a man of forty,  lives on a well‐
balanced diet, drinks  his own " water of life, " and enjoys perfect health.
I may  mention that the late Dr. Rabagliati  was so impressed  with this
case  that he wrote  a detailed  account  of it which  was sent to four
medical journals in England and U.S.A. Not one of thera would publish it.
Allusions to cures effected by laymen are not welcomed  by medical
journals. Medical publications  have policies  just like daily papers The
fact that a thing may  be true or useful to the helping of their fellows
seem to play a secondary  part with editors of medical papers of the
orthodox variety. This is unfortunate,  as it is of course obstructive  to
progress and medical enlightenment,  a matter which  was recognised  by
the Health Practitioners'  Association.  Indeed,  in the  Health
Practitioners'  Journal, we find articles by homoeopaths,  naturopaths,
herbalists,  osteopaths,  yoga practitioners,  biologists,  biochemists,  etc.,
etc. ‐the laudable belief being that there are many roads  to health and
many means of treating disease.

 72
 CHAPTER  XII.
VENEREAL  DISEASES

Drs.  Bosanquet  and  Eyre  in their book entitled Serums, Vaccines and
Toxins were constrained  to admit: "It cannot be denied  that in a certain
number  of instances  the injection  of diphtherial  anti‐toxin  has been
followed by death  directly attributable  to the action  of the serum."  One
of these tragedies,  the earliest  and  perhaps the saddest befell  Dr.
Langenhans  of Berlin  Because one of his servants developed  diphtheria,
as a precautionary  measure,  he inoculated  his perfectly  healthy child of
one year nine months  old. In a few moments  the unfortunate  child was
dead.  The irony of it is that there was not the slightest evidence  to
prove  that the child would ever have contracted  the disease, seeing
that diphtheria  germs may  be found in a number  of quite healthy
throats, and  in such an environment  are as harmless  as are many
another  supposed ‐to‐be deadly germs.  But, alas it is not merely
injections  for diphtheria  that have proved fatal, for hundreds  of deaths,
many of them instantaneous,  resulted from  the use of salvarsan,
otherwise  called  "606"  in the treatment  of syphilis. Nevertheless,  just
as immunisation  against diphtheria  is boosted, salvarsan  was boosted
as the cure  par excellence  for venereal disease.
Of syphilis  we read: "Whether  he has been treated or not, the patient is
always liable to develop nerve symptoms.  These  are the most serious of
all the complications  of syphilis and  the  commonest  are general
paralysis  and  locomotor  ataxia. They  usually show  themselves  about
ten years after infection.  In general paralysis  there is progressive  73
 dementia,  usually with some form of exaltation.  The speech is
hesitating,  slurred  and  tremulous.  The face  muscles and  tongue show
paresis with tremor… Later  the muscular powers become gradually
weakened  until there is more  or, less general paralysis”  (Dr.EH Ruddock,
M.D.) This is a most  unpleasant  and  saddening  picture.  Yet I suggest
that the horrible after‐effects of venereal disease are the result of
suppressive  treatment.  What after all is syphilis? It is simply the result
of a poison which is absorbed  into the body, and  hence the rational
treatment  is to get that poison  out of the body.
As the Medical Profession  reserves the right to treat venereal diseases,
and  has its clinics for that purpose, I as a layman, or a naturopath  as I
am sometimes  called, am prohibited  from treating it. All the same there
are men, who having heard  of urine‐therapy  through  the late Mr.
Baxter's pamphlets  (mentioned  in Chapter 11) and  through  other
channels,  have set about treating themselves.
I will here  give the case  of a man  who contracted  venereal disease in
France  during the last war (1918).  He had, by the way,  suffered  for
some time from psoriasis,  which  he had  suppressed  with herbal
ointments.  This man, then still young,  knew something  about Nature‐
cure  methods  and  had  endeavoured  to treat his venereal disease by
subsirtting  for a time entirely on cold water in the hope of "starving it
out." At the end of an 11 days'  fast, however,  his symptoms,  far from
being better, were decidedly  worse. It was then that he came  across
one of the Baxter booklets. The upshot was that he decided to continue
the fast, but be it noted, with the addition of the internal and  external
use of his own urine. The results were gratifying  in the extreme; at the
end of ten days every sign of the venereal disease had  vanished,  and 74
 the psoriasis  had  greatly improved.  Nevertheless,  he decided to
continue the urine‐fast  until all traces of the skin  complaint  had
disappeared.  This eventuated  in one more  week, and he found himself
free of all his troubles. And not only that, but he also found that his
sight, hearing, senses of taste and  smell  had  become more  acute than
they


 is transferred
from mature age to initial postembryonic stage,
he is almost born again.”
Child pointed out that in the organic world re-
juvenation is nothing but a normal cell renewal
process. This process is conti nuous throughout
the life of any organism.
Similar research was conducted by the employ-
ees of the Institute of Physiology of the National
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Through the
introduction of a special dietary regimen, they
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for three -months -olds. English biologist Clive
McCay18 achieved a 1.5 -fold life extension in
mice, by means of two days a week without food,
and decreasing food intake by a third allowed the
mice to live twice as long.
Interesting experiments on animal rejuvena-
tion were conducted by a remarkable physician
Suren Arakelyan19. According to his data, aged

18 Clive Maine McCay  (1898 —1967) was an American  biochem-
ist, nutritionist, gerontologist, and professor of  animal hus-
bandry at Cornell University  from 1927 -1963. His main interest was
the influence of nutrition on aging.  He is best known for his work
in proving that  caloric restriction  increases the life span of rats,
which is seen as seminal in triggering further research and experi-
ments in the field of nutrition and longevity. (from Internet)
19 Suren A. Arakelyan (1928 -2002) was a famous Soviet and Rus-
sian veterinarian. He wrote a book about the  method of medical
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eggs again, began recovering their feather coat-
ing, their voices became higher and younger and
their bodies – more graceful and slender. Here’s
a photograph that Suren Arakelyan has kept
since his experiment. There are two aged layer
hens in his arms. The hens were sisters. One
fasted, the other didn’t. After the photo was
taken, the gluttonous sister lived for only a
month, while the rejuvenated hen lived for six
more years. It was definitely surprising: out of
1000 birds written -off because of their age, 910
laid an egg every day. And not just an egg! The
egg weighed 68 grams, while the one laid by a
pullet weighed only 48 grams. The biochemical

fasting on birds and animal, Budem zhit Trista lyet  (Let's live three
hundred years).
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better, too. There was a fear that hunger will lead
the birds to their death, but they, on the con-
trary, began living much longer: for 18 years, on
average, instead of the 6 allotted by nature. The
species’ lifespan was exten ded threefold. A
chicken named Krasavitsa reached a fantastic
age of 21. Proportionately, for a human this age
would equal 240 – 250 years.
After chickens, Arakelyan started working with
bulls belonging to a high -priced breed. Their
youth is short, lasting only four years. And then
they become meat. The bulls went on a fast, but
they took a complex stress -relieving drug. It was
stress -relieving because normal hunger induces
a distressed, restless state in animals. Taking
these substances, the bulls as though didn't
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The bulls grew thin, having lost 15 -20 % of their
fat mass, but those were temporary losses, the
weight soon came back, and with it came specific
reproductive capabilities. This allows to con-
clude that when fasting is employed during the
month -long rest once a year, bulls’ life expec-
tancy grows threefold!
Inability to preserve youth is caused by factors
that interfere with the perfect process of renewal.
Any elimination of these interfering factors at
any age leads to a shift – to renewal and youth.
However, it should be acknowledged that there
are clear limits to human rejuvenating capabili-
ties. Irreversible changes may occur in the tis-
sues of the human body, and any efforts to elim-
inate them are ak in to efforts to grow a new leg
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frafter it was lost. Many lower forms of life, and
some of them are very complex organisms, pos-
sess the ability to grow new members or internal
organs (even new heads, brains and eyes); their
rejuvenating capabilities are substantially wider
than those of highly developed organisms. But a
human can be rejuvenated to a greater degree
than we had previously thought. Up until now,
we can agree that the larger is the number and
the degree of pathological changes that have oc-
curred in the human body, the smaller is its ca-
pability of restoring youth. However, I don’t
think that the greatest possibilities of rejuvena-
tion by means of fasting are of interest only to
people of both sexes in their advanced age. Fast-
ing is also extremely im portant to younger peo-
ple as a means of reversing the aging process,
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use fasting to prevent destructive processes in
the vital organs by periodically freeing the or-
ganism of its toxic load and providing these or-
gans with the much -needed rest. then we will be
able to achieve a much more prolonged effect in
aging prevention than in searching for the ways
to rejuvenate the organism.
When I began working at the Goryachinsk
health resort, the nurse brought me the case rec-
ords of the patients that were to have an appoint-
ment with me. When I was looking through
them, one drew my attention. The patient was 80
years old, his diagnosis was deforming coxar-
throsis of the hip and knee joints. Well, I was
wondering to myself how he was going to get
there, and what treatment I could possibly
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youthful man of about 50 came to me for an ap-
pointment and said that he’d just been swim-
ming in Baikal (it was November) and it was
great. When I asked for his name, it turned out
he was that 80 -year-old ‘grandpa’. My surprise
knew no bounds. I asked him at once, “ What
about your sore joints?” “Oh, I forgot all about
them a long time ago, doctor, and the diagnosis in
my rehabilitation and health resort card form is
there so that I can go to the health resort.” I was
very interested to know how he had achieved
these amazing results in the treatment of his dis-
ease and rejuvenation of his body. Here’s his
story:
“My problems began after I turne d 50, I started
having pains in my hip joints when moving, it
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quently began bothering me, too. I underwent all
kinds of treatment and went to all kinds of health
resorts. Granted, I felt somewhat better after  go-
ing to health resorts, but at some point, the pain
came back. I realized that if I didn’t cardinally
change something in my life, I would become
fully disabled and immobilized. I began collect-
ing information, talking to people with the same
diagnosis, w ho had improved their health by
natural means. At that time, there was practically
no information on body cleansing or fasting. I
learned about liver cleansing from a talented
healer from a neighboring village. I’d known
about fasting since childhood, beca use my
grandmother had rigidly observed the fast —
only water and nothing else. I cleansed my liver
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 for the day.
So how do people lose weight on low-carbohydrate diets? In brief, research shows  that these people invariably consume
fewer total calories. Dr. Michael Greger’s superbly comprehensi ve and condemning eBook, Atkins Facts, sums it up well:
In 2001, the medical journal Obesity Research published “Popular D iets: A Scientific Review.” Claiming to have reviewed
every study ever done on low carb diets, they concluded, “In all cases, indiv iduals on high-fat, low carbohydrate diets lose weight because they consume fewer calories.” (Obesity Research 9(2001):1S.)
 I urge anyone who is considering destroying their health with any low -carbohydrate diet to read this riveting 47-page
document in its entirety. 29  The following information is excerpted with Dr. Greger’s permiss ion from that publication.

