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cutaneous system
erysipelas
nutrition
dietary guidelines
eating principles:
if on a regular diet, try a vegetarian diet high in vegetables and complex carbohydrates. If on a vegetarian diet, try a fruit and vegetable diet or a short fast
therapeutic foods:
increase foods that cool the Xue (Blood) and clear Heat
foods rich in vitamin A, C and B-complex
foods rich in Silicon (Jensen)
watermelon
cucumber
black bass, rye, avocados, sea vegetables, whey, apple, cucumbers, millet, rice polishings, rice bran, sprouts (Jensen, p. 63)
fresh juices:
lemon juice in water on empty stomach in morning
carrot
celery
apple
lettuce and dandelion (Ni, p. 39)
parsley (Ni, p. 43)
carrot, celery, lemon (Jensen, p. 63)
cucumber, endive, pineapple (Jensen, p. 63)
carrot, celery, spinach, and parsley (Walker, p. 136)
carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 136)
carrot, beet, and cucumber (Walker, p. 136)
carrot, celery, and parsley (Walker, p. 136)
specific remedies:
apply mashed lettuce, changing poultice three times daily and drink l cup of lukewarm lettuce juice three times daily (Ni, p. 39)
2 tbsp. mung bean powder twice daily (Ni, p. 80)
simmer yellow soybeans in water until reduced to a thick liquid. Apply to the affected place (Chao-liang, Qing-rong, Bao-zhen, p. 71)
avoid:
meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods
supplements
Vitamin A 25,000 IU per day
Vitamin C 1-2 g per day
» drug interaction:
prednisone/prednisolone: causes Sodium retention
prednisone/prednisolone: causes reduced activation of Vitamin D (Travato, 1991; 44:1651-1658; Tuttle, 1982; 126: 1161-1162); 1,25(OH)2D3 can be measured to determine if supplementation necessary, with low levels can use calcitriol
prednisone/prednisolone: causes increased urinary excretion of Zinc, Vitamin K and Vitamin C (Buist, 1984; 4 (3):114)
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
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