The principle of dietary recuperation for pulmonary tuberculosis is to supply sufficient calories, provide high-quality and sufficient protein, supplement calcium-containing foods and promote calcification. Provide rich vitamins, help the body recover, reduce the side effects of anti-tuberculosis drugs, and help the absorption of calcium. Appropriate amount of minerals and water, such as iron, potassium, sodium and water. Pay attention to diet, patients don't need to avoid eating, so that the food is diversified, the meat and vegetables are matched, and the color and flavor are all available, so as to stimulate the appetite of patients and increase the amount of drinking.

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When pulmonary tuberculosis patients adopt chemotherapy, the diet must meet the requirements of high calorie, high protein, rich in vitamins and trace elements. This is because tuberculosis patients often have low fever, night sweats and even hemoptysis, and their bodies are getting thinner and thinner, which consumes a lot of heat energy. Coupled with the exorcism of chemical drugs, its toxic and side effects are also harmful to the body. According to the therapeutic principle of strengthening the body resistance and eliminating pathogenic factors in traditional Chinese medicine, we should choose a nutritious diet. However, due to the weakness of the spleen and stomach and the low digestion and absorption ability of pulmonary tuberculosis patients, the diet choice should be light to avoid being too sweet, too fat and too greasy. Such as fish, eggs, dairy products, lean meat, old hen, honey, peanuts, lotus seeds, lilies, jujubes, chestnuts, pears, persimmons, sesame seeds, oranges, vegetables, wax gourd, lotus roots, tomatoes, carrots, radishes, beans and bean products are all optional.

According to the syndrome differentiation and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in traditional Chinese medicine, it is considered that the disease belongs to lung yin deficiency and deficiency heat hurts yin. Its treatment should be based on nourishing yin and reducing fire. For spicy and fragrant products, it should be forbidden or used with caution, because it can help deficiency-heat flourish and damage the body fluids of failed lungs. Therefore, in the short-term chemotherapy of pulmonary tuberculosis, the diet can be eel, turtle, snakehead, duck egg, duck meat, tremella, sugarcane, water chestnut, auricularia auricula, jellyfish, yam, soybean milk, banana, pear and watermelon. Don't eat or eat less spicy onion, leek, onion, pepper, pepper, ginger, star anise, fried and dry-baked products. The cooking methods of tuberculosis patients should also be paid attention to. Generally, steaming, boiling, stewing and frying are better, while frying, frying, stewing, roasting and frying are not suitable.