Rheumatoid arthritis belongs to the Chinese medicine “paralysis”, general “paralysis” is divided into line paralysis, paralysis, pain paralysis, heat paralysis, the following is a brief introduction to its dietary treatment methods:.
A. Paralysis of the line type
The main manifestation is pain in the joints of the limbs, wandering, joint flexion and extension inconvenience, or see vicious wind and fever and other symptoms, white and greasy tongue coating, floating pulse. When to dispel the wind and channels, dispersing cold and removing dampness as a treatment, can be used.
1, coic rice almond porridge: 30 grams of coic rice, 10 grams of almonds, 50 grams of rice, sugar appropriate amount. Remove the skin and heart of the almonds, first take the coix rice, rice, clean, boil porridge, to be half-cooked under the almonds, cook until the porridge is ready, sugar seasoning to serve. (Diabetes is contraindicated)
2, black beans and coix seeds papaya soup: black beans 30 grams, 30 grams of coix seeds, papaya 15 grams. Papaya cloth, the three add water and boil until the black beans, coix seeds cooked, remove the papaya, salt seasoning service.
Two, pain paralysis type
The main manifestation is pain in the joints of the limbs is more intense, pain has a fixed place, when cold pain increases, can not be flexed and extended, the pain is not red skin color, not hot to the touch, when hot, it is relieved, the tongue coating is thin white, pulse string tight. When to dispel cold and relieve pain, dispel wind and remove dampness as a treatment, can use.
1, walnuts, scallions and ginger tea: walnuts, scallions, ginger 25 grams each, tea leaves 15 grams. The first three drugs are pounded together, with the tea together in a casserole, add a bowl of water and a half decoction, remove the dregs once served, lie down to avoid wind sweat, a daily dose.
2, the sapodilla porridge: 3 grams of sapodilla, ginger 3 grams, 100 grams of rice, onion 2 roots, a little brown sugar, the sapodilla, ginger research for a very fine powder, first take the rice to boil porridge, to be boiled, mix in the medicine and onion, brown sugar, cooked with thin porridge, or sapodilla grams, ginger 5 grams of water decoction juice, with rice, onion, sugar porridge to eat. (Diabetes is contraindicated)
3, Chuan Wu porridge made of Chuan Wu 10 grams, 50 grams of round-grained rice, 10 grams of ginger, honey 1 spoon. First, put Chuan Wu and honey into a sand pot, add water and boil it with a wu fire, then decoct it for more than 2 hours with a wen fire, take the juice, then wash the japonica rice, boil the porridge until it is ready, add the juice, ginger, and boil it again – or twice. Take 1 dose daily, divided into several doses, not in a single dose. This formula has the function of dispersing cold and removing dampness, warming the menstruation and relieving pain, and promoting the joints, and is suitable for those with Yang deficiency and cold.
4, cinnamon porridge 10 grams of cinnamon, 50 grams of round-grained rice, brown sugar. Research cinnamon into fine powder, wash japonica rice, the usual way to cook porridge, when the porridge will be cooked, add cinnamon powder, brown sugar, and then boil for one or two times. Eat while hot on an empty stomach, 1 dose daily, 3 days for a course of treatment, effective for another course of treatment. This formula has the effect of warming the meridians and dispersing cold, warming the stomach and relieving pain, and is suitable for cold paralysis. It is prohibited for people with heat and yin deficiency and fire. (brown sugar is not added for diabetes)
Third, the paralysis type
The main manifestations are pain in the joints of the limbs, or swelling, pain in a fixed place, heavy hands and feet, inconvenience in movement, numbness of the skin, white and greasy tongue, moist and slow pulse. The treatment should be to remove dampness and dispel wind and cold.
Coix rice wine: 60 grams of coix rice, 500 grams of white wine. The Coix rice cleaned, put into gauze, tighten the bag, placed in white wine, sealed soak 7 days later that is, every night before bedtime warm drink 1 small cup. (High uric acid, diabetes is contraindicated).
