Eating Principles:
• low sugar
• low fat diet of unsaturated fats
• calorie percentages: 70% complex carbohydrates, protein
12-15%, fat 15-18%
• high fiber
• low cholesterol
• low Sodium/Sodium-restricted diet
• 1-2 week fast on alkaline juices or watermelon fast, followed
by a vegetarian diet
• if overweight, reduce weight to normal range
• in extreme hypertension restrict diet to 500 Mg
• hypoallergenic/rotation diet
Therapeutic Foods:
• high Potassium foods, millet, buckwheat, oats, rice, raw
goat’s milk, raw leafy vegetables, watermelon, garlic, onions,
rutin-rich foods, cornsilk tea, diuretic foods, Mg , garlic, broccoli,
celery, cherries, nectarines, pineapple, kumquats, watermelons,
squash, pomegranate, guava, parsley, cucumber, dandelion greens,
cornsilk and white mushroom soup (Ni, p. 136)
• increase omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids: vegetable, nut,
seed oils, salmon, herring, mackerel, sardines, walnuts, flaxseed
oil, evening primrose oil, black currant oil
Fresh Juices:
• carrot, parsley and celery (Jensen, p. 50)
• lime and whey powder (Jensen, p. 50)
• grape and carrot (Jensen, p. 50)
• grapefruit
• carrot, spinach, beet, and parsley (Walker, p. 126)
• celery and apple (Walker, p. 126)
• watermelon (Shefi)
• cornsilk tea (Shefi)
• 1/2 cup fresh snowpea
• soybean sprout tea (Ni, p. 136)
• carrot, beet, and cucumber (Walker, p. 126)
• carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 126)
• warm celery (Ni, p. 136)
• mung bean soup (Ni, p. 136)
• chrysanthemum and spinach tea (Ni, p. 136)
• persimmon (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 63)
• radish (Chao-liang, Qing-rong, Bao-zhen, p. 12)
• cucumber vine tea (Chao-liang, Qing-rong, Bao-zhen, p.
57)
Specific Remedies: (PLEASE
NOTE, these are "home", or "folk"
remedies, not "medical")
• take 60 g of banana skins or stems, steam in water and
eat t.i.d. (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 65)
Liver Yang Rising:
• one cup of grape juice and celery juice each, taken with
warm water t.i.d. for 20 days. After one 20-day course of treatment,
a 5-7 day rest, then resume another course.
• drink the decoction of: 10 water chestnuts and 25 g each
of kelp and corn silk
• soak peanuts in vinegar for 5 days, eat 10 peanuts every
morning
• take a handful of sunflower seeds every morning and evening
with 1/2 cup of celery juice for one month
• drink one small “wine glass” of turnip juice
morning and evening for 10 days
• decoct 250 g celery (1/2 lb.) and drink, at same time eat
10 large Chinese dates
• soak 6 g black fungus in water overnight; steam for one
hour; sweeten with sugar to taste. Take one time per day in evening
before bed until the symptoms and blood pressure have improved.
• for constipation caused by hypertension: take 500 g of
peeled banana and mash together with 15 g black sesame seed. Eat
q.d. (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 65)
• take 60 g of water chestnuts and 30 g of fresh orange peel.
Add water, steam until cooked and serve b.i.d.-t.i.d. (Yin-fang
and Cheng-jun, p. 68)
• take 30 g dried green peach (pitted young green fruit left
to dry in the sun) cover with water and simmer until cooked and
drink in place of tea. (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 69)
Avoid:
• food intolerances
• salt, salty foods: pickles, olives, chips, packaged snacks,
meat, (especially ham, frankfurters, bacon, bologna, corned beef,
lunch meats, frozen fish fillets, sardines, herring, caviar, anchovies,
shellfish), dairy products, spicy foods: salsa, white and black
pepper, mustard, ginger, hot foods, canned tomato juice, V-8 juice,
processed cheese, canned, dried or instant soups, frozen peas
and beans, most processed and refined foods, MSG, mayonnaise,
salad dressings, gravies, ketchup, food with Sodium benzoate as
a preservative, Sodium proprionate in cheese and bread, baking
powder, baking soda, ice cream, milkshakes, soft drinks, smoked
meats and fish, Jello, pretzels, potato chips, salted nuts, candy,
rennet tablets, pudding mixes, beverage mixes, spicy foods, alcohol,
fried foods, fatty foods, pork, overeating, low levels of Calcium
• alcohol, sucrose, caffeine
• trans-fatty acids, hydrogenated oils (margarine, vegetable
shortenings, imitation butter spreads, most commercial peanut
butters) oxidized fats (deep fried foods, fast food, ghee, barbequed
meats)
Supplements:
• Vitamin A (McCarron, 1984, p. 1392ff)
• Vitamin B-complex (Vodoevich, p. 9ff, 1986)
• Vitamin B3
• Vitamin C (McCarron, 1984, p. 1392ff)
• Vitamin D (Sowers, p. 135ff,1985)
• Calcium 1-2 grams q.d. (McCarron, 1985, p. 1392ff)
• Magnesium 500 mg q.d. (Dyckner, 1983, p. 1847ff)
• Potassium 100 mg q.d. (Ophir,1983, p. 963ff)
• Coenzyme Q10 60 mg q.d. (Yamagami, 1975, p. 273 )
• omega-3 fatty acids 10-15 g q.d. (Norris, 1986, p. 104)
• omega-6 fatty acids (EPO) (Soma, 1985, p. 325ff)
Cholesterol-rich Foods:
moderately low cholesterol diet - restrict to 100-150 g cholesterol/day
low cholesterol diet - restrict to 50-100 g cholesterol/day
| butter | brains | caviar |
| egg yolk | heart | kidney |
| liver | lobster | oysters |
| sweetbreads (thymus) | whole egg |
| beef | cheddar cheese | cheese spread |
| chicken | crab | cream cheese |
| fish | hard cheeses | lamb |
| lard and other animal fat | margarine * | mutton |
| pork | pork | veal |
| cottage cheese | ice cream | lowfat cheese |
| milk |