Diet for patients with inguinal hernia 1. Generally, patients can eat fluids such as rice soup, diluted lotus root powder, vegetable juice and fruit juice 6 to 12 hours after surgery, and soft food or general food such as soft rice, noodles, chicken cake, chopped and cooked vegetables and meat on the second day, with nutritious and easy-to-digest light diet as the main food. 2, diet can eat more nutritious food. Eat more coarse fiber food, such as leeks, celery, cabbage, coarse grains, beans, bamboo shoots, various fruits, etc. 3, keep the bowels open, available jellyfish, bitter melon, sweet potatoes, etc. 4.After surgery, avoid eating foods that can cause intestinal gas, such as milk, soy milk, eggs, etc. 5, avoid smoking, alcohol, greasy, fried, moldy, pickled food. 6, avoid raw garlic, mustard and other spicy food.