Most tonic foods can be made into gruel, liquidized, fried with vegetables or steeped in wine, and if herbal medicines are added too they must be warmed through for the properties of the drug to be released.
一般食補的形式多是做成粥或打成果汁，以利吸收；泡酒則是酒能促進血液循環，也有助吸收，加中藥的話，就得熬燉，這樣藥性才會釋出。