Patent ID: 6632461
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: A23L,A61K

Abstract:
A method of treating a patient affected with a symptom or condition selected from the group consisting of autism, anxiety, arthritis, asthma, colic, congestion, diabetes, digestive upsets, irritable bowel syndrome, eczema, fatigue, migraine headaches, multiple sclerosis, seizures and rashes in animals, including humans, said method comprising the steps of:(a) withholding all food from said patient for a period of at least five days, except for a concentrated form of a tropical root crop; (b) feeding a concentrated form of a root crop selected from the group consisting of white sweet potato, malanga, cassava, true yam, water chestnut, arrowroot, and lotus for a period of at least five days to said patient; thereby treating said symptom or condition in said patient.