1. Foods that should be eaten more

Wolfberry heads

Those with hyperthyroidism should wash the young wolfberry leaves in spring, blanch them in boiling water, squeeze them dry and chop them into fine pieces. , add condiments and eat it cold, it has the effect of clearing liver fire and cooling blood heat. You can also use the method in "Treatise on the Properties of Medicine" to "cook it and drink it instead of tea".

Chrysanthemum brain

Chrysanthemum brain is a vegetable in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Its young seedlings are often picked in spring and summer for stir-frying. It has the effect of clearing away heat and cooling blood and clearing away fire and detoxification. It is especially suitable for People with hyperthyroidism who are upset, impatient, afraid of heat and have excessive sweating should consume it in decoction.

Dry celery

Dry celery is cool in nature, sweet and bitter in taste, and has the effect of calming the liver and clearing away heat. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says it "treats liver yang, dizziness, flushed face and red eyes". Modern research shows that celery is rich in vitamins and minerals, can purify the blood, promote waste excretion in the body, and has a mild sedative effect. It is most suitable for patients with hyperthyroidism who are impatient and easily excited.

Daylily

"Rihuazi Materia Medica" says: "Cure body heat." "Compendium of Materia Medica" also says: "Today, people always use it to treat rising qi and fire, so that they can sleep well at night, and it is very effective." Daylily can clear liver fire and calm liver heat, and can treat excessive liver fire, irritable temperament, or liver stagnation. For those with hyperthyroidism who suffer from sluggishness and poor mood, it is suitable to eat stir-fried side dishes or decoction instead of tea.

Malantou

Malantou is cool in nature and has the effect of cooling blood and heat and clearing liver heat. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Malan is the best antidote to heat and toxins. It can penetrate into the blood, stop bleeding and cool blood." It is especially suitable for people with hyperthyroidism and eye swelling and pain.

Lotus Leaf

According to "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": "The lotus leaf clears away wind-heat in the head and head, relieves dizziness and clears phlegm." "Yilin Compendium" also says: "Lotus leaves The leaves mostly enter the liver, calming heat and removing dampness, clearing Qi, and purging the heart and liver, so they can remove blood stasis, remove excessive heat, and calm Qi and blood."

From the perspective of these effects, Lotus. The leaves are most suitable for patients with hyperthyroidism who suffer from excessive sweating, are afraid of heat, and are irritable and impatient.

Water chestnuts

Water chestnuts are cold in nature, sweet in taste, and can clear away heat and resolve phlegm. Meng Shen of the Tang Dynasty said that water chestnuts can "remove excess heat in the chest." "Compendium of Materia Medica" also says that it "clears the heart and reduces fire, nourishes the lungs and cools the liver, digests food and resolves phlegm". People with hyperthyroidism often present with severe fever, liver fire and phlegm. Therefore, it is most suitable to eat water chestnuts regularly.

Watermelon

Watermelon is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It has the functions of clearing away heat, removing restlessness, promoting body fluid production and quenching thirst. "Yin Shan Zheng Yao" says it "cures upset". "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" believes that watermelon can "cure all fever, phlegm and qi stagnation". Therefore, watermelon is most suitable for people with hyperthyroidism who are afraid of heat, sweating, impatient, irritable, flushed and have low fever.

Mulberry

Mulberry is sweet in taste and cold in nature. It can nourish the liver and kidneys, nourish yin fluid, relieve deficiency wind, and clear deficiency fire. "Compendium of Materia Medica" once commented: "Mulberry is sweet and cold, nourishes blood and removes heat. It is a medicine that cools blood, nourishes blood and nourishes yang." For patients with hyperthyroidism who have internal heat and yin deficiency, eating mulberry can nourish yin and clear away heat. Therefore, "Compendium of Materia Medica" also says: "When heat retreats and yin is generated, there will be no fire in the liver and heart, so the soul will be peaceful and the mind will be calm." Patients with hyperthyroidism show easily agitated, insomnia, irritable temper, palpitations, sweating, and palms. Heat, fear of heat, etc. can be said to be "fire in the liver and heart". Eating mulberry can play the role of "quenching the wind and clearing the fire" as mentioned in the "Suixiju Diet Manual" when discussing mulberry.

