Lung cancer is a very common cancer, ranking second in the mortality rate of malignant tumors in China. The general symptoms of lung cancer are not obvious. Cough, shortness of breath, blood in sputum and other symptoms similar to tuberculosis may appear in the early stage. Advanced patients may have fever, emaciation, fatigue and even cachexia.

The digestive system function of patients with early and middle stage lung cancer is perfect. After the clinical diagnosis, we should take the time to supplement the body with nutrition in order to improve the physique, enhance the resistance and prevent or delay the emergence of cachexia. If nutrition is fully supplemented before clinical treatment, patients with better physical condition will have stronger tolerance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and the treatment effect will be better; Similarly, patients with better physical condition are more likely to receive surgical treatment and recover faster than patients with poor nutritional status. Therefore, patients with early and middle stage lung cancer should be supplemented with various nutrients as soon as their digestion and absorption capacity permit, such as high-quality protein, carbohydrates, fats, inorganic salts and multivitamins.

According to the symptoms of lung cancer patients, such as cough and hemoptysis, there are many prescriptions and prescriptions for nourishing yin, moistening lung, stopping cough and stopping bleeding. For example, there are nourishing yin and moistening lung, almond jellyfish, lily, water chestnut and other foods. Lotus root knot, lotus seed, persimmon, pear, yam, lily and tremella all have the functions of relieving cough, astringing and stopping bleeding. According to folk remedies, lung cancer patients can also eat nourishing food, such as clams, tortoise shells, turtle meat, glutinous rice and so on.

Compared with digestive tract tumors, the dietary problems of lung cancer patients should be better solved. In addition to the above Chinese medicine nourishing food, lung cancer patients should choose milk, eggs, lean meat, animal liver, bean products, fresh vegetables and fruits. You can try to increase the patient's food intake and frequency. It should be noted that patients with lung cancer should avoid greasy food, spicy food and irritating food such as tobacco and alcohol.

Two. Diet therapy for lung cancer

(1) Strengthen nutrition: When patients with lung cancer have no difficulty swallowing, they should choose food freely. Without affecting the treatment, we should eat more foods rich in protein and carbohydrates, such as lean meat, chicken, duck, rabbit, fish, shrimp, bean products and various cereals. Generally, food intake is not limited, good nutrition is ensured, and good conditions are created for surgery.

If the nutritional status is poor, it is difficult to tolerate the trauma of the operation, and the postoperative healing is slow and easy to be infected, which is extremely unfavorable to the surgical rehabilitation. This requires improving the quality of diet before operation.

(2) elemental diet supply: lung cancer patients should be supplemented with elemental diet in addition to three meals a day half a month before operation. Elemental diet contains all kinds of nutrients necessary for human body. Because the nutrients are complete, it can meet the needs of the body. It can be absorbed in the upper part of small intestine without digestion, and can be taken orally or fed by tube. Necessary diet can not only supplement the nutrition of protein, but also promote the synthesis of muscle protein under the condition of sufficient heat supply. When the heat supply is insufficient, branched-chain amino acids can also provide more heat energy.

There are many kinds of essential meals, including oral and tube feeding. When applied, it should start from a low concentration, generally 5%, and gradually increase. If there is no diarrhea or vomiting, it can be gradually increased to 10% to 20%. If you take it orally, you should pay attention to slow drinking. If you drink water too fast, because the essential diet is hypertonic, diarrhea and vomiting are easy to occur. Pay attention to the appropriate temperature to prevent diarrhea caused by supercooling. If you take100g of the necessary diet every day, you can increase the calories by 400 kilocalories, compared with16g in protein. At the same time, it increases the immunity of the body and can tolerate surgery.

(3) postoperative diet: postoperative diet is determined according to the condition. Some patients can eat the next day after surgery, but the food should be light, soft and easy to digest and absorb, because surgical trauma will cause digestive system dysfunction, so don't rush to seek success in food selection and tonic. Starting from the simplest, if there is no adverse reaction in gastrointestinal tract, then transition to semi-liquid food and general food. Within one week after operation, in addition to eating clean semi-liquid, we should also supplement the necessary diet and nutrition in the body. When you can eat normally, cancel the elemental diet. Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, such as green vegetables, yellow vegetables, red vegetables, mushrooms, black fungus, asparagus, lemons and red dates. Before and after the operation, because fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamin C, vitamin C is an anticancer substance, which can block the formation of cancer cells.

Do not eat or eat less irritating food, including fried food. You can often eat garlic, which contains anticancer substances. Don't smoke or drink. Developing good living habits and eating habits, regular physical examination and timely diagnosis and treatment can prolong life.

Three. Prescription for lung cancer treatment

(1) Honey Runfei Zhike Pill: wasp and Bombyx Batryticatus are equally divided, and honey is appropriate. Grinding the three herbs into powder, and refining honey into pills. Six grams twice a day. It has the effects of moistening lung, resolving phlegm, resolving hard mass and reducing swelling. It is suitable for lung cancer patients with obvious cough.

