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cutaneous system
tinea/ringworm
nutrition

dietary guidelines

therapeutic foods:
• increase foods rich in Zinc, Selenium, Vitamins A, C, and B-complex
• foods rich in Silicon (Jensen)
• kelp
• increase garlic consumption
• black bass, rye, avocados, sea vegetables, whey, apple, cucumbers, millet, rice polishings, rice bran, sprouts (Jensen, p. 63)
• turnips (Ni, p. 52)

fresh juices:
• carrot, celery, lemon (Jensen, p. 63)
• cucumber, endive, pineapple (Jensen, p. 63)

specific remedies:
• apply lemon juice topically (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 64)
• peel, seed, and crush unripe papaya and add 30 g each salt and vinegar. Mix well, then strain and rub liquid on affected parts (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 91)
» Tinea corporis: cut up and crush 250 g fresh ginger and soak in 500 ml white wine for 2 days. Apply externally to affected area four times per day
• crush peeled garlic cloves; mix with sesame oil or lard to make ointment. Apply externally (Lu, p. 156)
• mix 20 g whole cloves with 70% alcohol to make l00 ml. Apply externally to affected area (Lu, p. 156)
• apply Vitamin E oil topically
» Ringworm: apply grated raw turnip bulbs mixed with a tbsp. salt (Ni, p. 52)
grind the stones from longan fruit and rice vinegar into a paste, apply to affected area (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 29)
• grind fresh papaya seeds and apply directly to affected area (Bricklin, p. 204)
» Tinea pedis: athlete's foot: garlic powder sprinkled on toes (Shefi)
• take 60-150 g of pomegranate skin, add water and simmer until it thickens. Wash the affected area several times a day (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 26)
» Tinea: crush several unripe figs and squeeze to obtain the juice; rub this on the affected part daily (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 21)


supplements

• Vitamin A 25-75,000 IU
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin B-complex (Kirschmann, 1984)
• Zinc 30 mg per day
• kelp
• Chromium

» drug interactions:
• Vitamin E and griseofulvin (Fulvicin, Grifulvin V, Gristatin): Vitamin E increased serum and urinary griseofulvin (within 4 weeks in children), allowing dosage to be cut in half, this in turn would reduce hepatotoxicity of griseofulvin (Anonymous, 1990; p. 8)


footnotes