What to eat to treat nasopharyngeal cancer? How to adjust your diet?

What is the treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer? How to adjust diet?

Because nasopharyngeal cancer patients are affected by the disease, have heavy psychological burdens, poor appetite, and low resistance, family members should be guided to encourage patients to eat and give them high-protein, high-vitamin, low-fat, easily digestible foods, such as beans, milk, fungi, carrots, etc. At the same time, family members should be guided to create a clean and comfortable eating environment for patients, pay attention to color and fragrance, provide patients with delicious food, and provide patients with rich nutrition.

Eat a balanced diet and eat more vegetables and fruits. The diet during radiotherapy and chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma should be easy to digest, fresh and delicious. It is rich in protein, vitamins and amino acids, such as kelp, seaweed, asparagus, jellyfish, etc. It often contains plums, olives, green plums, figs, etc., which can stimulate saliva secretion and relieve dryness symptoms.

How to regulate your diet?

1. Fig stew: Recipe: 120g fresh figs, 60g dried figs, 120g lean pork

Method: Wash and cut into pieces, add appropriate amount of water and seasoning into the pot, cook until the meat is tender, drink the soup and eat the meat.

Efficacy: It can treat dry mouth and sore throat after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, reducing swelling and detoxifying.

2. Chinese Yam, Lotus Seed and Coix Seed: Recipe: 30g Chinese Yam, 30g Lotus Seed without core, 30g Coix Seed,

Method: Add appropriate amount of water, simmer over low heat, add a little sugar, take once a day, limit the amount, and take for 15 consecutive days.

Efficacy: It can be used to treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma of all stages with spleen deficiency, and has the effects of strengthening the spleen and replenishing Qi, clearing the heart and calming the mind.

3. Yangjin Drink: Recipe: dried pear, 50g of reed root, 25g of pollen, Scrophularia, Shepherd's purse, 15g of Ophiopogon japonicus, Rehmannia root, Platycodon grandiflorum, 20g of Chrysanthemum

Method: decoct the ingredients together, remove the residue and take the juice, once a day, take twice a day while warm.

Efficacy: Treats loss of body fluids and dry mouth and tongue caused by nasopharyngeal cancer, nourishes yin and produces body fluids, cools blood and relieves sore throat.