Common diet therapy for patients with colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer includes colon cancer and rectal cancer, which are malignant tumors located in the ascending colon, transverse colon and rectum. It affects more men than women, and is more common between the ages of 30 and 50. It is quite harmful. Common dietary treatments for colorectal cancer include the following:

1. Purslane, Dandelion and Pork Porridge

Ingredients: 60 grams of lean pork, 30 grams of purslane, 15 grams of dandelion, and 60 grams of glutinous rice.

Method: Wash purslane and dandelion, wash the japonica rice, wash the lean pork and cut into strips. Put all the ingredients into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, simmer until it becomes porridge, and season. Eat as you like.

Efficacy: Clears away heat, detoxifies, removes dampness and stops diarrhea.

2. Red bean and crucian carp soup

Ingredients: 60 grams of red beans, 60 grams of coix seeds, one crucian carp, and 15 grams of ginger.

Method: Wash coix seeds and soak them in warm water for 1 hour; wash adzuki beans. Remove the scales, gills and intestines of crucian carp and wash. Put all ingredients into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, then simmer for 2 hours, season. Drink the soup and eat the fish as you like.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and removes dampness, discharges pus and eliminates carbuncle.

3. Turtle stewed with Panax notoginseng and Chinese yam

Ingredients: one turtle, 12 grams of Panax notoginseng, 30 grams of Chinese yam, and 15 grams of ginger.

Method: Kill the turtle alive and slice or mash it. Put all the ingredients into a stew pot, add appropriate amount of boiling water, boil over high heat, simmer over low heat for 2 hours, season and serve. Drink as you like.

Efficacy: Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, eliminate dampness and detoxify.

4. Lotus stem and wick porridge

Ingredients: 50 grams of lotus stems, 10 grams of rush flowers, 30 grams of kapok flowers, 30 grams of polished rice, and 50 grams of winter melon peel.

Method: Wash and cut the fresh lotus stems into sections, wash the rush flowers, kapok flowers, rice, and winter melon peel. Put all the ingredients into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, simmer until it becomes porridge, and season. Eat as you like.

Efficacy: Clears away heat and dampness, relieves summer heat and stops diarrhea.