What to eat to heal faster after stitches

In daily life, it is inevitable to suffer some trauma. If the wound is serious, it will require stitches. Recovery after stitches is generally quick, but if it is a natural recovery, it will always make you feel difficult. In this case, you can try diet therapy to promote recovery, which has a very good effect. So, what should you eat to help wounds heal faster after stitches? Let’s take a look below.

1. You can eat light vegetables such as tofu, cabbage, cauliflower, green beans, peanuts, jelly, green radish, white radish, bean sprouts, cucumber, yam, vermicelli, baotou cabbage, melon, bean curd, and beans.

2. Pig's trotters: Pig's trotters are rich in zinc and collagen. Zinc deficiency can reduce the function of fibroblasts. Supplementing more collagen can accelerate wound healing.

3. Sea bass: Sea bass is rich in easily digestible protein, fat, vitamin B2, niacin, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, copper, iron, selenium, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that sea bass is warm in nature and sweet in taste, and has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing the liver and kidneys, and relieving cough and reducing phlegm.

4. Baby pigeon: Pigeon is the only bird without gallbladder. Its liver stores abundant bile, its blood contains abundant hemoglobin, and its bones contain large amounts of chondroitin. These special nutrients have special therapeutic effects on regulating the human brain and nervous system, improving sleep, increasing appetite, helping digestion, activating gonadal and pituitary secretions, and comprehensively balancing human functions, conditioning and strengthening the body. It is beneficial to the storage and utilization of human energy, maintains the normal functions of muscles and nervous systems, and improves myocardial contraction and coagulation functions.

5. Rainbow trout: Originated from mountain streams in California, USA, it likes to live in clear and unpolluted cold water. It mainly feeds on fish and shrimp and can be called a warrior of rapids. The fish has tender meat, delicious taste, no small bones, no fishy smell, high protein and low fat. It is listed as a high-end green food internationally. Rainbow trout can be made into exotic sashimi, and is suitable for steaming or stewing. It can also be made into shredded fish, braised, or smoked fish. It is an excellent food for promoting wound healing.

6. Kelp: The protein and carbohydrates contained in kelp are several to dozens of times that of spinach. It also contains a lot of important vitamins such as carotene, riboflavin, thiamine and niacin. The sodium alginate in kelp also has hemostatic effect on arterial hemorrhage.

7. Black fungus: Black fungus is rich in minerals such as iron. 100 grams of black fungus per day contains up to 185 mg of iron, which is 20 times higher than celery, the green leafy vegetable with the highest iron content. It is also rich in zinc. Therefore, it is a very good natural blood tonic food that can promote the wound healing speed of patients with excessive blood loss after surgery.

8. Bitter melon: Bitter melon juice contains a protein component similar to quinine, which can enhance the phagocytic ability of macrophages. At the same time, the bitter melon and bitter substances in bitter melon can increase appetite, strengthen the spleen and appetite, and are beneficial to wound recovery.

9. Tomatoes: Tomatoes can prevent blood clots. The yellow gelatinous substance around tomato seeds can prevent the coagulation of platelets in the blood. They are also rich in antioxidants such as vitamin C, lycopene, and carotene, which are beneficial to wound healing.

10. Honey: Drinking a little honey will be very beneficial for wound healing. In addition, you can also apply honey directly on the skin or wounds, which has the effects of anti-inflammatory, analgesic, hemostatic, reducing edema, and promoting wound healing.

11. Black beans: Black beans have the highest protein content among all beans, more than twice that of pork leg. The fat it contains is mainly monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids, of which 50% are essential fatty acids needed by the human body, as well as phospholipids, soy flavonoids, and biotin. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that black beans are mild in nature and sweet in taste, and have the function of moistening the intestines and replenishing blood. Eating them can accelerate wound recovery in patients with postoperative physical deficiency and blood deficiency.