药食同源（Homology between medicine and food）.doc

药食同源（Homology between medicine and food） Medicine, food and the same origin -- cereals and health Sichuan Provincial Peoples Hospital of Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences; Li Kun [Abstract] in the medical works of the past dynasties there was the saying that medicine and food are homologous and medicine and food have the same origin. The cereal grains are dominant in the diet structure of our country, but have not been paid attention to. In this paper, the nutritional structure and health effects of cereals are summarized and summarized. [Key words] medicine and food are homologous In the diet regimen, medicine and food homology is the basic principle, that is to say, the theory of guiding the use of medicine and food is completely consistent. The basic principle of diet regimen is consistent with that of Chinese herbal medicine in treating diseases. [1]. In the Yellow Emperor big prime wrote fasting eat the food, with food for the drugs, basic questions, seventieth kinds of Wuchang Zheng also discussed drinking and drugs and not drug Sibu, the food and drug has the same curative effect, two homology, and the Yellow Emperor also wrote medicine and food are the same, there are cold, hot, warm and cool and sour, bitter, sweet, pungent and salty taste,. [2]. Our diet consists mainly of grain, meat, fruit, vegetables, and grain in the diet accounted for a very important part, in the Yellow Emperor. Besides there is grain for the argument to raise, although with the improvement of living standards, people have more and more attention to health, to buy all kinds of all kinds of nutrition but ignore the daily must eat whole grains, and grain is one of our true health. Cereals, including cereals, beans, potatoes and other three categories. The nutritional structure and health effects of cereals are summarized and summarized below: 1, the nutritional structure of cereals 1.1 Cereals Cereals including rice, glutinous rice, millet, barley, wheat, oats, corn and so on, is the