Dietary prescription for postoperative esophageal cancer of Yin deficiency and dampness obstruction type

Some patients with esophageal cancer will have symptoms of Yin deficiency and dampness obstruction. The so-called Yin deficiency and dampness obstruction refers to the deficiency of Yin fluid and the obstruction of dampness and turbidity. It is manifested in common stomach symptoms such as low fever and night sweats, heavy limbs, greasy mouth and poor appetite, chest and abdominal distension, red tongue with greasy coating, and thin and slippery pulse. In patients with esophageal cancer, it manifests as a decrease in white blood cells and decreased protein synthesis function, leading to malnutrition.

However, in order to achieve better results from the surgery, the patient also needs chemotherapy, which makes the already weak patient worse. However, at this time, the patient can take Chinese medicine and food therapy prescriptions to make the patient's body tolerate chemotherapy. At the same time, the patient can continue to take it after chemotherapy to alleviate the side effects of chemotherapy. The prescriptions are as follows:

1. Roasted hen with astragalus and Millettia reticulata

Ingredients: 1 hen, 50 grams each of astragalus and Millettia reticulata.

Preparation method: Remove the chicken's internal organs, take the chicken blood, mix it with astragalus and Millettia reticulata, put it in the chicken's belly, add appropriate amount of water and simmer until cooked, then add a little salt to taste.

Usage: Drink the soup and eat the meat once or twice a week.

2. Stewed turtle with longan and jujube

Ingredients: 1 soft-shelled turtle weighing about 250 grams, 20 grams of longan meat, 20 grams of jujube, and appropriate amounts of salt and ginger.

Preparation method: Kill the turtle, remove the intestines and clean it. Add 1000 ml of water, longan meat and jujube, stew for 1 hour, and add salt and ginger to taste.

Usage: Take once or twice a week as a side dish.