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Principles of rehabilitation with the diet Differentiating syndrome to decide the diet Different diets are selected for different syndromes. For example, in the case of the exterior syndrome of affection by exogenous wind and cold with the manifestations such as headache, nasal obstruction, aversion to cold, general pain, anhidrosis, warm and hot natured food such as shengjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens), CongBai (Bulbus Allii Fistulosi) and brown sugar should be selected and decocted for oral administration. Take it while the decoction is warm. Or minced garlic shredded with warm noodles, soup of coriander and soybean may be ingested to induce diaphoresis, relieve the exterior syndrome and expel cold. In the case of renal yang deficiency with the symptoms such as lassitude in loins and legs, cold limbs, aversion to cold, cramping sensation of the lower abdomen, frequent or unsmooth urination, diets of supplementing fire to remove yin should be selected such as dog meat, sparrow meat and mutton, or renal soup of a white sheep and chicken cooked with DongChongXiaCao (Cordyceps).
Differentiating disease to decide the diet Different diets also should be selected according to the differences of diseases on the basis of differentiating syndrome to decide the diet. For instance, in the case of palpitation, DangGui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) and Renshen (Radix Ginseng) May be selected to be cooked with the prk heart; in the case of night blindness, various animal livers may be decocted with Gouqizi (Fructus Lycii), Sangshenzi (Semen Mori), etc. for oral administration; the pork lung fried with sesame oil or soup of the pork lung may be used for cough due to pulmonary asthenia; bone marrow and cerebral marrow powder of the pig or gruel of Taoren (Semen persicae) may be selected form senile dementia; the pig pancreas may be selected for diabetes mellitus; more milk, etc. may be drunken for osteoporosis. |
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