The Deadly Low-Carb Craze
When one is eating enough carbohydrates, fat can be completely br oken down as well. But when one’s body runs out of carb fuel
to burn, its only choice is to burn fat inefficiently using a pathway th at produces toxic byproducts like acetone and other so-called
“ketones.”
The kidney uses minerals such as potassium and calcium to help rid on e’s body of toxins like ketones. People on the Atkins
Diet are urinating these minerals away. And critically low lev els in the blood of these electrolytes can lead to fatal cardiac
arrhythmias—lethal heart rhythms.

The current director of nutrition at Harvard advises that all physic ians should produce a handout warning about all of the
adverse effects of the Atkins Diet. The symptoms of ketosis [a metabol ic state where the body “switches” from primarily using
glucose for energy to primarily using fat for energy] include gener al tiredness, abrupt or gradually increasing weakness, dizziness,
headaches, confusion, abdominal pain, irritability, nausea and vomiting, s leep problems, and bad breath.
After running through the adverse effects associated with ketosis, the American institute for Cancer Research wrote, “Those
are the short-term effects. The long-term effects are even more di re.”

Dr. Greger’s full document details literally dozens of additional disea ses and problems brought on by this deadly diet,
including:

Malnutrition (compromised vitamin and mineral intake).
Cancer, stroke, gout, osteoporosis, and diabetes.
Potential kidney, bone, liver, and cholesterol abnormalities.
Cardiac disease, arrhythmias, contractile function impairment.
Impairment of physical activity.
A rise in blood pressure with age.
Rapid falling blood pressure upon standing (orthostatic hypotension).
Sudden death.

Dr. James W. Anderson, professor of medicine and clinical nutrition at th e University of Kentucky School of Medicine, said of
the Atkins plan, “This is absolutely the worst diet you could imagin e for long-term obesity, heart disease, and some forms of cancer.
If you wanted to ruin your health, you couldn’t find one worse than Atkins’.”
Having bought into the health-destroying mythology of low-carbohydrate  plans, some dieters avoid all  forms of carbohydrate,
including grains, starchy vegetables, and fruit, attempting to deriv e their fuel instead from dangerously high proportions of fat and
protein. Although we were designed with survival/backup mechanisms  that allow us to transform noncarbohydrate foods into sugar
in case of starvation or other extreme conditions, this capability was i ntended to be invoked only on rare occasion.
We pay a huge price in terms of health and optimum functioning wheneve r we force our bodies to resort to fat (or worse, to
protein) to fuel our cells, as these conversions are chemically inef ficient compared with using carbohydrate for fuel. The body can
only do so by expending substantial amounts of vital energy and producing toxi c waste products along the way.
Proper body weight is an effortless, natural outcome of optimum health, but opt imum health is unlikely to result from a diet
designed solely for weight loss. The followers of low-carbohydrate diets ma y achieve their weight-loss goals, but they imperil their
long-term health in doing so. The admonition to consume tremendous amounts  of animal fat and protein is creating millions of cases
of deadly disease that will become ever more apparent in the years to come.

Starch-Based Diets: The Other Camp
The vast majority of diet/nutrition experts whose patients and clien ts consistently experience reversal of degenerative disease,
however—including renowned medical doctors like Dean Ornish, John McDou gall, Michael Klaper, Caldwell Esselstyn, Neal
Barnard, Joel Fuhrman, Matthew Lederman and his wife Alona Pulde, and M ichael Greger, as well as professionals at the world-
renowned Pritikin Longevity center—recommend that we base our diet s instead around starchy complex carbohydrates. These
experts emphasize the importance of consuming starches (beans, legu mes, tubers, roots, starchy vegetables, whole grains, and
whole-grain products). This advice could be seen as a step in the right direction, because, as I dis cussed in the introduction to this book, whole foods
are always more nutritious than fractional foods. Yet due to the nutri ent losses incurred during the cooking process, no cooked food
can be viewed as a true whole food. In fact, the cooking process itself actual ly removes the water from food (with the exception of
certain dehydrated foods that are actually rehydrated as they are cooked i n water). No food whose water has been removed can
realistically be viewed as a whole food.
Agreeing that we are designed to run on simple sugars from carbohydrate, these highly respected professionals perceive that
there is no other substantial whole-food source than complex carbohydrate s. Coming from a cooked food perspective, although
they often acknowledge the nutritional superiority of raw fruits and v egetables, they do not consider basing the human diet on the
sugars in fruit to be a feasible option, primarily for three reasons.

First, when most people talk about eating fruits and vegetables, they ten d to think of the vegetables being predominant. Yet
nutritionists are very familiar with the studies that have conc luded that a diet predominated by vegetables simply cannot supply
sufficient caloric density to support human health. On a diet of just ve getables, I agree, it is highly unlikely that any human
beings could maintain their health. They would lose weight at a steady  rate that would eventually become unsustainable, and
they would suffer unyielding health decline.
Second, in all likelihood, they simply don’t conceive of consuming fruit in  sufficient quantity to meet our caloric needs, even
though doing so is quite pleasant and not difficult. They dismiss this possi bility wholesale, as it is entirely outside of their
framework of reference. After all, who knows anyone who lives primarily  (but not  entirely) on fruit? I must admit that in
today’s world, it is a rare individual who lives this way. Y et almost eve ry person I have ever met who eats great quantities of
fruit has written a book extolling its virtues. There must be a reason t hese fruit eaters are so excited about the excellent health
benefits that result from such a foodstyle.
Finally, their misguided notions about the glycemic index and their un necessary worries about elevated triglyceride levels
literally prevent them from considering fruit as a primary source of  calories. And so, in spite of the fact that fruit is universally
promoted as the ultimate health food, and in spite of their own conclusions th at carbohydrates must predominate the diet in
order for health to be possible, the majority of the world’s health pr ofessionals fail to see the obvious: A fruit-based diet is the
finest possibility we have for developing optimum health.

No one can deny that the low-fat vegetarian diets recommended by Pritiki n, McDougall, and their colleagues produce
phenomenal results in terms of health, vitality, and body weight. When t hey substitute cooked starches for meat in their diets,
program adherents show a marked reduction in cardiovascular disease and a n initial improvement in overall health and well-being.
Yet starch-and-grain-based diet proponents still broadly miss the mark w here optimum nutrition and health are concerned.
These complex carbohydrate foods lack in areas such as vitamin C, soluble f iber, and several hundred thousand phytonutrients. The
experience of eating them can’t compare to the ease, simplicity, c leanliness, and natural satiation of eating sweet fruit.

