Application and analysis of dairy products in Yinshan Zhengyao
Yinshan Zhengyao is a classic food therapy book of the Yuan dynasty,and the use of milk in the book is quite distinctive,including single products of milk and derivative oils,as well as teas made of milk such as orchid tea,wolfberry tea,xifan tea and crispy stick,it often uses dairy products as ingredients to enhance the milk aroma and taste of tea drinks.Some dairy products in Yinshan Zhengyao have distinct ethnic characteristics,enriching Chinese traditional medicine and food culture.In this paper,by digging the milk and the tea products added to milk in Yinshan Zhengyao,analyzing the characteristics of their use,we found that the application of milk in the book inherited the application of milk in traditional Chinese medicine,with its own characteristics,and had a certain influence on later generations.