What are the massage methods for gastric cancer

What are the massage methods for gastric cancer? After gastric cancer surgery, patients are prone to abdominal distension, nausea, vomiting and other discomforts because most of the stomach is removed. In fact, in addition to dietary adjustments, Chinese medicine self-massage can also have a good effect on postoperative indigestion symptoms.

After a large part of the stomach is removed, the motor function of the remaining stomach is impaired and the emptying becomes slow, making it difficult to digest and absorb the food eaten and difficult to excrete. Therefore, many gastric cancer patients experience abdominal distension, nausea, vomiting, constipation, etc. after surgery. To relieve the above discomfort, Dr. Liu Wen believes that simple acupoint massage is worth recommending to gastric cancer patients who have just undergone surgery.

The massage method is to massage Neiguan acupoint (2 inches above the palmar horizontal line of the forearm, between the two tendons), Zusanli acupoint (about 3 inches below the knee joint, about 4 horizontal fingers away), and Zhongwan acupoint (the center of the line connecting the xiphoid process and the navel) every morning and evening for 5 to 6 minutes each time. Its effect is to help the stomach empty, accelerate gastric motility, and thus relieve indigestion. If you massage the abdomen 100 to 200 times in a clockwise direction before going to bed every night, it can also help defecation.

In fact, for patients with gastric cancer, the principle of three parts treatment and seven parts care is more important. It goes without saying that they should eat small meals frequently and eat light and easy-to-digest food. After surgery, the stomach is seriously damaged, so special emphasis should be placed on dietary supplements.

Diet therapy: Eat more medicinal porridge that strengthens the spleen and stomach, such as yam and coix seed porridge. The method is to use 20 grams of yam, 20 grams of coix seed, and 100 grams of polished rice. When the coix seed and polished rice are half cooked, add the yam and boil until cooked. The coix seed in this medicinal diet not only has the effect of strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi, but also has anti-cancer effects and can improve the patient's immunity.

In addition, gastric cancer patients are prone to bile reflux gastritis due to pyloric insufficiency after surgery. Therefore, it is also important to soothe the liver and regulate qi, and reduce inflammation and promote bile secretion. You may wish to drink some tangerine peel, artemisia capillaris and jujube soup. The method is to take 10 grams of tangerine peel, 50 grams of artemisia capillaris, and 10 jujubes, decoct them in water and drink them.

It should be reminded that no matter what gastric cancer patients eat, they should chew it patiently and stir it with their tongue and saliva. The mouth can replace part of the stomach's digestive function, which helps nutrient absorption and utilization.