Two folk remedies for blood supplementation after radiotherapy for cervical cancer

After radiotherapy, patients with cervical cancer often experience qi and blood deficiency, shortness of breath and fatigue. At this time, they can take certain Chinese medicine prescriptions to relieve the symptoms. The available prescriptions are as follows:

1. Quail and Astragalus Soup

Ingredients: 4 quails, 10 grams of angelica, 15 grams of astragalus, and 10 grams of codonopsis.

Usage: Kill the quail first, remove the hair and internal organs, blanch it in boiling water, remove it, cool it in clean water, wash it, cut it into pieces, and set aside. Pick out the angelica, astragalus, and codonopsis, wash them, dry them in the air or in the sun, cut them into pieces, put them into a casserole with the quail meat, add appropriate amount of water, boil it over high heat, add cooking wine, and simmer it over low heat until the quail meat is cooked, add chopped green onion, minced ginger, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, and five-spice powder, continue to simmer until the flavor is absorbed, and drizzle with sesame oil. Eat the meat and drink the soup on the same day.

Efficacy: Nourishes qi and blood, strengthens the spleen and nourishes the stomach.

Indications: Mainly used to treat Qi and blood deficiency, low immune function, etc. after radiotherapy for cervical cancer.

2. Astragalus paste

Ingredients: 120 grams of raw astragalus, 6 grams of powdered licorice, 10 grams of Chinese yam, 12 grams of fresh imperata root, and 30 grams of honey.

Usage: First, boil Astragalus and Imperatae for more than ten times, remove the residue, and add 2 cups of juice. Add licorice and yam powder and boil together. Stir with chopsticks during boiling. Do not let the other two powders sink to the bottom. Once boiled, it is ready. Then add honey and boil it slightly.

Efficacy: tonifies Qi and spleen, cools blood and stops bleeding.

Indications: Mainly used to treat shortness of breath, fatigue, sallow complexion, vaginal bleeding with light red and thin blood after radiotherapy for cervical cancer.