I. Early stage (within 2 weeks after fresh fracture or surgery)
1, bleeding, pain or shock at the fracture, need to correct the electrolyte balance of the body in time; trauma, bleeding, exudation, tissue necrosis, etc. can cause massive protein loss.
2, psychological factors: early anxiety, fear, pessimism, disappointment, easily lead to sympathetic excitation, vagal inhibition, so that the gastrointestinal tract function is weakened, prone to loss of appetite, abdominal distension, etc.
3, pain stimulation, coupled with long-term bed rest, the gastrointestinal tract function is weakened, easy to lead to constipation. Therefore, during this period, the diet is based on the principles of promoting the flow of Qi, light and laxative, and small amount of meals, with low fat, high iron, high vitamin, light and tasty, semi-liquid diet or general food rich in water and collagen fiber; the amount of food is appropriate to feel seventy to eighty percent full, and if necessary, small amount of meals; avoid eating greasy, fatty, sour and spicy and hairy food.
Breakfast.
Take a glass of light salt water or honey water by mouth in the morning (optional for middle-aged and elderly people) to moisten and smooth the stool and prevent constipation.
According to the function of the digestive system and personal eating habits and preferences can be used: millet porridge, rice porridge, milk, soy milk, tofu brain, etc.; those who have the conditions can eat carrot porridge, pork liver and lean meat porridge, red lentil porridge, millet and egg yolk porridge, pig’s feet and millet porridge, etc.; according to the need can be deployed some vegetable packets or other pasta.
Lunch.
Rice or pasta, fresh vegetables, a small amount of seaweed, wood ear, etc.
Vegetables can be chosen: stir-fried celery with pork liver, sea rice and winter melon, scrambled eggs with leeks, stir-fried pork blood, stir-fried fungus with meat, eggs with tomatoes, various stir-fried green vegetables, stir-fried meat with loofah and other foods rich in fiber and vitamins.
Dinner.
You can choose mung bean soup or adzuki bean porridge or millet or rice porridge 300-400ml + steamed buns or rice 100g + fresh vegetables (such as cabbage, baby bok choy, lettuce, oleander, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc.).
Before going to bed: drink 200-250ml of milk (i.e. one glass).
One hour or half an hour before lunch and dinner, fresh fruit (such as citrus, fresh dates, strawberries, bananas, tomatoes, etc.) can be added appropriately, and half or one at a time, and drink water appropriately.
Those with the following symptoms can eat more of the following foods
1.People with swollen limbs or cut infection can eat heat-clearing and detoxifying foods such as: spinach root, mung beans, honey, watermelon, winter melon, cucumber, bitter melon, puffed eggs, celery, loofah, etc.
2.When the swelling of the limbs is too much or the urine is unfavorable, it can be combined with foods that dispel dampness and promote water such as: watermelon, watermelon skin, mung beans, adzuki beans, gourd, cabbage, carp, crucian carp, etc.
3, accompanied by less stomach, can be combined with food to strengthen the spleen and stomach such as: ginger, Chen Pi, hawthorn, chestnuts, dates, rice, lentils, figs, radish, etc..
4, with constipation can be used walnuts, sesame seeds, pine nuts, bananas, honey, etc., to moisten the stool.
5, with cough patients, can use orange, pear, rock sugar, radish white fruit, almonds, etc..
6, such as excessive bleeding, can use peanut underwear, yellow cauliflower, black fungus, chestnuts, eggplant, umeboshi, banana, lotus root, acacia flowers, pig intestines, etc.
7, there are wounds can be appropriate to eat more zinc, vitamin C-rich foods such as: zinc-rich shrimp skin, lean egg yolk, nori, fish, etc.; rich in vitamin C tomatoes, cabbage, citrus, red fruit, dates, strawberries, kiwi, etc.
Second, the middle period: (within 3-6 weeks)
During this period, the local swelling has disappeared, the fracture end is more stable and can be properly moved, and the gastrointestinal function has also recovered.
Breakfast.
1-2 eggs + one cup of milk or one cup of soy milk + half or one coarse grain cake (corn cake, noodle cake, etc.); you can also drink light beef or mutton soup without seasoning, etc.
Lunch.
Rice noodles or steamed bread 2-4 taels + lean meat or poultry, eggs, fish and shrimp about + fresh vegetables + soy products.
Vegetables can choose: fish pine, cheese, mustard fried pork liver, boiled soybeans, fried cabbage, snow red, mushrooms and vegetables, purple cabbage, seaweed, shrimp fried bamboo shoots, boiled pork skin or pig’s feet; conditions can be boiled some nutritious soup such as: light pork ribs soup (fresh pork long bones), carrots or winter melon stewed beef and lamb.
Dinner.
Green bean porridge, sweet potato porridge, hawthorn porridge, red bean porridge, red date porridge, with some light vegetables and staple foods; avoid spicy, greasy; those who have the conditions can cook nutritious porridge. Such as: peanut dates walnut coix seeds or glutinous rice porridge.
Try to get into the habit of drinking a glass of milk before bed; to benefit the qi and calm the mind, while supplementing calcium.
Fruits or almonds, walnuts, etc. can be added between meals.
Combined with the following conditions can be optional food
1, the elderly weak or qi deficiency, can eat glutinous rice, millet, yam, potatoes, dates, carrots, tomatoes, chicken, beef, rabbit meat, dog meat, green fish, silver carp, etc.
2, with cold limbs or fracture healing slowly, can use mutton, turtle meat, walnut, leek, sea cucumber, loach, peanuts, goat’s milk, dog meat, pigeon eggs, fresh fish, sea shrimp, silkworm chrysalis, etc.
3. Those who have wounds can eat more collagen fiber-containing foods such as: pork skin, pig’s feet, etc.
Third, the late stage: (4-11 weeks)
This period is based on the principle of promoting the recovery of limb functions, tonifying the liver and kidney, and nourishing qi and blood. Pay attention to the following points.
1.The elderly should appropriately restrict high-fat, high-cholesterol and high-sugar diet and limit the intake of sodium.
2, children appropriately increase the intake of fish, meat, eggs, milk, beans and vegetables.
3, avoid eating food too cold to prevent excessive intestinal peristalsis and gastrointestinal inflammation caused by diarrhea.
4.Appropriate sun exposure to promote calcium and phosphorus absorption, promote calcium and phosphorus metabolism in bone, and promote fracture healing. Appropriate application of cod liver oil preparations, vitamin D tablets, fortified vitamin D, milk, cheese, etc.