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 in calciums then probably he was too. This is what we can call deduction in mathematics. If you
find one problem in one member of the family, then you should look for it in other members of the family, especially if you find it in the mother and she's the one who does  the cooking. There are exceptions 133 to this rule. Nevertheless, it is ab solutely necessary to go by the num-
bers. 00 not try to draw any conclusions without scientific facts.
After I found him low in calciums I said, "Most people that have
your numbers would have a very difficult time living with a wife be-cause you would be at each other’s' throats every minute," and both of them looked as if lightning had struck them. Then they admitted they were on the verge of a divorce because they couldn't get along with each other. They had three children. I said, "It is very easy to fix this so that you can get along with each other." I had the calciums they needed and gave it to them to take, and in two weeks the nervousness had completely left them and they were deeply in love with each other again. Now whenever either one gets the least bit cross the other runs for the calcium bottle and says, "Here, honey, take your calciums!" I also told the wife what to do so she would not have acute indigestion.
So you can see how important it is for people to have a dietary test
made that will correct the mineral deficiencies in the body.
A young married couple can have the same problems with low
calciums and their life becomes upset and it leads to divorce because the low calciums had so upset the wife's nerves she cannot forgive and forget as quickly as a man, and neither can the man when his calciums are too low. When calciums are normal and all of the numbers sub-stantiate that they are normal, it is very easy to forgive. The lower the
calciums, the more difficult it is to forgive and forget.
During the act of intercourse there is an electrical charge that
passes between the male and female. Many times when the young couples get married, it takes up to five or six months to learn the real art of intercourse to get the maximum amount of ecstasy that is nor-mally due each other. There are conditions wherein the calciums are too low in one or the other and the sex act is a trying experience, and yet the grace of God keeps them from being irritable.
We now come to the problem that the Bible speaks of as fornica-
tion.
Those who engage in sex without marriage have problems. There
is a guilt feeling because they are not married, and they have not had enough practice in the act in order to reach the heavenly harmony that 134 was intended by God for the man and his wife. Sex acts without love
is very bad because it leaves each tom down rather than built up. It
causes the sex organs to refuse to accept enough manganese to keep the prostate in a man from having too many delta cells. It also causes a larger count of delta cells in the vagina area and sometimes the breasts of women, and it upsets the entire nervous system because it tears down the calcium contents of the system rather than build up the re-serve energy, and decreases the reserve energy greatly.
God made men to have one wife, the wife to have one husband,
and any breaking of this law is an attempt to break the biological laws made by the Lord Himself. In reality no one can break these laws, they only break themselves on these laws. Consequently, those wom-en that seIl themselves to prost itution far money, or any other reason,
simply look old at 30. They have burned themselves out for a few un-known reasons, sometimes money. These acts cannot be stopped by legislation. They can only be forced on the black market conditions, and it is up to the ministers to teach the young people the dangers of fornication, and not for the state to try to punish them for their acts.
If more young people were taught how much damage is done by
fornication they would listen and obey the laws because they want to be healthy. I'm not saying that fornication is to be avoided in all cir-cumstances from a biological viewpoint. There are women and men that are said to be over-sexed, and for some reason they do not marry, or their calciums are too low, and consequently they cannot find a partner that suits them enough to be married and live an honorable Christian life. The passion drive is so great in some that it upsets the calcium balance and the more the calci um balance. is upset the weaker
they become, and the weaker they become, the less faith they have, and the less faith they have, the more undesirable they become as a prospective partner. Many women are in an insane asylum because of this very condition of sinning. They do not even understand their problem.
Here again if a pastor knew how to counsel (biological church
problems) such people instead of telling them they are going straight to hell and would teach them to go to someone who can build up their 135 calciums, probably have them take a Dale Carnegie Course to improve
their personality, and to have a class in which the facts of life were
presented to them in a Christian way that many converts could be won to God's Kingdom.
, This does not mean that the pastor or the church is condoning the
illicit use of sex. The Bible says there is none perfect, no not one. It also says that he who does not keep the commandments and teaches man to do so is least in the kingdom of heaven. But he who keeps the commandments and teaches others to keep them is called great in the kingdom of heaven. The church is a hospital for sinners and not a
clubhouse for saints.
Jesus asked the woman when she was accused of adultery as he
wrote in the sand, "Where are thine accusers?" Then said to her, "Go,
and sin no more." Jesus did not condemn this woman, neither do I condemn her, but I put these people on the top of my prayer list. Any-one that would put such a person down, does not deserve to be in the kingdom of heaven. It is our sole dut y as Christians to labor until these
souls are born into the Kingdom. Every soul that is born into the Kingdom is there because of somebody's prayers and never because of somebody's gossip.
Please do not say, or quote me as saying, that I condone fornica-
tion or adultery. I do not condone it. However, it does exist so there must be a way that God has to solve these problems' and I believe that much of it can be solved with God's love, our love and biological means. In another chapter you were informed that women use seven times more calciums every day than a normal man, and for every time that the husband goes home and his wife is in a very bad humor and punishes him by refusing him the love, the bed life that he is entitled
to, that is when he is going to go to someone else and he's going to say, "My wife doesn't understand." (How fortunate he is that his wife doesn't understand or she would throw him over the sandy bank.) Now this does not justify him whatsoever, but it is a pastor's duty to know how to counsel and to take care of his sick sheep. And these people are sick and any shepherd that does not know how to care for his sick sheep is not going to have them very long. 136 The pastors' seminars are to teach the pastor how to feed his sheep
and how to care for his well and sick sheep so that souls can be Won
to Christ, and so that the young saints can grow up to be strong, ma-ture saints of God.   137 CHAPTER 19
OXYGEN

Creation begins with the Garden of Eden and ends with a Garden.
As long as anyone tries to bring God down to his size, he will not un-derstand the beauty of creation.
Many people think that Adam and Eve were naked in the Garden
of Eden. They were not naked until the fall. They were clothed in light we are told in the Book of Psalms. One of the interesting things about Adam and Eve as they were clothed in the light, was that they were in the image of God, and the Word says God is "a flaming fire, a flaming torch," and in the Book of Revelation it says when we are translated we shall be "like Him, we shall shine as the sun."
One thing about man being created in God's image, we were cre-
ated without any blood in our veins, or we were created without the need to breathe oxygen. If we had breathed oxygen we would have exploded and would have caught fire. According to the mathematics of the frequency upon which we live, the temperature of Adam and Eve's body in the Garden of Eden before the fall was 980 degrees cen-tigrade, because their bodies were anionic.
Adam needed a helpmate so God gave him Eve. The word ADAM means "red," for Adam was made from the dust
of the earth, and it was red. Eve was taken from the rib of Adam, and male and fern ale created He them.
Some believe that the tree in the midst of the Garden was the tree
of sense. I believe it was a fruit. As Eve partook of this fruit she was tempted by the king of all beasts, the dinosaur (serpent) and he was commanded to crawl on hi belly because he deceived Eve. The dino-saur became the snake after he lost his legs and was not in the Ark, so we are led to believe


 rong, you’ve just changed your entire relationship. It went  from lousy
to great by your changing your mind!
T ry to always r emember that you carry every relationship around with
you in your head. Robert Frost reminded us, “Y ou love the things you love
for what  they are.” When you for get this and process other pe ople on the
basis of what you think  t hey should be, or what they used  to be, or how they
compare to what you  are, then you’ve  sent love away, and in your mind, the
relationship has soured. Y ou experience every thing  and  eve ry one  in your
thoughts. Chang e your thoughts, and you change what you carry around in
your head as problems.
The world is just the way it is. The economy is just as it should be. The
people who are behaving “badly” in the world are doing what they’re
supposed to be doing. Y ou can process it in any way that you choose. If
you’re f illed wi th anger about all of those “problems,” you are one more
person who contributes to the pollution of anger.
Y our desire to do something ab out the lowest ener gies will mo tivate you
to b e mo re loving, more feeling, and more peaceful. And in so  doing, you
may inf luence t hose who are th e farthest removed from God to return to
their source. This new agreemen t with yourself to always stay connected to
Spirit even when it seems to be the most dif ficult thing to do  will allow
whatever degree of perfect harmony that your body was desi gned for to
proliferate. T urn  “diseases” over to God, and treat your body to regular
exercise, healthy  food, lar ge am ounts of pure water, and plent y of rest to
allow it to function as a container for Spirit to flow through.
Y our new agreement with realit y in which you’ve blended you r physical
self and  your personality with y our spiritual God-connected self will begin
to radiate a higher ener gy of love and light. Wherever you go, others will
experience the glow of your God consciousness, and disha rmony anddisorder and all manner of pr oblems simply will not flourish in your
presence. Becom e “an instrument of thy peace,” as St. Francis d esires in the
first line  of his famous prayer. Move up the ladder of human  awareness
from th e lowest to the highest. Become a mystical being  by simply
changing your mind from one that created and experienced problems, to
one that resolves them.
The Three Levels of
Consciousness
Throughout your life, you can measure yourself on the following three
levels o f consci ousness. Few, if any, ever stay at any one leve l all of the
time. These levels of awareness are presented from lowest to highest.
1. T he first le vel is ego con sciousness.  In ego consciousness, your
primary empha sis is on your personality and your body. There’ s an
exceptionally strong belief in your separateness from everyone else, from
all th at y ou’d like to attract into your life, and from God. This attitude puts
you into a state of competing for your share as if your job is to get there
first. W inning and being number one seem to be the most important things
you can do when  you live at the level of ego consciousness. Y ou  spend a lot
of your time m easuring your success on the basis of how you stack up
against others.
If yo u ha ve mor e than others, yo u feel better about yourself. Ha ving more
money m akes you feel better. A ccumulating more awards and prestige and
climbing higher  on the corporate ladder encourages you to feel good about
yourself. Ego consciousness pro ds you to compete, compare, and conclude
that you are the best, so you concentrate on running faster and looking
better than others. It’ s at this l evel of consciousness that problems exist.
