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digestive system
gastroenteritis
nutrition
dietary guidelines
eating principles:
short fast recommended (see Fasting in materia medica) or follow the sample diet for acute phase
sample diet
» acute phase (1-3 weeks)
breakfast: whole brown rice cereal (cook 3-4 tbsp. rice flour with 2 cups water, stirring constantly over heat), 2 tsp. olive or corn oil
morning snack: raw grated apple or applesauce or baked apples (sour or semi-sour only)
lunch: vegetable soup from celery, parsley, zucchini, squash, pumpkin, carrot, potatoes (blended and strained), steamed carrots and squash, rice or millet or barley or potato, 2 tsp. olive or corn oil
afternoon snack: same as morning
dinner: same as lunch
as improvement occurs:
breakfast: oatmeal 3x/week; add soft boiled egg during one meal 3x/week
snacks: add almonds (raw and blanched) with apples
lunch and dinner: if no intolerance to dairy, add yogurt (preferably goat), green beans, waxed beans, lettuce, cucumber, green onion, parsley, celery, garlic, lentils, peaches, apricots, watermelon, grapefruit, grapes, ripe bananas, goat whey
After stabilization:
Vegetarian Sample Diet
cruciferous vegetables to be eaten only with carminatives (fennel, caraway, cumin, anise, dill)
be careful with food combinations; especially avoid starch, sugar, protein combinations (i.e. cheesecake). Avoid eating too many types of foods at one time. Stick to one type of starch per meal. Eat more steamed vegetables than raw ones. See General Guidelines for Eating
a short (3-5 day) fast is recommended or an alkaline juice fast. See Fasting in materia medica.
all foods must be eaten slowly, and chewed well
therapeutic foods:
foods that calm the Shen (Spirit), harmonize the Stomach and Spleen; potato broth, carrots (cooked), okra, parsnips (steamed and mashed), squash, pumpkin, figs and flax seed tea, steamed zucchini and squash, papaya, grated raw apple, applesauce, ripe peaches without skin, banana (not in Cold conditions), rice porridge
fresh juices:
carrot (Walker, p. 138)
carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 138)
carrot, celery, parsley, and spinach (Walker, p. 138)
celery (Shefi)
apple (Shefi)
carrot and sour apple (Shefi)
papaya (Jensen, p. 183)
specific remedies:
crush 6 g of garlic and discard skins, add an appropriate amount of salt and crush together. Pour boiling water over mixture and steep. Drink twice daily (Chao-liang, Qing-rong, Bao-zhen, p. 87)
foods contraindicated:
artichoke, grape skins and seeds, roughage in general, raw foods, cold foods
avoid:
peanuts, meat, sugar and sweet food, refined and processed foods, corn, soybeans, most legumes, coffee, caffeine, oranges, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods
supplements
for fever
Vitamin A 100,000 IU per day (TOXIC DOSE)
Vitamin C 3-6 g per day
Zinc 60 mg per day
flaxseed oil 2 Tbsp per day
footnotes