What should elderly people who are bedridden for a long time not eat?

As we all know, many people's health deteriorates as they age, and various diseases follow. Some diseases can be cured, but some cannot. Moreover, many elderly people have to stay in bed due to illness. There are many aspects that need to be paid attention to for these elderly people, such as diet. So what foods should not be eaten by elderly people who are bedridden for a long time due to illness? Many people have not studied this issue.

The phenomenon of elderly people being bedridden due to long-term illness is still common, and there are many reasons for this, and many of these diseases have no specific medicines to treat. However, most elderly people still treat their illness by taking medication, and in fact, they also need to pay attention to their daily diet. So, let’s talk about what the elderly who are bedridden due to long-term illness should not eat.

1. Diet

The best time to regulate the spleen and stomach is in late spring and early summer (i.e. the long summer). The spleen is responsible for thinking. Excessive thinking or failure to achieve one’s goals will damage the spleen and secretly consume blood.

Diet therapy: White rice is the first choice, and it is cooked into porridge. In winter, you can add some ginger or green onion. If you want to increase the intake of fiber, you can add green vegetables, lean pork, etc. to the porridge to resist cold and prevent colds. In addition to porridge, you can also eat sweet foods such as sweet potatoes, red dates, and yam.

Medical treatment: Lizhong Decoction (ginseng, dried ginger, white atractylodes, licorice) is used to treat spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, Guizhi Renshen Decoction (cinnamon twig, ginseng, dried ginger, white atractylodes, licorice) is used to treat spleen and stomach deficiency and cold and external infection, Sijunzi Decoction (ginseng, white atractylodes, poria, licorice) is used to treat spleen and stomach qi deficiency, Xiangsha Liujunzi Decoction (ginseng, white atractylodes, poria, licorice, tangerine peel, pinellia, costusroot, amomum villosum) is used to treat spleen and stomach deficiency and cold and qi stagnation

Nourishing Qi and Blood

Diet therapy: beef, polygonatum, chestnut, red yeast rice

Medical treatment: Siwu Decoction (Danggui, Rehmannia, White Peony Root, Chuanxiong) nourishes Qi and blood, replenishes the kidney and produces marrow. In winter, you should go to bed early and get up late to ensure adequate sleep.

Diet therapy: Deer antler, deer antler glue, and deer antler cream are all medicines to prevent osteoporosis. Foods containing animal gelatin, even chicken feet, deer tendons, and seafood such as fish maw, shark fins, and sea cucumbers are all diet products that nourish kidney yin. Walnut meat and black sesame seeds also have the effect of nourishing the kidneys, but it is not advisable to eat too much at one time to avoid getting a sore throat. Patients with osteoporosis should avoid eating foods containing a lot of oxalic acid: such as old spinach, bamboo shoots, wild rice shoots, taro, etc. Medical treatment: Eucommia ulmoides, Morinda officinalis, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Drynaria fortunei, Psoralea corylifolia.

2. What foods are good for the elderly who are bedridden for a long time?

1. Eat more foods that can enhance immune function, such as shiitake mushrooms, mushrooms, black fungus, white fungus, etc. 2. You can drink more soup, such as pork rib soup, fish soup, etc. 3. Provide patients with sufficient heat energy and protein, and eat more high-quality protein foods, such as milk, eggs, fish, poultry, etc.

3. What foods should elderly people who are bedridden for a long time avoid eating?

1. Avoid eating spicy, greasy, hard, raw, cold, sticky or other foods that may damage the spleen and stomach or are difficult to digest. 2. Avoid smoking and drinking.

Therefore, through the detailed introduction in the above article, I believe everyone has understood the foods that the elderly who are bedridden for a long time should not eat. The foods that the elderly who are bedridden for a long time are not allowed to eat are generally: spicy, irritating, greasy, hard, cold, sticky foods, etc. In addition to foods that are not allowed in the diet, there are actually many foods that are beneficial for the elderly who are bedridden due to long-term illness, such as: shiitake mushrooms, mushrooms, fungus, etc.