Herbal Diet

Herbal diet is not just a simple combination of food with herbs, but rather takes advantage of the efficacy of herbs and the delicacy of food and cooking techniques.  Different herbal diet can be prepared for specific purposes, to prevent diseases, to maintain health, to help the treatment of diseases, and for anti-aging.  Herbal diet therapy has a long history in Chinese Herbal Medicine.  As early as in the Zhou Dynasty (about 1000 B.C.), there were �dietary therapistsï¿?who used their knowledge of herbs and foods to serve the emperor and the royal family.  The form of herbal diet includes herbal juice, herbal tea, herbal wine, herbal soup, herbal porridge, herbal cake, herbal dishes, herbal dumpling, etc. 

Here are some examples of commonly used herbal diets that are good for certain health conditions.

Foods and Herbal Diets Good for Obesity

Red bean soup; Radish soup; Green tea; Hawthorn berry tea

Foods and Herbal Diets Good for Hyperlipidemia

Hawthorn berry tea; Green Tea; Mushroom soup; Soybean milk; Celery soup; Onion stir-fry

Foods and Herbal Diets Good for Constipation

Fresh potato juice; Carrot; Fresh radish juice; Sweet potato soup; Walnut; Pine nut   

Reference:

GuoXiang Dou.  A Complete Collection of Chinese Dietary Therapies. (in Chinese) 1990.