Study on Producing and Brewing Drugs of the Cereal Section of Compendium of Materia Medica
This study aims to comprehensively understand drugs in the Compendium of Materia Medica,and to reflect the guiding role of Traditional Chinese Medicine in health preservation.To get an overview of brewing drugs since the Ming Dynasty,brewing drugs in the cereal section of the Compendium of Materia Medica,including their properties,taste,toxicity,efficacy,and drug composition,have been researched.The 29 drugs are products obtained from the processing,fermentation,and brewing of drugs such as hemp,wheat,rice,millet,and bean.The medicinal taste is mainly sweet,spicy,salty,and bitter.The medicinal properties are mainly warm,mostly non-toxic.The characteristics of brewing drugs are sweet,warm,and beneficial,suitable for both medicine and food use.Brewing drugs include cereal,soybeans and their processed products,fermentation products and wine,vinegar,with the effects of tonifying deficiency and tonifying qi,regulating the stomach and eliminating restlessness,digesting lower qi,promoting qi circulation and dispelling cold,etc.The research on brewing drugs in the Compendium of Materia Medica is beneficial for the development of dual-use drugs for medicine and food,and guides daily health and wellness.
Compendium of Materia Medicacereal drugbrewing drugsdual-use for medicine and food