In recent years, do you feel that many people in your family and friends circle have got tumor? This disease which used to sound terrible and seems to be distant and unrelated to you has been mentioned more and more frequently in recent decades, and even your own immediate family members are suffering from tumor. After getting a tumor, family members are very anxious. Besides the need to follow the doctor’s instruction to let the patient receive regular medical treatment, what other auxiliary means are available to help the patient?
Here we would like to introduce some dietary remedies for tumor, which can be used as an auxiliary means of regular medical treatment, and can help to support the patient and dispel the evil, to supplement the patient’s nutrition and to reduce the patient’s symptoms.
In this article, we will first introduce some dietary recipes for lung cancer.
Lung cancer is one of the malignant tumors with the highest incidence rate in China. According to Chinese medicine, lung cancer is a malignant disease caused by internal deficiency of positive energy and external invasion of evil toxins, with the basic pathological mechanism of internal accumulation of phlegm and turbidity, stagnation of qi and blood stasis, and accumulation in the lung, resulting in the loss of cough, hemoptysis, chest pain, fever and shortness of breath.
Early stage lung cancer is treated with surgery as a reliable means to obtain cure and long-term efficacy, but the efficacy is still not satisfactory. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are effective for some patients in the near future, but with high toxic side effects and high rate of recurrence and metastasis, most of them have only palliative effect. Combined treatment with Chinese and Western medicine can complement each other’s strengths and give full play to the role of various treatment methods in all stages of the disease.
According to the patient’s symptoms and combined with the course of the disease, lung cancer can be roughly divided into the following common types of evidence.
I. Early and middle stage
1. Qi and blood stagnation type.
Symptoms: poor cough, chest tightness and suffocation, chest pain with a fixed location, such as cone and thorn, or dark red phlegm and blood, purple lips, dark tongue or petechiae, thin coating, thin string or fine astringent pulse.
2. Phlegm-dampness containing lung type.
Symptoms: cough, sputum, breath suffocation, thick and sticky sputum, white or yellow-white sputum, chest tightness and chest pain, dullness and loose stools, fatigue, pale tongue, white greasy moss, smooth pulse.
3. Lung stagnation and phlegm-heat type.
Symptoms: poor cough, blood in the sputum, chest pain or shortness of breath, dry lips and mouth, constipation, red or dark red tongue, yellow moss, and string or thin pulse. This is a case of pulmonary Qi stagnation with blood stasis and phlegm congestion. Treatment is to promote the lung and regulate the Qi, remove stasis and phlegm.
Middle and late stage
4. Yin deficiency and toxic heat type.
Symptoms: cough without sputum or little sputum, or blood in the sputum, or even hemoptysis, chest pain, disturbed sleep, low-grade fever and night sweating, or strong fever, prolonged audit, thirst, dry stool, red tongue, yellow tongue coating, fine pulse or large pulse.
5. Qi and Yin deficiency type.
Symptoms: cough with little phlegm, or thin and sticky phlegm, low cough, shortness of breath and shortness of breath, fatigue, white face, thin form and evil wind, spontaneous sweating or night sweating, dry mouth and little drinking, red or light tongue, thin and weak pulse.
6. Yin and Yang deficiency type.
Symptoms: cough without sputum or little sputum in the form of white foam, or with dark pale blood, weak cough, hot flashes, cold form and limbs, spontaneous sweating and night sweating, swelling of the face and limbs, loss of large flesh, purple lips, light and light tongue with little fluid or purple, weak pulse or weakness.
7. Lung and kidney deficiency type.
Symptoms: coughing and wheezing with little breath, moving is worse, inspiration is unfavorable, coughing sputum is white, or with blood, blood is dark, hot flashes, spontaneous sweating, night sweating, hoarseness or loss of voice, swelling of the face and limbs, panic, purple lips, cold limbs, cold form, large flesh is removed, tongue is light or red with little coating, pulse is fine and numbered, or deficiency is large or sinking.
8. Qi and blood deficiency type (common after radiotherapy).
Symptoms: weak cough, white foamy sputum, little breath and lazy speech, low language, fatigue, shortness of breath and spontaneous sweating, pale face, pale white lips and claw nails, dizziness, numbness of limbs, constriction of tendons and veins, palpitations and palpitations, insomnia and dreaminess, dry skin and scorched hair, as well as dry stools and unfavorable urination.
According to different types of lung cancer, different periods or obvious symptoms, the following recipes can be used or alternated depending on the situation. The first part of this chapter introduces the lung cancer therapeutic congee.
Congee for lung cancer
(1) White fruit and date porridge.
25 grams of white fruit, 20 red dates and 50 grams of glutinous rice. Boil white fruit, red dates and glutinous rice together to form a porridge. It can be taken in the morning and evening on an empty stomach to detoxify and reduce swelling. Efficacy: stop coughing and asthma, detoxification and swelling, early and middle stage patients can be applied (evidence type 1, 2, 3).
(2) Peach kernel porridge.
15 grams of peach kernel, 100 grams of round-grained rice and an appropriate amount of water. Boil the congee and take it. Effects: Promoting blood circulation, dispelling blood stasis and relieving pain. It is suitable for lung cancer with stagnation of blood and qi, and coughing in the upper air (evidence type 1).
(3) Almond dessert with rock sugar.
