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

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chmed.2022.12.002

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東西方“藥食同源”：古代傳統(tǒng)與現(xiàn)代管理

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

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摘要:

藥食兩用物品是日常健康管理的重要材料，在全球健康食品市場上越來越受歡迎。然而，由于生物文化的差異，不同地區(qū)之間的藥食知識可能存在差異，這妨礙了此類健康知識的全球共享。本研究以貫通東西方藥食知識為目的，追溯東西方藥食同源的歷史根源，并對中國藥食兩用物品的重要性進(jìn)行跨文化評估，然后通過國際調(diào)查研究當(dāng)前藥食兩用物品的法定術(shù)語。結(jié)果表明，東西方藥食同源的起源于古代的傳統(tǒng)醫(yī)學(xué)，而東西方的藥食知識存在較大差異；雖然藥食兩用物品具有共同的性質(zhì)，但其法定術(shù)語在地區(qū)間卻各不相同；有了傳統(tǒng)用途的證明和科學(xué)證據(jù)，藥食兩用物品就有了跨文化交流的可能。最后，我們建議促進(jìn)東西方藥食知識的跨文化交流，從而使這一全球性的傳統(tǒng)健康智慧發(fā)揮最大作用。

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Food-medicine products are important materials for daily health management and are increasingly popular in the global healthy food market. However, because of the biocultural difference, food-medicine knowledge may differ among regions, which hinders the global sharing of such health strategies. Aim 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 survey. The 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 communication. Finally, 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.

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跨文化;藥食同源;藥食兩用物品;管理;傳統(tǒng)

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The present work was supported financially by the Strategic Consulting Project of Chinese Academy of Engineering (No. 2021-X2-10) and Innovation Team and Talents Cultivation Program of National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (No. ZYYCXTD-D-202005). The authors would like to sincerely thank Prof. Michael Heinrich from UCL School of Pharmacy for his valuable supports in the survey and consulting activities.

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