《食疗本草》是世界上现存最早的中医食疗学专著年世界上现存最早的中医食疗学专著，作者是孟诜。
孟诜（shēn），公元621~713年，河南汝州人，唐代著名医药学家。中医食疗学鼻祖，开创中医食疗孟余堂，传承至今，已入选省级非物质文化遗产名录。他是孙思邈的真传弟子，又是与孙思邈齐名的唐代四大名医。
据残卷所录，原书采用朱、墨两色分书。如药名、各方前的“又”“又方”及分隔句段的圈点皆用朱色书写。所载药物按类编排，药名下注药性（温、平、寒、冷），不注药味；次载功效、禁忌及单方等，其间或夹有药物形态、修治、产地等论述。有些药条内容被“案”或“案经”字样分作前后两部分。
Dietary Therapy Materia Medica “is the earliest surviving monograph on traditional Chinese medicine dietotherapy in the world, written by Meng Shen.

Meng Shen (sh ē n) From 621 to 713 AD, he was born in Ruzhou, Henan Province and a famous medical scientist of the Tang Dynasty. The founder of traditional Chinese medicine dietotherapy and the founder of traditional Chinese medicine dietotherapy, Meng Yutang, has been passed down to this day and has been included in the provincial intangible cultural heritage list. He is the true disciple of Sun Simiao and is also one of the four famous doctors of the Tang Dynasty, who are on par with Sun Simiao.

According to the fragmented volume, the original book is divided into two colors: red and ink. The name of the medicine, the “you” and “you fang” in front of each party, and the circles separating sentence segments are all written in vermilion. The drugs loaded are arranged by category, with the drug name indicating the nature of the injection (warm, calm, cold, cold) and no indication of the drug taste; Secondary efficacy, contraindications, and single prescriptions may be included, with discussions on drug form, treatment, and origin. Some medication strips are divided into two parts by the words “case” or “case history”.

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