Uygur Medicine (food therapy)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Uighur Medicine (food therapy)

Applicant: Shache County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Project No.: 1196

Project No.: IX - 21

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: traditional medicine

Region: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Type: new item

Applicant: Shache County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Protection unit: Shache Uighur Medical Hospital

Introduction to Uighur Medicine (food therapy)

Applicant: Shache County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Uyghur medicine attaches great importance to dietotherapy which is directly related to human health, and pays attention to the relationship between eating time and nutritional components.

Uyghur medicine divides food into five categories according to the nutritional composition of the food people eat. According to the nutritional composition of food and cold, neutral, hot, in life three meals a day reasonable diet. The main food of Uighur is wheat and rice. Vegetables are mainly carrots, onions, Chinese cabbage, and so on, which continue to grow in the four seasons.

The combination of delicious food and nutrition in dietotherapy has formed the unique dietetic culture of Uygur people. "Pilaf" is a favorite diet of Uygur people, and also a representative of dietotherapy. It is a kind of food that integrates rice, mutton, carrot, onion, vegetable oil and other seasonings. It has the characteristics of color, fragrance, taste and complete nutrition. It is a food therapy product with high nutritional value. "Qiamagu" is a good Uyghur medicine to protect the lung and strengthen the body. It has been used for a long time in the diet of the people. It is a top tonic food for all ages, especially for the elderly.

Xinjiang is known as the "hometown of melons and fruits", with all kinds of seasonal melons and fruits constantly growing in the four seasons. Natural fruits and melons are important resources for Uygur dietotherapy. Among many melons and fruits, Uygur people prefer melon, fig, grape, apricot, walnut, mulberry and so on. Uighur people not only like to eat melons and fruits, but also regard them as health tonics. They have been eating walnuts for a long time in their life, which has proved to be effective in reducing serum cholesterol and preventing cardiovascular diseases. Apricot, mulberry and jujube are also commonly used in Uygur food. Apricot is rich in mineral elements, has anti-cancer, anti-cancer effect, known at home and abroad. Mulberry has the functions of tonifying liver and kidney, nourishing blood and body fluid, nourishing yin and strengthening yang, and black hair. Jujube can "Buzhong Yiqi, strong ambition, long service not hunger". A long history of traditional dietary customs, healthy living habits and scientific diet allocation are the important reasons for the longevity of many Uygur people. After a long history of accumulation, Uighur medical food therapy has made great contributions to the development of eastern and Western medicine.