"Radish in winter, ginger in summer, no doctor's prescription." The dietotherapy culture based on the theory of "the same source of medicine and food" has a long history and is very popular in China. In ancient society, people found the nature, taste and efficacy of various foods and medicines, and realized that many foods can be used for medicine, and many medicines can also be eaten. It is difficult to distinguish between them strictly. This is the basis of the theory of "medicine and food homology" and the basis of food therapy.
More and more attention has been paid to the market of food therapy products with the same source of medicine and food. At the same time, the demand is growing rapidly. Since 2013, the output value of the national health food market including "drug and food homology" products has reached more than 300 billion yuan, and the annual growth rate is 14%. China is a big producer of Chinese herbal medicine, but Chinese herbal medicine is far from developing its economic and therapeutic value.
At present, the research on the cultivation and development of Chinese herbal medicine with the same origin of medicine and food is being accelerated at the national level. According to statistics, 4 billion people in the world use natural drugs, and 120 countries and regions purchase natural drugs from China. According to the survey of Nutrition Business Journal, the annual sales volume of plant drugs in the world is US $30 billion, including US $15 billion in the European market and US $5 billion in the North American market.
Health care plays an increasingly important role in people's health. With the rapid development of urban economy and the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the pace of life is faster and faster, and people's life pressure is also increasing, which will make more and more people in sub-health state. Therefore, more and more people pay attention to health, pay attention to diet, nutrition and health care.
