What is good to eat after a fracture?

  In order to promote fracture healing, the diet of fracture patients can be based on the early, middle and late stages of fracture healing, with different foods according to the development of the disease, in order to promote hematoma absorption or bone scab production.  Early stage (1 to 2 weeks): The injured area is swollen with blood stasis, the meridians are blocked, and the qi and blood are blocked, so the main treatment in this stage is to activate the blood and remove blood stasis, and move the qi and dissipate it. According to Chinese medicine, “if the stasis does not go, the bone cannot be born” and “if the stasis goes, the new bone is born”. It can be seen that eliminating swelling and dispersing stasis is the first priority for fracture healing. In principle, the diet should be light, such as vegetables, eggs, soy products, fruits, fish soup, lean meat, etc. Avoid eating spicy, hot, sour and greasy food, especially fatty and tonic products, such as bone soup, fatty chicken, stewed fish, etc. Otherwise, the stagnation of blood stasis will be difficult to dissipate, which will delay the course of the disease, delay the growth of bone scabs and affect the recovery of joint function in the future. At this stage, dietary therapy can be used with Panax ginseng.  10 grams, 10 grams of angelica, 1 meat pigeon, stewed and cooked, soup and meat together, once a day for 7 to 10 days.  In the middle stage (2-4 weeks): The stasis is partially absorbed, and the treatment in this period is based on harmonizing the camp and relieving pain, eliminating stasis and generating new blood, and connecting bones and tendons. Diet should be changed from light to highly nutritious to meet the needs of bone scab growth. Bone broth, chicken and animal liver can be added to the initial recipes to provide more vitamin A, D, calcium and protein. For dietary treatment, we can use 10 grams of angelica, 15 grams of bone marrow, 10 grams of sequestra, 250 grams of fresh pork or beef ribs, stewed for more than 1 hour, and use the soup together for 2 weeks.  Late stage (more than 5 weeks): After 5 weeks of injury, the bone scabs have started to grow and the swelling is basically absorbed. It is advisable to treat the fracture by tonifying the liver, kidney, qi and blood to promote the production of stronger bone scabs, as well as to relax the tendons and activate the joints adjacent to the fracture so that the joints can move freely and flexibly to restore their previous functions. Diet can be released from taboos, recipes can be accompanied by old hen soup, pig bone soup, sheep bone soup, stewed water fish, etc. Those who can drink wine can use Duzhong bone tonic wine, chicken blood vine wine, tiger bone papaya wine, etc. Dietary therapy can be used wolfberry 10 grams, 15 grams of bone crushed tonic, 10 grams of sequelae, 50 grams of coic rice. Decoct the dregs of the bone crushed tonic and sequestra first, then add the other 2 flavors together and cook the porridge. Take the congee once a day for 7 days, with an interval of 3 to 5 days after each course of treatment, for a total of 3 to 4 courses of treatment.