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Week Three Flashcards

1
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Dietary Causes of General Qi Def.

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  1. Too much cold foods
  2. Raw Foods
  3. Too much dairy
  4. Too many tropical fruits
  5. Frozen Foods
  6. Denaturalized foods
  7. Canned Foods
  8. Ice-cold beverages
  9. Irregular eating habits
  10. Hasty eating/ eating too late in the day
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Cooking Method for Qi Def

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Warming

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Thermal Nature for Qi Def

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Neutral, warming, sometimes hot

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2 foods that are the hotess internally

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Lamb

Venison

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5
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Flavour therapy for Qi Def

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Neutral to warm-sweet

Neutral to warm-pungent

Neutral to warm-salty

occasionally hot

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Foods to Qi Def

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Grains: Oats, corn, rice, millet

Meat: poultry, lamb, beef, venison

Veggies: Carrots, leeks

Fish: Oyster, trout, lobster, mussels

Spices: ginger, Garlic

Nuts/Seeds: Hazelnuts, sesame seeds (black), walnuts

Legumes: lentils

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7
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Best way to treat Qi Def with food..

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Eat a warm breakfast!!

At least one or two warm meals daily ie. soup/stew

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What is yang def preceded by?

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Yang Def is always preceded by protracted Qi Def and the transition between the two is not clearly delineated.

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Cooking Method for Yang Def

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Warming
Grilled
Fried

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Meat for Yang Def

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Beef
Poultry
Lamb
Venison!

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Foods for Yang Def

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Same as for Qi Def but also:

Fennel
Walnuts
Chestnuts
Corn
Raisins
Cherries
Peaches
Leeks
Pungent
Spices
Vegetable Stews
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12
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Causes of Stomach Yin Def

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Lifestyle Causes

Irregular Diet and Eating habits
Eating late @ night
Skipping meals
Hectic lunch hour
Worrying while eating
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Dietary Causes for Yin Def

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  1. Excessive intake of extremely warming foods
  2. Pungent spices that dry out the body fluids and hurt yin
  3. Excessive intake of coffee, black tea, red wine or high proof
    alcohol beverages
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14
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What common organs are involved in general Qi Def.?

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Spleen Qi
Kidney Qi
Lung Qi

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Yin Def Lifestyle Causes

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Chronic Illness
Increased Sexual Activity
Increased Drug use/meds
Emotional Strain
Overexertion/Overwork
Sleep Deprivation
Stressful Lifestyle
Depletion of Body Fluids
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Foods for Yin Def

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Meat/Fish: Pork, Oysters

Veggies: Cool Veggies: Spinach, tomatoes, seaweed

Grains: Spelt, corn, rice, wheat

Fruit: Apples, pears, blackberries, citrus fruits, strawberries, bananas,
grapes

Dairy: Butter, cheese, yogurt, milk Goat products = HEAT

Soy: tofu, soy milk

Beverages: Red fruit juices, citrus juices, wheat beer, green tea

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17
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What is Green Tea good for?

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Nourishes Liver Yin

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18
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What is often at the root of many gyno problems?

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Blood Def

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19
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Things to Avoid if your Blood Def

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Warming cooking methods and thermally hot foods

All bitter foods, especially pungent hot and pungent warm because
they dry out blood

Black tea, hot chocolate, pungent spices such as garlic, ginger,
pepper, curry, cinnamon

Energetically hot drinks such as coffee, alcohol, chai tea

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Cooking Method for Blood Def

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Cooling

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Flavour for Blood Def

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Sweet-Neutral

Sweet- warm

Sour- Neutral

Sour-Warm

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Foods for Blood Def

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Grains: Oats, amaranth, short grain rice

Veggies: All thermally neutral and cool veggies: Red beets, Red cabbage, Carrots, spinach

Meat: Chicken, beef, veal, lamb liver

Fish: Oysters, mussels, squid, perch, eel

Fruits: Red grapes, cherries, plums, apricots, longans (lychee)

Nuts/Seeds: Sesame, Sunflower

Beverages: Red Beet juice, sweet cherry juice, plum juice, red tea, rosehip tea, red grape juice, red wine

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Foods for Liver Blood Def

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Thermally neutral and cooling

green veggies of the wood element

Beans
Broccoli
Lettuce
Swiss Chard

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24
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What would muscle cramps in Gastrocnemius mean?

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Liver Blood Def

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25
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Whats the bitter flavours action and why avoid for a blood def patient?

