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reproductive system
spontaneous abortion/miscarriage
nutrition
dietary guidelines
therapeutic foods:
increase foods rich in organic sources of Sodium
increase foods rich in Iron, Vitamin C and Vitamin E
chicken, chicken egg yolk
increase foods that nourish Xue (Blood) and tonify the Spleen and Stomach; bland foods; foods that tonify the Kidney
specific remedies:
» threatened miscarriage: take 30 g of raisins and 15 g of red dates, add water, steam and serve (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 88)
avoid:
hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods, coffee, caffeine, sweet foods and sugar, alcohol, cow's milk and other dairy products, white bread, refined foods, processed foods, catarrh-forming foods: tofu, meat, ice cream, cold foods
supplements
Vitamin E 200 IU per day (Sutton, 1958)
citrus bioflavonoids 200 mg three times daily (Redman, 1980)
Selenium 200 mcg per day
footnotes