 power as my own.DA Y 73
M y  g r e a t e s t  p o w e r  i s  t h e  p o w e r  t o  c h a n g e  m y
m i n d.
N o m atter what i s happening, no one but me can determine w hat I
choose t o think.  I can choose to believe in miracles.I can choose to have
faith in the g oodness of others regardless of how they express
themselves.
By d oing so, I develop the power of my spiritual mind. I develop the
power to invoke the world I w ish to see. When I believe in people’ s
goodness, they are more likely to show me their goodness. When I
believe in the p ossibility of miracles, I’m more likely to ex perience
them. I will not be deterred today by the spiritual ignorance of the
worldly mind.
May I see bey ond the veil today, that I might invoke the
miraculous. May  I see beyond the pr obable, to what I know in my
heart is possible. T oday I will e xer cise the power of the spiritua l
mind.DA Y 74
I  a m  n o t  a f r a i d  t o  s h o w  l o v e  t o d a y.
S ometimes I am afraid that if I show my love, my vulnerability, my fear,
then I will be in danger. What a sad misunderstanding that is. For only
when I show my love can I be truly seen.
Only in letting down my guard can I appear to others in the light of
my t rue self. On ly in my softne ss does my tenderness reveal its elf. Only
in my defenselessness does my true safety lie. I pray to be a gentler
version of myself
Dear God,
Remove the walls I have constructed ar ound my heart.
Remove the barriers that obstruct my love,
That I might give and r eceive it.
Remove my fears, that I might dwell in peace.
And shar e my peace with everyone.
Amen.DA Y 75
FOR REFLECTION
O n  A g i n g
I f we  don’ t exercise our bodies, then our muscles begin to co nstrict.
And if we don’ t exercise our mi nds, then our attitudes begin to constrict.
Nothing constri cts our life ex periences like the constriction  of our
thoughts. It limits our possibiliti es, and it limits our joy. W e hav e all seen
people who’ve aged with sorrow ; we’ve seen others as well who’ve aged
with joy. It’ s time to intend to age with joy, deciding that the joy  of youth
is a good kind of joy, but it’ s not the only kind. In fact, there is  a joy in
knowing that after all these years, we’ve finally grown up.DA Y 76
I  s e n d  m y  l o v e  t o  e v e r y o n e  t o d a y.
A s I enter  any situation, may my love be sent before me. Any room I
enter, I blast with all my love.
Thus wi ll my life be blessed, and the forces of chaos remain at bay. I
throw light upon all things, that darkness cannot dwell there. I
proactively call forth the love that then casts out all fear.
I dedica te my mind to the miraculous, to the world beyond th is
one, and  to the joy that is available ther e. May every thought I
think help penetrate the veil that hides the light fr om everyone.
For love is a mighty for ce for good.DA Y 77
I  c h o o s e  t o  d w e l l  i n  t h e  u n i v e r s e  o f  l o v e.
I  may  en counter many reasons to get upset today, to be angry, to judge
or blame others or myself. I can dwell within that universe, or I can
choose again.
There is another world, a truer world, where only peace exist s. No
one is blamed o r judged or atta cked, but rather love is used to heal all
things. I need not dwell in the universe of darkness; I can c hoose to
dwell in the universe of love.
May my  mind not wander into  dark terrain today, but may I
r emain w ithin the field of light. May I not be tempted to attack my
br other, or attack myself. May I cleave instead to love.DA Y 78
I  s e e  b e y o n d  g u i l t  t o  i n n o c e n c e  t o d a y.
F or giveness is “selective rememb ering”—a conscious decision to  focus
on l ove and let the rest go. The ego is relentless, and it will subtly and
insidiously try to convince me o f my brother ’ s guilt. I will not listen to
the voice of my ego today.
May the spirit of God deliver me today from the temptation to judge,
to find fault, to criticize. May I be saved from my tendency to c ondemn.
May my eyes be opened to the innocence in everyone.
Only when I see  the light in others, can I r emember that it is i n
me. Only in ex tending the light to others, can I be at peace
myself. Only thr ough for giveness can I be set fr ee.DA Y 79
I  p l a c e  m y s e l f  i n  s e r v i c e  t o  t h e  l o v e  t h a t  h e a l s  a l l
t h i n g s.
T here is no one more deserving  than I to wear the mantle of God’ s
peace an d power. There is no one more special, or less special, than me.
For all of us are one.
T oday I accept the mantle of God’ s love, to be drawn around my
shoulders and assign to me His power. May others find in me a rest for
their souls, as the love of God extends through me to give a ll beings
peace.
I acc ept with hu mility the peace of God, bestowed upon me, that  I
might be  a conduit thr ough which he bestows it on the world.  I
place myself in service to the love that heals all things, and pray
to be used in the highest, best way.DA Y 80
FOR REFLECTION
O n  t h e  H o l i n e s s  o f  a  Q u i e t  M o m e n t
T here’ s a way of r elaxing into our center, letting other people hav e their
say, knowing our being is even more radiant at times when we’re in a
space of  not-do ing. When the e go steps back, the power of God steps
forward. T oo often we feel we’re invisible unless we’re making  the cool
comment, doing  this or doing that. But we’re so much more powerful
when gr ounded in silence. T aking a deep breath, knowing that what you
don’ t sa y can be as powerful as what you do say, thinking deeply about
something before making a response—such actions leave room for the
spirit to flow, to harmonize your circumstances and move them in a more
positive directio n. How many ti mes have we felt we’ve blown it simply
by talking when we later wish we hadn’ t or by showing of f when we
could have just sat there and seemed intriguing?
God’ s spirit will always reveal the truth to us if we simply don’ t
block His guidance. And we block it by talking first, attitudinally
walking ahead of truth. This h appens when we push too hard, trying
frantically to make things happen, or keep things from happening,
because we lack faith in an invi sible order of things. That is why a holy
instant m atters: it is a moment of quiet when the spirit enters an d makes
right all things.DA Y 81
O n l y  i n  m y  m i n d  d o e s  t h e  p a s t  e x i s t.
O nly i n my mind does the past exist. T oday I atone for the errors of my
past and  for giv e others for theirs as well. Thus I am free of the
consequences of wrong-minded thought and action.
T oday I dwell i n the eternal pr esent. In any moment I am free to
restart my life. I am not held back by the mistakes of my past, as I atone
for t hem in my heart. Freeing myself from the chains of the pa st, I free
the future to be unlike it.
May the love in my heart today interrupt the patterns of the past.
I r elease the futur e as I r elease the past, knowing love will make
all things right. Dwelling fully in the pr esent, I r elease both pa st


