Health food therapy for bladder cancer patients during recuperation

Bladder cancer is a malignant tumor of the urinary system with a very high incidence rate. Since surgery, radiotherapy and other treatments can cause varying degrees of damage to the patient's urinary system, symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, and hematuria may occur. During the recuperation period, the patient can use symptomatic diet therapy to regulate the patient's physical and mental discomfort.

Rabbit meat stewed with tongue grass and coix seed

Ingredients: 30 grams of fresh Hedyotis diffusa, 30 grams of chicory, 100 grams of coix seed, 150 grams of rabbit meat, and 5 candied dates.

Preparation: Remove fat from pork and chop into pieces; soak coix seeds in water until soft; wash other ingredients. Put all ingredients (except chicory) into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, simmer for 2 hours; then add chicory, simmer for another 30 minutes, season and serve.

Usage: Drink the soup and eat the meat as you like.

Efficacy: It can relieve urinary system discomfort, such as hematuria, short and dark urine, burning pain, frequent urination and urgency, which may be accompanied by bitter taste in the mouth, thirst and red tongue.

White Pork Lean Meat Soup

Ingredients: 30 grams of fresh Bletilla striata, 20 grams of Poria cocos, 50 grams of adzuki beans, 30 grams of red dates, and 150 grams of lean pork.

Preparation: Remove fat from lean pork, clean and chop into pieces; soak red beans in water for half a day until they swell, then clean and set aside; wash other ingredients. Put all ingredients into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, simmer for 2 hours, and season.

Efficacy: Suitable for patients with bladder cancer characterized by damp-heat turbidity and toxins, which forces blood to flow indiscriminately. Symptoms include repeated appearance of bright red hematuria, short and red urine without pain, frequent and urgent urination, bitter and greasy taste in the mouth, and a red tongue.

Minced Chicken and Sea Cucumber Soup

Ingredients: 500 grams of sea cucumber, 100 grams of chicken breast, a little ham (chopped), 2 egg whites, appropriate amounts of rice wine, cornstarch, chicken soup, lard, onion, ginger, salt, MSG, and sesame oil.

Preparation: Chop the chicken breast into fine pieces, put it in a bowl, add egg white, chicken soup, salt, MSG, beef powder, and rice wine, and stir into minced chicken. Wash the sea cucumber and cut it into oblique slices. Put half of the scallion and ginger into a boiling water pot, boil it, then blanch the sea cucumber to remove the fishy smell and take it out. Fry the scallion and ginger first, then remove them after they are fragrant. Put the chicken soup in and boil it, add the sea cucumber, drizzle with sesame oil, sprinkle with ham and chopped green onions.

Efficacy: nourishes yin and blood, moistens dryness and strengthens the spleen. Suitable for patients with weak qi and blood due to long-term illness and weak body in the late stage of cancer.