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musculoskeletal system
hernia
nutrition

dietary guidelines

therapeutic foods:
• liver-cleansing foods: beets, carrots, artichokes, lemons, parsnips, dandelion greens, watercress, burdock root
• foods that tonify the Liver, move Xue (Blood) and Qi, foods with descending energy
Male:
• squash seeds, almonds, sesame seeds, tahini, foods rich in Vitamin E, kelp (Jensen, p. 61)

fresh juices:
• carrot (Walker, p. 142)
• carrot, celery, spinach, and parsley (Walker, p 142)
• carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 142)

specific remedies:
Male:
• take 30 g dried green peach (pitted young green fruit left to dry in the sun) and a fresh mango. Cover with water and simmer until cooked. Serve twice daily (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 69)
• take 30 g of tangerine seeds, stir-fry until yellow then crush finely. Add 30-60 g of rice wine and drink twice daily (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 97)


supplements

• Vitamin C 6-8 g per day


footnotes