Urinary Tract Infection is an inflammatory response of the urinary tract epithelium to bacterial invasion, usually accompanied by bacteriuria and pyuria. Common symptoms include urinary obstruction, frequency, urgency, and pain, and this pain and burning sensation often severely affect daily life. So what should you eat for urinary tract infections? Traditional Chinese medicine recommends three medicinal diets for treating urinary tract infections, let's take a look together!
【Name】
Qianshi and Hai Shen Congee
【Ingredients】
100g glutinous rice, 20g sea cucumber, 10g qianshi, salt, monosodium glutamate, wolfberries, sesame oil, appropriate amount
【Instructions】
1. Wash and soak the glutinous rice; soak the sea cucumber in warm water, wash it, and cut it into small pieces;
2. Place the pot on the fire, add water, and cook the glutinous rice and sea cucumber until the congee is ready;
3. Add qianshi powder and wolfberries, simmer for a moment, season and serve.
【Efficacy】
1. Sea cucumber: It has the effects of nourishing the kidney and replenishing essence, nourishing yin and invigorating yang, nourishing blood and replenishing essence, regulating menstruation and dispelling fatigue, nourishing the fetus and promoting delivery.
2. Qianshi: It has the effects of invigorating the spleen and nourishing the stomach, consolidating and replenishing essence, invigorating the middle and replenishing qi, nourishing the heart and calming the mind, strengthening bones and muscles, stopping diarrhea, and diuresis and reducing swelling.
3. Glutinous rice: It has the effects of invigorating the middle and replenishing qi, invigorating the spleen and nourishing the stomach, harmonizing the five organs, unblocking the four meridians, stopping irritability, quenching thirst, and stopping diarrhea.
4. Qianshi and Hai Shen Congee: It has the effects of invigorating the middle and replenishing qi, invigorating the spleen and nourishing the stomach, harmonizing the five organs, unblocking the four meridians, and treating urinary tract infections. It is suitable for frequent urination due to spleen deficiency and turbid urine.
【How to determine if you have a urinary tract infection】
1. Acute simple cystitis: Female patients are often related to sexual activities. It usually manifests as bladder irritation, such as urinary frequency, urgency, and pain, discomfort in the bladder area or perineum, and burning sensation in the urethra; the frequency of urination varies, and severe cases may have urge incontinence; urine is turbid, and there are white blood cells in the urine, with terminal hematuria, sometimes throughout the course of hematuria, and even the discharge of blood clots.
2. Acute pyelonephritis: Symptoms include urinary frequency, urgency, and pain, such as bladder irritation; hematuria; pain in the affected or bilateral waist; obvious tenderness or percussion pain at the costovertebral angle on the affected side. It is accompanied by symptoms of systemic infection, such as chills, high fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite, often accompanied by increased white blood cell count and increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
