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cutaneous system
folliculitis
nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles:
• if on a regular diet, try a vegetarian diet high in vegetables and complex carbohydrates. If on a vegetarian diet, try a fruit and vegetable diet or a short fast

therapeutic foods:
• increase foods that cool the Xue (Blood) and clear Heat
• foods rich in Vitamins A, B-complex and C, Zinc
• watermelon
• black bass, rye, avocados, sea vegetables, whey, apple, cucumbers, millet, rice polishings, rice bran, sprouts (Jensen, p. 63)

fresh juices:
• lemon juice in water on empty stomach in morning
• carrot
• celery
• apple
• lettuce and dandelion (Ni, p. 39)
• parsley (Ni, p. 43)
• carrot, celery, lemon (Jensen, p. 63)
• cucumber, endive, pineapple (Jensen, p. 63)
• carrot, celery, spinach, and parsley (Walker, p. 136)
• carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 136)
• carrot, beet, and cucumber (Walker, p. 136)
• carrot, celery, and parsley (Walker, p. 136)

specific remedies:
• apply mashed lettuce, changing poultice three times daily and drink l cup of lukewarm lettuce juice three times daily (Ni, p. 39)
• 2 tbsp. mung bean powder twice daily (Ni, p. 80)

avoid:
• meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods


supplements

• Zinc 60 mg per day
• Vitamin A 75,000 IU per day
• Vitamin C 6-8 g per day
• Vitamin B-complex

» drug interaction:
• Iron, Sodium, Calcium, carotene, Vitamin B12, fat, protein, cholesterol and neomycin (Mycifradin, Neobiotic): neomycin damages the intestinal villi and precipitates bile salts in the lumen; this leads to malabsorption of the enumerated nutrients
• Vitamin K and cephalosporins [cefuroxime (Ceftin), cephalexin (Cefanex, Keflet, Keflex, Keftab), cefixime (Suprax), cephadroxil (Duricef, Ultracef), cephaclor (Ceclor)]:
- cephalosporins interfere with Vitamin K metabolism, sometimes leading to hemmorhage (Anonymous, 1984; 42 (4): 162-163)
- cephalosporins reduce Vitamin K synthesis by destroying the colonic bacteria responsible for that process


footnotes