 day to ensure continued bowel movements during the fast.
Citric acid reacts with fatty acids to produce energy. As long as you have fatty deposits, you can easily live on lemon juice. This is not
fanciful as basically all of our food is internally converted into citric acid before it is converted into energy. However, to convert citric
acid completely into energy, it needs to react with the breakdown products of fatty acids, see The Cellular Energy Metabolism for a
diagram of this process. The late Dr Carey Reams reputedly cured thousands of diabetics of both types with a 3-week lemon juice
fast that cleared the body of unhealthy fat deposits. Every hour or ten times daily patients would drink a glassful with one part of
lemon juice and 9 parts of water, followed after 3 weeks by an allergy-tested natural diet.
2) A milder procedure allows you to continue eating your normal healthy diet but each day you take a mixture of garlic and lemon. In a
blender vitamise the following: about 30 peeled cloves of garlic, 5 lemons with skin (cut into smaller pieces), and some additional
water. After blending rinse the blender with some more water and bring the mixture to boiling in a non-metal pot. Let it cool, strain and
bottle the lot, keep refrigerated. Aim to have about 1 litre of liquid, the more creamy it is the better. Take a liqueur glass or about 30 ml
of the mixture once or twice a day with a meal for 3 weeks. You may either continue doing this until you believe your blood vessels
have sufﬁciently improved, or interrupt for a few weeks and then have  another round of the mixture. Continue this until you can
assume that your arteries are clean.
3) Three times a day during a meal take one teaspoon of powdered cayenne in a small amount of water so that you can swallow it in
one gulp. Then immediately drink some more of a suitable liquid, and eat something as well. A large amount of cayenne commonly is
no more irritating or hot than a small amount. Cayenne is excellent for restoring the health of the blood circulation system. Dr
Christopher also claimed that this method would normalise the blood pressure, and that a spoonful of cayenne in water would quickly
end a heart attack.
4) This one is my preferred blood vessel cleanse for quick results. Use mainly tart varieties, such as Granny Smith, and eat them
spaced out during the day instead of in meal portions. Try to obtain organic apples, otherwise scrub them in warm soap water and
rinse well. Preferably ingest the peels as well. If apples are out of season and not available, you may use a small raw vegetable salad
instead, use only lemon juice and cayenne as salad dressing (no mayonnaise).
In addition, also spaced out during the day, drink (puriﬁed) water or herb tea with the addition of lemon juice. Use 1 part of lemon
juice to 9 parts of water. Preferably drink a glassful of this every hour or ten to twelve times a day.10/30/24, 3:37 PM Health-Science-Spirit - Cardiovascular Disease
https://health-science-spirit.com/Diseases/Cardiovascular-Disease.html 4/5It is beneﬁcial to stir about half a teaspoon of spirulina powder into the lemon juice drink. You may also use chlorella powder instead,
or barley grass or wheat grass powder (or juice), or a mixture of all or several of these, in addition to a teaspoon of bee pollen.
If the lemon drinks taste too acid, partly neutralize the lemon juice. The healthiest way is by keeping the juice of a lemon in contact
with a spoonful of dolomite powder for about on hour or two. When needed for a drink, pour off the required amount. Add more lemon
juice to the dolomite as needed. The next day use fresh dolomite powder. If occasionally you do not have sufﬁcient lemon juice at
hand, you may use a tablespoonful of (organic) cider vinegar in a glass of water.
Each morning for the duration of the cleanse take a large glassful of water with about a tablespoon of Epsom salts, more or less as
required to clean out the bowels. Add to this a clove of garlic crushed in some lemon juice; lemon juice reacts with garlic to reduce
the smell. Immediately afterwards drink more water or herb tea. Any water for drinking and cooking should be free of chlorine and
added ﬂuoride, use a water ﬁlter if necessary or buy suitable water. (Normal water ﬁlters do not remove ﬂuoride).
If you cannot use Epsom salts, then take instead a teaspoon of psyllium hulls in a large glass of water once or twice a day to ensure
continued easy bowel movements during the fast.
If you cannot take garlic, try putting it into capsules. About one hour later take with a glass of diluted lemon juice either several
teaspoons of milk-free acidophilus culture or several high-potency acidophilus capsules, preferably containing biﬁdo bacteria, and
possibly also other lactobacteria.
Preferably do this cleanse for about a week, and repeat several times a year. If you can do it only on weekends, then do it for 4 0r 5
weekends.
Caution: During cleansing periods unpleasant symptoms may temporarily develop. If these are too severe then interrupt the cleanse
and repeat again at a later time. However, some nausea, weakness or headaches are common, especially in the beginning. For more
details about such reactions read The Healing Crisis  on this website.
Disclaimer: The aim of this web site is to provide information on using natural healing methods to aid in the treatment of illness and health improvement.
The author cannot accept any legal responsibility for any problem arising from experimenting with these methods. For any serious disease,
or if you are unsure about a particular course of action, seek the help of a competent health professional.
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by W alter Last
Find out what Amino Acids do and if you have increased requirements for any of them.
Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. There are 8 essential amino acids for adults that must be supplied with the diet:
Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methion ine, Phenylalanine, Threonine, Tryptophan and Valine. Two others, Arginine and Histidine are in
addition essential in the ﬁrst year of life.
The following is a summary of the functions of amino acids. Some of these may be useful as supplements to enhance the described
functions. Commonly this is necessary only in cases of malabsorption of nutrients, or with speciﬁc diseases, or with bodybuilding and
sports nutrition. The amounts to use are usually not critical and may vary widely. If not otherwise recommended by your health
professional, you may use amounts indicated on the container in which they were purchased. However, in most instances, instead of
taking single amino acids, I recom mend taking spirulina or chlorella instead. These are high in protein (up to 70%) and easily
digestible.
Amino acids, like many vitamins, exist in two forms that are chemically identical but differently folded. These are named either D-
amino acid or L-amino acid. Amino acids in our body have the L-form. Therefore, it is not advisable to use the synthetic D,L-amino
acids, but rather the more expensive  D-amino acids produced with enzy mes. One exception to this is D,L-phenylalanine if used for
pain relief. If the label of a supplem ent does not specify that it is the L-form, you can assume that it is the cheaper D,L form, and I
would not use it. Furthermore, two simple amino acids, glycine and taurine, exist only in one form and are not marked D or L.
Arginine
Arginine is the precursor of the neurotransmitter nitric oxide, which helps to relax and dilate blood vessels. It is in an antagonistic
balance with lysine. Arginine helps to channel nutrients into tissues and promotes regeneration, but also inﬁltration by microbes;
lysine blocks the spread of microbes but also tissue regeneration. Avoid supplementation during pregnancy, lactation and with virus
infections.
•   Aids in liver detoxiﬁcation.
•   May retard growth of tumors and cancer cells
•   Assists in the release of growth hormones.
•   Helps maintain a healthy immune system.
•   Important for scar tissue formation and collagen production.
•   Promotes muscle growth and fat utilization.
•   May help with male impotence.
Carnitine
Can be produced in a healthy liver from lysine, vitamins B1, B6 and Iron. Vegetarian diets can be deﬁcient in carnitine as this is found
mainly in meat. D-carnitine is harmful. Acetyl-L-carnitine is the form best suited to treat neurological conditions.
•   Aids transport of long chain fatty acids to mitochondria for energy production.
•   Helps in weight loss.
•   Improves athletic ability through increased energy production.
•   Enhances ef fectiveness of the antioxidant vitamins E and C


 freedom, and autonomy in
every moment of your life.
Make a commitment to follow the path of no resistance. This is the path
through which nature  s intelligen ce unfolds spontaneously, without friction
or effort. Whe n you have the exquisite combination of acceptance,
responsibility, and defenselessness, you will experience life flowing with
effortless ease.
When you remain open to all points of view   not rigidly attached to only
one  your dreams and desires will flow with nature  s desires. Then you can
release your intentions, without attachment, and just wait for the
appropriate season for your desires to blossom into reality. You can be sure
that when the season is right, your desires will manifest. This is the Law of
Least Ef fort.
APPLYING THE LAW OF LEAST
EFFORT
I will put the Law of Least Effort into effect by making a commitment to
take the following steps:
(1) I will practice Acceptance. Today I will accept people, situations,
circumstances, and events as they occur. I will know that this moment is as
it should be, because the whole universe is as it should be. I will not
struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment. My
acceptance is total and complet e. I accept things as they are this moment,
not as I wish they were.(2) Having accepted things as they are, I will take Responsibility for my
situation and for all those even ts I see as problems. I know that taking
responsibility means not blaming anyone or anything for my situation (and
this includes myself). I also know that every problem is an opportunity in
disguise, and this alertness to opportunities allows me to take this moment
and transform it into a greater benefit. (3) Today my awareness will remain
established in Defenselessness. I will relinquish the need to defend my
point of view. I will feel no need to convince or persuade others to accept
my point of view. I will remain open to all points of view and not be rigidly
attached to any one of them.
5
THE LAW of
INTENTION and
DESIRE
The Seven spiritual laws of Success
¶24
Inherent in every intention and desire is the
mechanics for its fulfillment... intention and desire in the field of pure
potentiality have infinite organizing power. And when we introduce an
intention in the fertile ground  of pure potentiality, we put this infinite
organiyng power to work for us.
In the beginning there was desire, which was
the first seed of mind; sages, having meditated in
their hearts, have discovered by their wisdom the
connection of the existent with the non-existent.
 The Hymn of Creation, The Rig V eda
The fifth spiritual law of succes s is the Law of Intention and Desire. This
law is based on the fact that energy and information exist everywhere innature. In fact, at the level of the quantum field, there is nothin g other than
energy and infor mation. The quantum field is just another label for the field
of pure consciousness or pure potentiality. And this quantum field is
influenced by intention and desire. Let  s examine this process in detail. A
flower, a rainbow, a tree, a blade of grass, a human body, when broken
down to their essential components, are energy and information. The whole
universe, in its essential nature, is the movement of energy and information.
The only difference between you and a tree is the informational and energy
content of your respective bodies. On the material level, both you and the
tree are made up of the same recycled elements: mostly carbon, hydrogen,
oxygen, nitrogen, and other elements in minute amounts. You could buy
these elements in a hardware store for a couple of dollars. The difference,
therefore, between you and the tree is not the carbon, or the hydrogen, or
the oxygen. In fact; you and the tree are constantly exchanging your carbon
and oxygen with each other. The real difference between the two of you is
in the energy and in the informa tion. In the scheme of nature, you and I are
a privileged species. We have a nervous system that is capable of becoming
aware of the energy and informational content of that localize d field that
gives rise to our physical body. We experience this field subjectively as our
own thoughts, feelings, emotions, desires, memories, instincts, drives, and
beliefs. This same field is experienced objectively as the physical body   and
through the physical body, we experience this field as the world. But it  s all
the same  stuff. That is why the ancient seers exclaimed,  I am that, you are
that, all this is that, and that  s all there is.
Your body is not separate from the body of the universe, because at
quantum mechanical levels there are no well-defined edges. You are like a
wiggle, a wave, a fluctuation, a convolution, a whirlpool, a localized
disturbance in the lar ger quantum field. The lar ger quantum field
 the universe   is your extended body.
Not only is the human nervous system capable of becoming aware of the
information and energy of its own quantum field, but because human
consciousness is infinitely flexible through this wonderful nervous system,
you are able to consciously chan ge the informational content that gives rise
to your physical body. You can consciously change the energy andinformational content or your own quantum mechanical body, and therefore
influence the ener gy and infor -25
The law of Intention and Desire¶
mational conten t of your extende d body   your environment, your world   and
cause things to manifest in it.
This conscious change is broug ht about by the two qualities inherent in
consciousness: attention and intention. Attention energizes, and intention
transforms. Wha tever you put your attention on will grow stronger in your
life. Whatever you take your attention away from will wither, disintegrate,
and disappear. Intention, on the other hand, triggers transformation of
energy and information. Intentio n organizes its own fulfillment. The quality
of intention on the object of attention will orchestrate an infinity of space-
time events to bring about the outcome intended, provided one follows the
other spiritual laws of success. This is because intention in the fertile
ground of attention has infinite organizing power. Infinite organizing power
means the power to organize an infinity of space-time events, all at the
same time. We see the expression of this infinite organizing power in every
blade of grass, in every apple blossom, in every cell of our body. We see it
in everything that is alive. In the scheme of nature, everything correlates
and connects with everything else. The groundhog comes out of the earth
and you know it is going to be spring. Birds begin to migrate in a certain
direction at a certain time of the year. Nature is a symphony. And that
symphony is being silently orchestrated at the ultimate ground of creation.
The human body is another good example of this symphony. A single cell
in the human body is doing about six trillion things per second, and it has to
know what every other cell is doing at the same time. The human body can
play music, kill germs, make a baby, recite poetry, and monitor the
movement of stars all at the same time, because the field of infinite
correlation is part of its information field.
What is remarka ble about the nervous system of the human species is that it
can command this infinite organizing power through conscious intent.
Intent in the human species is not fixed or locked into a rigid network of
energy and infor mation. It has infinite flexibility. In other words, as long as
you do not violate the other laws of nature, through your intent you canliterally comman d the laws of nature to fulfill your dreams and desires. You
can put the cosmic computer with its infinite organizing power  to work for
you. You can go to that ultimate ground of creation and introduce an
intention, and just by introducing the intention, you activate the field of
infinite correlation. Intention lays the groundwork for the effortless,
spontaneous, frictionless flow of pure potentiality seeking expression from
the unmanifest to the manifest. The only caution is that you use your intent
for the benefit of mankind. This happens spontaneously when  you are in
alignment with The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success.
Intention is the real power behind desire. Intent alone is very powerful,
because intent is desire without  attachment to the outcome. Desire alone is
weak, because desire in most people is attention with attachment. Intent is
desire with strict adherence to all the other laws, but particularly the Law of
Detachment, which is the Sixth Spiritual Law of Success. Intention
combined with detachment leads to life-centered, present-moment
awareness. And when action is performed in present-moment awareness, it
is most effective. Your intent is for the future, but your attention is in the
present. As long as your attentio n is in the present, then your intent for the
future will mani fest, because the future is created in the present. You must
accept the prese nt as is. Accept the present and intend the future. The future
is some thing you can always create through detached intention, but you
should never struggle against the present.
The Seven spiritual laws of Success
¶26
The past, presen t