This is where inner peace is virtually impossible and success eludes you,
because you must always be striving to be someplace else.
In order  to walk comfortably along the extra mile, you must tame this
ever -demanding, impossible-to -satisfy ego. Feelings of despair, anger,hatred, bitternes s, stress, and depression stem from the ego’ s anxiety and
insistence on living up to an ex ternal standard. The result is the anguish of
not mea suring up or fitting in properly. The ego will seldom allow you to
rest, and demands more and more because it’ s terrified that you’ll be called
a fa ilure. When you move beyond ego and make your higher self the
dominant force in your life, you’ll begin to feel that contentment and inner
glow of peace and success that characterizes the extra mile.
2. T he second level is gr oup consciousness.  Gro up consciousness is
similar to ego co nsciousness with the exception that you move p ast yourself
as the central focus of your life, and you now include othe rs who are
members of your tribe or your clan. Y ou suppress your individual ego and
join a lar ger or g anization, the group ego. Y our membership is based upon
your fam ily, your heritage, your racial background, your religion, your
language, your political af filiation, and so on. Y ou’re required to think and
act like the gro up to which yo u’ve been assigned. Y ou go to war in the
name of  patrioti sm to kill others who have been conditioned to do the same.
Y ou iden tify you rself as a partic ular ethnic person, often with la bels such as
Italian, Chinese, or African American.
At t he group consciousness level, you’re often dedicated to continuing
social problems such as war, b rutality, and religious persecution, which
originated in ancestral enmities  that have existed for thousands of years.
But it also comes right down to daily living. Families insist tha t you adopt
their viewpoint, hate whom they hate, and love whom they love. Y ou have
blind allegiance to a company that may be making weapons of destruction,
a concept to which you’re normally opposed, but you do it anyway because
“it’ s my job.” Some policemen and soldiers victimize their fellow human
beings by behaving worse than the criminals or so-called enemies they
abhor so much. Our inhumanity to our fellow human beings is often
justified on the grounds of a group-consciousness mentality. Members of
gangs or societies will behave in horrid ways, spurred on by a group or clan
mentality. In short, what the gro up dictates becomes your identification card
as a human being.
Remember that you can’ t solve any problem with the same mind that
created it. In order to resol ve a struggle that results from group
consciousness, you have to change your mind or continue to have theproblem haunt you. Resolving problems related to group consciousness
involves moving into the highest level.
3. T he t hird lev el is mystical c onsciousness.  This level of problem-free
consciousness is distinguished by the feeling of connectedness  rather than
separateness. At the level of my stical consciousness, you feel connected to
every individual, every creature, the entire planet, and God.
Feeling connected means you truly sense that we are all one, and that
harm d irected at others is r eally harm directed at ourselves. Here,
cooperation supplants competition; hatred is dissolved with love; and
sadness is reduced to nothingne ss with joy. At this level, you’re a member
of the human race, not a subgroup. Here, you’re a nation of the world with a
global awarenes s, rather than a patriot of any one country. In mystical
consciousness, you won’ t feel separate from any one, any thi ng, or God.
Y ou won ’ t be what you have, wh at y ou accomplish, or what others think  of
you. Y ou will be the beloved, and you will have changed your mind!
Problems will now be only illu sions of the mind that you no l onger carry
around with you.
As the great hu manitarian Mah atma Gandhi put it, “Man becomes great
exactly in the de gree to which h e works for the welfare of his fellow man.”
This is the level of mystical or God consciousness. It is a place  where you
can live a proble m-free existenc e by changing your thoughts fr om ego and
group consciousness to the higher level of mysticism. Here, you truly
understand what  Thoreau meant when he said, “There is no rem edy for love
but to love more.”T h e  S e v e n t h  S e c r e t
The happiness of your life depends
upon the quality of your thoughts …
take car e that you entertain
no notions unsuitable
to virtue and
r easonable natur e.
— Marcus Aurelius
God does not command
that we do gr eat things,
only little things with
gr eat love.
— Mother T eresa
T h e r e
A r e  N o
J u s t i f i e d
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, anti-inflammatories and steroids (including birth
control pills).
• Avoid excessive amounts of protein.
• Minimize or eliminate processed foods. Eat the right kinds of fats.
• Avoid sugar, white flour, coffee, excessive alcohol and fried foods. These
substances are hard on the digestive system.
• Adhere to proper food combining and chewing; the digestion process must
begin in the mouth and in the stomach for the intestines to function properly.
Do you suffer from indigestion, bloating, gas, cramping, loose stools, constipation
or gastrointestinal reflux? Any of these can indicate intestinal toxemia and should be
addressed before they lead to serious disease.
You can also consider other strategies if you are suffering from symptoms of poor
digestion: fasting, exercising, drinking large amounts of water, and taking high-
quality supplements, including probiotics, digestive enzymes, and vitamins and
minerals. All of these help to detoxify, repair and rebuild healthy tissue—in
particular by helping to create an environment in the digestive system conducive to
the growth and maintenance of friendly bacteria.
Allergies Should Signal Alarm
Allergies are a common source of internally generated toxins. Every allergic
reaction produces metabolic debris that has a toxic effect. We tend to think of
allergies as “normal,” a benign inconvenience, because so many people have them.
Not so. Healthy people do not have allergies. Allergies are an abnormal immuneresponse to foods and substances in your environment. Most food allergies are the
result of an abnormally functioning digestive system, as already mentioned, whereby
undigested food molecules are allowed to enter the bloodstream though damaged gut
tissue. The immune system recognizes these food particles as foreign, and you have
an immune response called an allergy. The body remembers this response; every
time you eat the offending food, an allergic reaction—and the toxins created by that
reaction— is produced.
When an offending substance, called an allergen, reacts with an antibody
produced by the immune system, large amounts of allergen/antibody (immune)
complexes can be formed. If immune complexes are formed in greater quantities
than the body can handle, they can be deposited in tissues (such as brain arteries,
brain membranes, small blood vessels, the liver, the uterus, the lungs and the
kidneys), where they are capable of clogging blood vessels and joints and are known
to release chemicals that cause a cascade of health-damaging reactions. Through this
mechanism, immune complexes may be responsible for up to 90 percent of all
kidney disease.
Allergies are an indication of systemic illness and should be considered a serious
immune dysfunction disease.
If you are allergic (and most Americans have allergies
and intolerances, although they may be unaware of it), determine the substances you
react to and avoid them. More importantly, strengthen your immune system, through
diet and supplements, so these reactions will not occur in the first place; optimize
your body’s ability to detoxify so that you can minimize damage caused by the
allergic reactions you do suffer.
Stress Poisons in Many Ways
Stress can be loosely defined as any demand we place upon the body; the body’s
reaction to these demands causes us to “feel stressed.” Everybody knows that stress
is hard on us, but few people understand why, on a physical level. Chronic stress
literally poisons you.
The body’s response to stress—often called the “fight-or-flight response”—refers
to feelings of anger or fear that generate the release of chemicals in your body,
designed to give you more strength in an emergency.
In an emergency situation that passes quickly—for example, you rush to catch
someone who is falling—the body is able to detoxify the stress chemicals that are
produced. However, when stress is chronic, and we constantly live our lives in
stressful ways, these chemicals build up and inflict damage to our cells. Common
stress symptoms include muscle wasting, fatigue, osteoporosis, high blood pressure,
fragile blood vessels, suppressed immunity, impaired mental function and a host of
other problems. What stress is, how it affects you (physically and psychologically)and what you can do about it will be explored more in chapter 7, which explores the
psychological pathway.
As we have discussed, the cells in your body naturally produce toxic byproducts
that a healthy body is designed to handle. If the body becomes overloaded with
toxins, for whatever reason, even normal metabolic toxins can add to the total toxic
load and damage cells. Chronic, internally generated stress chemicals can often
move us into toxic overload.
Illnesses also stress us with massive amounts of internally generated toxins,
which is why we must choose health in the first place. When symptoms of illness do
manifest, cells are malfunctioning and the body is struggling desperately to make
itself well again. Under these extra stress loads, to minimize the damage done,
taking steps to optimize cellular function becomes even more important.
Your Primary Toxic Defense: The Liver
Various organs in the body—kidneys, bowels, lungs, lymph system and the skin—
are designed to eliminate metabolic waste. Fiber helps “carry out the garbage” in the
digestive system, and exercise helps us detoxify via sweating and movement of the
lymphatic system. Water promotes detoxification through the kidneys and sweat
glands, and saunas assist in removal of both water and oil-soluble toxins.
At any given time, about 25 percent of all the blood in your body is in your liver,
awaiting detoxification. This process begins with a sophisticated filtering system
that captures and digests foreign debris. Next, enzymes, produced by the liver,
deactivate and eliminate toxins. If these enzymes are interfered with—either
deactivated by environmental toxins such as lead and mercury or never
manufactured in the first place because of nutrient deficiency—toxic overload is
certain to result. Liver enzyme detoxification has two phases: In phase one, the liver
produces enzymes that take harmful toxins such as alcohol, pesticides, herbicides
and prescription drugs, and oxidizes them (burns them) in preparation for removal
from the body. This process creates potentially harmful free radicals that must be
neutralized with dietary antioxidant nutrients. In phase two, more enzymes are used
to combine the oxidized chemicals from phase one with other molecules, which then
can be excreted harmlessly in the bile or urine. In both phases, the food we eat
supplies the raw materials needed to produce all of these enzymes and other
chemicals that are required. These elegant detoxification systems depend on a
constant supply of nutrients, which we must obtain from our diet, but we frequently
do not.
Help your liver’s phase-one detoxification process with antioxidant nutrients:
vitamins C, E and A, along with coenzyme Q10, carotenoids, bioflavonoids,
selenium, manganese, copper and zinc. Some of these nutrients neutralize freeradicals directly; others activate enzymes that neutralize them. Red, yellow and
green vegetables are loaded with these antioxidant nutrients. Assist your liver’s
phase-two detoxification with cruciferous vegetables, such as cabbage, broccoli,
cauliflower, green onions, kale and brussels sprouts. These vegetables enable the
liver to eliminate powerful carcinogens, helping to protect us against cancer. These
dietary suggestions, combined with high-quality supplements, can keep your liver’s
toxic defenses at peak function.
