On the characteristics of medicated diet.

(1) Medicinal diet is a part of Chinese medicine: it is guided by the basic theory of Chinese medicine, both in the compatibility of medicine and food and in the dialectical diet. For example, the compatibility of medicine and food should be selected and prepared according to the principle of "main and auxiliary" in recipe science and the performance of homology of medicine and food. Use the deviation of medicine and food to correct the deviation of viscera function and make it return to normal. When using medicated diet, it should be applied according to the characteristics of syndrome differentiation and treatment in order to give full play to its role.

(2) Medicinal diet is a special kind of food: it consists of three parts: medicine, food and seasoning. The nature of taking medicine, using the taste of food, borrowing medicine for food and helping food with medicine. The two complement each other. Therefore, it is not only different from the general prescription of traditional Chinese medicine, but also different from the ordinary diet. It is a special food that combines the homologous effects of medicine and food.

(3) Medicinal diet has a unique method of making: Medicinal diet cooking is made according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine and the requirements of medication, according to the nature of drugs, using China's unique dietotherapy cooking technology and modern scientific methods.