Diet for urethritis

In addition to paying attention to the correct treatment and medication, patients with urethritis should also pay more attention to the common choices in their daily diet, such as mung bean porridge, Tianshui porridge, and duck gizzard porridge, which can not only supplement nutrition, but also effectively relieve the symptoms of urethritis.

1. Mung bean porridge:

[Ingredients] 30-50g mung beans, 50-70g polished rice, and appropriate amount of white sugar.

[Preparation] Wash the mung beans, soak them in water for 8 hours, boil them over high heat, then simmer them over low heat until the mung beans burst. Add in polished rice and continue to cook until they are soft, then add in sugar.

[Effects] Clears heat and removes dampness. It is suitable for treating damp-heat in the bladder, with symptoms such as frequent urination, painful urethra, and scanty urine.

[Dosage] 2 times/day, 1 bowl/time, for breakfast and afternoon snack, take for 5 to 7 days. In summer, it can be taken as a cold drink frequently for 5 to 7 days.

2. Tianshui porridge:

[Ingredients] 20-30g of talc, 3-5g of licorice, 30-50g of rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

[Preparation] Wrap the talcum powder in cloth, boil it with licorice in water to extract the juice, add it into rice and cook it into porridge. When the porridge is almost cooked, add rock sugar for seasoning.

[Effects] Clears away heat and detoxifies, promotes diuresis and relieves stranguria. It is suitable for treating damp-heat, with symptoms including frequent urination, painful and astringent urethra, bitter and sticky taste in the mouth, etc.

[Dosage] 1-2 doses/day, taken in divided doses in the morning and evening, for 5-7 consecutive days.

3. Duck gizzard skin porridge:

[Ingredients] 30-50g polished rice, 1 duck gizzard skin, and appropriate amount of white sugar.

[Preparation method] Wash the duck gizzard lining, fry it over low heat until it turns yellow or bake it dry, grind it into fine powder and set aside. Cook the glutinous rice into porridge. After the porridge is cooked, add the duck gizzard powder, boil it for one or two more times, and add sugar to taste.

[Effects] Strengthens the spleen and kidneys. It is suitable for spleen and kidney qi deficiency, with symptoms including sore waist and knees, frequent urination, urgency, urinary incontinence, dizziness, tinnitus, and fever in the five parts of the body.

[Dosage] 2 times/d, 1 bowl/time. Take it warm for breakfast and dinner for 5 to 7 days.

4. Immortal Drink:

[Ingredients] 50-100g polished japonica rice, 30-60g yam, 15-30g water chestnut kernel, 8-15g leek seeds, and appropriate amount of white sugar.

[Preparation] Peel and slice the yam; mash the water chestnut kernels into residue. Put water chestnut kernels, leek seeds and glutinous rice into a pot and cook porridge. When it is half cooked, add yam slices and continue to cook until the porridge is thick. Add sugar to taste.

[Effects] Strengthens the spleen and kidneys. It is suitable for spleen and kidney yang deficiency, with symptoms including sore waist and knees, frequent urination, urgency, continuous urination, dizziness, tinnitus, and cold limbs.

[Dosage] 1 dose/day, taken on an empty stomach in the morning and evening, for 5 to 7 consecutive days.