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This is a laxative. Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. Why irritate it? On the contrary, we need to calm down.

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Pancreatitis is a very serious disease associated with inflammation of the pancreas; it is not possible to completely recover from it, but it is possible to alleviate the suffering.
*Mix in equal parts the crushed herbs of sage, St. John's wort, wormwood, cudweed, horsetail, string, elecampane and burdock roots, calendula and chamomile flowers - pour one tablespoon of this mixture with a glass of boiling water, leave for 10-15 minutes, then strain and take 50 ml 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.
*take equal parts of wormwood and the aerial part of iris, chop and mix. Brew 1 tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water, leave for an hour, strain and drink 1/3 glass 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.
It is necessary to exclude butter, fatty meat, mushrooms, canned food, pickles, marinades, legumes, onions, garlic, sweets, radishes, soda, coffee and alcohol from the diet.
You need to eat seaweed, cottage cheese, the pancreas really likes an infusion of buckwheat flour with kefir: before going to bed, stir 1 tablespoon of buckwheat flour in a glass of kefir and eat it in the morning instead of breakfast.
Chronic pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) ranks third among diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. It occurs with alternating periods of exacerbation and remission. Pancreatitis can be caused by prolonged fasting, poor-quality foods, and alcohol, drinks such as forfeits, colas, allergies, exposure to toxic substances (including drug abuse. Strenuous physical work and anxiety can also provoke inflammation. Hereditary factors play an important role. Since chronic pancreatitis – a multi-symptomatic disease and in different people certain symptoms may predominate, then the treatment is prescribed by a doctor, and it must be strictly individual.
For successful treatment, you must follow a diet, preferably vegetarian soups, your diet includes porridge, pasta, vegetables, fruits, doctor's sausage, boiled meat, baked fish, mild varieties of soft cheeses, cottage cheese, non-acidic kefir, fermented baked milk, sour cream and cream - just as additive to soups, salt no more than 6g per day.
Hot, spicy and canned foods, pure fats, rich meat and fish broths, chocolate, ice cream, cocoa, alcohol, beer, tonics, kvass, pastry products, mushrooms, sour varieties of fruits and berries, radishes, peas, etc. sorrel. Food should be neither very cold nor very hot, so as not to irritate the stomach. it is prepared mashed, steamed or baked. The diet is fractional, in small portions, 5-6 times a day, with the condition of thorough and leisurely chewing. During meals, it is advisable to take (on the recommendation of a doctor) highly effective pancreatic enzyme preparations (Creon-25000 units), multivitamins with minerals (for example, multi-tabs, sanasol). medications, as well as nutritional supplements necessary for treatment, are prescribed ONLY BY A DOCTOR.
Dandelion, tansy, St. John's wort, comfrey, peony, wormwood, celandine, hops, and horsetail are contraindicated in herbal medicine.
Immortelle, chamomile, golden rod, nettle, calendula, cudweed, corn silk, agrimony, and oregano are useful. Fruits include rose hips, barberries, rowan berries, lingonberries, blueberries, wild strawberries, and grapes.
Pour 3 tablespoons of dried beans into 0.5 liters of boiling water in a thermos in the evening. Infuse overnight, drink 3-4 times a day, 30 minutes before meals, 0.25 cups.
2 pinches of agrimony, 2 pinches of plantain, 1 pinch of chamomile, 1 pinch of St. John's wort, 1 pinch of mint, pour 1 liter of boiling water and steam over low heat, leave for 30 minutes. Drink 0.5 cups 30 minutes before meals.
A seven-day infusion of kombucha has a beneficial effect on the pancreas. It is drunk before meals, 0.5 cups, 2 times a day for a month. The infusion goes well with rosehip and hawthorn extract.

Cowberry

Lingonberry got its name from the Old Church Slavic word “brusn”, which means “red”, and red and beautiful, as you know, were synonymous in Rus'. Decorating the forests - graceful lingonberry bushes with clusters of crimson berries grow throughout Russia: in its European part and in the Far East, Siberia and the Caucasus, in the tundra and in the forest zone of the Urals. Of the northern forest berries, lingonberries are the most popular; perhaps only cranberry can compete with it. Both the leaves and berries of lingonberries are widely used in folk medicine, and the berries are also a decoration not only for the forest, but also for our table, as they are tasty and extremely healthy.

Lingonberries contain up to 8.7% carbohydrates (glucose, fructose, sucrose), and up to 2.3% organic acids, including benzoic acid, which has a strong bactericidal effect. It is thanks to benzoic acid that lingonberries are almost not subject to rotting and are perfectly stored all winter, both fresh and boiled.

Benzoic acid accumulates, so berries picked unripe spoil faster and are less healthy.

Lingonberries contain vitamins C, P, PP, provitamin A (carotene), vaccinin glycoside, pectin and tannins, and phytoncides. The mineral composition of lingonberries is also rich: it contains salts of potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and iron.

Lingonberry leaves contain valuable organic acids, including quinic acid, an effective antibiotic, vitamin C, flavonol, tannins, as well as up to 9% glycosides. Arbutin is the most valuable among them. It is broken down in the human body into sugar and hydroquinone, which has strong bactericidal properties.

Lingonberry leaves are harvested either in the spring, during flowering, or in the fall, during or after the plant bears fruit. Collected at another time, they turn black when dried. Properly prepared leaves do not lose their healing properties for three years.

