🌿 Folk Prescriptions

· Dietary Prevention and Treatment of Abnormal Leucorrhea
Leucorrhea is the vaginal secretion in women. Under normal conditions, leucorrhea is moderate in amount, transparent like egg white, with slight odor. If the amount increases significantly, or if color, texture, or smell changes, it becomes pathological—known as abnormal leucorrhea or "dai xia." This condition often results from vaginal inflammation, cervical or uterine lesions, pelvic inflammatory disease, and is a symptom of various diseases.
For prevention and treatment of abnormal leucorrhea, diet should avoid spicy, greasy, raw, and cold foods. Instead, consume foods that strengthen the spleen and kidneys and clear heat and dampness, such as lotus seeds, jujubes, yams, coix seeds, and winter melon seeds.
If abnormal leucorrhea is due to spleen deficiency or kidney deficiency with thin, excessive discharge, use foods like broad beans, ginkgo nuts, green beans, cowpeas, black fungus, walnuts, sea snails, turtle meat, celery, lotus seeds, shepherd’s purse, cuttlefish bone, cockscomb flower, purslane, pomegranate, mandarin fish, and red adzuki beans for dietary therapy.
Additionally, prevention of abnormal leucorrhea requires moderation in sexual activity, maintaining hygiene during menstruation, pregnancy, and postpartum periods. Keep the genital area clean, avoid shared bathing basins, and separate towels and basins for foot washing and external genital washing for women with athlete’s foot.
· Dietary Therapy Recipes for Abnormal Leucorrhea
(1) Appropriate amount of black fungus and brown sugar. Roast black fungus until dry, grind into powder, take with sugar water. Twice daily, 2 grams each time. Suitable for red and white leucorrhea.
(2) Cuttlefish 100 grams, lean pork 200 grams, coix seed 10 grams, lotus seeds 4 grams. Chop cuttlefish and pork, stew with coix seed and lotus seeds. Eat meat and drink soup. Suitable for excessive leucorrhea.
(3) Fresh purslane 200 grams, 2 fresh eggs. Crush purslane, filter juice, remove egg yolks, mix egg whites with purslane juice, pour into boiling water, stir and drink. Once daily. Suitable for excessive leucorrhea.
(4) Winter melon seeds 90 grams, rock sugar 90 grams. Crush winter melon seeds, mix with rock sugar, stew with boiling water, take twice daily—morning and evening. Suitable for excessive leucorrhea.
(5) Half bowl of lotus root juice, 3 red cockscomb flowers. Boil in water, add brown sugar, drink twice daily.
(6) Appropriate amount of leek roots, 1 egg, 10 grams brown sugar. Wash leek roots, boil in water, add brown sugar, cook until ready, eat together. One dose daily, continue for 7 days. Suitable for excessive leucorrhea.
(7) White broad beans 250 grams. Roast broad beans until yellow, grind into powder, take 6 grams twice daily with rice water. Suitable for excessive leucorrhea.