Much of our body is made of water; the kidneys need it to excrete water-soluble
toxins. Water constantly moves throughout your body and must be changed
frequently to keep it pure. A minimum of eight glasses of pure water should be
consumed every day, and more is better. Your water supply must be pure so as not to
add to your toxic load. Water should be consumed as water, not as beverages such as
coffee, tea or alcohol (these substances may cause the body to lose water). Water is a
simple choice, often overlooked. Dehydration is a common problem, especially
among our elderly population.
A toxic lifestyle is often created unwittingly. We fail to appreciate that many
small toxic exposures over time, to a wide variety of toxins, lead to an accumulation,
causing our cells to malfunction. Even small amounts of toxins can perform amazing
feats of chemistry by inhibiting hormones, deactivating enzymes, compromising our
detoxification systems and using up precious nutrients. Toxicity is seldom
recognized as a primary cause of our health problems. The toxic invaders in our
lives—whether they are brought into our homes or they are created in our own
bodies—are also not easily detected by typical “radar.” The toxins that harm us
seldom are labeled hazardous, and they are difficult to identify.
Once we understand the role toxins play in cellular malfunction, we can
understand the importance of minimizing toxic exposure and maximizing the body’s
ability to detoxify. In order to protect yourself and your family, you must learn how
to spot these silent and hidden dangers, and how to keep your defenses strong in
order to avoid toxic overload. Never before has the human body been faced with
such challenges of personal and global pollution. To respond to these challenges and
to move yourself in the right direction on the toxin pathway, learn to make the daily
choices that will reduce your toxic exposure and support your detoxification
systems.7
T
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SYCHOLOGIAC
P
ATHWAY
“The simple truth is, happy people generally don’t get sick.
One’s attitude toward oneself is the single most important factor
in healing or staying well. Those who are at peace with
themselves and their immediate


 It is used in a variety
of A yurvedic beauty preparations as it is extremely rich. Often
combined with jojoba oil, it is u sed for sunburn, as a skin softener
and to reduce scar tissue and stretch marks from pregnancy.
Murraya koenigi  Curry leaf
Found in many Indian backyards, the curry leaf plant is a staple in
Indian cuisine. However, its leaves also aid the digestion as it is
mildly laxative, and the powdered root and bark is used for relief
from kid ney pai n. T raditional healers often used crushed leaves on
topical applications of insect bites in the form of a poultice.
Zingiber of ficinale  Ginger
Ginger is used widely in both  A yurvedic and Unani medicine.
Charak, the ancient sage of In dian medicine, said: “Every good
quality is found in ginger”, and other texts suggest that everyone
should eat fresh ginger before m eals to enhance the digestion. It is
also believed to clear the micr o-circulatory channels of the body,help with joint p ain and motion sickness and facilitate absorption of
nutrients into the system.
Cymbopogon citrates  Lemongrass
A medicinal plant, lemongrass is used in A yurvedic herbal teas for
pitta  types, w hile the essential oil is a useful insect repellant. It is
also widely used in perfumes and cosmetics, and A yurvedic texts
indicate that it is a useful stress-reliever and cleanser when placed
with other herbs in a steam box.
Mentha arvensis  Mint
Called  paparaminta  in Hindi, mint is indigenous to India and is
widely distilled for its antiseptic  and antispasmodic oil. Helpful for
headaches, rheu matism and neuralgia, mint is also used in tea s to
prevent vomitin g and boost a weak digestive system. A popular
ingredient in A yurvedic herbal t oothpastes and soaps, it is a cooling
herb with a pungent aftertaste.
Ginger
Curcuma domestica  T urmericAn all-round wonder rhizome, the majority of herbal healers use
turmeric. Its benefits are too n umerous to mention, but its m ost
common uses are for detoxifying the liver, balancing cholesterol
levels, fighting aller gies, stim ulating the digestion, boos ting
immunity and enhancing the com plexion. Sushruta recommended it
for epilepsy and bleeding diso rders, while Charaka said it was
useful in skin diseases, as a mind/body purifier and to help the lungs
expel  kapha.
Cananga odorata  Ylang ylang
Oil from  the greenish-yellow flowers of ylang ylang (see right, top)
is relaxi ng and tension relieving. It is also recommended as an anti-
depressant. It has an erotic, sweet, fruity smell so is widely use d in
perfumery. Ylang ylang is also believed to regulate and balance skin
texture.
W ithania somnifera  Indian winter cherry
Also known as the Indian winter cherry,  ashwagandha  root (see
page 13 0) is sometimes called Indian ginseng as it is used in
A yurveda extensively. It has antioxidant properties and is also an
immune system booster; its anti-inflammatory and pain-reducing
properties make  it useful in the treatment of arthritis, and many
Indians believe it promotes longevity.
Glycyrrhiza glabra  Licorice
Famous for its distinctive flav or, licorice (see above) is use d in
traditional herbal medicine as a liver detoxifier and endocrine
system booster. It is also useful for a variety of bronchial probl ems
and in India licorice sticks wer e (and still are) commonly use d as
teeth-cleaners.Ylang ylang
Licorice
Camellia sinensis  T ea
W idely drunk throughout India, many people do not realize the
medicinal benefits of this ubiquitous plant when they drink a cup of
tea. T ea is an ef fective antioxidant; it stabilizes blood lipids, thus
helping in reducing cholesterol; it helps with hypertension; and is an
ef fective immune system booster.
Dashmool  “T en Roots”
The po wder o btained from what is known in A yurveda as
dashmool  or “ten roots” (s ee page 137) is  used in over 50 percent
of A yurvedic preparations. The potent combination of these ten
roots’ properties has resulted in a powder that may be takeninternally in the form of pills, rubbed on the body in the form  of
powders, or used externally and internally as an oil.  Dashmool  has
exhaustive healing properties, b alancing all three  doshas, reducing
ama  disorders, reducing numbness and stif fness in the body, and
helping with pain management.ayurvedic preparations
Ancient machinery grinds and reduce s ingredients into a thick black paste-like
consistency; this is then used to make pills or  gulikam.  Sida cordifolia  roots are
cut, washed, then crushed before being boiled and reduced (often many times);
the result  is a  bala  decoction. While boiling, oils have to be constantly stirred.
Open fires at a production facility in Kerala. Brass, copper or large iron cauldrons
are used for oil production.
A yurveda, Sid dha, Unani and T ibetan traditional medic ine
all use materi als from the earth in prescriptions. In m ost
cases, t he ingredients are not simply plucked and used, but
under go certa in preparatory  procedures before they are
considered ready for use. A yurvedic doctors stress the link
between freshness and ef fic acy in the case of herbs and
plants, whilst materials from the ground (metals, mine rals
and so forth) undertake co mplicated and time-consuming
purification processes.
In A yurveda, some preparations are used internally, others are
reserved for external use and some can be used for both. For  the
most part, oils (thailam ), powders (choornam ), raw herbal pastes
(kalkam ) and processed herbal pastes (leham ) are widely used as
topical applications. Internal prescriptions include fermented
preparations such as  asavam  and  arishtam  (both decoctions, the
former made without heat, the latter with heat), medicated ghees or
gritham,  bhasmas  (incinerated fine powders) and  gulikam  (pills).
None are easy to make.
Depending on the size and scale of the A yurvedic establishment,
medicines and oils are either sourced from reputable manufacturing
companies or pharmacies, or ma de on site. It is usually the smaller
concerns that grow or locally source their own ingredients, and
make their own medicines. Dr P Sathyanarayanan, a third-generation A yurvedic doctor bu t also a qualified doctor from the
A yurvedic Colle ge in Coimbatore, runs an A yurvedic home stay
with his  wife. “W e have cen turies of tradition behind us,” he
explains, “but also modern faci lities and a home-away-from-home
environment. All our medicines  are made on site in our production
facility, and we individually custom-make prescriptions for our
patients.”
Exploring the production facilit y is an eye-opener: each oil or
powder or pill has to go through numerous processes before it is
ready for use. T he procedures are time-consuming, made-by-hand
and labor -intensive, but this “return to basics”, in Dr
Sathyanarayanan’ s opinion, is the true route for authentic A yurveda.
Many agree with him. Punarnava, a Coimbatore-based
A yurvedic cons ultancy that helps link patients with suit able
A yurvedic doctors and homestays, embraces the concept of “living
in the present bu t drawing on traditions from the past to look to  the
future.” Their doctors believe t hat the “real” A yurveda is a potent
combination of ancient knowle dge, logical, ethical and spiritual
practice, a caring environment, correctly administered proced ures
and authentically prepared medicines. If all the above practiced,
they believe that A yurveda and A yurvedic medicines have a br ight
future.
The Aditya storage cupboard is constantly replenished. Ayurvedic preparations
should always be stored in air-tight bottles.listings
Ayurve dic Hospitals, Homestays and
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rely on the power of the stored  sexual  energ y (Ching)  to be
transferr ed into a  new  life-force  energ y (Chi),  and Chi into  spiritual
energy  (Shen).
     W omen have  the capacit y for virtuall y inexhaustibl e sexual
pleasure,  far greater  than  the capacity  of men. E ven though  women
do not lose  very much energ y during  interco urse as a  result  of
orgasm, that  small unit  of sexual ener gy multiplies, and  the longer
an orgas m lasts,  the more sexual  energ y can be produc ed. If
thought  of in units, the  energ y can be mu ltiplied  by the woman  from
10 units to  100,  1000,  or to hundre ds of thousands  of units.  However
if this sm all unit  of energ y is disposed  of, it no  longer  is wi thin reach,
and there  will be no opportunit y to transform it to the  higher  energ y
level.
