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urinary system
glomerulonephritis
nutrition
dietary guidelines
eating principles:
low protein
elimination/rotation diet, rotation diet, rotation diet expanded
therapeutic foods:
asparagus (Jensen, p. 84)
tea from apple skins (Jensen, p. 84)
foods rich in Vitamins A and C
fresh juices:
celery, parsley, and asparagus (Jensen, p. 52)
carrot and parsley (Jensen, p. 52)
carrot (Walker, p. 144)
spinach (Walker, p. 144)
carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 144)
carrot, celery, and parsley (Walker, p. 144)
» Acute Nephritis:
therapeutic foods:
black bean, mung beans, adzuki beans, pearl barley, garlic, carp, winter melon, watermelon, cornsilk tea, sweet rice, lotus root, water chestnuts (Ni, p. 150)
fresh juices:
watermelon fast (Shefi)
cornsilk tea twice daily (Shefi)
avoid:
sour, spicy, salty foods, alcohol, coffee, caffeine, smoking, high protein foods (Ni, p. 150)
» Chronic Nephritis:
therapeutic foods:
ginger, black jujube, sweet rice, soybeans, winter melon, carp, yams, mung beans, black beans, foods that tonify the Kidney (Ni, p. 150)
specific remedies:
rice porridge with ginger, cinnamon and black jujube, twice daily (Ni, p. 150)
make a small whole hole in an egg and insert 7 white peppercorns. Wrap in damp paper and steam until cooked. Discard shell and eat. Adults twice daily, children per day (Chao-liang, Qing-rong, Bao-zhen, p. 89)
avoid:
sour, spicy, salty foods, alcohol, coffee, caffeine, smoking, high protein foods (Ni,
p. 150)
supplements
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
adrenal support
thymus gland 500 mg twice daily (Bastyr)
» drug interactions:
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