 technology’s ventures into ionizing
radiation and synthetic chemistry, the human beings of our age, as well as the food
chain on which we live, are thought to be undergoing a far higher mutation rate than
biology has been accustomed to.”
Fortunately, under the right circumstances, genetic damage can be repaired. Not
only must we avoid damaging our genes in the first place, we also must provide our
genes with the materials (nutrients) they need in order to repair themselves.
Genetically Modified Foods: Risky Business
No contemporary discussion on genetics is complete without discussing the
powerful genetic technologies in use today, particularly with our foods. With
modern genetic technology, what would have seemed miraculous just a generation
ago is now possible. However, whether or not these technologies pose a threat to our
health is a huge debate. Scientists on both sides constantly argue their points. These
technologies present the potential both for great achievement and for catastrophe.
Not enough research is available to know what will happen, although the research
that is available presents cause for serious concern or even alarm. I recommend
against consuming genetically modified foods because I believe these foods may be
lower in nutrients, higher in toxins and present other potential risks as well.
Never before in human evolution has humankind eaten a genetically modified
food. Only in recent years have we developed the technologies that allow us to create
these foods. Now genetic technologies are being developed and deployed rapidly,
with few controls and almost no consideration for long-term consequences. Most of
the food in your supermarket already contains genetically modified components. Yet
there is insufficient research, particularly long-term research, to establish the safety
of genetically modified foods and, indeed, ample reason to believe they may not be
safe.
If we keep producing and consuming genetically modified foods, we will be
unable to prevent genetic contamination from becoming prevalent throughout our
entire food supply. If ever these foods are determined unsafe, the damage will be
irreversible. Unexpected results from these foods might not become obvious until
years after they are introduced, at which point taking it back is too late. Ourscientists do their best, but when experimenting with genetics, the potential for
unanticipated side effects is almost incalculable. Here is one scenario: Over time,
genetically modified organisms interact with their environment, mutate and evolve,
and pass on their mutant characteristics to other related and unrelated organisms,
including us. This sets off a chain of events throughout the entire ecosystem,
jeopardizing life on earth as we know it. I know this scenario sounds dramatic, but
messing with genes and the course of evolution is risky business.
Is That a Jellyfish in Your Potato?
Producing new foods with modern genetic engineering is no minor event. Genetic
engineers cut, splice and transfer genes between totally unrelated species to produce
combinations that could never occur in nature. Scientists are inserting jellyfish
genes into potatoes, scorpion genes into vegetables, human genes into pigs and fish
genes into tomatoes. Perfect accuracy using these gene-splicing techniques and
knowing exactly what will be produced is almost impossible. Researchers at the
prestigious Rowett Institute in Scotland studied different batches of genetically
modified potatoes and found substantial differences from the same gene insertion.
Two lines of potatoes grown from the same gene insertion and the same growing
conditions had a 20 percent difference in protein content, demonstrating the
unpredictability inherent in genetic modification.
Genetically modified foods may be of altered nutritional value, and they also may
contain allergens or toxins they would not naturally contain—including ones not
normally associated with that type of food. For example, genes from Brazil nuts
were used to engineer a new soybean; but people allergic to Brazil nuts were now
highly reactive to these soybeans. Fortunately the problem was discovered before
anyone was harmed. Other genetically modified foods may present similar risks. A
1999 study printed in the British medical journal
Lancet
showed that genetically
modified potatoes damaged the stomach and intestinal linings of rats. People are
also eating genetically modified potatoes, but similar tests are not being performed
on humans.
Do you recall one of the health “scandals” of the late 1980s? Many people who
took an essential amino acid called tryptophan (which is used for treating depression
and other emotional problems) had devastating reactions. Thirty-seven people died,
fifteen hundred were permanently disabled, and five thousand became extremely ill.
As it turned out, one particular manufacturer in Japan had produced tryptophan using
a genetically modified bacterium, which did produce commercial quantities of
tryptophan, but which also produced a powerful nerve poison. Of course this poison
did not exist until we created it with genetic engineering, so it could not be detected
by existing safety tests. We cannot test for toxins we don’t know about, which is the
problem with genetically engineered foods. They are capable of producing theunexpected.
Supermarkets Full of Genetic Experiments
Food industry journals estimate that about 70 percent of the processed foods in
our supermarkets would test positive for genetically modified ingredients. Most
common are genetically engineered corn, soybeans, tomatoes, yellow crookneck
squash, canola, papaya and Russet Burbank potatoes. Other foods are being
developed, such as apples, rice, wheat, broccoli, cucumbers, carrots, melons and
grapes; genetically modified versions of these foods are either in stores already or
they soon will be.
A 1999 study by
Consumer Reports
found that only one-third of U.S. shoppers
realize they are eating genetically modified foods. The FDA does not require these
foods to be labeled “genetically modified,” and consumers do not realize what they
are buying. People buy so-called “fresh” produce, unaware that these foods did not
evolve through a natural process. As always, your best bet is to purchase only fresh,
organic foods. If you are unable to buy organic, stay away from commercial foods
most likely to be genetically modified, particularly corn and soy (including tofu).
Avoid commercially processed and prepared foods, 70 percent of which contain
genetically modified components, often including soy as a hidden ingredient.
Even organic foods are not guaranteed to be free from genetically modified
components. Segregating organic crops completely from genetically modified crops
during harvest, handling, transport and milling is not possible. Similarly, insects,
birds and wind carry seeds and pollen from genetically modified plants into organic
fields and cross-pollinate. America’s crops are so contaminated by genetic
modification that the Organic Federation of Australia announced in 2001 that it
could no longer verify the purity of organic crops imported from the United States.
Closer to home, Farm Verified Organic, an organic certification agency, has stated,
“the GM [genetically modified] pollution of American commodities is now so
pervasive, we believe it is not possible for farmers in North America to source seed
free from it.” Our supposedly uncontaminated organic crops of corn, soy and canola
are now testing positive for the presence of foreign genetic material.
As you know, commercial farming produces sick plants, which are sprayed with
chemical fertilizers and pesticides to keep them alive. To cut down on pesticide use,
some genetically modified crops (such as corn and potatoes) have been engineered
to produce toxic pesticides internally. These plants actually become their own
pesticide factories. The long-term health effects of these pesticides are unknown.
With such crops, the potential certainly exists for long-term nutritional deficiencies,
toxicities and even genetic mutations in humans. A December 1999 issue of
Nature
reported that genetically modified crops engineered to produce their own pesticides
actually were poisoning the soil. Pesticides leaching from the plant’s roots werekilling beneficial bacteria in the soil, disrupting the soil food web and threatening
soil ecology. This problem is severe. The quality of the soil has everything to do
with the health and nutritional content of the crops it produces.
Genetically modified organisms are problematic because they are extremely hard
to control. Genes do not exist by themselves. They exist as part of interactive
networks. The splicing of genes results in not only the desired characteristics but
also in other unpredictable effects. Given that the species developed by Mother
Nature work just fine, why take these unnecessary risks?
“Progress?” At What Price?
The companies that supply genetically modified seeds, such as Archer Daniels
Midland and Monsanto, believe they are pioneers in a technology that can serve
humankind and offer myriad benefits now and in the future. Scientists in this field
argue that genetically modified foods increase yields and are necessary to feed this
hungry world. They argue that crops can be engineered to reduce environmental
pesticide pollution, because pesticides are produced internally by the plants. They
argue that the plants can be engineered to resist chemical weed killers, so farmers
can use these chemicals without fear of harming crops. Future possibilities include
engineering plants that are better able to withstand harsh environmental conditions,
permitting farming in areas not presently suitable. Another possibility is the
engineering of crops with increased nutritional content. Clearly, genetically
modified foods present great promise, but as always, we must consider the whole
picture.
These foods also present enormous risks for which there is little financial
incentive to investigate and plenty of incentive to overlook. Safety tests for these
newly created species should be at least as rigorous as those for new food additives,
but they are not. No single regulatory agency is in charge of genetically modified
foods. Eight government agencies are involved under twelve different laws, none of
which deal specifically with genetically modified foods. Biotechnology companies
do their own testing and are not required to inform the FDA if they suspect a
problem. Huge corporations and large sums of money are involved, yet we rely on
the honor system alone. At the


