often seen in older persons, called "arcus senilis" or "white arc." The list of misery and death known to be caused by arteriosclerosis and
atherosclerosis is almost endless, and no doubt more effects will be discovered. Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death and disease in the civilized world, the
arterial aspect of it alone causing more deaths than all other causes combined. 5. STALE FOOD — THE TRUE CAUSE OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
   By feeding experiments with animals and human beings consuming nearly a quarter
million dollars in labor and materials over a period of seven years I finally determined
that the true cause of ar teriosclerosis is simple: STALE FOOD. When food is processed and stored in certain ways, some of the fatty substances and
cholesterol change into a chalky non-food material which our bodies cannot utilize. When we eat these stale type foods, some of this chalky material becomes semi-permanently lodged in our arteries. These deteriorated spurious fats are highly
resistant and durable, being similar to drie d paint and soap, and to the hard chalky
cakes which clog kitchen grease traps. Food materials readily change into durable non-food forms when processed. For
example, some of the drying oils used in pa ints are extracted from soybeans, fish, etc. Until recent years all furniture glue was made by boiling down fish, meat and bones, and milk. White of egg dries quickly into a hard glue. The exact chemical nature of these chalky fatty materials is as yet unknown, and
they have no name, so for the present I refer to them as fatty rubbish. Plumbers and
sewage men are familiar with similar material in kitchen grease traps, and call it
"cake" or "greaseballs." At the present time (September 1971) world-famous
university scientists are working with us to determine the chemistry of this material. Present indications are that it is similar to soap and glue. It will be interesting to know
more of the theory, but for practical health purposes we only need to know which
foods contain this material so we can avoid them. In general, food which has been ground up like flour; salt-pickled or smoked like
corned beef, bacon, ham, and sausage; long soaked in water like canned food; or
overheated and browned, is likely to cause choked arteries. See pages 39-43 for
detailed food chart. Most of the fatty rubbish in these stale foods passes on through our intestines and
out of our bodies without causing much more than indigestion, but some of it and particularly the finely ground small particles and semi-fluid portion is absorbed into
our bloodstream and is carried throughout the body. It accumulates mostly in the
artery walls, joint cartilage and fibrous parts of the body because these parts have a
very dense structure and poor blood supply so that the material is filtered and trapped
therein. The particles tend to clump and stick to one another, so there is a tendency to form large deposits in certain spots. They also accumulate faster at branches and
curves in the arteries, due to the increase d filtering or trapping action of the denser
fibrous structure which Nature has provided to reinforce against the concentrated
stresses occurring at these points. The body has the ability to get rid of this fatty rubbish very slowly, but we eat it
faster than it can be removed, so gradually as we get older it builds up more and more
throughout the body. It insidiously weakens us and makes us old before our time, dulls our brain and saps our vital powers, long before any outward sign of actual
disease appears. This stale food theory explains many heretofore puzzling facts, for instance why
such people as the Masai and the Mongols have practically no arteriosclerosis although they eat high cholesterol milk, fat, and meat in great quantity. Yet the
admirable Finnish people on a high cholesterol diet have the highest incidence of
arteriosclerosis in the world. The explanation is simply that the Masai and the
Mongols live close by their animal herds and eat their meat and milk fresh, while the
Finns have to eat their food mostly in a stale form due to their long cold winter, in the
form of bread, bacon, ham, smoked fish, etc. It also explains why arteriosclerosis is sometimes found in wild animals and fish,
for they often have to eat stale food. For instance, in winter deer eat acorns that have
become moldy and rancid and these deer are at times found to have a little
arteriosclerosis. Likewise fish contract it in mild form from eating various decaying
matter floating in the water. Practically all farm livestock including poultry have atherosclerosis to some degree,
but only garbage fed hogs have it in a severe form similar to the human disease. The
finely ground stale grains, dry hay, and other stale materials used in farm feeds are responsible for the disease in livestock. The extent to which the fatty rubbish in fresh
livestock meat causes arteriosclerosis in humans is uncertain, however it does not
appear to be very great. Fatty rubbish does not seem to occur to any serious extent in fresh milk and eggs. This general area ne eds further research for clarification,
however in later sections I have describe d how superior livestock products can be
obtained. The stale foods are also very poor in general nutritive content, for most of the high
