Choose a dietary therapy plan based on the cause of lung cancer

Lung cancer is related to long-term smoking, occupational exposure to coal tar, asbestos, air pollution and chronic lung diseases. Diet therapy is very helpful in alleviating the condition.

1. Honey Lung Nourishing Cough Pills

Ingredients: equal parts of beehive and silkworm, appropriate amount of honey. Method: grind the three herbs into powder, make pills with refined honey. Take twice a day, 6 grams each time. Efficacy: moisturizes the lungs and resolves phlegm, dissipates lumps and reduces swelling. Suitable for patients with obvious cough due to lung cancer.

2. Licorice and pear stewed with pig lungs

Ingredients: 10g licorice, 2 pears, about 250g pig lung. Method: Peel the pears and cut them into pieces, wash the pig lungs and cut them into slices, squeeze out the foam, and put them in a casserole with the licorice. Add a little rock sugar and an appropriate amount of water, simmer on low heat for 3 hours, and take it once a day. Efficacy: It has the effect of moistening the lungs and removing phlegm, suitable for people with persistent cough.

Ingredients: 15g sweet almonds, 3g bitter almonds, 50g polished rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar. Method: Soak sweet almonds and bitter almonds in water until soft, peel and mash, add polished rice, water and rock sugar and cook into thick porridge, once every other day. Effects: It has the effects of moistening the lungs and removing phlegm, relieving cough and asthma, and moistening the intestines.

4. Ginkgo Jujube Porridge

Ingredients: 25g ginkgo, 20 red dates, 50g glutinous rice. Method: Cook ginkgo, red dates and glutinous rice together and serve warm on an empty stomach in the morning and evening. Effects: Detoxification and swelling.

5. Lotus Seed Chicken

Ingredients: 15g lotus seed ginseng, chicken or duck, pork. Method: Stew the lotus seed ginseng and meat together, add appropriate seasoning. Efficacy: Regular use can nourish the lungs, replenish qi, and promote the production of body fluids. Suitable for lung cancer patients with insufficient qi and blood.

6. Winter melon peel and broad bean soup

Ingredients: 60g wax gourd peel, 60g wax gourd seeds, 60g broad beans. Method: Put the above food into a pot, add 3 bowls of water and fry until 1 bowl, then add appropriate seasonings, remove the residue and drink. Efficacy: Dehumidification, diuresis, and swelling. Suitable for patients with lung cancer and pleural effusion.