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musculoskeletal system
sciatica
nutrition

dietary guidelines

therapeutic foods:
• increase foods rich in Vitamin B-complex
• foods that invigorate the Qi and Xue (Blood)
• olives, rye, lima beans, rice bran, bananas, sprouts, watercress, apples (Jensen, p. 61)

fresh juices:
• potato peeling broth (Jensen, p. 61)
• dried olive tea (Jensen, p. 61)
• nut milk and liquid chlorophyll (Jensen, p. 61)
• carrot (Walker, p. 152)
• carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 152)
• carrot, beet, and cucumber (Walker, p. 152)
• carrot, celery, parsley, and spinach (Walker, p. 152)
• carrot and parsley (Walker, p. 152)
• celery (Walker, p. 152)
• carrot, beet, and celery (Walker, p. 152)

specific remedies:
• mix together peeled taro root and ginger into a paste with some flour and water, and apply to the affected area, cover with a cloth. Change per day and apply fresh (Ni, p. 51)

avoid:
• meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods, coffee, caffeine, sweet foods and sugar, alcohol


supplements

• Vitamin B-complex
• Vitamin B1
• Vitamin B12
• Vitamins B1 50 mg and B12 1 cc IM every day for 1 week
• Vitamin D
• Vitamin E (Kirschmann, 1984)

» drug interaction:
• Potassium and indomethacin (Indocin): as a prostaglandin inhibitor, indomethacin reduces renin and aldosterone, and consequently reduces potassium excretion and causes hyperkalemia (Goldszer, et al., 1981; 141: 802-804; Tan, et al., 1979; 90: 783-785; MacCarthy, et al., 1979; 1: 550)


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