Nutritional Composition for Lung Moisturizing via Food Material Dilution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current health-care products for moisturizing the lung are often poorly formulated, leading to chaotic matching of food ingredients and undesirable taste, failing to effectively nourish yin and regulate lung function according to traditional Chinese medical principles.
Innovation Solution
A nutritional composition comprising rice, wheat, Chinese yam, lily, polygonatum odoratum, citron, and a Chinese herbal medicine extract, processed through steps including purification, frying, grinding, extrusion, drying, and packaging, to create a balanced and palatable food product that moisturizes the lung and relieves cough.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional Chinese herbal medicine is used for moisturizing the lung, then curative effects are achieved, but side effects and damage to other body aspects occur with long-term consumption
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the composition parameters by replacing concentrated herbal medicine with a diluted formula of food materials (rice, wheat, Chinese yam, lily, polygonatum odoratum, citron) that maintain the moisturizing lung function while reducing toxicity. The weight ratios are optimized to achieve therapeutic effects through dietary accumulation rather than medicinal concentration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite food material system combining multiple ingredients with complementary functions: rice and wheat provide base nutrition, Chinese yam nourishes yin, lily and polygonatum odoratum moisturize the lung, and citron regulates qi. This composite approach distributes the therapeutic load across multiple gentle ingredients rather than relying on a single potent herb.
2Reliability
If food materials are matched for nourishing yin and moisturizing the lung, then health benefits are achieved, but the matching becomes chaotic and taste deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent assigns specific functional roles to each ingredient based on traditional Chinese medicine theory: rice and wheat for base nutrition, Chinese yam for yin nourishment, lily and polygonatum odoratum for lung moisturizing, and citron for qi regulation. This localized functional assignment ensures each component contributes optimally to the overall health benefit while maintaining balanced flavors.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent selects ingredients that serve multiple functions: Chinese yam both nourishes yin and supports lung function, lily both moisturizes the lung and provides a pleasant flavor, citron both regulates qi and adds aromatic taste. This multi-functionality reduces the need for excessive ingredients, simplifying the formulation while improving taste acceptance.
3Reliability
If Chinese herbal medicine extract is added to the nutritional composition, then the efficacy of moisturizing the lung is enhanced, but the complexity of the composition increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses food materials as intermediaries to deliver the moisturizing lung effect, replacing direct use of concentrated herbal medicine. The food ingredients act as gentle carriers that provide the same therapeutic effect through dietary accumulation, reducing the need for complex extraction and formulation of herbal concentrates.
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AI summary
The present application discloses a nutritional composition for moisturizing lung. The nutritional composition includes the following components of raw materials in parts by weight: rice 55-90, wheat 7-25, Chinese yam 3-15, lily 2-9, polygonatum odoratum 0.2-1, and citron 0.1-1. The present disclosure, in view of the lung's characteristics of being not resistant to cold or heat, and susceptible to pathogen, complies with the lung's physiological function characteristics to regulate, and provides the prescription with nourishing yin and moisturizing lung, and resolving phlegm and relieving cough as a starting point, is suitable to cooperate with staple foods for long-term consumption and easily accepted by people due to the good taste, and can achieve certain efficacies of replenishing and restoring lung qi.