Gallbladder inflammation is a common biliary tract disease with a high incidence in China. After developing gallbladder inflammation, it is important to adjust your diet and eat foods that promote liver and gallbladder function in order to recover quickly. So, what should gallbladder inflammation patients eat? What dietary considerations should they keep in mind? Let's find out below.
1. Corn Silk and Clam Soup
Ingredients: 15g corn silk, 20g Chinese yam, 200g clams, 2 red dates, 10g ginger, salt to taste.
Instructions:
1. Soak the clams in clean water for 1-2 days, changing the water frequently to remove sand and dirt.
2. Wash the corn silk, Chinese yam, clams, ginger, and red dates.
3. Put all the ingredients in a clay pot, add enough water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 2 hours. Season with salt and serve.
Benefits:
1. Corn silk: It has the effects of lowering blood lipids, blood pressure, and blood sugar, cooling blood, dispelling heat, promoting diuresis, clearing dampness, and promoting liver and gallbladder function.
2. Clams: They have the effects of nourishing yin, promoting diuresis, reducing swelling, softening hardness, nourishing the five viscera, relieving thirst, and stimulating appetite.
3. Corn silk and clam soup: This soup has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, promoting diuresis and relieving inflammation, lowering blood pressure and blood lipids, nourishing yin, and moisturizing dryness.
2. Dandelion and Licorice Tea
Ingredients: 2g licorice, 2g marigold, 8g dandelion.
Instructions:
1. Put the above ingredients in a teacup.
2. Pour boiling water into the cup, cover with a lid, let it steep for 3-5 minutes, then drink.
Benefits:
1. Licorice: It helps control hypertension and relieve symptoms such as dizziness, headache, and chest tightness.
2. Marigold: It effectively promotes blood circulation and controls the incidence of various inflammations. It has the effects of disease prevention, bactericidal action, and anti-inflammatory properties.
3. Dandelion: It effectively fights against bacteria and has the effect of eliminating inflammation.
4. Dandelion and licorice tea: It has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, enhances the body's resistance, and assists in the treatment of various inflammations.
3. Dietary Principles for Gallbladder Inflammation Patients
1. Eat small, frequent meals: This can repeatedly stimulate the gallbladder to contract and promote the discharge of bile, achieving the goal of drainage.
2. Food temperature should be moderate: Both overly cold and hot foods are not conducive to bile discharge.
3. Reduce animal fat intake: Such as fatty meat and animal fats. Increase the proportion of vegetable oils such as corn oil, sunflower seed oil, peanut oil, and soybean oil.
4. Avoid eating too many acidic fruits: Excessive consumption of acidic fruits can easily cause liver and gallbladder qi stagnation. Gallbladder inflammation patients tend to have dampness in their bodies and qi stagnation. Therefore, excessive consumption of acidic fruits can worsen gallbladder inflammation and trigger gallbladder colic.