quality constituents which are needed to st rengthen us and protect us against disease
have deteriorated and become unavailable. 6. FRESH FOOD — THE CURE FOR ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
   Stale food being the source of the fatty rubbish which causes arteriosclerosis, to
prevent the disease we have only to stop eating stale food, and eat fresh food  instead
according to the diet chart herein. But what about the fatty rubbish already clogging our systems? Fortunately Nature
has taken care of this, by designing into the body an efficient house-cleaning system
in which non-living material is attacked and gradually removed. Few people even among doctors seem to know famous scientists have long ago proven that arteries
have their own natural cleansing system. That each arterial deposit tends to go
through a natural cycle wherein it grows, becomes mature, then shells out and heals. This self-cleansing action can be easily seen by anyone viewing the deposits in a
choked artery, wherein some are obviously new and growing, some fully mature, and others shelled-out craters or fully healed s cars. It is evident that this action would
result in clean arteries if formation of new deposits were somehow stopped. Medical scientists of worldwide reputation have been saying for years that
arteriosclerotic deposits tend to be self-cleansing. (Drs. L. N. Katz, Ruth Pick, Ira
Gore, Richard Jones, Campbell Moses, H. Bredt, and others.) Their writings may be
read in ethical medical books as follows: "Atherosclerosis" by Schettler & Boyd, pub. by American Elsevier, 1969. "Evolution of the Athero. Plaque," by R. J. Jones, pub. by University of Chicago Press, 1963. "Atherosclerosis" by Campbell Moses, pub. by
Lea & Febiger, 1963. Many such keen-minded scientists have long predicted that if the formation of new
deposits were stopped, the arteries would in time clean themselves. Practical results of
the Fresh Food Diet have fully vindicated their prediction, at last providing a way to
stop formation of new deposits so the arteries can become clean in a few months. As of September 1971 this booklet has been on sale 2½ years, and over 100,000
copies have been sold under guarantee. Less than 1% have been returned for refund. More than 1,000 people are so happy with results they have re-ordered more copies to
give away, many by the dozens and some by the hundreds. People joyfully tell us
such things as "I avoided a major operation" or "I am able to work again." A few
medical doctors are regularly prescribing the Fresh Food Diet, and are seeing improvement in their patients. The Fresh Food Diet really works, and is rapidly
gaining followers throughout the world. Anything which will help build up the general health will speed the cleaning process
and vice versa, so I have included in this book every general health aid considered reliable. 7. THE CHOLESTEROL THEORY — A TRAGIC BLUNDER
   Cholesterol in its natural form is one of the main building blocks of healthy animal
and human bodies, the solid matter of our brains for instance being over 80%
composed of it. It is absurd to say that something we are largely made of would be
harmful for us to eat. And it is not harmful unless it is changed from its natural state by staleness. Cattle and goats develop arteriosclerosis on hay and grain with never a
bit of food containing cholesterol. People ar e dying by the thousands from heart attack
and stroke while on "low cholesterol" diet. The cholesterol theory, now falling by the wayside, was originated in Russia by Dr. N. Anitschkow and S. Chalatow in 1913. These scientists deserve honor for their well-intentioned work, however their finding was one of those unfortunate half-truths which only served to mislead. They fed their
experimental rabbits pure crystalline cholesterol dissolved in vegetable oil, resulting
in the rabbits developing arteriosclerosis. Their mistake was in failing to recognize
that crystalline cholesterol is


 behind the ears. Tight sensa-tion. Headache in girls during puberty, with rest-lessness and nervousness. Headache worse from
mental exertion, worse near the sutures. Skullthin and soft. Closure of the fontanellesdelayed, or reopening of same. Vertigo (Ferrum
Phos). Crawling, cold sensations over the head. Ulcers on top of head. Dropsy (swelling) of thebrain. Loss of hair; bald spots. Inability to hold upthe head. Ears – Aching pain, with swelling of the
glands of face and neck. Earache with character-istic clear, thick, excoriating (irritating) dis-charge. In scrofulous (those with lymphaticswelling) persons, where the glands are veryswollen. Ears swollen, burning, and itching. Eyes – Sensitivity to artificial light. Eyeballs
ache; spasm of the eyelids (Mag Phos). Squinting. Hot feeling in the eyelids. Paralysis of the retina,causing dimness and loss of sight (Kali Phos). Neuralgic pain in eyes, when Mag Phos fails. Inflammation of the eye, with characteristic dis-charge, especially in scrofulous subjects. Lightsensitivity (Ferrum Phos, Nat Mur). Nose – Large, pedunculated (on a stalk) nasal
polyps. Nose swollen (from congestion) andgreatly inflamed at the edges of nostrils (Silicea). Tip of nose cold. Congestion, cold in head. Thick,clear, tough discharge, dropping from posteriornares, causing constant hawking and spitting;worse outdoors. In anemic persons, dispositionto take cold (Ferrum Phos). Preparing the wayfor other remedies in all cases of catarrh, CalcPhos has a decided tonic action on the mem-