Treat leaves

Infusions and decoctions of lingonberry leaves are used as a diuretic, antiseptic and astringent; they are also used for diarrhea, urolithiasis and cholelithiasis, inflammation of the kidneys and bladder, gout, and prolonged articular rheumatism.

A decoction of fresh lingonberry leaves is considered one of the best folk remedies for the treatment of rheumatism: 1 tbsp. Pour a spoonful of fresh leaves into 2 cups of boiling water and simmer over low heat for 10-15 minutes, strain the broth and drink half a glass 2-4 times a day for 1-2 months.

A decoction of dried lingonberry leaves is used as a general tonic. Take 1 tbsp. spoon of dry raw materials, pour a glass of boiling water and simmer over low heat for 5-10 minutes, cool, strain. Take the resulting decoction 1 tbsp. spoon 3-4 times a day.

For involuntary urination, take 1 tablespoon each of lingonberry leaves, lingonberry berries and St. John's wort herb. Pour this mixture into 0.5 liters of water. Boil for 10 minutes, let the broth brew for an hour, then strain. Take this decoction half a glass 5 times a day.

Diuretic: pour 20 g of dried lingonberry leaves with a glass of boiling water, let it brew for 20 minutes, strain. Take the infusion 3-4 times a day. For joint diseases, take the resulting infusion 21 tbsp. spoon 3-4 times a day.

...and berries

Lingonberries are often recommended for vitamin deficiencies - fresh, pureed with sugar, soaked or in the form of fruit drink. They are also effective for the prevention of periodontal disease. Berries help with gastritis with low acidity, peptic ulcers of the stomach and duodenum, with diarrhea, hypertension, gout, rheumatism, with diseases of the liver and gall bladder, kidneys and urinary tract. For various joint diseases, lingonberries can and should be eaten at any time and without restrictions.

An important property of lingonberries is their ability to have a therapeutic effect in chronic diseases of the pancreas /pancreatitis/. For pancreatitis, eat 1 tablespoon of lingonberries 3 times a day for at least a week.

Lingonberries help remove toxins from the digestive tract, help with heart failure, atherosclerosis, psoriasis, and insomnia. Boiled lingonberries with honey are recommended for pulmonary tuberculosis and hemoptysis.

Lingonberry juice nourishes the skin well and tightens pores. Lingonberry juice, mixed with egg yolk for dry skin, or with protein for oily skin, is used for cosmetic gauze masks.

A water infusion of lingonberries quenches thirst well, so it is given to patients in feverish conditions.

The best antipyretic is pickled lingonberries. It is used for all inflammatory diseases.

Soaked lingonberries

Pour berries washed in cold water into a clean container (glass, enamel or well-scalded barrel), shake them and pour boiled chilled water or syrup. Prepare the syrup at the following rate: add 2 tbsp to 1 liter of water. spoons of sugar and 1/3 teaspoon of soda, then bring to a boil and cool. The liquid that is poured over the lingonberries should only cover the berries. To improve the taste, you can add whole Antonov apples, allspice, and cinnamon to lingonberries. Store soaked lingonberries in a cool place. It is an excellent side dish for meat and fish dishes. It is good to add to vinaigrette and salad.

Many of us love to eat fresh, because it is not only tasty, but also very healthy. However, not only the berries themselves, but also other parts of the plants have beneficial properties. One of these plants is the lingonberry bush, the leaves of which are no less useful than the lingonberry itself. Let's find out what healing properties they hide.

What is the richness of the leaves?

The leaves of the lingonberry bush are very rich in various substances, These include:

• vaccinin;
• hydroquinone;
• tannin;
• arbutin glycoside;
• phytoncides;
• B vitamins, ascorbic acid;
• manganese, phosphorus, potassium;
• citric, malic and acetic acids.

Did you know? The Russian name of the berry - “lingonberry” - comes from the Proto-Slavic root “brus”, which meant red, or, according to the second version, from the word “brusit” - scrape, remove (ripe berries).

What are they useful for and what do they treat?

The variety of beneficial substances in the composition has led to the fact that the leaves began to be used to treat many diseases. Moreover, they are used not only in folk medicine, but also in official medicine. For example, as an astringent, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory agent (due to the presence of arbutin glycoside, phytoncides and a number of acids).

Phytoncides found in foliage have an antimicrobial effect and are often used for suppression of the development of Staphylococcus aureus in organism. Tannins have a demineralizing effect, increase the effect of antibiotics and the body's resistance. Lingonberry leaves are good for gout, prostatitis, pyelonephritis, gonorrhea, and also for the presence of stones in the bladder. They can often be found in many diuretics.

Lingonberry leaves are also used in the treatment cystitis, stomach diseases and diabetes mellitus. In folk medicine, fresh juice from the leaves is used for people with high blood pressure, rheumatism and migraines. Lingonberry leaves are also used to get rid of swelling and diarrhea. They are often prescribed to people after major operations to strengthen the immune system or to those who have been taking antibiotics for a long time. Gastritis is also treated with them, preparing decoctions and infusions that can be taken by people with low acidity in the stomach.
In the pharmacy, lingonberry leaves are sold as tea, which is drunk to stimulate the excretion of residual nitrogen, creatine and urea. In such cases, the sheet acts as anabolic agent.

