-IBIS-1.5.0-
tx
cardiovascular system
Raynaud's
nutrition

dietary guidelines

specific foods
» Stagnant Liver Qi or Stagnancy in the Liver channel:
• citrus peel, figs, honey
• liver-cleansing foods: beets, carrots, artichokes, lemons, parsnips, dandelion greens, watercress, burdock root
• foods rich in Magnesium
• foods that invigorate the Qi, Liver foods, sour foods, Dispersing foods, foods that open channels

avoid:
• meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods

specific foods:
» Spleen Yang Xu (Deficiency):
• foods that are Warming, tonify the Spleen and Yang

avoid:
• Cold and Cooling foods, raw foods

fresh juices:
• carrot juice (Walker, p. 145)
• carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 145)
• carrot, beet, and cucumber (Walker, p. 145)
• lemon juice in warm water (Shefi)


supplements

• Vitamin E 400 IU twice daily before meals (Ayres, 1973)
• evening primrose oil 1-2 g three times daily (Belch, 1985)
• Vitamin B3 300 mg three times daily
• quercetin 500 mg before meals
• Magnesium 600-800 mg per day


footnotes