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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