Chinese Medicated Cuisines
Updated: 2012-05-16 17:52
By Song Yanyan (chinaculture.org)
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Role of medicated cuisine
Treat illnesses
Some illnesses can be treated by medicated cuisines. For example, cinnamon twig decoction is used to treat mild colds due to exogenous attack and malnutrition. In addition, when people are rendered at any stage of an illness, they can also have medicated cuisines to cure their illness.
Keep healthy
A number of medicated cuisines have been widely used to stay healthy. Today, there are many kinds of health foods in markets which are mainly composed of nutritious diets and medicated cuisines with multiple health care functions. Among them, the most widely used are ginseng, Chinese caterpillar fungus, yam, Tuckahoe, licorice, Chinese angelica and fleece-flower root. These nutritious foods and medicated cuisines are unique Chinese specialties.
Diversify people's daily diet
Delicious cuisines with medical value are very popular among people. Since medicated cuisines boast Eastern features and food culture, they can be used on many occasions including at home, when receiving guests and travelling. Medicated cuisines have a positive and far-reaching effect on enriching health food, improving cooking, beautifying peoples’ daily lives and promoting Chinese food culture.
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