Foods that can be used by patients with abdominal bloating after colon cancer surgery

As colon cancer worsens, patients may experience intestinal obstruction, constipation, etc. Digestive tract excretion disorders can lead to adverse symptoms such as abdominal distension and food accumulation. To alleviate these uncomfortable symptoms, patients can eat more foods that are beneficial to relieving distension and accumulation.

Kumquat : It can regulate qi, relieve depression, resolve phlegm, and eliminate bloating. It can quickly eliminate stagnation in the spleen and stomach and relieve abdominal distension. "Sui Xi Ju Diet" also says: "Kumquat can wake up the spleen, dispel filth, resolve phlegm, and help digestion." Colon cancer patients can drink kumquat decoction or tea regardless of qi stagnation type bloating or food stagnation type bloating.

Betel nut: It can relieve gas and bloating, and can also help digestion and relieve alcohol. "The Secret of Using Medicines" says: "Betel nut is bitter to break up stagnation, pungent to disperse evil, and is specifically designed to break up stagnant gas and move it downward." It is suitable for people with abdominal bloating due to gas stagnation or food stagnation.

Radish : Radish is a vegetable that appears frequently in daily life. It can strengthen the stomach and help digestion, relieve gas and relieve fullness. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that radish "is good for swallowing acid, eliminating stagnation, and detoxifying alcohol, and it is very effective." It can be seen that radish is especially suitable for those with abdominal bloating caused by food stagnation. Either mashing it into juice and drinking it, or decocting it in water and taking it, can achieve satisfactory results.

Green vegetables : Green vegetables are rich in vitamins and dietary fiber, which can stimulate gastrointestinal motility, facilitate bowel movements, and help digestion, thereby eliminating abdominal distension and discomfort. People with constipation or obvious abdominal distension should consume more green vegetables in their three meals.

Hawthorn: Hawthorn is a food that helps digest food and eliminates stagnation, especially meat. The Daily Materia Medica also states: "It can help digest food stagnation, relieve qi stagnation, strengthen the stomach and widen the diaphragm, and eliminate blood stagnation and qi lumps." Those who suffer from abdominal distension due to food stagnation should eat more hawthorn.