     On  a da y-to-day level, this  storehous e of sexual energy
expresses  itself  as an  abunda nce of loving  and healing  energy
enough  for each  woma n to not onl y love  and heal  herself  physically
and psychicall y but to extend  that loving  and healing  to various
relationships  in her  life and commitments in  her community and
global  sphere.  It is no  accident  that women  beco me involved  in
professions  such  as nursing  and teaching,  occupations  which
require  the generatio n of tremendous  amounts  of loving,  caring,
and healing  ener gy.
     Aside  from being  a thrilling  experience,  the Orgas mic Dra w is a
technique  reaping  benefits  such  as organ  and gland  rejuvenatio n.
Every  time arouse d sexual  energ y is routed  to the  brain,  memory
improves,  cell are  nourishe d, and a wonderful feeling  engulfs  the
body  from the  top of the  scalp  to the  tips of the  toes.
- 129  -Orgasmic Upward Draw
B. Ovarian Breathing  and the  Orgas mic Draw
    Up to  this point  you have  learne d Ovarian  Breathing  as a me ans
to pump quiet  sexual  energy  create d in the ovaries  to the  brain.
The Orgas mic Dra w will teach  you how to draw  the far  denser
“arouse d” sexual ener gy upward. The m eans b y which you will
acco mplish this  initially  is mu scle po wer: You will use it not only to
stop the out ward movement of  the orgasm, but to actuall y change
the direction  of the energy  inward and upw ard. Eventuall y the control
will become mo re internal,  the mu scles of  the pelvic diaphr agm
will begin  to develop,  and you will be controllin g the Orgasm ic Draw
with your mind.
    The tem peratu re of sexual  energ y is the second  major differe nce
betw een Ovarian  Breathing  and the Orgas mic Dra w. The aroused
sexual  energy  cultivated  in the  Orgas mic Dra w is cooler  than  the
biologic,  repro ductive  (or sexual)  energ y that is produce d by the
ovaries  and harness ed during  the process  of Ovarian  Breathin g. It
is also cooler  than  aroused  sexual  energ y in m en, w hich is
considere d hot Yang energy. It is the  cool qualit y of this energ y that
enables  it to be  stored  in the brain  for future  use.
    As in Ovarian  Breathing,  the Chi  Muscle  play s a great  role in
directing  the energ y. To revie w briefly : contracting  the front  of the
anus  (part  of the perineum region ) brings  the energ y from  the
ovaries  (the Ovarian  Palace)  to the  perine um point.  Pulling up  the
middle and  contractin g the back  of the  anus  (the perineum region)
directs  the energy  from the perineum to the  cocc yx. This ma neuver
is useful  while you are still at the basic  level  of practice.  As your
practice  continues,  the control  becomes both  automatic and  internal.
1. Single and Dual Cultivati on
   Even though  most people  settle  upon  a particular  formula of
how they like to  have  sex and  stick to  this formula, this  does  not
mean that  they would not like anothe r means of gratificatio n if it
were offered  in a safe  and caring  way A woman  can enrich  her life
both physicall y and spiritually  by learnin g the Orgasmic Draw  as
taught  here  using  two path ways: Single  and Dual  Cultivation,  which
are by no means mutually  exclusive.  Single  Cultivation  is usually
practiced  by the woma n who does  not have  a sexual  partne r or
whose sexual partner  is not practicing  the Big Dra w (the man’s
version  of the Orgasmic Draw. Many  women  who practice  Dual
- 130  -Chapter  VI
Cultivation,  i.e., with a partn er who practices  the Big Dra w, find that
the route  of Single  Cultivation  (Ovarian  Breathin g, the Orgasm ic
Draw  and meditation,  as w ell as Iron Shirt Chi Kung  and Tai Chi)
cannot  be overlooke d.
    A woma n who practices  alone  begins  to feel  the spaciousness
inside  of her,  the blendin g of her body  with the universe,  and an
increased  sensitivity  to those  aroun d her. Som etimes these
experiences  are mere glimpses, but with continue d practice  they
can beco me part  of her  living  reality.
    A woma n practicing  with a partner  can learn  how  to share  ener gy
with her partne r and can begin  to approac h the experienc e of the
“Valley  Orgasm” or  “Beyond Orgas m” state, an experie nce of
heighten ed awareness for both  partn ers. As the two different  souls
or two spirits (Yin and Yang) unite,  an alchem ical fusion  of energ y
occurs  that gives birth  to a ne w consciousness  for both  partne rs.
As they  reach  the point  of “Be yond Orgas m,” each  having  opene d
their Microc osmic Or  bit, Thrusting  Channel  and Belt Chann el, both
will feel the sexual  energ y shoot  out of their  hearts  to the  tops  of
their heads.
A. So lo Practice
   The im portance  of Single  Cultivation,  especiall y at the beginning,
is strongly  recom mended.  With solo  practice  you will be better
able to tune  into your own responses  and thereb y have  more control
over your sexual  energy. Betw een the time you start  to experience
sexual  excite ment and  the time an orgasm is i mminent is a gap
you can pla y within. If you start the  Orgasmic Draw  when you are
only slightl y arouse d, you will not feel  very much sensation.  If you
wait until  you are at the  point  of pouri ng the energ y out, you may or
may not be  able  to capture  and prevent  it from leaving  your body.
Your solo practice  is invaluable  in enabling  you to sense  these
distinctions  and turn them into reflexes.
   After  you have  practiced  and feel you have  learned  the Orgas mic
Draw  well, you can try it with a partne r but it should  be a  partner
who is interest ed in these  practices  or who is aw are that you want
to rec ycle your sexual  energ y. It is im portant  to be  perfectly  frank
with your partne r so that both  of you know what is going  on.
- 131  -Orgasmic Upward Draw
B. Practicing  with a Partner
   If y ou have  a partner  who is also  practicing  the Big Draw  and
Testic le Breathing,  you are one of the  luckier  ones.  You will have
the opportu nity to experience  the exchange  of energ y with your
partner  and the possibility  of enterin g into the


	affirm	to	yourself,	“I	am	willing	to	release	the
need	to	be	an	angry	person.”	Notice	if	you	are	really	willing	to	let	go	or	do
you	still	want	to	hang	on	to	the	past.
Review	the	beliefs	checklist	below,	taken	from	page	61.	Next	to	them	are
the	corresponding	affirmations.	Practice	them	in	the	car,	while	brushing	your
teeth	in	the	morning,	in	the	mirror,	or	anytime	you	feel	your	negatives	coming
to	the	surface.If	You	Believe:
Your	Affirmation	Is:
I	am	afraid	of	anger.
I	acknowledge	all	my	feelings.
It	is	safe	for	me	to	recognize	my
anger.
If	I	get	angry,	I	will	lose	control.
I	express	my	anger	in	appropriate
places	and	ways.
I	have	no	right	to	be	angry.
All	my	emotions	are	acceptable.
Anger	is	bad.
Anger	is	normal	and	natural.
When	someone	is	angry	I	get	scared.
I	comfort	my	inner	child	and	we	are
safe.
It’s	not	safe	to	be	angry.
I	am	safe	with	all	my	emotions.
My	parents	won’t	allow	me	to	express
anger.
I	move	beyond	my	parents’
limitations.
I	won’t	be	loved	if	I	get	angry.
The	more	honest	I	am,	the	more	I	am
loved.
I	have	to	hide	my	anger.
I	express	my	anger	in	appropriate
ways.
Stuffing	anger	makes	me	sick.
I	allow	myself	freedom	with	all	my
emotions,	including	anger.
I	have	never	been	angry.
Healthy	expressions	of	anger	keep	me
healthy.
If	I	get	angry	I	will	hurt	someone.
Everyone	is	safe	with	me	when	I
express	my	emotions.
"I	give	myself	permission	to	acknowledge	my	feelings.”POWER	POINTS
1.	We	are	each	responsible	for	our	experiences.
2.	Every	thought	we	think	is	creating	our	future.
3.	Everyone	is	dealing	with	the	damaging	patterns	of
resentment,	criticism,	guilt,	and	self-hatred.
4.	These	are	only	thoughts	and	thoughts	can	be	changed.
5.	We	need	to	release	the	past	and	forgive	everyone,	including
ourselves.
6.	Self-approval	and	self-acceptance	in	the	“now”	are	the	keys
to	positive	changes.
7.	The	point	of	power	is	always	in	the	present	moment.7
CRITICISM	AND	JUDGMENT
Criticism	and	Judgment	Checklist
	Why	are	there	so	many	bad	drivers?
	People	are	so	stupid.
	I’m	such	a	jerk.
	I’d	do	it	if	I	weren’t	so	fat.
	Those	are	the	ugliest	clothes	I’ve	ever	seen.
	They’ll	never	be	able	to	finish	the	job.
	I’m	such	a	klutz.
	The	people	around	here	are	such	slobs.
	My	neighbors	are	so	noisy.
	Nobody	asks	me	what	I	think.
	Can	you	believe	that	old	car	that	she	drives?
	I	hate	his	laugh.
D
oes	your	inner	dialogue	sound	like	this?	Is	your	inner	voice	constantly
picking,	picking,	picking?	Are	you	seeing	the	world	through	critical	eyes?	Do
you	judge	everything?	Do	you	stand	in	self-righteousness?
Most	of	us	have	such	a	strong	habit	of	judgment	and	criticism	that	we
cannot	easily	break	it.	It	is	also	the	most	important	issue	to	work	on
immediately.	We	will	never	be	able	to	really	love	ourselves	until	we	go
beyond	the	need	to	make	life	wrong.
As	a	little	baby	you	were	so	open	to	life.	You	looked	at	the	world	with	eyes
of	wonder.	Unless	something	was	scary	or	someone	harmed	you,	youaccepted	life	just	as	it	was.	Later,	as	you	grew	up,	you	began	to	accept	the
opinions	of	others	and	to	make	them	your	own.	You	learned	how	to	criticize.
