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cutaneous system
abscess
nutrition
dietary guidelines
eating principles:
if on a regular diet, try a vegetarian diet high in vegetables and complex carbohydrates. If on a vegetarian diet, try a fruit and vegetable diet or a short fast.
therapeutic foods:
watermelon, cucumber, garlic
foods rich in vitamin A
increase foods that cool the Xue (Blood) and clear Heat
fresh juices:
carrot
carrot, lettuce, spinach (Walker, p. 127)
carrot, beet, cucumber (Walker, p. 127)
celery
apple
breast abscess: lettuce and dandelion (Ni, p. 39)
breast abscess: parsley (Ni, p. 43)
specific remedies:
cabbage used externally as a poultice
mix raw scallions with egg whites and apply, changing poultice every 4 hours (Ni, p. 46)
poultice: grated raw turnip bulbs mixed with 1 tablespoon salt (Ni, p. 52)
lemon juice in water, on empty stomach, in morning
breast abscess: 2 tablespoon mung bean powder twice daily (Ni, p. 80)
roast dry figs until they become like charcoal; grind into a powder, apply to the wound and bandage (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 21)
take some longan fruit shell or stone and roast until it turns to charcoal. Grind into a powder, apply to affected area and bandage (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 28)
avoid:
meat, especially pork, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods
supplements
Vitamin C to bowel tolerance
Vitamin A 50-100,000 IU
Vitamin B-complex
Zinc 30-60 mg
thymus glandular
garlic (Smith, 1983)
» drug interaction:
Iron, Sodium, Calcium, carotene, Vitamin B12, fat, protein, cholesterol and neomycin (Mycifradin, Neobiotic): neomycin damages the intestinal villi and precipitates bile salts in the lumen; this leads to malabsorption of the enumerated nutrients
prednisone/prednisolone: causes Sodium retention
prednisone/prednisolone: causes reduced activation of Vitamin D (Travato, 1991; 44:1651-1658; Tuttle, 1982; 126: 1161-1162); 1,25(OH)2D3 can be measured to determine if supplementation necessary, with low levels can use calcitriol
Vitamin K and cephalosporins [cefuroxime (Ceftin), cephalexin (Cefanex, Keflet, Keflex, Keftab), cefixime (Suprax), cephadroxil (Duricef, Ultracef), cephaclor (Ceclor)]:
- cephalosporins interfere with Vitamin K metabolism, sometimes leading to hemmorhage (Anonymous, 1984; 42 (4): 162-163)
- cephalosporins reduce Vitamin K synthesis by destroying the colonic bacteria responsible for that process
prednisone/prednisone: causes increased urinary excretion of Zinc, Vitamin K and Vitamin C (Buist, 1984; 4 (3):114)
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