Is it good to take Chinese medicine for glioma

Glioma is generally treated with surgery, and chemotherapy is also required to prevent recurrence after surgery. Some patients choose conservative Chinese medicine for the convenience of drug treatment and fear the side effects of Western medicine. So, is it good to take Chinese medicine for glioma? Most patients want to know the answer to this question, so the following editor will answer it for you.

Patients with brain tumors should take conservative treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, using drugs in traditional Chinese medicine that have the effect of improving immunity and anti-tumor, such as ginsenoside Rh2, which has the function of regulating the human immune system. Adhering to taking it can relieve the patient's pain. In addition, ginsenoside Rh2 has the effect of inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, inducing apoptosis of cancer cells, and reversing the abnormal differentiation of cancer cells, which plays a role in controlling cancer cells and prolonging the patient's life. Of course, it is recommended to go to a well-known old Chinese doctor for diagnosis and take medicine together for better results.

Food taboos for glioma patients

(1) Avoid stimulant drinks such as coffee and cocoa.

(2) Avoid spicy foods, such as onions, garlic, leeks, peppers, chili peppers, cinnamon, etc.

(3) Avoid moldy or burnt foods, such as moldy peanuts, moldy soybeans, and burnt fish.

(4) Avoid greasy food, cured fish and meat, fried food, and smoked food.

(5) Avoid eating too salty foods.

(6) Avoid smoking and drinking.

What are the best foods for glioma patients?

(1) It is advisable to eat foods that can prevent brain tumors, such as wheat, barley, water chestnuts, jellyfish, asparagus, fried geckos, fried scorpions, fried centipedes, fried silkworm pupae, horseshoe crabs, and kelp.

(2) It is advisable to eat foods that have the function of protecting intracranial blood vessels: celery, shepherd’s purse, chrysanthemum brain, wild rice stem, sunflower seeds, kelp, jellyfish, oysters, and clams.

(3) Foods that can prevent and treat intracranial hypertension include: corn silk, red beans, walnut kernels, seaweed, carp, duck meat, Ulva, kelp, crab, and clams.

(4) Foods that can protect eyesight include: chrysanthemum, amaranth, shepherd’s purse, lamb liver, pork liver, and eel.

(5) Foods that can protect against chemotherapy and treat side effects: shiitake mushrooms, white fungus, black fungus, day lily, walnuts, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, kiwi fruit, sheep blood, pig blood, goose blood, chicken blood, lotus seeds, mung beans, coix seeds, crucian carp, green beans, sturgeon, shark, plum, almonds, and bergamot.