1.	What	was	your	family	pattern?
2.	What	did	you	learn	about	criticism	from	your	mother?
3.	What	were	the	things	she	criticized?
4.	Did	she	criticize	you?
5.	What	for?6.	When	was	your	father	judgmental?
7.	Did	he	judge	himself?
8.	How	did	your	father	judge	you?
9.	Was	it	a	family	pattern	to	criticize	each	other?
10.	How	and	when	did	they	do	this?
11.	When	was	the	first	time	you	remember	being	criticized?
12.	How	did	your	family	judge	the	neighbors?
13.	Did	you	have	loving,	supportive	teachers	at	school?	Or	were	they
always	telling	you	what	was	lacking	in	you?	What	sort	of	things
did
they	tell	you?
14.	Can	you	begin	to	see	where	you	might	have	picked	up	this	pattern?
Who	was	the	most	critical	person	in	your	childhood?
Perhaps	you	were	led	to	believe	that	you	need	to	criticize	yourself	in	order
to	grow	and	change.	I	do	not	agree	with	that	concept	at	all!
I	believe	that	criticism	shrivels	our	spirits.	It	only	enforces	the	belief	that
“we	are	not	good	enough.”	It	certainly	does	not	bring	out	the	best	in	us.
EXERCISE:
Replacing	Your	“Shoulds”
As	I	have	said	many	times,	I	believe	that	“should”	is	one	of	the	most
damaging	words	in	our	language.	Every	time	we	use	it,	we	are,	in	effect,
saying	“wrong:”	Either	we	are	wrong,	or	we	were	wrong,	or	we	are	going	to
be	wrong.	I	would	like	to	take	the	word	“should”	out	of	our	vocabulary
forever,	and	replace	it	with	the	word	“could:”	“Could”	gives	us	choice	and
we	are	never	wrong.	Think	of	five	things	that	you	“should”	do.
I	SHOULD:
Replace	SHOULD	with	COULD.
I
COULD:Now,	ask	yourself,	“Why	haven’t	I?”	You	may	find	that	you	have	been
berating	yourself	for	years	for	something	that	you	never	wanted	to	do	in	the
first	place,	or	for	something	that	was	never	your	idea.	How	many	“shoulds”
can	you	drop	from	your	list?
EXERCISE:
Your	Critical	List
Make	a	list	of	five	things	you	criticize	yourself	for:
Now,	go	back	over	that	list	and	put	a	date	beside	each	one-the	date	that	you
began	to	add	that	item	to	your	“get	wrong”	list.
Isn’t	it	amazing	how	long	you	have	been	picking	on	yourself	for	the	same
thing?	This	habit	has	not	produced	any	positive	changes	has	it?	Exactly.
Criticism	doesn’t	work!	It	only	makes	you	feel	bad.	So,	be	willing	to	stop	it.
In	order	for	a	child	to	grow	and	blossom,	it	needs	love,	acceptance,	and
praise.	We	can	be	shown	“better”	ways	to	do	things	without	making	the	way
we	do	it	“wrong.”	The	child	inside	of	you	still	needs	that	love	and	approval.
“I	love	you	and	know	that	you	are	doing	the	best	you	can.”
“You	are	perfect	just	as	you	are.”
“You	become	more	wonderful	every	day.”
“I	approve	of	you.”
“Let’s	see	if	we	can	find	a	better	way	to	do	this.”
“Growing	and	changing	is	fun,	and	we	can	do	it	together.”
These	are


 with simil ar
losses in all the large and small muscle groups elsewhere in the
body.
  3.  Basal metabolic rate. The body’ s metabolic rate—how many
calories it needs to sustain itself—declines by 2 percent per
decade after age 20.
  4.  Body fat. Between the ages of 20 and 65, the average person
doubles his or her ratio of fat to muscle. Sedentary lifestyle and
overeating can raise this ratio even more.
  5.  Aerobic capacity. By age 65, the body’ s ability to use oxygen
efficiently declines by 30 to 40 percent.
  6.  Blood pressur e. The majority of Americans show a steady
increase of blood pressure with age.
  7.  Blood-sugar tolerance.  The body’ s ability to use glucose in the
bloodstream declines with age, raising the risk for type II
diabetes.
  8.  Cholester ol/HDL ratio.  Total cholester ol tends to rise in both
men and women until around  age 50, and the “good” HDL
cholesterol that protects the body against heart disease loses
ground to the “bad” LDL cholesterol that increases heart-attack
risk.
  9.  Bone density. Calcium  tends to be lost from  bones with age,
making the skeleton weaker, less dense, and more brittle. This
tendency, if it goes too far, becomes the disease osteoporosis.
10.  Body temperatur e regulation.  The body’ s ability to maintain a
steady internal temperature of 98.6 degrees F. declines with age,
making old people more vulnerable to both hot and cold weather.
When the Tufts team discovered that all ten biomarkers could be reversed
in older people, they delivered a sweeping endorsement of the benefits of
exercise. Evans and Rosenber g feel that the first two marke rs—muscle
mass and strength—are the most important, because the body’ s tendency to
double its fat and lose half its muscle mass by age 65 or 70 creates many ofthe other problems of metabolism. Traditionally, one of the classic markers
of growing old has been a decline in lean-body mass, a medical term for all
tissues that are not fat—i.e., bones, muscles, and vital or gans.
With each decade of life after young adulthood, the average American
loses 6.6 pounds of lean-body mass. Many people who become increasingly
overweight after middle age assume that their problem is too much fat. To
the Tufts researchers, the actual problem is a combination of too much fat
and too little lean-body mass, particularly muscles. Fat and musc le tissue do
not share the same metabolism; comparatively, fat is much more inactive. It
serves as an energy-storage tissue, while muscle is an energy-spending
tissue.
If you were a member of prehistoric hunter -gatherer society, having a
thick layer of body fat would be useful. Stored energy gives the body a fuel
reserve for times of famine, and its insulating capacity preserves body
warmth in winter. Because it is much less active biological ly, fat suits
modern life poorly, however; it requires many fewer calories than muscle
tissue to maintain itself (this is also true of the other components of lean-
body mass, bones and vital organs, but to a lesser degree). Someone with
more muscle than fat will have a faster metabolic rate and thus can eat
larger meals without gaining weight.
Gerontologists have found that muscle is much more responsible for the
body’ s overall vitality than most people, including most doctors, ever
supposed. Based on their research, Evans and Rosenber g hold that muscle
mass, along with strength, is critical—that by building muscles late in life,
old peop le can significantly rejuvenate their whole physiology. Since the
rate at which you lose lean-body mass accelerates after age 45, the Tufts
team concentrates on full-scale exercise programs for the 45 + age groups,
reversing our social programming, which says that vigorous physical
activity belongs to the young.
Previously, a decline in muscle  strength was considered inevitable with
increasing age. Bundles of musc les throughout our bodies are connected to
the central nervous system by motor nerves. Together, nerves and muscles
make up “motor units,” and by looking at cross-sections of muscle tissue,
physiologists determined that motor units are lost with age.The Tufts group conclusively proved that this trend can be reversed.
Twelve men between the ages of 60 and 72 were put on regular supervised
weight-training sessions three times a week for three months. They were
asked to train at 80 percent of their “repetition maximum,” the heaviest
weight they could lift at one try. At the end of the experiment, the men’ s
strength had increased dramatic ally, the size of their quadriceps had more
than doubled, and their hamstrings had more than tripled. By the end of the
program, these older men could lift heavier boxes than could the 25-year -
olds working in the laboratory. Milder weight-training programs for people
over age 95 proved equally successful.
The clear implication is that our notions about “taking it easy” as we age
need to be reexa mined. The same exercise regimen that builds muscles has
a holistic effect, helping to bring the other biomarkers into line. Blood
pressure and blood-sugar tolerance improved, the typical metabolic decline
of old age was reversed, and the body’ s ability to regulate its internal
temperature stabilized. Physical fitness is also intimately linked to one’s
general well-being; although it wasn’ t their primary goal, the Tufts team
was gratified to find that their subjects felt much younger and much better
about themselves than they had in years.
How much exercise is needed to attain these benefits? In the laboratory,
the kind of activity varied widely depending on what was being studied: As
little as twenty minutes of walking three times a week improved the
cholesterol/HDL ratio, but to be most effective, exercise has to be tailored
to the individual, taking weight, age, and fitness into account. If we look
back in history, the benefits of lifelong physical activity were evident even
in ancient times. Ancestral humans in hunter -gatherer societies stood tall
and erect. They had excellent bones and muscles, which they preserved at
all ages (the widespread incide nce of arthritis is one glaring exception to
this; osteoporosis, however, was virtually unknown). Everyone remained fit
and physically active througho ut their lives. Compare this with modern
America, where health promoters boost the concept of being “fit for life,”
while statistics reveal that 40 percent of American adults are completely
sedentary (the percentage is much higher for the elderly) and only 20
percent can be considered active in any reasonable sense.The Value of Balance
Before you decide that hard work is the way to prevent aging, consider that
“work” as defined by physics is not synonymous with sweat and strain.
Work is needed to create orderliness and oppose the force of entropy.
Exercise has a quantum effect, regardless of how much or little you do, by
giving the body a chance to restore subtle patterns of funct ioning. The
quantum nature of exercise has emer ged slowly, through bits and pieces of
research. In the 1960s a Swedish physiologist named Bengt Saltin wanted
to observ e the effects of comple te bed rest on the human body. The standard
advice to seriou sly ill patients had always been to recuperate  in bed, yet
there was some doubt about whether this advice was sound. Saltin asked
five young men, ranging in condition from extremely fit to sedentary, to
remain lying in bed twenty-four hours a day for three weeks. At the end of
that time he was astonished to discover that all his subjects, regardless of
their physical condition previou sly, suffered a decrease in aerobic capacity
that was equal to twenty years of aging.
