet prescriptions are simple and efficient,typical ones can be selected to treat modern diseases as supplement.