Lotus seeds

Meng Shen, a famous food doctor in the Tang Dynasty, recorded in "Food Medicine Heart Mirror": "Lotus seeds quenches thirst and removes heat." "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" says: "Lotus seeds clear the heart and relieve pain. "Compendium of Materia Medica" also says: "Lotus seeds clear the heart and relieve troubles." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lotus seeds have the effect of nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, strengthening the spleen and kidneys, and are suitable for patients with hyperthyroidism who have heat in the heart meridian, irritability, insomnia, and palpitations.

Bitter melon Bitter melon is cold in nature and bitter in taste. It is most suitable for people with excessive heart and liver fire, palpitations, troublesome heat, and severe internal heat caused by hyperthyroidism. As the "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" says: Balsam pear "reduces excess fire in the six meridians". "Shengshengbian" also said that bitter melon can "remove evil heat and relieve fatigue". "Compendium of Materia Medica" states that it can "remove heat and relieve troubles".

Cassia seed

Cold in nature, sweet and bitter in taste, it has the functions of clearing liver fire, improving eyesight, and relieving constipation. Folks are accustomed to using fried cassia seeds to make tea, so it is an edible traditional Chinese medicine. "Treatise on the Properties of Medicine" says that it can "remove the liver and relieve heat". People with hyperthyroidism mostly have excessive liver fire, so it is best to drink fried cassia and decoction in water instead of tea.

White chrysanthemum

White chrysanthemum is cool in nature, sweet and bitter in taste. It can clear away stagnant fire, remove liver heat, benefit blood vessels and clear the head and eyes. "Bielu" says that chrysanthemum can "remove troublesome heat in the chest."

"Compendium of Materia Medica" believes that it can "clear the three burners and stagnate fire, and treat muscle heat." It is especially suitable for patients with hyperthyroidism to drink boiled water as tea frequently during the hot summer.

Duck meat

Duck meat is mild in nature, sweet and salty in taste, and can nourish yin and replenish deficiency. "Bielu" says that duck meat can "replenish deficiency and remove heat". Meng Shen of the Tang Dynasty said that duck meat can "disinfect heat". "Compendium of Materia Medica" believes that duck meat "nourishes yin, removes steam, and resolves deficiency and phlegm." Wang Mengying, a doctor in the Qing Dynasty, also said: "It nourishes the yin of the five internal organs and clears away the heat caused by fatigue." Therefore, it is most suitable for hyperthyroidism patients with yin deficiency and internal heat to eat duck meat simmering soup.

Lily

"Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Lily clears away phlegm and fire, and replenishes deficiency and damage." Doctors in the past dynasties believed that lily can clear the heart and calm the mind, and at the same time nourish the lungs, moisten the lungs and relieve coughs. It is beneficial to those with lingering heat, deficiency, restlessness, and palpitations after febrile illness. Patients with hyperthyroidism whose symptoms include irritability, restlessness, insomnia, palpitations and fatigue should take Lily Simmering Decoction, which has the effect of clearing away heat from deficiency, eliminating phlegm and fire, and calming the mind.

In addition, patients with hyperthyroidism should also eat pears, fresh lotus roots, apples, oranges, persimmons, bananas, figs, raw cucumbers, lettuce melons, sweet potatoes, chrysanthemum, shepherd's purse, cress, water spinach, and amaranth. , radish, tomato, gourd, loofah, wax gourd, green vegetables, Chinese cabbage, water shield, soy products, milk, adzuki beans, mung beans, mung bean sprouts, lean pork, soft-shell turtle, crucian carp, snakeheaded fish, silver carp, bream, clam meat, duck eggs , wild duck, yam, dendrobium, reed root, rehmannia root, adenophora, wolfberry, sturgeon, polygonum multiflorum, etc.

2. Foods that should not be eaten

Avoid eating fatty, sweet and thick-flavored foods, such as fatty meats, animal oils, butter, cream, candies, preserved fruits, candied fruits, malted milk, etc., to avoid Helps phlegm and qi stagnation. Avoid eating warm, spicy and irritating foods, such as wine, vinegar, beef, mutton, dog meat, leeks, raw garlic, chili, pepper, curry, lychee, longan and fried, smoked, roasted and other foods. Drinking coffee and strong tea at the same time should also be done in moderation to avoid aggravating the patient's nervous excitement.