This was a striking finding, but the most fascinating part is that when
each subject was allowed to stand up out of bed for five minutes a day,
almost the entire  loss of function was prevented. They did not have to move
around or in any way use their muscles. The simple exposure to a quantum
force—gravity—allowed their bodies to remain normal. In a later U.S.
study, female runners were tested to see if hard physical exercise helped
prevent osteopo rosis. The best protection against the disease, some experts
feel, is not supp lemental calciu m or estrogen replacement but building up
good bone density in younger years. Since bones get stronger as more
weight is brought to bear upon them, long-distance running should increase
bone density in the legs by a considerable amount. The application to aging
goes beyond osteoporosis, which is an extreme form of bone thinning. Short
of acquiring this disorder, old age brings thinner bones in most people, and
among the very elderly, hip fractures strike one out of three women and one
out of six men.
At the Tufts aging center, the bone density of a group of young women
runners was compared with that of women who did no regular exercise.
Even though they were 20 percent lighter than the nonrunners, the runnersstill had stronge r leg bones. This made sense considering that the runners’
leg bones were doing more work and bearing more weig ht, but the
researchers were


ardestatesthatthosewhotookitdiedsoonerthan
thosewhoweretreatedbyothermeans.Herbalists
useditasacurefortoothache,formadness(byhang-
ingtheplantaroundtheneck),andtohelpduring
childbirth(byrubbingitontheabdomen).Thehomeopathicpreparation ismadefromthe
entirefreshplantwhichisgatheredwhenitisstarting
toflower(usuallyJuly)andtheexpressedjuiceisthen
succussed.
GENERALANDEMOTIONAL/
MENTALSYMPTOMS
Faceblueduringcough.
Worseatmidnight;forlyingdown;forwarmthofbed.
Thisisasmallremedywhoseusefulnessincoughs,
especiallywhoopingcough,issuchthatIhavein-
cludedithere.Ithasnostronglymarkedgeneralor
emotional/mental symptoms,althoughchildrensuf-
feringfromsuchacoughmaybeanxious.Thechest
complaintsareusuallyworseforlyingdowninbed
andespeciallyaroundmidnight.
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Cough
SymptomsCough:barking;deep;dryatnight;in
violentfits;hacking;irritating;suffocative;torment-
ing.Breathing: difficult;fast.Larynxtickling.Pain
inchest:holdschestwithhandstocough.With
nosebleeds;blueface;hoarsevoice;retching;
VOMITINGOfmUCUS.
Betterforpressure.
NBSEEALSOPAGES203-26FORGENERALADVICE,DOSANDDON'TS.
86•Dulcamara(Dulc.) INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA
Worseaftermidnight;afterdrinking;forlyingdown;
fortalking.
Causesaftermeasles.
Thetypicalseverecoughofwhoopingcoughoften
startswithaticklingatthebackofthethroatandis
usuallyaccompanied initsacutephasebyretching
andvomitingandsometimesbynosebleeds.Breath-
ingeitherspeedsupduringthecoughingorisdifficult
(thecoughing fitissoviolentthatitisoftennot
possibletobreatheandcoughatthesametimein
whichcasethefacegoesabluishcolour).These
coughingattacksfolloweachotherrapidly,especially
atnight,andwilloftenbesetoffassoonasthe
patient'sheadtouchesthepillow.Thecoughispainful
andthechestbecomessoreandbruisedfrom
coughing;patientsarecompelledtoholdtheirchests
withbothhandswhentheycoughasthispressure
helpstoeasethepain.
Sorethroat
SymptomsInbabies.Belly:rumblinglwindy.Pains:
Worseforswallowing.
Thelarynx(voice-box) issoreandinflamedandthere
isanirritatingfeelingofdustinit.Thevoicebecomes
deepandhusky.
Dulcamara (Duic.)
Familyname:Solanaceae
Commonnames:amaradulcis; bittersweet;felon-
wood;woodynightshade
Dulcamara isaperennial,shrubbyplantcommon
throughoutEuropeandtheUSA,whereitisfoundin
hedgerowsand,moretoitsliking,moistbanksaround
theedgesofswamps. Ithaslong,trailingbranches
and,fromJunetoAugust,bluish-purpleflowers.In
theautumnityieldsbrightredpoisonousberries.
ItscommonnameAmaradulcismeansbittersweet
andreferstothefactthattherootandstem,ifchewed,
tastefirstbitterandthensweet.Thenamefelonwood
referstothecountrycureoftheplantforfelonsor
whitlows.Shepherdswouldhangtheplantaround
theirnecksasacharmagainsttheevileye.
Ithasbeenusedmedicinallythroughouthistoryfor
mostcomplaintsknowntoman,fromtuberculosisto
leprosy,mostskinconditions,diseasesoftheliverand
forcoughsandcoldstonamebutafew.Itwasfoundto
bereliableinitsabilitytocurerheumatism,feversand
manyotherinflammatorydiseases.Atonetimeitwas
alsousedasatonicorrestorative.
Thehomeopathicremedyismadefromthefresh,
green,still-pliantstemsandleaves,whicharegatheredjustastheyarebeginningtoflower.The
expressedjuiceismixedwithalcoholandsuccussed.
GENERALSYMPTOMS
Catchescoldseasily.Complaintsfromchangeof
weathertodamp.
Betterformovement;forwalking.
Worseforchangeofweathertocoldandwet;forcold;
fordamp;forlyingdown;atnight;forsittingstill.
Thesearepeoplewholack'vitalheat';theyareex-
tremelysensitivetothecoldandtodamp,andare
greatlyaffectedbyachangeofweathertocoldand
damp,whentheircomplaintscomeon,especially if
thevgetwetandcoldthemselves.Inparticular,they
haveatendencytocatchcolds,especiallyinthewin-
ter,andtheyarethenoftenbetterforkeepingtheir
headswarm;theymayevensitwiththeirheadsunder
theblanketorwithscarvespulledupovertheirnoses.
Thewintercoldsclearoncethewarmthofsummeris
establishedandreturnwiththecoldweatherthefol-
lowingautumn.
Thesymptomsareusuallyworseatnight,especially
therheumaticonesandthesearealsogenerallyworse
forsittingandbetterformovingabout.Anunusual
symptomistheirverystrongneedtourinate(orpassa
stool)aftertheyhavebecomechilledorspentsome
timeinacoldplace.
INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA Eupatoriumperfoliatum(Eup-p.) •87
EMOTIONAL/MENTALSYMPTOMS
Therearenotmanystrongemotional/mental symp-
tomsforthisremedy;thephysicalandgeneralsymp-
tomsaremuchmoreimportant.However,theremay
besomedepression, irritability,restlessnessand/or
confusion.Thesepeoplemayalsobequarrelsomeand
impatient.
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Backache
SymptomsPains:inlowerback;aching;sore,bruised.
WithLAMENESS.
Betterformovement;forwalking.
Worseforwetweather.
Causeschangeofweather;dampweather;getting
cold;gettingwet.
Thelowerbackachesasiffromlongstooping.
Breastfeedingproblems
SymptomsMilksupplylow.Inchillywomi\
Cough
SymptomsCouchrattling.
Causesdampweather.
Thecoughmaydevelopfromasorethroat.Theperson
hastocoughforalongtimebeforeexpellingmucus.
Cystitis
SymptomsUrinationinvoluntary.
Causesgettingcoldandwet.
ThisistheremedytogiveafterAconite(ifyouhave
givensixdosesandithashadnoeffect),wherethe
cystitishascomeonaftergettingcoldamiwet,and
wherethereareasyetnoremarkablesvmptomsapart
fromaninabilitytoholdon.
Diarrhoea
SymptomsInteethingchiidrf.n.Painfui.Stoois:
yellow;watery.
Worseaftereatingcoldfood;atnight.
Causesgettingcold;gettingdamp;teething.
Thepainswillgenerallybeworsebeforethestooland
maybeaccompaniedbynausea.
Eyeinflammation
SymptomsWithsvmptomsofcommoncoid.
Causeswetweather.
Thiseyeinflammationaccompanies acommoncold
andisoftenseeninteethingbabies.
Flu
Causescold,dampweather.Hives
SymptomsSkinrashlumpy.
Worseforheat;afterscratching.
Causesgettingcold.
Therashburnsafterscratchingand,although itis
broughtonbygettingcold,itisworseforwarmth,for
examplewhenheatedafterexercise.
Jointpain
Betterformovement.
Worseforsitting,atnight.
Causesdamp;gettingcold.
Painsinthejointsthatcomeonafterstayingina
damphouse,orsleepinginadampbedoftenneed
Dulcamara.
Eupatoriumperfoliatum (Eup-p.)
Familvname:Compositae
Othernames:agueweed;boneset;thoroughwort;
vegetableantimony
Thisisaperennialherbthatgrowsindamppastures
andwetgroundthroughouttheeasternStatesof
America. Itgrowsuptofourfeethigh.
ItwasafavouriteherbwiththeNorthAmerican
Indians,anditwasprobablythemostwidelyused
plantinAmericandomesticmedicine:everyattic,
88*Euphrasia(Euphr.) INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA
woodshedandcountryfarmhousewouldhavehad
bunchesofdriedbonesethangingtopsdownward
fromtheraftersincaseanymemberofthefamilyora
neighbourshouldcomedownwithacoldor'break-
bone


 a desire that you must honor.
I accept myself without complaint. A person with this self-perception
thinks something like the following: “I am willing to face every-
thing about myself, without lapsing into self-contempt or repu-
diating my essential value as a piece of God.”
Self-acceptance is something that must be unconditionally
known within ourselves. To accept oneself is not necessarily to
accept every behavior. Rather, it is a refusal to engage in sabotag-
ing acts of self-loathing. If you are in a state of self-rejection you
cannot feel worthy of the munificence of the universe. Your
inner energy is centered on what is wrong with yourself and with
complaining to yourself and anyone who will listen.
You showed up here in a specific body, with certain physical
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characteristics, with certain measurements and with certain par-
ents and siblings. This is your reality for the physical plane, and it
requires a high degree of willingness to look at your physical
appearance and say, “I accept this without complaint.”
