Diarrhea is a relatively common gastrointestinal disease, which will have many adverse effects on health. It needs to be treated and recovered in time to avoid causing greater harm to health. So what are the dietary treatments for diarrhea? What foods can you eat to cure diarrhea? There are many dietary treatments for diarrhea. Let’s learn more about the specific methods and what you need to pay attention to.
1. Dietary therapy for treating diarrhea
(1) Gorgon fruit and yam porridge
Preparation method: 30 grams each of Gorgon fruit and dried yam, 50 grams of glutinous rice, Appropriate amount of sugar. Wash the gorgon seeds, yam, and glutinous rice, add sugar, and cook together to make porridge. Suitable for breakfast and dinner in all seasons and served warm.
Effects and functions: Nourish the spleen and stomach, nourish the lungs and strengthen the kidneys. It is suitable for the treatment of diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, spermatorrhea due to kidney deficiency, chronic dysentery, and cough due to fatigue.
(2) Lotus seed and Gorgon porridge
Preparation method: 15 to 20 grams of lotus seeds, 15 to 30 grams of Gorgon, and 100 grams of japonica or glutinous rice. Use lotus seeds, gorgon seeds and rice flour to make porridge. Eat breakfast and dinner.
Effects and functions: Strengthen the spleen and nourish the heart, nourish the kidneys and resist aging. It can be used to treat the elderly and infirm, chronic diarrhea, excessive dreams and insomnia, and nocturnal polyuria.
(3) Jujube glutinous rice porridge
Preparation method: 400g yam, 500g coix seed, 100g water chestnut powder, 50g jujube, 2500g glutinous rice, 250g white sugar gram. Wash the coix kernels and grind the yam into powder. Put coix kernels, glutinous rice, and jujube into a pot to cook porridge. Cook until the coix kernels bloom and the glutinous rice is cooked. When the glutinous rice is cooked, add the yam powder to the pot and sprinkle it while stirring. After about 20 minutes, add the water chestnut powder to the pot. , stir well, stop heating, put the porridge into a bowl, and add 25 grams of sugar to each bowl. Take 1 small bowl each time, 2 to 3 times a day, warm or hot.
Effects and functions: Replenishing Qi, strengthening the spleen and removing dampness. It is suitable for symptoms such as weak spleen and stomach, lack of food, loose stools, and fatigue.
(4) Lentil and yam porridge
Preparation method: 60 grams each of lentils and yam, 50 grams of rice. Wash the above 3 ingredients and put them into a casserole to cook porridge. It can be taken regularly, and the dosage for children can be reduced by half.
Effects and functions: Strengthen the spleen and stomach, clear away heat and stop diarrhea. It is suitable for the treatment of spleen deficiency and weak stomach, vomiting and diarrhea, loss of appetite, food accumulation, infantile malnutrition, thirst, etc.
2. Methods to prevent diarrhea
1. Fasting in the acute phase: Temporary fasting is required during the acute watery diarrhea phase to allow the intestines to rest completely. Intravenous infusion if necessary to prevent excessive water loss and dehydration.
2. Light liquid diet: Those who do not need to fast should be given a light liquid diet at the beginning of the disease. Such as protein water, juice, rice soup, thin noodle soup, etc., which are mainly salty. Milk, sucrose and other gas-producing liquid diets are prohibited in the early stage. Some patients are not adaptable to milk, and diarrhea often aggravates after taking milk.
3. Adjust the diet according to the condition: the frequency of defecation decreases, and after the symptoms are relieved, switch to a low-fat liquid diet, or a low-fat, low-residue, soft and easy-to-digest semi-liquid diet, such as rice porridge, lotus root starch, and rotten noodles. , dough pieces, etc.
4. Diet choice: After the diarrhea has basically stopped, a low-fat and low-residue semi-liquid diet or soft food can be provided. Eat small and frequent meals to facilitate digestion; such as noodles, porridge, steamed buns, rotten rice, lean meat puree, etc. Vegetables and fruits containing a lot of crude fiber should still be appropriately limited, and then gradually transition to regular food.
5. Vitamin supplement: Pay attention to vitamin B complex and vitamin C supplement, such as fresh orange juice, fruit juice, tomato juice, vegetable soup, etc.
6. Diet taboos: no alcohol, fatty meats, hard and fiber-rich vegetables, raw and cold fruits, greasy snacks and cold drinks.