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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