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Its drying!!

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26
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Foods to prevent greying hair and hair loss/baldness?

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Hijiki Seaweed
Blackstrap Molasses (too much may have opposite effect)
Nettles
Wheat Grass

These four foods are rich in blood building iron and nettles and wheat grass are high in chlorophyll

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27
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One famous Chinese herbal blood tonic to darken grey hair

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Polygonum Multiflorum ( Ho shou wu)

This black root is too warming and Tonifying to the liver for most westerners causing depression and anger

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28
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Chinese remedy for prematurely greying hair

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Black Sesame Seed

*Used for a laxative and should not be used if it causes loose stools!!

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29
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In the Inner Classics what flavour should we avoid eating to much of otherwise our head hair will fall out

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Sweet

Too much sweet flavoured foods makes the head hair fall out

Also too much salt damages the blood and therefor the hair

30
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4 Foods highly rich in iron?

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Hijiki Seaweed
Blackstrap Molasses
Nettle
Wheat Grass

31
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Foods that weaken Wei Qi

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All foods that weaken the yang of the body

Cool Foods
Cold Thermal Temp
Raw Foods, Salads, Cold types of fruit, dairy, cold beverages

32
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What flavour should you avoid at the acute stage of a cold?

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Avoid Sour Flavour

33
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What foods do you avoid in the Acute Stage of a common cold?

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Avoid all foods that increase the formation of mucus to protect the weakened lung qi from possible phlegm disorders and to avoid straining the spleen

Bananas
Dairy
Raw Foods
Very oily/fatty foods

34
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Functions of Wei Qi

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Warms and moistens skin and mm

Protect body from Evil Qi

35
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Factors that weaken Wei Qi…

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Weakened Lung Qi, Weaken Spleen/Stomach, Weaken Kidney yang and essence may contribute to weakened Wei Qi

36
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What Foods should you eat at the early stages of a cold?

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Anything with strong yang energy

Ginger
Pepper
Chai Tea

All yang foods are recommended for strengthening Wei Qi

37
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2 Types of Flavours beneficial for the early stages of a cold?

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Pungnet- Warm

Pungnet - Hot

38
Q

Whats a great TCM herbal for Supplementing Wei Qi?

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Huang Qi ~ Astragalus

39
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Decoction for a cold…

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Fresh Ginger and Spring Onions

Simmer thumb sized pieces of fresh ginger and green onion in 0.5L
(2 cups) of water for 10 minutes. Drink 1-2 cups while liquid is warm.

40
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Differentiating sign of heat cold or cold cold?

A

Sore Throat

41
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Guidelines for Treating Severe Deficiencies

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  • Treatments should progress at a slower rate and with greater care. Programs must follow a regular schedule and is especially important to do so with older people and those with serious conditions
  • When balancing heat and cold in a diet choose less extremely cooling or heating foods and preparation methods
  • Avoid creating shock with a completely new dietary plan. Omit harmful foods and new foods can be added gradually.
  • Appropriate herbs, mild exercise, air and sun baths, and acupuncture may be helpful
  • Self-reflection, affirmations, prayer, visualizations, meditations and awareness practices are good to develop internal awareness and help overcome a healing crisis
  • Look at environment. Look at aversions to climate such as cold and damp. Also look at attitude of family/friends who share your space/environment.
42
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What are the three fundamental properties of Chlorophyll

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  • Purify
  • Quell Inflammations
  • Rejuvenate
43
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What food gives us a renewed sense of clarity and renewed energy to improve our digestion and absorption?

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Freshwater Algae

Important to ensure our health and well-being

44
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What conditions does Chlorophyll benefit?

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Anemic Conditions

High Blood Pressure

Strengthens Intestines

Relieves Nervousness

Mild Diuretic

45
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What three foods contain the most Chlorophyll?

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Spirulina

Chlorella

Wild Blue Green Algae

These also contain the highest sources of protein, beta carotene and nucleic acids of any animal or plant food

46
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Benefits of Spirulina?

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Nurturing

Tonifying and useful for overcoming deficiencies

Cleansing

47
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What special type of protein comes from Spirulina?

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Biliprotein

Pre-digested by the algae

48
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What is Biliprotein in Spirulina beneficial in treating?

