Some common medicated diets have already entered ordinary households, which can be eaten by ordinary people and people with various diseases. There are also particular requirements for the ingredients of these medicated diets. Let's take fish as an example below.
【The Medicinal Effects of Fish in Medicated Diets】
1. Carp:
Also known as crucian carp, it has a sweet taste and a warm nature. It is effective in diuresis, reducing swelling, invigorating qi, strengthening the spleen, promoting blood circulation, and promoting lactation. It is used to treat conditions such as edema, ascites, insufficient lactation in postpartum women, gastric ptosis, and prolapse of the anus.
2. Hairtail:
It can nourish the five internal organs, dispel wind, kill parasites, and is particularly suitable for those with weak spleen and stomach, indigestion, and dry skin. It can be used as an adjuvant therapy for chronic hepatitis and prolonged hepatitis. Regular consumption of hairtail can also moisturize the skin and maintain its moisture and elasticity.
3. Murrel:
It has the effects of nourishing qi and stomach, promoting diuresis, dispelling dampness, dispelling wind, and relieving restlessness. Eating it can treat conditions such as qi deficiency and fatigue, cold and painful stomach, beriberi, dampness and bi syndrome, malaria, and headache. Murrel contains trace elements such as zinc, selenium, and iron, which also have anti-cancer effects.
4. Carp:
It has a sweet taste and a warm nature. It has the effects of diuresis, reducing swelling, invigorating qi, strengthening the spleen, promoting blood circulation, and promoting lactation. It is used to treat conditions such as edema, blocked lactation, and insufficient fetal qi.
5. Grass Carp:
Also known as bighead carp, it comes in two colors: green and white. It has a sweet taste and a warm nature. It has the effects of calming the liver, dispelling wind, relieving pain, and treating malaria. Ancient people believed that the meat of grass carp is thick and loose, which is good for treating asthenia and wind-induced headaches, especially when steaming and eating the fish head.
6. Loach:
It has a sweet taste and a neutral nature. It has the effects of warming the middle, invigorating qi, promoting diuresis, detoxifying, and treating hemorrhoids. Loach meat is tender and has high nutritional value. Its slippery saliva has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. It can be used to treat conditions such as damp-heat jaundice, difficulty urinating, and night sweats after illness.
【Diseases in Which Medicated Diet Fish Should Not Be Eaten】
1. Gout patients:
Fish contains purine substances, and gout is caused by disorders in the metabolism of purines in the body.
2. Patients with bleeding disorders:
Patients with bleeding disorders such as thrombocytopenia, hemophilia, and vitamin K deficiency should eat less or avoid fish, because the 20-carbon-5-ene acid in fish meat can inhibit platelet aggregation, thereby aggravating bleeding symptoms in patients with bleeding disorders.
3. Patients with liver cirrhosis:
During liver cirrhosis, the body has difficulty producing coagulation factors, and combined with low platelet count, it is prone to bleeding. If patients with liver cirrhosis also consume herring, murrel, tuna, and other fish rich in 20-carbon-5-ene acid, it will worsen the condition.
4. Patients with tuberculosis:
If certain fish species are consumed while taking isoniazid, allergic reactions may occur. Mild reactions include nausea, headache, flushing, and conjunctival congestion, while severe reactions may include palpitations, lip and facial swelling, rashes, diarrhea, abdominal pain, difficulty breathing, high blood pressure, and even hypertensive crisis and cerebral hemorrhage.