Lingonberry leaves are also prescribed for children for inhalation, and aerosols made from the decoction are used to treat various types of inflammatory processes in the respiratory tract, chronic pneumonia, bronchitis and are used as part of therapy for bronchiectasis.

Use in folk medicine: recipes

Let's look at folk recipes that help people alleviate the symptoms of the disease, or get rid of its manifestations altogether.

For colds and flu

To quickly relieve cold or flu symptoms and stimulate your body to fight the disease, do infusion. To do this, pour boiling water (500 grams) into two large spoons of lingonberry leaves. Drink this decoction warm daily until the cold subsides.

If you are sick bronchitis or pneumonia, then you can make inhalation from a decoction of lingonberry leaves. To do this, boil 30-40 grams of raw material in half a liter of water for 10 minutes. Then place the pan in a convenient place, cover with a towel and breathe in the vapors of the broth until it cools.

For inflammation of the gums

For inflammation of the gums, stomatitis and other diseases of the oral cavity, an infusion of leaves is used. To prepare it, place a third of a glass of raw materials in a thermos and pour in 1.5 tbsp. boiling water Use the finished infusion for rinsing.

For kidney and bladder diseases

There are several recipes for additional therapy for kidney and bladder diseases.

Recipe No. 1: take 5 grams of dry raw materials and pour 100 grams of boiling water. Leave to sit for 60 minutes. Then strain through a sieve or cheesecloth and divide the infusion into four parts. Drink the infusion before eating.

Recipe No. 2: take 10 grams of dry raw materials and boil them in 200 mg of water for about 10 minutes, cool and strain. Drink a tablespoon four times a day before meals.

If you are concerned cystitis, then there is a separate recipe for it. You will need a saucepan in which you need to place 1 tbsp. l. leaves and pour a glass of boiling water. Boil the mixture over low heat for 30 minutes, then cool and strain. After this, dilute the decoction with cool boiled water, green tea or decoction in an amount of up to 200 ml. Drink the finished product 30 minutes after eating, half a glass (warm). This decoction softens stones and has a diuretic effect.

For pancreatitis

With pancreatitis, a person develops inflammation in the pancreas, which causes disruptions in the functioning of the digestive system. Lingonberry leaf has long been used to relieve inflammation of the pancreas and improve overall health.

To make a healing tea, you will need dry crushed leaves and green tea. Mix the ingredients in a 1:1 ratio. For one serving you will need 2 tbsp. l. mixtures filled with a glass of boiling water. After 15 minutes, you can strain the tea and drink.

For the decoction, crushed lingonberry leaves must be poured with a glass of boiled water. Cook for 10-15 minutes over low heat and then strain. Drink the prepared product 1 tbsp. l. three times a day.

For diabetes

To control blood sugar, doctors use products based on lingonberry berries and the green mass of this plant - they make an infusion from them. To prepare it, take 1 tsp. raw materials and fill them with 200 grams of boiling water. Let it brew for 20 minutes and then strain. You need to drink 3-4 tablespoons of the finished product before each meal.

For arthritis

As sad as it may be, at the moment there are no remedies that could completely relieve a person from the manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis. However, to reduce unpleasant symptoms, people often turn to traditional methods.

To prepare tea to relieve joint pain, you will need 1 tsp. crushed lingonberry leaves, which needs to be poured with boiling water and left to infuse for half an hour. Then you need to strain the tea and drink half a glass 3 times a day before meals.

Use during pregnancy: benefit or harm

While carrying a child, no one is protected from various diseases, and due to the fact that treatment with medications is undesirable at this time, doctors turn to natural medicines for help. This includes the lingonberry bush. The fact is that herbal medicines have a gentle effect on the body and have fewer side effects.

Lingonberry leaves are mainly prescribed as diuretic if a woman suffers from cystitis or has swelling. Such things often manifest themselves in pregnant women, and lingonberry remedies successfully cope with removing excess fluid from the body.
Also, decoctions and infusions of leaves or berries can be prescribed to relieve inflammation, fight colds or flu, and also as an astringent and laxative. The beneficial substances contained in the leaf are strengthen the immune system, thereby speeding up the healing process and relieving fever, which can have a bad effect on the child.

Important! When taking any medicines, even herbal ones, you must strictly follow the dosage indicated in the instructions or prescribed by your doctor. Cowberry leaf should be used with caution during pregnancy, as it has a fairly strong diuretic effect, and if you get carried away with it, it can lead to dehydration, weakness and dizziness.

It is also worth noting that experts have differing opinions regarding the use of lingonberries when carrying a child. Some consider this plant absolutely safe if an adequate dose is taken, while others generally do not accept its use until the third trimester of pregnancy. In any case, you should always consult your doctor before using any drug and monitor how you feel. If it worsens, you should immediately stop taking the medication and inform a specialist who will select another treatment method.

Procurement of medicinal raw materials

When and how to collect

The collection of lingonberry leaves must be done immediately after the snow melts, until the bush begins to bloom. Usually this time falls in the month of April. There is another time for collecting - this is September or October, when the fruits of the bush no longer grow. It is during these periods that the leaves contain the most useful vitamins and other substances.

Treatment for chronic pancreatitis focuses on reducing pain and improving the functioning of the digestive system.

How to treat chronic pancreatitis?

