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        It involves the
incarnation of a male and a female entity within the body of the
adept (this might correspond to the Crown Chakra, Sahasrara). These two entities have sexual intercourse within the body. It in-
volves the mixing of the Yin and Yang powers on and about the
crown of the head and being totally open to receive energy from
above and regrowth of the pineal gland to its fullest use. When the
pineal gland is at its fullest, it will serve as a compass to tell us in
which direction our aspirations can be found. Taoist Esotericism is
a method of mastering the spirit, as described in Taoist Yoga. Without the body, the Tao cannot be attained, but with the body,
truth can never be realized. The practitioner of Taoism should
preserve his physical body with the same care as he would a pre-
cious diamond because it can be used as a medium to achieve
immortality. If, however, you do not abandon it when you reach
your destination you will not realize the truth. The Sixth formula consists of:
(a) Mingling (uniting) the body, soul, spirit and the universe
(Cosmic Orbit)The Seven Stages of Taoist Esoteric Yoga 285
(b) Full development of the positive to eradicate the negative
completely
(c) Spirit returned to nothingness
THE SEVENTH FORMULA: REUNION OF MAN AND
HEAVEN
TRUE IMMORTAL MAN
We compare the body to a ship and the soul to the engine and
propeller of a ship. This ship carries a very precious and very large
diamond, which it is assigned to transport to a very distant shore. If
your ship is damaged (a sick and ill body), no matter how good the
engine is, you are not going to get very far and may even sink. Thus
we advise against spiritual training unless all of the channels in the
body have been properly opened and have been made ready to
receive the 10,000 or 100,000 volts of super power, which will pour
down into them. The Taoist approach, which has been passed
down to us for over 5,000 years, consists of many thousands of
methods. The formulae and practices we describe in these books is
based on such secret knowledge and the author's own experience
in over twenty years of study and of successfully teaching thou-
sands of students. The main goal of Taoists:
1. This level—overcoming reincarnation, or enlightment. 2. Higher level—the Immortal spirit. 3. Highest level—the Immortal spirit in an immortal body. This
body functions like a mobile home to the spirit and soul as it moves
through the subtle planes, and allows greater power of manifesta-
tion. TAOIST ESOTERIC YOGA COURSE OFFERINGS
There are now Taoist Esoteric Yoga Centers throughout the
U. S. offering personal instruction in the complete Taoist Body/
Mind/Spirit system. Opening the Microcosmic Orbit is the pre-
requisite for all other courses. If you are having difficulty mastering
the methods taught in this book, it will help to study the Microcos-
mic with a teacher and follow that with a class (usually a weekend) in
the Taoist Secrets of Love/Cultivating Male and Female Sexual
Energy. This will answer personal questions and allow discussion of
many related topics that could not be included in this book. The
Microcosmic course includes the Inner Smile meditation, the Six
Healing Sounds, and the Taoist Rejuvenation exercises. Complementary to the cultivation of sexual energy are the
course offerings in Iron Shirt Chi Kung. This teaches how to pack
energy in various organs and cavities of the body and strengthen
the connective tissue which gives our body its integrity. These
powerful exercises can be performed in a few minutes and will
greatly increase your "rooting" power in the earth. It is an invalu-
able aid to anyone who meditates and tends to get "spacey," for
martial artists, or anyone seeking to increase their immunity
against disease. The higher level Iron Shirt classes strengthen the
tendons and bone marrow, increase sperm count, allow your in-
ternal organs to gain super strength leading to the development of
what Taoists call the "steel body" impervious to attack or illness. A short five minute Tai Chi Chi Kung form is taught in addi-
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Fu, Chi Massage, herbology and many other related courses in
healing are offered in addition to all the meditation levels described
in the seven formulas. Bibliography
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tions, 1974. Section summary:

This passage discusses elements crucial

to understanding any sort of esoteric practice. First,

it explains what happens during incarnation :

It emphasizes

            * Incarnate both masculine/ feminine energies inside oneself

and combines      [both] together through union between     crown chakras. **Rebirth**: Pineapple seed essence transforms itself back towards heaven. Furthermore, it mentions important points :

               - There must always stay away from unbalanced life styles so         •••

In conclusion summarizing the key ideas presented by the article:

**Key idea:** In order comprehend any kind       **of**

esoterical technique,,you need understand certain fundamental principles concerning human spirituality; some critical aspects include knowing exactly where each channel lies along nerve pathways, then harmoniously integrating those nerves using appropriate breathing techniques. Additionally they emphasize that one needs respectably preserve ones physiological structure while maintaining control. Lastly there were mentioned different stages regarding reaching enlightenment i. e., overcoming rebirth after transcending death, attaining immorality, etc. Many references provided below contain comprehensive explanations based upon ancient wisdom shared among practitioners worldwide since time began. "

Original Text Summary:

Incarnation occurs wherein males/females merge internally via crowning activation. Pineal growth takes place. To avoid imbalance maintain balance overall health maintenance necessary steps. Three primary goals exist;
- Overcome mortal existence overcome transience ; second highest attainment attain eternal self preservation ;
Highest achievable stage — becoming fully aware consciousness unity, achieving ultimate cosmic harmony. ]"

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ary and pineal glands in
the brain and improves digestion, while helping to improve
lymphatic circulation and venous blood ﬂow to the heart. It can
also reduce swelling in the feet and ankles. Energetically, Sirsasana moves us into our fears and helps to
shift our perspective. It stimulates the sixth and seventh chakras,
harnessing the qualities of insight and innovation while also
promoting our connection to unbound intelligence. Engage mula,
uddiyana, and jalandhara bandha. Stimulates udana vayu. Therapeutic applications:  Relieves headaches, sinusitis, asthma,
insomnia, infertility, edema, and mild depression; helpful for
postnatal conditions. Helpful tips:  Practice at the wall to help with balance. If you have
any neck injuries, practice Dolphin pose or, alternatively, place two
or three blocks underneath each shoulder and bend at your
elbows so that the elbows align underneath each shoulder. Place
your hands in front of the blocks and spread the ﬁngers wide. Kick
one foot up at a time so the legs are either against a wall or up
toward the ceiling. OceanofPDF.comSHOULDER STAND: SARVANGASANA
Overview:  Traditionally referred to as the “queen of all poses,”
Shoulder Stand is referenced in many classical yoga texts,
including the Siva Samhita and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. This pose
can induce a deep state of pratyahara, or sense withdrawal, when
mastered. How-to:  Lying ﬂat on your back, extend your arms alongside
your body with the palms facing down. Inhale, and on your exhale,
use your abdominal muscles to lift your legs so that your feet touch
the ﬂoor behind you. Curl the toes under and lift your hips away
from your shoulders. Draw your shoulder blades toward one
another and bend your elbows, placing your palms ﬂat on your
upper back. Lift one leg toward the ceiling followed by the other
one, pressing through the balls of the feet and peeling the toes
back. Stay here and breathe.Benefits:  Physically, Shoulder Stand strengthens the legs and
the core. It stretches and supports the back, stretches the
shoulders and the back of the neck, helps regulate the thyroid
gland, and aids in digestion. Shoulder Stand also helps improve
lymphatic circulation and venous blood ﬂow to the heart. It can
also help reduce swelling in the feet and ankles. Energetically, this pose reduces anxiety and calms the nervous
system by stimulating the parasympathetic nerves at the back of
the neck. It helps induce pratyahara, or sense withdrawal, bringing
us into a deep state of quiet and introspection. Shoulder Stand
stimulates the ﬁfth and sixth chakras, facilitating our ability to be
silent, communicate with clarity, and build insight, intuition, and
higher vision. Engage mula, uddiyana, and jalandhara bandha. Increases
udana vayu. Therapeutic applications:  Shoulder Stand reduces anxiety, high
blood pressure, and varicose veins. It alleviates thyroid imbalances,
insomnia, and edema, and can ease the symptoms of menopause. Helpful tips: Place a ﬂat, folded blanket underneath your
shoulders to create more space in the back of your neck. If you
have any neck sensitivity, avoid this pose and practice Legs Up the
Wall pose instead (see this page). OceanofPDF.comPLOW POSE: HALASANA
Overview:  As a physical shape, Plow pose is like Staff pose (see
this page), rotated 180 degrees. It evokes the same qualities as a
Seated Forward Bend with the added beneﬁt of inverting. This
pose can elicit profound physical, mental, and energetic responses
that lead to a deep state of awareness when done safely. How-to:  From Shoulder Stand, bend at your hips and allow your
feet to lower down toward the ﬂoor overhead. Keep your toes
curled into the ﬂoor. Lift your tailbone toward the ceiling and
release your hands and elbows toward the ﬂoor. Draw your
shoulder blades in toward one another and interlace your ﬁngers,
bringing your palms to touch so that your upper and lower arms
are ﬁrmly pressing into the ﬂoor. Lift your chest toward your chin
and your chin away from your chest. Stay here and breathe. Benefits:  Physically, Plow pose stretches the hamstrings, the
lower back, the upper back, and the back of the neck. It also
extends the chest, the shoulders, and the upper arms. This posestrengthens the abdomen and the muscles along the spine. It also
regulates the thyroid gland. Energetically, this pose is calming and cooling. It activates the
ﬁrst and ﬁfth chakras, creating a deep release in the unconscious
through the hamstrings while also cultivating an internal space of
silence for clear, unbridled communication at the throat. Engage mula, uddiyana, and jalandhara bandha. Increases
udana vayu. Therapeutic applications:  This pose relieves lower backache,
headache, fatigue, insomnia, and sinusitis. It helps to ease
symptoms of menopause and to maintain thyroid regulation. Helpful tips:  If you feel tension in the back of your neck, place a
carefully folded blanket underneath the upper back to create more
space in the cervical spine. Place a strap or a belt around the upper
arms to keep the elbows from splaying away from one another. Place a bolster or a chair underneath your toes if your hamstrings
are tight. If you have any cervical spine injuries, practice
Paschimottanasana (see this page) instead. OceanofPDF.comSEATED TWISTS
Not only do seated twists aid in our digestion and in
keeping the spine healthy, but they also help to ﬂush old
blood out of our organs and bring in fresh blood. This
squeeze-and-soak action is cleansing and detoxifying, and
it allows us to let go of what is no longer serving us so that
we can awaken to new possibilities. OceanofPDF.comHALF LORD OF THE FISHES POSE: ARDHA MATSYENDRASANA
Overview:  According to the Hatha Yoga Pradipika (1.26–27), this
pose is meant to destroy many diseases. Although modern science
might dispute that, this pose keeps the spine strong, aligned, and
lengthened. The ancient yogis considered the integrity of the spine
a measure of proper health, as it supports the ﬂow of breath and
life force energy. How-to:  From Staff pose (see this page), bend the right leg, and
cross the right foot over the left leg, so that the sole of the right
foot is on the ﬂoor to the outside of the left sit bone. Roll the left
thigh open toward the left and place the left foot to the outside of
the right sit bone. Root down evenly through both sit bones. Hug
the right knee with the left arm. As you inhale, reach the right arm
toward the ceiling. On the exhale, lower the arm down behind you,
resting the ﬁngertips on the ﬂoor behind you. Lengthen your spine
as you inhale, and rotate around the axis of your spine as you
exhale, keeping your chest lifted and the shoulder blades moving
in toward one another and down the back. Allow the crown of the
head to lengthen toward the ceiling as you root down evenly into
both sit bones. Benefits:  Physically, this pose strengthens the obliques, the
abdominal muscles, and the back. It stretches the external rotators
of the hips and the shoulder girdle. The pose aids in digestion by
massaging the internal organs and, like a sponge, gently
compresses and plumps up the intervertebral discs, leading to a
longer, healthier spine. Energetically, this pose stimulates the third chakra, which
strengthens and promotes transformation. It stimulates the agni,
the digestive ﬁre of conversion that helps us metabolize our food
and process our thoughts and feelings. This pose can also help
release stagnant energy by rinsing out blood from the organs and
bringing in fresh blood and renewed energy. Engage mula, uddiyana, and jalandhara bandha. Stimulates
samana vayu.Therapeutic applications:  Alleviates constipation, sluggish
digestion, asthma, sciatica, scoliosis, and lower backache. Helpful tip: If your hips are tight and your spine is rounded,
either sit on a blanket or keep the lower leg extended straight out
to get more length in the spine. OceanofPDF.comRECLINED TWIST POSE: JATHARA PARIVARTANASANA
Overview:  This calming and therapeutic pose is excellent for
regulating the nervous system, relieving lower back pain, and
learning the art of surrender. Once you come into the shape of the
pose, let the pose do the work for you. How-to:  From Constructive Rest pose (see this page), walk the
feet in so that they come directly underneath your knees. Take your
arms wide in a “T” shape and align your wrists with your shoulders