branes. Face – Anemic or chlorotic (greenish tint to
skin) face. Dirty-looking face. Rheumatism of theface, which is worse at night. Pimples on the face. Facial pains, with a creeping sensation; feeling ofcoldness and numbness. Face sallow, pale, earthy;skin cold and clammy. Lupus. Heat in face. Freckles, eruptions on the faces of young per-sons, especially of young girls at puberty. Facialpains, of a grinding, tearing nature (Mag Phos). Pale face in children, when teething is difficult. Mouth – Unpleasant, disgusting taste in
mouth in the morning caused by non-assimila-tion of food (Nat Phos). Teeth – Retarded dentition (Calc Fluor). Phosphate of lime (Calc Phos) is a constituent ofthe teeth, and when this material is deficient,dentition will be slow and painful, often causingconvulsions (Mag Phos) and other ailments. Teeth decay as soon as they appear. Gumsinflamed and painful (Ferrum Phos). Toothache,which is worse at night (Silicea). Chief remedy in
all teething disorders. “If the gums be pale, this
remedy is especially indicated” (Schuessler). Tongue – Swollen tongue (Kali Mur). Stiff
and numb. Blisters and pimples on tip of thetongue. Throat – Enlargement of the throat. Chief
remedy for goiter (Nat Mur). Chronic enlarge-
ment of the tonsils. “I have given it in the acute
stage, when suffocation threatened, with excel-lent results,” (Chapman, [see: full reference toChapman’s book in the Bibliography]). Glandspainful, aching. Thirst, with dry tongue andmouth. Sticking pain in throat on swallowing. Constant hoarseness. Hemming and scraping ofthroat when talking. (Public speakers are greatlybenefited by this cell salt when alternated withFerrum Phos. ) Burning and soreness in larynxand pharynx, in cases of chronic catarrh whenthere is considerable dripping from the posteriornares (postnasal drip). Gastric symptoms – Pain after eating. Food
seems to lie in stomach in a lump. Heaviness
and burning. Pain worse from eating even thesmallest amount of food (Ferrum Phos). Stomach sore to the touch. Abnormally largeappetite, but food causes distress. Cold drinksand food greatly aggravate the pains, while heatrelieves it (Mag Phos). Vomiting after cold
drinks. Faint, sinking feeling in region of stom-
ach. Pain sometimes relieved by belching wind. In infants, vomiting sour, curdled milk (NatPhos). Constant desire to nurse. Stomach feelsbloated. Headache, accompanied with indiges-tion (digestive headache). Belching of gas. Mostof these gastric symptoms are due to non-assim-ilation of food. A course of this remedy shouldbe given after gastric or typhoid fever and in allcases where digestion is poor to aid assimilationof food. Abdomen and stool – Diarrhea in teething
children; stools slimy, green, with undigestedmatter; with colic (Nat Phos). Give a warm-water enema. Cholera infantum, child craves
food it should not eat. Stool is hot, noisy, and
offensive-smelling (Kali Phos). Inability to
properly digest food during the summer. Diarrhea caused from inability to properly digestfood. Face pale and anxious, child fretful. Painin the abdomen near the navel. Infant crieswhen it nurses. Marasmus (failure to thrive),eats heartily but grows more emaciated all thetime. Frequent urge to pass stool but nothing
passes (Kali Phos, Mag Phos). Diarrhea in
young girls, with accompanying headache. Costiveness (constipation), with hard stool, inold people and infants. Itching piles, also pro-truding hemorrhoids (Calc Fluor, FerrumPhos). Hemorrhoids, which ooze a thick, clearsubstance resembling egg whites, especiallynoticeable in anemic persons. Anal fissures and
cracks (Calc Fluor). Fistula without pain. Neuralgia of rectum and pain after stool. Symptoms all worse at night or with change inweather (Silicea). Tabes mesenterica (abdomi-
nal lymph-wasting disease). To prevent the for-mation of gallstones. Urinary organs – Urine dark yellow. Frequent urge to urinate, with sharp, shooting,cutting pains at the neck of the bladder andalong the urethra (Ferrum Phos). Increase in thequantity of urine. Bright’s disease of the kidneys(Kali Phos). Phosphatic deposit in the urine, asan intercurrent remedy. Gravel sediment inurine (Nat Sulph). Diabetes mellitus, as an inter-current remedy. To prevent formation of bladderstones. Calc Phos assists in the breaking down ofprotein that can accumulate in the kidneys. Male sexual organs – Swelling of the testi-
cles (orchitis). Masturbation. Inguinal (groinarea) hernia (Calc Fluor). Itchy, greatly relaxedscrotum. Sweating and soreness of scrotum. Chronic gonorrhea and gleet (chronic inflam-mation of a bodily orifice), when there is thecharacteristic discharge. Dropsy of the testicles. Egg-white-like discharges from the urethra. Female sexual organs – Weakness in uter-
ine region from prolapsed uterus and otheruterine displacements (Calc Fluor, Kali Phos). “Calc Phos may not have the contracting powerof Calc Fluor, by acting directly upon the mus-cles and tissues involved, but it acts indirectly bybuilding up the general health and aiding diges-tion, thereby restoring the tissues to a healthycondition and promoting the deposit of CalcFluor” (Chapman). Aching in the uterus. Increased sexual desire, especially immediatelybefore menstruation. Leucorrhea (white dis-charge from the vagina), with thick, clear, verytenacious discharge. Intercurrently in all cases ofleucorrhea, to build up general health. Acridleucorrhea, worse after menstruation or withsexual excitement. Dullness and listlessness. Inyoung girls with anemic conditions, menses tooearly or too late. Menstrual discharge bright red,too frequent. Menses with pain in back. Labor-like pains at the time of menstruation (Mag
