In ancient times the Chinese believed that treatment of any disease consisted of three stages.The first was yaoshanmedicinal food,the second daoyinphysical exercise.The third,drugs,were considered a last method if the first two failed.As traditional Chinese medicine still follows these rules it may be assumed they are effective.Any traditional Chinese medicine practitioner will tell you that medicine and food share the same origins,which is why an everyday meal can also have medicinal value.(501)
condimentn調味品
antiquityn古代；古老
medicamentn藥物；藥劑
dieteticadj飲食的
decoctv. 煎藥；熬藥
aversionn厭惡；討厭的人或事
ⅠAnswer the questions.
1Is this right if people add food and medicine together to be Chinese medicated diet?
2Whats the function of Chinese medicated diet?
3What should doctors do before using Chinese medicated diet?
4What are the differences between medicine and medicated diet?
5What is the benefit a child may get from medicated diet?
ⅡFill in the blanks with the correct words from the passage.
Chinese medicated diet is not a simpleones life.
Yin and yang,which come from ancient Chinese philosophy,are a general term for two opposites of interrelated things or phenomena in the natural world.In the course of long practice and observation,the ancient Chinese people came to understand that the opposition and waxwane of yin and yang are inherent in all things.Things or phenomena which are dynamic,bright,hot,functional,etc.,pertain to the category of yang,while those that are static,dark,cold,substantial,etc.,pertain to that of yin.The yinyang theory holds that the development and changes of everything in the universe result from the unity of opposites between yin and yang.The yinyang theory is an important constituent of the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine and runs through every aspect of the system.It is used to explain physiology and pathology of the body and to guide clinical diagnosis and treatment.The basic content of yinyang theory can be summarized as follows.
l.The unity of opposition between yin and yang.Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the normal physiological functions of the human body result from the opposite and unified relationship between yin and yang.Both of them are always in a state of dynamic balance.Even under normal physiological conditions of the human body,yin and yang can not be in a state of absolute balance,but in a state of relative balance.If,for any reason,the relative balance is destroyed,there is bound to be excess or deficiency of yin or yang,and then a disease will arise.
2.Interdependence between yin and yang.Yin and yang are opposed to and yet,at the same time,depend on each other.Neither can exist in isolation without its opponents existence. says:“Yin in the interior is the basis for yang; while yang in the exterior is the activity for yin.” Yin refers to the material，basis of functional activity of yang and yang refers to functional activity.The substance and function are interdependent and inseparable.
3.Waning and waxing of yin and yang.Yin and yang always coexist in a dynamic equilibrium in which one waxes while the other wanes.If this relation goes beyond normal limits,the relative balance of yin and yang will not be maintained,thus resulting in either excess or deficiency of yin or yang and the occurrence of disease,so far as to endanger ones life.
4.Transformation of yin and yang.In given conditions,either yin or yang may transform into its opposite,i.e.yin may be transformed into yang and yang into yin.If the waningwaxing of yin and yang is said to be a process of quantitative change,then that of their intertransformation pertains to a qualitative change based on the quantitative change.Such a process is mostly a gradual one from quantitative to qualitative change.
The yinyang theory is used in not only determining diagnostic principles but summarizing the nature,flavor and action of medicinal herbs,which providing a theoretical basis for the clinical application of herbs. (510)
inherentadj固有的；內在的
dynamicadj動態的
pertainv適用於
substantialadj物質的
physiologyn生理學；生理機能
physiologicaladj生理學的；生理的
pathologyn病理學
excessn超過；過多之量
deficiencyn缺乏;不足
coexistn同時共存；和平共處
equilibriumn平衡；均衡
intertransformationn互相轉化
diagnosticadj診斷的
waxwane盛衰
ⅠFill in the blanks with the correct words from the passage.
The yinyang theory holds that the development and changes of everything in the universe result.
ⅡTranslate the following sentences into Chinese.
1Yin and yang,which come from ancient Chinese philosophy,are a general term for two opposites of interrelated things or phenomena in the natural world.
2The yinyang theory is an important constituent of the theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine and runs through every aspect of the system.
3If,for any reason,the relative balance is destroyed,there is bound to be excess or deficiency of yin or yang,and then a disease will arise.
4Yin and yang are opposed to and yet,at the same time,depend on each other.Neither can exist in isolation without its opponents existence.
5If the waningwaxing of yin and yang is said to be a process of quantitative change,then that of their intertransformation