Grains: Pritikin’s Downfall
In 1988, a gentleman named Ross Horne wrote a book entitled Improving on Pritikin—Y ou Can Do Better.30  His story is
fascinating. In the 1970s, Horne was the “best disciple and staunchest supporter ” of Nathan Pritikin and his renowned
grain-based diet. But after experiencing himself and observing in others some serious delete rious effects of the Pritikin plan
(including arthritis and cancer), Horne wrote this book. In more than 150 pages, Horne details the health peri ls that
accompany a grain-based diet and precisely where Pritikin’ s logic fails.  With utmost respect for the superb results of
Pritikin’ s low-fat plan in reversing heart disease, Horne points out the f ollowing:
Although Pritikin’


 healing methods. It is always desirable to quit all addicting substances,start a whole foods diet, (as light as possible), and add meganutrition(supplements) to the medical doctor’s treatments. Few medical doctors are soarrogantly partisan as to assert that natural measures will do any harm as long asthe MD is still allowed to prescribe as they please.
Holistic support will not only lessen the side effects of the medical treatments
but will speed up healing and often reduce the required dose of prescribed drugs.I have had several clients with cancer who chose to have surgery, radiation andchemotherapy, but stayed on a raw food diet and took high doses of supplementsthroughout the treatment. These people amazed the attending physician by feelinggood with little if any fatigue, no hair loss, or flu symptoms. The same can be trueof other conditions.
Ethyl always comes to my mind when I think of how much healing power can
still be left in a dying body. She (accompanied by her husband for support) cameto Great Oaks School with terminal cancer, heart failure, advanced diabetes,extreme weakness, and complete inability to digest. Any food ingested just cameback up immediately. Ethyl had large tumors taking over the breast, sticking outfrom her skull, and protruding from her body in general. The largest was the onein the left breast which was the size of a big man’s fist.
She did have one crucial thing going for her, Ethyl was a feisty Irish red head
who still had a will to live, and a reason to do so. She and her husband, who had
just retired, had dreamed their whole life of touring the US and Canada in their
own RV the minute he retired. The time had finally arrived but Ethyl was too ill tosupport her own weight (only 90 pounds) and to top it off was blind from diabeticretinopathy. The doctors had done everything they could to her, and now judgedher too weak to withstand any more surgery (she had already had her right breastremoved). Radiation or chemotherapy were also considered impossible due toheart failure. They sent Ethyl home to die, giving her a few days to a month atmost.
Any sensible hygienist trying to stay out of jail would have refused to take on
this type of case because it was a cancer case where death was likely. Treatmentof this highly lucrative disease is considered the AMA’s exclusive franchise, evenwhen the medical doctors have given up after having done everything to a bodythe family can pay for or owe for. Whenever a person dies under the care of anyperson who is not a licensed M.D. there must be an autopsy and a criminalinvestigation in search of negligence. If the person dies under the care of an M.D.the sheriff’s assumption is that the doctor most assuredly did everything he couldand should have done and death was inevitable. By accepting Ethyl I had areasonable likelihood of ending up in trouble; but being foolish, brave and(stupidly) feeling relatively immune to such consequences (I was under 40 at thetime), it seemed important to try to help her. So, undaunted by the task,regardless of the outcome, I proceeded logically, one step at a time. Today, withmore experience and a modest net worth I wouldn’t want to have to defend in alawsuit, and at age 55. possessing no spare five to ten years to give to the State to“pay” for my bravery, I would probably refuse such a case. Fortunately I have notbeen confronted with this problem lately.
Since Ethyl was unable to digest anything given by mouth, she was fed rectally
with wheat grass juice implants three times a day. She was carried to the colonictable for a daily colonic. Wheat grass and clay poultices were applied to hertumors three times a day. She received an acupressure massage and reflexology
treatments during the day, plus a lot of tender loving care. This program continued
for a month during which the tumors were being reabsorbed by the body,including the large, extremely hard tumor sticking out the flesh of the right breast.
Ethyl complained of severe pain as the large tumor in her breast shrank. While
it had been getting larger and pressing ever harder on all the nerves, she had littleor no sensation, but as it shrank, the nerves were reactivated. Most people thinkthat a growing tumor would cause more pain than a shrinking one. Often theopposite is true. Pain can be a good sign that the body is winning, an indicator toproceed.
By the second month, Ethyl, gradually gaining strength, was able to take wheat
grass and carrot juice orally, and gradually eased into raw foods, mostly sproutsand leafy greens such as sunflower and buckwheat greens grown in trays. Shestarted to walk with assistance up and down the halls, no longer experiencing theintense pain formerly caused by a failing heart, and most surprising of all, hereyesight returned, at first seeing only outlines, and then details.
The third month Ethyl enlarged her food intake to include raw foods as well as
the carrot and wheat grass juice and sprouts, plus vitamin and mineralsupplements to help support her immune system and the healing process. All thetumors had been reabsorbed by her body and were no longer visible, her heartwas able to support normal activity such as walking, and nonstrenuous householdchores, and her diabetes had corrected itself to the point that she no longerrequired insulin and was able to control her blood sugar with diet.
Her husband was then instructed in her maintenance and they went home to
continue the program. The last I heard from them they had made two lengthy tripsaround the US in their RV and were enjoying their retirement together after all.
My treatment worked because the most important factor in the healing of the
critically ill person is not give them more nourishment than their body is able toprocess. The moment the digestive capacity of the sick person is exceeded, thecondition will be exacerbated and in a critically illness, the person is likely to die.
If the body still has sufficient organ integrity and vital force to heal itself, it will do
so only if given the least possible nourishment that will support life–provided noessential organs are hopelessly damaged. If the liver and kidneys are functional,and the person has done some previous dietary improvement and/or cleansing,success is likely, especially if the person wants to live.
A person in critical condition does not have time to ease into fasting by first
spending a month or two on a raw foods diet. This means that the person who istaking care of the critically ill person must be experienced enough to adjust theintensity of the body’s healing efforts and accurately assess the ability of theperson to process toxic waste products clamoring for removal so the ailing bodyis not drowned in it’s own poisons. It is often necessary to use clear vegetablebroth, vegetable and wheat grass juices, and fruits juices, or whole sprouts toslow down the cleansing gradient and sometimes, to resupply the tissue’sexhausted nutritional reserves.
I wish all cases of critical illness had such a positive outcome as Ethyl’s, but
unfortunately they don’t. I had Marge on the same program at the same time. Shealso had cancerous tumors all over her body and had similarly been sent home todie. In some ways Marge’s body was a more likely candidate for survival thanEthyl’s. Marge did not have heart failure or diabetes and was still able on arrivalto at least take small amount of water orally and walk to the bathroom. Put on asimilar program, her tumors also shrunk and were reabsorbed and she too wenthome.
But Marge did not really have a strong reason to live. Although her husband
was by her side throughout the treatment program, Marge was deeply upsetbecause she was estranged from one of her sons who she had not seen for over10 years. When she went home from Great Oaks, the son finally consented to seehis mother, went to the effort of trying to work things out with her, and finallyconfessed that under it all he still loved her.
At that point Marge died in peace. She had accomplished the last thing she
wanted to take care of and her will to live did not extend beyond that point. Hadshe died several months earlier as predicted by the medical profession, Margewould have been unable to resolve this relationship. This was what Marge’s lifewas pivoting on at the end. I was glad to assist her in doing what she needed todo. Her husband and other family members found it difficult to understand, andthey were hurt that Marge did not wish to continue her life with them.
Diet For The Chronically Ill.
The chronically ill person has a long-term degenerative condition that is not
immediately life threatening. This condition usually causes more-or-less continuoussymptoms that are painful, perhaps unsightly, and ultimately will be disabling oreventually capable of causing death. To qualify as “chronic” the symptoms musthave been present a minimum of six months, with no relief in sight. People withthese conditions have usually sought medical assistance, frequently have hadsurgery, and have taken and probably are taking numerous prescription drugs.
Some examples of chronic conditions are: arthritis, rheumatism, diabetes, early
onset of cancer and aids, asthma, colitis, diverticulitis, irritable bowel syndrome,some mental disorders, arterial deposit diseases, many of the itises(inflammations).
Before fasting, the chronically ill often do have time to prepare the way with
limited dietary reform, and frequently begin to feel relief quite quickly. Beforeactually fasting they should limit their diet to raw foods and eliminate all toxicfoods like alcohol, coffee, tea, salt, sugar and recreational drugs for two months if


