Can the narrowing of the cervical intervertebral space be restored?

Many patients with cervical spondylosis have experienced narrowing of the cervical intervertebral space. The narrowing of the cervical intervertebral space is mainly caused by cervical spondylosis. It causes discomfort due to compression of the nerves caused by cervical spondylosis. You can take more blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicines. If the disease is more serious, you can undergo surgery. The narrowing of the cervical intervertebral space is not a serious disease. It can be cured by actively cooperating with the doctor.

Dietary principles for cervical spondylosis

1. What foods are good for cervical spondylosis?

1) General dietary principles

Reasonable combination: The diet should be reasonable and not single-edged. The diet of patients with cervical spondylosis is generally divided into two categories. One is staple food, which mainly provides heat energy, such as rice and noodles, which belong to this type of food; the other type of food can regulate physiological functions, called side dishes, such as beans, fruits and vegetables. The nutrients contained in staple foods are different, so you should eat both coarse and fine foods at the same time and not eat just one type of food. The comprehensive nutrition of coarse and fine, dry and liquid, main and secondary can meet the needs of the human body, promote the patient's recovery and maintain the needs of a normal human body.

2) Patients with cervical spondylosis need to eat according to their symptoms

Since cervical spondylosis is caused by vertebral hyperplasia, bone degeneration and osteoporosis, patients with cervical spondylosis should eat a diet rich in calcium, protein, B vitamins, vitamin C and vitamin E.

Calcium is the main component of bones, and is found primarily in milk, fish, pig tail bones, soybeans, black beans, etc. Protein is also an indispensable nutrient for the formation of ligaments, bones and muscles. Vitamins B and E can relieve pain. Relieve fatigue.

If cervical spondylosis is caused by damp-heat blocking the meridians, you should eat more fruits and vegetables such as kudzu root, bitter gourd, and loofah that can clear away heat, relieve muscles, and dredge the meridians; if it is caused by cold and dampness blocking the meridians, you should eat more dog meat, mutton and other foods that can warm the meridians and dispel cold; if it is caused by blood deficiency and qi stagnation, you should eat more foods such as rooster, carp, and black beans. In short, eating according to the symptoms can be beneficial to the recovery of patients with cervical spondylosis.

3) People with blurred vision and tearing should eat more foods containing calcium, selenium and zinc

Such as soy products, animal liver, eggs, fish, mushrooms, asparagus, carrots, people with cervical spondylosis and hypertension should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, such as bean sprouts, kelp, fungus, garlic, celery, sweet potato, winter melon, and mung bean.

4) People with cervical spondylosis and hypertension should eat more fruits

People with cervical spondylosis and hypertension may need to supplement the calcium, selenium, zinc and other trace elements needed by the body. Patients can supplement the trace elements needed in the body and help patients recover by eating more fresh vegetables and fruits, such as bean sprouts, kelp, garlic, celery, winter melon, mung beans, etc.

2. What foods should not be eaten for cervical spondylosis

1) Avoid cold foods

Many patients with cervical spondylosis suffer from the invasion of damp and cold air. Although some patients are not caused by this reason, reducing green is beneficial to their recovery.

2) Avoid excessive drinking and drinking large amounts of coffee and strong tea

Excessive drinking and drinking large amounts of coffee and strong tea are extremely detrimental to the recovery of patients with cervical spondylosis. If patients want to recover, it is best not to drink excessively and reduce the consumption of coffee and strong tea.

3) Avoid greasy food

Patients with cervical spondylosis should reduce or even stop eating greasy foods such as fatty meat, fried pork, beef, mutton, etc. to avoid spleen and stomach disorders which may aggravate the condition.

4) Avoid spicy food

Patients with cervical spondylosis should not eat spicy foods, such as peppers, hot sauce, curry, etc.

3. Diet therapy for cervical spondylosis

1) Fish head stewed with Chuanxiong and Angelica dahurica

15 grams of Chuanxiong, 15 grams of Angelica dahurica, 1 bighead carp head, and appropriate amounts of ginger, onion, salt, and cooking wine. Slice Chuanxiong and Angelica dahurica separately, put them into the pot together with the cleaned silver carp head, add ginger, scallion, salt, cooking wine and water in appropriate amounts, boil them over high heat first, then simmer them over low heat. Take with meals, once a day. It can dispel wind and cold, promote blood circulation and dredge meridians.

2) Fish head stewed with Gastrodia elata

10 grams of Gastrodia elata, 1 fresh silver carp head, 3 slices of ginger. Put Gastrodia elata, bighead carp head and ginger in a stewing pot, add appropriate amount of water, stew until cooked, and season. It can nourish the liver and kidneys, dispel wind and dredge the meridians. Suitable for carotid artery type cervical spondylosis.

3) Pueraria root stewed with pork spine

30 grams of Pueraria root and 500 grams of pork spine. Peel and slice the kudzu root, cut the pork spine into sections, put them in a pot and add appropriate amount of water to make soup. Drinking the soup and eating the meat is often effective. It can nourish qi and yin, relax muscles and activate collaterals. Suitable for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy.

4) Chicken stewed with mulberry branches

60 grams of old mulberry branches, 1 hen (about 1,000 grams), and a little salt. Wash the chicken, cut it into pieces, put it in the pot with the old mulberry branches, add appropriate amount of water to make soup, season it, drink the soup and eat the chicken. It can replenish kidney essence and dredge meridians. Suitable for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy.

5) Ginger porridge

50 grams of polished japonica rice, 5 slices of ginger, a few scallions with roots, and an appropriate amount of rice vinegar. Mash the ginger and cook it with rice. Add onions and vinegar when the porridge is almost cooked, and eat it as a side dish. It can dispel wind and cold and is suitable for cervical spondylosis of the Taiyang meridian type.

6) Chuanwu Congee

12 grams of raw Chuanwu and 50 grams of fragrant rice, simmer until done, add 1 teaspoon of ginger juice and 3 tablespoons of honey, stir well, and sip on an empty stomach. It can dispel cold and relieve numbness. It is suitable for cervical spondylosis of meridian obstruction type.

7) Hangzhou Peony Peach Kernel Porridge

20 grams of white peony root, 15 grams of peach kernel, and 60 grams of polished rice. First, boil white peony root in water to extract 500 ml of liquid. Then wash and mash the peach kernel into a paste. Add water to grind the juice and remove the residue. Cook the two juices with glutinous rice. Drinking this porridge can invigorate blood circulation, nourish blood, and dredge meridians. It is suitable for cervical spondylosis of qi stagnation and blood stasis type.

8) Puerariae Radix and Acanthopanax Congee

50 grams each of Pueraria root, coix seed, and polished rice, and 15 grams of Acanthopanax senticosus. Wash all the ingredients, chop the Pueraria root, fry the Acanthopanax first to extract the juice, put it in the pot with the remaining ingredients, and add appropriate amount of water. Boil over high heat, then simmer until it becomes porridge over low heat. Add appropriate amount of rock sugar and season before eating. It can dispel wind, remove dampness and relieve pain. Suitable for cervical spondylosis of wind-cold-dampness type.

9) Papaya and Tangerine Peel Porridge

10 grams each of papaya, tangerine peel, loofah, and Fritillaria cirrhosa, and 50 grams of polished rice. Wash the raw materials, fry the papaya, tangerine peel and loofah first, remove the residue and take the juice, add Fritillaria cirrhosa (chopped) and appropriate amount of rock sugar. It can resolve phlegm, remove dampness and dredge the meridians. Suitable for cervical spondylosis caused by phlegm-dampness blocking the meridians.