我们的祖先为了生存的需要，不得不在自然界到处觅食。久而久之，也就发现了某些动物、植物不但可以作为食物充饥，而且具有某种药用价值。在人类社会的原始阶段，人们还没有能力把食物与药物分开。这种把食物与药物合二而一的现象就形成了药膳的源头和雏形，它的始创者就是神农氏。(Our ancestors had to forager in nature for the sake of survival. As time passes, they found that some animals and plants can not only be served as food, but also has some medicinal value. In the primitive stages of human society, people were unable to separate food from medicine. This combination of food and medicine is the origin and formation of medicined diet and its founder is Shen-nong-shi.)