Postoperative dietary care for esophageal cancer patients is very crucial, and should be carried out in strict accordance with the order of fasting water→nasogastric feeding→transoral feeding, and the specific time should be decided by doctors. Fasting and water fasting stage: It is necessary to strictly follow the doctor’s instruction, brush teeth and tongue (tongue coating) carefully every day, make good oral hygiene, and try not to do or do less swallowing. This stage usually takes 6-8 days. Nasogastric feeding stage: Nasogastric feeding can be started on the second day after the operation, which is a method of feeding nutritional solution to the patient through a flexible tube inserted into the small intestine from the nasal cavity. Due to the thin diameter of the tube, only full-fluid food can be infused (in order to prevent clogging of the nasal feeding tube), such as Ruineng, Ruidai and other enteral nutritional solutions, but also can be infused with rice broth, fruit juice, vegetable broth, broth, etc., which should not be too oily, the temperature of 38-40 ℃, and must pay attention to the cleanliness and freshness; nausea, abdominal distension, diarrhea, and other symptoms appear after the infusion, it is necessary to consult with the doctor; the instruments used for nasal feeding should be careful to clean and disinfect. The daily nasal feeding volume is usually 1000-2000ml, less at the beginning and increase gradually. Oral feeding stage: usually starts around the 6th-8th day after surgery, which varies from hospital to hospital. The first trial meal, i.e., drink several 10 ml of water in small sips, and observe whether there are any abnormalities such as violent choking and coughing, chest tightness, panic, and fever, chills, and so on. Once discomfort occurs, it should be stopped. If there is no discomfort, the next day can be fed with liquid food, supplemented by nasal feeding, and gradually transitioned to semi-fluid food, soft food, general food; special attention should be paid to the need for small meals, chewing and slow swallowing; into the easy-to-digest food; to avoid cold and hard food, including hard tablets; don’t lie down in 2 hours after the meal, and put the pillow up when sleeping to prevent food reflux. Dietary adjustment after discharge: Almost all patients have difficulty in eating after discharge, this is due to the need to connect the esophagus with the stomach after surgical removal of esophageal tumors, this connection is called anastomosis in medicine, there will be a sense of stagnation when the food passes through the anastomosis, resulting in difficulty in swallowing, which is a normal situation, and it will be adapted to slowly, so there is no need to worry about it. One week after discharge to eat soft food, such as wontons, dumplings, noodles, etc., two weeks after discharge can eat a little hard food such as rice, steamed bread, one month after discharge can be tested to swallow food, which is conducive to the expansion of the anastomosis, and if you are worried about the “bad food” and long time to drink congee, do not enter the normal diet may increase the chance of anastomotic narrowing This is conducive to the expansion of anastomosis. The eating habit after esophageal cancer surgery is different from that before surgery, and the principle of “chewing and swallowing slowly, small amount and multiple meals” should be kept in mind, i.e., don’t eat too much at one time, and eat in several times. In the past, there were three meals a day, but after the operation, it will be changed to 4-6 meals a day. There is no special requirement for eating food, normal diet, but avoid too acidic, too spicy and other stimulating food. Those with poor nutrition can supplement protein powder appropriately. Don’t trip down immediately after eating, you can move around appropriately to help food emptying and digestion. The complete recovery of gastrointestinal function after esophageal cancer surgery usually takes 2 months to half a year. Therefore, it is normal to have diarrhea and poor appetite in a short period of time, so there is no need to worry too much. Regarding tonic: patients with esophageal cancer can just take normal diet after surgery and should not take tonic blindly. Many traditional Chinese medicines have toxic side effects, only that no attention is paid to them at present. A good mood is the best medicine for digestion. You should adjust your mood and be full of confidence in order to live a healthy life.