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mental/emotional
post-traumatic stress disorder
nutrition

dietary guidelines

therapeutic foods:
• increase foods that calm the Shen (Spirit), tonify the Heart, harmonize the Stomach and Spleen

fresh juices:
• carrot (Walker, p. 147)
• carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 147)
• carrot and celery (Walker, p. 147)

specific remedies:
• 2 oz. fresh walnuts, 2 oz black sesame seeds, crush together and eat three times daily (Butt and Bloomfield, p. 149)
• for nervous tension: 3 oz. fresh oysters, 3 oz. peanuts, 2 oz. celery. Boil in 2 pt. water until reduced to half. Divide into 2 halves and eat and drink twice daily for 7-14 days (Butt and Bloomfield, p. 149)

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


supplements

• Vitamin B3 1 g per day
• Vitamin B6 300 mg per day
• Vitamin B-complex
• tryptophan 1-2 g per day
• Vitamin B12 3 mg per day


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