3 dietary health treatments for gastric cancer patients

Gastric cancer patients will inevitably suffer from damage to Qi, depletion of Yin and blood during surgery. Bleeding and fluid loss as well as tissue and organ trauma during the operation may affect the body's nervous and endocrine functions. Qi and blood deficiency or liver and stomach disorders are common after surgery, so dietary adjustments must be strengthened to aid speedy recovery.

Tangerine peel and red dates milk soup

Ingredients: 20 grams of shiitake mushrooms, 10 grams of tangerine peel, 10 grams of red dates, and 50 milliliters of milk.

Preparation: Remove the core of red dates, boil them with orange peel and shiitake mushrooms, extract water, add milk and mix well to drink.

Efficacy: Promotes qi and strengthens the spleen, reduces adverse reactions and stops vomiting, replenishes qi and activates blood circulation. Suitable for patients with gastric cancer, vomiting, and stomach pain.

Goat Milk and Bamboo Juice Drink

Ingredients: 200 grams of goat milk, 30 grams of bamboo juice, 15 grams of leeks, 30 grams of hawthorn (wrapped in gauze), and appropriate amount of honey.

Preparation: Boil hawthorn first, remove the hawthorn, add goat milk and boil, then add bamboo water, honey and leek juice. Mix well, wait until warm, and drink frequently.

Efficacy: It can relieve nausea and vomiting, clear away heat and resolve phlegm, and strengthen the stomach and help digestion. It can treat postoperative nausea, retching, restlessness, insomnia, and dry lips and tongue in patients with gastric cancer.

Radish and Lotus Seed Drink

Ingredients: 30 grams of radish seeds, 20 grams of lotus seeds, and 20 grams of radish.

Preparation: Stir-fry radish seeds, lotus seeds and radish, cook as usual and drink the soup.

Efficacy: It can relieve abdominal distension, indigestion, cough and asthma.