3 Medicinal Diets for Treating Esophageal Cancer

Diet therapy and medicated diet are an important part of traditional Chinese medicine. During the treatment of esophageal cancer with traditional Chinese medicine, patients should also pay attention to the role of traditional Chinese medicine in dietary conditioning.

Palmetto Seed Drink

Recipe: 50 grams of palm seeds, 6 dates, and 20 grams of white sugar.

Preparation: Wash and remove the core of the palm seeds and jujubes. Put the palm seeds and jujubes into a clay pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, then simmer for 25 minutes over low heat, filter out the residue, add sugar to the juice, stir well and serve.

Usage: 3 times a day, drink 100 ml each time.

Efficacy: Replenishes Qi and blood, and eliminates cancer tumors.

Adenophora and Job's tears porridge

Recipe: 9g of Northern Adenophora, 6g of Radish Seed, 6g of Inula japonica (wrapped in cloth), and 20g of Raw Coix Seed.

Preparation: First, decoct the juice of Adenophora Root, Radish Seed and Inula Flower, remove the residue, pour it into raw coix seeds, cook until it becomes a homogenous paste, and then boil.

Usage: Take 1 dose per day, morning and evening.

Efficacy: It has the effects of resolving phlegm, relieving depression, and stopping vomiting. However, it is forbidden to eat it when taking Rehmannia root and Polygonum multiflorum, especially for those with weak constitution.

Three Herbs Decoction

Recipe: 18 grams of Poria cocos, 12 grams of almond, and 3 grams of mulberry bark.

Preparation: decoct the above ingredients in water and take the juice.

Efficacy: Effective for patients with esophageal cancer who suffer from sore throat, wheezing, cough, and dysphagia.