Fourth, heat paralysis type
The main manifestation is joint pain, local burning redness and swelling, cold is comfortable, pain is not touchable, joint wandering pain, can not bend and stretch, can involve one or more joints. The pain may involve one or more joints. Mostly accompanied by fever. Sweating and vicious wind, thirst and boredom, etc. The tongue coating is yellow and dry, and the pulse is slippery. The treatment should be to clear heat and circulation and to remove wind and win dampness.
1, lotus rice and bean soup: red dates, lotus rice 30 grams each, mung beans, coix seeds, bean curd 60 grams each, brown sugar appropriate amount. The five with the right amount of water boiled together until rotten, brown sugar seasoning to eat. (diabetes without brown sugar).
2, red bean angelica soup: red bean 100 grams, angelica 10 grams. The angelica cloth bag, add water, with red beans cooked until rotten, go to angelica food, 1 dose daily.
Some doctors also identify rheumatoid arthritis into wind-cold damp paralysis, blood stasis blockage, deficiency of qi and blood, deficiency of liver and kidney, rheumatic fever and other types, the application is also simple:.
1, wind-cold damp paralysis type: food therapy can be given to drugs and food with the effect of dispersing wind and cold, removing dampness and paralysis, modulated into porridge, rice, dishes, soup, tea and wine, such as Chuan Wu sends a congee, chili congee, eight things wine, etc..
2, blood stasis blockage type: the food therapy can be given with blood circulation, blood stasis, the role of the envelope to remove paralysis drugs and food, specific food therapy methods such as Chuanxiong Cangzhu japonica rice porridge, loofah rice porridge, safflower winter melon seaweed soup, tiger scepter cow knee tea, etc.;.
3, deficiency of qi and blood type: food therapy can be given to drugs and foods with beneficial effects of qi, blood, and paralysis specific food therapy methods such as angelica longan congee, chicken blood vine yam congee, angelica chuanxiong tea eggs, saffron leek fried pig liver, jujube red bean soup, ginseng licorice papaya tea, etc..
4, liver and kidney deficiency type: food therapy can be given with the liver and kidney, support the role of paralysis, specific food therapy methods such as Cistanches Eucommia porridge, Xianmao Dushu tea, ginseng wormwood wine, etc.
Dietary contraindications for rheumatoid arthritis patients
The rheumatoid arthritis patient’s diet has no special taboos, but we should pay attention to the appropriate for each person. The rheumatoid arthritis patient’s diet has no special contraindications, but attention should be paid to the individual’s suitability. It is usually advisable to be cautious about eating cold and raw materials; in addition, some doctors advocate strict avoidance of the so-called “hair products”. The so-called “hairy things”, from the perspective of Chinese medicine, are some spicy and irritating foods and fatty, sweet, thick and nutritious foods.
From the perspective of modern medicine, “hairy food” is some allergenic food and food that can aggravate the symptoms of metabolic and endocrine diseases. The former can make people with allergies may have abnormal immune reactions, antigen antibody immune complexes deposited on the vascular wall of the lesion, aggravating the disease; the latter can make the body’s internal environmental imbalance, microcirculatory disorders, triggering or aggravating the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. Usually the so-called “hair” are: onions, onions, shallots, ginger, garlic, leeks, chili peppers, potatoes, tofu, taro, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, buckwheat, bamboo shoots, cabbage, ginger, taro, lamb, goose, pork, shrimp, fish, crab, pig’s feet, vinegar, alcohol, etc.
Due to individual differences in rheumatoid arthritis patients, their body types are often different. One patient eating a certain food can trigger or aggravate the condition of rheumatoid arthritis, while another patient eating that food may not trigger or aggravate the condition of rheumatoid arthritis. The author has seen individual patients with rheumatoid arthritis triggered or aggravated by eating potatoes, bamboo shoots, cabbage, ginger, yams, river shrimp, scallops, etc. But for most patients, eating “hairy things” does not cause “hair”.
Therefore, the author advocates that the food taboos for rheumatoid arthritis disease should be tailored to the individual. Clinicians are advised to warn patients that they should pay attention to the food they eat, and if they see any food that triggers or aggravates the disease, they should refrain from eating it, rather than sticking to what is usually called “hairy food”. Otherwise, if excessive taboos, this can not eat, that can not eat, will make the body required nutrition is not timely replenishment, but will weaken the body’s ability to resist disease, and even cause malnutrition.