30 FACIAL DIAGNOSIS OF CELLSALTDEFICIENCIESCHAPTER 4: C ALCPHOS 31Phos); to prevent, use Ferrum Phos. Menses,
with flushed face and cold extremities (FerrumPhos). Pregnancy – Aching in the limbs during preg-
nancy. Poor milk, watery or with salty taste (NatMur). Child refuses to nurse. Child vomits sour,curdled milk quite frequently. Sore nipples(Ferrum Phos). After pregnancy, as a restorative;
also after long nursing, when the patient is debil-
itated. Respiratory organs – Cough, with expectora-
tion of clear (not yellow), thick mucus. Chroniccoughing. Incipient consumption (tuberculosis). Intercurrently in all cases for weakness and pros-tration. Chronic cases of whooping cough. Rheumatic pains in lungs. Involuntary sighing. Soreness and dryness of tuberculosis in


 are an excellent
example of how the shortcut works. The current scientiﬁc
wisdom holds that aging is a complicated, poorly
understood area. Gerontology, the study of old age, has
become a specialization only since the 1950s, when the
mapping of DNA made it possible to consider that there
might be special genes for aging (none have appeared so
far, although certain aging mechanisms are known to be
genetically coded in lower animals). Now that gerontology
is in high gear, it is swam ped with conﬂicting theories and
huge data banks amassed from research projects that will
take decades to ﬁnish. This intensive research eﬀort has not made people age
more slowly. The major advance in the ﬁeld has been to
document that healthy people do not have to deteriorate
automatically as they grow older, a point that has been
made for centuries without data banks. Gerontology has
had some valuable medical applications, such as the
recognition that many senile symptoms once thought
permanent are reversible. They are not signs of brain decay
but the by-pr oduct of poor nutrition, isolation, dehydration,and other factors in the person’s environment. Otherwise,
gerontology proceeds bit by bit, forging tiny links in
theories that are conjectural to begin with. As for getting
the American people to eat better, exercise sensibly, and
practice disease prevention, the whole ﬁeld is in agreement
with the rest of medicine. Wallace’s research, however, proceeded on the
assumption that people do not age by bits and pieces but as
whole human beings. Therefore, aging contains a large
element of choice. If old people can retain  their mental
faculties by continually using them, then the practice of
meditation, which opens the awareness completely, should
do even more. Wallace’s basic ﬁnding, as mentioned earlier,
was that long-term meditators did decrease their biological
age by ﬁve to twelve years. (High levels of a little-
understood hormone called DHEA
[dehydroepiandrosterone] were also found; it has been
speculated that DHEA somehow helps to retard aging and
perhaps inhibit the onset and growth of cancer.) This research suggests that aging is controlled by
consciousness. Operating at the usual level of superﬁcial,
confused thinking, we speed up the aging proce ss in our
cells, but as we move to the silent region of the
transcendent, mental activity stops, and apparently cell
activity follows accordingly. If this is true, then aging can
be programmed from diﬀerent levels of awareness. If we
program ourselves to deteriorate, which was the rule in
earlier generations, then that becomes the reality. Programming of this kind is not a matter of simply  thinking
or believing. Positive attitudes, mental  alertness, the will to
survive, and other psychological traits can ease old age;
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whole Earth with equal ease. ) Using this insight, the rishis
went even further. They noticed that you do not have to
touch an object physically  to know how it feels. Answer this
question: Which is softer, a starched linen napkin or a rose
petal. You can easily compare the two in your mind, using
an image of touch, withou t having to go out and ﬁnd a real
napkin and a real rose. The reason why you can do this is that you have gone to a
subtler level of the sense of touch. Similarly, there are
subtle sound s, sights, smells, and tastes. However, this
level of the mind is not the end—in meditation, one can
reach even further back, beyond the ﬁve subtle senses
(called the Tanmatras  in Ayurveda), until one arrives at
consciousness in its uniﬁed state—the Vedic texts compare
this to following the hand’s ﬁve ﬁngers back to where they
join at the palm. Subjectively, the visual image of a rose
would grow fainter and fainter on the screen of the mind,
until nothing was left but the screen itself. Then one would
be at the true origin of the senses, the ﬁeld of intelligence
itself. In this way, the rishis reasoned, the whole world of
physical reality comes into being. We seem to be in deep philosophical waters here, but in
fact every layer of touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste
inﬂuences our ordinary lives. If you like to eat oysters and I
detest them, the diﬀerence is not in the oyster or in our
taste buds. The contact between the molecules of the
oyster and the taste receptors in our mouths is the same
for both of us. Yet, in the process of tasting, your delight
insinuates itself, and so does my disgust. All the raw data of
experience must pass through the ﬁlter of intelligence, and
no two people appraise it in exactly the same way. When someth ing seems to change in the world, the rishis
said, it is really you that is changing. A friend of mine, also
Indian, is a surgeon who has gained a reputation for beingrather a gourmet. His specialty is omelets, the more exotic
the better. The last time we had Sunday brunch together,
however, he didn’t order an omelet. Curious, I asked him
about it, and he said, “I can’t stand the taste of an omelet
anymore. ” It turned out that his liking for them had
changed instantly, earlier that week. He was stirring up an omelet at home while his 6-year-old
son, Arjun, looked on. As each egg was cracked, my friend
tossed the shell aside. By chance a few of them fell into a
small brown bag of birdseed that was going to be set out
for the sparrows. “Oh, don’t do that,” Arjun said seriously. “The birds will
think their babies have died, and they won’t want to eat. ”
My friend is usually proud of his boy’s precocious remarks,
but all at once he couldn’t abide the taste of the omelet he
was making, or any other. Science would be at a loss to
measure the change that occurred in him, because it is too
ghostly and too individual. The idea that an omelet tastes
good has no more weight than that it tastes bad. The same
is true of every other sensation. Is a goose-down pillow
soft. Not to someone with a migraine, who groans with
pain when his head touches it. Does a jet move fast. Not if
you view it from the moon. In short, there is no end to the
way a sense impression can be interpreted, and no end to
the ways that the body can respond to it. —
The rishis said that life is built up by your participation in
it. Nothing is good or bad, hard or soft, painful or pleasant,
except as you live it. The same is true of disease. A disease
is not the molecular contact of some outside organism with
the molecules of your body. (As we saw, even if you put a
drop of concentrated cold virus into a person’s nose, his
chances of getting a cold are no more than one in eight. ) It
is not even the ﬂow of toxins in your blood or the action ofrunaway cells. In the rishis’ view, a disease is a sequence of
moments that you live through, during which you appraise
every iota of the vast input that comes pouring in from all
quarters of your world, including your body. Your body is a world, too. When I ﬁrst came to Ayurveda,
I was deeply impressed  by the following verse in the
ancient texts:
As is the human body, so is the cosmic body. As is the human mind, so is the cosmic mind. As is the microcosm, so is the macrocosm. —
These words are subject to many interpretations. What
they signify to me is that when I go about my everyday
existence, I am in charge of two worlds, the little one in me
and the big one around me. My appraisal of every minute
detail “out there”—the sun, the sky, the chances of rain, the
words other people say, the shadows cast by oﬀice
buildings—is matched by an event “in here. ” Inﬁnite choice
is open at every second for me to alter the shape of the
world, for it has no shape other than what I give it. The
eminent neurologist Sir John Eccles stated this quite
clearly when he wrote, “I want you to realize that there is
no color in the natural world and no sounds—nothing of
this kind; no textures, no patterns, no beauty, no scent…”
In short, nothing is so important about the univers e as your
participation in it. The rishis’ subjective approach found an enormously
useful outlet in Ayurveda. Ayurveda is commonly classiﬁed
as a system of medicine


ERGIZING BREA TH
Y ou can  invigor ate your body an d mind with the breathing technique known
as bhastrika or “bellows breath. ” This exercise cleanses your lungs while
increasing the oxygen flow to your cells and tissues. Sit c omfortably with your spine upright and close your eyes. Exhale all
the air from you r lungs. Then begin deep in-and-out breathing through your
nose silently using the mantra s “So” on the inflow and “Hum” on the
outflow. For the first twenty  breaths take two-second slow forceful
inhalations and two-second slow  forceful exhalations. It is ea siest to keep
track of the number of breaths by counting on your fingers. The next twenty breaths are performed faster with approximately one-
second inhalations and one-second exhalations. These are also performed
through the nose while thinking “So” on the in-breath and “Hum” on the
out-breath. Finally, perform twenty rapid bhastrika breaths, with approximately half-
second inhalations and half-second exhalations. After the twenty rapid
breaths, perform one more slow deep breath and then sim ply feel the
sensations in your body. Y ou will notice that your mind is clear and quiet
while your body is ener gized. Do not hyperve ntilate to the point where you are feeling light-headed or
dizzy. The breath movement is almost entirely abdominal, using your
diaphragm to move air. Y our head and shoulders should be relaxed and
