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cutaneous system
skin cancer
nutrition
dietary guidelines
therapeutic foods:
foods rich in Silicon (Jensen)
fresh juices:
carrot (Walker, p. 129)
carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 129)
recommendations for all cancers:
seaweeds, mushrooms (Chinese black, Shiitake) figs, beets, beet tops, papaya, mung beans, licorice, sea cucumbers, carrot, garlic, walnut, lychee fruit, mulberries, asparagus, pumpkin, burdock, dandelion greens, white fungus, taro roots, pearl barley, grains, fresh fruits and vegetables (Ni, pp. 108-109)
specific remedies:
soup of black or ling zhi mushrooms and white fungus, three times daily (Ni, pp. 108-109)
boil together mung beans, pearl barley, adzuki beans, and figs (Ni, pp. 108-109)
dandelion, burdock, and chrysanthemum flower tea (Ni, pp. 108-109)
avoid:
meat, chicken, coffee, cinnamon, anise, pepper, dairy products, spicy foods, high fat foods, smoking, constipation, stress
supplements
Selenium (Clark, 1985)
garlic 1 mg/kg (oil) (Belman, 1983)
beta carotene 200,000 IU per day
Vitamin A 200,000 IU per day (TOXIC DOSE)
Vitamin E 800 IU per day
drug interactions:
Vitamins B1, B2, B3, Vitamin K and folic acid can become deficient in patients using chemotherapy due to consequent anorexia, damage to the digestive tract, and malabsorption (Dreizen, et al., 1990; 87 (1): 163-170)
Vitamin K has been found to potentiate various chemotherapeutic drugs in animals (Taper, et al., 1987; 40: 575-579)
Vitamin A and cancer chemotherapy, esp. fluorouracil (5-FU): vitamin A enhances antitumor effect in animals
footnotes