Soft-shelled turtle, also known as turtle, its meat contains a large amount of high-quality protein, amino acids, minerals, trace elements, and vitamins such as A, B1, B2, etc. Cancer patients often have poor appetite, and the proliferation of tumor cells consumes a large amount of nutrients, which can easily cause significant malnutrition. According to research, soft-shelled turtles not only have the effect of anti-fatigue and eliminating fatigue, and are beneficial to patients with chronic hepatitis, but also have a certain anti-cancer effect. Modern medicine believes that eating soft-shelled turtles can enhance the body's immune function. Clinical studies have shown that eating soft-shelled turtles can control human liver cancer, stomach cancer cells, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells. It can be seen that eating soft-shelled turtles is beneficial for cancer patients to relieve symptoms and physical recovery. However, the following aspects must be noted when eating:
1. Choose according to the person, the disease, and the time. The condition has distinctions of yin-yang, qi-blood, and deficiency-excess. After cancer surgery, the patient's body is weak. When there are symptoms of yin deficiency during radiotherapy or chemotherapy, soft-shelled turtles can be eaten appropriately as an adjuvant therapy.
2. Pay attention to the function of the spleen and stomach. The taste of soft-shelled turtle is rich and greasy. If there is nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, diarrhea, extremely poor appetite, or a thick greasy tongue coating, it is not advisable to eat soft-shelled turtle. Otherwise, the opposite effect may occur.
3. According to the condition, flexibly choose the cooking method. In the early stage, for patients with mild illness and good gastrointestinal function, they can eat more appropriately, and it can be braised. For patients with severe heat-toxin damage to yin, or in the late stage, or with poor gastrointestinal function, it is better to make a clear soup. When making a clear soup, appropriate condiments such as dried shrimp, mushrooms, ham, ginger, and yellow wine can be added, and more soup should be consumed.
In everything, moderation is key. It is also not good to be partial to eating soft-shelled turtles, and attention should be paid to the intake of other various nutritional elements. The amount and best time for cancer patients to eat soft-shelled turtles should preferably be guided by an experienced traditional Chinese medicine practitioner.