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immune system
mononucleosis
nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles:
• eat as little as possible
• increase Vitamin C foods, Vitamin A foods
• increase fluids
• short fast (see Fasting in materia medica)

therapeutic foods:
• green leafy vegetables, watercress, okra, apples, celery (Shefi)
• foods that tonify the Qi and nourish the Xue (Blood), harmonize Spleen/Stomach
• foods rich in Vitamin A, B and C

avoid:
• heavy protein foods, fats, meats, vinegars, shellfish, sugars


supplements

• Vitamin A 100,000 IU per day (TOXIC DOSE)
• Vitamin B-complex (especially B1, B2, B6, biotin, choline, Vitamin B5)
• Vitamin C to bowel tolerance
• Potassium (Kirschmann, 1984, p. 182)
• Zinc 30 mg per day


footnotes