mostly still. Use bhastrika when you are feeling a little sluggish and need a
quick re plenishment of ener gy. It is also beneficial prior to your afternoon
meditation to clear away drowsiness before you start your practice. SOOTHING BREA TH
The soothing breath technique known as Ujayi can be used to settle your
mind and body when you are feeling frustrated or irritated. Whe n performed
correctly it creates a cooling ef fect at the back of the throat and has a
stabilizing influence on the cardiorespiratory system. T o p erform Ujayi breath, take a slightly deeper than normal inha lation. On
the exha lation, s lightly constric t your throat muscles so it sounds as if you
are snor ing. Y our out-breath is through your nose with your mouth closed. Another way to get the hang of this practice is to first exhale, “Haaah,” with
your mo uth open. Now make a similar motion with your mouth  closed. This
will resu lt in the desired breathy, snoring sound. Once you have mastered it
on th e outflow, p erform the same procedure on inflow. The result is that you
sound a little like Darth V ader from Star W ars. When you find yourself becoming aggravated or upset, shift into Ujayi
breath and you will notice a prompt soothing influence. Y ou can also use this
when performin g yoga postures and while exercising at a mo derate level. Practicing this soothing breath technique will reduce wear and tear on your
physiology and slow aging. RELAXING BREA TH
Y ou can  calm your mind with  the breathing technique known as Nadi
Shodhana. In English this m eans, “clearing the channels. ” Nadi Shodhana is
very ben eficial when you are ha ving a lot of anxious thoughts, and when you
are trying to quiet your mind. It requires the use of your right hand to
alternately close your right, then left nostril. Hold your hand so your thumb,
index finger, and remaining fingers are separated. Y ou use your thumb to
close your right nostril and your third and fourth finger to close your left. T ake a slow moderately deep breath, and then close of f your r ight nasal
passage with your thumb. Exhale slowly through your left nostril, then
inhale sl owly th rough your left nostril, then close of f your left nostril with
your thi rd and fourth fingers. Exhale through your right nostril, inhale
through your right nostril, and then again close your right nasal passage,
exhaling through  your left. Cont inue with this pattern for five to ten minutes,
alternating the nostril after each  inhalation. After just a few cycles you will
experience your mind calming and your body relaxing. Nadi Shodhana
Use these practices throughout the day to balance your mind and body. Pranayama can ener gize you wit hout the need for caf feine, relax you without
the need for tranquilizers, and soothe you without the need for alcohol. These natural techniques help to balance and nourish the fiel d of ener gy,
transformation, and intelligence commonly known as your body/mind. Mind/Body Movement
T echniques such as yoga, tai chi, and qigong can be thought of as practice
sessions for establishing yourse lf in a state of body/mind/ spirit unity while
engaging in action. Each of these ancient practices enlivens the integration
between body and mind. REVERSAL-OF-AGING YOGA
It is a rare town in the W estern world in which you cannot find a yoga class. This wo uld not have been the c ase twenty-five years ago, when the average
W esterner ’ s vision of a yoga pra ctitioner was an emaciated, loinclothed man
on a  bed  of nails. T oday, yoga has gone mainstream with classes  available in
shopping malls, YMCAs, and corporate fitness clubs. Y oga can help enliven
many aspects of mind/body fitne ss, serving to enhance relaxation, flexibility,
muscle tone, and strength. The roots of yoga go back at least five thousand years, a testament to its
enduring value, independent of time or culture. Modern science has recently
begun to  pay attention to the m easurable benefits of yoga in a variety of
health d omains including arthritis, asthma, heart disease, and diabetes. Most
people do yoga because it help s them become centered and relaxed while
enhancing the comfort they experience in their bodies. There ar e hundr eds of dif ferent yoga systems available in the world today. Some are designed to build stren gth; others are intended more for flexibility
and rela xation. Regardless of the system you are attracted to, be certain to
perform your postures with full awareness in your body, heedin g the signals
of comf ort and discomfort that are generated. Practice your poses regularly
and consciously and you will se e steady improvement in your fl exibility and
mind/body integration. The Sun Salutations
A s et of twelv e yoga positions known as the Sun Salutations are a
wonderful, balanced series of movements that can enhance flexibility,
strength, and even aerobic capacity, depending upon how they are
performed. W e recommend moving through a few rounds of the Sun
Salutations at least once a day, either early in the morning or in the lateafternoon, when the sun is rising  or setting. They provide a full stretch to all
the key areas of the body and awaken our intrinsic vitality. 1. Salutation pose
Stand with your feet firmly on the ground, eyes facing forward, with the
palms of your hands held together in front of your chest. Breathe slowly