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	perched	on	my	finger,	in	no	hurry	to	fly	off. I	found	this
amazing. After	a	long	while,	I	wished	it	well	and	blew	it	away,	as	you	would
a	ladybug. It	flew	off	and	then	returned,	lighting	on	my	shoulder,	where	it	stayed	most	of
the	afternoon. You	might	think	I’m	silly,	but	I	could	swear	it	was	thanking
me! Since	then,	I	have	had	a	close	relationship	with	the	dragonfly	kingdom. In	my
secret	heart,	I	imagine	that	I’ve	rescued	the	king	of	the	dragon-flies	and	now,
wherever	I	go,	I	am	a	welcome	guest	in	their	natural	sanctuary,	the	earth. I
don’t	know,	but	experiences	such	as	these	make	me	feel	good	inside.A	friend	tells	me	he	once	rescued	an	owl,	and	it	visited	the	tree	by	his
bedroom	window	for	years. I	wish	we	humans	could	be	as	natural. Gratitude:	A	Silent,	Unspoken	Prayer
Rama	J.	Vernon
Rama	J.	Vernon

is	the	founder	of	the	California	Yoga	Teachers	Association,
which	is	the	founding	organization	and	publisher	of	the	YOGA	JOURNAL. Rama’s	international	work	as	president	of	the	Center	for	International
Dialogue	(founded	in	1984	to	create	a	framework	in	which	the	citizens	of	the
US	and	the	USSR	could	overcome	their	differences	through	dialogue)	and	her
vast	background	in	yoga	has	led	her	to	co-found	the	Institute	for	Conflict
Resolution	and	Peace	Studies. The	Institute	uses	East-West	psychology,
spiritual	principles,	and	Patanjali	Yoga	Sutras	as	the	basis	of	inner/outer
nonviolence	training	to	create	international	teams	of	conflict-resolution
specialists. A	great	seer	once	said,	“The	angels	hover	over	the	earth	looking	for	the	rays
of	thanksgiving	and	gratitude	that	radiate	from	a	selfless	heart.”
The	word
gratitude
	is	defined	by	Webster	as	the	quality	of	feeling	or	being
grateful. (Great-full)	or	(thankful)	means	filled	with	greatness	or	grace. Gratitude	is	the	giving	of	thanks,	not	one	day	a	year,	but	every	day,	every
minute,	and	with	every	breath. Its	expression	within	our	lives	and	with	others
blossoms	into	the	realization	that	we	are	whole	and	complete	within
ourselves. Gratitude	has	always	been	like	a	prayer,	silent	and	unspoken	for	me. When
sent	forth	from	the	center	of	our	soul,	it	acts	like	a	winged	messenger
transforming	personal	ambitions	and	petitions	of	needs	and	wants	into	a
transcendent	view	of	life’s	cycles	and	patterns. When	gratitude	and	thanksgiving	become	a	way	of	life,	all	abundance—
physical,	spiritual,	and	material—co-exist	simultaneously;	our	personal	power
mingles	with	the	powers	of	the	universe	to	heal	the	world	as	we	heal
ourselves. Gratitude	carries	us	to	the	heights	of	the	higher	vibratory
frequencies	transforming	cellular	pockets	of	tension	and	dis-ease.As	we	express	gratitude	with	every	breath,	we	become	a	symphony	of
compassion,	love,	and	understanding,	Borders	of	separation	within	dissolve
into	an	awareness	of	our	Oneness	with	All. Even	in	life’s	darkest	moments,	we	can	open	ourselves	with	reverence	and
great-fullness,	knowing	that	crises	give	birth	to	new	opportunities. With	the
joy	of	acceptance	and	thanksgiving,	life’s	events	flow	like	a	steady,	gentle
stream	of	consciousness,	transforming	stumbling	blocks	into	stepping	stones. Gratitude	is	our	offering	to	a	higher	power,	having	faith	that	there	is
something	greater	than	ourselves	that	is	guiding,	holding,	and	protecting	us. The	practice	of	gratitude	is	an	offering	that	creates	a	field	of	resonance	that
unifies	and	empowers	our	vision	of	personal	and	global	transformation. How	does	one	practice	gratitude? You	can	practice	gratitude	each	day	with
each	word,	each	thought,	and	each	gesture. Even	though	you	may	have	lists	of
needs	and	wants,	ask	yourself	what	it	is	you	have	to	be	grateful	for	now. Look
for	things	that	trigger	gratitude	in	your	life,	even	if	they	may	seem
insignificant	at	first. Soon	you	will	automatically	begin	to	feel	buoyant	and
joyful. Practice	celebrating	thanksgiving—not	once	a	year,	but	every	day. Make	a	gratitude	list,	and	watch	it	grow. Focus	on	the	abundance	now
existing	in	your	life,	rather	than	the	lack. Hold	the	vision	of	your	life	as	being	complete	and	whole. Affirm	it. Realize
it. Be	it. There	is	nothing	to	reach	for	beyond	yourself. You	are	the	universe,
contained	in	its	own	perfection. As	Shakespeare	once	said,
“Assume	the
attitude,	tho’	you	have	it	not,	and	it	shall	be	yours.”
You	can	practice	gratitude	anytime	or	anywhere. To	do	this,	simply	become
conscious	of	your	breathing. As	you	breathe	in,	imagine	the	universal
consciousness	being	pulled	in	from	all	directions	simultaneously	into	the
center	of	your	Being. Hold	your	breath	comfortably	as	you	allow	yourself	to
luxuriate	in	a	sensation	of	fullness	and	completeness. As	you	breathe	out,
spread	your	inner	fullness,	joy,	and	abundance	to	all	within	your	life	and
within	the	world. A	few	other	suggestions	that	I	have	found	helpful	over	the	years	in	cultivating
a	spirit	of	gratitude	are:
See	all	people	in	the	light	of	universal	love	while	you	work	and	walk
beside	them.Let	your	words	heal	rather	than	wound. Be	the	first	to	forgive	and	take	the	first	step. Hold	every	person	within	your	life	with	love	and	thanksgiving
(especially	those	with	whom	there	have	been	past	or	present
difficulties). Be	a	spontaneous	channel	for	the	outpouring	of	unconditional	love
wherever	you	are,	whomever	you’re	with. Embody	the	peace	you	would	like	to	see	within	the	world. For	me,	gratitude	is	an	attitude	of	mind	and	heart. It	starts	from	within	and
flows	through	every	part	of	my	soul. It	leaves	no	area	of	my	being	untouched. It	encompasses	all	that	I	am	and	asks	for	the	highest	and	best	that	I	can
envision	and	aspire	toward. For	me,	gratitude	is	a	state	of	being	rather	than
doing. It	is	unending	love	for	the	Creator	and	all	of	life’s	creations. Unconditional	Gratitude
Doreen	Virtue,	Ph.D.
Doreen	Virtue,	Ph.D.,

is	a	metaphysician	and	spiritual	doctor	of	psychology. She	is	the	author	of	numerous	bestselling	books,	including	ANGEL	VISIONS;
and	appears	often	on	radio	and	television	shows. She	is	a	frequent
contributor	to	a	number	of	publications	and	gives	workshops	around	the
country	every	weekend. “Every	situation,	properly	perceived,	becomes	an	opportunity	to	heal.”
—A	Course	in	Miracles
It’s	easy	enough	to	feel	gratitude	during	the	obvious	moments,	like	when	a
friend	goes	out	of	her	way	to	help	you,	or	when	you	receive	a	gift	especially
suited	to	your	liking. We	readily	ooze	gratitude	during	spiritual	moments:	a
powerful	church	service,	an	intense	meditation	session,	or	when	a


