Three Dietary Therapy Recipes for Treating Hemorrhagic Conditions
Dietary therapy is an approach most people find easy to accept; it has few side effects and is well tolerated. This article introduces three dietary hemostatic recipes for readers' reference.
Glutinous Rice and Ejiao Porridge
Ejiao (Ass-hide Gelatin) 30 g, glutinous rice 100 g, brown sugar to taste. First cook the rice into porridge; when the porridge is nearly done, add the crushed Ejiao, stirring continuously as it cooks, and boil for another two or three minutes. This porridge can be used for various hemorrhagic conditions: excessive or scanty menstruation in women, gastric bleeding, hematochezia, and so on. Ejiao both nourishes the blood and stops bleeding; if bleeding does not cease, stir-frying the Ejiao into "Ejiao pearls" before cooking gives better results.
Cockscomb Flower and Pork Lung Soup
Fresh cockscomb flower (Celosiae Cristatae Flos) 15–25 g, pork lung in appropriate amount; simmer into soup and take. This soup can be used for gynecological bleeding, hematemesis, hemoptysis, hematochezia, and other hemorrhagic conditions. Cockscomb flower is an excellent hemostatic herb, and pork lung has a tonifying action. The combination both stops bleeding and supplements original qi.
Steamed Egg with Sanqi
Sanqi (Panacis Notoginseng Radix et Rhizoma, ground into powder) 3 g, fresh lotus-root juice 1 small cup, 1 egg, half a small cup of rice wine. Beat the egg together with Sanqi powder, lotus-root juice, and rice wine, then steam over water until cooked. Take 1–2 times daily. This recipe can be used for hemoptysis, hematemesis, gynecological bleeding, hematochezia, and other hemorrhagic conditions. Both Sanqi and lotus-root juice have hemostatic effects, while the egg supplies protein and enhances the patient's hematopoietic capacity. Those who cannot drink alcohol may omit the rice wine; patients with tumors or liver disease should not add wine either.
The above methods are all simple and easy to carry out, have no side effects, and do not conflict with most Chinese or Western medications used for bleeding disorders; they can be done safely at home.