Popular science guidance: Shenzhen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture Department No. 2
Dietary principles for stroke patients?
1. Follow a low-salt diet and control your daily salt intake within 6 grams.
2. Ensure a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet. Such as diabetic patients should pay attention to their diabetic diet.
3. Eat small meals frequently and don’t overdo it.
What are the dietary taboos?
01 Avoid high-fat and high-calorie foods
Long-term consumption of such foods can further increase blood lipids , increase blood viscosity, and easily form arterial plaques, which will eventually lead to recurrence of blood clots, such as fatty meat, animal offal, fish eggs, etc. Eat less peanuts and other foods that contain a lot of fat and high cholesterol; avoid or use less animal fats such as full-fat butter, egg yolks, fatty meats, and fatty mutton. Edible vegetable oils such as soybean oil, camellia oil, etc.
02 Avoid products that are fat, sweet, greasy, or too salty, which may stimulate fire and produce phlegm
such as sweet drinks, cream cakes , sauces, pickles, etc.
03 Avoid raw and cold spicy foods
such as liquor, peppercorns, spicy hot pot, etc. There are also hot foods such as strong tea, mung beans, mutton, dog meat, etc.
Syndrome differentiation and dietary supplement
The doctor will differentiate your constitution. Which syndrome type do you belong to?
Deficiency of liver and kidney, syndrome of wind, phlegm and blood stasis:
Dietary therapy is suitable to nourish the liver and kidney, dispel wind and resolve phlegm, such as Gastrodia , Eucommia ulmoides, Rehmannia glutinosa , radish, etc.
Therapeutic Recipe: Fish Head Gastrodia Rehmannia Soup. Avoid eating mutton, beef, dog meat, etc.
Deficiency of the liver and kidneys, phlegm and blood stasis blocking the collaterals:
Dietary therapy is suitable for replenishing the liver and kidneys, resolving phlegm and unblocking collaterals, such as hawthorn, Codonopsis pilosula, Eucommia ulmoides, etc.
Dietary Recipe: Codonopsis and Pork Ribs Soup.
Deficiency of the spleen and kidneys, qi deficiency and blood stasis syndrome:
Dietary prescriptions are suitable for strengthening the spleen and kidneys, replenishing qi and activating blood circulation, such as yam, jujube, astragalus, angelica, tangerine peel, etc.
Dietary prescription: jujube nourishing porridge (jujube, wolfberry, lean pork), yam and astragalus soup, etc.
Deficiency of the spleen and kidneys, phlegm and blood stasis blocking the collaterals:
Dietary therapy is suitable for strengthening the spleen and kidneys, resolving phlegm and unblocking collaterals, such as Rehmannia glutinosa, yam, Codonopsis pilosula, etc.
Dietary prescription: yam and rehmannia soup.
