Dietary principles of lung cancer patients
After suffering from lung cancer, the patient decides whether to operate according to the severity of the disease. If surgery is needed, the patient's lung qi will be affected by the bed after surgery, resulting in shortness of breath, chest tightness, sweating and other symptoms. At this point, the patient needs to recuperate through diet. Diet should be based on invigorating qi and nourishing blood, and you can eat more Chinese dates, eggs, lean meat, lotus roots, Chinese cabbage, longan, pine nuts, apples and other foods.
Recipes for lung cancer patients 1: lotus seed chicken
Lotus seed ginseng 15g, chicken and duck, pork. Lotus seeds and meat are stewed together, and seasoning can be added appropriately. Regular use can replenish lung and qi, promote fluid production and quench thirst. Suitable for lung cancer patients with deficiency of both qi and blood.
Recipe 2 for lung cancer patients: Schisandra stew
50 grams of Schisandra chinensis, 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.
Recipe 3 for lung cancer patients: stewed bird's nest with angelica dahurica
9 grams of angelica dahurica, 9 grams of bird's nest, and a proper 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.
Recipe 4 for Lung Cancer Patients: Steamed Duck with Ginkgo biloba
200g ginkgo and 1 white duck. Peel ginkgo, cook it in boiling water, peel and core it, then blanch it in boiling water and mix it 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.
Examples of nutritional recipes after lung cancer (recovery period after 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).
Meal: Fresh juice (200g fresh orange juice).
Dinner: millet porridge (25g millet), steamed cake (75g flour), fried bean sprouts (200g mung bean sprouts) and steamed fish (75g crucian carp).
40 grams of cooking oil for a whole day.
For hemoptysis and other symptoms, Chinese medicine has many prescriptions and prescriptions for nourishing yin and moistening lung, stopping cough and stopping bleeding. For example, there are almond jellyfish, lily, water chestnut and other foods, while lotus root festival, lotus seed, persimmon, pear, yam, lily, tremella and so on 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.