The pathogen of folliculitis is Staphylococcus aureus, which mainly occurs in people with low immunity or diabetes. Patients with folliculitis usually have itchy skin and are prone to damage. The pathogen invades the hair follicles and causes inflammation. Folliculitis can be treated with some food therapy. Traditional Chinese medicine recommends three medicinal diets for the treatment of folliculitis. Let's take a look together.
1. Green Bean and Lotus Leaf Soup
Ingredients: 50g green beans, 1 fresh lotus leaf, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Method:
1. Wash and chop the fresh lotus leaf, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer for 15 minutes;
2. Remove the residue and extract the juice. Add the washed green beans and simmer until cooked. Add rock sugar to taste.
Efficacy:
1. Green beans: Clears heat and toxins, antibacterial, antipyretic.
2. Lotus leaf: Tonifies the spleen and stomach, aids in weight loss, regulates the intestines and stomach, nourishes yin and replenishes fluids.
3. Green bean and lotus leaf soup: Clears heat and relieves summer heat, relieves irritability and itching. Suitable for various types of folliculitis, especially for patients to consume in summer.
2. Bitter Gourd and Spinach Juice
Ingredients: 100g bitter gourd, 100g spinach.
Method:
1. Wash the spinach, blanch in boiling water, and cut into sections. Wash the bitter gourd, remove the seeds, and cut into small pieces;
2. Put the bitter gourd pieces and spinach sections into a juicer, add an appropriate amount of cold water, blend well, and pour into a glass.
Efficacy:
1. Bitter gourd: Clears heat, replenishes qi, anti-cancer, beauty and skincare.
2. Spinach: Nourishes and replenishes blood, anti-aging.
3. Bitter gourd and spinach juice: This drink has anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, blood-tonifying, and immune-enhancing effects.
3. Lily and Pork Soup
Ingredients: 500g lean pork, 30g green beans, 30g red beans, 30g lily, appropriate amount of salt, sesame oil.
Method:
1. Wash the lean pork and cut it into pieces;
2. Wash the green beans, red beans, and lily, soak them in water for 30 minutes;
3. Put the pork pieces, green beans, red beans, and lily into a soup pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and bring to a boil over high heat;
4. Simmer over low heat until the beans are cooked, add salt to taste, and drizzle with sesame oil.
Efficacy:
1. Green beans: Clears heat and toxins, antibacterial, antipyretic.
2. Red beans: Detoxifies, nourishes and replenishes blood, tonifies the spleen and stomach.
3. Lily: Moistens the lungs and stops coughing, beauty and skincare, calms the mind and soothes the nerves.
4. Lily and pork soup: Nourishes and activates blood circulation, cools blood and detoxifies, diuretic and reduces swelling, nourishes the skin and removes spots. Suitable for various types of folliculitis, especially suitable for patients with Yin deficiency and damp-heat.
The editor's reminder: If you have folliculitis, you must pay attention to your diet in your daily life. Avoid greasy and hot foods, smoking, alcohol, and spicy foods, etc.
