What should you pay attention to in daily life when you have a sciatic fracture?

As the saying goes, "It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone", which means that fractures are very harmful to the body. During the recovery period, you need to pay attention to your diet. Try to choose foods that are easy to digest and absorb, and be careful about spicy foods that have adverse irritation to the respiratory and digestive tracts (chili, onions, mustard, pepper, etc.). It is best not to eat fried foods.

The above are the general dietary principles for fracture patients. In order to promote fracture healing faster and better, fracture patients should also take different foods according to the early, middle and late stages of fracture healing and the development of the disease to promote hematoma absorption or callus formation.

Early stage (1-2 weeks):

The injured part is swollen due to blood stasis, blocked meridians, and stagnant qi and blood. The treatment at this stage is mainly to promote blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis, and to promote qi circulation and dissipate blood stasis. Chinese medicine believes that "if blood stasis is not removed, bones cannot grow" and "new bones grow after blood stasis is removed". It can be seen that dissipating swelling and blood stasis is the first priority for fracture healing. In principle, the diet should be light, such as vegetables, eggs, bean products, fruits, fish soup, lean meat, etc. Avoid eating sour, spicy, dry, hot, and greasy foods. In particular, do not give fatty and nourishing foods too early, such as bone soup, fat chicken, stewed fish, etc. Otherwise, blood stasis will accumulate and be difficult to dissipate, which will inevitably delay the course of the disease, slow the growth of bone callus, and affect the recovery of joint function in the future. At this stage, dietary therapy can include 10 grams of Panax notoginseng, 10 grams of Angelica sinensis, and 1 pigeon, stewed together until cooked, and the soup and meat can be eaten together, once a day for 7-10 days.

Mid-term (2-4 weeks):

Most of the blood stasis and swelling are absorbed. The treatment at this stage is mainly to harmonize the body and relieve pain, remove blood stasis and promote new growth, and connect bones and tendons. The diet should be changed from light to appropriate high-nutrition supplements to meet the needs of bone callus growth. In the initial stage, bone soup, chicken stewed with Panax notoginseng, animal liver, etc. can be added to the recipe to supplement more vitamins A, D, calcium and protein. For dietary therapy, 10 grams of angelica root, 15 grams of bone powder, 10 grams of scutellaria baicalensis, and 250 grams of fresh pork chops or beef ribs can be used. Stew for more than 1 hour, and eat with the soup and meat. Use for 2 weeks.

Late stage (more than 5 weeks):

Five weeks after the injury, the swelling of the fractured part has been basically absorbed, and callus has begun to grow. This is the late stage of fracture. Treatment should be nourishing, by nourishing the liver and kidney, qi and blood, to promote the formation of more solid callus, and relax the muscles and activate the joints, so that the adjacent joints of the fracture can move freely and flexibly, and restore the previous function. Dietary taboos can be lifted, and the recipe can be supplemented with old hen soup, pig bone soup, sheep bone soup, deer tendon soup, stewed fish, etc. Those who can drink can choose Eucommia bone tonic wine, Millettia wine, tiger bone papaya wine, etc. Food therapy can use 10 grams of wolfberry, 15 grams of bone tonic, 10 grams of continuous, and 50 grams of coix seed. First, fry the Gusubu and Xuduan to remove the residue, then add the remaining two ingredients to cook porridge and eat. Take once a day, 7 days as a course of treatment. Each course of treatment is 3-5 days apart, and 3-4 courses of treatment can be used.