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eyes/ears/nose/throat
pharyngitis
nutrition
dietary guidelines
eating principles:
» acute:
eat as little as possible
increase fluids: diluted vegetable juices, broths, herbal teas
increase foods rich in Vitamins C and A
vegetable juice fasts
low sugar
» chronic:
elimination/rotation diet, rotation diet, rotation diet expanded
therapeutic foods:
lemons, limes, honey, garlic, elderberries, turnip pack externally on throat
foods rich in Vitamins A and C
fresh juices:
lime (Shefi)
honey and water
honey and hot lemonade
carrot (Walker, p. 144)
carrot, spinach (Walker, p. 144)
orange (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 83)
specific remedies:
tea from carrots and olives, drink twice daily for 1 week (Ni, p. 157)
tea from daikon radish and green apple drink twice daily (Ni, p. 157)
honey in warm water
mix 1 tsp. rock salt in 1 cup hot water and gargle
boil 2 oz. dried tangerine skin in 1 pt water until reduced by half. Drink throughout day. (Butt and Bloomfield, p. 157)
boil 12 olives and 1 oz. scallions in 1 pt water until reduced by half. Drink and eat results divided in two portions (Butt and Bloomfield, p. 157)
lemon juice in warm water; gargle and drink
strong sage tea, gargle (Shefi)
take 1-2 fresh pomegranates, discard the skin and save the seeds. Crush them, add water and simmer, then strain to obtain the liquid. Let this cool, then use as a mouth wash
(Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 26)
take two pieces of pickled plum (plums soaked in vinegar), including the pits, and crush. Add a little table salt and one cup of boiling water. Mix and when cool use as a mouthwash to gargle two to three times daily (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 36)
steam in water for 30 minutes: 90 g fresh peeled loquat and 15 g sugar. Eat the fruit and drink the liquid twice daily (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 48)
squeeze fresh strawberries to obtain the juice. Drink one cup twice daily in the morning and evening (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 55)
take 60-90 g of fresh water chestnuts, remove the skins and slowly chew and eat twice daily (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 68)
for beginning inflammation: slowly chew 30-60 g fresh pitted cherries twice daily (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 94)
slowly chew 60 g of walnut kernels per day (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 106)
slowly chew 30-60 g of fresh chestnuts three times daily (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 108)
avoid:
food intolerances
heavy protein foods, fats, meats, vinegars, shellfish, dairy foods, meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods, coffee, caffeine, sweet foods and sugar
supplements
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Zinc 90 mg per day as gargle throughout day
footnotes