Dietary remedies for different types of prostate cancer

Traditional Chinese medicine divides prostate cancer into three types, namely, damp-heat type, liver-kidney yin deficiency type, and qi and blood deficiency type. Patients with different types can take corresponding dietary therapy prescriptions to help recover from the disease. However, they should obtain the doctor's consent before use to avoid affecting the condition due to individual differences.

1. Damp-heat type

Recipe 1: Stir-fried plantain seeds 10g, leek seeds 6g, walnut kernels 3, coix seeds 30g. Stir-fry the leek seeds until they turn yellow, add the walnut kernels, coix seeds, and stir-fried plantain seeds into water and cook into porridge. Drink it when it is warm. Take once a day for 10-15 days.

Recipe 2: Sophora japonica mushroom in appropriate amount. Decoction 6-10g of Sophora japonica mushroom in water. Take 1 dose per day.

2. Liver and kidney yin deficiency

Recipe 1: 15g Chinese yam, 9g cornus fruit, 15g Ligustrum lucidum fruit, 30g tortoise shell, 6g Sophora japonica, 60g lean pork. Boil the first five ingredients in water, remove the residue, add lean pork and cook until done. Take one dose per day.

Recipe 2: 15g of Radix Rehmanniae, 15g of Herba Ecliptae, 15g of Rhizoma Dioscoreae, 30g of Herba Hedyotis Diffusae, 30g of Herba Cynomorii, and appropriate amount of sucrose. Decoction the first five herbs in water, remove the residue, add sucrose and drink it, 1 dose per day, and take 20 to 30 doses in a row as a course of treatment.

3. Qi and blood deficiency type

Recipe 1: 30g each of angelica and astragalus, 250g of mutton, 15g of ginger. Wash and cut the mutton into pieces, wrap the angelica and astragalus with cloth, put them in a casserole, add appropriate amount of water and stew until they are well cooked, remove the residue and season before serving. Take once a day for 4-5 days.

Recipe 2: Yellow croaker maw, 9g Codonopsis pilosula, 15g Astragalus membranaceus, and placenta. Fry yellow croaker maw and placenta in sesame oil until crispy, grind into fine powder, take 6g each time, and drink with decoction of Astragalus membranaceus and Codonopsis pilosula, 3 times a day, continuously.