(2) Boiled pig lungs with licorice and Sydney: licorice 10g, 2 Sydney, and about 250g pig lungs. Peel pear and cut into pieces, wash pig lung and cut into pieces, squeeze out foam and put it in casserole with licorice. Add a little rock sugar, water and simmer for 3 hours before taking it. Daily 1 time, with the effect of moistening lung and resolving phlegm, suitable for patients with persistent cough.

(3) Rock sugar almond paste: sweet almond 15g, bitter almond 3g, japonica rice 50g, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Soak sweet almond and bitter almond in clear water, peel them, mash them, add japonica rice, clear water and crystal sugar, and cook them into thick porridge once every other day. Has the effects of moistening lung, resolving phlegm, relieving cough and asthma, and moistening intestine.

(4) Ginkgo porridge with red dates: 25g ginkgo, 20 red dates and 50g glutinous rice. Boil ginkgo, red dates and glutinous rice together into porridge. Warm clothes on an empty stomach in the morning and evening have the function of detoxification and detumescence.

(5) Stewed bird's nest with angelica dahurica: 9g of angelica dahurica, 9g of bird's nest, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Stew Radix Angelicae Dahuricae and bird's nest in water, and filter to remove residue. Add appropriate amount of rock sugar to taste and stew for a while, 1 ~ twice a day. Has that effect of tonifying lung, nourish yin, relieving cough and stopping bleeding.

(6) Steamed duck with ginkgo biloba: ginkgo biloba 200g, white duck 1 duck. Peel ginkgo, cook in boiling water, peel and remove the core, then blanch in boiling water and mix with the killed boneless duck. Add clear soup and steam for 2 hours until the duck is cooked and rotten. Can be eaten frequently, and has the functions of tonifying deficiency, relieving asthma, diuresis and detumescence. It is suitable for patients with advanced lung cancer such as asthma, general weakness and excessive phlegm.

(7) Stewed meat of Schisandra chinensis: 50g of Schisandra chinensis, and appropriate amount of duck or lean pork. Schisandra chinensis is steamed or stewed with meat, with seasoning as appropriate. Taking meat, medicine and soup can tonify lung and kidney, relieve cough and asthma, and is suitable for patients with lung cancer and kidney deficiency.

(8) Lotus-seed chicken: Lotus-seed ginseng 15g, and appropriate amount of chicken or duck and pork. Lotus seeds and meat are stewed together, and seasoning can be added appropriately. If taken regularly, it can replenish lung and qi, promote fluid production and quench thirst. Suitable for lung cancer patients with deficiency of both qi and blood.

(9) Winter melon skin and broad bean soup: 60 grams of winter melon skin, 60 grams of winter melon seeds and 60 grams of broad beans. Put the above food into a pot, add 3 bowls of water, fry to 1 bowl, add a proper amount of seasoning, and remove the residue before drinking. Efficacy: dehumidification, diuresis and detumescence. It is suitable for lung cancer patients with pleural effusion.

4. One-day recipe for lung cancer (recovery period of operation)

Breakfast: milk (fresh milk 250g, sugar 10g), boiled eggs 1 (eggs 50g), steamed bread (flour 50g) and mixed side dishes (celery 70g, yuba 10g).

Extra meal: fruit (250g pear)

Lunch: rice (rice 100g), minced meat tofu (minced meat 100g, tofu 100g), shredded green pepper (200g green pepper, 50g shredded radish).

Extra meal: freshly squeezed juice (200g freshly squeezed orange juice).

Dinner: millet porridge (25g millet), steamed cake (75g flour), fried bean sprouts (200g mung bean sprouts) and steamed fish (75g crucian carp).

5. Diet during chemotherapy:

Because the tumor itself consumes the human body and the lack of appetite, nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy, patients with lung cancer should arrange their diet on the principle of high protein, high calorie, easy digestion and low fat during chemotherapy. From the perspective of modern nutrition, all kinds of meat and fish have high protein nutritional value and calories, so they should be matched with each other in the staple food and strive for diversification. Eat more foods with high nutritional value, such as corn, black beans, black sesame seeds, peanuts, millet, black rice, etc., and eat more vegetables and fruits, because they contain essential nutrients for the human body, especially various vitamins and cellulose, such as Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, radish, rape, mushrooms, tremella, apples, pears, jujubes, kiwis and oranges.

If there is loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy, hawthorn, white lentils, white radish, fresh reed rhizome, fresh lotus root, ginger juice, coix seed, dried tangerine peel, etc. Can be added, and can often eat porridge, spleen and appetite, reduce adverse reactions, and stop vomiting. If the blood picture drops, use jujube, longan, animal liver, black-bone chicken, duck, turtle and so on.