Ulcerative colitis is a chronic ulcerative disease with unknown causes. The lesions are mainly ulcers, mainly located in the submucosa of rectum and sigmoid colon, but also throughout the colon. The main symptoms are diarrhea and abdominal pain, and there is blood pus and mucus in the stool. The course of the disease is slow, with different severity, and there is a tendency of recurrent attacks. A few days after the attack, most patients have different periods of symptom relief. At this time, the stool can be completely normal, and then they are induced by emotional excitement, fatigue, eating disorders, secondary infections and so on.

Patients are forbidden cold food and hard food, such as soda, ice cream, radish, kale and sweet potato. It is forbidden to drink strong tea, spirits and spicy food, such as pepper, coffee and curry. Eat less milk and other dairy products.

The diet is soft, easy to digest, nutritious and full of calories, and contains many vitamins and electrolytes, especially potassium and calcium. In the case of epidemic and severe illness, liquid or slag-free semi-liquid food should be given, and it is advisable to eat less and eat more meals. Appropriate to eat fried lentils yam porridge: fried lentils 600 grams (broken), yam 60 grams, rice 50 grams, boiled porridge.