For hemorrhoid patients after surgery, what to eat is their biggest concern. So what should you eat after hemorrhoid surgery?
1. Persimmon
Persimmon has the effect of preventing hemorrhoids. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that persimmons are astringent (but the astringent taste will be eliminated after simple treatment), cold in nature, and have the functions of softening and dispersing stagnation, clearing away heat and dryness, and strengthening the spleen and promoting fluid production. Therefore, it is very effective in preventing constipation and relieving dry or bleeding stools. In addition, persimmons can also relieve high blood pressure and arteriosclerosis.
2. Black fungus
When you have bloody stools after hemorrhoid surgery, you can eat black fungus to nourish the blood and stop bleeding. Black fungus is rich in protein, fat, colloid, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin B1 and other nutrients, which can promote blood circulation and stop bleeding, moisten the lungs and promote fluid production, and treat hemorrhoid bleeding.
3. Tomatoes
Tomatoes, also known as tomatoes, are sweet, sour and slightly cold in nature. It has the functions of producing fluid and quenching thirst, cooling blood and calming liver, strengthening stomach and digestion, moistening intestines and laxative, clearing heat and detoxifying, tonifying kidney and diuresis. Tomatoes are a vegetable commonly eaten in daily life, and are especially suitable for those who suffer from thirst due to fever, lack of appetite, excess summer heat, gastrointestinal heat accumulation, and liver and gallbladder heat. Patients with constipation, hemorrhoids, and anal fissures should eat it regularly.
4. Lotus root
If there is occasional small amount of bleeding during defecation after hemorrhoid surgery, no treatment is required. However, about one week after the operation, when the ligation thread slips due to shrinkage and necrosis of local tissue or friction with stool, it may cause secondary bleeding. At this time, lotus root slices can be given appropriately to stop bleeding and converge.