急性乳腺炎的食疗

Acute mammary cancer is acute suppurative infection. The patient is mostly among postpartum women, especially the newly pregnant women. This symptoms often occur within 3~4 wk of postpartum process, and belong to the Chinese medicine "carbuncle" category.

Therapeutic principles

• 1.Avoid greasy and spicy food during the course of the disease.

• 2.Choose hot and mild foods, such as oranges, tomatoes, towel gourd, chrysanthemum, red bean soup, mung bean soup.

• 3.For ulcer patients, they may have yellow complexion, so nutritious foods are best choice, such as carp soup, pork liver soup.

• 4.Avoid galactagogue foods, such as seafood, because these foods can help increase inner heat, make the inflammation hard to control.

General foods：

• 1.Green onions juice. Suitable for newly pregnant moms.

• 2.Chi xiao dou50 grams; smash them into powder, add water and drink the decotion.

• 3.Ju he 15 grams, fry them, add 30 ml yellow wine and drink the decotion.

• 4.He tao rou 15 grams, shan ci gu 3 grams, smash them all, add 200 grams dandelion, make decotion and drink.

• 5.Proper amount of nan gua di, smash them. Drink with yellow wine two times a day.

primary stage of mammary cancer

clinical manifestations:

Swelling and pain breasts; slight red on skin; fever. Red tongue, yellow coating, floating and rapid pulse.

Food therapies principles:

Clear heat and toxins, expel the swelling.

Food therapies

• 1.Huang hua cai pig’s feet soup：huang hua cai 25 g, one pig foot. Add in the pot and boil it well. Apply one time a day for a few days.

• 2.Decocted mai ya：fried mai ya 60g, apply with water. Apply one time a day for 3-4 days. Apply mang xiao of 60g with honey on the breast. Use one time a day for 3-5 days.

Pus formation stage

Clinical manifestations：

Swelling breasts, redness and pain; fever and aversion to cold；thirsty；constipation; red tongue with yellow coating, slippery pulse.

Food therapies principles:

Clear heat and pus.

Food therapies:

You cai zhi: proper amount of you cai, boil it and drink up. Apply three times a day for 3-5 days.

Final stage of mammary cancer：

clinical manifestations:

Abscess of breast；weakness；white tongue and coating; weak pulse.

Food therapies principles:

expelling pathogens by strengthening vital qi and expelling pus

Food therapies:

Gou qi zi pigeon soup：Bei qi 30g, gou qi zi 30g, one pigeon. Wipe off the viscera and fur, boil the pigeon with bei qi, gou qi zi. Apply the soup one time every 2 or 3 days for 4 or 5 times.