4 kinds of food that are beneficial to patients with colorectal cancer

Many foods that we eat in daily life have certain medicinal value and can play a role in rehabilitation, health care and physical fitness. For patients with colorectal cancer, the following foods can be eaten more.

1. Hawthorn

Hawthorn is sour and slightly warm in nature, and has the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, removing stagnation and eliminating accumulation, and stimulating appetite and digestion. It is also rich in vitamin C. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cancer is a solid mass, which often has signs of qi stagnation and blood stasis. Since hawthorn can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, eliminate meat accumulation, and inhibit the growth of cancer cells, it is suitable for the auxiliary treatment of colorectal cancer patients, especially when the patients also have loss of appetite.

2. Sour plum

Sour plum, also known as black plum, helps maintain the acid-base balance of the blood, prevent blood vessel aging, benefit the liver and stomach, promote fluid production and quench thirst, and neutralize acidic metabolites. Modern medicine has proven that black plum has certain anti-tumor effects.

Animal experiments have shown that black plums have an inhibitory effect on subcutaneous sarcomas in mice, and in vitro experiments have also found that they can inhibit the activity of tumor cells. The anti-cancer effect is that they can enhance the phagocytic ability of white blood cells and improve the body's immune function. The malic acid contained in black plums can guide a proper amount of water into the large intestine, forming stool to be excreted from the body, preventing the hidden dangers of intestinal cancer caused by constipation.

3. Apple

Apples are sour, sweet and flat in nature. They are nutritious fruit foods rich in vitamin C and potassium, and contain ideal cellulose, which can replenish intestinal capacity, reduce the concentration of carcinogens, promote their excretion, reduce the cholesterol content in the intestine, increase the amount of feces, and reduce the occurrence of colorectal cancer. At the same time, apples are rich in pectin, which can destroy carcinogenic pollutants-radioactive gases, thereby reducing the incidence of cancer.

4. Jujube

Jujube is known as "natural vitamin pill". It can nourish the middle and warm the qi. According to traditional Chinese medicine, jujube can nourish the five internal organs, replenish qi and blood, focus on strengthening the spleen and stomach, and nourish the middle and replenish qi. It is suitable for patients with digestive tract cancers such as intestinal cancer and gastric cancer to eat during the recovery period.

In recent years, studies have found that the hot water extract of jujube has an inhibitory effect on the growth of tumor cells cultured in vitro. The inhibitory effect of jujube on cancer may be related to its large amount of cyclic adenosine monophosphate. In addition, jujube is rich in vitamins, which can significantly improve the body's immunity, especially for patients who are weak after radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The most valuable thing is that the vitamin C in jujube is not destroyed after processing, and it is rich in vitamin P, ranking first among all fruits. According to foreign reports, weak patients who directly eat jujube can recover more than 3 times faster than those who take vitamin drugs alone.