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Obesity
Diabetes
Hypoglycaemia
Cancer
Arthritis 
Severe liver damage from malnutrition, alcoholism or drugs
49
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Benefits of Spirulina in TCM

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Slightly salty flavour
Cooling
Increases Yin Fluids
Highly Nutritive
Detoxifies the Kidneys and Liver
Builds and enriches the Blood
Cleanses the Arteries
Enhances Intentional Flora
Inhibits the Growth of Fungi, bacteria and yeasts
50
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Dosage of Spirulina

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10 grams - one heaping teaspoon of powder

5 grams - Tablets 2X a day (Double for Imbalances)

51
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What Food is the same as Spirulina but slightly different?

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Chlorella - Just a fraction of beta carotene and more than twice the Nucleic Acid and Chlorophyll

52
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What part of Chlorella is the most important?

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The cell wall

It binds with heavy metals, pesticides and Carcinogens such as PCBs and carries these toxins safely out of the body

53
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What is Chlorella Growth Factor?

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Is related to the special nature of chlorella’s Nucleic Acid

54
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What are the major uses of Chlorella?

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  • Is considered the least cooling, most tonifying and most gently cleansing of the micro-algae. It is the safest to use for deficiencies
  • Highest chlorophyll content of any food, beneficial in the treatment of candida overgrowth, Epstein-Barr virus, chronic fatigue and AIDS
  • Has high fatty acids shown to reduce cholesterol and prevent atherosclerosis
55
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Whats the two major differences between Chlorella and Spirulina?

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  • Chlorella doesn’t contain Biliprotein

* Chlorella isn’t useful in the treatment of Obesity as more than 23% of its caloric content is fat

56
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Dosage for Chlorella

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For prevention 2-3 Grams

For during a disease process 6-12 grams

57
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What are the properties of Blue green?

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Bitter
Cooling
Drying
Mildly Diuretic
Neuro Stimulant
Anti Depressant
Relaxant
58
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Which one out of Spirulina, Chlorella and Wild Blue-Green has the most extreme properties and has the most precautions?

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Wild Blue- Green

59
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What constitution of a person should be cautious when taking Wild Blue - Green?

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A cold Constitution

If weakness, thinness, dryness and/or spaciness

60
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Contraindication of Blue-Green

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Pregnancy

Unless the person has been taking it at least one year prior to conception

61
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Dosage of Wild Blue-Green

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1-2 grams

3-10 grams per day for disease or stress
Divided into 3 equal parts 3X a day

62
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What is unique about Cereal Grass?

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  • Have unique digestive enzymes that help resolve indigestible and toxic substances in food

*Contain Anti-Oxidant Enzyme “Superoxide Dismutase (SOD)”
and P4D1 which both slow cellular deterioration and mutation which is good to treat degenerative disease and reverse aging

63
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What are the traditional medicinal uses of Wheat and Barley Grasses used for?

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Arthritis
Bruises
Burns
Cancer
Constipation
Emphysema
Gangrene
Poison Oak Rash
Rheumatism
Wounds
Hypertension
Cholesterol Excess
Anemia
Hepatitis
Obesity
Diabetes
Peptic Ulcer
Hypoglycemia
Fatigue
Hemorrhoids
Prostate Difficulties
PMS
Muscle debility
Toxicity from Lead, Mercury and other heavy metals
64
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Dosage of Wheat and Barley Grass

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One ounce

Never take more than 2 ounces at one time, its not toxic but it doesn’t increase effectiveness

65
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Properties of Cereal Grass

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Compared to Spirulina and Chlorella cereal grass is more cooling and more quickly cleansing of toxina in the body BUT compared to Wild Blue -Green its less cooling and cleansing!

66
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What are the most common Nightshade Foods

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Tomato
Potato
Eggplant
Bell Pepper

67
Q

What name does Nightshade derive from?

A

Nihtscada

meaning the shade or shadow of night

68
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What happens if you eat too many nightshades?

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  • Physical and mental weakness (They are weak and fragile plants and without a central core)
  • Premature Aging ( Will make the person look more older and wrinklier)
  • A Dirty-Grayish complexion, accompanied by skin sagging
  • Insomnia
  • Poor Circulation resulting in stiff and rigid joints/muscles
69
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What toxic substances are in Nightshades?

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Solanine
Glycoalkaloids
Alkamines

70
Q

What does green found on a potato mean?

A

Indicates the presence of Solanine, a poison linked to rashes and other skin diseases

71
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What do Glycoalkoloids do?

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Cause Red blood cells to self destruct in Vitro

72
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What do Alkamines do?

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They are absorbed by the intestines and create nervous disorders in humans and animals

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