and evenly with your attention in your body. 2. Sky-r eaching pose
T ightening the muscles in your buttocks, reach upward with both arms,
looking toward the sky, while at the same time elongating your spine. Inhale as your perform this posture. 3. Hands/feet pose
Slowly flex your body forward from your hips, relaxing your spine as
you bring your hands down alongside your feet. Relax your neckmuscles and bend your knees if necessary to place your hand on the
floor. Exhale during this pose. 4. Equestrian pose
Stretch your left leg backward, bending your right knee until you are
resting on the left knee and toes of your left foot. At the same time,
open your chest as you look forward. Inhale as you stretch back and up. 5. Mountain pose
Bring your left leg back even with your right and raise your buttocks,
with straight legs and arms. Stretch your heels toward the floor,
lengthening the back of your legs as your body forms a tent. Exhale
during this pose. 6. Eight limbs pose
Gently lower yourself so your forehead, chest, and knees are touching
the floor while you maintain the bulk of your weight on your toes and
fingers. Breathe easily in and out during this posture. 7. Cobra pose
Allow your weight to rest on your pelvis while you lift your chest of f
the ground, gently arching your back. At first, lift only with the muscles
of the back. After you are comfortable, gently push up with your hands,
but do not overar ch. Inhale during this pose. The final five poses repeat postures 1 through 5 in reverse order. 8. Mountain pose
Return to this pose by again raising your buttocks in the air while you
exhale. 9. Equestrian pose
Bring your left leg forward, bending your left knee, leaving your right
leg extended behind you, inhaling while you open your chest. 10. Hands


aths, homeopaths, acupuncturists, chiropractors, energy healers,
massage therapists and others. Conventional medicine is a powerful moneymaking bureaucracy that is incredibly
resistant to change, but there is also a growing movement in this country to pass
medical freedom laws that would bring more competition and creativity into the
medical marketplace. (Physicians would then be free to pursue treatments that are
not only safe, but more effective, such as treating heart disease with diet and
supplements rather than surgery; treating cancer with nutrition, detoxification and
herbs; and treating stroke with hyperbaric oxygen.) About half of all patients in
America now seek at least some form of alternative treatment; people are putting the
power of health into their own hands. This statement shouldn’t suggest thatalternative treatments are always safe and effective—indeed, many are not—but the
growing discontent with our conventional health-care system is a reality that we can
no longer ignore. Optimizing your position on the
medical pathway
requires being
aware of the hazards of modern medicine as well as its miracles. You, not your
doctor, are responsible for your health.11
A S
HIFT IN
P
ERSPECTIVE
“This pattern of high resistance and freedom from
degenerative disease is seen wherever people live beyond the
reach of modern civilization and are not suffering from famine.”
Charles McGee, M.D. How to Survive Modern Technology
P
erspective is everything. By reshaping our understanding of disease, we are
empowered to create health. Are you ready to take charge of your health and
experience a state of well-being that even your doctors may doubt is possible? As you have read this book, you have discovered ways in which you must change
your life in order to get better and in order to stay well. Perhaps you are fighting a
disease with little success, and now you see hope. Or perhaps you have considered
yourself “healthy,” only to recognize that your body already is showing early
warning signs of disease. Do you have a general feeling that your body is struggling to keep up? Are you
confused or frustrated by your medical doctors or their recommended treatments? Are you distressed by the number of prescription drugs or over-the-counter
medicines you take in order to keep going, even if you have no sense you are getting
better? Are you suffering a variety of symptoms that no doctor has been able to help
you with? Are you making unhealthful choices in the foods that you eat, in the
products that you use on yourself or in your home, and in other aspects of your life? Before I got so sick and almost died in 1985, I lived a different life from the life I
live today. I thought I was healthy and that I was living a healthful lifestyle; in
reality I was encouraging sickness. I suffered from a number of diseases— allergies,
colds, flu, tooth decay, joint pain, abdominal pain and fatigue. I went to physicians
and dentists. I took antibiotics for infections, NSAIDs for pain and antihistamines
for my allergies. I occasionally took vitamins, but I did so whimsically, without
commitment and consistency, and certainly without a scientific understanding of
which vitamins I should be taking and why. I ate most of my meals in upscale
restaurants and spared no expense. My food choices, however, were based mostly on
taste and enjoyment. I neither knew much nor thought much about nutrition. When I did develop digestive problems and allergies, I was unaware that my food
was causing the problems or that it would be possible to avoid them if I paid closer
