Can I eat Cistanche deserticola if I have cholecystitis? What can't I eat?

Cholecystitis is a disease with a relatively high incidence rate, and it can be divided into acute and chronic types. Cholecystitis is very painful when it occurs, so patients with cholecystitis must strictly control the disease and try to prevent recurrence as much as possible. Cholecystitis is largely related to diet, so you should be very careful in your daily food choices. You should understand the pros and cons of foods such as Cistanche before eating them.

1. Can patients with cholecystitis eat Cistanche deserticola?

You can eat Cistanche deserticola. Choose 30 grams of Cistanche deserticola, 30 grams of Schisandra chinensis, 12 grams of Aucklandia lappa, 30 grams of Viola yedoensis, 30 grams of Scutellaria barbata, 12 grams of Rhubarb (added later), and 10 grams of Magnolia officinalis. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day.

2. What should not be eaten for cholecystitis

1. Fatty foods

Attacks of biliary diseases often occur in the evening or early morning after a full meal (especially greasy food). This is because a large amount of bile is required to digest fat. Patients with cholecystitis will experience pain when the gallbladder contracts rapidly due to gallbladder inflammation and the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder. If there is stone obstruction, the colic will be more severe and accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Patients with chronic cholecystitis will experience dull pain and symptoms of indigestion after eating too much fat, such as belching, bloating, and aversion to greasy food. Therefore, the daily fat intake of patients with this disease should be limited to 40-50 grams. Fatty meat, fried eggs, lard, butter, cream, etc. should be avoided. It is best to eat vegetable oil.

2. Acidic Foods

Acidic foods such as vinegar, bayberry, hawthorn, lemon, etc. can stimulate the stomach and duodenum to secrete cholecystokinin, thereby causing gallbladder contraction and inducing biliary colic.

3. Food that is too cold or too hot

Overheated food or soup, overcold food such as ice cream, iced drinks, iced coffee, and food just taken out of the refrigerator can cause spasm of the bile duct sphincter after ingestion, causing dull pain or colic in the gallbladder area. Therefore, patients with gallbladder disease should avoid eating too cold or too hot food.