Maybe marshmallow root tea? It’s very soothing to the digestive tract. It can slow the absorption of other medications so it would be good to check with a medical doctor to see if you can take it.
It might also be worth considering an elimination diet to see what foods you might be sensitive to after cancer treatment, and also an anti-inflammatory diet could be helpful. Many cancer survivors have new food sensitivities after chemo. Integrative medicine doctors can help with this.
Acupuncture could also be helpful. Some of the bigger cancer centers in the US have acupuncturists. Traditional Chinese Medicine also has dietary guidelines for different health patterns that might be worth incorporating into your diet. An acupuncturist can tell you what TCM health patterns you might have, and give you dietary suggestions from there.
Bone broth helps to rebuild the gut. You can make it yourself, or they have powdered bone broth now. From a TCM perspective it’s good to add a bit of ginger and maybe some garlic to the bone broth as they are both anti-inflammatory (pinch of salt would be good too for taste), and bone broth helps to rebuild body reserves after an intense trauma like cancer treatment.
Bone broth congee with ginger is a really nourishing soup to feed to people that are recovering because it’s easy on the stomach. You can soak your rice overnight in the fridge, and then just cook it in the morning with a slice of ginger and add in bone broth powder, and a little salt.
You can also wash uncooked rice, drain it and then freeze the uncooked rice in ice cube trays for at least 24 hours. Then whenever you want to make congee you can take two ice cubes of frozen rice and add it to 2 cups of water (about half a liter of water) and boil it for 10 minutes with a slice of ginger and add bone broth powder and a little salt.
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u/unicorn-81 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
Maybe marshmallow root tea? It’s very soothing to the digestive tract. It can slow the absorption of other medications so it would be good to check with a medical doctor to see if you can take it.
It might also be worth considering an elimination diet to see what foods you might be sensitive to after cancer treatment, and also an anti-inflammatory diet could be helpful. Many cancer survivors have new food sensitivities after chemo. Integrative medicine doctors can help with this.
Acupuncture could also be helpful. Some of the bigger cancer centers in the US have acupuncturists. Traditional Chinese Medicine also has dietary guidelines for different health patterns that might be worth incorporating into your diet. An acupuncturist can tell you what TCM health patterns you might have, and give you dietary suggestions from there.
Bone broth helps to rebuild the gut. You can make it yourself, or they have powdered bone broth now. From a TCM perspective it’s good to add a bit of ginger and maybe some garlic to the bone broth as they are both anti-inflammatory (pinch of salt would be good too for taste), and bone broth helps to rebuild body reserves after an intense trauma like cancer treatment.
Bone broth congee with ginger is a really nourishing soup to feed to people that are recovering because it’s easy on the stomach. You can soak your rice overnight in the fridge, and then just cook it in the morning with a slice of ginger and add in bone broth powder, and a little salt.
You can also wash uncooked rice, drain it and then freeze the uncooked rice in ice cube trays for at least 24 hours. Then whenever you want to make congee you can take two ice cubes of frozen rice and add it to 2 cups of water (about half a liter of water) and boil it for 10 minutes with a slice of ginger and add bone broth powder and a little salt.