Patients often encounter gastric and intestinal gas, change of stool habits, including constipation and diarrhea, weak body and fatigue, after receiving the laparoscopic cancer surgery. The following is the introduction to the common health care method used by Chinese medicine, which can alleviate the discomfort and other syndromes after the surgery.

Diet Suggestions

• Pay attention to balanced diet
• Chines medicine appeals in mediocre and neutral, and hence emphasizes balance in terms of diet. Food is divided into 3 categories with each food comes with own nutrition. Patients should not have preference in food or emphasize on the intake of certain type of food to avoid the deficiency of certain nutrients inside the body.
• The quantity of diet should be balanced, so the patients do not starve or eat too much. Persons with indigestion can eat small quantity at multiple times, so to fully absorb the nutrients of food.
• Choose natural ingredients: Try to choose natural unprocessed food, eat fresh meat, fish, vegetable, and fruits directly. Avoid pickled or marinated, smoked, fermented food and overly processed fine food.
• Proper cooking method: Handle the food through steaming and cooking; avoid deep-frying and roasting. Use light seasoning and avoid greasy or food that is too sweet, as well as spicy seasoning such as chili and coriander. 

Suggestions for Lifestyle

• Regular Lifestyle: Keep regular lifestyle, get up early and sleep early, avoid staying up or excessively fatigue.
• Proper exercise: Develop exercise habits mostly consisting of mild aerobics such as strolling, swimming, jogging, and Taichi. Get moderate amount of exercise and one should not feel tired after exercise. Keep the exercise intensity low. Patients should gradually make progress if they perceive that they can do more exercise.
• Keep optimistic and positive emotion: It is inevitable to encounter depression after diagnosed with cancer. However the timely shift of emotion and ideas as well as optimistic and positive attitude for cancer will help the patients. Patients can find friends and keep contact with people, arrange for tourism and keep the body and emotion relaxed, which will help the patients with change of mentality.

Acupoint Massage

• Acupoint 1: Neiguan Acupoint
• Position: On the upper arm, about 2 cuns from the direction of transverse crease of the wrist (approximately 3 fingers wide), the central dent between ulna and radius.
• Method: Vertically press downward. Press until sore sensation, and continue for 3 ~ 10 seconds. Repeat 5 times as one lap and do 3 laps a day.
• Function: harmonizing the stomach and relaxing the chest, reducing sense of vomiting.
• Acupoint 2: Zusanli
• Position: in front of the calf, underneath the knee, and approximately 3 cuns under the knee joints (approximately 4 fingers wide).
• Method: Vertically press downward. Press until sore sensation, and continue for 3 ~ 10 seconds. Repeat 5 times as one lap and do 3 laps a day.
• Ear Acupoint:
• Position: Shengmen, liver point and spleen point.
• Method: Vertically press downward for 3 ~ 10 seconds. Repeat 5 times as one lap and do 3 laps a day.
• Massage Time: If the patients feel like vomiting, nausea or swelling upper abdomen, the patients can receive massage before eating to help with the appetite.
• Function: Stabilizing the motion and promoting intestinal and gastric activities.
• Precaution: Patients with thrombocytopenia are not suitable for acupoint massage.