 problems. Schizophrenia and other
conditions have sometimes been quickly cured by changing unsatisfactory sexual habits, see Sexuality. The solution is generally skin
or sexual contact between individuals of the opposite sex lasting for at least 30 minutes.
The possibility of occult inﬂuences is not ofﬁcially contemplated. Many sensitive individuals have psychic abilities which expose them
to such inﬂuences. This does not normally cause a problem for those who understand what is happening. However, there are others
who may become open to occult interference unprepared because of deteriorating health or a stressful situation. They may become
frightened and seek psychiatric advice only to be labelled as being schizophrenic.
Another possibility is the experience of different states of consciousn ess and rearrangement of internal energy patterns due to
meditation and yoga practices. Normally individuals will have an understanding of these happenings and not be alarmed. However,
sometimes profound or even frightening mystical experiences may occur spontaneously and unprepared individuals have been
reported to seek psychiatric help with unfortunate consequences.
Orthodox psychiatry has no room for altered states of consciousness and divine or higher guidance. This has led to Christian mystics
and historical ﬁgures such as Jeanne D'Arc being labelled schizophrenic because they heard inner voices or had visions.
SCHIZOPHRENIA10/30/24, 4:13 PM Health-Science-Spirit - Mental Illness
https://health-science-spirit.com/Diseases/Mental-Illness.html 8/13From a biochemical point of view we may distinguish between three  different types of schizophrenics: slow oxidisers with low
histamine levels also called histapenics; fast oxidisers with high histamine levels called histadelics, and balanced oxidisers with
normal histamine levels. In addition, each of these may at times display symptoms of either overactivity or underactivity.
Histapenics are the 'typical' schizophrenics, insensitive to cold and pain and comprise about 50% of all schizophrenics, 20% are
histadelics and. the rest have normal histamine blood levels (40 - 70 ng histamine/ml).
The following descriptions show that it is usually easy to distinguish between high and low histamine types. If in doubt about the
histamine status, take (or give) 50 mg of niacin with water on an empty stomach. If a strong facial ﬂush develops, histamine levels are
high. If there is no or only a weak ﬂush, levels are probably normal or low. Then try 200 mg of niacin in the same way. If there is still
no or only a weak ﬂush, histamine levels are low.
Dr Hof fer, who pioneered the niacin therapy for schizophrenia, stated:
"For schizophrenics, the natural recovery rate is 50%. With orthomole cular medicine, the recovery rate is 90%. With (additional)
drugs, it is 10%. If you use just drugs, you won't get well. "
By far the best diet for all mental problems is a raw food diet that is appropriate for your metabolic type, for details see Healing
Foods,  and especially The Raw Food Diet. Combine this with an intensive anti-microbial therapy, including adequate selenium and
high antioxidant intake. Also do a parasite cure, see the Ultimate Cleanse.
The Low-Histamine T ype
As slow oxidisers, histapenics are usually too alkaline and this may be a cause or contributing factor for their low histamine levels,
which tend to raise the blood pressure and make the skin insensitive to cold, pain and irritants.
The predominant psychiatric symptoms are thought disorders, over-arousal, hallucinations, mania or overexcitement and paranoia or
delusions of grandiosity or persecutions. In young histapenics usually the paranoid behaviour dominates while the elderly may lean
towards depressions. However, such depressions are rarely as severe as those experienced by the high-histamine type.
While there are usually no physical signs of allergy, a cerebral or brain allergy frequently is present to wheat and sometimes also
other gluten grains and cows milk protein. Copper levels are usually too high while zinc and folic acid are too low.
If possible, start the treatment with a 4-day fast on unsweetened herb teas or plain water. The water should not be chlorinated or
ﬂuoridated. Then proceed with several more days on acid or tart fruit, best green apples. Make an effort to obtain unsprayed fruit,
otherwise remove the skins.
Then gradually, while testing for allergies, introduce different foods as explained in the High-Quality Diet or The Raw Food Diet. If any
of these foods makes the condition worse, then avoid them. At the same time start with the recommended supplements. Use small
amounts only if on this diet the condition appears to be normal, but build  up to high levels if symptoms persist. Use acid and tart fruit
between meals.
Continue with a strict diet as long as there are abnormal and emotional reactions. If conditions are normal, proceed to add other food,
one at a time only. Avoid any food that causes abnormal reactions.
Avoid indeﬁnitely exitotoxins (food additives and aged proteins), wheat products, sweetened food, convenience food and processed
food with added chemicals, polyunsaturated oils, margarine, salt, alcohol, tobacco, drugs.
In mentally unstable conditions take a high potency multivitamin tablet and up to 5 mg of folic acid with each teal, half a teaspoon of
ascorbic acid 3 - 5 times daily with meals or snacks, possibly weekly vitamin B12 injections (1000 mg) or daily 250 mcg tablets lightly
chewed to be absorbed under the tongue. Total daily vitamin E at least 100 mg and better more.
Gradually increase the amount of niacin to be taken with or after meals and snacks until maximum improvement or up to a maximal
daily dose of about 6 g. If niacin is not well tolerated, up to 3 g may be replaced with nicotinamide. Nicotinamide may have a sedating
effect. This can be useful during overstimulated periods but may exaggerate depressed conditions; you may experiment with it
according to mood.
Initially take about 50 mg of zinc, 20 mg of manganese, 500 mg or more of magnesium and chromium supplements. High doses of
inositol can be helpful but are not required if sprouted seeds are used. Take glutamine and tryptophane in depressed conditions.
Initially take 1 tbsp. of food-grade linseed oil with meals, also cod liver oil and ﬁsh oil concentrates, evening primrose oil and
bioﬂavonoids with rutin.
If symptom-free gradually reduce all high-level supplements to the minimum effective dosage. Increase levels of niacin and ascorbic
acid temporarily during periods of stress. Continue taking with meals 1 tbsp. of ground linseed (grind in blender or coffee grinder,
refrigerate) and 1 tsp. of lecithin granules.
The High-Histamine T ype
This histadelic type shows basically the symptoms of the low blood sugar or hypoglycaemic personality and is susceptible to strong
allergic reactions and inﬂammations.  Blood pressure is low, body ﬂuids overacid and the skin very sensitive to cold, pain and irritants.
Frequently there are headaches and dizziness. The main mental symptoms are suicidal depression, obsessive rumination, blank-
mindedness alternating with periods of over-arousal, thought disorders, compulsive behaviour and phobias.
The diet is basically a hypoglycaem ic low allergy diet with slow-digesti ng food. Lentils or other legumes, best sprouted, with most
meals, liver, also ﬁsh or seafood. Other staple foods are brown rice, extra-virgin olive oil, ground linseed, cooked and raw vegetables.
Use fruit and cooked sweet vegetables, such as carrots and pumpkin only sparingly.10/30/24, 4:13 PM Health-Science-Spirit - Mental Illness
https://health-science-spirit.com/Diseases/Mental-Illness.html 9/13If not symptom-free on this diet and with the help of recommended supplements go on a 3 - 4 day water fast and follow this with
another 3 - 4 days on brown rice ﬂavoured only with olive oil, herbs and possibly lightly salted. Then add other recommended foods
one by one with careful observation of the mental condition. If symptom-free test also other foods.
Avoid gluten and cows' milk products, margarine, polyunsaturated oils, sweet food including dried fruit and fruit juices, vinegar,
chemical additives, alcohol, smoking, drugs.
With meals take half a teaspoon of calcium ascorbate, vitamin E and vitamin B6 up to several hundred milligrams each, 10 - 20 mg of
zinc, manganese and chromium or trace mineral supplement, ground linseed, cod liver oil and possibly ﬁsh oil concentrates, kelp, the
amino acid methionine to reduce histamine levels. Experiment with increasing amounts of nicotinamide, glutamine as brain fuel, with
depression vitamin B12 (absorb under the tongue), freeze-dried thyroid, tryptophan or tyrosine - see also the section on depression.
Do not take niacin, folic acid, ascorbic acid or lecithin, which may increase histamine levels. Initially avoid multivitamins or B-complex
with these ingredients or try some  with only very low levels of these. Usually depression disappears ﬁrst, followed by blank-
mindedness and obsessions, while


 1. Sit with your feet flat on  the floor.  Use the  stim ulation  of a hard
object against  your vagina  and clitoris, if necessa ry. Rub  your
breasts  to stimulate yourself.  Direct the  sexual  energ y from the
nipples  down to the  ovaries,  and expand  the energ y in the  ovaries
and genitals,  finall y concentra ting it in the  Ovarian  Palace.
   2. Inhale  deeply  throu gh your nose  when you are near  or in the
midst of orgasm wh ile simultaneousl y clenching  both  fists,  claw ing
your feet,  clenching  your jaws, tightening  the Cranial  Pump at the
- 175  -Orgasmic Upward Draw
back of your neck,  and pressing  your tongue  firmly to the roof of
your mouth.
    3. Inhale  once  more, drawing up the entire  genital- anus  region,
especially  concentr ating  on the front  part of the  Hui- Yin (perineum)
and the urogenit al diaphra gm. Pull the  energy  from the Ovarian
Palace downward to the perineum b y squeezi ng the vagina’s  outer
and inner  lips as  tightly  as possible,  there by squeezin g the clitoris.
Hold y our breat h for a while, inhale  again,  contract  and pull dow n
the front  part of the anus,  again  holding  your breath.  Feel  the sexual
energy  collect at  the perineum. W ith all mu scles flexed, inhale
without exhaling,  clench,  and pull up your sexual  region  nine  times,
holding  the energ y at the  front  part of the  perineum. Retention  of
the energy  here  is very  important.  When out of breath  exhale  and
release  all the muscles in the  body. Rest. Use  your mind to guide
the energy  from the Ovarian  Palace  to The front  part of the
perineum.
    4. Arouse  the breasts  again,  and with an inhalation  clench  the
fists, feet,  neck  and jaws. Draw up the  entire  genital  area,  urog enital
diaphra gm, anus,  and especially  the vagina,  squeezin g the energ y
tightly  to the  clitoris and  pulling  it up to the  perineum. Rest  for a
while, inhale  again  and contract  the front  part of the  anus,  pulling
the sexual ener gy down from  the ovaries  to the  perineum. Hold
your breath  for a wh ile and inhale  again,  contract  the middle part of
the anus  and then  the back part of the  anus,  pull the sexual ener gy
up through  the perineum, and  continue  to dra w it up  to your coccyx
to enter  the hiatus  in the  sacru m.
    Arch  the sacrum back  and outw ard, straightenin g it, to  activate
the Sacral Pum p. Hold  the energy  here and continue  to inhale  three
to nine  times, pulling  the sexual  energ y in from  the Ovarian  Palace
and sexual  organs,  with increasingl y harder  contractions  if
necessary, until the  energ y in your clitoris  and your vagina  subsides.
Squeezing  the buttocks  mote tightly  may be helpful.  When you are
out of breath,  exhale:  then  relax  and let your sacru m and  neck
return  to their  normal positions,  and rest to induce  the activation  of
the Sacral and  Cranial  Pumps as the  Chi enters  the spinal  cord
through  the sacru m.
    5. To dra w the energ y to T-11,  repeat  the same procedu re
described  in 1.  through  4. above.  Bow  your spine  outw ard and
straighten  your spine  to acco mmodate the dense  sexual  energy
and increase  the pumping action.  Retain  the ener gy at T-11 until
- 176  -Chapter VI
this point  fills w ith ener gy. Bring  the energ y from the  Ovarian  Palace
to T-11  nine  times wi th hard  contracti ons, inhaling  each  time without
exhaling.  Exhale  and relax  every  part of your body, mentally  guiding
the Chi to flo w from the  Ovarian  Palace  to T-11.
    6. To dra w the energ y to C- 7, practice  in the  same m anner  as
described  above.  As y ou bring  the energ y to C- 7, inhale  and push
the top of  the sternum back to ward the base  of the  neck  to straight en
the entire  spine,  increase  the pumping- up of the  energ y, activate
the thymus  gland,  and join the thoracic  and cervical  vertebr ae.
    7. To dra w the energ y to your Jade  Pillow, practice  in the  sam e
manner  as previousl y described.  Inhale  and pull up  to the  Jade
Pillow, pushing  the chin  in to ward the back  and base  of the skull to
activate  the Cranial  Pump. Clench  the teeth,  squeeze  the muscles
at the  back  of the  skull, and press  your tongue  hard  to the palate  to
increase  the pumping action.
    8. Next dra w the energy  to the Pai-Hui, or  crown of the head.
Repeat  the sam e process,  maintaining  a straight  upper  spine.  Turn
your eyes and all yo ur senses  up to the  top of the skull.  Press y our
tongue  firmly to the palate  to help  activate  the Cranial  Pump.
Continue  to pull the ener gy to the top  of your head  until  you feel the
aroused  energ y at the  lower center  subside.  Practice nine hard
contractions  and continue  to inhale,  each  time pulling  the energy
from the  Ovarian  Palace  up to the  crown. Use y our mind, ey es and
all your senses  to spiral  the sexual  creative  energy  nine,  eighteen,
or thirty -six tim es, first  in a clockw ise, and then  in a
counterclock wise direction.  When the spiraling  has finished,  rest
for a while and feel the  energ y enter  the brain.  Eventuall y by settling
your mind on  the ovaries  and the gland  at the cro wn of the head,
you will bring  the sexual  energ y from the  ovaries  to the brain  by
using  only  the power of the  mind and  all the  senses.
    9. The cool ener gy can be left in the brain  or w hen you feel the
brain  is full, let the  extra  energy  (Golden  Nectar)  flow dow n the
Functional  (front)  Channel  to the third  eye, nose,  throat,  heart  center
solar  plexus,  and finally  to the navel  where it can  be stored.
    10.  During  lovemak ing do not store  the energy  in the  brain,  but
circulate  it to direct  the excess energ y to revitalize  the organs  and
glands.  Squeeze  your buttocks  and perine um, and press  the lower-
trunk  energ y into and  up the  spine.  At the  same tim e press  the
energy  in yo ur upper  body  dow nward, holding  the contractio n as
long as possible.  Then exhale  com pletel y and relax  the entire  body
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Crown
Jade Pil low
C-7
T-11
Cauldron
Sacrum
Perineum
Fig. 6.15  Internal  Alchemy begins a t the C auldron.
- 178  -Chapter  VI
The Chi w ill continue  to circle  up the  back  and down the front  of
your body  to the  navel.  Continue  cycling  the sexual  energ y in this
way until  your orgasm travels  upw ard into the organs,  glands  and
higher  center
H. The  Orgasmic Draw is the Basis for Alchemical  Sex
    To m ake full use  of the Chi Ching  gathere d at the navel requires
study  of the  Taoist me thods  of meditation.  S


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Natural Asthma & Allergies Cure

Chapter 1. - Getting To The Root Of The Problem?

The root problem is as I see it, a radically changing diet. Your daily diet in the western world is far removed from just six ty to
seventy years ago. A western diet nowadays is biased toward processed meat, manufactured snack, cake and candy food, dairy an d
a high absorption of processed sugar.

Some of you may eat fresh fruit, vegetables, beans and seeds on a regular basis too. But unfortunately a fast food culture ha s
certainly taken over in the western world. In a fast living environment, fast food so o ften seems the simple, easy option.

Good nutrition though, is imperative to long lasting healthy living. Unfortunately the majority of us never seem to have been
taught this very well.

During the last sixty years, sugar has grown hugely in use, especiall y so in soft drinks, and now stands as king of the western
world. Refined (processed) sugar, with the bulk of the goodness stripped out, has become a very major part of the western die t.
And as sugar has become king, raw unprocessed honey, packed full of n utrients has largely been shunned by the populus.

Water has also become unpopular with modern society. Soft drinks, high in processed sugar are in favour, along with coffee an d
various drinks with added stimulants. A fast moving lifestyle, it seems, has led to the demise of water as an ordinary drink too.

This is bad news, for this makes it much harder for your body to get the nutrients it needs, in order to function properly in  the
medium to long -term. If you have nutrient deficiencies in your diet, yo u may end up suffering quite visible health problems
because of it.

In this on -line guide, we are going to look at a deficiency, which I believe is now very widespread in the western world; brought
about largely, I believe, by the shift to this modern die t. And also due to modern farming methods, with soil mineral depletion now
a major issue. If the soil is depleted of minerals one can only expect the produce to be lacking too.

I am convinced, if you are suffering from asthma, and/or various allergies tha t your body is deficient in vitamin B17. You may
never of heard of B17 before, and I doubt you'll find it in any vitamin tablet, anywhere. But your body needs it!

B17 tends to occur naturally in certain fruit seeds, wild berries, certain beans, some grasses and a few staple crops. The stable
crops I refer to are millet and buckwheat: when was the last time you ate either of those, in some form or other? I doubt you  eat
butter beans, lima beans, fava beans, lentils, alfalfa sprouts/leaves, cassava, bit ter almonds (not sweet almonds), mung beans,
macadamia nuts, bamboo sprouts, sorghum molasses, chick peas or linseed that often either.

Wild berries can tend to be a bit difficult to find nowadays too, especially in cities. The same goes for bitter almond s, especially in
western countries (sweet almonds do not contain B17). And as for fruit seeds; try telling one of your friends that you've sta rted
eating apricot seeds or prune seeds on a regular basis; they may find it a little strange...until you tell th em why.

But I bet, only sixty or seventy years ago when somebody ate an apple it was standard practice to eat the whole apple, seeds as
well. The old saying, 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away', probably has very good meaning. Not only does the apple contain
vitamin C and other nutrients, but the seeds contain vitamin B17.

Going back two or three generations, you may also have been able to get some B17 by eating the flesh of the apple, apricot, p each,
nectarine, plum, and cherry. Unfortunately, moder n hybrid farming methods have probably put a stop to that. High vitamin B17
content should still be found in wild blackberries and raspberries; well worth knowing if you live in/near the countryside.

Chapter 2. - Seeds A Plenty

There is an easy method o f getting plenty of vitamin B17 back into your bodily system. And the program we are going to use is
based largely upon using one of nature's produce in particular, the apricot seed.

The apricot seed is laden with vitamin B17. They are easy to eat, and y ou don't need to eat many to provide your body with what it
needs. Apricot seeds are also inexpensive to buy; it should work out at around $1 to $2 a week, per person.
There are a number of companies selling bags of apricot seeds (already removed from the stone) over the Internet. A bag tends to
weight 1 lb (just under 1/2 a kilo) and should contain between 700 and 850 apricot seeds (kernels).

The apricot seed is quite bitter. We will also utilise the apple seed on the program, which tastes like a bitter v ersion of marzipan.
Prune seeds, to me at least, seem a little sweeter to the pallet.

Over time you can of course begin to vary your diet more widely to include produce that has a good B17 content. Eating one or
two portions of either bamboo sprouts, lent ils, butter beans, mung beans, cassava, fava beans, macadamia nuts, linseed/flaxseed,
millet cereal, alfalfa sprouts/leaves and chick peas, daily, should provide very significant benefits to your asthma and your
allergies.

However, because you may find it  difficult to change your diet more substantially, for various reasons, we are going to take the
easy, fast and effective approach.

I doubt you'll be able to purchase apricot seeds from a health food shop or any normal retail outlet. No matter, it is eas y and
inexpensive to order them over the web. Listed below are links to various websites that sell apricot seeds. Please note, this  website
has no affiliation with any of these sites, or any site that sells apricot seeds. Alternatively you can search the w eb under the term
vitamin B17, or apricot seeds with a search engine, and this should provide links to companies that sell apricot seeds.

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www.doc.intersessions.com/cancerchoices.com/onlineorder.html

www.zianet.com/kgriffi/

I personally, tend to eat between 5 -7 apricot seeds per day, most days. So you should find that a 1 lb bag will last you around 3 -4
months, per person. I usually order 3 or 4 bags at a time. Apricot seeds keep their freshness extremely well, especially if y ou put
them in the fridge. I've not yet had a problem with apricot seeds spoiling.

Chapter 3. - Step by Step

In this chapter, I'm going to explain the program that should really sort out your asthma and allergy problems. This program is for
adults only. For children with asthma/hay fever/allergies please read chapter 6.

It is probably b est not to attempt this program if you are pregnant, or nursing. I am totally certain this program is perfectly safe for
expectant mothers, for it is all -natural; nonetheless, I believe you shouldn't make any sustained changes to diet during pregnancy.
You could always start including some of the natural products mentioned in the last chapter from time to time with your meals
though.

If you or your child suffer from any nut or seed allergies please consult a doctor before you or your child consider using t his
program. Please use common sense at all times.

You can begin this program today, and where better a place to start than in the present!

Once you have ordered your


 in control of work situations and am much happier
working alone than with others.
  2.  When I’m under pressure, the easiest emotion for me to show is
anger or irritability.
  3.  I rarely tell anyone that I need them.
  4.  I tend to harbor old hurts. Rather than telling someone that he
hurt me, I would rather fantasize about getting even.
  5.  I have quite a few resentm ents about the way my brother s and
sisters relate to me.
  6.  The more money I spend on someone, the more that means I love
them.
  7.  I keep to myself how unfairly others treat me.
  8.  If a relationship starts to go bad, I secretly wish I could take back
everything I bought for that person.
  9.  If it’ s my house, the people in it should follow my rules.
10.  I find it hard to admit being vulnerable. I don’t often say “I’m
wrong” and mean it.
11.  It’s better to nurse my wounds than to show someone that I’m
weak.
12.  I’m a better talker than listener.
13.  What I have to say is usually important.
14.  I secretly think others don’t take my opinions as seriously as they
should.
15.  I have a pretty good sense of what’ s good for people.
16.  At least once in my life I got caught opening someone else’s
mail.
17.  People have called me cynical or negative.
18.  I have high standards, which others sometimes mistake for
criticism.19.  I tend to be a perfectionist. It bothers me to let a sloppy job go
out.
20.  I feel uncomfortable if someone gets too close to me emotionally.
21.  After a relationship breaks up, I look back and think I was mostly
in the right.
22.  I’m neat and orderly. I like my way of doing things and find it
hard to live with someone who is sloppy.
23.  I’m good  at scheduling my day and put a high value on
punctuality.
24.  I’m good at caring for other people’ s needs, but then I get
disappointed when they don’ t think as much about mine.
25.  I have a logical explanation for the way I act, even if others can’t
always accept it.
26.  I don’ t care that much if other people don’ t like me.
27.  In my opinion, most people don’t usually express their true
motives for the way they behave.
28.  I’m not good at handling noisy or rambunctious children.
29.  I still blam e my parents for a lot of my problems, but I haven’ t
told them so.
30.  When I get into an argument with my spouse or lover, I can’t
resist bringing up old grievances.
Total score ______
Evaluating your scor e:
0–10 points
Your personality  isn’t dominated by an excessive need to be in
control. You are likely to be comfortable with your feelings and
tolerant of other people. You realize that you are imperfect, therefore
you understand the failings of others. It is easy for you to let events
take their own course, and surprises don’t throw you off balance. You
probably place a high value on spontaneity and the expression of
emotions.
10–20 pointsBeing in control  is a frequent issue with you. You have more fears
and hurt feelings than you let on, but you don’t work hard to resolve
these feelings. Being in charge isn’t necessarily that important to you,
but having your way usually is. You consider yourself organized and
efficient, yet it isn’t a major event if things get a little out of control.
You have found someone whom you can be honest and open with, but
there are limits to how much you can safely say or do, even with that
person.
Over 20 points
You are a controlling person. You feel that control is necessary
because people hurt your feeling s a lot, and your memory of this goes
back into your painful childhood. To keep from being hurt more, you
try to control your feelings, which basically means you are very
selective about revealing yourse lf to others. Your overriding need to
be in charge or to have things your way drives people away from  you,
despite the fact that you work very hard to take care of their needs.
The only emotion you show easily is anger or irritability. You
constantly expla in your motives and give reasons for why you are the
way you are, but somehow this doesn’ t help to get you what you
want, which is other people’ s love and af fection.
The purpose of this questionna ire is not to label anyone bad for being
controlling. Losing control is an extremely unpleasant state for most people,
and we all exert energy to maint ain control. But there is a healthy way to be
in control and an unhealthy way. The healthy way is to be secur e enough in
yourself (meaning your worth, lovability, and achievements) that outside
events do not threaten your coping skills. The unhealthy way is to
manipulate people and events so that your weaknesses and insecurity are
covered over. You have to be honest with yourself to follow the first way;
you need to know your limits in various situations, which ones make you
feel weak and which ones bring out your strengths. Self-knowledge is an
anchor that makes unpredictability tolerable.A wise person once said to me, “If my approach to a situa tion isn’t
working, I have faith that there  is more to learn. Either someone else can
provide me with help or the flow of events will reveal what is needed. In
either case, I won’ t get to the solution until I first admit that my response
isn’t perfect.” Unhealthy controlling people lack this flexibility and
humility; they insist on being in charge of events and find excuses to make
themselves come out on the right side of every conflict. This behavior
promotes disharmony both within themselves and with their environment.
Unable simply to allow, they pay the price of never truly expe riencing the
nourishment that comes when life is simply allowed to flow in, around, and
through you.
Exercise 1: Fr eeing Y our Interpr etations
Your life can be only as free as your perception of it. Whenever we look
at a situation, we see our past in it, because every event gets interpreted, and
interpretations are rooted in the past. If spiders frightened you as a child,
you will project  that fear onto spiders today; if your father was alcoholic,
your judgment about someone who drinks will be clouded by your painful
past experiences. Just to realize that you are placing an interpretation on
everything, no matter how trivial, is an important step toward freeing
yourself from the past. Realize that you are always seeing things from one
point of view. If you find yourself fighting with someone, for example,
holding on to your point of view makes the other person a threat, while
acknowledging that two opposin g viewpoints can both be valid removes the
threat.
Remember that stage 2 of the stress response—appraisal—is  the only
stage in which you can control your body’ s reaction. Once you have
interpreted a situation as a threat, your body will automatically  give some
kind of stress reaction. So it’s important to question your interpretations.
Old ones usually  don’t remain valid beyond the original situation. The only
way you can end stress is by perceiving  it to end. There’ s much more to say
about how to accomplish this, but in my own life, I try to approach every
stressful situation with the intention of defusing its threat in myself. Five
steps have been immensely helpful:  1.  Realize that you have an interpretation. In a conflict situation, I
try to tell myself that my view point is limited; I don’t have a
patent on the truth.
  2.  Set aside the old mindset. When I feel tense, I take this as a
signal that I’m holding on too tightly to my point of view.
  3.  Look at things from a new perspective. I focus on the feelings in
my body, and as I do, inevitab ly my mind starts to see things
slightly dif ferently.
  4.  Question your interpretation to see if it is still valid.
  5.  Focus on process, not outcome. Stress always arises if you
concentrate on how something has to turn out. This is the pitfall
of thinking that events can be controlled or forced into
predictable outcomes. To overcome this tendency to impose false
control, I remind myself that I don’t need to know where I’m
going to enjoy the road I’m on.
When I go through these five steps, the daily annoyances that create
inappropriate stress dissolve very quickly. I try to be easy on myself;
sometimes a situation pushes too many buttons, and the stress response
begins before I know it. When that happens, the only sensible thing to do is
to ride with it; the body isn’t going to return to its nonstressed state until the
reaction has run its course.
The exercise


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INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA Mercuriussolubilis(Merc-s.)•115
mentallyandphysically,whentheybecomesick,
althoughthevwillalwaysfeelhurriedinside.Inthis
slowed-down statetheirmemoriesweakenandthey
maythenbecomeconfusedandhavetroublethinking.
Theymayfeeldepressedandweepybuttheircrying
willalternatewithlaughter-theyarerestlessevenin
theiremotions!
ChildrenwhoneedMercunusaremischievousand
arealwaysgettinguptonogood.Theyarerestlessand
alwaysrushingfromonethingtoanother.
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Abscesses
SymptomsAbscesses:ofglands;ofrootsofteeth.
AbscessesaccompaniedbyMercunussolubilisgeneral
symptoms-i.e.increasedsaliva,foultasteandsmelly
breath.
Backache
SymptomsPains:inlowerback;burning;shooting.
Worseforbreathing;forcoughing;ongettingupfrom
sitting;forsweating.
Breastfeedingproblems
SymptomsBreastabscesspainful.
Chickenpox
WithtypicalMercs,generalsymptoms-i.e.worseat
night,weakandsmelly.Therashsuppuratesandis
smelly.
Commoncold
SymptomsNasalcatarrh:bloody;burning;green;
yellow;yellow-green;smelly;watery.Withlossof
smell,fever(seebelow);headache(seebelow);fre-
quentsneezing;sorethroat(seebelow);voice
HOARSE.
Worseforcold;atnight;forheat.
Thenasaldischargeburnstheupperlip,andthe
nostrilsmaybecomeulcerated.Thenosemaybleed
duringsleep.
Cough
SymptomsCoughracking;mucusgreen.
Worseduringtheeveninginbed;atnight;forlyingon
rightside.
Cystitis
SymptomsDesiretourinate:constant;ineffectual.
Painsburning.Urine:dark;scanty.Urination
frequent.
Worseatbeginningofurinating;whennoturinating.Thepainsareterribleandurinatingisveryslowand
difficult.
Diarrhoea
SymptomsInchildren.Painsburning.Stools:
bloody;green;slimy;smelly;yellow.Sweating:
beforeduringafterstool.
Worseforcold;duringtheevening;atnightafter
passingastool.
Theburningpainscomeonwhenpassingastooland
remainforatimeafterwards,whenthepersonalso
feelsfaintandweak(seeExhaustion).Theremaybea
frequentdesiretopassastoolthatisworseafterthe
stoolhasbeenpassed.
Earache
SymptomsEarfeelsblocked.Dischargefrom
ears:blood-streaked; smelly.Pains:boring;burning;
pressing;tearing.
Worseatnight;forwarmthofbed.
Theeardrummayperforateandthedischargewill
thenbesmellyandblood-streaked.
Exhaustion
SymptomsHeavinessinlimbs.
Worseaftersweating;afterpassingastool.
Causessweating.
Thisexhaustionmaywellaccompanyafeveroran
attackofdiarrhoea,andawaveoftirednesswitha
feelingofheavinesswillcomeonafterpassingastool
orafteraheavyboutofsweating.Thepatientwill
tremblewithexhaustion.
Eyeinflammation
SymptomsDischargepurulent.Eyes:sensitiveto
light;watering.Withsymptomsofcommoncold(see
above).
Worseforheatofafire;warmthofbed.
Fever
SymptomsHeatalternatingwithchills.Withsweat
(seeGeneralSymptoms).
Worseforfreshair;atnightinbed.
Thepersonfeelschilledoutinthefreshair,butcanfeel
overheatedinastuffyroom.Thefevermayprecedea
commoncold.
Headache
SymptomsPains:inforehead;burning;pressing;
sore,bruised.
Worseatnight;forbendingdown.
Causescommoncold;rheumatism.
Theheadfeelsasthoughthereisabandaroundthe
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foreheadorasthoughtheheadisinavice.Therewill
usuallybeanincreasedamountofsalivainthemouth
aswellasotherMercuriusgeneralsymptoms.
Indigestion
SymptomsWithheartburn.
Causespregnancy.
Thestomachfeelsemptyandoutofsortsandthe
personwillalsohiccupandburp.
Jointpain
SymptomsPains:burning;tearing.
Worseinbed;atnight;forwetweather.
Therheumaticpainsaresevereandalwaysworseat
nightinbed,whentheydrivethesuffereroutofbed.
Mouthulcers
SymptomsUlcers:ongums;inmouth;ontongue.
Pains:stinging;throbbing.
Thisisthemajormouthulcerremedy,butyoushould
takethegeneralsymptomsintoaccountaswellasthe
ulcersthemselves;theincreaseinsalivaandthe
flabby,indentedtongueusuallypointtoMercuriusas
theremedythatisneeded.
Mumps
SymptomsGlands:hard;swollen/painful;worseon
rightside.Withfever(seeabove);copioussaliva;
PROFUSESWEATING.
Worseforblowingnose;atnight;onrightsideof
body.
ThetypicalMercuriussolubilistongueandsmelly
breatharealsopresent.Thebonesinthefacemay
ache.
Sorethroat
SymptomsPains:spreadinguptoearsandneck;sore;
stitching.Tonsils:swollen;ulcerated.
Worseatnight;onrightsideofbody;forswallowing.
Theseareverypainfulsorethroatswithulcersonthe
tonsilsandswollenglands.Thepainsshootupinto
theearorintotheneckonswallowing.
Thrush(genital)
SymptomsDischarge:burns;greenish;smelly.
Worseatnight.
Thrush(oral)
SymptomsInbabiesandchildren.Withexcess
SALIVA.
Thecharacteristicsmellybreathisusuallypresent.
Theremaybesomeulceration.Toothache
SymptomsCheeksswollen.Pains:spreadingupto
earsandface;pressing;sore,bruised;tearing.
Betterforwarmcompresses;forrubbingcheeks;heat.
Worseforcoldair;fordrawingincoldairbetween
teeth;atnightinbed;whileeating;warmthofbed;
winter.
Causesabscess;cold,dampweather.
Thesetoothachescanindicatethepresenceofan
abscess,andpersistenttoothacheshouldalwaysbe
takentoadentist.Mercuriuswillprovidereliefinthe
meantime,however, ifthesymptoms fit.
Natrumcarbonicum (Nat-c.)
Othernames:sodiumcarbonate;sodaash
Sodiumcarbonate isanimportantcommercialchemi-
calandisknownvariouslyas'soda','salsoda'or
'washingsoda'.Itoccursnaturallyasamineraldeposit
leftbehindbytheevaporationofancientsalinelakes
andseasascanbeseenintheextensivedepositsthat
occurindesertareas.Itisalsoproducedcommercially.
Thelargestconsumersofsodaasharetheglassand
chemicalindustries. Itisalsousedinthemanufacture
ofsoap,paper,water-softening agents;andinthe
formofsodacrystalsitservesasacommoncleanser.
UntilHahnemannprovedit,itwasusedchieflyas
anexternalapplicationforburns,eczemaandasa
douchefornasalandvaginalcatarrh.
Thehomeopathicpreparation ismadebydissolving
purifiedcommonshopsodaintwopartsboilingdistil-
ledwater,andfilteringthesolutionthroughblotting
papertoformcrystals.Onegrainofthesecrystals
driedontheblottingpaperistakenforthetrituration.
GENERALSYMPTOMS
Anklesweak.Complaintsfromsunstroke.Dislikes
milk.Facepale.Sweat:fromslightestphysical
exertion;frompain.Taste:mouthtastesmetallic.
Betteraftereating;formassage.
Worsebeforeeating;duringastorm;forfreshair;
mid-morning; forphysicalexertion;forsun.
Natrumcarbonicumtypeshavepalefaceswithblue
circlesaroundtheeyes,andtheireyelidsmaybe
puffy.Theyareaggravatedgenerallybyexcessive
summerheatandexposuretothesun(especiallythe
head),butthereisalsoanaversiontofreshair.Once
rundown,anyexercisewillaggravatetheirgeneral
condition.They


 try to control.
During the time I have taught this meditation I have often been
asked questions like this one: “If I do this meditation as you suggest,
can I really win the lottery?” My response to this question is, “How
would you feel if you won the lottery?” The answers are something
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similar to “I would feel blessed, secure, ecstatic, content.” It is this
feeling picture that is crucial for one to have in order to activate the
eighth principle. It is an illusion that you must have some thing like a
winning lottery ticket in order to feel blessed, secure, ecstatic or
content.
Manifesting is not about making demands of God and the uni-
verse. Manifesting is a cooperative venture in which your intention is
aligned with divine intelligence. That intelligence is in all things and
in you simultaneously. You are not separate from that which you
would like to manifest. It is you, you are it. There is only one power
in the universe, and you are connected to that power. Demanding
that God send your desire according to your timetable and design
reinforces the incorrect idea of God as a separate energy.
Imagining an intelligence in the universe that is devoid of individ-
ual personality is a way of beginning to understand this eighth princi-
ple. This unusual and perhaps difficult concept will help to make the
eighth principle more manageable.
INTELLIGENCE APART FROM INDIVIDUALITY
Most of us believe that the recognition of any other individual
affirms a point at which our own individuality ceases and the other’s
begins. This belief is part of our conditioning, and it imposes a great
deal of limitation on us. Early on we learned that “I am not that
other because I am myself.”
If this pattern were ascribed to the universal mind it would
describe a God that at some point ceased and something else began.
The description of universal would not apply because the God energy
would not include all things. To be universal and to recognize any-
thing as being outside itself would be to deny its very being. So, the
nature of universal intelligence is an absence of individual personality.
The all-pervading spirit is an impersonal life force that gives rise
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to all that is manifested. The universal spirit permeates all space and
all that is manifested and we all are a part of that. You are in an
impersonal and intensely intelligent ocean of life that is all around,
under and in everything, including you. Though you have been con-
ditioned to believe that you are individual, you are actually a part of
the grand universal nature that is infinite in its possibilities.
This undifferentiated intelligence responds to you when you rec-
ognize it. If you believe that the world runs by chance, or by your
personal demands, then universal mind will present you with a
hodgepodge of reactions without any recognizable order. However,
when you cease believing that you are a separate personality with
individual intelligence, you begin to have a new clarity.
From the perspective of an intelligence that is universal and undif-
ferentiated, ask yourself what the relationship of this universal mind
is to you. It cannot have “favorites” if it is the root and support for
everything and everyone. Lacking individuality, it cannot be in con-
flict with your desires. Being universal, it cannot be simply shut off
from you. ;
All these statements characterize this all-producing mind as
responsive to you when you understand your relationship to it. This
universal, all-pervading principle has nature in common with you.
When you solve this riddle of the ego, you have a new wisdom
regarding your ability to apply this eighth principle of manifestation.
You cannot exhaust the infinite, so your possession of it means
that you have the ability to differentiate it as you desire. Your task is
to bring the universal within your grasp by raising yourself to the level
of that which is universal rather than bringing the universal down to a
level of misperceived individuality that is separate from the universal.
You need only to recognize it to attract it to yourself rather than ask-
ing it to recognize you and bring you to it. Having learned a different
set of principles, all of this may sound a bit confusing. Yet it is cru-
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cially important for you to know this before moving along on the
path of manifesting.
Recognize the universal as a part of all that you’ are, and that all
that you are is undifferentiated from all that is. Keep repeating this
new awareness. Then know that if you fail to recognize the universal
as undifferentiated, it will present itself to you in exactly that fashion,
as a mishmash of energy that you cannot grasp, as chaos rather than a
cosmos, and as a system in which you are separated from all that you
desire.
So, remove any and all demands from your desires, and shift to
the inner, knowing that you are bringing the universal intelligence
into your life, and that you will leave the how and when up to that
intelligence, without judging, demanding or insisting upon your own
personality’s prerequisites. Your knowing is enough. Then, cultivate
the power of patient detachment from the outcome.
THE POWER OF INFINITE PATIENCE
This provocative line is from A Course in Miracles: “Those who are
certain of the outcome can afford to wait, and without anxiety.” This
is the mainstay of infinite patience. The notion of certainty and
patience go together. When you trust and know that you are con-
nected to that universal, all-providing intelligence, then you simply
allow yourself the virtue of patience. You place no time constraints
on your manifestation and you go about the affairs of your life with
an inner awareness that says, “I’ve got all the time that I need, and I
am certain of the outcome, so I will allow it to show up as it will, in
due time.”
The secret to being patient is in the certainty of the outcome.
When that certainty is manifested in you in the form of trust and a
knowing, you can then turn your thoughts away from the desired
outcome. Without anger or anxiety, you are able to turn your atten-
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tion to whatever it is that occupies your daily life schedule.
Your knowing and your infinite patience put you at ease. You have
practiced all of the principles of spiritual manifestation, and then you
have allowed the universe to handle the details. Your inner sense is
that what you want to manifest is already here, and your inner atten-
tion is on the feeling of well-being that you are already blessed with
what it is you seek. Consequently, there is no pressure for you to
make it show up immediately.
This inner bliss is a function of the power of your infinite patience.
Later on in A Course in Miracles we are reminded that “Patience is nat-
ural to the teacher of God. All he sees is certain outcome, at a time
perhaps unknown to him as yet, but not in doubt.” I love this idea of
having a certainty about the outcome and being unconcerned about
the details.
When we become impatient, we literally devalue ourselves and
our connection to the divine Holy Spirit. Impatience is a failure to
trust in the universal intelligence, and it implies that we are separate
from the all-providing spirit. Impatience implies that our ego is the
boss of desire. This form of self-importance needs to be addressed.
When you are certain about the outcome, and unconcerned with
the how and when, you have cultivated the power of infinite
patience, and simultaneously you have detached yourself from the
outcome. When this detachment takes place, you are able to go
about your daily business of raising your children, doing your work
or training, meditating and communing with God and just patiently
observing. Patience is natural when you trust in the oneness of the
universal intelligence.
One of the ways to develop patience is to contemplate how patient
God has been with you. When you were in times of denial, or self-
abuse, or self-absorption, or hatred, God was infinitely patient. God
does not scold or punish you when you are off the sacred path, nor
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does God desert you. This is the same kind of patience that you want
to develop.
Infinite patience is a sign of trust, and it calls upon infinite love to
produce results in your life. When you let go of impatience, you are
aligned with the God force, and all of the anxiety that tells you what
is lacking and missing in your life is gone. Anxiety produces fear and
self-pity and attaches you to time. When fear-based impatience takes
over, you lose your infinite self and become once again subject to the
ego, which has no patience with anything about infinitude.
The ego wants what it wants, and it wants it now. If it is not satis-
fied, it will convince you of what a rotten place this is and how you
cannot trust anything but your differentiated self, even though that
self has produced the feelings of lack all along. If you do satisfy the
ego, a new list of demands will appear the next day. The anxiety level
will increase as you complete these new


