What dietary taboos should you pay attention to when eating snakes?

In fact, there is currently no unified list of strict dietary taboos. There is no need to follow the statement "all hairy things should not be touched" posted online. Instead, the priority should be to ensure nutritional supply to help the body recover. There are only a few types of foods that may aggravate discomfort. It is recommended to temporarily avoid them according to your own situation.

In the past, the older generation always said that if you gave birth to a snake, you should avoid chickens, geese, seafood, bamboo shoots and even eggs. If you touch it, it will make the rash worse. This saying has been passed down for many years, and many old people around me still strictly abide by this rule. Last time I went to the outpatient clinic, I met a 60-year-old grandmother. After she developed shingles on her waist, she ate only white porridge and boiled vegetables for a whole week. She didn't even dare to touch an egg. When she came for a follow-up examination, the rash was scabbing, but her face was sallow. She said it was so painful that she couldn't sleep all night and was shaking when she walked. We told her that she didn’t need to be so taboo, and that she should drink at least a glass of milk and eat two eggs every day. She could eat the fish and shrimp she was used to as long as she wasn’t allergic. When she came back half a month later, her energy and energy were obviously much better, and her neuralgia was much less severe.

That’s not to say that you don’t need to be particular about what you eat. After all, everyone’s body is different. The current view of evidence-based medicine is that shingles is caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox-herpes zoster virus. The root cause of the disease is a decline in immunity, which is not directly related to the food itself. As long as you have eaten food that you are not allergic to, you can basically eat it - after all, immunity repair also requires "food" such as protein and vitamins. Not eating anything will slow down the recovery, just like if you let soldiers go to war without providing food, they will definitely not be able to defeat the virus hidden in the nerves.

It is generally agreed that the things that should be avoided temporarily are alcohol, particularly spicy and heavy food, and excessive amounts of strong coffee and strong tea. These things can aggravate the excitability of the nerves. The neuralgia caused by herpes zoster is already excruciating. Eating these can easily make the pain more obvious, affect sleep, and weaken immunity. If you have a history of food allergy and your immunity is low during the onset of the disease, you should avoid touching foods that cause itching or rashes after eating them in the past. Otherwise, the itching of allergies and the pain of herpes will be mixed together, making you suffer even more. Some people have herpes in the mouth and throat, which makes swallowing painful. So avoid touching hard, hot, or fried things, and try to eat warm and soft liquids and semi-liquids. Otherwise, if you scratch the ulcerated area, it will be so painful that you shed tears.

Of course, if you believe in what is said and feel that the itchiness is indeed worse after eating chicken or seafood, then it is absolutely fine to avoid it. There is no need to argue with the elderly at home. As long as you can ensure that you have enough nutrition every day, you don't have to focus on a certain kind of food. I have encountered patients before who said that after eating bamboo shoots, their rashes were so itchy that they could not sleep, so they would just stop eating them next time. Originally, the core of taboos is to make yourself comfortable and get better quickly. There is no need to copy other people's standard list.