 if you are inebriated by caffeine then please do not quit coffee quickly. Take a week or two to quit if you are drinking over a dozen cups a day, and a week if you are drinking less than a dozen. Then drink coffee only as you need it. One cup of weak coffee (you might
call it Brazilian Tea-you can see the bottom of the cup) is very good for people over forty.
"Throw away the frying pan," is a half-truth that is put out as fact.
This came about over 100 years ago when the only thing they had to fry foods in was hog lard, or shortening. There is no such thing as vegetable shortening. It is either ve getable oil or hog lard. Hog lard is
shortening, and if the label reads VEGETABLE SHORTENING, it simply means some vegetable oil and a lot of hog lard. So don't be
fooled by reading the label (they forgot to put in a comma).
Even Crisco, which is supposed to be 100% all vegetable has
"shortening" written on the can, s imply because some people don't
know what shortening is, and therefore that word should be removed from the label. Crisco is pure vegetable oil.
We need to use more oils and more fried foods than we have been
taught to use, but use the better grade of vegetable oil. If there were more oil (corn oil) used today in our cooking, especially in the steam-ing of vegetables, and in casseroles there would be less constipation problems. I highly recommend the use of  corn oil, or a high quality ol-
ive oil, for frying or cooking because it is easier to digest than any other oil. A high quality olive oil is tasteless, and if it tastes strong it 114 should not be used. Corn oil does not have the amount of preserva-
tives in it to hurt anything.
The vegetable oil that requires a very low solvent, such as corn oil
and olive oil is very easily digested. In the liver they form gelatin, which prevents the undigested foods from sticking to the lining of the
intestines and makes elimination easy. Now don't expect the first time you use vegetable oil to get a perfect elimination. This is something that takes weeks and months to get your system to really synchronize to manufacture a sufficient amount of gelatin to afford the body to give a good, clean elimination. If more vegetable oils were used in cooking today there would be much less diverticulitis.
There are other vegetable oils like Wesson Oil (peanut oil), Sesa-
me Oil, that are very good if you are very healthy, but if you're not healthy you should use oils using the least amount of solvent possible. Safflower oil is one of the more difficult oils to digest; however, a lit-tle bit of safflower mixed with lemon juice makes a very good salad oil dressing.
In the cooking of most meats I suggest using one tablespoon of
Manichewitz medium dry grape wine to each pound of beef, lamb, or venison, and one teaspoon in cooking chicken. Also, in cooking chicken use some thyme when it comes to a boil (or use the thyme in the water in which the blood is soaked out of the chicken before cook-ing). Thyme takes away the animal taste.
We recommend chicken and fish once or twice a week; beef and
lamb once a week for those who are meat eaters.
Meat should be soaked in salt water 12 hours (using twice the
amount of salt that you'd use if you were salting the meat for cooking) to get the blood out, and then to soak it in fresh water 24 hours. If meat is good, it will be better wit hout the blood, and if it's not good,
taking the blood out won't make it any worse. Soaking will not tough-en the meat. Adolph's Papaya Meat Tenderizer is excellent to use. Pa-pain from the papaya is a white powder (an enzyme in the juice of the green fruit of the papaya and apparen tly intermittent in action between
pepsin and trypsin) and tenderizes the meat, making it much more di-gestible. 115 The only difference in the chemistry of raw and cooked meat is
that the cooked meat gives up the moisture, and as it gives up the
moisture the tissues become tenderized. Meat should be cooked until well done. Medium rare and rare meat should never be eaten if you want to be healthy. They are much more difficult to digest.
There is the idea that fertile eggs are better for you than eggs that
are not fertile. There is only one cell difference in the fertile egg. For it to make any difference you would have to use at least 2,400 eggs at one breakfast.
These facts can be substantiated by laboratory tests and only those
facts that can be substantiated by laboratory tests are of any lasting value. It is very important to st udy foods and food chemistry, and also
to read the labels when you buy foods. However, the labels are written by chemists for chemists, and mo st housewives and people who buy
foods are not chemists, and, therefore, they should use dictionaries more to find the meaning of the words on the labels.
Certain foods slow down digestion in most people. Such as
cheese, which not only slows down the digestion, but also is constipat-ing. However, if you have loose bowels, cheese is an excellent food. If you have a constipation problem and poor elimination, you should go very light on cheeses.
One should not eat over two slices of bread a day. If you eat more
bread than that you are threatening the nutrients and minerals found in other foods. It should be toasted for best nutrients, and it makes it eas-ier to digest.
There are people who need a little wine, or Zest Tonic with their
food. Not before or after, but with their food. People who have cold hands and cold feet all the time should have a little white wine with their food. Zest Tonic is the nearest product ever made to the exact enzymes that are made by the pancreas and is better than wine. Every-one has a built-in whiskey still, or gin factory, so to speak. It turns the excessive sugars into alcohol, and it is the alcohol that determines our
body temperature. I'm not speaking of fever, I'm speaking of a normal body temperature (98.6° F). Generally people over 40 years of age are 116 troubled with cold hands and cold feet, or are cold all over. This is be-
cause their pancreas is not manufacturing alcohol.
It is not the use of alcohol that is bad, but it is the abuse of the use
of alcohol, and also the using of the wrong type of alcohol. The RBTI tests will indicate which, and how much, of the four kinds of alcohol is the best for your body chemistry. It is recommended that you use 1 teaspoon of Zest Tonic in four ounces of grape juice after meals and sip it (sit down and do absolutely nothing) slowly for 30 minutes, or
until your feet and hands become warm. After a few weeks you will notice that each time you do this ther e is a mild headache that will fol-
low. Do not quit using the Zest T onic because of the mild headache;
however, cut the amount in half and when a ½ teaspoon full, sipped
for 30 minutes, after dinner and supper, if it gives a headache, cut it down to ¼ teaspoon, and when that gives you a headache, use only a drop or two, and when that gives you a headache discontinue it com-pletely. The pancreas will again be working perfectly.
Some people go to a doctor and he says, "No salt. I want you to
have a bland diet," so people buy salt substitutes, which is just as bad as salt itself because salt substitutes simply means it is not sodium chloride (which is ordinary table salt [Na Cl] ). Other salts can be magnesium chloride, iron chloride, ammonia chloride, potassium chloride, carbon chloride, etc.
There are salts that do not contain chlorides in them whatever. Some are ammonia salts, nitrogen salts, and a number of carbonate
salts.
All of the salts cause the blood vessels to dilate, and also the intes-
tines to form diverticulos areas in them, and generally upsets the body. Some people, before they taste the food, empty a salt shaker and yet their salts are perfectly normal in the tests because their body chemis-try is perfect enough that it throws out  the salt and does not retain it.
There are other people who do not use any salt, or salt substitutes, and
yet their salt is dangerously high. Sometimes high enough to cause or bring about an angina heart attack. It is not how much salt you use, it's
how much salt your body retains. 117 Sea salt is the worst of all salts for people to use. In many people it
causes a dry, hot tongue and it dries up the saliva glands and the
mouth is always dry because sea salt contains seven kinds of salt and only the healthiest log rollers (or a man doing heavy muscular work) can use it, and they should use it sparingly. Just because it comes from the sea does not mean that it is better.
Some people are so afraid of food additives until the fear of the
food additive does them more harm than the additive itself. "Perfect love casts out all fear," and there is nothing in the life to fear but fear itself.


 holistic/biological dental
organizations where I continued my education of the relationship of the teeth to the rest of the body.
Conventional dentists view the teeth and dental health as unrelated to the rest of the body, so they
cannot teach their patients any holistic practices that can help save their teeth. However, your entire
body is connected to your mouth. There are meridians, energy channels, and biological pathways such
as nerves, veins and arteries that run through your entire body, connecting everything. I hope to seemore preservative dentistry or minimally invasive dentistry in the future. In the holistic approach we
examine the effects of dental materials on the whole body both chemically and electromagnetically.
The end point of a meridian (bioelectrical pathway) is a tooth and what happens to that tooth and
related structures can affect the bioelectrical stability of the meridian and all glands and organs
associated with that meridian. An infected tooth can therefore also affect a gland at a distant site. An
infection or inflammation in the mouth can create a systemic (whole body) inflammation or infection.
This whole body inflammation cannot be cleared until the condition of the mouth is addressed first.
The immune system, minerals and hormones also interact with the tooth and related structures.
Cure Tooth Decay is an island of clarity in a sea of confusion as it provides you with practical insight
into how hormones control the decay process and what you can do to master the process with lifestyle
choices. I have observed that when my patients followed the recommendations outlined in this book
they created an anabolic drive to rebuild tissue by replenishing and balancing irregular levels of
hormones. As a result, they were able to actually stop, prevent and even reverse the deterioration.
Perhaps the greatest strength of Cure Tooth Decay is that so many disciplines are brought together in a
comprehensive package. The pioneering works of Drs. Francis Pottenger, Weston Price, and Melvin
Page are presented in a way that highlights their convergent messages. Until this book, dentists have
had a hard time bringing holistic dentistry concepts together in a way that is both practical and easy
for the public to use. Cure Tooth Decay gives the reader a comparative presentation of the different
concepts of tooth decay. It embraces new concepts and modern trends together in one elegant text.
Your diet is the key to creating a healthy mouth. There is no other way about it. This is the key issue,
and the central theme of Cure Tooth Decay. When people eat too many processed foods, especially
sugar and flour products, they wreak havoc on the body. Insulin levels spike, cortisol goes up, and the
flow of parotid gland hormone changes, resulting in cavities. When you consume too much sugar, the
hormones that control tooth mineralization change for the worse. When you have adequate healthy
hormones, the tooth is healthy and is engaged in the process of maintaining and building healthy tooth
structure, through the process of mineralization. When you don’t have a good diet, your body’s ability
to repair and maintain healthy teeth and gums is severely limited. And the result is tooth destruction,
or demineralization. If you learn one thing from this book, it should be that eating too much processed
sugar and flour products upsets the entire hormone system. This not only sets you up for tooth decay
or gum disease, but makes your entire body overly acidic. In the acidic state, harmful bacteria and
fungi can thrive.
When people are stressed they often crave comfort foods such as sugar and starch (flour products).
The metabolism of an individual who craves sugar is generally in a sugar burning, rather than fat
burning mode to produce energy. If people stay off the sugar for seven days and consume adequate
amounts of the good saturated fats, they lose their cravings for sugar and their tooth problems
significantly improve. After they have stabilized and lost their sugar craving they can have only low
sugar fruits: green apple, pear, kiwi and berries (no sugar on top!). If you are susceptible to tooth
decay, stay away from all sweet fruits; many of them have all been hybridized to make them as sweet
as possible. I once stayed away from all fruits for a period of time, then I bit into a Fuji apple—it
tasted like candy!
Cure Tooth Decay is nothing short of a lifesaver for people. The protocol in this book is veryeffective for preventing cavities and mineralizing teeth. Beyond that, I would expect people to
experience increased vitality and vibrancy due to the increased intake of nourishing vitamins and
minerals.
Cure Tooth Decay is a godsend for people; I cannot say it enough. It helps readers fully understand
how modern, devitalized food causes disease. As a dentist, I know that you don’t want to spend so
much money on your dental care. I am therefore rooting for all of you to change your lifestyles for the
better so that you won’t have to. The nutritional approach to treating cavities works! This means
people will need fewer fillings in their teeth, and they will walk away much happier from their dental
visits. There’s nothing better than keeping one’s original teeth. Wishing you a happy smile and a
satisfying visit to the dentist, with no new cavities!
Timothy Gallagher D.D.S.
President, Holistic Dental Association,
Sunnyvale, California* * *Introduction
Prepare yourself to be a part of the transformation of dentistry. By learning to utilize nutritional
wisdom to support the health of your teeth and gums, you will become one of a growing number of
people who will naturally remineralize and repair existing dental caries as well as prevent future
cavities from developing. And that change, that step towards dental health, begins with your next bite
of food.
The purpose
of this book is to empower you to take full control of your dental health, and to help you
create a feeling of safety regarding tooth decay.
Cure Tooth Decay
is the result of five years of research and trial and error. Many people have
reported positive results from applying the highly potent tooth remineralization guidelines in this
book. You too can hope to achieve the following:

avoid root canals by healing your teeth
stop cavities - sometimes instantaneously
regrow secondary dentin
form new tooth enamel
avoid or minimize gum loss
heal and repair tooth infections
only use dental treatments when medically necessary
save your mouth from thousands of dollars of unneeded dental procedures
increase your overall health and vitality.100% Real Dental Healing Testimonials
Leroy from Utah
I was ready to have the tooth pulled and a dentist told me I needed a root canal. I had no
money for either procedure. I was in pain and my cheek had already begun to swell. But
after over a month of following the dietary protocols it was hard for me to feel which
tooth was bothering me. Thanks a million, Ramiel. Unbelievable.
Ms. Steuernol from Alberta, Canada
I had several very painful cavities postpartum (after having twins) that kept me up all
night in pain and made it so I could barely eat. I could see the decay progressing as well
in some of my teeth. After following the advice in this book my tooth pain subsided
within 24 hours and no longer hurt at all, my teeth also look nicer and my gums no
longer bleed and are a nice pink color. I went to the dentist and there was secondary
dentin forming in my decaying teeth (as seen in my x-rays). The dentist was impressed.
Mike from Ashland, Oregon
The practical advice in this book really seems to be reversing my tooth
decay!!!Halleluiah, brother!!! The dentist wanted me to have two major root canals
immediately and two other teeth filled. When I asked him if there was anything I could
do with nutrition or supplements to get my teeth to heal, he said "maybe you could slow
the decay down a little bit" but that essentially the answer was NO. That dental visit was
three months ago and my teeth have stopped aching altogether, are way less temperature
sensitive, and feel generally stronger. Most of us have been totally disempowered
regarding the health of our teeth. This information has changed that for me. I bought the
book for $28. What a bargain! The dental work was going to cost well over $4,000.00.
Think I'm excited? You will be too if you use this info to take tooth health into your own
hands!
These seemingly amazing results are not miracles, even though to the individual it can feel like it.
These results come from understanding and abiding by our bodies’ biochemical and physiological
laws for building healthy teeth and bones.
These rules are not mine. They belong to Nature. I have synthesized these natural laws from my own
experiences of trial and error along with lifetimes of research by some of the world’s most influential
dentists and health researchers, many of whom have been forgotten by history. These include dentists
Weston Price and Melvin Page, and Professors Edward and May Mellanby. What I admire so much
about these researchers is that they don’t just propose theories; they have each spent dozens of years
treating and preventing people’s cavities successfully with diet. Furthermore,
Cure Tooth Decay
synthesizes published but forgotten research from dozens of dentists, scientists and researchers to
help you overcome the problem of dental decay.Pioneering Tooth Cavity Remineralization
In my younger years, I never spent much time thinking about teeth. More recently I assumed that my
good diet would keep me free from cavities for my entire life


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7DMSO in Malignancy
DMSO AND NEOPLASIA
Neoplasia is characterized by populations of precursor cells with the ability to grow
or divide abnormally. This growth of cells exceeds those of normal tissues around them, which can persist in the same excessive manner even when the promoting stimulus has dissipated.
The abnormal growth can create a tumor or mass that can be classified as benign,
premalignant, or malignant and can also result in nontumor proliferation of imma -
ture white blood cells, such as those seen in leukemia.
1 The malignant neoplastic
cells primarily result from damage to DNA, which originates from a variety of endogenous (inside the body) or exogenous (outside the body) sources.
2 Whatever
the source of the stimulus, there is a deficiency in the DNA repair damage system, which can lead to DNA mutations and progression of the malignant process.
2
An enhanced understanding in the past 50 years of the transformational process
of neoplastic cancer cells that mediate their recruitment, activation, programming, and persistence presents interesting new targets for anticancer therapy.
3
Cryoprotective agents such as dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) are reported to induce
erythroid differentiation of Friend leukemic cells in vitro.4 Since malignant cells are
known to have the capacity to differentiate into benign cells,5 chemical agents that
can induce such cell differentiation are frequently associated with a decrease in, or a loss of, malignant potential.
5
The complex problem of how to study and treat leukemia took a giant step for -
ward in 1966, when a virus-induced erythroleukemic cell line in mice was estab -
lished in the laboratories of Friend et al.6
FRIEND LEUKEMIA CELLS
The observations obtained in subsequent years using Friend’s virus-induced eryth -
roleukemic cell line suggested that it might be possible to treat malignant disease by inducing the differentiation of the tumor cells in vivo.
7,8 The Friend leukemia system
provided an excellent model for testing this concept. Friend leukemia cells (FLCs) can be induced to differentiate in vitro  by any one of a number of cryoprotective
compounds, DMSO being the most notable of that group.
9 This FLC line has pro -
vided a mother lode of experiments in cancer research and is still in use today in the study of cell differentiation.
When FLC is inoculated intravenously into mice, malignant disease develops
from leukemic cell infiltration of the spleen, bone marrow, liver, and lymph nodes.
9
When FLC is inoculated locally by subcutaneous injection into mice, the cells 124 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
develop into a tumor, which has the characteristics of a myeloblastoma.9 Most of
these animals die when the tumor spreads to other tissues.
DMSO has been shown to be a prototypical inducer of cell differentiation whose
activity was discovered when it was exposed to FLC, providing the first example of a
nonphysiological chemical agent that possessed the ability to reverse the differentia -
tion block imposed in leukemia cells.10
Studies in the 1970s indicated that induced differentiation found in vitro  by dif -
ferentiating agents, including DMSO, could have potential to the treatment of malig -
nant disease in vivo. To prove this point, many experiments were designed using FLC
and DMSO to see whether malignant cell differentiation could be turned benign.10
Thus, the hunt for an ideal chemotherapeutic agent was begun. Such an agent would act selectively to program cancer cells to die, as suggested by Basile et al.
11
For example, those early studies were able to show that both neuroblastoma cells
and cells of certain leukemias can be made to mature when treated with certain naturally occurring substances, such as nerve growth factor.
12,13
An experiment using undifferentiated proerythroblasts obtained from a Friend
erythroleukemic cell line was used to test DMSO differentiation in vitro. In the
absence of DMSO, some gigantic cells and many undifferentiated cells were seen in culture. With the addition of DMSO to cultures, striking morphological changes were seen as cells became smaller, the nuclear–cytoplasmic ratio and nucleoli reduced, and the formation of many differentiated normoblasts occurred, suggesting that cell maturation from DMSO exposure took place, preventing these cells from turning malignant.
14
In another example, the potential by DMSO to modify leukemia cells was shown.
Human acute myelogenous leukemia originates from pluripotent stem cells that transform into neoplastic cells.
15 A major phenotypic abnormality of these leukemia
cells is their inability to differentiate to functional mature cells at the myeloblast or promyelocyte stage. Leukemic patients with this condition usually die of infection, because blast cells do not mature to their functional end cells, allowing the leukemic cells to rapidly multiply in the system.
15
More recently, it has been found that Friend erythroleukemia cells differenti -
ated by DMSO can produce hemoglobin and turn malignant cells into orthochro -
matic normoblasts.16 DMSO-treated erythroleukemic cells undergo an irreversible
pathway to maturation and, in that process, produce globin mRNA and accumulate large amounts of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin accumulation in FLC differentiated by DMSO is needed for the erythroid maturation process.
17 What is of interest is that
treated cells express an ability to remember (so-called memory response) the previ -
ous exposure to the DMSO treatment and to continue their differentiation even after the DMSO exposure has been discontinued.
17 This terminal maturation process of
erythroid cells and hemoglobin synthesis remains to be further


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tan” leather. They also help to stop bleeding and to check infection. T annin-containing herbs are used to tighten up over-relaxed tissues—as in varicose veins—to dry up excessive watery secretions—as in diarrhea—and to protect damaged tissue—such as skin problems resulting from eczema or a burn. Oak bark (Quercus robur, p. 260) and black catechu (Acacia catechu, p. 158) are both high in tannins.Black Catechu
(Acacia catechu)Thyme
(Thymus vulgaris)Lemon
(Citrus limon)
German Chamomile
(Chamomilla recutita)
US_014-017_Active_Constituents.indd   14 26/02/16   4:42 pm15 Active constituentsProanthocyanins
Closely related to tannins and flavonoids,
these polyphenolic compounds are
pigments that give flowers and
fruits a blue, purple, or red hue.
They are powerfully antioxidant
and free-radical scavengers. They
protect the circulation from damage,
especially the circulation in the
heart, hands, feet, and eyes.
Blackberry ( Rubus fruticosus,
p. 264), red grapes ( Vitis
vinifera, p. 283), and
hawthorn ( Crataegus
oxycantha, p. 87) all contain
appreciable quantities of
these proanthocyanins.
Coumarins
Coumarins of different kinds are found
in many plant species and have widely
divergent actions. The coumarins in melilot
(Melilotus officinalis, p. 234) and horse
chestnut ( Aesculus hippocastanum, p. 58)
help to keep the blood thin, while
furanocoumarins such as bergapten,
found in celery ( Apium graveolens, p. 64),
stimulate skin tanning, and khellin, found
in visnaga ( Ammi visnaga, p. 62), is a
powerful smooth-muscle relaxant.
Saponins
The main active
constituents in many
key medicinal plants,
saponins gained their
name because, like soap,
they make a lather when
placed in water. Saponins occur in two
different forms—steroidal and triterpenoid.
The chemical structure of steroidal saponins
is similar to that of many of the body’s hormones, for example
estrogen and cortisol, and many plants containing them have a
marked hormonal activity. Wild yam ( Dioscorea villosa, p. 91), from
which the contraceptive pill was first developed, contains steroidal
saponins. Triterpenoid saponins occur more commonly—for example
in licorice ( Glycyrrhiza glabra, p. 101) and cowslip root ( Primula veris,
p. 256)—but have less hormonal activity. They are often expectorant
and aid absorption of nutrients.Anthraquinones
Anthraquinones are the main active
constituents in herbs such as senna
(Cassia senna, p. 75) and Chinese rhubarb
(Rheum palmatum, p. 126), both of which
are taken to relieve constipation.
Anthraquinones have an irritant laxative
effect on the large intestine, causing
contractions of the intestinal walls
and stimulating a bowel
movement approximately 10
hours after being taken. They
also make the stool more liquid,
easing bowel movements.
Cyanogenic glycosides
Though these glycosides are
based on cyanide, a very
potent poison, in small
doses they have a
helpful sedative and
relaxant effect
on the heart and
muscles. The bark
of wild cherry ( Prunus
serotina, p. 257) and the
leaves of elder ( Sambucus nigra,
p. 132) both contain cyanogenic
glycosides, which contribute to the plant’s
ability to suppress and soothe irritant dry
coughs. Many fruit kernels contain high
levels of cyanogenic glycosides, for example
those of apricot ( Prunus armeniaca, p. 257).Cardiac Glycosides
Found in various medicinal plants, notably
in foxgloves (see common foxglove, Digitalis
purpurea, p. 202) and in lily of the valley
(Convallaria majalis, p. 194), cardiac glycosides
such as digitoxin, digoxin, and convallotoxin
have a strong, direct action on the heart,
supporting its strength and rate of
contraction when it is failing. Cardiac
glycosides are also significantly diuretic.
They help to stimulate urine production,
thus increasing the removal of fluid from
the tissues and circulatory system.
Celery
(Apium graveolens)Chinese Rhubarb
(Rheum palmatum)
Blackberry
(Rubus fruticosus)
Licorice
(Glycyrrhiza
glabra)Common Foxglove
(Digitalis purpurea)
Elderflower
(Sambucus nigra)
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The developmen T of herbal medicinePolysaccharides
Found in all plants, polysaccharides
are multiple units of sugar molecules linked together. From
an herbal point of view, the most important polysaccharides are the “sticky” mucilages and gums, which are commonly found in roots, bark, leaves, and seeds. Both mucilage and gum soak up large quantities of water, producing a sticky, jelly-like mass that can be used to soothe and protect irritated tissue, for example, dry irritated skin and sore or inflamed mucous membranes
in the gut. Mucilaginous herbs, such as slippery elm (Ulmus rubra, p. 145) and linseed or flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum, p. 109), are best prepared  by soaking (macerating) in plenty of cold water. Some polysaccharides stimulate the immune system, for example acemannan, which is found
in the leaves of aloe vera (Aloe vera, p. 60).Alkaloids
A very mixed group, alkaloids mostly contain a nitrogen-bearing molecule  (-NH
2) that makes them particularly
pharmacologically active. Some are well-known drugs and have a recognized medical use. Vincristine, for example, derived from Madagascar periwinkle (Vinca rosea, p. 282), is used to treat some types of cancer. Other alkaloids, such as atropine, found in deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna,  p. 69), have a direct effect on the body, reducing spasms, relieving pain,
and drying up bodily secretions.
Vitamins
Though often overlooked, many medicinal plants contain useful levels of vitamins. Some are well known for their vitamin content, for example dog rose (Rosa canina, p. 263) has high levels of vitamin C, and carrot (Daucus carota, p. 201) is rich in beta-
carotene (pro-vitamin A), but many are less well recognized.
Watercress ( Nasturtium
officinale, p. 239), for
example, contains
appreciable levels of
vitamins B
1, B2, C, and E as well
as beta-carotene, while sea
buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides, p. 220) can be regarded as a vitamin and mineral supplement in its
own right.Glucosilinates
Found exclusively in species of  the mustard and cabbage family, glucosilinates have an irritant effect  on the skin, causing inflammation and blistering. Applied as poultices to painful or aching joints, they increase blood flow to the affected area, helping to remove the buildup of waste products (a contributory factor in many joint problems). On eating, glucosilinates are broken down and produce a strong, pungent taste. Radish (Raphanus sativus, p. 261)  and watercress (Nasturtium officinale,  p. 239) are typical glucosilinate-containing plants.
Bitters
Bitters are a varied group of constituents linked only by their pronounced bitter taste. The bitterness itself stimulates secretions
by the salivary glands and digestive organs. Such secretions can dramatically improve the appetite and strengthen the overall function
of the digestive system. With the improved digestion and absorption of nutrients that follow, the body is nourished and strengthened. Many  herbs have bitter constituents, notably wormwood (Artemisia absinthium, p. 66),
chiretta (Swertia chirata, p. 273), and hops (Humulus lupulus, p. 104). Minerals
Like vegetable foods, many medicinal plants provide high levels of minerals. Plants, especially organically grown
ones, draw minerals from the soil and convert them into a form that is more easily absorbed and used by the body. Whether plants are eaten as a vegetable, like cabbage (Brass


