Patient's question:
My sister has cervical inflammation, which keeps recurring. Yesterday, I visited her at home and found that there were many spicy foods there. She also loves pickled Chinese cabbage very much. I believe she shouldn't eat these things, but she doesn't listen. I'd like to understand more.Doctor's answer:
Hello, please pay attention to the following in your diet:(1) Avoid spicy, fried, and warm-natured foods, such as spicy and fried foods.
(2) Avoid seafood and river delicacies that are considered "pathogenic foods" (fā wù): Sea fish, crabs, shrimp, clams, surf clams, oysters, abalone, and other aquatic products are all considered "pathogenic foods" and are not conducive to the resolution of inflammation.
(3) Avoid sweet, greasy, and rich foods: Overly sweet and greasy foods, such as candies, cream cakes, eight-jewel rice cakes, glutinous rice cakes, lard, and fatty pork, lamb fat, and egg yolks, can promote dampness and reduce the therapeutic effect, making the condition more difficult to treat.
(4) Avoid alcohol: Alcohol is a warm and stimulating food. Drinking alcohol will worsen damp-heat and exacerbate the condition.