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pressure from sitting.
3. Some practitioners recommend using a rubber inflated ring when sitting so there is little pressure on the area, take it
every where she goes, or get one for the car and home.
4. Correct posture when seated and positions when sleeping can help.
5. Use Vitamin C 1000 mg or more
6. Use Zinc upwards to 200 mg
7. Get as much Garlic in her as possible, add it to her daily diet, she should smell like garlic.
8. Medicinal mushrooms such as Gano derma, Maitake, Shitake and Chaga help to build the deep immune system
and fight infection. Make broths of the mushrooms or take them as tinctures.
9. Astragulus is a great immune building herb.
10. For stress associated with her fast paced life give Siberian Ginseng, chronic stress depletes immune reserve and
response. Stress also effects B vitamin deficiency, she may benefit from a B-Complex supplement.
11. If it is necessary to open the cyst find a surgeon/physician that will try a lance and drain tube technique, less
invasive, quicker turn around. The tube stays in for a couple days to drain the cyst then it is removed, the wound heals
quickly. Don't let the surgeons foul you, the total cystectomy has only a 25% success rate.
12. Clean up her diet completely, the fuel of infection is sugar and carbohydrates, all products with ingredients that are
simple sugars (sucrose, corn syrup, dextrose and any sugar or sugar-alcohols) or are made with processed flours
(such as bleached white flour) should be avoided. Fat free products are full of sugars, they take the fat out and add
sugars for flavor and texture, avoid them also. No soda, juice or sports drinks. Her diet should consist of in this order:
water, vegetables, proteins then a small amount of fat. Fruits are also full of sugar and should be her dessert if she has
dessert at all.
13. Keep the area clean, bath and shower daily and after getting sweaty, have her change clothing so she is not sitting
around in sweaty outfits. Less damp wet and dark, less possibility of infection.
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