Can uterine fibroids be treated with supplements? Drink brown sugar red bean soup to regulate before and after menstruation

Can I take supplements if I have uterine fibroids? This is a question often asked by many female friends. Chinese medicine practitioners point out that uterine fibroids are a women's disease caused by symptoms and accumulation in traditional Chinese medicine, and are more common in patients with phlegm, blood stasis, qi stagnation and blood stasis. According to the view of traditional Chinese medicine, adjusting eating habits is the best way to prevent and improve the condition.

Zhou Zonghan, attending physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Ren'ai Branch of Taipei Municipal United Hospital, pointed out that there are many causes of uterine fibroids. In addition to physical constitution, eating habits are a key factor. If you like to eat meat or often eat too much cold food, your chances of developing uterine fibroids or seeing the fibroids grow larger will greatly increase.

Uterine fibroids: Beware of dietary landmines and avoid frying and grilling

In addition, fried, grilled and other fibroid-promoting foods are also dietary minefields for fibroids. Eating too much can easily develop a "hot constitution", which is harmful rather than helpful to the treatment of fibroids. In particular, patients with uterine fibroids are not suitable for eating hot tonic foods, tonics or medicated foods. Common foods such as four-ingredient chicken soup, ten-ingredient pork ribs soup, ginger duck, and mutton hotpot should be avoided.

At the same time, special attention should be paid to avoid excessive tonic. For example, foods such as snow frog paste, sheep placenta, royal jelly, chicken skin and animal offal, which are advertised as tonic for the body and beauty, are most likely to have large amounts of animal estrogen residues. Excessive intake can easily induce uterine lesions and should not be underestimated.

2 Medicinal Diet Therapy Recipes for Uterine Fibroids

Chinese medicine practitioner Zhou Zonghan emphasized that modern women's love of eating cold food and high stress are the reasons why they are prone to uterine fibroids, which can be improved through Chinese medicine auxiliary treatment and physical conditioning. Therefore, they should manage their diet well and eat less cold food. It is recommended to drink some brown sugar red bean soup or rose barley jujube tea before and after menstruation to prevent the formation of uterine fibroids.

Diet therapy/brown sugar red bean soup

Ingredients: 30g brown sugar, 500g red beans, 3,000ml water, 15g old ginger (ground into paste).

practice:

1. Wash the red beans and soak them in cold water that covers the beans for more than 2 hours.

2. Add water up to 3000 ml, bring to boil, then turn to low heat, add ginger paste and simmer for 30 minutes.

3. Add brown sugar and wait until it is completely dissolved and then cool before eating.

[Dietary Analysis] Women with weak and cold constitutions can eat some brown sugar and red bean soup as a dessert after meal during or before and after menstruation. Brown sugar promotes blood circulation, red beans replenish blood, and old ginger paste can warm the meridians and dispel cold, allowing menstrual blood to be discharged smoothly and reducing the occurrence of fibroids. However, people who are prone to bloating should reduce the amount of red beans they consume.

Diet therapy/Rose and jujube tea

Ingredients: 5 qian of floating wheat, 5 red dates, 2 qian of raw licorice, 3 qian of rose, 2000 ml of water.

practice:

1. Cut the red dates into pieces and wash the floating wheat, raw licorice and rose flowers.

2. Add water up to 2000 ml, bring to a boil, add all ingredients, bring to a boil, let cool, remove the residue and drink.

[Dietary Analysis] Floating wheat, red dates, raw licorice, and roses have the effects of replenishing qi, soothing the liver and relieving depression, regulating qi and blood circulation, and preventing the occurrence of uterine fibroids. However, it is not recommended for women during menstruation or those who are prone to diarrhea.

[Tips for preventing uterine fibroids]:

On a daily basis, we should follow the four principles of "regular exercise, weight control, less meat and more vegetables, and a balanced diet". Among them, "avoiding obesity" is the best way to stabilize hormones, because "obese" people are a high-risk group for uterine fibroids. It is recommended to exercise and lose weight on a regular basis. You can use stretching to activate blood circulation and further improve low back pain and frequent urination.