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musculoskeletal system
costochondritis
nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles:
» acute:
• increase fluids
• short fruit or vegetable juice fast
» chronic:
• elimination/rotation diet, rotation diet, rotation diet expanded

specific foods:
• citrus peel, figs, honey
• liver-cleansing foods: beets, carrots, artichokes, lemons, parsnips, dandelion greens, watercress, burdock root
• foods rich in Vitamin C foods
• sesame seed, kale, millet, celery, barley, okra, almonds, collards, turnip greens, raw goat milk (Jensen, p. 61)
» for Stagnant Liver Qi or Stagnancy in the Liver channel:
• foods that invigorate the Qi, Liver foods, sour foods, Dispersing foods, foods that open channels

fresh juices:
• carrot (Walker, p. 145)
• carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 145)
• carrot, beet, and cucumber (Walker, p. 145)
• lemon juice in warm water (Shefi)
• black mission figs, raw goat's milk (Jensen, p. 61)
• black cherry (Jensen, p. 61)
• green kale (Jensen, p. 61)
• celery, parsley (Jensen, p. 61)
• veal joint broth (Jensen, p. 61)

avoid:
• food intolerances
• meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods, coffee, caffeine


supplements

• Vitamin B6 50 mg three times daily
• Manganese 30 mg per day
• bromelain 500 mg three times daily
• Vitamin C (Bastyr)
• Vitamin E topically


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