Chronic pancreatitis is a disease that reflects the inflammatory process in the pancreas. The incidence of chronic pancreatitis is most common in patients aged 40 to 60 years, with a higher incidence in the male population.

This disease is the result of irreversible scarring of the pancreas due to long-term inflammation. This occurs because repeated and prolonged inflammation in it leads to the accumulation of collagen and matrix proteins. The disease develops gradually and the condition worsens over time, leading to irreversible organ damage.

Chronic pancreatitis is usually accompanied by unrelenting pain with occasional flare-ups. Although pain is a common symptom in patients with chronic pancreatitis, up to 20% of patients do not experience pain. Damage to the pancreas cannot be completely eliminated, but with properly planned and carried out restoration, it will be possible to control the main symptoms of disorders of its functioning.

Treatment for pancreatitis may include:

• medications;
• endoscopic recovery methods;
• surgery.

The goals of treatment are:

• changes in behavior that may lead to exacerbation of the disease;
• stimulation of the pancreas to self-healing;
• reduction in the degree of pain in the abdominal area;
• restoration of digestion and absorption (so that all processes proceed normally).

In such situations, serious complications (eg, bleeding, infection) requiring urgent surgical intervention rarely occur. If an infection develops, doctors will prescribe a course of antibiotics to the patient.

People diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis may be susceptible to attacks of acute pancreatitis. Chronic pancreatitis is difficult to treat. Doctors will try to relieve the patient's pain and eliminate nutritional problems.

Most treatments are aimed at minimizing exocrine pancreatic secretion. Therapy is prescribed the same for patients with acquired and hereditary pancreatitis. The need for hospitalization and further inpatient treatment of patients with attacks of chronic pancreatitis depends on the severity of the disease.

Eating with pancreatitis

For patients with mild pancreatitis, treatment is based on fasting and intravenous fluids, avoiding overhydration. This will also keep your blood pressure within normal limits. Fluid is necessary because the body spends it and energy on restoring the pancreas, which means there is a risk of dehydration of the patient.

The patient must stop eating for several days in the hospital so that the pancreas has a chance to recover. In this case, oxygen is supplied through tubes into the nose. Analgesics are usually needed to reduce pain.

Once the inflammation of the pancreas is under control, the patient can begin to drink clear liquids and eat soft foods.

If the patient continues to experience pain while eating, the doctor may recommend that the patient use a feeding tube to normalize the eating process. If the infection progresses, attacks of pancreatitis usually last several days.

Complications

Some patients may deteriorate so rapidly that they require transfer to the intensive care unit. There they will be monitored more closely because pancreatitis can damage the heart.

Complications of chronic pancreatitis may include:

• recurrent outbreaks of symptoms;
• fluid accumulation;
• blockage of blood vessels;
• blockage of the bile ducts or small intestine.

A small percentage of patients with chronic pancreatitis may experience worsening of their medical condition. Intensive therapy under the supervision and control of a physician should be aimed at preventing the development of such complications:

• pulmonary failure;
• renal failure;
• pseudoaneurysms;
• gastrointestinal bleeding.

It is better to prevent the development of complications that can be caused by chronic pancreatitis than to treat their consequences.

How to treat chronic pancreatitis?

Medicines your doctor may prescribe for chronic pancreatitis include:

• painkillers;
• artificial digestive enzymes if the patient's enzyme levels are too low to digest food;
• insulin if the patient is diagnosed with diabetes;
• steroids if the patient has autoimmune pancreatitis, which occurs when the body's immune system destroys the pancreas.

Taking the latter on a long-term basis may increase the risk of developing stomach ulcers, so an additional medication will be prescribed along with them to protect against this complication as a result of treatment.

In the later stages of chronic pancreatitis, the body is unable to absorb fat, which leads to the formation of thin, oily, foul-smelling masses of stool (so-called steatorrhea). It causes bloating, indigestion, indigestion and diarrhea. The patient cannot gain weight because the pancreas no longer produces the enzymes needed to digest fats and proteins.

Digestive enzymes can help the body break down and process nutrients in the foods the patient eats. Pancreatic enzymes will need to be taken with every meal.

People allergic to pork and those who do not eat pork for other reasons should not take such enzymes because they are made from animal protein (pork). In young children, high doses of pancreatic enzymes can lead to intestinal obstruction.

Side effects of taking pancreatic enzyme supplements may include:

• diarrhea;
• constipation;
• nausea;
• vomiting;
• stomach ache.

The first manifestation of these side effects should be followed by a doctor adjusting the dose of these drugs.

The pain associated with chronic pancreatitis can seriously impair the patient's quality of life. Pain management is critical to the treatment of chronic pancreatitis, which begins as soon as the diagnosis is made. Because repeated episodes of inflammation can lead to permanent damage. Also, pain relief becomes less effective during relapses.

Chronic pancreatitis - how to treat it with medication?

In most cases, Paracetamol or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen are used as a pain reliever.

If non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or Paracetamol are ineffective in controlling pain, it is likely that the patient will need another type of strong pain medication (opiates), such as Codeine or Tramadol. Side effects of these types of medications may include constipation, nausea, and vomiting. The first side effect (constipation) can be especially dangerous if you need to take such pain medications on a long-term basis. Your doctor may recommend a laxative to help relieve constipation.

