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musculoskeletal system
low back pain
nutrition
dietary guidelines
eating principles:
» chronic:
elimination/rotation diet, rotation diet, rotation diet expanded
therapeutic foods:
olives, rye, lima beans, rice bran, bananas, sprouts, watercress, apples (Jensen, p. 61)
therapeutic foods:
» Kidney Yang Xu (Deficiency):
Warming foods, chicken, lamb, scallions, sesame seeds, fish, baked tofu, soybeans, walnuts, eggs, lentils, black beans lotus seed, ginger, a little wine, cinnamon bark tea, foods that tonify the Kidney (Ni, p. 144)
» Kidney Yin Xu (Deficiency):
Cooling foods, mulberries, apples, peaches, pears, fresh vegetables, beans, tofu, soy sprouts, chrysanthemum flowers, foods that tonify the Kidney, Heat-clearing foods (Ni, p. 145)
fresh juices:
carrot (Walker, p. 125)
carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 125)
carrot, beet, and cucumber (Walker, p. 125)
carrot, celery, parsley, and spinach (Walker, p. 125)
potato peeling broth (Jensen, p. 61)
dried olive tea (Jensen, p. 61)
nut milk and liquid chlorophyll (Jensen, p. 61)
specific remedies:
3 oz. fresh walnuts, 2 oz. raw brown sugar, 6 fl oz. warm rice wine, mix and drink 3-4 fl. oz. twice daily (Butt and Bloomfield, p. 122)
l lb. venison, 2 oz. garlic, 1 oz. ginger, boil in 2 1/2 pt. water until reduced to 1 1/2 pt. Divide into 3 and eat three times daily for 1 week. (Butt and Bloomfield, p. 122)
4 oz. mussels, 4 oz. pork, 2 oz. garlic, 4 oz. potato. Boil all together in 2 pt. water until halved. Eat and drink per day for 6-12 days (Butt and Bloomfield, p. 122)
7 fresh chestnuts dried in oven (not browned), twice daily for 1-2 months (Butt and Bloomfield, p. 122)
avoid:
food intolerances
» Kidney Yang Xu (Deficiency):
Cold and Cooling foods, raw foods, fruits
» Kidney Yin Xu (Deficiency):
Hot, spicy foods, alcohol
supplements
Vitamin C 5 g per day
Calcium 1 g per day
Magnesium 500-800 mg per day 2-4 cc IM
Vitamin B6 (Bastyr)
footnotes