What Patients With Double Kidney Cysts Must Know! Stay Away From These Two Dietary Taboos And The Burden On Your Kidneys Can Be Lighter

Hello everyone, I am Dr. Liu.

In the outpatient clinic, I often meet patients with renal cysts who ask me, how should this disease be treated?

Is it necessary to have surgery?

In fact, there are probably two directions for the treatment of renal cysts, which are the method of surgical puncture or resection used by Western medicine, and the method of conditioning by oral administration of Chinese medicine used by traditional Chinese medicine.

However, no matter which one you choose, or whether you plan to combine Chinese medicine with Western medicine, there is a key premise that cannot be ignored, and this premise is to change your living habits.

If you do not restrain yourself in advance and avoid those "taboos" that will make the condition worse, no matter how much money you spend or how much pain you endure, the effectiveness of treatment may be greatly reduced, or even a waste of energy.

Today, I will focus on talking to you about the two taboos that patients with renal cysts need to stay away from.

Taboo 1: Food that is too salty and too greasy

First of all, you must control your mouth, especially the taste should be light.

After being diagnosed, many friends only care about what medicine to take, but ignore the food they eat every day.

You should eat less greasy food such as fatty meat. Fried food is a greasy and heavy food, so you should eat less. Barbecue is also a greasy and heavy food. In the early stage of cooking, it is best not to eat it temporarily, but also eat less.

Why?

According to the view of traditional Chinese medicine, this kind of food tends to make the spleen and stomach feel greasy. When the function of the spleen and stomach is hindered, its ability to transport water and dampness will be reduced, which will lead to the growth of phlegm and dampness.

Phlegm and dampness are the "fertile soil" for the formation and nourishment of cysts.

While you are taking medicine to dissolve the agglomeration and dissipation of phlegm, you are constantly generating new phlegm and dampness. Isn't this the opposite of what you are doing, which is doing a bad thing and doing more harm than good?

It's also important to keep salt in check.

Preserved foods that contain more salt, such as salted fish, bacon, and various small pickles, must be kept far away, not approached, and kept at a respectful distance.

According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, "salty taste enters the kidney meridian". An appropriate amount of salty food can nourish the kidneys. However, excessive salty food will directly increase the metabolic burden on the kidneys.

You have a cyst on your kidney, and you are already under a lot of work pressure. If you consume too much salt, it will undoubtedly make the situation worse.

Not only will this cause the cyst to continue to grow and be stimulated, but it can also cause kidney qi deficiency, which will have an impact on the overall kidney function.

Therefore, you should be careful when adding salt to cooking, and be even more careful when eating out and processed foods.

Taboo 2: Staying up late for a long time damages kidney essence

The second bad habit to break is staying up late.

I know that everyone’s work and life are very stressful now, and staying up late is almost the norm.

But for patients with renal cysts, this is tantamount to "chronic suicide."

There is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine that "kidneys store essence", and essence can transform into qi. Among them, kidney qi is the driving force behind the activities of human life and in the state of qi transformation function.

Staying up late for a long time is actually a subconscious overexpenditure and unnecessary consumption of kidney qi, which in turn leads to a continuous deficit and loss of kidney qi.

When kidney qi is insufficient, the body's "qi transformation" ability will be weakened.

What is gasification?

Simply understood, it is the body’s ability to metabolize and transport water.

When Qi is weak, water and dampness cannot be discharged, and accumulation in the body becomes phlegm-dampness.

At the same time, the concept of "Qi is the leader of blood" is established. If Qi is insufficient, the power to promote blood circulation will be insufficient, which will easily lead to blood stasis in the body.

You see, staying up late directly causes "phlegm-dampness" and "blood stasis", two pathological products that only appear in abnormal conditions, and further aggravates the condition.

When phlegm-dampness and blood stasis collude and fight with each other, cysts will develop more rapidly and become more stubborn and difficult to eliminate.

Many patients suffer from recurring cysts and slow recovery, and the root cause is often this poor work and rest routine.

Core conditioning: resolving phlegm and blood stasis and dispersing lumps

Of course, it is unrealistic to quickly shrink cysts just by avoiding taboos.

This situation is like a leak in a house. It is not enough for you to know not to pour water into it anymore, that is, to change your habits. You must also clean up the accumulated water and repair the leaking hole. This is symptomatic treatment.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, renal cysts are essentially the product of the combination of "phlegm-dampness" and "blood stasis".

Therefore, the core idea of ​​oral Chinese medicine conditioning is to "resolve phlegm and dissipate blood stasis, soften hardness and dissipate stagnation".

In terms of resolving phlegm, commonly used drugs include pinellia, fritillary, seaweed, kelp, etc.

Not only can they dissolve and dispel phlegm existing in the body, but many of them also have direct effects on dispersing stagnation and can have an effect on cysts and masses themselves.

However, medication needs to be differentiated based on syndrome. For example, the following three herbs have cold properties and are more suitable for patients with symptoms of dry mouth, yellow urine, and "heat symptoms" such as yellow and greasy tongue coating.

If the body's constitution tends to be cold, and you are very afraid of cold, and your hands and feet are cold, then it is more suitable to use warm phlegm-reducing drugs such as Poria, tangerine peel, and Trichosanthes trichosanthes.

In terms of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, drugs with mild medicinal properties such as salvia miltiorrhiza are very commonly used, drugs with mild medicinal properties such as peach kernel are very commonly used, and drugs with mild medicinal properties such as safflower are very commonly used.

If the symptoms of blood stasis are more obvious, such as a persistent tingling in the waist, a dark purple tongue, or ecchymosis, then more specialized treatments such as Curcuma and Sanleng may be used, often combined with blood-enhancing drugs such as Angelica, to achieve the effect of "removing blood stasis without damaging righteousness."

Consolidation stage and life maintenance

The phlegm, dampness and blood stasis in the body are gradually dispersed with the help of drugs. In this environment, the cysts lose the "nutrients" required for continued growth, and the condition can be effectively controlled.

At this stage, Chinese medicine often adds some drugs specifically targeted at dissipating stagnation, such as cat's claw and sage mushrooms, to further soften the existing cysts and reduce their size.

The whole process requires patience, just like melting an ice pimple requires constant heat.

In addition to abandoning the above two taboos and strictly insisting on medication, daily maintenance of life is also completely indispensable.

The mind should be kept cheerful, after all, if the liver qi is stagnated, it will also affect the metabolism of water and liquid; it is necessary to carry out moderate physical activities, such as walking and Tai Chi, which can help the smooth circulation of qi and blood; the waist should be kept warm to prevent the invasion of cold and damp air.

These details are all important aids on the road to recovery.

In short, when facing renal cysts, treatment and care must be two-pronged.

Surgery or drugs are "temporary treatments", while changing bad living habits is the "fundamental cure".

Remember to stay away from "too salty and greasy" diets and "staying up late for a long time". Both of these are taboos. Doing this will clear the biggest obstacle to your own recovery.

Based on this situation, Chinese medicine is used to treat the disease through syndrome differentiation, dissolve phlegm and blood stasis, and achieve soft and hard stagnation. Only in this way can the condition be effectively controlled and the road to recovery can be achieved.