Dietary therapy is a common way to deal with many diseases. For patients with prostate hyperplasia, several dietary therapies can help them. Elderly patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia should pay attention to a light diet, eat more vegetables and fruits, quit smoking and less alcohol, be cautious about eating spicy foods, and maintain a smooth bowel movement.
The following dietary remedies can help patients with prostate hyperplasia fight the disease.
1. Shenqi Winter melon soup
Ingredients: 15 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 20 grams of Astragalus membranaceus, 50 grams of winter melon, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil, and salt.
Method: Place Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus in a casserole and fry with water for 15 minutes to remove the residue and leave the juice. Add winter melon until cooked by heat, and then add seasoning to serve as a accompaniment. It has the effects of invigorating the spleen and supplementing qi, promoting yang and diuresis.
2. Congee with Cinnamon Sauce
Ingredients: 5 grams of cinnamon, 30 grams of plantain, and 50 grams of japonica rice.
Method: First fry cinnamon and plantain, remove the residue and extract the juice, then add japonica rice and cook it until it is cooked, then add an appropriate amount of brown sugar, and take it on an empty stomach. It has the effect of warming yang and promoting diuresis.
3. Apricot Pear and Stone Reed Drink
Ingredients: 10 grams of bitter almonds, 12 grams of stone reeds, 15 grams of plantain, 1 pear, and a little rock sugar.
Method: Peel and mash the almonds, remove the core from the pear and cut into pieces. Cook with the stone reed and plantain in water, add rock sugar when cooked, and serve as a substitute for tea. It has the effect of purging lung fire and promoting water channels.
4. Diuretic Cucumber Soup
Ingredients: 1 cucumber, 10g Qu Mai, an appropriate amount of monosodium glutamate, salt, and sesame oil.
Method: First fry the gracilaria and Qu mai, remove the dregs and extract the juice, then boil again, add cucumber slices, and then add seasoning. Serve warm. The effect of beneficial waterways.
Elderly patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia should pay attention to a light diet, eat more vegetables and fruits, quit smoking and less alcohol, be cautious about eating spicy foods, and maintain a smooth bowel movement.
(Intern Editor: Chen Hao)