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eyes/ears/nose/throat
sinusitis
nutrition
dietary guidelines
eating principles:
» acute:
eat as little as possible
increase fluids: diluted vegetable juices, broths, herbal teas
increase foods rich in Vitamins C and A
fruit and vegetable juice fasts
low sugar
» chronic:
elimination/rotation diet, rotation diet, rotation diet expanded
therapeutic foods:
increase foods rich in Manganese: buckwheat, nuts, beans, peas and blueberries
increase pungent foods and Lung foods
increase foods rich in Silicon (Jensen, pp. 29-30)
garlic, onions, citrus
fresh juices:
carrot and spinach (Jensen, p. 50)
carrot, beet, cucumber (Jensen, p. 50)
celery and grapefruit with pinch of cream of tartar (Jensen, p. 50)
cucumber, radish, and green pepper (Jensen, p. 50)
watercress and apple with 1/4 tsp cream of tartar (Jensen, p. 50)
coconut milk and carrot (Jensen, p. 50)
lemon juice with a little horseradish (Jensen, p. 52)
mixture of cayenne powder in a cup of water (Jensen, p. 52)
specific foods:
horseradish, ginger, green onions, magnolia flowers, bananas, garlic, black mushrooms, chrysanthemum flowers, apricot kernels
specific remedies:
tea from magnolia flowers, basil, ginger and green onions, three times daily for 1 wk (Ni, p. 115)
combine magnolia flowers and eggs, cook together and eat (Ni, p. 115)
tea from mulberry leaves and chrysanthemums, then cook rice porridge in the tea and add apricot kernels (Ni, p. 115)
nasal lavage with salt water
boil tea of mint, basil and ginger. While boiling the tea, inhale the steam through the nose, three times daily for 2 months. (Ni, p. 115)
avoid:
food intolerances
all dairy products, all catarrh-forming food: tomatoes, oranges, sugar, sweets; coffee, caffeine, processed and refined foods, heavy protein foods, fats, meats, vinegars, shellfish
supplements
Vitamin C to bowel tolerance
Vitamin B5 500-1000 mg per day
Vitamin B6 200-400 mg per day
Vitamin A 10,000-30,000 IU per day
Zinc 30-60 mg per day (Smith, 1983, p. 364)
bioflavonoids 6 g per day
footnotes