Patient's question:
Second Uncle has been suffering from neuroatrophy for some time, and I don't even know how to pay attention to his diet. I'd like to ask what dietary precautions are needed?Doctor's answer:
Meat is primarily used for the auxiliary treatment of mixed retinal diseases or during the recovery phase of febrile retinal diseases. Beef and mutton have the effects of tonifying qi, nourishing blood, and improving eyesight. Liver, chicken, and duck meat tonify the kidneys and enrich essence and blood. Pork, eggs, and duck eggs nourish the liver and kidneys and replenish yin fluids. Fish, on the other hand, have the effects of tonifying the kidneys, replenishing qi, nourishing yin, and improving eyesight. However, these foods should be consumed in small amounts and multiple meals, avoiding overeating.Vegetables are often used for the auxiliary treatment of febrile retinal diseases. For example, foods like winter melon, loofah, bitter gourd, amaranth, celery, mung beans, red beans, and kelp have the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, promoting diuresis and edema reduction, and invigorating blood circulation. While foods like millet, sorghum, corn, rice, soybeans, black sesame seeds, and wood ear mushrooms are primarily used for the auxiliary treatment of febrile retinal diseases, they can also be consumed by those with insufficient qi and blood in mixed retinal diseases.