During chemotherapy, patients often have poor appetite and obvious gastrointestinal reactions, so they should choose some light and tasty meals that have the effect of lowering rebellion and stopping vomiting.
(1) fresh rutabaga soup
Ingredients: 120 grams of fresh rutabaga, 30 grams of rock sugar.
Preparation: fresh rutabaga, add water about 500 ml, boil for 20 minutes, add rock sugar. Wu Yu, Department of Oncology, Xiyuan Hospital, Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Usage: Take one to two times a day, or drink as tea.
Effects: Clearing the stomach and stopping vomiting.
Indications: Nausea and dry mouth during chemotherapy.
(2) Fresh lotus root and ginger porridge
Ingredients: 500 grams of fresh lotus root (remove the knot), 10 grams of ginger juice, 100 grams of round-grained rice.
Preparation: Add 1000 ml of water and cook the congee over low heat for about 1 hour.
Usage: Once or twice a day.
Effects: Harmonizing the middle of the body and nourishing the stomach.
Indications: Loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy.
(3) carrot porridge
Ingredients: 250 grams of carrots, 100 grams of round-grained rice, ginger powder and hawthorn powder.
Preparation: Wash and slice the carrot, add japonica rice and 1000 ml of water. Cook the porridge for about 1 hour, and after it is cooked, add ginger powder and hawthorn powder.
Usage: One to two times a day.
Effects: Regulates Qi and harmonizes the stomach.
Indications: During chemotherapy, loss of appetite, abdominal distension, etc.
(4) Buddha’s hand porridge
Ingredients: 10 grams of dried Buddha’s hand, 100 grams of round-grained rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar and green onion.
Preparation: Dried Buddha’s hand, decocted in water to extract juice, add japonica rice, water 1000 ml, cook the porridge together. Add rock sugar and green onion to taste.
Usage: One to two times daily.
Effects: Promoting the flow of Qi and harmonizing the stomach.
Indications: During chemotherapy, loss of appetite, abdominal distension, etc.
(5) Steamed crucian carp
Ingredients: 1 carp (500g), 60g of asparagus, 30g of shiitake mushroom, onion and ginger.
Preparation: remove the scales, gills and internal organs of crucian carp, wash them, put them in a basin, put the asparagus slices, mushrooms, green onions and ginger in order, fry them in a pot for 20 minutes, then pour them into the pot, add 500 ml of water, adjust the taste after the soup is boiled.
Usage: Once a day.
Efficacy: Benefit Qi and nourish blood.
Indications: During chemotherapy, body fatigue and weakness, etc.
(6) sea cucumber Poria soup
Raw materials: wolfberry 20 grams, Poria 20 grams, sea cucumber (wet) 250 grams.
Production: first decoction of Chinese wolfberry, Poria, take the water and sea cucumber cooked rotten, and salt seasoning, as a soup to eat.
Usage: Once a day.
Effects: Nourishing the spleen and kidney, nourishing yin and generating blood.
Indications: During chemotherapy, dizziness, shortness of breath, palpitations, and leukopenia.
(7) Milk soup with hooked vine and lotus seeds
Ingredients: 50 grams of lotus seeds, 20 grams of hooked vine, 100 ml of milk, appropriate amount of rock sugar or white sugar.
Preparation: Boil lotus seeds and hooked vine 20 grams in appropriate amount of water, remove the dregs and take the water, put rock sugar or white sugar to taste, rinse into milk, boil it and take it.
Usage: One to two times a day.
Effects: Strengthening the spleen, nourishing the stomach, tonifying the deficiency and generating blood.
Indications: Suitable for people with dizziness and poor circulation during chemotherapy.
(8) longan jujube stew snapper
Ingredients: 1 snapper about 250 grams, 20 grams of longan meat, 20 grams of jujube, salt and ginger appropriate amount.
Production: slaughter the snapper to remove the intestines and wash, and longan meat, jujube with 1000 ml of water, stew for 1 hour, and salt and ginger seasoning.
Usage: Once or twice a week, with meals.
Effect: It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and nourishing the middle, adding essence and blood.
Indications: Applicable to bone marrow suppression caused by tumor chemotherapy.