Laying Stress on the Whole, Selecting Medicated Diet on the Basis of Differential Diagnosis 
By "laying stress on the whole, selecting medicated diet on the basis of differential diagnosis", we mean that when prescribing medicated diet, we should first make an overall analysis of the patient's physical and health condition, the nature of his illness, the season he got ill in and the geographical condition, etc, form a judgment on the type of syndrome; then decide on corresponding principles for dietetic therapy and select suitable medicated diet. Take a patient with chronic gastritis, as an example. he should take Galangal and Cyprus Gruel (Liangfu Zhou) if the suffers from chronic gastritis of stomach- cold type, but the can take Drink of Fragrant Solomon seal Rhizome, Dendrobium, Black Palm and hawthron Fruit (Yu Shi Mei Zha Yin) if the suffers from chronic gastritis due to deficiency of the stomach-yin.
注重整体，辩证施食
所谓“注重整体”、“辩证施食”，即在运用药膳时，首先要全面分析患者的体质、健康状况、患病性质、季节时令、地理环境等多方面情况，判断其基本证型；然后再确定相应的食疗原则，给予适当的药膳治疗。如慢性胃炎患者，若证属胃寒者，宜服良附粥；证属胃阴虚者，则服玉石梅楂饮等。
>>>>Bach to Chinese medicated diet>>>>
