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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