The Research On The Health Care Thought Of Meng Shen And Shi Liao Ben Cao

Health preservation is based on diet.The diet preservation in ancient China evolved and developed in the ancestors’ cherished of life and their constant pursuit of health and longevity.By the Tang Dynasty,the stability of the social environment,the diversity of cultural exchanges,the pursuit of life tastes by officials,rich and wealthy merchants,and the emphasis of Taoist monks on physical and mental health care and dietary health care all played a role in promoting the development of food therapy.Meng Shen,a disciple of Sun Simiao,a famous doctor in Tang Dynasty,paid close attention to the essence of life and the official’s duty to specialize in his work to prompted his growing interest in the study of diet therapy.On the basis of Qian Jin·Shi Zhi,he wrote the first monograph of diet therapy in ancient China--Shi Liao Ben Cao,which not only established a complete system of diet and recuperation,but also perfected the literary examples of diet therapy works.On the one hand,Shi Liao Ben Cao based on the Chinese nation’s long-standing concept of "cherish life and focus on diet",establishes the dietary health-preserving principle of prevention before illness and dietetic therapy,advocates the three-factor principle of harmony with heaven,earth and people under the influence of the traditional "The Doctrine of the Mean" concept,emphasizes the dietary collocation and intake taboos of "keeping the neutrality so that harmony" and compatible with the ancient diet,dietetic treatment makes the broad sense.The content of diet was finally formed.On the other hand,on the basis of the chapter "Shi Zhi",Shi Liao Ben Cao further synthesizes and absorbs the classics of previous dietetic,herbal,medical and agricultural books,supplements and amends them with its own practical experience,integrates the medicinal processing and taking methods with food cooking techniques skillfully,breaks through the traditional ways of describing food characteristics in classics,and establishes the combination of appropriate diet,taboo dietetic prescriptions and dietetic therapy prescriptions.The practical works of the book have perfected the textual examples of diet therapy works.From the ideological content to the style of the works,it promotes dietetic therapy to break away from the field of herbal medicine and pharmacy and become an independent branch subject.In addition,the food therapy system established for later generations in theory and practice by Shi Liao Ben Cao,and its contributions to cosmetology,health care and other aspects are also worthy of careful review and study.