In the treatment of chronic hepatitis, diet plays an extremely important role, sometimes even more decisive than medication. Here are some food remedies such as red beans, water celery, and radishes that are beneficial for patients with liver disease.
Recipe 1: Small red beans should be cooked thoroughly in water and can also be made into porridge with regular rice. There is no limit on the quantity.
Recipe 2: Water celery can be used in its entirety, both roots and leaves. Wash thoroughly and consume 120 grams daily, adding 6 jujubes, and cook until done, consuming both the liquid and the solids twice a day.
Recipe 3: Radishes can be washed and boiled for consumption, or they can be crushed to extract the juice, which should be cooked and warmed, then mixed with a little honey to drink, with each serving being 100 grams, taken twice a day.
Recipe 4: Wash cucumbers, keeping the skin on, and either cook them or prepare a salad.
Recipe 5: Boil the intestines of clams to extract the flesh, clean thoroughly, and consume 100 grams, adding 30 grams of corn silk to cook together.
Recipe 6: Frogs should be skinned, eviscerated, washed clean, and cooked with 15 grams of hawthorn fruit for consumption.
Recipe 7: Ten grams of Schisandra berries, combined with one chicken egg, should be cooked together and consumed in one day.
When liver cirrhosis occurs, symptoms may present as bloating and discomfort in the stomach area after eating. It is essential to choose foods that can alleviate these symptoms, improve liver function, and aid in health recovery.
Here are some effective dietary remedies:
Recipe 1: Chicken gizzards, duck gizzards, goose gizzards (keeping the inner membrane), should be washed, steamed until cooked, then dried and ground into powder. Each dose is 6 grams, taken three times a day.
Recipe 2: Dried pig pancreas, ground into powder, consumed at a dose of 6 grams, taken three times a day.
Recipe 3: Use 10 grams of goose blood or prepare a dish of goose blood with the mentioned amount to consume once a day for 15 consecutive days. This has been shown to enhance appetite, improve the condition of the liver and spleen, and increase red and white blood cell count.
In cases of liver cirrhosis with ascites, the following can be used:
– 60 grams of small red beans, 250 grams of wax gourd (keeping the skin and pulp), washed and cooked together until the beans are thoroughly soft for consumption throughout the day.
– A live carp weighing about 500 grams, gutted but keeping the scales. 100 grams of small red beans and several cloves of garlic should be cooked thoroughly, then stuffed into the carp’s belly, wrapped in fresh banana leaves, and buried in hot ash until fully cooked. Consume this dish lightly once a day for several consecutive days until the ascites is resolved.
For patients with liver cirrhosis who tend to bleed, it is advisable to consume various foods such as silk membranes of peanuts, lotus stems, lotus stem powder, shiitake mushrooms, pig liver, royal jelly, jujubes, and sea cucumbers.
