Dietary remedies for skin cancer patients

Skin cancer refers to a malignant tumor that occurs on the epidermis of the skin. It is more likely to occur in exposed parts of the body, such as the head, back of the hands, neck and face. The incidence rate is relatively low in my country, but it is one of the most common malignant tumors in the white race, exceeding the sum of all other malignant tumors. Both surgical treatment and radiotherapy have obvious therapeutic effects. If combined with dietary prescriptions, the cure rate can be over 90%.

So, what are some dietary remedies for skin cancer patients?

1. Diet during chemotherapy: Chemotherapy will damage both Qi and blood. It is advisable to take Qi-nourishing foods regularly, such as walnut kernels, shiitake mushrooms, eels, Job's tears porridge, mulberries, water chestnuts and white fungus.

2. Diet during radiotherapy Radiotherapy consumes yin fluid, so it is advisable to eat more foods that nourish yin and fluid, such as fresh vegetables, sugar cane, bananas, sea cucumbers, water cabbage, grapes and loaches, fresh fruits such as spinach, lotus root and white pears, etc.

3. Patients should eat more foods that replenish qi and nourish blood, such as japonica rice, jujube, longan, carrots, quail eggs, beans, lentils, yam, mushrooms, lotus root powder and lychee.

4. Take 30g of Hedyotis diffusa, 30g of Prunella vulgaris, 30g of Astragalus, 15g of Folium sphaerocephalae, 10g of Psoralea corylifolia, and 10g of Licorice. Decoction in water, twice a day.

5. Take Zhangru Powder: 30g of Zhangdan and 10g of frankincense. Grind them into a paste with sesame oil and apply to the affected area once a day.

6. Take 120g of Radix Isatidis, 9g of Flos Lonicerae, 9g of Fructus Forsythiae, and 9g of Gleditsia sinensis. Take 1 dose per day.