‘Food and medicine continuum’ in the East and West: Old tradition and current regulation

作     者：Ruyu Yao Chunnian He Peigen Xiao Ruyu Yao;Chunnian He;Peigen Xiao

作者机构：Institute of Medicinal Plant DevelopmentChinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijing 100193China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Herbal Medicines》 (中草药（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2023年第15卷第1期

页      面：6-14页

学科分类：1008[医学-中药学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1007[医学-药学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1006[医学-中西医结合] 100602[医学-中西医结合临床] 10[医学] 

基　　金：supported financially by the Strategic Consulting Project of Chinese Academy of Engineering(No.2021-X2-10) Innovation Team and Talents Cultivation Program of National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine(No.ZYYCXTD-D-202005) 

主　　题：cross-cultural communication food and medicine continuum food-medicine products regulation tradition 

摘      要：Food-medicine products are important materials for daily health management and are increasingly popular in the global healthy food ***,because of the biocultural difference,food-medicine knowledge may differ among regions,which hinders the global sharing of such health *** at bridging the food-medicine knowledge in the East and West,this study traced the historical roots of food and medicine continuum of the East and West,which was followed by a cross-cultural assessment on the importance of food-medicine products of China,thereafter,the current legislative terms for foodmedicine products were studied using an international *** results show that the food and medicine continuum in the East and West have their historical roots in the traditional medicines since antiquity,and the food-medicine knowledge in the East and West differs substantially;although the foodmedicine products have common properties,their legislative terms are diverse globally;with proofs of traditional uses and scientific evidence,food-medicine products are possible for cross-cultural ***,we recommend facilitating the cross-cultural communication of the food-medicine knowledge in the East and West,thus to make the best use of the traditional health wisdom in the globe.