One side of my neck is a little swollen and painful

After waking up, I found that one side of my neck was a little swollen and a little painful. In this case, it is generally considered that inflammation causes inflamed and swollen lymph nodes, which is mainly caused by cold or viral infection. For symptoms of swelling and pain, you can go to the ENT department of a regular hospital for examination to rule out thyroid problems. Take some anti-inflammatory medicine, eat a light diet, drink plenty of water, eat more fruits and vegetables, and avoid eating irritating foods.

Diet therapy for lymph node inflammation

Purslane, Chrysanthemum, Mung Bean Porridge

Soak mung beans for half a day, wash and chop purslane, dry and grind chrysanthemum into powder. When the mung beans are half cooked, add purslane and glutinous rice, simmer until it becomes porridge, add chrysanthemum powder and cook for a while. Take it twice a day. This method has the medicinal effect of clearing away heat, detoxifying and removing dampness, and can be used to treat acute lymphangitis, in which one or several thread-like red lines appear on the wound of the lower limbs, which are hard and tender.

Water Chestnut Porridge

Peel and slice the water chestnuts, put them into the pot together with the cleaned glutinous rice, add water and simmer for porridge. Take it twice a day. The effect is that it can clear away heat and promote salivation. Mainly used to treat acute lymphangitis. Note: Water chestnut extract has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus.

Snow Soup

50-100 grams each of water chestnuts and jellyfish (soaked and salted), boil them into a soup and drink it in 2-3 times. This is the "Xue Geng Soup" by Wang Shixiong, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty. It has the effects of clearing heat and resolving phlegm, eliminating accumulation and softening hard masses, and lowering blood pressure. It can be used to treat phlegm-heat cough, lymph tuberculosis, and primary hypertension.

Steamed Chicken Liver with Corrugated Rice

6-10 grams of corrugated seeds are calcined on fire, ground into fine powder and mixed with 1-2 chicken livers. Steam them together and eat them. It has the effects of eliminating accumulation and phlegm, nourishing the liver and kidneys, and nourishing blood. It is suitable for treating lymphatic tuberculosis, pulmonary tuberculosis, infantile malnutrition and other diseases.

Fried Pork with Houttuynia

Pick and clean the fresh Houttuynia cordata, and cut it into small pieces about one inch long. Prepare an appropriate amount of shredded pork. First, fry the pork with oil until it is 80% cooked. Then add the houttuynia cordata and stir-fry until it is soft before serving. It is suitable for treating lymphadenitis, carbuncle, swelling and other diseases.

Dietary precautions

Food

Taro, arrowhead, water chestnut, potato, kelp, jellyfish, seaweed, oyster meat, clam meat, eel, mandarin fish, turtle meat, turtle meat, snake meat, locust, yam, lily, mung bean, silkworm pupae, chrysanthemum brain, amaranth, loofah, sophora japonica, garlic, mulberry, honeysuckle, litchi, hair algae, and cat meat. In addition to the above foods, patients with lymph tuberculosis should also eat soy milk, tofu, polygonatum, clam meat, black fish, eel, red bean, lotus seeds, water chestnut, lotus root, honey, milk, eggs, green vegetables, carrots, radish, tomatoes, celery, chrysanthemum, shepherd's purse, bitter melon, gourd, cucumber, melon, watermelon, pears, apples, bananas, persimmons, strawberries, lean pork, beef, etc.

Foods to avoid

Duck eggs, goose meat, pheasant meat, musk deer meat, crabs, shrimps, hairtail, pickled herring, yellow croaker, sea bass, anchovy, whitefish, shad, carp, pomfret, yellow catfish, apricots, mustard greens, and toona sinensis. In addition, patients with lymph tuberculosis should avoid eating roosters, chicken heads, chicken wings, chicken feet, fatty pork, pork heads, squid, octopus, spring bamboo shoots, mutton, dog meat, onions, peppers, leeks, pumpkins, spinach, eggplants, coriander, lettuce, longans, cinnamon, cloves, star anise, white wine, cigarettes, etc.