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eyes/ears/nose/throat
laryngitis/hoarseness
nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles:
• eat as little as possible
• increase Vitamin C foods, Vitamin A foods
• avoid heavy protein foods, fats, meats, vinegars, shellfish, sugars
• increase fluids
• short fast (see Fasting in materia medica)

therapeutic foods:
• steamed carrots, olives, daikon, celery, seaweed, licorice, cilantro (Ni, p. 157)

fresh juices:
• carrot (Walker, p. 144)
• carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 144)
• carrot, cucumber, and beet (Walker, p. 144)
• orange (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 83)

specific remedies
• tea from carrots, olives, drink three times daily for 1 week (Ni, p. 157)
• tea from daikon radish and green apples, twice daily (Ni, p. 157)
• tea from cilantro, 1 tbsp. green tea and salt, steep 5 minutes (Ni, p. 157)
• honey in warm water for dry, sore throat (Shefi)
• 8 oz. dried figs, 2 oz. molasses. Boil in 2 pt water until reduced by half. Eat and drink 5 oz at a time, per day- twice daily
• 4 oz. peanuts minus their brown skins, a little salt. Boil in 1 1/4 pt water until reduced by half. Eat and drink. (Butt and Bloomfield, p. 124)
• 5 oz. dried figs, 2 oz. raw brown sugar. Boil in 2 pt. water until reduced to half. Divide into 2 halves and eat and drink both in 1 day. (Butt and Bloomfield, p. 161)
• 3 pears, 2 oz. of honey: blend the pears with the honey in 1 pt. water. Boil until reduced by half. Divide into 2 halves and eat and drink both in 1 day. (Butt and Bloomfield, p. 161)

avoid:
• alcohol, stimulating foods, spicy, hot foods, fatty foods, fried foods


supplements

• Vitamin C 6 g per day
• Vitamin A 100,000 IU per day (TOXIC DOSE)
• Zinc 30 mg per day


footnotes