Things that can't be eaten by people with lymph node tuberculosis

Most people get uneasy when they hear the word tuberculosis, which can spread and worsen. Patients are often immersed in the vortex of the severity of their illness and unable to let it go. Their appetite decreases and they become thin, and mental factors aggravate their condition. It is said that man is iron and rice is steel, and if you don't eat for a meal you will feel hungry. Therefore, you should eat nutritiously during special periods. You need to know in detail what to eat and how much to eat. A reasonable diet can help restore the body's functions.

1. What foods should not be eaten by patients with lymph node tuberculosis?

Chili pepper: hot and spicy, can help fire damage yin. The "Dictionary of Chinese Medicine" clearly warns: "People with yin deficiency, hyperactivity of fire and cough should not take it." Therefore, tuberculosis patients with yin deficiency and internal heat should not eat it. What should not be eaten for lymph node tuberculosis

Zanthoxylum bungeanum: commonly known as Sichuan pepper, it is spicy, warm and poisonous. Wang Mengying of the Qing Dynasty believed that "eating too much will cause heat." The "Bencao Jingshu" warns: "If there is heat in the lungs and stomach, or if there is coughing and sputum, or if there is coughing and hemoptysis,... salty foods are prohibited." Patients with tuberculosis should also avoid eating them.

Pepper: Pepper is very spicy and hot, so people with yin deficiency and fire should avoid eating it. "Haiyao Bencao" says: "Do not take too much, it will damage the lungs." "Sui Xi Ju Diet" also says: "Eating too much will stimulate fire and dry up fluids, consume qi and damage yin." Most tuberculosis patients have a constitution of yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire in traditional Chinese medicine, so they should avoid it.

Cinnamon: It is a spicy and warm seasoning food. "Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica" says: "It is very hot in nature, pungent and sweet in taste, and slightly toxic. People with yin deficiency and excessive fire should not take it." Most tuberculosis patients have qi and yin deficiency or yin deficiency and excessive fire, so they should not take it.

Dog meat: Dog meat is a warm tonic food. People with pulmonary tuberculosis and internal heat due to yin deficiency should not eat it. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" warned: "Dog meat can cause fever and fire, produce phlegm and thirst, so patients with yin deficiency, internal heat, excessive phlegm and excessive fire should be careful not to eat it.

Ginseng: It is warm in nature and can greatly replenish qi and blood. "Introduction to Medicine" points out: "Use with caution in those with yin deficiency, fire cough and vomiting blood." "The Meaning of Drugs" also says: "If the lungs are affected by fire evil, there is wheezing, coughing and excessive sputum, and the initial stage of blood loss, it should not be used." People who cough and spit blood due to tuberculosis should not take ginseng, especially wild ginseng.

2. Symptoms of lymphadenopathy

The bumps usually grow on one or both sides of the neck and gradually grow larger. They are painless and itchy, and slide smoothly when pushed without obvious tenderness. If the body's resistance is low, the bumps will gradually grow larger, and the skin will turn purple. They will eventually break and discharge watery pus and yellow turbid cheesy pus. Traditional Chinese medicine calls this "rat sores." Some patients may have systemic poisoning symptoms such as low fever, nausea, sweating, loss of appetite, and weight loss.