15 grams of sweet almonds, 3 grams of bitter almonds, 50 grams of round-grained rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Soak sweet almonds and bitter almonds in water to soften and remove the skin, pound them, add round-grained rice, water and rock sugar to make a thick porridge, once every other day. Efficacy: moisten the lung to stop coughing, stop coughing and calm asthma, laxative, etc. It is suitable for early and middle stage patients (evidence type 2 and 3).
(4) Psidium guajava barley porridge.
15 grams of whole gourd atrophy, 30 grams of fishy grass, 15 grams of winter melon seeds, 30 grams of grass heliotrope, 30 grams of coix seeds, sugar. First, the whole melon atrophy, winter melon seeds, grass river car decoction, dregs, add fishy grass, coix seeds to cook porridge, sugar seasoning to eat. Clear the lung, resolve phlegm and remove heat. Suitable for patients with lung depression and phlegm-heat, evidence type (3).
(5) Bletilla radish porridge.
15 grams each of Bletilla and sweet almond, 50 grams of white radish, 60 grams of round-grained rice and 20 grams of sugar. Wash and cut splendens into small pieces; remove the skin tips of sweet almonds, peel white radish and cut 4 cm square pieces; wash japonica rice. Put the japonica rice, Bletilla, sweet almond and radish together in an aluminum pot, add water, put it on the fire and boil, then cook for 30 minutes, add sugar and stir well. It nourishes the stomach, moistens the lung and stops coughing, and is suitable for patients with lung cancer due to yin deficiency (evidence type 3 and 4).
(6) Loa leaf congee.
Loquat leaves 15 grams (fresh 60 grams), round-grained rice 100 grams, a little rock sugar. First, wrap the loquat leaves in cloth and decoct them, take the thick juice and remove the residue. Or brush the fresh loquat leaves to remove the lint on the back of the leaves, cut them finely and then decoct the juice and remove the residue, and cook the porridge with round-grained rice. After the porridge is finished, add a little rock sugar and take it as a meal. Suitable for patients with phlegm-heat and lung-heat, evidence type (3, 4).
(7) Lily and rice porridge.
Lily 20g, rice 30g. lily washed, cut into small pieces; rice washed and slow cooked over low heat. Nourish Yin and clear heat. Suitable for those with dry cough, phlegm and blood, and irritable heat in the heart. Suitable for patients with lung cancer (evidence type 3 and 4).
(8) Sugar cane and pine nuts porridge.
Sugar cane juice 500ml, pine nuts 30g, glutinous rice 50g. [Preparation] Wash glutinous rice and pine nuts, add water and boil the porridge, then add sugar cane juice and boil it. It can clear heat and generate body fluid, moisten dryness and quench thirst, nourish lung and strengthen spleen.
It is suitable for those with deficiency of qi and yin in lung cancer, (Evidence type 5).
(9) Bletilla splendens and bird’s nest congee.
15 grams of Bletilla, 10 grams of bird’s nest, 60 grams of round-grained rice and 20 grams of rock sugar. Wash the bird’s nest and cut it into small pieces of 2 cm square, wash and rinse the round-grained rice, and crush the rock sugar. The japonica rice, Bletilla and bird’s nest nourish Yin and moisten the lung, dispel heat and stop cough. It is suitable for lung cancer patients with yin deficiency (evidence type 3, 4, 5).
(10) Silver fungus porridge.
10 grams each of silver fungus and sweet almond, 60 grams of round-grained rice and 20 grams of rock sugar. Remove the impurities from the fungus and tear it into small pieces; remove the skin of sweet almond, wash it and break it into granules; wash the round-grained rice and break the sugar into pieces. Put japonica rice into aluminum pot, add silver fungus, sweet almonds and appropriate amount of water, set the fire to boil, and then cook for 30 minutes, add rock sugar and stir well. It moistens the lung and stops cough, nourishes the stomach and quenches thirst. It is suitable for lung cancer patients with yin deficiency (evidence type 5).
(11) Bird’s nest and lean pork porridge.
Bird’s nest lOg, lean pork 50g, round-grained rice 60g. Wash the bird’s nest with warm water, remove the bird’s hair with tweezers, cut the lean pork into thin slices, and wash the round-grained rice. Put the japonica rice into the aluminum pot, add water, add lean pork, put it on the fire and boil, add bird’s nest and cook for 30 minutes. It nourishes the stomach, nourishes Yin and replenishes blood. It is suitable for patients with deficiency evidence of lung cancer (evidence type 5, 6, 8).
(12) Sheep bone congee.
Two sheep bones (about 100 grams in weight). 100 grams of japonica rice or glutinous rice, a little salt, ginger and white onion each. First, wash the sheep bones and hammer them into small pieces (such as the size of a ping-pong ball), add water and boil them, take the soup and clean japonica rice (or glutinous rice) and cook them together as porridge, add salt after the porridge is cooked. This formula is suitable for patients with lung cancer after surgery, warming and nourishing the lung, replenishing qi and benefiting blood (evidence type 8).
(13) Duck meat congee.
Sliced duck meat, 100 grams of rice, and three stems of white onion are cooked together and eaten with salt to taste. It has the effect of nourishing Yin, tonifying blood, promoting water retention and reducing swelling, and is especially suitable for patients with lung cancer at all stages combined with pleural fluid.