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“In my opinion, Water – The Shocking T ruth is destined
to become a landmark – not just in the field of so-called
health literature – but particularly in the field of standard
internal medicine. Following a massive cor onar y
thrombosis 13 years ago, I have been on a strict regimen
of distilled water, health diet, vitamin therapy and
exercise – and the results have exceeded my expectations. I feel better at 67 than I did at 47. My arteries are clean
and healthy; my joints have limbered; my vision is
sharper; my ner ves are calmer; and my head is clearer. My own experience corroborates your findings. I am
convinced that distilled water has been the most
important facet of my rejuvenation program.”
– Ben H. Martin, Lakewood, CA
“Thank you for your fine review of my books, Hunza
Land and The Choice Is Clear. And let me repeat my thanks
to you for your great book, Water – The Shocking T ruth,
which I recommend as a ‘must’ to all my patients. In
connection with this subject, I would like to emphasize
that a vital factor in the amazing longevity of the people
(many over 110–120) of Hunzaland is distilled water. They eat most of their fr uits and vegetables raw, raised
in organic soil. Fruits and vegetables, of course, are 90%
distilled water – nature’ s own distillation, as you say. Along with that,they drink glacier water, which is low in
inorganic minerals. Their main beverage is an organic
grape drink, which again is distilled water. So the


 104.4 degrees Fahrenheit. The fever broke toward the morning, but he had to endure
another night with chills and a high fever. The Gerson doctors did not stop or block the fever,
only made him comfortable! By the second morning the new tumor had virtually disappeared,
having shrunk by more than 80% thanks to the restored immune system. The patient suffered no
further malaria attacks. A middle-aged woman patient with metastasized melanoma also suffered from early stage
adult onset diabetes and disfiguring osteoarthritis in her right hand when she first arrived at the
Gerson hospital. Within three weeks her blood and urine tests showed no sign of diabetes, while
her painful crooked fingers stopped hurting and gradually became straight again. A few months
later at home she was wakened one night by an agonizing sharp pain  in the right side of her
abdomen, which, she found, had turned dark red and hot. After her first panic she realized that
these symptoms were clustered around the scar caused by an appendectomy ( removal  of the
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www.thegersonway.comappendix ), carried out 35 years before…It all blew over quickly, leaving her with a barely visible
painless scar. These are only a few randomly chosen examples. It must be remembered that virtually every
patient has a long history of health problems that become re-activated while clearing up during a
healing reaction: old pneumonias that can cause renewed chest pain and phlegm; old, apparently
healed fractures that ‘act up’ during a flare-up while healing completely; increased cholesterol
while the plaque within veins and arteries is being broken down and eliminated, and many more
specific symptoms. The key to recognizing these is that they only last a few days and afterwards
the patient feels much better. However, if reactions last too long, a blood and urinanalysis test
may have to be made, or a thorough check carried out to see if the underlying cause is a severe
infection rather than a healing reaction. Occasionally patients may even suffer from a mineral
imbalance and might require an IV (intravenous) injection to re-balance their blood. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 131Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comChapter 17
The Full Therapy
Hourly Schedule
The full therapy is prescribed for general cancer patients who are not severely weakened and
have not been pre-treated with chemotherapy. This schedule covers the first 3-4 weeks of the
treatment. For subsequent reductions, see annual schedule below:
Enema MealFlax-
seed
OilAcidoll
CapsulesJuicePotassium
CompoundLugol’s
Solution
1/2 strengthThyroid NaicinLiver
Caps.Pan-
creatin
TabletsInjection
Liver &
B12
6:00
amCoffee
8:00
am 2Orange 4 tsp. 3 drops 1 gram 50mg3
9:00
am4 tsp. 9:30
amCarrot/
Apple4 tsp. 3 drops
10:00
amCoffeeCarrot/
Apple4 tsp. 3 drops 1 gram 50mg
11:00
amCarrot2
12
noonGreen 4 tsp. 1:00
pm1 Tbsp. 2Carrot/
Apple4 tsp. 3 drops 1 gram 50mg3
2:00
pmGreen 4 tsp. 3:00
pmCarrot2
4:00
pmCarrot2
5:00
pmCarrot/
Apple4 tsp. 3 drops 1 gram 50mg3
6:00
pmCoffee Green 4 tsp. 7:00
pmDinner 1 Tbsp. 2Carrot/
Apple4 tsp. 3 drops 1 gram 50mg3
10:00
pmCoffee
For an explanation of the medications, see Chapter 14. Be sure to follow the directions for
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www.thegersonway.comMake a blank schedule to be filled in later as the medications change and the frequency of
enemas and of liver injections with B-12 are reduced. Castor Oil enemas: to be taken every other day or as per Gerson practitioner ’s order. Directions for following the full therapy are given in Chapters 9 through 13. Please study
them carefully. Annual Schedule
No. of
weeksJuices  Meals
and flax
seed oilAcidol
pepsinPotassium
com-
pound Thyroid Lugol’s
solutionNiacin  Pancreatin    Liver &
B-12
injection
 Coffee
Enemas
                     Castor
oil
Enemas

    2-31
Orange
5 apple/
carrot
4 Green
3 Carrot
Regular
Add
2 tbs. Flax
Oil
3 x 2
caps. 10 x 2
teasp. 3 x 1⁄2
tablet
6 x 1
drop. 6 x 1
tablet. 4x3
 tabs. One daily Every
4
hoursEvery
other
     day
      3same 3 x 2  same. same   3 x 1 same 4 x 2 tabs. same  same    same
         5samesame  same  8 x 2  2 x 1/2 6 x 1  same    same    same  same    same
      4sameAdd
3oz. yogurt. same  same. 3 x 1/2 same  same    same    same  same    same
      5same6 oz
yogurt same  same   same same  same    same   same  same 2
weekly
      4 same 2 x 4
oz. same  same same      same  same    same   same  same    same
      6samesame  same  same  2 x 1/2  6 x 1  same    same Every 2nd
     day 2 daily
 .1
weekly
      6same   same,
much
raw same  6 x 2   same  6 x 1 4 x 1    same 2 weekly 2 daily  —- -
      6same
same
same    6 x 2   same  4 x 1  same    same     same  same  —-—
      9same
same
same
same  same  same  same    same    same  same   —- -
      9same
same same
same   same   same    same 2 weekly 1 daily
      7same
same
same  same. same  5 x 1  same    same 1 weekly   same  —- -
          . Depending on test results, thyroid medication may have to be increased or decreased. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 133Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 18
Adapting the Therapy for Chemo-Pretreated
and Severely Weakened Patients
PLEASE NOTE: the same modifications apply for both categories
Chemotherapy drugs were just beginning to be introduced during Dr. Gerson’s years of
practice, and their effects were largely unknown. This explains why no reference to chemotherapy
can be found in his classic book, A Cancer Therapy—Results of 50 Cases. The large-scale use of
this treatment, based on the theory that strong poisons administered to the cancer patient would
kill the malignant cells but allow the healthy cells to recover, only built up in the years following
Dr. Gerson’s death; by now it is used almost universally all over the world. Sometimes it is applied
as an adjuvant treatment, in combination with other modalities; in other cases it is prescribed
for patients prior to surgery, to shrink their tumor, more often than not in terminal cases. Many
doctors, if questioned, admit that at best chemotherapy can only extend life expectancy by a few
months, and certainly does not promise a “cure.”
Our aim here is not to discuss the positive or negative results of chemotherapy, which are
amply described by Ralph Moss, Ph.D. ( The Cancer Industry, revised edition of the original
The Cancer Syndrome,  1989; ISBN#1-55778-075-7, Paragon House, NY) and many others. (see
Chapter 20, pg. 142 ) We are solely concerned with the changes that need to be made to the Gerson
protocol for patients who have previously been treated with toxic chemicals. When the Therapy was first practiced 18 years after Dr. Gerson’s death in the first Mexican
Gerson hospital, the doctors were reluctant


 think this one of the hardest things for us in the try-to-get-ahead-of-the-
other -guy, comp etitive-oriented W est to grasp. Y et we must try to get to the
point wh ere the dif ferences in other people are to be respected a nd honored,
accepted for what they are rather than treated as contests. Bringing in a
spiritual, right-brained, intuitive kind of approach isn’ t going t o make you
wimpy, weak, or less profitab le; in fact, it will bring you peace and
harmony. It will give you a sense of knowing what you’re about and why
you’re here, and that lack of the need to be right or to win or to put
somebody else down frees you up to do better. I hav e moved m uch more in this direction in my own life. I don’ t need to
make a contest out of every dif ference I have with others; instead, I
recognize those variations and look toward solutions. I dance with, even
enjoy, th e disco rd rather than tr eat it as something that shouldn ’ t be there. Since I’ ve given up some of my attachments to having to be right and
embarked upon a path of sending out love and peace and ha rmony and
contentment, I’v e never had more “success” come into my life. My books
and audio programs are very popular. The demand for my lectures has
increased, and people are inviting me to do things that never even came to
me before, such as create my own television shows and write plays. Success
as v iewed in an external fashion, as an achievement, has certai nly gone up
for me. Y et I’m talking about going beyond all of that. Again, the great irony is that wh en we get focused on following our bliss
and being in the service of others, all those things that w e seek so
desperately—the success, the achievement, the performance—seem toarrive in our lives in great amounts. But as long as we fin d ourselves
pushing for, demanding, chasing after, and striving for them, they will never
arrive. T he only  vehicle that’ s a vailable to take us from striving  to arriving
is detachment and acceptance. A NEW KIND OF APPROACH
When yo u are enlightened, you no longer see yourself as separated from
higher c onsciousness. Instead, y ou see it as what you are. The n you start
having dramatic new changes in your life. That old focus on accumulatio n and having to get things done is no
longer th ere, so  you become m uch more peaceful. Then after a while you
realize that Everything that I’m doing is all right. Even when I mess up,
even wh en the deal doesn’ t go t hr ough, ther e’ s something to learn. Ther e’ s
an opportunity in that obstacle or in that failur e.  Y ou get this incredible
peace with all the things that you’re doing. Y ou see that this world of form is all an illusion and that  you are
destroying yourself with things that aren’ t even real. Why should you
concern yourself  with whether this person likes you or doesn’ t, whether you
get that money o r not, and all that? Y ou can’ t do anything with t hat anyway. Y ou tell yourself, I’m going to sto p messing myself up. I won’ t even think
like that any longer. Be fore long, instead of being full of anger and
disharmony, yo u become full of acceptance. Y ou have a n ew kind of
approach to all that you’re doing  in your life, and the only thing that matters
is love. Deep inside you—in that special place where you know that you are
thought and thought is you, and you are a higher consciousness—you feel
more productive  and less consumed with what other people a re thinking. Y ou find  yourse lf moving away from all the stuf f that used to  be such an
important part of your life, trying to get this one to like you a nd trying to
please that one, or being in an overbearing or controlling relati onship. Y ou
leave tha t all behind. Y ou avoid confrontation and conflict becau se that isn’ t
you any longer. Y ou’re much more peaceful with everything. After a while, you look for the beauty in what others do, and you see it in
everybody. Somebody will cut you of f on the freeway, somebo dy will yellat you, somebod y will be obnoxious toward you, somebody w ill not pay
their debt toward you—any number of things that at one time would have
driven you absolutely insane—and you understand, That’ s w her e the y ar e
on the path. Y ou know that everything that happens to you and everybody
you run into in your life are gifts. They teach you something abo ut yourself. Y ou think, All t hose people ar e just tests for me to see whether I can, in
fact, send them something positive and useful and not let them get to me. The minute a n egative person starts getting to you, what you’ve really
done is given up control of your life to them. Y ou’ve communicated that
their opinions of you are more i mportant than your own are. If you see that
person for where they are on the path, recognizing that the way they behave
has nothing to do with you, then you’re not going to ma ke yourself
miserable becau se they choose to act toward you in that way. Before long,
you can turn those kinds of people around. T ake three people looking at a given situation: one of them sees the
anger, an other one sees the hostility, and another one sees the lo ve behind it
all. The person who sees the lov e behind the encounter, wherever it may be,
has a much better chance of not only getting what they wa nt but also
helping to turn others around. For example, think of an airport, where there
are a lot of people fighting over how they’re going to get seated on a plane. I have found myself in a similar  situation to this many times. There will be
several people acting aggressively toward a clerk who is trying to do her
best and  be as polite as she can. But the person who is antagonistic can only
see the antagonism in another person. I’ll be admiring how well the attendant is handling all of th e people
giving her a hard  time. I recognize what a kind person she is and how she’ s
trying to  do her absolute best. When it’ s my turn to get up the re, I’ll say,
“W ow, y ou’re re ally having to struggle. Y ou sure have to put u p with a lot
when you do a job like this, but you handle it so well and don’ t lose your
cool.” Y ou know what? She will often go out of her way for me. I might get
moved up to firs t class, get the very seat that I want, or simply b e rewarded
with a genuine smile. When y ou’re looking for the g ood, you can make almost any situation
turn arou nd for you. After a whi le, this becomes a habit, and you don’ t even
see the negative because you don’ t have that in you. On freeways, you wave
to people and thank them for letting you in. Y ou expect that somebody will
let y ou in, but even if they do n’ t, you don’ t internalize that action. Y oudon’ t rant, “These people, who  do they think they are?” Y ou let it all go. Y ou let them go right by, and you look to the next person. Before long,
someone will put their hand ou t and let you in. Y ou smile an d say thank
you, and  you get what you want for yourself without having to be attached
or hang on to all the negativity that most people see. Y ou are living in the
light. Swami M ukundananda had a wonderful line. He said, “Enlightenment is
your ego ’ s great est disappointm ent.” This is certainly the truth, as it is the
language of the higher self, all the way. It is a sign that you  are totally
awake and aware, in touch with the Divine nature of who you really are. Y ou no longer need to try; you are. Y ou have arrived. CHAPTER 12
ENJOY HEA VEN ON EARTH
As we finish this book’ s journey, let’ s return to the course we charted at
the begi nning. If  you were able to suspend your disbelief and keep an open
mind, you may feel a kind of e xpansiveness as you pushed past the limits
you prev iously felt comfortable  with. Things that were once unavailable to
you, bas ed on the consciousness  you had when you first started reading this
book, pr obably feel within your grasp now. As we wrap things up now, I’d
like to illuminate some of the benefits you can expect once you are in tune
with the higher part of yourself, telling the ego to take a back seat. BLESSINGS OF THE HIGHER SELF
When you are t otally awake, aware, and enlightened, you receive some
of th


 of the nutrition department,including an abundance of powerful saliva forthe hastening of the mouth treatment, but sucha beatific facility can be secured in a very shorttime by the faithful and intelligent employmentof all departments of head digestion. A person who specialises on the mouth end of
the alimentary canal has plenty of time to restbetween inspections. He will naturally watchfor any feeling of results that may happen whileMother Nature is doing her twenty-five feet ofdigestion and absorption, but if his part has
been performed properly, there will be no newsof the process until there is something toexcrete from the material ingested. When thisoccurs, if a microscope is handy for minuteinspection, it will be found that most of theexcreta is composed of what I think of as thedandruff of the alimentary canal. It is composedof shapeless particles of skin which have beendiscarded by the mucous surface of the canal inthe same manner that dead skin is beingcontinually detached from the head and allparts of the external surface of the body. Depending on the nature of the food, there maybe small particles also of indigestible cellulosefrom vegetable foods and the condensed solids ofthe digestive juices when they have been usedand worn out. THE EFFECT  OF PREJUDICE. I have noticed that the early prejudices in
favour of or against foods are likely to prevailthroughout life. I have observed this in trying tosecure local appreciation for my own favouriteNew England dishes in foreign countries. Tinning, or canning, science has made it
possible to serve Boston baked beans and brownbread or even an entire Thanksgiving Dinner inJapan or Borneo, but it is impossible to excitenative appreciation for them commensuratewith the cost and trouble of the transportation. In Scandinavia, where they file the appetite tothe keenest of edges with the piquancy of the" Smoer Broed," or " Smoer Goes,"* theAmerican taste for very sweet things is notappreciated. Chocolates for that market aremore bitter than sweet, and so it goesthroughout the world where head digestion isimportant in determining the prescription offoods. At one time, during a year and a half of travel
in unusual countries where the French, Englishor American menu is not easily available, I
never missed an opportunity to study the effectof head prejudice on digestion. If the fortunateopportunity occurs to sample the sumptuous" ris tavel " of Java, there will be the best ofchances to confirm my observation in this
* Literally " Butter-goose"; a table set apart, with bread and
butter and a variety of snacks. regard. This dish is varied in sumptuousness, or
variety, but the humblest offering of it consistsof a large and deep soup plate piled high in themiddle with snowy rice with each individualgrain unbroken. This, to begin with, is atriumph of oriental culinary art. Surroundingthis rice mountain are dabs of every sort of a" relish " any one ever imagined. You selectthese from tiers of plates borne in each hand byas many as a dozen servants, following eachother in procession, and presentingopportunities of choice amounting to twenty ormore, perhaps even thirty or more inextraordinary cases. Hence it is the privilege ofthe guest to take much or little of any, or all, ofthe condiments according to the state of hisappetite or greed. All the colours and nearly thewhole food kingdom are represented, and thetemptation is increased by the art ofarrangement. There is no way of judging whateach sort of relish is : It may be fish, fowl,vegetable, tuber, side-meat, or a combination ofnuts or fruits, as far as the intelligence of theuninitiated goes. There were several members of the party offoreigners of different degrees of prejudice
against anything strange in appearance. To one,all of the comestibles were " utterly impossible,"and remained so to the end; while to otherscuriosity got the better of suspicion, and finallythe appetites looked forward to dinner-timewith especial cordiality, for the rice-mountainrelish-cordon and the complicated combinationwere digested with ease. The standard dish, however, of the Javan
dinner is boiled potatoes and beefsteakswimming in a pint of good butter gravy, so thateven the conscientious dietist with vegetarianpreferences may revel in something that smacksof home and mother, with such an abundance ofluscious fruits that nothing but gustatorydelight happens as a usual thing. Still, it is thesame in Java or Japan, in London, Paris,Berlin, Vienna, Rome or New York, thedigestion of food is under the control of the headand therefore may be called head digestion. PROFESSOR  FISHER 'S EXPERIMENT. The most important large experiment for the
testing of head digestion under conditions ofHORACE  FLETCHEK  IN HIS MASTER  OF ARTS ROBES. THE AUTHOR  ON HIS SIXTIETH  BIRTHDAY, PERFORMING  FEATS OF
AGILITY
AND STRENGTH  WHICH  WOULID  BE REMARKABLE, EVEN IN A YOUNG
ATLETE. strict scientific control was that inaugurated
and conducted by Professor Irving Fisher, ofYale University, in America. Professor Fisher occupies the Chair of
Political Economy at Yale, has made extensiveresearches into the factors that influence theeconomies or extravagances of living, and isPresident of the Committee of One Hundred ofthe American Association for the Advancementof Science on Health. Professor Fisher's interest in my revelations
and tests relative to the potency of headdigestion came primarily from a personal testwhich worked wonders for him in establishing afoundation for good health. He was notesatisfied with the later Chittenden experiments,because they substituted academic prescriptionfor natural selection in formulating the rules ofthe inquiry. Like myself, in conducting theoriginal researches, Professor Fisher realizedthat the practical value of my discoveries wasthat no one needed a biological chemist to orderhis meals for him or tell his appetite what hisbody needed in the way of food elements. The Fisher experiment worked with nine
healthy undergraduates who were ambitious totake high scholastic honours, and who had little
time for athletics or any form of physicalexercise, they being types of the averageUniversity undergraduate. A generous table was supplied them with
meat and every variety of food that usuallycomposed college fare. The only instructionswere that thorough mastication and especialattention to the enjoyment of the food asrecommended by me in my books should befaithfully performed. This course was pursuedfor half a year, and for the rest of the year, inaddition to the careful head treatment andenjoyment, preference was to be given to foodsknown to be low in nitrogen content; but not tothe extent of suppressing any distinct call ofappetite for them. In the first half of the experiment the men
held their own on about 40 per cent. less food,computed by cost, and increased their strength-endurance ability by something more than 100per cent., with the added felicity of feelingunusually fit all of the time, entirely escapingthe slack or sick spells they had beenaccustomed to, and improving greatly in theirgeneral studentability, that is: power of
concentration, memory, mental comfort,profundity of sleep, etc. During the second half of the experiment still
more improvement was secured owing to thereadiness of the body to accommodate itself tothe wish by favouring the economies. I have not a copy of the report at hand. It is
included in the publications of Yale Universityabout 1905. While all of the abundance of confirmatory
evidence which has accumulated since 1898 isvaluable and gratifying, the verdict of theunremitting observation since then is that theproblem of nutrition is always a personal one. After fifteen years of devotion to the study ofthe head-end question, with due attention to thetell-tale excreta and the product expressed interms of energy and general comfort, I amunable to predict what my body is going to wantto-morrow in the way of nutrition supply. I cansay with some confidence that if I go on doing asI have been accustomed to doing daily, and noshock of grief or surprise intervenes to upset allcalculations, I am likely to find nutritivesatisfaction as expressed by appetite among the
foods that are commonly agreeable to me. If I am compelled or impelled to do a great
stunt of walking or other unusual exertion, orreceive crushing news, all my presentpredictions may be useless. The body itself,from the hair on the head to each finger or toe-nail will know what it wants and will havegiven to the caterer Appetite its requisitioncovering the need. In the meantime each braincell and all of the bones have not beenneglectful of their sustenance requirements, norhave they been backward in letting Appetiteknow. It is fortunate that the common needs of
digestion may be supplied from a limited rangeof food varieties. Milk is all-sufficient always forgeneral supply of the nutritive requisites. In theplebeian potato, which has attained to royalrank as the result of the extensive experimentsof Dr. Hindhede,* of Denmark, in co-operationwith Madsen the Faithful, has been found full
* Dr. Hindhede, Protein and Nutrition: an Investigation. London, 1913, Ewart, Seymour & Co., Ltd., Burleigh Street,
W. C. nourishment for ten months,


 gy)
of
mind
and
body. Once
you
remove
from
your
mind
the
ossification
that
prevents
us
from
using
urine,
energetic
and
physiological
processes
will
flow
freely,
without
difficulty. Therefore,
urinotherapy
can
be
highly
evaluated
even
from
a
pure
point
of
view
psychological
point
of
view. As
soon
as
we
find
out
that
urine
can
be
useful
for
us
in
something,
our
relationship
with
everything
that
we
previously
considered
unpleasant
changes. We
will
feel
more
flight,
energy
and
will
to
discover
other
mysteries
of
life. Our
relationship
with
nature
will
be
even
more
positive
and
many
will
surprise
and
interest
us
rather
than
cause
fear
and
disgust. After
overcoming
the
psychological
barrier,
it
is
necessary
to
show
the
person
that
the
use
of
urine
is
safe,
effective,
simple
and
clear. When
a
person
is
convinced
from
his
own
experience
that
what
he
heard
corresponds
to
the
truth,
he
himself
suddenly
feels
relief. He
convinced
himself
of
the
safety
of
the
method,
and
now
it
is
difficult
for
anyone
to
convince
him
otherwise. So,
we
present
to
you
the
method
of
correct
and
gradual
initiation
of
urinotherapy. You
will
feel
the
first
results
in
just
a
week,
which
will
be
tangible
in
a
month
and
convincing
in
half
a
year. Then
you
decide
for
yourself
whether
to
continue
or
not. When
to
start
urinotherapy
treatment
and
from
what. Begin
each
new
venture
at
the
beginning
of
the
lunar
month,
after
the
new
moon. This
is
a
natural
natural
cycle,
a
closed
one
at
that,
and
it
is
important
to
act
in
accordance
with
it. This
is
especially
true
for
men
and
children. For
women,
it
is
possible
to
time
the
start
of
urinotherapy
at
the
end
of
menstruation,
one
or
two
days
after
menstruation. Such
a
beginning
does
not
in
any
way
disturb
the
natural
course
of
physiological
processes. In
many
people
after
surgery,
as
in
animals,
excretion
of
feces
and
urine
occurs
through
the
smooth
intestine
and
j
It
is
therefore
logical
to
start
urinotherapy
with
enemas. From
a
physiological
point
of
view
j
e
it
justified
by
that. that
in
today's
man,
the
large
intestine
is
the
biggest
source
intoxication
of
the
body
from
waste
and
harmful
substances
that
accumulate
in
it
from
improper
diet. Enemas
with
water
(and
lemon
juice
or
chamomile)
and
small
enemas
with
urine
will
quickly
clean
the
colon. A
significant
healing
effect
will
be
seen
in
just
a
week,
if
there
are
no
serious
diseases
in
the
intestine. The
procedure
can
be
done
as
follows:
immediately
after
passing
stool,
you
inject
200
-
400
grams
of
urine
into
your
anus
with
a
rubber
balloon
in
two
to
four
doses
in
a
row. The
urine
of
a
child
up
to
10
years
of
age
can
also
be
used,
regardless
of
gender. So
you
will
continue
every
day
for
one
week. This
is
the
first
stage
that
will
show
you
how
to
use
urine
j
simple,
safe
and
useful
for
your
health. In
addition,
it
will
take
as
much
time
as
cleaning
teeth. Then
you
can
proceed
to
second
stage,
which
will
convince
you
of
the
effectiveness
of
urinotherapy. In
this
phase,
in
the
morning,
you
wash
your
nasopharynx
with
fresh
urine
(neti
method),
rub
the
skin
of
your
face
and
hands,
and
also
do
enemas
with
evaporated
urine. Once
the
urine
is
dry,
wash
it
off
with
warm
water
without
soap
and
then
rinse
with
cold
water
and
dry
with
a
towel. If
you
want
to
use
soap,
wash
with
soap
first
and
then
apply
urine
after
wiping
with
a
towel. These
two
j
simple
procedures
will
improve
your
mood,
feelings
and
skin. Gradually
change
your
diet,
starting
with
juices
and
fruits
according
to
the
season
(frozen
and
dried
in
the
winter
-
it
preserves
vitamins
and
especially
enzymes)
and
then
different
cereal
porridges
with
a
minimum
of
spices. Instead
of
porridge,
you
can
eat
nuts,
potatoes,
white
meat,
fish
and
other
natural
products,
but
only
separately. They
are
all
combination
foods. If
you
change
your
diet
(this
can
take
at
least
half
a
year),
you
will
find
that
your
urine
has
a
much
better
taste,
eventually
it
can
taste
like
freshly
milked
milk. From
such
urine,
you
can
prepare
evaporated
urine,
which
you
use
for
enemas. You
do
it
with
a
quarter
of
your
urine
every
other
day. Use
50
grams
the
first
time
(100
grams
for
those
who
are
braver),
increase
the
dose
by
another
50
to
100
grams
in
two
days,
and
so
on,
until
you
reach
250
or
500
grams,
respectively. Then
gradually
return
to
the
original
dose. This
will
take
you
about
20
days. These
mini-enemas
will
show
you
what
you've
been
growing
in
your
colon
and
how
easy
it
is
to
live
parasite-free. Now
that
you
have
familiarized
yourself
with
urine
therapy
and
relieved
the
excretory
systems,
proceed
to
the
third
stage,
which
again
timed
to
the
beginning
of
the
lunar
cycle. Now
start
drinking
the
middle
part
of
the
urine,
in
the
morning
on
an
empty
stomach,
an
odd
number
of
sips,
rinse
your
nose
and
rub
or
massage
your
body
with
evaporated
urine
once
or
twice
a
day. This
is
mainly
done
by
sick
people,
it
is
not
necessary
for
prevention. Also,
try
putting
urine
compresses
on
your
feet,
lower
back
and
neck
instead
of
a
massage. First
for
10
to
20
minutes. If
there
is
no
strong
response,
you
can
gradually
increase
the
time
of
compresses
to
two,
three
hours,


 and decrease in phase, they are in coherence, a state of peak ef ficiency. Much
more about coherence and the benefits of breathing 5.5 times a minute with 5.5-second inhales
and exhales can be found in the following: Stephen B. Elliott, The New Science of Br eath
(Coherence, 2005); Stephen Elliott and Dee Edmonson, Coher ent Br eathing: The DefinitiveMethod  (Coherence, 2008); I. M. Lin, L. Y. T ai, and S. Y. Fan, “Breathing at a Rate of 5.5
Breaths per Minute with Equal Inhalation-to-Exhalation Ratio Increases Heart Rate
V ariability,” International Journal of Psychophysiolology  91 (2014): 206–11. p e a k  e f f i c i e n c y :  A good, doctor -reviewed overview of this type of paced “coherent” breathing: Arlin
Cuncic, “An Overview of Coherent Breathing,” V eryW ellMind, June 25, 2019,
https://www.verywellmind.com/an-overview-of-coherent-breathing-4178943. 5. 5 - s e c o n d  i n h a l e s :  5.4545 breaths a minute, to be exact. r e s u l t s  w e r e  p r o f o u n d :  Richard P. Brown and Patricia L. Gerbar g, The Healing Power of the Br eath:
Simple T echniques to Reduce Str ess and Anxiety, Enhance Concentration, and Balance Y our
Emotions  (Boston: Shambhala, 2012), Kindle locations 244–47, 1091–96; Lesley Alderman,
“Breathe. Exhale. Repeat: The Benefits of Controlled Breathing,” The New Y ork T imes, Nov. 9,
2016.
r e q u i r e d  n o  r e a l  e f f o r t :  In 2012, Italian researchers found that breathing at six breaths a minute had
powerful ef fects at high altitudes of 17,000 feet. The technique not only significantly reduced
blood pressure but also boosted oxygen saturation in the blood. Grzegorz Bilo et al., “Ef fects of
Slow Deep Breathing at High Altitude on Oxygen Saturation, Pulmonary and Systemic
Hemodynamics,” PLoS One 7, no. 11 (Nov. 2012): e49074. “ N o b o d y  k n o w s  y o u ’ r e  d o i n g  i t ” :  Landau, “This Breathing Exercise Can Calm Y ou Down.”
w e r e  i n  t h e  r a n g e  o f  5. 5 :  Marc A. Russo et al., “The Physiological Ef fects of Slow Breathing in the
Healthy Human,” Br eathe 13, no. 4 (Dec. 2017): 298–309. Chapter Six: Less
F r o m  a r o u n d  1 8 5 0  t o  1 9 6 0 :  “Obesity and Overweight,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm ; “Obesity Increase,” Health &
Medicine, Mar. 18, 2013; “Calculate Y our Body Mass Index,” National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute, https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm? source=quickfitnesssolutions. o f f e r s  a  t r o u b l i n g  p i c t u r e :  The breathing rate for an average male, according to a study in the 1930s, used
to be about 13 times a minute for a total of 5.25 liters of air. By the 1940s, the rate of breathing
hovered a bit over 10 breaths a minute for a total of 8 liters. By the 1980s and 1990s, several
studies placed the mean breathing rate at closer to 10 to 12 breaths per minute, with a total
volume, in some cases, that rose to 9 liters and higher. I discussed this with Dr. Don Storey, a
prominent pulmonologist who’d worked in the field for more than 40 years (and who is my
father -in-law). He told me that when he was first starting out, the normal respiratory rate was
about 8 to 12 breaths a minute. The high end of that rate is nearly doubled today. Beyond the
anecdotes, dozens of studies suggest we could indeed be breathing more than we used to. Most
studies compare subjects with respiratory illnesses against healthy controls. It’ s the data from
the healthy controls that was used for this assessment. Several studies were discovered in
Artour Rakhimov’ s book Br eathing Slower and Less: The Gr eatest Health Discovery Ever
(self-published, 2014). Those studies that could be independently verified were included. I will
continue to gather research in this area and post on my website— mrjamesnestor.com/breath. In
the meantime, here are several studies: N. W. Shock and M. H. Soley, “A verage V alues for
Basal Respiratory Functions in Adolescents and Adults,” Journal of Nutrition  18 (1939): 143–
53; Harl W. Matheson and John S. Gray, “V entilatory Function T ests. III. Resting V entilation,
Metabolism, and Derived Measures,” Journal of Clinical Inves tigation 29, no. 6 (1950): 688–
92; John Kassabian et al., “Respiratory Center Output and V entilatory T iming in Patients with
Acute Airway (Asthma) and Alveolar (Pneumonia) Disease,” Chest  81, no. 5 (May 1982):
536–43; J. E. Clague et al., “Respiratory Ef fort Perception at Rest and during Carbon Dioxide
Rebreathing in Patients with Dystrophia Myotonica,” Thorax 49, no. 3 (Mar. 1994): 240–44; A.
Dahan et al., “Halothane Af fects V entilatory after Dischar ge in Humans,” British Journal ofAnaesthesia 74, no. 5 (May 1995): 544–48; N. E. L. Meessen et al., “Breathing Pattern during
Bronchial Challenge in Humans,” Eur opean Respiratory Journal 10, no. 5 (May 1997): 1059–
63.
q u a r t e r  o f  t h e  m o d e r n  p o p u l a t i o n :  Mary Birch, Br eathe : The 4-W eek Br eathing Retraining Plan to Relieve
Str ess, Anxiety and Panic  (Sydney: Hachette Australia, 2019), Kindle locations 228–31. An
overview of how poorly we’re breathing can be found here: Richard Boulding et al.,
“Dysfunctional Breathing: A Review of the Literature and Proposal for Classification,”
Eur opean Respiratory Review 25, no. 141 (Sept. 2016): 287–94. C h i n e s e  d o c t o r s :  Bryan Gandevia, “The Breath of Life: An Essay on the Earliest History of Respiration:
Part I,” Australian Journal of Physiotherapy 16, no. 1 (Mar. 1970): 5–11. n i n e  a n d  a  h a l f  b r e a t h s  p e r  m i n u t e :  It’ s worth mentioning that early Hindus calculated a normal respiratory
rate at a much higher rate of 22,636 breaths a day. “ s t a r t  e x t e n d i n g  y o u r  e x h a l e s ” :  This kind of long inhale and exhale isn’ t possible for very high intensity
exercise. Running 400 meters, for instance, would require much more oxygen to keep up with
metabolic needs. (Endurance athletes can breathe 200 liters of breath per minute during
moments of extreme stress—that’ s up to 20 times what’ s considered a normal resting volume.) But for steady, medium-level exercise like this, long breaths are far more ef ficient. Maurizio
Bussotti et al., “Respiratory Disorders in Endurance Athletes—How Much Do They Really
Have to Endure?,” Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine  2, no. 5 (Apr. 2014): 49.
i n c r e a s e s  V O2  m a x :  Using “slow and less” breathing techniques, subjects in an experiment conducted at
the Universitas Muhamm


