In recent years, experts have been calling for more low-dose spiral CT examination of the chest during physical examination. As a result, more and more people have found pulmonary nodules. Most small nodules don't need surgery, just regular examination. During this time, what should these patients pay attention to in their diet? Professor Lin Lizhu, vice president of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, gave advice to readers.

Professor Lin Lizhu introduced that Chinese medicine believes that the formation of pulmonary nodules is mostly due to qi deficiency or stagnation in the body, which blocks the operation of qi and blood meridians, causes local congestion, and leads to dysfunction of viscera and produces phlegm and blood stasis. Insufficient vital qi, phlegm and blood stasis can not be discharged in time, which aggravates the obstruction of meridians, thus forming nodules that are "toxic" to the body. The interaction of qi deficiency, qi stagnation and phlegm and blood stasis is such a vicious circle that the condition continues to deteriorate.

Therefore, in the process of preventing and treating pulmonary nodules, Chinese medicine can, on the one hand, make pulmonary nodules smaller or even disappear through drugs and foods that clear and nourish the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve depression, and soften and disperse hard masses; On the other hand, it is necessary to comprehensively regulate the patient's physique, strengthen the function of zang-fu organs, improve the internal environment of the human body, and prevent the nodules from further increasing or reappearing.

In diet, patients with pulmonary nodules should pay attention to the freshness and variety of ingredients, mix meat and vegetables, eat more foods that nourish and moisten the lungs, clear away the lung and disperse the stagnation, and avoid greasy, spicy, irritating, simplistic and spicy foods, especially pickled, moldy and fried foods. For some "green foods" with anti-cancer and anti-oxidation, you can eat more.

The "gold" in the five elements is in the lungs, and the color is white. For patients with pulmonary nodules, you can eat some "white food" appropriately. Dietetic prescriptions attach importance to compatibility and give consideration to taste. The specific principles are as follows:

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Chinese medicines such as Radix Astragali, Radix Codonopsis, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Ganoderma, Rhizoma Dioscoreae and Coicis Semen are used to tonify spleen, lung and spleen. For patients with lung qi deficiency, Radix Astragali, Radix Codonopsis, Radix Adenophorae, Radix Ophiopogonis and Lily can be used.

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For those who promote qi and relieve depression, Bupleurum, Cyperus rotundus, Rose, Albizia Albizia, Lily and Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae can be used to regulate qi.

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Those who resolve phlegm and disperse phlegm can use Fritillaria thunbergii, Prunella vulgaris, oysters, dried tangerine peel, forsythia suspensa, dandelion and so on.

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Those who promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis need notoginseng, peach kernel, safflower, salvia miltiorrhiza, Ligusticum chuanxiong and angelica sinensis to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

Recommendation of general diet prescription

1. Codonopsis pilosula, Polygonatum odoratum and Millettia speciosa pork soup: Slice lean pork 100- 150g, wash Codonopsis pilosula, Polygonatum odoratum and Millettia speciosa 15-30g and slice * * * to make soup, and season with salt. Has the functions of invigorating spleen, benefiting qi, moistening lung and relieving cough. Suitable for pulmonary nodules, accompanied by dry throat, easy to cough, upset and thirsty, lung dryness, fatigue cough or long-term use of sound.

2. Five white drinks: 6 grams of tremella, 65,438+00 grams of Radix Glehniae, Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati and Lily, and appropriate amount of rock sugar, decocted in water, have the functions of nourishing yin, moistening lung, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. It can be used for lung nodules with yin deficiency and lung dryness, with symptoms of dry cough, blood in phlegm and hemoptysis.

3. Maozhaocao Pig Lung Soup: 30 grams of Maozhaocao is washed and set aside. A pig lung is about 300-400 grams. Cut into pieces, squeeze foam out of pig lung trachea by hand and wash it, add about half a teaspoon of fine salt, rub it evenly, wash it, add appropriate amount of water to both, cook it, season it with oil and salt, and eat meat with soup. Has the effects of clearing away lung heat and resolving hard mass. Suitable for asymptomatic pulmonary nodules.

Since: The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine