Chinese food is medicine but can Chinese medicine be food? A new view on Chinese medicine and its role in today’s healthcare
Keywords:
Centrist Medicine model, Body Constitutions Classification, Food-medicine relationship, Modello Medicina Centrista, classificazione della costituzione del corpo, relazione cibo-medicinaAbstract
Summary
In this article, the author attempts to use a new graphic model (a Centrist Medicine model) to represent the basic tenets of Chinese medicine on health vs. ailment. With this model, the relationship among food, functional food and medicine is illustrated. The 9 Body Constitutions Classification recently proposed in China is also introduced to demonstrate the use of functional food/medicine to prevent diseases and to maintain health within the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) context.
Il cibo cinese è medicina, ma può la medicina Cinese essere cibo? Una nuova visione della medicina Cinese e il suo ruolo nel sistema sanitario di oggi
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In questo articolo, l’autore tenta di utilizzare un nuovo modello grafico (un modello di Medicina centrista) per rappresentare i principi fondamentali della medicina Cinese ed i suoi effetti sulla salute versus malattia. Con questo modello viene illustrata la relazione tra cibo, alimenti funzionali e medicina. La classificazione della costituzione del corpo numero 9 recentemente proposta in Cina è stata anche introdotta per dimostrare l’uso di alimenti funzionali/medicinali per prevenire le malattie e per mantenere la salute nel contesto della Medicina Tradizionale Cinese (TCM).
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