 or
corned vegetable. The Indian Achar;  I nd onesian acar, and achara from the
Philippines; V ietnamese cai chua and the carrot, date and onion achcharu  of
Sri Lan ka are all pickles featuring local papaya, pineapple, and/or
vegetables. Kore a, Japan and China have several pickled dishes, each with
their ow n ingredients and in s ome cases, special uses. The beni shoga
pickled ginger of Japan has been served with sushi and other raw fish dishes
for centuries. In T urke y, pickles are called tursu and in Greece, they say toupai. Some
Arab countries still use the Persian word, torshi,  and the word fo r Albanian,
Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian mixed pickles is turshi. In these
countries, cabbage, eggplant, turnips, beets, peppers and cucum ber are the
vegetables most often pickled. Local fish such as salmon, pike and eel
along with cockles, mussels an d winkles in vinegar began sho wing up on
tables in 16th century London. All over Scandinavia to this day, vinegar -
pickled herring appear on every smor gasbord. When N orth Am ericans use the word pickle  they mean pickled cucumber
almost exclusively. For them, olives and okra may be pickled and pickledpeppers, pickled onions, pickled eggs and even pickled watermelon rind is
eaten, but these are not usually referred to as pickles. It is thought that pekel,  a Dutch word f or brine, is the root for the English
term pickle but its use as a food predates recorded history. It’ s not by
chance that every sea-faring nation developed their own pickled foods,
because pickling  was an ef ficien t way to preserve food for long voyages. It
was thou ght tha t sauerkraut and pickles were an antidote for scurvy. From
the b uilders of China’ s Great W all to Julius Caesar, Napoleon and Queen
Elizabeth I, pickles were valued as a healthy food and a secret of beauty. I, fo r one, agre e with Thomas Jef ferson, who wrote, “On a hot day in
V ir ginia I know of nothing more comforting than a fine sp iced pickle,
brought up trout-like from the sparkling depths of that aromatic jar, below
the stairs in Aunt Sally’ s cellar.”
pickling spice
If you make yo ur own pickles, you should consider making  your own
pickling spice blends. The poin t is that fresh whole spices impart the zip
and com plex ess ence to the brin e. Be sure to purchase the ingredients from
a bu sy spice seller who keeps a fresh stock of whole spices and  turns them
over quickly. Make up enough for the preserving season and discard any
left over after si x months. Bay i s now available fresh in the produce section
of m any supermarkets; that is the best choice, so look there first. T ellicherry
whole b lack pep percorns from the Malabar Coast of India are  left on the
vine lon ger to develop lar ge, mature berries with a deep, rich flavour. Choose green (not white) carda mom pods: green indicates the freshness of
the pods, and their seeds will be full of camphor. Brown mustard seeds are
smaller than the yellow ones and are hotter in taste. Store th ese exceptionally fragr ant blends in a dark glass container away
from heat and li ght (definitely not over the stove!). If you must use a clear
glass con tainer, cover it with a strip of brown/Kraft paper. Y ou can purchase
commercial blends of pickling spice, but try to get a package fr om a recent
shipment, not one that has lingered on the shelf from the previous year(although that doesn’ t guarantee  it hasn’ t been wintering on the distributor ’ s
shelves). Y ou will need c heesecloth for the spice bags and for straining some of the
jams, so purchase at least a yard (3 ft/1 m) or more at a time. classic pickling spice blend
MAKES ABOUT 1 CUP (250 ML)
6 fr esh bay leaves 1 whole nutmeg
1 cinnamon stick, 3 inches (8 cm)
2 tbsp (25 mL) whole br own or yellow mustard seeds
2 tbsp (25 mL) whole allspice berries
1 tbsp (15 mL) coriander seeds
1 tbsp (15 mL) whole T ellicherry black pepper corns
1 tbsp (15 mL) gr ound ginger
1 tbsp (15 mL) dill or fennel seeds
1 tbsp (15 mL) hot r ed pepper flakes
2 tsp (10 mL) cardamom seeds (fr om gr een pods)
2 tsp (10 mL) cumin seeds 1 tsp (5 mL) whole cloves
Stack th e bay leaves and, using scissors, snip thin strips crosswise through
the stack. Using a mortar and pestle or rolling pin, crush the nutmeg. Using a mortar and pestle or rolling pin, crush the cinnamon. In a bowl, combine spices. From the green bay strips, top centre, clockwise: yellow mustard seeds,
allspice berries, coriander seeds, T ellicherry black peppercorns, ground ginger, dill seeds, hot pepper
flakes, cardamom seeds, cumin seeds, whole cloves, cinnamon pieces, and whole nutmeg in the
centre. Mix well and spoon the spices into a dark glass jar with a tight-fitting lid. How to Make a Spice BagCut a 10-inch (25cm) square of doubled ch eesecloth and a 24-inch (60 cm) length of
thin string. Spoon the specified amount of pickling spice into the centre of the square. Bring up the edges of the cloth around the spices to make a pouch. Secure with the
string, leaving one long end to tie around the handle of the pot for easy removal after
boiling with the pickling liquids. curry pickling spice blend
Being blends of several dif ferent spices, curries reflect the personal
preferences of each individual who combines them. Some are very hot,
some are red, so me are yellow, s ome are green, and some are slightly sweet
with ani se overtones. For this p ickling spice blend, I have included more
fragrant and anise-flavoured sp ices than hot ones. Y ou can change the
amounts and add other spices, according to your own whims, to make it
your own. Fenugreek (between the coriander, left, and allspice, right) is the pyramid-shaped (or tri-corn, hence
the name) herb labelled T rigonella foenum-graecum. It gives curry its characteristic essence, so it is
essential to any curry blend. I find that curry spices are richer in flavour if dry-roasted before using. T o prepare, combine the
whole seeds in a spice wok for dry roasting over medium-high heat until fragrant. When roasting
spices, stir constantly and remove before they begin to smoke. Let cool and combine with turmeric
and ginger. Store in a cool, dark place for up to 6 months. Pictured here, clockwise from top left: redcayenne pepper strips, star anise, crushed cinnamon, whole mustard seeds, whole allspice berries,
fenugreek seeds, coriander seeds, Brazilian green peppercorns and cumin seeds. MAKES 1 CUP (250 mL)
6 dried cayenne pepper pods 2 star anise
1 cinnamon stick, 3 inches (8 cm)
2 tbsp (25 mL) whole br own or yellow mustard seeds
2 tbsp (25 mL) whole allspice berries
2 tbsp (25 mL) gr ound turmeric
2 tbsp (25 mL) fenugr eek seeds
1 tbsp (15 mL) coriander seeds
1 tbsp (15 mL) whole Brazilian gr een pepper corns
1 tbsp (15 mL) gr ound ginger
2 tsp (10 mL) cumin seeds

1. S tack the cayenne pepper pods and, using scissors, snip  thin strips
crosswise through the stack. 2. U sing a mortar and pestle or rolling pin, crush the star an ise pod and
seeds. B elow, I am using a cast iron mortar and pestle for crush ing a small
amount of bark spices. 3. Using a mortar and pestle or rolling pin, crush the cinnamon. 4. In a b owl, com bine cayenne strips, crushed star anise, crushed cinnamon,
mustard seeds, allspice berries, t urmeric, fenugreek, coriander, peppercorns,
ginger a nd cumin seeds. Mix we ll and spoon the spices into a d ark glass jar
with a tight-fitting lid. Label and store away from heat and light.f i v e - s p i c e  b l e n d
It is said that the traditional spices in this blend r epr esent the five tastes:
sweet, so ur, bitte r, pungent and salty. Make at least 1/2 cup (125  mL) of the
blend an d use in stir -fry dishes or with rice c


 would have given
up on himself, announced that he was a failure and ceased his en-
deavors to light the world. Failure can be instructive. It can be an
incentive to work and exploration. It can even be thought as success
if it points the way to new discoveries. As Kenneth Boulding put it,
I have revised some folk wisdom lately; one of my edited pro-
verbs is Nothing fails like success  because you do not learn any-
thing from it. The only thing we ever learn from is failure. Success only confirms our superstitions. Think of it. Without failure we can learn nothing, and yet we have
learned to treasure success as the only acceptable standard. We tend
to shun all experiences which might bring about fail-128 / Your Erroneous Zonesure. Apprehension of failure is a big part of fear of the unknown. Anything which doesn’t smack of guaranteed success is to be
avoided. And fearing failure means fearing both the unknown and
the disapproval that accompanies not doing your best. Some Typical “Fear of the Unknown” Behavior In Our Culture
We have already discussed some typical behavior engendered by
fear of the unknown. Resisting new experiences, rigidity, prejudice,
slavish adherence to plans, the need for external security, fear of
failure and perfectionism are all subheadings in this large self-limit-
ing zone. What follows is a listing of the most common specific ex-
amples in this category. You can use it as a checklist to assess your
own behavior. • Eating the same kinds of foods for a lifetime. Avoiding exotic,
new taste treats in favor of the more traditional, and using descrip-
tions such as, “I’m a meat and potatoes person” or “I always order
chicken.” While everyone has certain preferences and predelictions,
avoidance of unknown foods is merely rigidity. Some people have
never eaten a taco, or been to a Greek or Indian restaurant, simply
because they stay on the familiar ground of what they are used to. Leaving familiar grounds can open up a whole exciting gastronomic
world. • Wearing the same kinds of clothes forever. Never trying out a
new style, or wearing something different. Labeling yourself as a
“conservative dresser” or a “loud dresser” and never varying your
sartorial style. • Reading the same newspapers and magazines which support
the same editorial position day after day and never admitting a
contrary viewpoint. In one recent study, a reader, whose political
position was well known, was asked to read an edito-EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN  / 129rial which began with a position identical to his own. In the middle
of the editorial, the viewpoint shifted, and a hidden camera revealed
that the reader’s eyes similarly shifted to another part of the page. The rigid reader in this experiment would not even consider a dis-
similar point of view. • Seeing the same movies (with different titles) for a lifetime. Re-
fusing to view anything that might support a different philosophical
or political belief, because the unknown is disconcerting and must
be shut out. • Living in the same neighborhood, city or state, simply because
your parents and their parents happened to have chosen that loca-
tion. Being afraid of a new place because the people, climate, politics,
language, customs, or whatever, are different. • Refusing to listen to ideas which you do not share. Instead of
considering the other speaker’s viewpoint—“Hmm, I’ve never
thought of that”—you immediately insist he’s crazy or uninformed. This is a method of avoiding the different or the unknown by refus-
ing to communicate. • Being afraid to try a new activity because you can’t do it well. “I don’t think I’d be very good, I’ll just watch.”
• Compulsive achievement in school or on the job. Grades are
more important than anything else. The fitness report matters more
than the pleasure of work well done. Using achievement rewards
as substitutes for trying something new and unknown. Residing in
the safe areas of inquiry because, “I know I can get an A,” rather
than risking a C by embarking on a new discipline. Taking the safe
job where you know you’ll be successful instead of entering a new
race and taking a chance on failing. • Avoiding anyone whom you label deviant, including “fags,”
“commies,” “weirdos,” “spics,” “niggers,” “wops,” “wasps,” “hip-
pies,” “kikes,” “gooks,” and any derogatory tags that serve as pro-
tection from fear of the unfamiliar. Rather than trying to learn about
these people, you label them with a slanderous epithet and talk
about them rather than to them.130 / Your Erroneous Zones• Staying with the same job even though you dislike it, not because
you have to, but out of apprehension about entering that vast un-
known of new work. • Staying in a marriage that obviously is not working, out of a
fear of the unknown, single life. You can’t remember what it’s like
not to be married, so you don’t know what you’d be getting yourself
into. Better to stay with the unpleasant familiar than to wander off
into new potentially lonely territory. • Taking vacations in the same place, at the same hotel, during
the same season each year. In this case you know what to expect,
and you don’t have to risk new places which might—or might
not—provide pleasant experiences. • Using performance rather than enjoyment as a criteria for
everything that you do. That is, doing only those things you do well
and avoiding those where you might fail or perform poorly. • Measuring things in monetary terms. If it costs more, it is worth
more, and therefore an indication of your personal success. The
known is measured in dollar signs, while the unknown cannot be
financially assessed. • Striving for the important title, the fancy automobiles, the right
labels on your clothes and other status symbols, even though you
may not even like the possessions and the life-style that they repres-
ent. • An inability to alter a plan when an interesting alternative arises. If you stray from the map in your head you’ll lose your way and
your place in life. • Being preoccupied with time, and allowing clocks to run your
life. Living by a schedule which keeps you from trying new and
unknown quantities of life. Always wearing a watch (even to bed)
and being controlled by it. Sleeping, eating and making love by the
clock, regardless of hunger, exhaustion, or desire. • Dismissing certain kinds of activities which you’ve never tried. These may include such “weird” things as meditation, yoga, astro-
logy, backgammon, bocci, Mah-jongg, isometrics, or anything that
you don’t know about.EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN  / 131• Viewing sex without imagination. Always doing the same thing
in the same position. Never trying something new and exotic, be-
cause it is different and therefore might be unacceptable. • Hiding behind the same clique of friends and never branching
out with different people who represent new and unknown worlds. Having regular meetings with the same crowd, and staying with
the crowd for a lifetime. • At a party which you attend with your spouse or date, staying
with that person for the entire evening not because you want to but
because you are safe. • Hanging back because of a fear of what might happen if you
ventured into a conversation with strange people on strange topics. Thinking to yourself that they must be smarter, more talented, more
skillful, or more glib, and using this as a reason to avoid a new ex-
perience. • Condemning yourself if you don’t succeed in all your endeavors. These are only a few examples of unhealthy behavior engendered
by fear of the unknown. You can probably make your own list. But
instead of making lists, why not begin to challenge why you want
to live each day the same as the one before, with no possibilities for
growth. The Psychological Support System for Retaining These Behaviors
Here are some common payoffs that keep you from roaming
around in that delicious unknown. • By staying the same you never have to think on your feet. If you
have a good plan, you simply consult your script, rather than your
wits. • Staving off the unknown has its own built-in reward system. The fear of the obscure is strong, and as long as you stay132 / Your Erroneous Zoneswith the familiar, you are keeping that fear at bay, regardless of how
costly it is to you in growth and fulfillment. It’s safer to avoid un-
charted areas. Think of Columbus. Everyone warned him he would
fall over the edge. It is easier to be one of the many treading familiar
ground rather than an explorer risking everything. The unknown
is a challenge and challenges can be threats. • You can say that you are postponing your gratification, which
you’ve heard labeled “mature-behavior,” and thus stay with the fa-
miliar and justify it with such a stance. Thus it is “mature” and
“adult” to put it off, but really it is out of panic and misgiving that
you stay as you are, and avoid unknown parts. • You can feel important by having done it right. You’ve been a
good boy/girl. As long as you see it in failure/success terms, you
can equate your self-worth with your good performance and feel
good