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198Cur Cuma zedoariaother medicinal plantsCurcuma zedoaria
(Zingiberaceae)
Zedoary
Description  Perennial herb with large, tapering,
elliptical leaves, pink or yellow flowers, and an
aromatic, pale yellow root.
Habitat & Cultivation  Zedoary is a common
Indian and East Asian plant. It is cultivated in India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, China, and Madagascar.
Part Used  Rhizome.
Constituents  Zedoary contains a volatile oil,
sesquiterpenes, curcumemone, curcumol, and curdione. Curcumol and curdione have cancer-fighting properties.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  An aromatic,
bitter digestive stimulant, zedoary is used in much the same way as ginger (Zingiber officinale, p. 155)—to relieve indigestion, nausea, flatulence, and bloating, and generally to improve digestion. The rhizome is used in China to treat certain types  of tumors.
Research  In trials carried out in China, zedoary
was found to reduce cervical cancer, and
increase the cancer-killing effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Related Species  In Chinese herbal medicine,
zedoary is often substituted for turmeric
(C. longa, p. 90).Culpeper similarly recommended it “to purge
black or burnt choler.” Culpeper further states  that dodder plucked off thyme is the most efficacious, making the interesting point that the parasite’s medicinal benefits are determined in  part by its host.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  In line with its
traditional use to purge black bile, dodder is still considered a valuable, though little-used, herb for problems affecting the liver and gallbladder. It is thought to support liver function and is taken for jaundice. Dodder has a mildly laxative effect, and is also taken for urinary problems.
Related Species  Greater dodder (C. europaea)
and flax dodder (C. epilinum) may be used in the same way as C. epithymum. C. reflexa  is employed in
Ayurvedic medicine to treat difficulty in urinating, jaundice, muscle pain, and coughs.Cydonia oblonga (Rosaceae)
Quince
Description  Deciduous tree growing to 26 ft
(8 m). Has green-grey oval leaves, pink or white flowers, and yellow, pear-shaped sweet-smelling fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to southwest
and central Asia, quince has become naturalized  in Europe, especially in the Mediterranean region.  It grows in damp, rich soils in hedges and copses. The fruit is harvested when ripe in autumn.
Parts Used  Fruit, seeds.
Constituents  The fruit contains tannin,
pectin, and fruit acids; the seeds contain about  20% mucilage, cyanogenic glycosides (including amygdalin), fixed oil, and tannins.
History & Folklore  The quince has long been
prized as a fruit and medicine in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean. It was used as an astringent in the time of Hippocrates (460–377 bce). Dioscorides (40–90 ce) records a recipe for quince oil, which was applied to itchy and infected wounds and spreading sores. In northerly climates, quince is often cooked to make a preserve. The English word “marmalade,” meaning citrus fruit jam, comes from the Portuguese word for quince, marmelo.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  The great
astringency of the unripe fruit makes it useful as
a remedy for diarrhea, one that is particularly
safe for children. The fruit and its juice can also
be taken as a mouthwash or gargle to treat canker
sores, gum problems, and sore
throats. When cooked,
much of the fruit’s
astringency is lost;
quince syrup is recommended as a
pleasant, mildly astringent,
digestive drink. The seeds contain
significant quantities of mucilage
and are helpful both in
treating bronchitis and
as a bulk laxative.
Caution  Do not use the
seeds except under
professional supervision.
Cymbopogon citratus
(Graminaceae)
Lemon Grass
Description  Sweetly scented grass growing in
large clumps up to 5 ft (1.5 m). Has narrow leaf
blades and branched stalks of flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to southern
India and Sri Lanka, lemon grass is now cultivated
in tropical regions around the world.Cuscuta epithymum
(Convolvulaceae)
Dodder,
Hellweed, Devil’s Guts
Description  Leafless parasitic plant. Has
threadlike stems, which are usually yellow-red in
color, and small, scented, pale pink flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Dodder grows
throughout Europe, Asia, and southern Africa. It prefers coastal and mountainous regions, and is gathered in summer.
Parts Used  Aerial parts.
Constituents  Dodder contains flavonoids
(including kaempferol and quercitin), and hydroxycinnamic acid.
History & Folklore Dodder has always
been an unpopular country plant. It is also known as hellweed and devil’s guts, due to its tendency to overrun and strangle the plant on which it feeds. This host can be thyme (Thymus vulgaris, p. 143), gorse (Ulex europeaus), or a crop such as beans. Dodder does, however, have medicinal benefits.  In his Materia Medica, Dioscorides (1st century ce) notes its use in classical times in combination  with honey to purge “black bile” and to lift a melancholy humor. In 1652, the herbalist Nicholas Cyanopsis tetragonoloba
(Fabaceae)
Guar Gum
Description  Erect annual growing to 2 ft (60 cm),
with hairy 3-lobed leaves, small purple flowers, and
fleshy seed pods.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to the Indian
subcontinent, guar gum is cultivated extensively  in India and Pakistan. The seed pods are harvested when ripe in summer.
Parts Used  Pods, seeds.
Constituents  Guar gum contains about
86% water-soluble mucilage, comprising  mainly galactomannan.
History & Folklore  Guar gum is a
viscous substance made from ground guar seed mixed with water. It has been used as a filter in the mining industry, in paper manufacturing, and in cosmetics.
Medicinal Actions &
Uses  Guar gum is an
effective bulk laxative,
similar in action to psyllium (Plantago ovata, p. 123). It delays
the emptying of the stomach and thus slows down absorption of carbohydrates. As this appears to help stabilize blood-sugar levels, guar gum may prove useful in prediabetic conditions and in the early stages of type 2 diabetes. Research also indicates that  guar gum lowers cholesterol levels. In Indian medicine, guar seed is a laxative and a  digestive tonic.
Caution  Do not exceed the dose. Guar gum
can cause flatulence, abdominal distension, and
intestinal obstruction.Quince
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Parts Used  Leaves, essential oil.
Constituents  Lemon grass contains a volatile oil
with citral (about 70%) and citronellal as its main
constituents. Both are markedly sedative.
History & Folklore  Lemon grass is cultivated
for its oil, which is used as a culinary flavoring,
a scent, and medicinally.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Lemon grass
is principally taken as a tea to remedy digestive
problems. It relaxes the muscles of the stomach
and gut, relieves cramping pains and flatulence, and
is particularly suitable for children. In the Caribbean,
lemon grass is primarily regarded as a fever-reducing
herb (especially where there is significant
congestion). It is applied externally as a poultice or
as diluted essential oil to ease pain and arthritis. In
India, a paste of the leaves is smeared on patches
of ringworm.
Related Species  C. martinii  and C. nardus  yield
essential oils that are widely used in soaps and
detergents. In T anzania, medicine men smoke the
flowers of C. densiflorus  to produce dreams
foretelling the future.
Caution  Do not take the essential oil internally
without professional supervision.
Cynara scolymus
syn. C. cardunculus  (Asteraceae)
Artichoke
Description  Perennial herb growing to 5 ft
(1.5 m). Has large, thistle-like leaves, grey-green
above and woolly white beneath, and very large
purple-green flower heads.Habitat & Cultivation  Native to the
Mediterranean region, artichoke thrives in rich
loam in warm temperate climates. Commercially
grown plants are renewed after 4 years. The
unopened flower heads and leaves are picked in
early summer.
Parts Used  Flower heads, leaves, root.
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I am indebted to those who kept the fires of herbal medicine burning in the mostly chill and dispiriting winds of the mid-twentieth century. Without their commitment and love for herbal medicine, the current renaissance in plant medicine would not be taking place. Lastly, to Maria, Leon and T amara for whom I have had so little time while writing, my deepest thanks for your patience, love and understanding.
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