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cutaneous system
herpes zoster
nutrition
dietary guidelines
eating principles:
if on a regular diet, try a vegetarian diet high in vegetables and complex carbohydrates. If on a vegetarian diet, try a fruit and vegetable diet or a short fast
therapeutic foods:
increase foods that cool the Xue (Blood) and clear Heat
mung beans, daikon radish, carrots, lemon and water
foods rich in Vitamins B-complex and C, Zinc
fresh juices:
lemon juice in water on empty stomach in morning (Shefi)
carrot
celery (Shefi)
apple (Shefi)
lettuce and dandelion (Ni, p. 39)
parsley (Ni, p. 43)
carrot, celery, lemon (Jensen, p. 63)
cucumber, endive, pineapple (Jensen, p. 63)
carrot, celery, spinach, and parsley (Walker)
avoid:
meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods, stimulating foods, coffee, caffeine
therapeutic considerations:
Enhance immunity: consider constitutional hydrotherapy if the patient can tolerate it.
supplements
Vitamin C: Use high doses to bowel tolerance. 10 g per day (IV is best) (Zureick,1950)
Quercetin can inhibit the replication of various viruses and may be effective in the treatment of Herpes zoster. (Marz, p. 425, 1997)
Selenium: up to 800 mcg per day for acute situations
Consider IM or IV vitamins such as vitamin C, Echinacae, Myers Cocktail, Vitamin B12 and B1. (Marz, p. 425, 1997)
Vitamin B12 1000 mcg IM per day
Herpes zoster ophthalmicus: Vitamin C and A drops.
Adenosine monophosphate (AMP 25 mg/ml), 2-3 ml IM every day or other day as patient is responding. Can also use IV.
DHEA or low dose cortisone may be indicated. (Marz, p. 425, 1997)
DL-phenylalanine
Vitamin B5 500 mg three times daily
topical:
Zostrix (capsaicin): Topical applications may be helpful in some cases. Zostrix affects the efferent nerves endings.
Glycyrrhiza topically may be helpful. It can be applied with DMSO to drive the Glycyrrhiza into the nerve root. Other botanicals may also be administeredsuch as aloe vera, along with vitamin E and zinc oxide. (Marz, p. 425, 1997)
Vitamin E (for post-herpetic neuralgia) 1200-1600 IU per day (Mihan, 12/73) topical application
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