What can't you eat if you have adnexal cysts?

Food is the most important thing for people. For foodies like us, eating is a very happy thing. But there is an old saying that illness comes from the mouth. A person's physical health is closely related to his daily diet. From a health perspective, once a person has certain diseases, he or she must pay special attention to diet and try to avoid foods that are not conducive to recovery. So what should you pay attention to in your diet if you have adnexal cyst?

1. What should not be eaten for ovarian cysts

1.1. Do not eat spicy foods and drinks such as chili peppers, peppercorns, raw onions, raw garlic, and white wine.

1.2. Do not eat foods that are hot, coagulant, or contain hormones, such as longan, red dates, donkey-hide gelatin, and royal jelly.

1.3. Do not eat mutton, shrimp, dog meat, crab, eel, salted fish, black fish and other irritating foods.

1.4. Do not eat pickled food. Because there will be more oxalic acid and calcium, it is easy to form indigestible sediments and eventually form stones.

2. What can I eat if I have ovarian cysts?

2.1. Eat more lean meat, chicken, eggs, quail eggs, crucian carp, turtle, white fish, cabbage, asparagus, celery, spinach, cucumber, winter melon, mushrooms, tofu, kelp, seaweed, fruits, etc.

2.2. Avoid high tension and mental stimulation, maintain an optimistic mood and get enough sleep.

2.3. The diet should be light and rich in sufficient nutrition. Correct picky eating and abnormal eating habits. Do not eat mutton, shrimp, crab, eel, salted fish, black fish and other irritating foods.

3. Diet therapy for ovarian cysts

3.1. Hawthorn, black fungus and brown sugar soup

Ingredients: 100g hawthorn, 50g black fungus, 30g brown sugar;

What are the dietary treatments for ovarian cysts?

Preparation method: Boil about 500 ml of hawthorn water, remove the residue, add soaked black fungus, simmer until soft, and add brown sugar. It can be taken 2 to 3 times, and finished in 5 days, and taken for 2 to 3 weeks;

Efficacy: Promote blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis, strengthen the spleen and replenish blood.

Applicable: Ovarian cysts accompanied by menstrual disorders; dysmenorrhea, premenstrual pain, accompanied by stabbing pain in the lower abdomen that refuses to be pressed, and blood clots, pain relief after the clots come out, and is suitable for patients with qi stagnation and blood stasis.

3.2. Chicken soup with yam and walnut kernels

Ingredients: one hen, 40g yam, 30g walnut kernels, 25g soaked mushrooms, 25g bamboo shoots, 25g ham, one hen, appropriate amount of rice wine and refined salt;

Preparation method: Peel the yam and cut into thin slices, wash the walnut kernels; blanch the clean hen in boiling water to remove the blood, put it in a soup bowl, add 50 ml of rice wine, appropriate amount of fine salt, and 1000 ml of fresh soup; place the yam, walnut kernels, mushrooms, bamboo shoots and ham slices on the chicken, steam it in a steamer for about 2 hours, and take it out and eat when the hen is tender.

Efficacy: tonifies Qi and strengthens the spleen, promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis.

Applicable: Ovarian cysts accompanied by fatigue, shortness of breath, laziness, weakness, which worsens with movement; dull pain in the lower abdomen that is relieved by pressure, scanty menstruation in the late stage, pale and dark tongue with teeth marks on the edges, thin and wiry pulse, symptoms of qi deficiency and blood stasis.

Treatment of ovarian cysts

1. Surgical treatment: Ovarian cyst is a general term for ovarian cystic masses. Its harm to the body and its treatment depend on its nature. Generally speaking, if the cyst diameter is less than 5 cm and there is no evidence to suggest a tumor, it is mostly a functional cyst and can be closely followed up, that is, checked once every 2-3 months, and the inspection interval can be adjusted according to the situation; if the cyst diameter is greater than 5 cm, it is mostly an ovarian tumor, which generally requires surgical treatment; if it is accompanied by progressively worsening dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia, and tender nodules in the pelvis, endometriosis cyst should be considered. Different treatments can be taken according to specific circumstances.

2. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the main factors causing ovarian cysts are the following. Phlegm and blood stasis condense, worry and sadness hurt; deficiency causes phlegm, phlegm and fluid stagnate and block the Qi flow, causing Qi stagnation and blood stasis, and phlegm and blood stasis forming lumps. Long-term accumulation of phlegm and blood stasis can also lead to cancer. During the period of Qi and blood stagnation or after childbirth, cold will cause blood stasis. Or it may be caused by internal injury of emotions, depression that damages the liver, poor circulation of Qi, stagnation of Qi and blood, and stagnation of Qi and blood. If the blood stasis lasts for a long time, it will turn into cancer.