Physical and mental diet for stomach cancer patients

  Chinese medicine scholars believe that gastric cancer belongs to the categories of “stomach and epigastric pain”, “choking and diaphragm”, “subcardiac abnormalities”, “regurgitation of stomach” and “stomach regurgitation” in Chinese medicine. “stomach regurgitation” and “stomach regurgitation”. For example, in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, it was first recorded that “those with stomach problems have abdominal _ distension, stomach and epigastric pain in the heart ……, diaphragmatic and pharyngeal inaccessibility, and inappetence”, pointing out that “inappetence, diaphragmatic inaccessibility, evil in the stomach and epigastric In the book of “The Essentials of the Golden Horoscope”, it is written that “vomiting in the morning, vomiting in the evening, vomiting in the evening, and the non-transformation of the stored grain is called gastric rebellion”, and the “Treatise on the Origin of Diseases” believes that the cause of the disease is “the deficiency of both the glory and the health …… spleen does not wear then The “Treatise on the Origin of Diseases” believes that the cause of the disease lies in “the spleen is not grinding, the lodged grain does not transform, and its Qi reverses and becomes stomach reversal”; Ming? Zhang Jinyue said “food can not be down, from the gas knot can not also be line”, because “worry and thought, accumulated labor and depression, or excessive alcohol and sex hurt Yin, Yin injury is the essence of blood depletion, Qi can not be choking disease in the upper, essence and blood dried up, then dry knot disease in the lower”; the Qing Dynasty “Medical Zong Jin Jian” also recorded “heat knot does not disperse, burning fluid …… cardia dry, is incorporated into the narrow path of water and grain, so food can not go down, for choking; pylorus dry, is released from the narrow path of decay, so food into the opposite out, for turning stomach also; two evidence to stay connected for a long time, is the large intestine conduction of the narrow path, so the pelvic door should be dry and difficult to move also “The two symptoms remain for a long time, the path of large intestine conduction is narrow, so the Pranic Gate should be dry and astringent and difficult to move. Jing Yue Quan Shu play further pointed out that “diaphragm, between the chest and diaphragm, stomach, or phlegm, or blood stasis, or food stagnation, food into the stomach, can not be reached and vomit, gradually food that vomit, for regurgitation carry on”, clarifying that the cause of choking diaphragm, regurgitation is not only due to Yang Qi deficiency or Qi stagnation, but also with phlegm, blood stasis, food stagnation. It is also related to phlegm-dampness, blood stasis and food stagnation. In conclusion, the causes of gastric cancer are internal, external and non-internal, and are the result of the joint action of various factors such as dysfunction of internal organs, external evil and toxins, seven emotions and poor diet, but deficiency of spleen and stomach is the common thread of all pathological mechanisms.  Advantages of combined Chinese and Western medicine treatment for gastric cancer Stomach cancer treatment advocates that surgery should be the main treatment in early stage, while radiotherapy or chemotherapy should be the main treatment in middle and late stage, but clinical practice has confirmed that the combined Chinese and Western medicine treatment plan is more effective, especially for those advanced patients who can neither have surgery nor chemotherapy, Chinese medicine treatment is the best choice. Clinically, patients with gastric cancer show both deficiency of positive energy and difficulty in removing evil, and cancer toxicity is easy to accumulate, spread and metastasize. Therefore, in the treatment of stomach cancer, TCM scholars have been focusing on the combination of helping the positive and eliminating the evil, especially on the regulation of the deficiency of spleen and stomach, so that the body functions can be balanced, which on the one hand can promote the body to adapt to the new internal environment and reduce the damage caused by surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and on the other hand can enhance and improve the immune ability of the body, which can slow down the growth of tumor and even shrink the tumor. It also has potential advantages in anti-recurrence and metastasis.  Stomach cancer patients should develop good dietary habits, such as eating meals on time, not eating foods that are too hot, too cold, too spicy or spoiled, eating less or no fried or pickled and smoked foods, chewing slowly, quitting smoking and drinking; eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, beans, and appropriately allocating a certain amount of coarse grains. After the disease, attention should be paid to spiritual care, so that patients enhance the confidence to overcome the disease, and actively cooperate with various treatments. Diet should be as colorful, nutritious and varied as possible, such as milk, fish, minced meat, juice, etc. Those who have difficulty swallowing should eat a semi-liquid or liquid diet, and eat more meals. Those who cannot eat due to vomiting should be properly supplemented with fluids, energy and vitamins to maintain the necessity of life. The reason is that the occurrence of gastric cancer is closely related to the presence of Helicobacter pylori (HP for short) in the stomach, and garlic has the effect of inhibiting and killing HP. Garlic is rich in selenium, which can reduce the occurrence of tumor if there is enough selenium in human body. Therefore, garlic is a very good therapeutic food. Garlic is best eaten raw. Because the active ingredients of garlic juice will be destroyed after heating, it is better to use raw garlic for sterilization. Secondly, it should be mashed and eaten. The bulb of garlic contains allicin and alliinase, which exist independently in the bulb. Crushing garlic helps these two substances come into contact with each other, and under the action of alliinase, the allicin will be decomposed, thus generating the volatile and antiseptic allicin. However, raw garlic is very irritating, so it is not advisable to eat more raw garlic. There are many ancient Chinese medical books that say “Do not eat garlic if you have eye disease”, because garlic is a pungent and warm product, so eating too much of it will not only lead to deficiency of liver and blood, but also help fire to hurt the eyes and aggravate eye disease. Therefore, people suffering from glaucoma, cataract, conjunctivitis, wheals, dry eyes and other eye diseases should eat less raw garlic. In addition, patients should insist on participating in appropriate physical activities, such as walking, jogging, playing tai chi, doing qigong, etc. Proper physical exercise can increase the gastrointestinal function of human body, which can strengthen the gastrointestinal peristalsis and increase the secretion of digestive juices, promote the digestion of food and the absorption of nutrients, and improve the blood circulation of the gastrointestinal tract itself, promote its metabolism and delay the aging of the digestive system. Also in the evening before going to bed, lying in bed with two hands to massage the upper and lower abdomen, back and forth about 40 – 50 times, can help the spleen to transport, to remove stagnation, through the obscene gas, the spleen and stomach has a good health care effect.