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immune system
scleroderma
nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles:
• see rheumatoid arthritis, esophageal dysfunction, nephritis accordingly
• elimination/rotation diet, rotation diet, rotation diet expanded

therapeutic foods:
• foods that invigorate the Qi and Xue (Blood)

avoid:
• food intolerances
• meat, alcohol, 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


supplements

• para-amino-benzoic acid 10-12 g per day (watch for side effects: rash, anorexia, fever, vitiligo, loose stools) (Marz); 20 mg per day (Grace, 1963)
• Vitamin E 800-1600 IU per day (Ayres, 1973)


footnotes