Dietotherapy is a method that is highly respected in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine to help the recovery of diseases. It plays a role in treating diseases by using the beneficial ingredients contained in foods. Choosing proper cereals and beans in the diet of patients with BPH can help them improve the symptoms of urinary tract obstruction, and is conducive to the rehabilitation of patients with BPH.
Corn tastes sweet and has a mild nature. It has the function of strengthening the stomach and tonifying the middle, removing dampness and diuresis. It is suitable for patients with spleen deficiency and dysuria.
Job's tears is sweet, mild, and slightly cold in nature. It has the functions of invigorating the spleen and tonifying deficiency, clearing heat and expelling pus, dispelling wind and dehumidifying, and can treat red pain in urination, sand and stone fever and other diseases.
Black beans are sweet in taste and mild in nature. They have the functions of diuresis, detumescence, heat clearing and detoxification. They can be used to treat patients with dampness, edema, poor stool and urine, and weak constitution.
Soybean tastes sweet and has a mild nature. It has the function of clearing heat and detoxifying, replenishing spleen and replenishing qi. It is best for patients with prostate hyperplasia who have poor urination and constipation.
Red bean has sweet taste and flat nature. It has the functions of invigorating spleen and water, clearing heat and dampness, clearing heat and relieving pain. People who urinate profusely can often eat it.
Mung bean is sweet in taste and cold in nature. It has the function of clearing heat and detoxicating, relieving heat and producing saliva, promoting water and reducing swelling. It can be used for all heat-toxic syndromes and those with damp-heat dysuria.
Cereals and beans are rich in nutrition. Patients with BPH should eat an appropriate amount every day. They can use a variety of cereals and beans to cook Congee together, so that the nutrition can be better absorbed by the human body.