Traditional diets & ayurveda, chinese medicine

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Hi All,

Feeling bummed, my daughter has had her 4th ear infection in 2

months, they are not responsive to anything but antibiotics, and

even so we try to hold out as long as possible before we use them,

but she is in such agony. We have tried garlic in the ear, garlic

oil in the ear, all kinds of stuff and I am getting frustrated.

Wondering if we need to clean the ducts in our heat system, as the

prior tenants had many cats...

Anyway, we do go see a Chinese medicine practitioner who makes all

these interesting dietary recommendations when dd has an ear

infection, no seafood, no nuts, no crackers (baked foods impart

excess heat into the body), we have a green light on cod liver oil,

but my favorite shrimp broth has been no-no-ed.

I spent some time gazing tonight at an Ayurvedic cookbook that

talked about fermented veggies, fruits as being questionable in the

diet. Milk products, something we struggle with, is of course

considered a great thing.

I am just wondering about the native dietary practices in China and

India, where these healing modalities come from.

Leann