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reproductive system
mastitis
nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles:
• eat as little as possible: if nursing, steamed vegetables, fruits and juices
• increase foods rich in Vitamins C and A
• increase fluids
• a short fast

therapeutic foods:
• Cooling foods, cabbage, cucumber, dandelion, lettuce, malt, lotus root (Ni, p. 146)

specific remedies:
• drink plenty of water and cooling juices
• tea from malt (sprouted oats) and drink three times daily (Ni, p. 146)
• dandelion and honey tea drink three times daily for 5 days (Ni, p. 146)
• external poultice of cabbage, lettuce, and dandelions (Ni, p. 146)
• simmer 500 g papaya with 500 ml rice vinegar and 30 g fresh ginger over low heat for 40 minutes. Drink as tea twice daily, l small glass each time (Lu, p. 152)
• apply hot poultice of parsley, comfrey leaves, or a cold poultice of grated raw potato (Weed, p. 87)
• take 15 g of dried orange or mandarin orange seeds and crush them, add 30 g of rice wine and water, steam and serve twice daily, may be used topically as well (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, pp. 59, 84)
• take 15 g fruit seed, cover with an equal amount of water and wine and simmer. Drink three times daily (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 97)
• cold poultice of crushed heart of sweet potato, renew poultice when it becomes hot (Chao-liang, Qing-rong, Bao-zhen, p. 15)
• crush 100 g scallions and stir-fry with a little salt. While still warm, press and bind the pulp to the breast (Chao-liang, Qing-rong, Bao-zhen, p. 85)

avoid:
• spicy foods, hot foods, coffee, alcohol, dairy products, stimulating foods
• heavy protein foods, fats, meats, vinegars, shellfish, sugars


supplements

• Vitamin A 50-100,000 IU per day
• Vitamin C 500 mg/hour
• Zinc (Bastyr) 60 mg per day


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