If you feel drowsy after taking these painkillers, you should avoid driving, using heavy tools, machinery, complex equipment, or working in a construction site, factory, or manufacturing. If the patient is experiencing an attack of very severe pain, he may need stronger opiates such as Morphine or Pethidine.

Antioxidants

Antioxidants can also help. Basic clinical evidence suggests that the development of chronic pancreatitis may be associated with oxidative stress. Statistical data demonstrate that indicators of free radical activity and the degree of oxidative stress are higher in the blood of patients with pancreatitis than in healthy people.

Based on these findings, doctors often resort to the use of antioxidants as a complement to traditional therapy.

In case of immune problems, inflammation affects the pancreas. It can usually be neutralized with corticosteroids. However, taking them for a long time can cause side effects such as osteoporosis and weight gain.

Surgery

Surgery is not necessary for most people with this diagnosis. Doctors try, if possible, not to resort to surgery, because the pancreas is easily damaged during even the most professional surgery.

However, if there is severe pain that does not respond (does not improve) to treatment, removing part of the pancreas can sometimes provide relief. This type of surgery is called pancreatectomy. It can also be used if endoscopic treatment has failed. The method used for pancreatic resection depends on which parts of the pancreas are to be removed. For example, some methods involve removing the gallbladder along with parts of the pancreas.

Surgery may also be used to unblock the pancreatic duct to widen it if it is too narrow.

Different surgical techniques generally have similar levels of effectiveness in reducing pain and preserving pancreatic function. Although some of the more complex methods are characterized by an increased risk of complications, such as worsening the patient’s health situation due to infection, internal bleeding. Simplified procedures have a lower risk of complications and generally have a shorter recovery time.

Surgery may also be necessary to drain fluid from the pancreas or remove diseased tissue.

Surgical intervention is resorted to in cases where an anatomical complication arising from a disease can only be eliminated mechanically. Typically, this may be one of the following conditions:

• pancreatic cyst;
• abscess;
• fistula;
• ascites;
• duodenal stenosis with gastric obstruction;
• variceal bleeding due to thrombosis of the splenic vein.

Depending on the specific case, the appropriate surgical intervention may include such manipulation techniques as:

• endoscopic;
• radiological;
• surgical.

Some treatments involve the use of an endoscope to reduce pain. It is a long, thin, flexible medical device (hose) with a light source and a video camera at one end, which the doctor inserts into the patient's digestive system through the mouth.

Stone crushing involves the use of shock waves. They allow you to break the stone into smaller pieces. An endoscope is used to pass surgical instruments into the pancreatic duct. This allows the doctor to remove pancreatic stones and place small tubes (called stents) to improve the flow of mass through the digestive system.

Once the gallstones are removed and the inflammation subsides, the pancreas usually returns to normal function.

In the most severe cases of chronic pancreatitis, where the pancreas has been severely damaged, it may be necessary to completely remove it as part of a general pancreatectomy.

The pancreas is a key component in regulating blood sugar levels. Chronic pancreatitis can lead to diabetes if the part of the gland that produces insulin is damaged. The body will no longer be able to produce insulin. To overcome this problem, doctors are using a relatively new method - autologous pancreatic islet cell transplantation.

During the procedure, the islet cells responsible for producing insulin are removed from the patient's pancreas before it itself is removed surgically. These cells are mixed with a special solution that is injected into the liver. If the procedure is successful, such cells remain in it and begin to produce insulin. However, the patient may need additional insulin treatment in the long term.

Alcohol abuse is the main cause of chronic pancreatitis and accounts for approximately 70-80% of all cases of the disease.

It is important to avoid alcohol after a diagnosis has been made, even if it was not the cause of the illness. Patients should also avoid smoking because it may increase the risk of developing pancreatic cancer.

Because chronic pancreatitis can affect your ability to digest certain foods, you may need to change your diet. You may need to limit your fat intake and take vitamins. As a rule, doctors recommend switching to a diet rich in protein. Changes should not be made without first consulting a healthcare professional. The doctor may refer the patient to a dietitian who can help plan a diet of low-fat, high-nutrient meals.

100 approved foods for pancreatitis

Pancreatitis, especially its chronic form, is one of those diseases in which diet is a fundamental factor in the absence of health problems. Any, even the slightest, errors in it can lead to an exacerbation of the disease and severe attacks of pain. Therefore, the question of what you can eat with pancreatitis is relevant for all patients.
As a rule, patients are prescribed diet No. 5 for a long period of time. According to it, patients should only eat boiled, stewed, baked or steamed food and completely avoid fried, smoked, pickled and canned food. At the same time, it is very important to eat in such a way as not to create a deficiency of proteins, fats or carbohydrates. Therefore, patients’ diets must include foods from all food groups.

Vegetables

Cooked vegetables should form the basis of the diet of patients. They can be stewed, boiled and baked, but it is best to steam them. Moreover, it is very important to regularly eat soups with weak vegetable broth, since liquid food should still make up the lion's share of the entire diet.

Advice: it is best to grind ready-made vegetables and turn soups into puree soups. This will facilitate the digestion process and reduce the load on the pancreas.

The ideal choice for a sick table would be:

• Potato,
• Beet,
• Bell pepper,
• Pumpkin,
• Cauliflower,
• Zucchini,
• Spinach,
• Green pea,
• Carrot.

