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eyes/ears/nose/throat
otitis externa
nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles:
• eat as little as possible
• increase Vitamin C foods, Vitamin A foods
• increase fluids
• a short fast is recommended during the acute phase, or a diet of steamed vegetables and fruit (see Fasting in materia medica)

therapeutic foods:
• increase foods that tonify the Kidney

avoid:
• dairy products, especially cow's milk, oranges, tomatoes or other catarrh- producing foods, heavy protein foods, fats, meats, vinegars, shellfish, sugars


supplements

• Vitamin C to bowel tolerance (Smith, 1983, p. 224)
• Vitamin A 10,000-25,000 IU per day
• beta carotene 100, 000 IU per day
• bioflavonoids 6 g per day
• Zinc 60 mg per day


footnotes