The Chinese medicated diet has been of public interest as healthy cooking bedcause dietary habits cause life style-related diseases.The high use of various foodsin daily life is needed to promote a healthy status.For this purpose, we classified foods whichi could be used for preparing a medicated diet in view of preparing a dishi.
A total of 286 foods including Chinese drugs were classified according to the kinds of food, nature, taste, and channel tropism.
The proportion of neutral showed the highest (36.5%) in the foods. Of the five, sweetness is the most dominant one (69.8%). In channel tropism, the stomach showed 48.2% and the spleen indicated 30.2%.
Essentially, home cooking should have the principles of the Chinese medicated diet to promote a healthr status. However, the characteristics of foods concerning the Chinese medicated diet are complicated. Therefore, the classification of such foods would help people to cook much better in daily life.