Over time, you can gradually begin to add tomatoes and white cabbage to vegetable soups, casseroles or other dishes, but they must also be cooked.

Tip: beets are very useful for pancreatitis, as they contain a fairly large amount of iodine, which helps restore the normal functioning of the pancreas. It is recommended to eat it in ground form every day for two weeks, half an hour before one of the main meals, 150 g.

Fruits and berries

It is impossible to imagine the life of a modern person without fruits, since they contain a huge amount of vitamins necessary for every body, ensuring the normal functioning of the body. At the same time, some of them are rich in coarse fiber, which complicates digestion. Therefore, the list of which fruits are good for pancreatitis is not too long.
It includes the following treats:

Many people are interested in whether bananas are ok for pancreatitis. Most doctors agree that the pancreas is able to cope with the digestion of small amounts, but only during remission of the disease. During exacerbation of pancreatitis, bananas can only aggravate the course of the disease.
The same is true for persimmons. Although its pulp does not have a pronounced sour taste, which makes it possible to include it in the list of permitted foods, you should still not buy persimmon during an exacerbation of the disease and for at least a week after that. Then it is allowed to consume no more than 1 fruit per day, baked or stewed. You can minimize the risks associated with eating persimmons for pancreatitis by grinding its pulp in any possible way.
Of course, if you have chronic pancreatitis, you should not abuse any fruits, since excessive amounts of acids can provoke another exacerbation of the disease. Moreover, you can eat them only 10 days after the onset of remission. The daily norm is to consume only one fruit of one type or another, and only in baked form. Sometimes patients are allowed to pamper themselves with homemade jellies or berry mousses.

Tip: You can replace your daily intake of baked fruit with one jar of fruit baby food.

Livestock products

You can get the essential amino acids the body needs and diversify your daily menu for pancreatitis with the help of low-fat varieties of fish and meat. It is best to choose chicken, rabbit, turkey, veal or beef for preparing dietary dishes, and for fish - bream, pike perch, pike, pollock or cod. But no matter how attractive the fragrant, baked crust or bird skin may seem, patients should not consume it.
You can add some variety to your diet with eggs. They can be eaten not only boiled on their own, but also in the form of steamed omelettes. Only classic fried eggs remain prohibited.

Dairy and fermented milk

Fermented milk products, such as low-fat cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, should also be an integral part of the diet of patients. And the constant use of fermented baked milk or kefir for pancreatitis will help quickly get a person back on his feet.
At the same time, whole milk is usually poorly tolerated in pancreatitis. It can cause stomach upset and flatulence, so it should not be consumed in its pure form, but it should be used during cooking. It is best to give preference to goat's milk for pancreatitis, as it has a richer composition and is considered hypoallergenic.
Patients are allowed to eat a small amount of unsalted butter, but they should not abuse it, since an abundance of fat can lead to a significant deterioration in a person’s condition.

Seafood

As a rule, patients' diet table can sometimes be decorated with boiled shrimp, clams, mussels, squid, scallops and seaweed, as they contain a lot of protein. Seafood can make delicious main courses and salads, but sushi is an undeniable taboo.

Cereals

Pasta and most cereals are not able to have a negative effect on the condition of the pancreas. Therefore, pasta and cereals can be safely consumed even during an exacerbation of the disease.
The safest cereals are:

• Buckwheat,
• Rice,
• Oatmeal,
• Manna.

Occasionally, the diet can be varied with barley or corn porridge. Also, with pancreatitis, you can eat wheat bread, but only yesterday’s bread or in the form of crackers, and indulge in biscuits.

Tip: it is best to cook porridge with water or, at most, with water and milk, taken in a 1:1 ratio.

Drink

Mineral water for pancreatitis is the best thing a patient can drink to replenish fluid reserves in the body. Therefore, it is recommended to drink at least 1.5 liters of mineral water per day.

The following have a beneficial effect on the condition of the pancreas:

• Herbal teas,
• Bran decoction
• Rose hip decoction.

Chicory is very useful for pancreatitis, or rather, a decoction of its roots. This drink can not only completely replace coffee, which is prohibited by the diet, but also have a healing effect on the inflamed pancreas, as it has a strong choleretic effect. Moreover, chicory helps normalize the nervous system and improves heart function. Therefore, a decoction of its roots is recommended for all patients to drink without exception.
In addition to all of the above, patients are allowed to drink weak tea, juice diluted with water, compotes and jelly.

Sweets

In rare cases, patients can treat themselves to a small amount of marshmallows, marmalade or marshmallows. But, here, the use of honey for pancreatitis is a controversial issue, since it can be used as a tea sweetener during remission of the disease, but in the presence of endocrine disorders this is strictly contraindicated.
A favorite delicacy of many, nuts, can be eaten with pancreatitis. Moreover, they are indispensable companions for patients, since they do not require special storage conditions and are therefore ideal for snacking both at the workplace and at home.

But! During an exacerbation of the disease with chronic pancreatitis, you should forget about this product until the condition completely improves.
Thus, all food consumed by a person should be of neutral taste, contain a minimum amount of fat and be prepared without adding spices.

But perhaps it would be more correct to treat not the effect, but the cause?

Delicious and healthy recipes for pancreatitis

When treating pancreatitis, nutritional standards will be quite strict. Sometimes a complete revision of the patient menu may be necessary.

