Simple goiter refers to a compensatory enlargement of the thyroid gland caused primarily by iodine deficiency. The diet should include plenty of seafood, such as kelp, nori, dried shrimp, and saltwater fish. Children, adolescent girls, pregnant women, nursing mothers, and people living in high-prevalence areas should especially consume more iodine-rich foods. Iodized salt should always be used in cooking; avoid uniodized salt, spicy and heat-inducing foods, and alcohol.
The following are clinically used, affordable, effective, and delicious herbal tea, decoction, and soup recipes:
Seaweed and Radish Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Resolves phlegm and disperses nodules. Suitable for simple goiter. given its cold nature, caution is warranted in the constitutionally deficient and cold with weak transportation; the cold, heat-clearing herbs suggest caution in those with spleen-stomach deficiency-cold or loose stools
Seaweed and Oyster Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Resolves phlegm and disperses nodules. Suitable for simple goiter. prolonged use of the heat-clearing, cold herbs may harm spleen yang; those with yang deficiency or poor appetite with loose stools should avoid them
Bell Pepper and Kelp Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Resolves phlegm and disperses nodules. Suitable for simple goiter. the cold, heat-clearing herbs suggest caution in those with spleen-stomach deficiency-cold or loose stools
Kelp and Tofu Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Resolves phlegm and disperses nodules. Suitable for simple goiter. being cold-natured, it may chill the middle and impair digestion in those with weak spleen-yang; prolonged use of the heat-clearing, cold herbs may harm spleen yang; those with yang deficiency or poor appetite with … Read more
Prunella and White Chrysanthemum Tea，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears the liver and disperses nodules. Suitable for simple goiter.
Hyssop and Broad-Leaf Sargassum Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears the liver and disperses nodules. Suitable for simple goiter.
Broad-Leaf Sargassum Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Resolves phlegm and disperses nodules. Suitable for simple goiter.
