What to eat for benign prostatic hyperplasia

Benign prostatic hyperplasia is a disease that mainly occurs in the elderly, and the incidence rate increases with age. When facing benign prostatic hyperplasia, patients should know what foods can help the body regulate the disease, so it is recommended that patients eat some eggs, beef, mung bean porridge, etc., but try not to eat egg yolks.

People with benign prostatic hyperplasia should pay attention to their diet in their daily life, because not treating their diet correctly may lead to worsening of the disease, especially for patients who eat too much cholesterol, which can easily lead to worsening of prostatic hyperplasia.

What to eat for benign prostatic hyperplasia

1. Suitable food to eat:

1) Eat eggs, beef, and seeds such as walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, etc. in moderation.

2) If there is heat in the bladder and urethral pain, you can drink mung bean soup or eat mung bean porridge. You can also drink black fungus soup or eat it cold with black fungus.

3) Bean paste is a good medicine for reducing the incidence of prostate hyperplasia and colon cancer, and it is beneficial to eat it.

4) Drink more green tea.

3. Diet therapy

During treatment, Guizhi Fuling Wan is used as the basic prescription and is modified. The basic prescription consists of: cinnamon twig, moutan bark, red peony root, peach kernel, poria, raw licorice, Achyranthes bidentata, Chuanduan root, and Astragalus.

Syndrome differentiation and addition and subtraction: for damp-heat type, add Atractylodes macrocephala, Phellodendron chinense, and raw Coix seed; for kidney deficiency type, add Psoralea corylifolia, Eucommia ulmoides, Dioscorea opposita, and Cornus officinalis; for spleen deficiency type, add Dangshen and Atractylodes macrocephala; for phlegm and blood stasis type, add Gleditsia sinensis, Trillium gracile, Pinellia ternata, Sargassum, and Fritillaria thunbergii.

Take one dose of the above Chinese medicine daily, decoct in water and take the juice in three doses. 15 days is one course of treatment, and four courses should be used continuously. During the medication period, smoking and drinking should be prohibited, and raw, cold, spicy, and greasy foods should be avoided, and sexual intercourse should be moderate.

I believe that after introducing so much about what to eat for benign prostatic hyperplasia, everyone should know how to allocate their diet in life. For the case of benign and potentially malignant prostatic hyperplasia, it is recommended that patients not only receive timely treatment from doctors, but also learn how to adjust the balance of estrogen and androgen in their bodies in life.