3 Cases of Dietary Recipes for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Nasopharyngeal cancer patients can improve their quality of life and short-term efficacy through reasonable diet care. The following dietary therapy can be used by patients after obtaining the doctor's consent. Each recipe has its own corresponding treatment symptoms. Please use it as appropriate. The recipes are as follows:

1. Fig stew

Recipe: 120g fresh figs (60g dried figs), 120g lean pork.

Method: Wash and cut into pieces separately, put into the pot, add appropriate amount of water and seasoning, cook until the meat is tender, drink the soup and eat the meat.

Efficacy: It can treat dry mouth and sore throat after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, reducing swelling and detoxifying.

2. Chinese Yam and Lotus Root Soup

Recipe: 30g yam, 30g lotus seeds (core removed), 30g coix seeds.

Method: Add appropriate amount of water, simmer over low heat, add a little white sugar, take once a day, no limit on the amount, for 15 consecutive days.

Efficacy: It can be used to treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma of all stages with spleen deficiency, and has the effects of strengthening the spleen and replenishing Qi, clearing the heart and calming the mind.

3. Nourishing body fluids

Recipe: 50g each of dried pear and reed root, 25g each of Radix Trichosanthis, Scrophulariae, and Shepherd's Purse, 15g each of Ophiopogon japonicus, Radix Rehmanniae, and Platycodon grandiflorum, and 20g of Chrysanthemum morifolium.

Method: decoct the ingredients together, remove the residue and take the juice, take it warm once a day, divided into two doses.

Efficacy: It can treat nasopharyngeal cancer patients with fluid deficiency and dry mouth and tongue. It has the effects of nourishing yin, promoting body fluid, cooling blood and relieving sore throat.