uents  American ginseng contains
steroidal saponins, including panaquilon.
History & Folklore  Native American peoples
may have considered this herb a means to increase
female fertility. From the mid-18th century, the collection of the herb for export to China became a virtual goldrush, with so many Native Americans out harvesting American ginseng that settlers reported finding villages almost deserted. The Ojibwa people always planted a seed to replace  the herb, but this was not universal practice. American ginseng became rare toward the end
of the 19th century.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  The action of
American ginseng is presumed to be similar to,  but milder than, that of its Chinese cousin, ginseng  (P. ginseng, p. 118). American ginseng increases the ability to tolerate stress of all kinds. In traditional Chinese medicine, American ginseng is employed as a yin tonic, treating weakness, fever, wheezing, and coughs.
Related Species  See ginseng, nototginseng
(P. notoginseng, preceding entry), and Siberian
ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus, p. 94).
Caution  Do not take American ginseng
during pregnancy.Chiefly employed as a mild pain reliever and as a treatment for irritable coughs, red poppy also helps reduce nervous overactivity. The herb may be used in the treatment of insomnia, general irritability, coughs—especially paroxysmal coughs—and asthma, and is generally given as a syrup.
Related Species  See also opium poppy
(P. somniferum, following entry), Mexican poppy
(Argemone mexicana, p. 171), and California poppy
(Eschscholzia californica, p. 207).
 QCautions  Use only under professional
supervision. All parts of red poppy except the seeds are potentially toxic if eaten.
Papaver somniferum
(Papaveraceae)
Opium Poppy
Description  Thick-stemmed annual growing
to about 3 ft (1 m). Has many dull green leaves,
solitary pink, purple or white flowers, and globe-shaped seed capsules.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to western
Asia, opium poppy is now cultivated commercially around the world as the source of morphine and codeine, and as an illegal crop for the production of opium and heroin. During the summer, the seed capsules are cut and the white latex that exudes is gathered the next day and dried.
Part Used  Latex.
Constituents  Opium poppy contains more
than 40 opium alkaloids, including morphine  (up to 20%), narcotine (about 5%), codeine
(about 1%), and papaverine (about 1%). It also contains meconic acid, albumin, mucilage, sugars, resin, and wax. Many of the opium poppy’s
alkaloids have a well-established therapeutic
action. Morphine is one of the most powerful analgesics of all, used extensively in conventional medicine to relieve pain, especially in terminal illness. Codeine is a milder analgesic used for headaches and other pain, and in the symptomatic treatment of diarrhea. Opium’s strongly addictive nature is well established.
History & Folklore  Cultivated for its
medicinal properties for at least 4,000 years,
the opium poppy was introduced to Greece about 3,000 years ago, and from there spread throughout Europe. It was unknown in China
until the 7th century ce, and in Japan until the 15th century. It is mentioned in the Assyrian herbals (c. 1700 bce), and the Greek physician Dioscorides (40–90 ce) wrote that “a decoction of the leaves and flowerheads if drunk and bathed on the head is unrivaled in inducing sleep. The mashed heads, mixed with flour, make a useful plaster in inflammations and St. Anthony’s fire [erysipelas, a bacterial infection of the skin].”Medicinal Actions & Uses  Opium (the
dried latex) is a potent narcotic, analgesic, and antispasmodic, and has been taken to relieve pain of various kinds. In all the main herbal traditions it is regarded as a powerfully “cold” remedy, reducing physical function and sedating or suppressing nervous activity, pain, and coughs. In view of its addictive nature, opium is mainly used after other less powerful analgesics have failed to bring relief. It is also an effective remedy for acute diarrhea and severe coughs. Pharmaceutical drugs produced from opium poppy include morphine and codeine.
Research  Much research has been done,
confirming most of the uses of opium poppy  listed above.
Related Species  See also red poppy
(P. rhoeas, preceding entry), Mexican poppy
(Argemone mexicana, p. 171), and California
poppy ( Eschscholzia californica, p. 207).
 QCautions  Use opium poppy only under
professional supervision. It is subject to legal restrictions in most countries.
Opium poppy’s seed
capsules contain a
latex that is the source
of morphine.Papaver rhoeas (Papaveraceae)
Red Poppy
Description  Delicate hairy-stemmed annual
growing to 3 ft (90 cm). Has basal rosette of
lance-shaped leaves and deeply incised stem
leaves, 4-petaled red flowers with black anthers, and small rounded seed capsules.
Habitat & Cultivation  Red poppy is native
to Europe, North Africa, and temperate regions of Asia, and is naturalized in North and South America. It thrives on cultivated land and on
road verges. The flowers are picked in summer.
Parts Used  Flowers.
Constituents  Red poppy contains alkaloids
(including papaverine, rhoeadine, isorhoeadine, and many others), meconic acid, mekocyanin, mucilage, and tannin. The alkaloids are similar to those in the opium poppy (P. somniferum, see following entry), but are much milder.
History & Folklore  According to Agnus
Castus, writing in the 14th century, “If a man hawe ony peyne aboutyn his eyne or if a man hawe a mygreyn tak this herb and stamp it and nedle it with oyle de olywe and anoynt ther-with the forhed and it schal amende the syth and slake
the peyne and distroye the mygreyn.”
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Red poppy
flowers are mildly analgesic and sedative, and
have long been used in European herbal medicine, particularly for ailments in children and the elderly. Flowerhead
US_224-245_Jasmine_Harmala.indd   244 26/02/16   12:47 pm245 Other medicinal plantsPeganum harmala
Parietaria officinalis syn. P. diffusa
(Urticaceae)
Pellitory-of-the-Wall
Description  Annual growing to 28 in (70 cm).
Has deep green leaves, greenish flowers, and small
dark seeds.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to Europe,
this plant is commonplace in southern countries,
where it is found on walls and in dry stony sites.
It is gathered in summer when in flower.
Parts Used  Aerial parts.
Constituents  Pellitory-of-the-wall contains
flavonoids and tannins.
History & Folklore  For more than 2,000
years, pellitory-of-the-wall has been valued as a
diuretic, as a soother of chronic coughs, and as
a balm for wounds and burns.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Pellitory-of-the
wall is chiefly employed as a diuretic, demulcent,
and stone-preventing herb. In European herbal
medicine, it is regarded as having a restorative
action on the kidneys, supporting and strengthening
their function. It has been prescribed for conditions
such as nephritis, pyelitis (inflammation of the
kidney), kidney stones, renal colic (pain caused
by kidney stones), cystitis, and edema (fluid
retention). It is also occasionally taken as a laxative.
Caution  Do not take if suffering from hay fever
or other allergies.Medicinal Actions & Uses  Guarana’s
medicinal uses are similar to those of coffee
(Coffea arabica, p. 192)—it is taken for headache
and migraine, for mild depression, and to boost
energy levels. The problems that apply to long-
term or excessive consumption of coffee also
apply to guarana—both stimulate over the short
term but tend to inhibit the body’s restorative
processes over the longer term. In view of
guarana’s high tannin content, long-term use
is even less advisable, because tannins impair
the intestines’ ability to absorb nutrients.
Nevertheless, guarana is a useful short-term
remedy for boosting energy, or for treating
a tension headache that cannot be treated
with rest. Guarana’s astringency also treats
chronic diarrhea.
Related Species  P. yoco, native to the Colombian
Amazon, is used by indigenous


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A	Spiritual	Guide	for	Teens
DEEPAK	CHOPRA
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Fire	in	the	heart	:	a	spiritual	guide	for	teens	/	Deepak	Chopra.—1st	ed.
p.	cm.
Summary:	By	recounting	his	own	experiences	at	age	fifteen,	Deepak	Chopra,
a	noted	Hindu	author	and	physician,	provides	a	blueprint	for	teens	who	are
seeking	their	own	spiritual	paths.
ISBN	0-689-86216-4
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1.	Spiritual	life.	2.	Teenagers.	[1.	Spiritual	life.	2.	Hinduism.]	I.	Title.
BL624.C4767	2004
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To	all	the	teenagers	today	and	tomorrow	upon	whom	the	fate	of	the	world
depends
Every	child	that	is	born	is	proof	that	God	has	not	yet	given	up	on
human	beings.
—Rabindranath	TagoreContents
Before	You	Begin
	…
Day	One
Do	I	Have	a	Soul?
Day	Two
How	Do	Wishes	Come	True?
Day	Three
What	Is	the	Supreme	Force	in	the	Universe?
Day	Four
How	Can	I	Change	the	World?
A	Soul	Alphabet
The	Last	WordBefore	You	Begin	…
A
	boy	of	fifteen	is	standing	on	a	high	green	hill	overlooking	a	valley.	The
valley	is	even	more	green	and	lush.	It	rolls	away	in	wave	after	wave	until	the
boy	thinks	it	must	never	end.
“Do	you	see?”	a	voice	says.
The	boy	turns,	and	next	to	him	an	old	man	is	standing.	The	old	man	has	a
long	white	beard,	and	there	is	a	gleam	in	his	eye.
“Yes,	I	see,”	the	boy	says,	but	his	heart	is	beating	so	fast	he	can	hardly
express	himself.
“I	want	you	to	tell	me	what	you	see.	I	have	to	be	sure	you	learned	your
lessons	well,”	the	old	man	says.
Ordinarily	it	would	have	broken	the	boy’s	heart	to	say	good-bye,	because	he
thought	the	old	man	with	the	white	beard	would	be	with	him	forever.
“I	see	that	all	this	is	mine,”	the	boy	says.	“I	belong	to	the	universe,	and	it
belongs	to	me.”	He	stretches	his	arms
	out	as	if	he	could	own	it	all—the	high
hill,	the	green	valley,	the	whole	span	of	years	ahead	of	him.	Somehow,	even
though	it	sounds	impossible,	he	does	own	it	all.
“Never	forget	this,”	the	old	man	says.	He	presses	his	palms	together	and	bows
in	respect,	and	the	boy	bowing	even	deeper,	does	the	same.
And	that’s	the	last	I	saw	of	him.	Because	I	was	the	boy	on	the	hill,	and	in	four
short	days,	the	only	time	we	were	together,	the	old	man	changed	my	life.
Each	day	he	answered	a	question	that	you	are	going	to	read	about	in	this
book:
Do	I	have	a	soul?
How	do	wishes	come	true?
What	is	the	supreme	force	in	the	universe?How	can	I	change	the	world?
These	are	big	questions,	and	when	I	was	young	and	bursting	with	idealism,
they	were	burning	questions.	I	didn’t	just	want	to	know	the	answers—I
had
	to
know.	There	will	always	be	burning	questions	in	life,	but	these	four	remain
special	because	they	start	a	spark,	and	from	that	spark	you	will	have	a	fire	in
your	heart.	That	fire	will	make	you	live	your	life	with	excitement	and	passion.
The	old	man	with	the	white	beard	showed	me	the	spiritual	side	of	life,	where
real	passion	and	excitement
	come	from.	I’m	going	to	tell	you	about	our	days
together,	down	to	the	smallest	detail,	until	you	are	given	what	I	was	given.
Then	you	can	be	transformed	too,	wherever	you	are.	So	before	you	begin,
take	a	deep	breath.	This	story	could	turn	out	to	be	yours.Day	One
:
Do	I	Have	a	Soul?Baba
W
hen	I	was	fifteen,	my	school	was	on	a	green	hillside	overlooking	a	valley
even	more	green	and	lush.	That	part	you	already	know.	Every	day	I	saw	this
beautiful	view,	except	when	the	valley	filled	with	billowing	mist.	On	those
mornings	I	walked	to	school	with	wisps	of	white	curling	around	me,	like
walking	through	clouds.	It	was	on	just	such	a	day,	as	I	was	making	my	way
down	the	road,	that	a	stranger’s	voice	called	out.
“Come,”	it	said.	“I’ve	been	waiting.”
The	voice	seemed	to	come	from	another	world.	I	imagine	you’ve	walked
through	fog	and	know	how	it	creates	a	hush	all	around	you,	like	a	cocoon.
Then	my	eye	caught	something.	An	old	man	was	sitting	under	the	biggest,
most	twisted	tree	by	the	side	of	the	road.
“Baba,	I’m	on	my	way	to	school,”	I	said.	“You	must	be	waiting	for	someone
else.”	I	grew	up	in	India,	and
baba
	is	a	term	of	respect	that	is	given	to
someone	who	is	considered	a	wise	or	holy	man.
	“We	need	to	talk,”


