Can I eat sweet potatoes if I have hemorrhoids?

In fact, hemorrhoids are a very common disease, and the possibility of recurrence of this disease is very high. If you suffer from hemorrhoids, you must pay attention to your diet. Generally speaking, you cannot eat spicy and irritating foods. You should eat more fruits and vegetables. For example, cabbage, radish and bananas are ideal foods for patients with hemorrhoids. These foods can moisturize the intestines and promote bowel movements, and can relieve various symptoms caused by hemorrhoids. Of course, it is completely okay for patients with hemorrhoids to eat sweet potatoes.

Patients with hemorrhoids do not have absolute contraindications to sweet potatoes, but I still recommend that you take a warm water sitz bath or local hot compress every day, wash promptly after defecation, keep the anus clean, eat a light diet, drink plenty of water, do not eat spicy and irritating foods, increase exercise, promote intestinal peristalsis to prevent constipation, which will cause you great pain and bleeding in the stool. Sweet potato is also known as sweet potato, sweet potato, yam, sweet potato, red potato, thread potato, sweet potato, golden potato, sweet potato, red potato, pillow potato, etc. A common perennial dicotyledonous plant, herbaceous, with slender vines and stems creeping on the ground. The tuberous root produces lactic acid through anaerobic respiration. The skin is white or reddish, and the flesh is mostly yellow-white, but there is also purple. In addition to being eaten, it can also be used to make sugar, wine, and alcohol.

According to ancient documents such as "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica", sweet potatoes have the effects of "replenishing deficiency, strengthening qi and strength, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and strengthening kidney yin", making people "live longer and have fewer diseases". It can also nourish the middle, harmonize the blood, warm the stomach, and nourish the five internal organs. The contemporary Chinese Materia Medica says that it is "sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It enters the spleen and kidney meridians." It "tonifies the middle and harmonizes the blood, replenishes qi and produces body fluid, relaxes the intestines and stomach, and relieves constipation. It is mainly used to treat edema due to spleen deficiency, sores, swelling and toxins, and constipation due to dry intestines."

Through the above introduction, I believe everyone already knows that in fact, patients with hemorrhoids can not only eat sweet potatoes, but also eat more sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes can play a therapeutic role in hemorrhoids. It is also important to note that patients with hemorrhoids should maintain good hygiene during the illness. They can clean the anus with warm water at night and pay attention to keeping the area around the anus dry to avoid various infections.