A diet for pancreatitis will allow the body to recover after an attack of exacerbation and prevent further destruction of the pancreas.

For pancreatitis and cholecystitis, you need to follow the same basic principles of nutrition:

• you need to eat often: you need 5-6 meals a day;
• portions should be small;
• Do not eat too hot or cold food;
• food should be easily digested and absorbed.

For diseases of the pancreas and cholecystitis you need to eat:

• potatoes;
• beets;
• cauliflower;
• zucchini;
• pumpkin;
• carrot.

The diet also allows the use of lean meats:

• veal and beef;
• rabbit, turkey or chicken;
• some types of fish.

The meat is used to prepare cutlets (for vegetable purees) or add it to soup and casseroles.

The list of permitted food products also includes: cereals, low-fat dairy products, eggs, various types of butter, bread.

Gradually, the menu expands and may include new food products (if vegetable soups, purees or fish cutlets were allowed for consumption at the first stages of treatment, then salads, zucchini, jelly, baked goods, omelettes, meat or cottage cheese casseroles should be introduced during the stages of remission).

For drinks, preference should be given to still mineral water and weakly brewed tea. Eating oatmeal jelly will be beneficial.

Kissel is also cooked from berries, but it would be more correct to use oatmeal jelly in the menu: it is suitable for both acute periods of the disease and during remission.

By combining permitted dietary products (zucchini, potatoes, lean meat, etc.), even without spices, you can prepare delicious dishes (cream soup, casseroles, etc.).

Soups and meat

The daily menu for pancreatitis or cholecystitis, as a rule, includes: first courses (soup) and second courses (cereals or vegetable puree and meat, cutlets, and salads).

The safest thing to eat after an exacerbation is puree soup with cauliflower. To make it, you need to boil carrots, potatoes and cabbage in water and milk, mixed in equal proportions.

Vegetables are cooked until tender, after which they must be brought to the consistency of puree.

A dietary cream soup with shrimp will also pleasantly diversify the menu. To make it, you need to take a glass of milk and water, some shrimp, 1 potato, zucchini (100 grams), salt and parsley.

Potatoes and zucchini need to be peeled and grated on a coarse grater. The shrimp are poured with boiling water for a couple of minutes, after which they are scrolled in a blender. Milk and water must be mixed and boiled.

You need to pour grated potatoes and zucchini into the milk mass.

Vegetables should cook for about 15 minutes. Add the shrimp mixture and parsley to the resulting vegetable broth and cook for a couple more minutes.

For pancreatitis and cholecystitis, experts recommend eating meat every day. You can make delicious dietary cutlets from beef meat that go perfectly with vegetable puree.

To the minced meat you need to add finely chopped onion, boiled rice, 1 egg, crackers and a little salt.

Diet cutlets and meatballs are steamed or stewed. The approximate cooking time is usually no more than half an hour.

Poultry meat is also suitable for steamed cutlets. Turkey meat is considered healthier for pancreatitis and cholecystitis than chicken meat, as it is easier to digest.

To prepare steamed diet cutlets, you need to add bread soaked in a mixture of low-fat cottage cheese and eggs to the minced meat.

All this must be salted and mixed. These cutlets will take no more than 20 minutes to cook.

Omelette and jelly recipes by Izotov and Momotov

You need to add jelly and omelet, which are healthy for the pancreas, to your daily menu.

In case of pancreatic pathologies, an omelet will be the safest of all egg-based dishes that can be. It is especially necessary and healthy to eat an omelet made from protein or quail eggs.

The omelette needs to be steamed. For 3 eggs, take 1 glass of milk and a pinch of salt.

All components are whipped and poured into a small container. It must be placed in a bowl of boiling water.

In this case, the dish with the egg-milk mixture should not touch the water. All this must be covered with a lid on top so as not to lose steam.

This method will help you cook a steamed omelette when you don’t have a steamer. The approximate time after which the omelette will be ready is 18 minutes.

The benefits of oatmeal jelly have already been discussed above. The use of oatmeal jelly is recommended for any diseases of the digestive system (pathologies of the pancreas, cholecystitis or gastritis).

There are several recipes for oatmeal jelly.

Firstly, this is Izotov’s jelly, the preparation of which can be divided into 4 stages:

1. The fermentation stage, when 100 ml of kefir and half a kilo of oatmeal are added to 3 liters of chilled boiled water. The container with the workpiece must be tightly closed and placed in a warm place for 2 days;
2. The filtration stage involves filtering the mixture through a colander from the formed sediment;
3. The stage at which the resulting filtrate settles for another 18 hours and is divided into 2 components: oat concentrate and kvass;
4. Direct preparation of jelly. To do this, you need to take a small amount of concentrate (to taste) and mix it with two glasses of water. The resulting solution must be brought to a boil and cooked for about 5 minutes. When finishing cooking oatmeal jelly, you should add a little salt and butter.

Secondly, this is Momotov’s recipe for jelly:

1. Small oat flakes (about 300 grams) should be mixed with a small amount of large flakes (four tablespoons are enough) and pour 100 grams of kefir over them. The resulting mass should be placed in a three-liter jar and the remaining space should be filled with warm water. The workpiece should be closed and placed in a warm place for two days;
2. The fermented liquid must be filtered from the flakes and poured into jars. The flakes also need to be washed with two liters of water and new jars filled with the resulting mixture;
3. If necessary, the prepared filtrates can be boiled until thickened and consumed.