If you are unwilling to make such a declaration, your inner
energy will be sapped by anger, guilt, fear and pain, all combining
to circumvent the possibility of manifesting your desires.
Remember, the ability to attract to yourself is based on the idea,
“That which ought to be... is already.” What you desire is
already here and can only flow into your immediate life if you are
open to it doing so. Those thoughts of self-repudiation guarantee
that you cannot put out into the universe the knowing and loving
energy that is going to work for you.
Self-acceptance is nothing more than a shift in consciousness.
It requires only a change of mind. If your hair is falling out, then
you have the choice to mask it, worry about it or accept it.
Acceptance means that you really have to do nothing. You honor
your body and the divine intelligence that is at work. When
someone else implies that you have a problem because your hair
is falling out, you don’t even know how to relate to their obser-
vation. Acceptance removes the label of “problem.”
This is not a faked attitude. It is merely removing the ego
from your inner assessments, which are centered on the approval
of others. With self-acceptance you are able to honestly say, “I
am what I am and I accept it.” Once this attitude is firmly in
place from a position of self-honesty, your worthiness to receive
the gifts of the universe becomes aligned with that divine power.
Self-repudiation causes a misalignment with your divinity.
Only you can make the shift. It is nothing more than an inner
perception that you have the power to change in this very
instant.
Manifest Your Destiny
I take full responsibility for my life and what it is and is not. This
involves a removal of our strong ego-dominated inclination to
cast blame on others for what is absent from our lives. Taking
total responsibility means an awareness of the power that is
inherent within yourself.
Rather than saying “They made me the way I am today” you
shift your inner thought to “I chose to be passive and fearful
around other people.” This goes for every single facet of your
personality and life circumstances.
To be willing to accept total responsibility for yourself puts
you in a position of being worthy of receiving and attracting the
object of your desires. If someone else is responsible for your
perceived shortcomings, and you are blaming them for these
troubles, then you are also saying that in order to manifest your
heart’s desire you need to have the permission of those others.
This act of abdicating responsibility destroys your ability to
empower yourself to higher levels of awareness.
When you know that you are responsible for how you chose
to react to every life situation, and that you are essentially alone
within yourself at all moments, then you can very privately put
out into the universe that which you want to bring to yourself.
However, blaming others for your life situations shifts the power
to those you believe are responsible for creating the circum-
stances.
] have a private inner dialogue with the universe about the cir-
cumstances that show up in my life. I come from the position
that there are absolutely no accidents and that everything that
occurs in my life has a lesson attached to it, and that I brought it
into my life. Regardless of how absurd or inconsequential it
might seem, I say to myself, “Why did I create this in this
moment?”
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Thus, if I am having a negative thought and at the same
moment I bump my head on a cupboard door, I say, “What was I
thinking at that moment?” and I take full responsibility for cor-
recting those negative thoughts and for the bump that reminded
me to correct that kind of thinking. I do the same when I am
writing. If I feel inclined to go to the mailbox before writing, I
follow that inner signal and often find an article in the mail that
clarifies a point that was fuzzy. I take responsibility for knowing
that what I needed was there and that my inner voices of intu-
ition were guiding me.
This little game serves me in the sense of taking full responsi-
bility for my life and eradicating the inclination to blame other
people or circumstances. I trust in this inner knowledge. I rely
on seemingly coincidental happenings and I know that I am
responsible for all of it. As this sense of responsibility has grown,
I find it impossible to blame anyone for anything in my life, from
the most inconsequential things, such as bumping or cutting
myself, or others not showing up on time, to major life disap-
pointments and my relationships with my wife and the rest of my
family; for all of it I assume total responsibility.
I trust in the divine wisdom that is particularized in me that
allows these things to transpire. I refuse to question the wisdom
or to blame bad luck or to credit good luck. I see it all as a part
of my own functioning in the universe, without complaint.
The willingness to be responsible without complaining puts
you into the natural flow of all divine energy. It keeps you from
having to fight the world, allowing you to go with it. Everything
that you complain about puts you in a position of figuratively hav-
ing to take arms against it and fight. Everything that you need to
fight weakens you, while that which you are for empowers you.
I am asking you to be for yourself. With an attitude of self-
responsibility, you will notice that the heavens are exceedingly
Manifest Your Destiny
cooperative. Getting the heavens to cooperate means getting
yourself out of a complaining mind-set and into one of total self-
responsibility.
I do not choose to accept guilt into my life. This mind-set creates
thoughts such as: “I will not use up the precious currency of my
life, my present moments, immobilized with guilt over what hap-
pened in the past.”
This statement requires you to know the difference between
a) genuine regret and learning from the past; and b) remaining in
a state of reproach or guilt today. Learning from one’s mistakes
and taking corrective action are spiritually and psychologically
sound practices. You did it, you didn’t like the way you felt after-
ward, so you decide not to repeat the behavior. That is not guilt.
Guilt is when you continue to feel immobilized and depressed;
those feelings keep you from living effectively in the present.
When you are filled with guilt, your energy is awash with
anguish and self-reproach. You are so down on yourself that you
feel unworthy of receiving blessings from the universe or anyone
in it. Persistent feelings of guilt will prevent you from manifest-
ing anything worthwhile because you are attracting the very same
things that you are putting out to the universe. More anguish,
more reasons to feel bad, and more evidence to prove that you
are not worth what you desire.
When you put past behaviors into a context of learning from
them and moving on, regardless of how horrible they may seem
to you, you clear yourself of the negativity surrounding these
actions. Forgiving yourself means that you are able to extend love
to yourself even when your perceived shortcomings are painfully
evident to you.
Once you learn this valuable lesson, you seek God’s forgive-
ness too. But if you continue to harbor the pain internally you
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will feel unworthy of God’s forgiveness and consequently will be
unable to accept any of your divine rights as a child of God.
No matter what you do not particularly love about yourself,
including your behaviors and your appearance, to be successful
at manifesting, you need to love yourself in spite of your per-
ceived flaws. For example, if you are chronically overweight, or
addicted, your internal sentences of guilt sound something like
this: “I am really going to love myself when I am finally a normal
weight” or “I will truly value myself as a worthwhile human
being when I am finally over this addiction once and for all.”
These are the sentences of guilt that reinforce an attitude of
unworthiness and inhibit the manifestation process. These inter-
nal sentences need to be shifted to


 summer.
Habitat & Cultivation  Calamint grows wild
in Europe and Asia from the British Isles eastward
to Iran, especially in the Mediterranean region. It
flourishes along roads and in dry places.
Parts Used  Aerial parts.
Constituents  Calamint contains a volatile oil
(about 0.35%) consisting mainly of pulegone.
History & Folklore  In classical legend, calamint
had the power to drive away the Basilisk, a serpent
credited with the ability to kill with its gaze
or breath.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Calamint stimulates
sweating, and hence helps lower fevers. It also settles
gas and indigestion. It is expectorant, and is a good
cough and cold remedy. This range of applications
makes it a good medicinal herb for mild respiratory
infections. It should preferably be mixed with other
herbs such as yarrow ( Achillea millefolium, p. 56) and
thyme ( Thymus vulgaris, p. 143).
Caution  Do not take during pregnancy.
Calluna vulgaris  (Ericaceae)
Heather,
Ling
Description  Small, branched shrub growing
to 2 ft (60 cm). Has tiny leaves and white or pink
to pale-purple flowers growing on spikes.
Habitat & Cultivation  Heather grows in
temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.
It is found on heaths, moors, bogs, and in open
woods. The herb is gathered when in flower in
late summer.
Parts Used  Flowering tips.
Constituents  Heather contains flavonoids,
arbutin, tannin, and an alkaloid, ericodin. This
constituent has a strongly disinfectant effect
within the bladder and urinary tubules.
History & Folklore  If the “ erica” that
Dioscorides discusses in his 1st century ce Materia Medica  is indeed heather, as has been surmised, then
the flowering tips were used in classical times to
treat snake bite. Galen (131–200 ce) wrote of
the plant’s ability to induce sweating. The rootstock
of heather is made into musical pipes, the foliage
provides mattress stuffing, and the flowers produce
a delicate honey. White heather is considered very
lucky, especially in Scotland.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Heather is a good
urinary antiseptic and diuretic, disinfecting the
urinary tract and mildly increasing urine production.
Besides its role in treating cystitis and inflammatory
bladder conditions, heather has been used to
treat kidney and bladder stones. Cleansing and
detoxifying, it is helpful for rheumatism, arthritis,
and gout. A hot poultice of heather tips is a
traditional remedy for chilblains and rheumatism.Parts Used  Leaves, buds.
Constituents Tea contains xanthines, caffeine
(1–5%), theobromine, tannins including polyphenols,
flavonoids, fats, and vitamin C. Green tea contains
significant levels of polyphenols; black tea, which
is produced by a process of fermentation, has
lower levels.
History & Folklore  In China and Japan
many rituals have developed around tea drinking.
Significantly it is mostly green tea that is drunk in
this way.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Due to its
astringency, tea is useful in digestive infections,
helping to tighten up the mucous membranes of
the gut and reduce looseness. A strong brew of tea
may be used to soothe irritated eyelids,
insect stings, swellings, and sunburn, and
in an emergency, if nothing better is at
hand, tea makes a serviceable treatment
for minor burns. In Ayurvedic medicine tea
is considered astringent and a nerve tonic.
The caffeine in tea may help to relieve
headaches, though less effectively than
coffee ( Coffea arabica, p. 192). In light of
research, green tea is recognized as being a
much healthier drink than black tea.
Research  Green tea’s strong antioxidant
activity is due to polyphenols, which give the
leaf potential as a cancer preventative.
The high intake of green tea in China and
Japan is thought to be partly responsible for
the low incidence of cancer in these countries.
Clinical trials indicate that green tea may help to
promote weight loss and treat hepatitis, and
there is the suggestion that it helps to prevent
tooth decay. A recent clinical trial indicated that
green tea has a genoprotective action, helping to
prevent degenerative changes within the body, and
potentially slowing the aging process. A 2013 clinical
trial found that green tea extract taken by women
for 4 months successfully shrank uterine fibroids.Heather
flowering tips in a
poultice ease the
aches and pains
of rheumatism.