 of sexuality the very opposite of th at intended by nature as.the main
agent in humanization.
This suggestion, that wrong foods can account for the
pathology of sex, would find confirmation in the ancient belief that foods had aphrodisiac properties, an aphrodisiac being defined as a substance able to stimulate and titillate the lower sex emotions. Aphrodisiac foods are indeed those which have the highest amount of the extractives giving rise to the purines and amines.

9. Need or Greed

Besides the protein excesses involved in a so called'mixed' dietary,
the Industrial Revolution, entailing profound changes in the world
production of food and in food habits, has led to an excessive eating
of calorie foods, while some of the more minute requirements of the
mind and body have gone in short supply, resulting in the
malnutrition of abundance. This disturbing greed for the grosser
items of foods, proteins and calories, has been achieved at the
expense of the poorer, primary producers, making the greed of the
so called best-fed nations a planetary affront.
Gluttony is never possible in nature, for food is never so
plentiful as to permit a continual overeating. Occasional orgies may
occur, the result of a lucky find, bu t they are inevitably interspersed
by longer periods of scarcity. The only overfed animals are the pets of overfed people. The bodies of all animals are better adapted to scarcity than to abundance, which is what one would expect, given
the geological and climatic restlessness of the earth. As food
supplies become more scarce, reserves are mobilized, the body becomes more sparse, more active, and clutter vanishes. One finds people in the poorer parts of the world existing in apparent health, skinny but very active and smiling, on much less than the authorities consider should bring about starvation. While living on such low
levels is to be deplored, it does show that the human body is
remarkably well adapted to advers ity, in fact thrives on it. Some
degree of it, at least occasionally, may be indispensable for health, for the body seems to have beco me adapted to profit from such
periods in order to get rid of ol d stock, of accumulated wastes, the
means also of resharpening the senses and the efficiency of
functioning, taking in the sl ack and repairing damage.
The sense of well-being, of elation and purification which
follows a period of abstinence from food shows that this is natural, biologically beneficial. Such benefits may not be immediately
apparent in the chronically overfed or the diseased, for in them the
respite from abuse is taken advantage of by the body for a massive, and often disturbing broom sweeping. But even then, persistence is rewarded by a remarkable quickenin g of all the faculties, by a sense
of reawakening and rejuvenation and a simple joyfulness which
most people have not known since childhood. Scents and colours,
feelings and tastes long lost are magically revived, and simple
pleasures, which seemed boring to the surfeited mind and body, return with a pristine intensity. The humanizing sensitivities are particularly revived, bringing a bout an awareness of harmony and
beauty in things and creatures previously neglected.
It is remarkable to observe how the reactivity of the body as a
whole is heightened. Long established chronic ailments may disappear overnight, and blights that have haunted and humiliated for years, itches and bodily odours, vanish as with a magician's wand. This is not surprising, for contrary to the usual assumption that even a temporary abstinence is dangerous, the body is designed
for it and thoroughly enjoys it. The common supposition that even a skipped meal is a calamity boosts the common gluttony. It is not
found among the simpler peasantries. Hard work and thrift ensure
lithe bodies and alert minds into old age. There are still such examples surviving, peasants setting out for a long hard day's work
with no more than a few dried figs or dates, a chunk of coarse bread dipped in olive oil, a garlic or two and an occasional piece of cheese. The Chinese peasants will perform feats of endurance and
labour on what seems to the overfed European diminutive bowls of
rice with scatterings of beans.
The scramble for food originated with the rise of the cities, for
while the peasants could always eke some sustenance from their
land in the worst of times, the cities often starved, as a consequence
of plunder, famine, and pestile nce. When good times came, city
people stuffed themselves, so that overeating became the mark of prosperity and privilege.
As privileged classes arose, ruling the cities and taking over the
land, with power over supplies, glu ttony became their habit, while
the masses often knew hunger. The situation grew worse with the
rise in power of the city states in  the Middle Ages, and very much
worse with the Industrial Revolution. Its initial impact brought such disorder that starvation often overtook the cities.
As a result of this background of general scarcity, the demand
for food, and ever more food, was the pivot of all the movements of
emancipation which began actively in  the seventeenth century. This
demand was eventually met by the agricultural revolution, the use
of chemical fertilizers, the importation of foreign foods in exchange for industrial products and the refining of cereals, which enabled prolonged storage and easy trans portation. Food production was
thus geared to quantity rather than quality.
A century ago, every reasonable person would have praised the
measures taken by the authorities and the industrialists, and blessed the scientists who were increasingly responsible for processed natural foodstuffs, increasing their size and yield, introducing preservation, colouring, conditioners and a soaring list of chemicals.
But in a rising spiral of disaster, the arrogant interferences with
nature have become apparent in the recent decades, in a planetary ecological collapse.
Excessive applications of chemical fertilizers, with insufficient
or absent organic contributions, have led to a breakdown of some of
the world's most fertile soils, calling for ever higher applications in
a desperate attempt to keep up the yield, and ending in disasters like the American Dust Bowl. More recently it has been found that excess nitrate fertilizers are accumulated in food plants, and, when eaten, are converted to the highly cancerous nitrosamides. The overspill of nitrates into rivers a nd lakes, encouraging the prolific
growth of toxic blue-green algae,  has sterilized many waters with
once abundant fish life.
Mineral nitrates are manufactured into proteins by plants, the
source of all animal protein. Too much nitrate abnormally stimulates plant growth, just as too much protein abnormally
stimulates the growth-rate and size of animals. Superficially, this
increase in growth and body size seems nothing but good, although
the loss of taste of the overgrown  vegetables, and the diseases which have increased as human stature has increased in the last decades in
the most prosperous countries, should have warned that something was wrong.
In the stampede for quantity, a basic biological principle has
been forgotten, namely, that any pl ant or animal has a specific size
and weight, written down in its gene tic constitution, the result of a
long evolution. Only within this range of size is optimal efficiency or health possible. Insufficiency or excess are bound to levy a physiological price. In the course of evolution, insufficiency has
occurred frequently enough for animals to become equipped with
guidelines of reaction, in restlessness and hunger—plants, alas, cannot move. But excess has been so rare, that neither plants nor animals have any defences against it.  Fed to excess, they get bigger
and bigger, the physiological tax increasing proportionately. As the
yield and the size of plants have been artificially stimulated, so the
plant disease and the plant parasites have increased, calling for an ever increasing array of the most poisonous chemicals in an attempt to control the scourge. In animals and men, the excessive stimulation of growth has also been attended by an increasing
recourse to drugs of one kind or another.
Just as over-fed rats get bigger and suffer increasingly from
heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease, liver disease, so do humans. Athletes appear particularly prone to certain diseases, and their life-span is less than average, not b ecause of the physical strain they
subject themselves to—the body thrives on that—but because of
their thoroughly abnormal and excessive feeding.
It is undeniable that chronic malnutrition since the Dark Ages
in Europe, led to a stunting of the population. The over-fed
privileged classes were probably oversized, a factor no doubt in their often brutal domination of the masses. While it is difficult to
define the specific range of the human species—racial difference are
important—it is in all likelihood significantly less than the size attained by the so called 'best fed'  nations, which has increased for a
century as the quantity of animal foods increased in the diet.
Plant breeding has been size and calorie conscious. Foods new
to the West, high in calories like the potato, and sugar, joined in the
rush for quantity, much helped by a cheapening of flour by refining,
with the result that, by the clo se of the nineteenth century, the
masses in the industrial countries not only ate to their full, but had become gluttons, overeating daily.
The evil of the new abundance in calorie foods lies in the
excessive provision of calories without a sufficiency of the other
essentials,