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cutaneous system
folliculitis
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 Vitamins A, B-complex and C, Zinc
watermelon
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)
avoid:
meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods
supplements
Zinc 60 mg per day
Vitamin A 75,000 IU per day
Vitamin C 6-8 g per day
Vitamin B-complex
» drug interaction:
Iron, Sodium, Calcium, carotene, Vitamin B12, fat, protein, cholesterol and neomycin (Mycifradin, Neobiotic): neomycin damages the intestinal villi and precipitates bile salts in the lumen; this leads to malabsorption of the enumerated nutrients
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
footnotes