"Cancer" is a terrible word that we often hear in recent years. In this "cancer-phobic" era, what should we do? In fact, we are not helpless when it comes to dealing with cancer. There are various methods available in medicine, one of which is chemotherapy. How much do you know about chemotherapy? What is chemotherapy? What are the side effects of chemotherapy? Most importantly, we need to know what to eat during chemotherapy in order to better assist cancer patients. Let's learn about these questions together!
What is Chemotherapy?
Chemotherapy, short for chemical drug therapy, is an important treatment method for cancer. The method of chemotherapy is to use chemical drugs to inhibit the proliferation, infiltration, and metastasis of cancer cells until the cancer cells are completely eliminated. Chemotherapy is a systemic treatment method and is one of the three major treatment methods for cancer, along with surgery and radiation therapy.
What to Eat During Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is a long and painful process, and there are many things to pay attention to during chemotherapy, especially in terms of diet. The following medicinal diets are very helpful for people undergoing chemotherapy, and you can try them when you have time:
1. Guiqi Tang: 10 grams of Chinese angelica, 30 grams of astragalus root, decoct with water and add 200 grams of sliced pork. Cook until the meat is tender and consume the meat and soup. It can treat symptoms such as mental fatigue, weakness, and pale complexion caused by deficiency of Qi and blood.
2. Donkey-hide gelatin congee: 10 grams of donkey-hide gelatin, 100 grams of glutinous rice. Cook the glutinous rice porridge until it is 90% cooked, then add the donkey-hide gelatin and cook until the porridge is fully cooked. This congee is mainly used to nourish and generate blood.
3. Pig liver and wolfberry soup: 200 grams of fresh pig liver slices, 20 grams of wolfberry or 80 grams of fresh wolfberry leaves, cook the soup until the pig liver is thoroughly cooked and consume it. This soup can nourish the liver and improve eyesight, and it is used to treat symptoms such as dizziness and visual decline.
4. Coix seed and tremella congee: You will need 30 grams of coix seed, 5 grams of tremella, and 100 grams of rice. First, soak and clean the tremella, then add it to the congee when the coix seed porridge is 90% cooked. Add an appropriate amount of seasoning, and the main function of this congee is to nourish Yin and invigorate the spleen, alleviate gastric burning discomfort and decreased appetite.
5. Goose blood and black fungus soup: 200 grams of goose blood, 10 grams of black fungus, cook the soup, add oil, salt, and MSG for seasoning. It is suitable for patients with decreased white blood cells after chemotherapy. Mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms, mushrooms, and black fungus are rich in polysaccharides, or polysaccharide nutritional foods such as Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides and Xi Pai capsules. They have amazing effects in improving the body's cellular immune function and can also inhibit or eliminate cancer cells.
Many people believe that when they are sick, they must have a strong tonifying diet in order to recover quickly. In daily life, people generally believe that chicken and soft-shelled turtle are nourishing ingredients. However, this viewpoint is not entirely correct. It is a blind way of "tonifying." Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that chicken has a hot nature, so patients with heat symptoms should avoid it. Although soft-shelled turtle is considered a good yin-nourishing food, patients with phlegm-dampness syndrome should not consume it. Therefore, even the best tonic should be clarified whether it can be consumed before eating. It's better to listen to the advice of experts.
