What can you eat during chemotherapy

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The common side effects of chemotherapy include myelosuppression, gastrointestinal reactions, alopecia, urinary toxicity, cardiotoxicity, local irritation and phlebitis, allergic reactions, nervous system disorders, etc. Doctors said that the intervention of traditional Chinese medicine can reduce the toxic and side effects of chemotherapy and reduce the occurrence of related adverse complications, such as improving the hematopoietic function of bone marrow, protecting liver and kidney function, reducing gastrointestinal reactions and so on. So what can you eat during chemotherapy?

What can you eat during chemotherapy

The food should be diversified as far as possible, eat more high protein, multi vitamin, low animal fat, easy to digest food, fresh fruits and vegetables, do not eat stale or irritating things, do not eat carbonated drinks and other gas producing food, eat less smoked, roasted, pickled, fried, salty food, staple food with coarse and fine grains, to ensure nutritional balance, prevent abdominal distension, diarrhea and constipation. 　

To increase appetite and prevent vomiting, we can change recipes, change cooking methods, and increase the color, aroma and taste of food; eat a small number of meals, and eat some light and refreshing raw cold dishes; add some ginger in the diet to stop vomiting; we can also use medicinal diet to appetizer and strengthen the spleen, such as hawthorn diced meat, astragalus, Chinese yam, radish, white lentils, mushrooms, tangerine peel, etc. 　

What to eat during chemotherapy is good to the body? 1. Qizao jixueteng beef soup [material] 30g Astragalus membranaceus, 30g jixueteng, 5 jujubes, 150g beef and 3 pieces ginger. [processing method] the beef was cut into granules in flying water, and then put into tile pot with the above herbs to stew slowly for 2 hours, and then served with salt. [efficacy] Yiqi Shengxue, Buxu yangzang [indications] tumor patients with bone marrow suppression after chemotherapy, especially leukopenia. 2. Steamed ribs with tangerine peel and perilla [materials] tangerine peel 5g, fresh perilla leaf 20g, ribs 250g. Cut the ribs into small pieces, cut the tangerine peel and fresh perilla leaves into thin strips, mix the right amount of peanut oil, soy sauce and salt, and then steam them. [efficacy] regulating qi, strengthening spleen, reducing adverse reactions and stopping vomiting [indications] patients with decreased appetite or even nausea and vomiting after chemotherapy

matters needing attention

During chemotherapy, in addition to pay attention to diet problems, also need to do a good job of personal hygiene care, it is recommended that patients wash their hands before and after each meal, keep their body clean and dry, so as to avoid infection caused by skin ulcers, in addition, pay attention to oral hygiene, pay attention to gargle after meals, so as to avoid chemotherapy leading to oral ulcers appear or aggravate.