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As for invigoration and benefit in the four seasons, it is better to take medicated diet with dispelling effect in spring, medicated diet capable of clearing away heat in summer, medicated diet that is bland in flavor in long summer, (the last month in summer) medicated diet that is moderate in nature in autumn and medicated diet with nourishing and invigorating effect in winter. As for diseases in the five viscera, it is to advisable avoid things acrid in flavor for liver disease, things bitter in flavor for lung disease, things salty in flavor for both heart and kidney diseases and things sweet and sour in flavor for spleen and stomach diseases. As for the patient's physical condition, those who are weak should take invigorating medicated diet, avoid that with dispersing or purging effect; those who are strong should not take more than needed invigorating medicated diet that is warm in nature; those who are yang deficient should take medicated diet with warming and invigorating effect, avoid food that is salty in flavor and cold in nature; while those who are yin deficient should take medicated diet that nourishes yin, avoid food that is acrid in flavor and hot in nature.
As for the nature of disease, medicated diet that is cold and cool in nature should be used for heat syndromes, and medicated diet that is acrid in flavor or hot in nature should be avoided; medicated diet that is warm or hot in nature should be used for cold syndromes, and food that is salty in flavor and cold in nature should be avoided. Those who are troubled with weakness of the spleen and stomach, or indigestion should avoid greasy food and drink; those who are troubled with skin and external diseases, pyogenic infections, anaphylactic dermatosis, or have just had a surgical operation should avoid "fawu", which refers to food that is easy to cause clonic convulsion, invigorate fire, or promote the production of phlegm, such as fish, shrimp, crab, pig head, alcoholic drink, Chinese green onion (Allium Fistulosum), Chinese chive (Allium Tuberosum) and so on, so as to neither make the illness worse nor put off the healing.
In addition, there are also some incompatibilities of drugs in prescriptions recorded in ancient literature. For example, Rhizoma Coptidis (Huanglian) root, platycodon root (Radix Platycodi), black plum (Fructus Mume) are incompatible with pork; turtle, with three-colored amaranth (Amaranthus); Ginseng-(Renshen).shtml" target='_blank' title="Radix Ginseng (Renshen)">Radix Ginseng (Renshen), with radish (Radix Raphani) and so on. Now although there is no experimental evidence, attention should be paid when medicated diet is used.