What to eat for cerebral edema?

Brain diseases are currently difficult to cure. Suffering from brain diseases will bring great hardships to life, causing patients to suffer tremendous pain and torture, and their lives may be threatened at any time. For example, cerebral edema is a common disease that mainly affects middle-aged and elderly people. It needs to be treated with diet therapy. Here I will introduce to you what is good to eat for cerebral edema?

At present, in addition to treating the cause, the main treatment is symptomatic treatment. The principle is to reduce swelling, reduce brain volume or perform surgical decompression. Because there are many types of cerebral edema, different methods are adopted for different causes. Common treatment methods include glucocorticoid treatment, surgical operation, etc. It is recommended to go to the hospital for standardized and reasonable treatment. In your daily diet, you should eat more high-protein, high-fiber foods such as milk, eggs, fish, meat, poultry, and soy products; high-fiber foods such as animal liver, carrots, tomatoes, lemons, fruits, etc., especially those with anti-cancer effects such as carrots, shiitake mushrooms, fungus, beans, day lily, asparagus, and turtle.

Dietary treatment for cerebral edema:

1. Fat, low cholesterol milk.

2. Foods rich in phosphorus and lecithin. Such as fish, eggs, etc., these foods can be provided more when accompanied by cerebral edema.

3. Diet therapy recipe.

(1) Add 10 grams of black fungus to water and stew until soft. Add a little sugar before eating. Suitable for those with yin deficiency.

(2) Take an appropriate amount of bird’s nest, add water and stew it until it is soft, then add a little sugar and drink it.

(3) Add appropriate amount of water to 1 pig brain and 9 grams of Gastrodia elata, simmer over low heat for 1 hour until it becomes a soup, and remove the residue. Eat pig brain 3 times a day, 3 times a week, for 1 month.

Dietary taboos

1. Stimulating diet. Avoid alcohol, coffee, strong tea, etc.

2. Raw, cold food. Foods such as cold drinks, mung beans, cucumbers, winter melons, celery, and water chestnuts should be avoided.

3. Greasy food. Eating it may cause dysfunction of the spleen and stomach, leading to worsening of the condition, so it should be avoided.

4. Spicy food. Foods such as chili peppers, chili oil, mustard, and leeks should be avoided.