Yang Jin-ping
The Institute for the Literature of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China.
Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 2010 Mar;40(2):72-6.
Pasta ulmi, salt, black curd beans, vinegar and thick sauce recorded in the book of Jijiupian (emergency chapter), written by SHI You in the Western Han dynasty could be used as condiments. For example, pasta ulmi tastes spicy, salt tastes salty, black curd beans taste bitter while vinegar tastes acidic. All of them also have high medical values, which were described as materia medica in the early classic literature of materia medica. The dual-purpose for both medicine and food reflected the characteristics of combination of food nutrition and diet-therapy as well as the important connotation of isogeny of medicine and food at early stage of the development of medicine.
西汉史游所著《急就篇》中记载的榆荚面、盐、豆豉、醋及酱等均可作为调味品。比如，榆荚面味辣，盐味咸，豆豉味苦，醋味酸。它们均具有较高的药用价值，在早期本草典籍中被列为药物。药食两用反映了食物营养与食疗相结合的特点以及医药发展早期药食同源的重要内涵。
