CHINESE TRADITIONAL DIETOTHERAPY

Abstract

Human beings depend on natural food to sustain life generation after generation. Chinese traditional dietotherapy is also called Chinese traditional foodtherapy. The food therapy is an important part of Traditional Chinese Medicine, it not only nourishes and strengthens the body, but it can also prevent diseases and prolong life. Historical documents proved that food therapy was widely applied among the Chinese people as well as in the imperial court in China as early as 3,000 years ago. Now the soybean is considered as functional food by FDA of USA. It is very clear that the Chinese traditional food therapy depends on the functionality of natural food, and the vegetable is an important part of natural food. So many health functions of different vegetables are also substantiated by modern scientific research. In 21 th century, modern nutrition also submitted the new term Functional Food. It means that the dietary and nutritional factor has a very important role in the prevention of chronic non-infection diseases of the human being. So now we should combine the scientific knowledge from the Eastern traditional agricultural civilization and the Western modern industrial civilization. To dip, coordinate and develop the Chinese traditional food therapy and to take over prevention could be a great step forward for establishing a healthy society.