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immune system
fever of unknown origin
nutrition
dietary guidelines
eating principles:
eat as little as possible
increase Vitamin C foods
short fast (see Fasting in materia medica)
eat foods that are easy to digest: barley gruel or barley juice
drink plenty of liquids: water, water and honey
therapeutic foods:
lemon, orange, watercress, foods rich in Vitamin A, barley water (Shefi)
swiss chard (Chao-liang, Qing-rong, Bao-zhen, p. 42)
therapeutic foods:
for Wind-Cold:
foods that dispel Wind and Cold, and are diaphoretic
ginger, garlic, mustard greens, grapefruit peel, cilantro, parsnip, scallions, cinnamon, basil, soupy rice porridge (Ni, p. 116)
for Wind-Heat:
foods that dispel Wind, clear Heat, and are diaphoretic
mint, cabbage, chrysanthemum flowers, burdock root, cilantro, dandelion, apples, pears
for Yin deficiency fever:
foods that nourish the Yin, clear Heat
fresh juices:
grapefruit (Walker, p. 137)
lemon (Walker, p. 137)
orange (Walker, p. 137)
specific remedies:
for Wind-Cold:
boil for 5 minutes garlic, ginger, green onion, basil, mustard or cinnamon, drink and go to bed (Ni, p. 116)
cilantro and ginger tea (Ni, p. 116)
scallion and basil tea (Ni, p. 116)
tea from mustard greens, cilantro and green onion, ginger (Ni, p. 116)
miso soup with ginger and scallions
for Wind-Heat type:
cabbage broth (Ni, p. 117)
cilantro and mint tea (Ni, p. 117)
mint, chrysanthemum, and dandelion tea (Ni, p 117)
mint, dandelion, and licorice tea (Ni, p. 117)
eat 2 or 3 cloves of raw garlic 2 or 3 times per day
avoid:
cow's milk and other dairy products, white bread, refined foods, processed foods, sugar and sweets, catarrh-forming foods: tofu, meat, ice cream, shellfish, heavy protein foods, fats, meats, vinegars
supplements
Vitamin C
Vitamin A
Zinc
footnotes