Cottage cheese casserole and casserole with meat

Casserole is one of those dishes that can be prepared a thousand different ways. Casseroles can be vegetable (where potatoes and zucchini are used), meat or cottage cheese.

They come in both sweet and salty. This dietary dish gives many opportunities to realize the culinary imagination; in addition, it is healthy and tasty.

The cottage cheese casserole, beloved by many, is prepared quite simply; to prepare it you will need:

• two hundred grams of cottage cheese;
• 1 tablespoon each of semolina, sugar and melted butter;
• one egg;
• 50 grams of sour cream.

You need to create a homogeneous mixture of sugar, semolina with egg and cottage cheese. The resulting dough should be placed in a baking dish, and sour cream should be applied on top.

Now all this can be put in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. The cottage cheese casserole will be ready when it turns golden (on average this takes 30 minutes).

Before use, it must be allowed to cool, and the cottage cheese casserole is served to the table, cut into portions and topped with sour cream.

A delicious dietary casserole with noodles and meat requires more ingredients:

• about two glasses of thin vermicelli;
• 2 glasses of milk (0.5 l) and the same amount of water;
• 300 g of any lean meat;
• 2 chicken eggs;
• a little salt;
• oil to grease the baking dish.

To make the casserole, you first need to boil the meat. Chicken is cooked for about 50 minutes, and beef for at least two hours. Boiled meat is scrolled in a meat grinder twice until pureed.

At this time, you need to boil milk and water and boil vermicelli in the milk mixture. Afterwards, place the pasta on a pre-greased baking dish.

The rest of the ingredients are also added there: you need to lay out the meat and pour in the eggs, after which everything is mixed.

In the oven, this casserole should be ready in 15 minutes. The dish is served with sour cream and chopped parsley.

Food for pancreatitis and cholecystitis should be as easily digestible as possible and not provoke secretion.

The above recipes (soups, jelly, casserole, etc.) prove that diet food can also be tasty.

And although some dishes should be eaten simply because they are healthy, others can pamper even the pickiest gourmet.

The sweet and sour berries of lingonberries have long been used not only as a food product, but also as medicine: lingonberries are famous for their anti-inflammatory effect, ability to remove toxins, lower blood pressure, produce tonic and restorative effects, improve appetite and digestive processes. Lingonberries are rich in ascorbic acid and vitamin A, therefore they are used for the treatment and prevention of hypovitaminosis. The antimicrobial activity of lingonberries against staphylococci, streptococci, E. coli and other pathogens determines its use for urinary tract infections, intestinal infections and dysbacteriosis.

However, the taste of lingonberries is in no way inferior to its healing properties. The berries are used to make wonderful refreshing fruit drinks, juices and compotes, delicious jams, jelly and other desserts.

For pancreatitis, lingonberries can also be useful, but only if they are consumed correctly.

Lingonberry for acute pancreatitis and exacerbation of chronic

In the presence of acute inflammatory processes in the pancreas, fresh lingonberries and lingonberry juice should under no circumstances be included in the menu. This limitation is due to the following factors:

1. Lingonberry stimulates the secretolytic activity of the stomach and pancreas and has a choleretic effect. Increased enzyme production during acute periods is extremely dangerous, as it aggravates damage to the gland and aggravates the patient’s condition.
2. Fresh berries and juices contain a large amount of organic acids - salicylic, citric, benzoic, malic and others. Acids irritate the mucous membranes of the digestive tract.
3. The shell of the berries is poorly digested and mechanically irritates the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines.

However, consuming lingonberries after thermal and culinary processing allows you to avoid such negative influences: from the second week of an exacerbation, it is quite acceptable to introduce jelly based on diluted lingonberry juice, unsaturated lingonberry fruit drinks, decoctions and compotes. Sweeteners are used to sweeten them. Lingonberry drinks perfectly quench thirst, restore strength, relieve painful spasms, help reduce inflammation in the pancreas and accelerate the regeneration of damaged cells.

The use of combined decoctions and compotes is allowed (from rose hips and lingonberries, from lingonberries and strawberries, from lingonberries and black currants). As the diet expands, lingonberry mousses and jellies also appear on the menu.

Lingonberry during remission of chronic pancreatitis

Lingonberry compotes, fruit drinks, decoctions and jelly during the period of remission are considered very useful for preventing relapses of the disease and accelerating the recovery process. But you should treat fresh berries with caution: they can still be dangerous. You can include berries in your diet only when your condition is completely stabilized, provided there is no pain or other symptoms of pancreatitis. They start with 1-2 berries a day, and by adding 1-2 more berries every day, bring the amount of lingonberries to 100-150 grams (1/2 cup or a handful of fresh berries).

Lingonberry juice is allowed only fresh, home-made, and diluted in half with water. Sweeteners, sugar or honey can be added to sour juice, fruit drinks and other drinks made from lingonberries during the period of remission. It is also allowed to use small quantities (within 2-3 tsp) of lingonberry jam or jam with tea. To diversify your diet, you can prepare berry mousses, jellies, puddings, and sweet and sour lingonberry sauces for meat. But baked goods filled with lingonberries are prohibited.