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DISORDERS
(Their description, characteristics or symptoms,
causes, and complementary or alternative treatments)
Disorder: INFLAMMATION
Description: Inflammation is a natural reaction to injury or infection. Any organ of the body, internal or external, can become inflamed.
Symptoms: The affected tissues swell, redden, become warm and tender, and may be painful.
Incidence:
Causes: External inflammation is most often the result of injury, but can also result from (or be aggravated by) infection, allergies, and other factors. Internal inflammation is often caused by bacterial infection, but can also be caused by disorders such as arthritis or allergies.
Treatments: The traditional methods for relieving inflammation are positioning the affected part properly (including splinting, if necessary), applying heat and/or ice alternatively, or herbal poultices, taking necessary antibiotics if bacterial infection is present, resting, and consuming a whole foods diet with emphasis on raw foods, fresh juices and filtered water.
Nutrients:
Supplement Dosage Comments
|
Vitamin C with bioflavonoids |
3,000-6,000 mg. daily, in divided doses |
Essential to the healing process and in reducing inflammation. |
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Proteolytic enzymes |
As directed on label, between meals and at bedtime, for 1 month |
Aids in controlling inflammation. |
|
Zinc |
50 mg. daily. (Do not exceed a total of 100 mg. daily from all supplements.) |
Helps to control inflammation and promotes healing. |
|
Bromelain |
As directed on label. |
Has anti-inflammatory activities. |
|
Garlic |
2 capsules 3 times daily, with meals |
Has natural anti-inflammatory properties. |
|
Multimineral complex |
As directed on label. |
Supplies important minerals. Needed to reduce stress, Use a formula high in calcium. |
Herbs:
 | Alfalfa is a good source of minerals and chlorophyll.
| Bilberry contains flavonoids that reduce inflammation.
| Echinacea, goldenseal, pau d’arco, red clover and
yucca are all good for inflammation. Caution: Do not take goldenseal
internally on a daily basis for more than one week at a time, do not use
during pregnancy, and use with caution if you are allergic to ragweed.
| Horsetail extract is a good source of silica,
beneficial for healing and repair of bones and connective tissue. | |
Recommendations:
| Eat a diet composed of 75 percent raw foods, and drink
plenty of herbal teas and juices.
| Eat half of a fresh pineapple daily. This is a good
remedy for swelling and inflammation, and should reduce pain and swelling in
two to six days. Only fresh pineapple is effective.
| Avoid cola, sugar, white flour products, and junk
foods.
| Cutting out red meat and poultry skin, as well as
full-fat dairy products, and eating fish can improve the level of inflammation
being experienced. | |
Considerations:
| Bacterial arthritis, which causes painful inflammation of the joints, is usually associated with an infection elsewhere in the body, such as in the lungs, kidney, or gallbladder. |
Vitamin For Life Recommended Regimen and cost:
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Product No. 59618 |
Description |
Comments |
Cost |
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970-12 |
Vitamin C 1000 mg. with rose hips tablets |
1 tablet 3 times daily |
$5.75/60 |
|
091-15 |
Citrus bioflavonoids 1000 mg. tabs. |
As directed on label, taken with vitamin C |
$5.95/100 |
|
614-12NP |
Bromelain 500 mg. |
As directed on label. |
$6.80/60 |
|
978-15 |
Garlic 400 mg. odor free tablets |
2 tablets 3 times daily, with meals. |
$5.50/100 |
|
968-15 |
Multi Vitamin with Minerals Spectrum |
As directed on label. |
$6.95/100 |
|
923-15 |
Zinc Gluconate (chelated) 50 mg. tablets. |
As directed on label. |
$3.64/100 |
Sources:
Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 2nd Edition
By James F. Balch, M.D. & Phyllis A. Balch, C.N.C.
Alternative Medicine, The Definitive GuideCompiled by the Burton Goldberg Group
