Diet therapy for chocolate cysts

In addition to the common surgical and drug treatments for chocolate cysts, some dietary therapy methods are also more appropriate, because dietary therapy can reduce side effects. For example, hawthorn, black fungus, brown sugar soup and yam, walnut and chicken soup have good conditioning effects.

1. Hawthorn, black fungus and brown sugar soup

Ingredients: 100 grams of hawthorn, 50 grams of black fungus, 30 grams of brown sugar.

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, completed within 5 days, and continued for 2 to 3 weeks.

Efficacy: Promote blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis, strengthen the spleen and replenish blood. It is suitable for patients with ovarian cysts accompanied by irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, premenstrual pain, stabbing pain in the lower abdomen that refuses to be pressed, and blood clots, and pain relief symptoms caused by the clots coming out. It is suitable for patients with qi stagnation and blood stasis.

2. Chicken soup with yam and walnut kernels

Ingredients: a hen, 40 grams of yam, 30 grams of walnut kernels, 25 grams of soaked mushrooms, 25 grams of bamboo shoots, 25 grams of ham, a hen, and appropriate amounts of rice wine and fine salt.

Preparation: Peel the yam and cut into thin slices, wash the walnut kernels; blanch the 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. It is suitable for ovarian cysts accompanied by symptoms such as 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 period, pale and dark tongue with teeth marks on the edges, and thin and wiry pulse, which are symptoms of qi deficiency and blood stasis.

3. Water chestnut, barley and fish maw porridge

Ingredients: 500 grams of water chestnuts, 100 grams of raw coix seeds, 150 grams of fish maw, half a tangerine peel, an appropriate amount of glutinous rice, and a little salt.

Preparation: Wash all ingredients separately with clean water and set aside; peel the water chestnuts and take out the meat, soak the fish maw in clean water to make it soft and then cut into pieces, add appropriate amount of clean water into a clay pot, boil over high heat until the water boils, then add the ingredients, wait for the water to boil again and continue to boil over medium heat until the glutinous rice blooms into a thin porridge, season and serve.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and removes dampness, detoxifies and relieves stagnation, nourishes the liver and kidneys. It is suitable for ovarian cysts, accompanied by obesity, excessive and sticky vaginal discharge with yellow color and odor, vaginal itching; pale red tongue with white and greasy discharge, slippery pulse, and symptoms of spleen deficiency and dampness. This porridge is not dry and hot, and is suitable for daily consumption by the whole family. It can strengthen the spleen and nourish the liver and kidneys, but it is not suitable for people with frequent urination at night or enuresis.