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eyes/ears/nose/throat
dental caries/toothache
nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles:
• foods high in fiber

therapeutic foods:
• for prevention: carrots, celery, apples
• for Kidney Xu (Deficiency) toothache, increase foods that tonify the Kidney
• for Stomach Fire Shi (Excess), eat foods that cool Fire

fresh juices:
• carrot (Shefi)
• carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 133)
• carrot, dandelion, and turnip (Walker, p. 133)
• carrot, lettuce, and spinach (Walker, p. 133)
• carrot, dandelion, and lettuce (Walker, p. 133)

avoid:
• for prevention: sticky, sweet foods that stick to teeth: raisins, honey, toffee, taffy, dates, candy, figs
• lamb (Ni, p. 87)
• for toothache due to Shi (Excess) Heat, avoid hot, spicy foods, hot-natured food


supplements

• Flouride 1 mg per day as rinse
• Vitamin C 3 g per day
• Vitamin B-complex
• Calcium citrate 400-500 mg per day
• Zinc
• trace minerals (NCNM)
• Vitamin B6 especially pregnancy, as a rinse up to 50 mg per day


footnotes