According to Chinese medicine, nephrotic syndrome is a disease caused by multiple etiologies, characterized by edema and systemic dysfunction of qi and chemistry. The disease is centered on the dysfunction of the lungs, spleen and kidneys, with the deficiency of qi and blood, especially yang qi, as the root of the disease, and water-dampness, damp-heat and blood stasis as the symptoms of the disease, with clinical manifestations of mixed evidence of deficiency and reality. In the treatment of this disease, it is important to provide dietary adjustment for the sick child. The following are some of the dietary contraindications for nephrotic syndrome.
1, limit the consumption of “salty” food.
In Chinese medicine, the theory of “four qi and five tastes”, “salty” taste into the main kidney meridian, go to the blood. The effect is to moisten the lower and soft firmness. But too much salt can be harmful to the body. In the Nei Jing, it is said that “if you eat too much salt, your veins will be cold and discolored”. Excessive consumption of salty taste will affect the operation of qi and blood, blocking yang qi, resulting in the body’s adverse qi transformation. In children with nephrotic syndrome, the body’s lungs, spleen and kidneys are damaged, and the transportation of water and fluids is imbalanced, resulting in edema.
At this time, if the patient eats a lot of “salty” food or medicine, it will affect the qi-chemistry function of the kidney, and the kidney’s main water function will be damaged, which will aggravate the symptoms of edema. Some foods do not taste salty but also have a “salty” effect, so attention should also be paid. In our daily life, we should pay attention to limit the salty food such as salt, MSG, pickled food, cookies and snacks with high sodium content, and seafood.
2, avoid eating fatty and thick, spicy and stimulating food.
Nephrotic syndrome children with damaged spleen and stomach, transport and absorption function is impaired. If you eat fatty, thick and spicy food will not only increase the burden on the spleen and stomach, but will also produce phlegm and heat, aggravating the condition. Children with nephrotic syndrome should eat light, liquid and easily digestible food in their daily life. Avoid eating fatty, fried and baked foods as well as spicy and stimulating foods, such as chili, garlic, raw onion, cilantro, dog meat, etc.
3, appropriate use of food to benefit the essence of blood.
The children with nephrotic syndrome belong to the original deficiency, the longer the course of the disease, more children have malnutrition, such as muscle atrophy, dry hair, pale skin, etc.. This is due to the lungs, spleen and kidneys are damaged water and grain essence can not be transported and transported in the body, the longer the disease, the more deficient. At this time, eating more food to nourish essence and blood can enhance the body’s ability to resist external evil. In daily life, children should eat high quality protein foods, such as beef, chicken, milk and eggs. At the same time, attention should also be paid to the comprehensive and balanced nutrition. Supplementation should be based on the physical condition of the child and the preference of the disease, according to the individual and the disease, supplementation should not be excessive.
4, eat more food belonging to the “sweet” and “light” flavor.
The same as the salty taste, sweet taste and light taste is not artificially prescribed or through the taste, it is also the reaction of food action on the body, and repeatedly verified after the induction. The sweet taste is good for the body and the middle. The light taste can permeate dampness and promote water. Children with nephrotic syndrome often have deficiencies in the lungs, spleen and kidneys, and are characterized by edema, so eating more sweet, light-tasting foods can support the righteousness and dispel evil, promote water and reduce swelling.
Most of the foods in daily life are sweet, such as yam, chicken, all kinds of rice and noodles, fruits and vegetables, etc. The food belonging to the light category such as winter melon, mung beans, poria, coix seeds, etc.
5, pay attention to diet and diet with clean.
No diet or unclean diet will directly damage the body’s spleen and stomach transport and absorption function. Nephrotic syndrome children should pay more attention to not addicted to food, not partial food, not diet, pay attention to dietary hygiene, to prevent disease from the mouth.
A few dietary therapy recipes for children with nephrotic syndrome.
1, applicable to damp-heat internal trapped nephrotic syndrome recipe – winter melon lumbar soup
Ingredients: 250 grams of winter melon, 1 pair of pork loin, 9 grams of barley, 9 grams of astragalus, 9 grams of Chinese yam, 5 shiitake mushrooms, 10 cups of chicken soup.
Directions: Wash the ingredients, peel and remove the flesh of winter melon, cut into pieces, and remove the stems of shiitake mushrooms. Cut the pork loin in half, remove the white part, then cut into slices, wash and scald with hot water. Pour the chicken soup into a pot and heat it up. Put ginger and green onion first, then put barley, astragalus and winter melon, cook for 40 minutes on medium heat, then add pork loin, shiitake mushrooms and Chinese yam, cook and cook for a few more minutes on slow heat, season to taste.
Effect: This soup has the function of tonifying the kidneys and strengthening the lumbar, and lowering the pressure of dampness. It is suitable for nephrotic syndrome, glomerulonephritis and other symptoms of internal dampness and heat, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, edema of the lower limbs, hypertension, vertigo and tinnitus.
2, for spleen deficiency and dampness trapped evidence of nephrotic syndrome recipe – astragalus almond carp soup
Astragalus Almond Carp Soup: 60g of raw astragalus, 15g of mulberry bark and almond, 3 slices of ginger, 1 carp (about 250g), remove the scales and internal organs of the carp and decoct it together with the above medicine until it is cooked, remove the dregs of the medicine and eat the fish and drink the soup. Used for spleen deficiency dampness evidence.
3, for nephrotic syndrome dietary treatment of edema and proteinuria of all types of nephrotic disease – crucian carp winter melon soup
Crucian carp and winter melon soup: 120g of crucian carp, 60-120g of winter melon skin, remove the scales of crucian carp, cut off the intestines and organs, fry with winter melon skin, stew the soup without salt, drink the soup and eat the crucian carp. It is used for edema and proteinuria in all types of kidney disease.
4, for the spleen deficiency and damp heat edema of nephrotic syndrome recipe – barley and mung bean porridge
Job’s tear and mung bean porridge: 30g each of raw barley and red bean, 60g of mung bean. cook porridge and eat once a day. Used for edema of spleen deficiency and damp heat.
5, for kidney disease of edema obvious nephrotic syndrome recipe – Wu carp fish soup
Carp soup: 1 tail of carp (about 250g), 1g of black and white ugly (fried) each grinded. Remove the scales and viscera of the carp, put the powdered black and white ugly in the belly of the fish, suture it with thread, stew it until it is cooked, and take the fish soup together. It is used for those with obvious edema of kidney disease.
6, for the spleen and kidney deficiency type of nephrotic syndrome recipe – astragalus yam porridge
Astragalus yam porridge: 40g of roasted astragalus, 20g of yam and poria, 10g of lotus seeds and gorgonians, cooked as porridge and served with Wu Zi Yan Zong Wan. Used for kidney disease of spleen and kidney deficiency type.
Benefit qi, water and swelling nephrotic syndrome diet – Astragalus stewed hen
Astragalus stewed hen: 40g of roasted astragalus, 1 young hen (about 1000g). The chicken to remove the hair and viscera, the astragalus in the chicken’s belly, stewed over a gentle fire, put a little salt, eat meat and drink soup in several times. Used to benefit qi and water to reduce swelling.
7, with liver ascites nephrotic syndrome recipe – woolly fish
The fish weighs about 500 grams, remove intestines and scales, put garlic cloves and adzuki beans in the belly of the fish, fill the belly of the fish, add water and boil the soup without salt, can be dipped in a little sugar and vinegar to eat, eat it in several times a day, for several days. Cure chronic nephritis or nephrotic syndrome, liver ascites and other signs.