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cutaneous system
pityriasis rosea
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,
foods rich in Vitamins A, B-complex and C, Zinc
black bass, rye, avocados, sea vegetables, whey, apple, cucumbers, millet, rice polishings, rice bran, sprouts (Jensen, p. 63)
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)
specific remedies:
4 oz. mung beans and 2 oz. raw brown sugar boiled in 1 1/2 pt. of water until reduced to half. Eat and drink (Butt and Bloomfield, p. 119)
avoid:
meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods, stimulating foods, coffee, caffeine
supplements
cod liver oil 2 Tbsp per day (J. Am. Acad.,1980, p. 222)
Vitamin A in large doses (Arch Derm., 1980, p. 888) (Austin, 1987)
quercetin 500 mg three times daily
Zinc 30 mg per day
bromelain 500 mg three times daily
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