What can I eat during chemotherapy for myeloma?

Osteoma is a common disease that often occurs locally in lymphocytes, leading to malignant plasma cell disease and seriously endangering the patient's life and health. Therefore, during the treatment of this disease, patients may experience gastrointestinal discomfort and gastric mucosal damage due to medication, causing nausea and vomiting. Therefore, during chemotherapy, these dietary aspects should be used to alleviate and improve this part of the patient's problem as soon as possible.

What to eat during chemotherapy for multiple myeloma?

Chemotherapy has a certain killing and inhibitory effect on tumor cells, and it can also cause varying degrees of damage to the body's normal tissues and cells. The damage is particularly obvious to bone marrow cells, gastrointestinal mucosal epithelial cells, germ cells, hair, etc. Symptoms include pale complexion, shortness of breath, palpitations, fatigue, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, loose stools and diarrhea, etc.

During cancer chemotherapy, gastrointestinal reactions are often more obvious, and gastrointestinal function is significantly damaged after chemotherapy. Symptoms include loss of appetite, loose stools, abdominal distension, pale tongue with white coating, and weak pulse. You can choose foods that strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, regulate qi and eliminate dampness. Such as citrus, corn, coix seed, soybean, yam, Astragalus membranaceus, Codonopsis pilosula and other foods.

1. Compound Astragalus Porridge

Ingredients : 30 grams of raw astragalus, 30 grams of raw coix seed, 15 grams of red bean, 9 grams of chicken gizzard lining, 2 kumquat cakes, and 30 grams of glutinous rice.

Preparation : Wash raw astragalus, raw coix seed, red bean, glutinous rice, wash chicken gizzard lining, dry and grind into fine powder. Put the raw astragalus into the pot, add 1000 ml of water, simmer for 20 minutes, remove the astragalus, add coix seed and red bean and cook for 30 minutes, then add glutinous rice and chicken gizzard lining and cook into porridge. Take twice a day, morning and evening, chew 1 kumquat cake after eating porridge. It is suitable for people with damaged stomach qi, weak qi and poor appetite after chemotherapy.

2. Stewed Pigeon with Ginseng and Chinese Yam

Ingredients : 1 baby pigeon, 15 grams of American ginseng slices, 30 grams of Chinese yam, 4 red dates, and 1 slice of ginger.

Preparation : Wash American ginseng, Chinese yam, red dates (pitted), and ginger, remove the hair and internal organs of the pigeon, wash and cut into small pieces. Put all the ingredients into a stewing pot, add appropriate amount of boiling water, cover the stewing pot, simmer over low heat for 2 hours, and season. Drink the soup and eat the meat as desired. It is suitable for symptoms such as damage of Qi and Yin after chemotherapy, weakness, fatigue, poor appetite, and dry mouth.

3. Chinese wolfberry, soft-shell turtle and lean meat soup

Ingredients : 30 grams of wolfberry, 1 turtle, 150 grams of lean pork.

Preparation : Kill the turtle, remove the internal organs, wash and cut into small pieces, add appropriate amount of water, stew it with wolfberry and lean pork until cooked, season with salt and serve. Suitable for people who are weak after chemotherapy.

What should you eat during chemotherapy for multiple myeloma? In addition to reasonable dietary conditioning, patients can also cooperate with traditional Chinese medicine for conditioning and consolidation after chemotherapy to alleviate the side effects of chemotherapy, consolidate the effects of chemotherapy, and promote better recovery of the patient's body. I wish all patients a speedy recovery.