Diet therapy for treating weak constitution of breast cancer patients after surgery

After breast cancer surgery, patients will be relatively weak due to the disease and postoperative reasons. At this time, it is suitable for them to take some Chinese medicine and dietary therapy methods, which can not only restore the patient's physical condition, but also consolidate the treatment. The following dietary therapy methods are suitable for breast cancer patients after surgery. Patients can take them according to their own conditions and after consulting a doctor.

Ingredients for this recipe: 50 grams of unripe figs, 50 milliliters of orange juice, 15 milliliters of lemon juice, 200 milliliters of fresh milk, and 20 milliliters of honey.

Preparation method: First, wash the unripe figs (i.e. pick the green-skinned figs of moderate size) with water, slice them together with the skin and stem, put them into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, simmer for 40 minutes on low heat until the flesh, skin, stem, etc. are cooked and mushy, filter the concentrated juice with gauze. Put the filtered residue back into the pot, add appropriate amount of water and continue to simmer for 30 minutes, filter the concentrated juice with gauze again, combine the two concentrated juices, mix well, simmer until boiling, remove from heat, add orange juice, lemon juice and honey, mix well, and it is ready.

Usage: Take twice a day, morning and evening.

Efficacy: replenishing qi and nourishing deficiency, supplementing nutrition. This dietary therapy is suitable for symptoms such as fatigue and physical weakness after breast cancer surgery.

Evaluation: Fig, also known as milk berry, is sweet and flat in nature, non-toxic, not only sweet and delicious, but also has high medicinal value. Figs are good at dispersing blood stasis and swelling, clearing away heat and detoxifying. Modern scientific research has confirmed that the milk obtained from unripe fruits can inhibit rat transplanted sarcoma and mouse spontaneous breast cancer, and can cause tumor necrosis. Fig extract can delay the development of transplanted adenocarcinoma, myeloid leukemia, and lymphosarcoma, and cause tumor cells to degenerate. Experimental studies have also found that figs not only have the function of activating the immune system, but also the vitamins A, D, C and β-glucan they contain have anti-cancer effects.

The effects of orange juice, lemon juice and milk in invigorating qi, replenishing deficiency and supplementing nutrition are already well known. When mixed with fig juice to make this diet therapy, it is especially suitable for postoperative care of middle-aged and elderly breast cancer patients. It has a more obvious nourishing and conditioning effect on postoperative fatigue, physical weakness and other symptoms, thus playing an important role in preventing and suppressing cancer and promoting recovery.