Tea leaves are picked throughout the year and used both
as a beverage and medicinally.Camellia sinensis syn. Thea sinensis
(Theaceae)
Tea
Description  Evergreen shrub clipped to 5 ft
(1.5 m) in cultivation, with leathery, dark green
leaves and fragrant white flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Cultivated principally in
India, Sri Lanka, and China, tea has been grown
since the earliest times.
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182Cananga odorataother medicinal plantsCananga odorata syn. Canangium
odoratum (Annonaceae)
Ylang-Ylang
Description  Evergreen tree growing to 80 ft
(25 m). Has lance-shaped leaves and strongly
scented yellow-green flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to Indonesia
and the Philippines, ylang-ylang is cultivated in tropical Asia and Africa.
Parts Used  Flowers, essential oil.
Constituents  The essential oil contains
linalool (11–30%), safrole, eugenol, geraniol, and sesquiterpenes (including 15–25% germacrene).
History & Folklore  The flowers are a traditional
adornment in the Far East. Their scent is thought to have aphrodisiac qualities.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  The flowers
and essential oil are sedative, antimicrobial, and antioxidant. The oil has a soothing effect, and its main therapeutic uses are to slow an excessively fast heart rate and to lower blood pressure. With its reputation as an aphrodisiac, ylang-ylang may be helpful in treating impotence.
 QCaution  Do not take the essential oil
internally without professional supervision.
Canella winterana syn. C. alba
(Canellaceae)
Canella,
Wild Cinnamon
Description  White-barked tree growing to
49 ft (15 m). Has elliptical leaves, red flowers, and
purple-black berries.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to the
Caribbean and Florida, canella is found in coastal swamps and scrubland. The bark is collected by gently beating the branches.
Part Used  Bark.
Constituents  Canella contains about
1% volatile oil (including eugenol, alpha-pinene, and caryophyllene), alpha-aldehydes (including canellal), resin, and mannitol.
History & Folklore  Canella has for a long
time been used as a flavoring for tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum, p. 240).
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Canella is cytotoxic
(kills cells), antifungal, and repels insects. It is also aromatic, stimulant, and antiseptic. Canella is often used in the West Indies and Latin America as a substitute for cinnamon (Cinnamomum spp.,  p. 81). The infusion is drunk for its pleasant flavor and tonic effect (the bark is considered a sexual stimulant). Canella is also used for stomach problems and indigestion.Cannabis sativa (Cannabinaceae)
Marijuana,
Huo Ma Ren (Chinese)
Description  Erect, branching annual growing to
13 ft (4 m). Has fine, serrated, segmented leaves. Both male and female plants flower; the female plant produces seeds.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to the Caucasus,
China, Iran, and northern India, marijuana is culti-vated the world over, both legally (for the fiber and seeds) and illegally (for use as a recreational drug).
Parts Used  Flowering tops of female plants, seeds.
Constituents  Marijuana contains
over 60 different types of cannabinoids,
including THC (delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol). It also contains flavonoids, volatile oil, and alkaloids. It is the only plant to contain THC, one of the main psychoactive constituents. The seed oil contains approximately 55% linoleic acid, 20% alpha-linolenic acid and 1.5% gamma-linolenic acid.
History & Folklore
In ancient Egypt, marijuana was used to treat
inflammations of the eye and “to cool the uterus.” First records of marijuana’s use in India date back
to about 800 bce, where it is recommended
for congestion. Famously, Queen Victoria took marijuana as an analgesic—in the 19


ia, L. adoensis 229
L. alba 228L. citriodora syn. Aloysia triphylla 52, 151,
228–29
L. dulcis 228, 229
Liquidambar, L. orientalis 36, 229
L. styraciflua 229
licorice 15, 36, 72, 101, 117, 136, 226Liriosma ovata 258liver tonics 72, 111, 124, 125, 133, 137liver, weakened 319Lobaria pulmonaria 229lobelia 27, 49, 50, 110, 150, 209Lobelia, L. cardinalis 49
L. chinensis 110L. inflata 27, 49, 110, 150, 209L. siphilitica 110
lomatium 229Lomatium dissectum 229“longevity” herb 125Lonicera spp. 78, 229–30
L. caprifolium 229L. japonica 229–30
loofah 230Lophophora williamsii 49, 230lotions 296, 299lovage 228love-in-a-mist 240lucerne 233–34Luffa cylindrica syn. L. aegyptica 230Luma chequen 274lungwort 18, 259Lycium chinense syn. L. barbarum 42, 111Lycopodium clavatum 230Lycopus, L. europaeus 231
L. virginicus 231
Lysimachia, L. christinae 231
L. nemorum 231L. vulgaris 231
Lythrum salicaria 231
M
ma bian cao (vervain) 149ma huang (ephedra) 95maca 228mace 37, 115macerations 297mad dog 135Madagascar periwinkle 16, 282madder 263Madhuca spp. 231“magical” herbs, African 44
Native American 49
magnolia 232Magnolia, M. grandiflora 232
M. officinalis 40, 232maidenhair fern 160maidenhair tree 100maize see cornMajorana hortensis see Origanum majoranamalabar nut 160male fern 202Malva sylvestris 165, 232Mandragora officinarum 33, 180, 232mandrake 33, 180, 232Manihot esculenta 232–33manioc 232–33manna ash 213Maori remedies 254Maranta arundinacea 52, 233margoas tree (neem) 70marijuana 21, 104, 182Marrubium vulgare 233Marsdenia condurango syn. Gonolobus
condurango 233
marsh cudweed 217marsh pennywort 76marshmallow 13, 34, 35, 158, 165Mary thistle 137masterwort 223mastic tree 251matchbox bean 205maté 52, 222matico 122, 249–50Matricaria recutita see Chamomilla recutitaMattiolo, Pierandrea 185, 223, 227, 229maypop 119mayweed 169meadow anemone 168meadow saffron 89, 193meadowsweet 35, 98Medicago sativa 233–34medical schools, establishment of 21, 22medicinal plants, active constituents
14–16, 17
cultivation of 35as food & medicines 11–12growing 286–87harvesting & processing 288–89plant chemicals 10–11, 26, 28, 31plant names 55value of whole plants 11, 31see also individual plants
medicine man see shamanistic medicinemedieval folk healing 20–21Melaleuca, M. alternifolia  13, 14, 26, 46, 47,
112
M. leu
cadendron 112, 234
M. linariifolia 112M. viridiflora 112, 234
Melia azedarach 70melilot 15, 234Melilotus officinalis syn. M. arvensis 15, 234melissa 113Melissa officinalis 13, 113, 286Membryanthemum spp. 44–45memory failing 319menopausal problems 316menstrual problems 301, 315Mentha, M. aquatica 114
M. arvensis 235M. haplocalyx 234–35M. x piperita 30, 114, 286M. pulegium 48, 71, 235M. spicata 114, 235
Menyanthes trifoliata 235mercury poisoning 24mescaline 230mesquite 48metabolism, weakened in old age 319metallic poisons 24Mexican poppy 171mezereon 200migraine 309milfoil 56milk thistle 34, 72, 137milk vetch 68milkwort 252Milletta reticulata 235mind-altering remedies, South American 52–53minerals 16miner’s lettuce 236–37mistletoe 13, 18, 283Mitchella repens 235–36Momordica, M. charantia 48–49, 236
M. cochinchinensis 236
Monarda, M. didyma 236
M. punctata 236
monkshood 160monsonia 236Monsonia ovata 236Montia perfoliata 236–37Moreton Bay chestnut tree 31morinda 237Morinda, M. citrifolia 237
M. officinalis 237
morning glory 49, 223morning sickness 317morphine 10, 11, 26, 28, 86, 244Morus, M. alba 40, 237–38
M. nigra 238
motherwort 227motion sickness 306mouse-ear hawkweed 220mouth problems see mouth ulcers;
oral thrush; toothache
mouth ulcers 306mouthwashes 97, 112, 122, 297mucilaginous herbs 16mugwort 173muira puama 258mullein 47, 281Murraya, M. koenigii 238
M. paniculata 238
Musa spp. 238muscle aches 311, 312muscle tension 308musculoskeletal problems 312–13musculoskeletal system, effect of herbs 13Myddfai, Physicians of 21, 141, 170,
173, 200
Myrica, M. cerifera 238
M. gale 14, 238–39
Myristica fragrans 22, 37, 115Myroxylon pereirae syn. M. balsamum var.
pereirae 239
myrrh 19, 44, 85myrtle 36, 239Myrtus communis 36, 239
N
nan wu wei zi (schisandra) 133nasturtium 52Nasturtium officinale 239National Institute of Medical Herbalists
16, 27, 336
Native American medicine 25, 26–27,
49–50
see also Central American medicine;
shamanistic medicine; South American medicine
Natural History (Pliny the Elder) see Pliny
the Elder
naturopathy 27nausea & vomiting 306, 317
US_323-331_Index_General.indd   328 26/02/16   4:43 pm329 general indexneem 70
neem oil 70, 161
Nepeta, N. cataria  239–40
N. glechoma see Glechoma hederacea
Nerium oleander  19
neroli oil (bitter orange oil) 190–91
nerve & stress-related problems  308–
309, 319
nervine herbs, action of 13
nervine tonics 57, 106, 131, 135
nervous exhaustion 308–309, 319
nervous system, effect of herbs 12, 13
nettle 33, 63, 146
nettle rash  303
neuralgia  308
New Zealand medicine 47
niaouli 234
Nicotiana tabacum  49, 69, 110, 182, 240
Nigella, N. damascena  240
N. sativa  240
night sweats  316
night-blooming cereus 268–69
nikkar nut 180–81
niu bang zi (burdock) 65
noni 237
North American medicine 48–51
see also Native