《中医药文化概览》毛国强 李兰兰 谭秀敏 吉林大学出版社 2019/4/1

内容简介：

本书内容是从介绍中医药基本知识入手，介绍了中医和西医的不同、中医治疗方法和中医院看病的体验等；和读者分享了四位中国古代著名医家的故事，以庖丁解牛和范进中举的故事分别引出中医养生的本质和常见养生方法，以及几种可以缓解疲劳的简单自我按摩手法。此书为纯英文读本，以中医零基础的外国人士为目标读者，主要面向来华工作、学习、生活、旅游并对中医药文化感兴趣的外国人。

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2. Medicine? Food? Both!Sometimes?I?don’t?like?some?vegetables?such as?carrots?and?celeries,?and my?grandpa?always tells?me?not?to?be?a?picky?eater.?He?tells?me?that a balanced?diet?is?very?important?for?our?bodies and?many?foods?actually?have?similar?effects?likemedicine.?I?asked?why?and?he?explained?in?this way. Chinese?medicine?and?food?are?closely?related according?to?traditional?Chinese?medical?theories.Chinese?medicine?mainly?comes?from?various herbs,?animals?and?minerals,?while?the?food?that people?have?every?day?also?comes?from?the?same things?in?nature.?It?can?be?said?that?Chinese medicine?and?food?have?the?same?origins.?And a?lot?of?herbs,?animals?and?some?minerals?can?be taken?both?as?medicine?and?food?since?they?can not?only?feed?people?but?also?have?curative?effects on?certain?diseases.?Like?Chinese?medicine,?each food?also?has?its?special?functions.?Therefore,?for thousands?of?years,?TCM?emphasized?a?balanced diet?and?adjustment?of?diet?according?to?the changing?of?physical?condition?of?individuals. How?wonderful?Chinese?medicine?is!?Do you?believe?that?many?foods?in?our?kitchen?and?on our?dining?tables?actually?have?curative?effects?just like?medicine??And?many?of?these?foods?are?even often?used?by?traditional?Chinese?doctors?to?treat their?patients.?In?our?daily?life,?if?properly?used, they?can?be?of?great?benefit?to?our?health.?The following?are?two?stories?that?I?once?experienced:“The ice-cream event”—ginger, mung beans and Chinese yamIn?summer?when?it’s?extremely?hot,?I?am always?eager?to?have?something?cold?even?though my?grandpa?often?says?it’s?not?good?for?my?health. But?who?can?resist?the?temptation?of?cold?drinks and?ice-cream?on?a?hot summer?day??One?day I?played?soccer?with?my?friends,?and?when?I?got home?I?felt?so?hot?that?I?had?some?cold?coke?and then?much?ice-cream.?Therefore?at?night?I?had a?stomachache.?After?knowing?what?happened?tome,?my?grandpa?went?to?the?kitchen?and?twenty minutes?later,?he?came?out?with?a?bowl?of?strange soup.?He?told?me?to?drink?this?dark?red?soup.?I will?never?forget?its?special?taste—spicy?and?sweet.But?strangely,?after?drinking?it,?I?did?feel?much better.?Grandpa?said?this?soup?was?made?of?ginger and?brown?sugar.?Ginger?is?not?only?a?commoningredient?in?Chinese?diet,?but?also?a?useful medicine?as?it?can?be?refreshing?and?promote people’s?appetite.?Besides,?when?people?get?cold, ginger?soup?will?do?them?good?because?ginger?can dispel?the?coldness?in?the?human?body.After?that,?Grandpa?told?me?to?stop?having too?much?ice-cream?and?asked?me?to?drink?some green?soup?he?specially?made?for?me?when?the weather?was?hot.?The?soup?was?light?green,?with a?little?bit?bitter?and?sweet?taste.?I?wondered?why Grandpa?asked?me?to?drink?this?strange?soup,?but amazingly,?I?found?I?did?feel?cooler?after?drinking it?in?the?hot?summer?days.?Grandpa?told?me?the soup?was?made?of?mung?beans.?He?explained?to me?that?mung?beans?were?highly?praised?by?Li Shizhen?as?“a?good?grain?that?benefits?mankind”because?mung?beans?with?a?sweet?but?cold property?could?help?people?clear?heat?in?the?body. Therefore,?mung?bean?soup?which?can?help people?reduce?summer?heat?is?one?of?the?most popular?drinks?in?summer?for?Chinese?people.Besides,?the?pillows?stuffed?with?mung?bean?seed coat?can?improve?eyesight,?refresh?the?mind?and reduce?headache.?Why?don’t?you?also?try?some mung?bean?soup?when?it’s?hot?in?summer?On?one?weekend?after?the?ice-cream?event, I?accompanied?my?mother?to?buy?some?vegetables in?the?supermarket.?In?the?supermarket,?we?bought several?different?kinds?of?vegetables,?and?I?noticed my?mother?also?bought?something?strange.?They are?long,?thin,?brown?sticks?with?muds?and?lots of?hairs?on?the?outside.?Wow,?they?are?ugly,?and they?must?taste?terrible,?I?thought?secretly.?In?the evening,?when?my?mother?steamed?some?of?this strange?and?ugly?vegetable,?and?asked?me?to?have some,?I?was?amazed?by?its?good?taste.?It?tasted really?good?especially?when?being?taken?with?some sugar.?My?mother?told?me?she?had?bought?this vegetable?for?me.?I?asked?why.?She?said?this?special vegetable?was?Chinese?yam,?a?very?commonvegetable?in?Chinese?diet.?It?can?be?steamed, boiled?in?porridge,?stir?fried,?or?made?into?various desserts.?However,?it?is?not?only?tasteful?but?also beneficial?for?people’s?health.?Many?traditional Chinese?doctors?consider?it?as?one?of?the?most important?medicines?to?make?people?stronger since?it?is?good?for?our?stomach?and?it’s?very nutritious.?Therefore,?my?mother?wanted?to?help me?improve?my?stomach?conditions.?So?why don’t?you?also?try?some?of?Chinese?yam?when?you have?some?stomach?problems??Though?it?benefits a?lot,?you?cannot?have?too?much?of?it,?as?having too?much?of?it?may?result?in?abdominal?distention.