T/YYXH 04-2022 Active

Main technical content: The physical constitution of the elderly is characterized by "excessive deficiency and stagnation". On the one hand, the organ function of the elderly declines, and the Yin and Yang, Qi and blood all weaken, especially the deficiency of kidney essence becoming the basic characteristic of the elderly's physical constitution. On the other hand, the weakened transportation and circulation of Qi and blood in the elderly is another major feature of their physical constitution. Traditional Chinese medicine dietetics "hides medicine in food" integrates the health-preserving, therapeutic, preventive and physique-regulating effects of medicine into daily meals, enabling the elderly to enjoy the benefits of "dietary nourishment" and "dietary therapy" in necessary meals, thereby achieving the goal of correcting imbalanced physique, promoting health and preventing diseases. The aging of the population in Shandong Province has entered a rapid growth period. As of 2021, there were 21.51 million elderly people aged 60 and above in Shandong Province, ranking first in the country, and the proportion of elderly people to the total population of the province was 20.9%. The "Qilu Elderly Dietetics Guide" emerged in this context, aiming to develop a guide that not only conforms to traditional Chinese medicine concepts but also meets the practical requirements of the elderly in Shandong Province based on the physical constitution of the elderly in our province. This guide adheres to the principle of "Three-Principle Adaptation" in traditional Chinese medicine for health preservation, and according to the characteristics of the elderly's physique in Shandong Province, it makes principled provisions on the selection and compatibility of ingredients, cooking methods and functional considerations, and precautions, with a view to guiding and regulating the standardization of the production of dietetic products by food production enterprises and the general public in da