• Add the following to your diet:  Apples, apricots, asparagus, bananas, beets, black cherries, broccoli, egg yolks, kelp, leafy greens, miso, okra, parsley, peas, plums, prunes, purple grapes, raisins, rice bran, sea vegetables, squash, turnip greens, whole grains, and yams.
• Iron-rich meats may include wild Alaskan salmon, shellfish, clams, sardines, and free-range or organic:  organ meats such as liver, heart, tongue; beef, pork, lamb, and poultry
• Increasing intake of Vitamin C-rich foods can enhance absorption of iron.  One orange or 6 ounces of orange juice can double the amount of iron your body absorbs from plant foods.
• Grape juice (preferably organic) with no sugar or preservatives is a wonderful source of iron; drink 8 ounces a day.
• Eat raw spinach salads often (wash well).  Add any of the following iron-rich foods:  watercress, radish, kohlrabi, garlic, chives, leek and onion.
• Daily intake of 3-4 pieces of dry fig
• Brewer’s yeast is a good iron source
• Every morning and evening, eat two dried apricots.  Snack on raisins.
• Beet juice is a fabulous anemia remedy; make fresh in a juicer.  Throw a few beet roots into soup a few times a week.
• Try to cook in cast iron pots and skillets.  It is proven to significantly increase the amount of iron in foods.
• Honey helps increase the hemoglobin.
• Consume at least 1 Tablespoon of blackstrap molasses twice daily
• Avoid foods that are high in oxalic acid, as it interferes with iron absorption, such as:  almonds, cashews, chocolate, cocoa, kale, rhubarb, soda, sorrel, Swiss chard, most nuts and beans.
• Avoid beer and other alcoholic beverages, candy, dairy products, ice cream, soft drinks, coffee, and black tea.  Additives in these foods interfere with iron absorption.
• Do not take calcium, Vitamin E, zinc or antacids at the same time as any iron supplements; they interfere with absorption.
• Perform 20 minutes of pulse-raising exercise every day; this lets the body know it needs more oxygen.
• Vitamin C 1000 mg three times a day.

If anemia is not responsive to the above dietary changes, consider adding the following homeopathic remedies:

    1.  Ferrum metallicum
    2.  Helonias               
    3.    Natrum muriaticum

    4.  Pulsatilla

    5.  Secale

    6.  Ferrum Phos.  30C three times a day
    7.  Kali Carb

Herbal remedies include:

• Yelllow dock root tincture 25-40 drops 3 times daily
• Beet root capsules
• Wheat grass juice, 4 oz, 4 times a day
• Iron tea:

         2 tsp Yellow dock root
         ½ tsp nettle leaves
         ½ tsp dandelion root
         ½ tsp beet root
         ½ tsp licorice root
         ½ tsp cooked rehmanni root (may be found in a Chinese grocery store)
         3 cups water

Bring herbs and water to a boil, turn down heat, and simmer for 5 minutes.  Turn off heat and let steep for 20 minutes.  Strain out herbs.  Drink 2 cups a day.

• Chlorophyll, 4-6 daily or 1-3 Tbsp daily
• Floradix Iron plus Herbs 2 teaspoons daily
• Source Naturals Chelated Iron
• Standard Process Labs Ferrofood 3-6 tablets daily