2 dietary recipes for auxiliary treatment of colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer is a common malignant tumor of the digestive tract. Patients may experience digestive tract symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, loss of appetite, vomiting, etc. As the disease worsens, various systemic discomforts may occur. Before or after surgery, patients can use symptomatic diet therapy to relieve the discomfort.

Eight Immortals Rice

Ingredients: 10g each of Euryale ferox, yam, Poria cocos, lotus seed, Coix seed, white hyacinth bean, Codonopsis pilosula, and Atractylodes macrocephala, 150g polished rice, and a little brown sugar.

Preparation: Cut Chinese yam and Poria into granules; cut Codonopsis pilosula and Atractylodes macrocephala into slices and boil into juice, put Euryale ferox, lotus seeds, Coix seeds and white lentils in a pot and cook until done, drain the juice for later use. Wash the polished rice and put it in a pot with cooked Euryale ferox, lotus seeds, Coix seeds and white lentils, add the juice, brown sugar and appropriate amount of water, and steam for 40-50 minutes.

Usage: once in the morning and once in the evening.

Efficacy: nourishes the spleen and kidneys, astringes the intestines and promotes diuresis. Used for patients with bloating caused by intestinal cancer and edema of the lower limbs.

Castor Eggs

Ingredients: 1 large egg, 20 castor seeds, appropriate amount of cold water.

Preparation: Shell the castor beans, keep them intact, and don’t use broken ones. Make a small hole in the end that’s as big as an egg, put the castor beans in, and don’t let too much protein leak out. Seal it with paper, and steam it in cold water for more than 80 minutes from the time it starts steaming. Take it out and eat.

Usage: Take one per day, together with eggs and castor seeds, for 3 months, then stop for a few days before taking it again.

Efficacy: Reduce swelling, dissipate lumps, remove toxins and discharge pus. Used in the treatment of intestinal cancer.