 a no-drill filling, or a filling
that requires only a small amount of drilling. This can only be done when the cavity is remineralized. Alternatively, the cavity can be scraped carefully without using a drill and then a temporary or
permanent filling can be placed while you improve your diet. Teeth can remineralize under the
fillings. Parts of the teeth that are drilled are a far larger obstacle to tooth remineralization than a
filling sitting in a tooth. Cavities under fillings. Sometimes these respond well to nutrition, and other times they do not. It
depends on how stressed the tooth is, and how severe the decay. First you need to determine if your
current filling is allowing food and saliva to enter deeply into the tooth. If so, you want to get the
filling cleaned, and then sealed with either a temporary or a permanent filling. If the filling on the
tooth is already sound, then the first thing to consider is if this is a misdiagnosis. If it is not a
misdiagnosis, many of these teeth will respond well to nutritional treatments. Make sure to avoid
biting on the tooth as best as you can for 1-14 days depending on your desires, and perhaps even wear
a night guard to relieve the nighttime stress on the tooth. Expect significant improvement in these deep
cavities in 1-2 weeks. If the filling is damaged, once the interior of the tooth heals, then consider
getting a new non-toxic filling to strengthen the structure of your tooth. Cracked or chipped teeth. Cracking teeth is almost always a sign of a significant dietary sin or
health imbalance. Teeth are not supposed to crack, even in the elderly. Whole grains and high
intensity sweeteners top the list of dietary mistakes that cause cracking or chipping. Cracked teeth can
usually be bonded by a good dentist. You will need to reduce the biting stress on the tooth and give it
ample time to heal. To reduce biting stress a night guard, chewing on the opposite side, and
alternative body work treatments on your jaw or head will help. Just as a reminder, a cracked or
chipped tooth does not usually need a root canal. Teeth with temporary fillings. You will want to find a permanent safe filling solution and not keep
temporary fillings in your mouth very long. Leaving big cavities without fillings. A few daring people want to have no filling materials in their
mouths even if their teeth have large holes. I do not recommend this option if you are doing it to save
money. A mouth full of cavities, or you do not know what to do about your cavities. What I always say to
people who feel unsure is to make your best effort to improve your diet. No matter what dental
treatment course you pursue, you will always be benefited by improving your diet. It does not hurt to
try. Sensitivity on sides of teeth with gum line ridges. This is called abfraction and is due to biting
forces. An improved diet will strengthen the tooth against the loss or damage to the tooth caused by
biting forces. The complete healing of this condition may require additional treatments to adjust how
you bite. Still not Sure. Talk to Your Tooth
While this suggestion may sound ridiculous, I assure you that I have not gone off the deep end. I want
you to know that I am sharing this suggestion with you because many people truly have difficulty in
deciding how to take care of a painful tooth, and this process really can bring clarity. Even after considering all of this information, you still might feel clueless about what to do for your
painful tooth. You may wonder if there is any hope. Many times in these situations you have a variety
of choices. And it requires relaxing the judgmental mind to know which choice is best for you. Consider beginning an inner dialog with your tooth. This is very similar to talking with a child. Here
are some examples. “How are you, tooth. ” “What will make you feel better. ” “Do you want to visit a
dentist. ” “Do you want a root canal. ” “Do you want to try herbs. ” “Do you want a special food. ”
“Do you want to be pulled. ” You will be amazed at how your body can actually communicate what it
needs to you. People will receive some kind of response to these questions, as a feeling, an inner
knowing or voice, or as a desire to do something. If you get no response, do not worry. A response
will appear in some way when your mind is relaxed. Keep asking clearly. A treatment option can also
elicit a feeling of stress or tension (implying it is a bad choice), and a feeling of lightness and ease in
response to another treatment (implying this is a good choice). If this exercise is too abstract, place an
object near you to represent your hurting tooth. Then talk to the object as if it is your tooth. This can
be therapeutic and help you to discern what is best to do. For example, you could express some anger,
sadness, disappointment or frustration at your tooth, or at yourself, for hurting. If you can let yourself
have some fun here, then you might get an insight on how to proceed. Dental Mystery – Missing Adult Teeth
About 3% of the population exhibits a condition in which some of the primary or permanent teeth are
missing. This condition is called hypodontia, and is associated with genetic or environmental factors. Problems with primary and adult teeth not erupting have been shown in cases of rickets, syphilis, and
in laboratory animal experiments with a very high sugar diet. Congenital syphilis is linked to missing
teeth. Its symptoms on the skeletal system are very similar to that of scurvy and rickets. 27
 Scurvy in
children was treated with raw minced beef, fresh cow's milk, and orange juice. Perhaps missing teeth
is related to a lack of vitamin C or a lack of fat-soluble vitamin D in the diet during important times of
growth including in the womb. The exact cause of missing teeth still remains a mystery. The Vicious Cycle and Tooth Decay
One school of thought proposes that emotions are the primary cause of physical disease. Another
school of thought declares the opposite, citing that disease has little to do with emotions. Let us try to
clear up this mess so you can take care of your teeth in the healthiest way possible. Emotions and stress can absolutely affect your health. The way your emotions affect your health is
primarily through poor food choices when you feel bad, or unhappy, and good food choices when you
feel well. Emotions such as sadness, anger, and grief can also interfere with your body’s ability to
digest food. Emotions do affect your internal body chemistry which can alter your calcium and phosphorous
balance. Strong emotions can engage the fight or flight response within your glands (adrenal, pituitary,
thyroid and so on). The fight or flight response will cause poisonous substances to be secreted into
your blood stream readying you for attack or to run for your life. While many situations in our modern
lives feel like fight or flight events, the reality for most people is that
we do not live in truly life or
death situations in our modern world. Many people behave as if they do, but this is an artificially
created reality that is in part exaggerated by the mass media. If you behave as if every news event,
traffic jam, or bad look from a stranger is the end of your life, then your body is going to use up
tremendous amounts of resources for nothing. I have noticed that some people who experience severe tooth decay are severely stressed. They are in
a hurry, always rushing, putting their needs off until the last minute. When someone comes to me and
they cannot slow down, take a breath, and just take a look at themselves for a moment, then I know
they most likely will fail in remineralizing tooth decay. This is what is known as the vicious cycle. Difficult events challenge us in life, and rather than getting easier, life sends us more difficult events. The cycle also works constructively for certain people in certain parts of their lives, such as the
person who always gets one good job or economic fortune after the next. Your job is to transform the negative cycle of dental health into a positive cycle. The way this
happens is by inviting in the positive feelings and experiences, while at the same time searching for
and acknowledging the negative experiences. Stress is primarily caused by unacknowledged feelings. In modern society, we face life situations that our bodies are physically and emotionally unequipped
for, such as eating a sandwich while driving and talking on a cell phone at the same time. As a result,
we experience this specific kind of uncomfortable tension we call stress. To help deal with stress,
one must slow down, breathe, and acknowledge the feelings present in this moment. The simple
question of, “What is here now. ” helps bring one’s focus into the moment. One could also ask, “How
am I feeling now. ” These are some tools that help enhance awareness. Yoga, meditation, tai chi, chi
gong, and many other forms of meditation, movement, or therapy, will help you reduce stress, clear
your mind, and make you a healthier person. Just relax and trust the healing process for your teeth. This means trusting you will be fine, whether
you get a dental treatment on the tooth or not. Feel, or imagine a positive feeling of support that you
can overcome tooth decay. If you have a negative doubting voice, just notice it and smile at it