《养老奉亲书》中粥剂的应用及其影响

Application and Influent of Porridge Agent in Yanglao Fengqi Shu

北宋陈直所著的《养老奉亲书》为我国现存较早的一部老年养生专著,主要论述老年养生及防病治病的理论和方法。书中较为详细地阐述了老年人的食疗方法和注意事项,尤其重视粥剂的应用,并对元、明、清时期粥剂的发展做出了重要贡献。

The Book on How to Keep Health for the Elderly,which is written by Chen Zhi of North Song Dynasty,is one of the older monographs on preserving the elderly’s health.It mainly discourses the theories and ways on how to preserve the elderly’s health as well as prevent and cure diseases.In this book there are detailed ways of diet therapy and notes for the elderly,especially paying attention to the use of porridge agent.It made a great contribution to the development of porridge in Yuan,Ming and Qing Dynasty.