attention to what I ate. I am now aware of my allergy to dairy, but back then I ate ice
cream, milk and other dairy products almost daily. I developed itchy eyes, mucus
and sneezing fits after I ate them, but still I did not recognize the connection. I had
grown accustomed to these “minor nuisances” and never imagined life could be so
much better without them. I used to eat far too much meat and dairy—at one or two meals every day—unaware that most of the pesticides we are exposed to have bioaccumulated in the
animal products we consume. Although I don’t recommend a meat-free diet, I
recommend eating meat only a few times a week and only that which has been
organically produced. The animal products I consumed back then contributed to my
toxic load, as did the volumes of sugar, white flour and processed oils that were a
regular part of my diet. In addition, both as a graduate research assistant at MIT and
in my first job as a chemist, I was exposed to extraordinary amounts of toxic
chemicals. Chemicals that are used today only in small amounts and with protective
equipment we used to slosh around in the lab as if they were water. Back then, we
were unaware of the full extent of their toxicity, and the manufacturers were in no
rush to study the toxicities. My discoveries about health and disease saved my life and changed my life—
forever. I learned to recognize which foods harmed my health. I learned to listen to my
body’s own warning signs. I learned how to avoid getting sick and how to accelerate
recovery. I learned how to get well and stay well. Since my recovery in 1987, I have rarely been sick. At age sixty-five, I have more
energy, vitality and health than I did twenty years ago. I have taken no medications
—neither a prescription drug nor an over-the-counter product—in the past seventeen
years. Neither have I required the services of a physician in that time. I am no longer
debilitated by my allergies. If I do get sick, I know what I can do to improve my
situation. On the rare occasion that I do come down with a cold, I take plenty of
high-quality vitamin C, and the cold vanishes in a matter of
hours
rather than after
days or weeks of misery. The lightning bolt that sparked these massive changes in my life and which guides
my life today was a radical change in my perspective. I now see health as a choice,
entirely within my control. I optimize my choices along all six pathways and I avoid
disease. I shun “modern medicine,” prescription drugs and other traditional
treatments because I recognize that they treat the symptoms and not the causes of
disease. Further -more, modern medical treatments do harm. Because I am able to keep my health in balance, I do not need drugs, medical
treatments or doctors. I eat a wide variety of fresh organic foods, either from
farmers’ markets or health food stores. My favorites include apples, raw nuts and
fresh vegetables used to make salads. I eat animal protein a few times per week,
usually deep-water ocean fish (not farmed), organically produced poultry (without
antibiotics and hormones) and organic eggs. I drink bottled water delivered in glass
bottles. I supplement my diet with essential fatty acids and I avoid hydrogenated
oils. On rare occasions I do have desserts, but even then I avoid common allergens
like dairy. I definitely do not succumb to the daily after-dinner “sweet tooth.”
Refined sugar has been almost completely cut out of my life because it is so verydangerous. I avoid all corn and corn products because corn is now genetically
contaminated as well as often being moldy. I minimize white potatoes and have
completely eliminated french fries because they are one of the most toxic foods we
eat. I take a variety of high-quality supplements, including amino acids (prior to
meals), multivitamins, extra calcium/magnesium, vitamin E, quercitin and
coenzyme Q10. I also take digestive enzymes with my meals. In my home I have natural-fiber carpets, I have a filter on my shower to remove
the chlorine, and I replaced my gas-fired water heater with an electric unit. On my
body I use only toothpaste, shampoo and soap that do not have synthetic foaming
agents, stabilizers, preservatives, colors or fragrances. For exercise I do daily
rebounding, walking or hiking. During weekly visits to the gym, I do gentle
weightlifting, treadmill, bicycling, and absolutely a sauna afterward to detoxify. I
keep my spirits up by having purpose in my life, being excited about what I am
doing and having people in my life that I care about. I teach as many as I can how to
be healthy. All of the factors bring a sense of purpose and encouragement. I live in
the present and in the future, and I do not dwell on the past. If I had only one day left
to live, I would want to be excited about living that day. Getting Sick Is Harder Than Staying Well
You may wonder if you have the ability, the energy and the resolve to make these
kinds of life changes yourself. You do. But change is difficult, especially in the
beginning. As I was reforming my life, I had to make a lot of adjustments. What I
know for certain is that health problems are much harder to live with than these
solutions. When I recognize that something I eat, something I do or something I
expose myself to will make me sick, I simply do not want it anymore. It truly
becomes that easy. You need to become a leader, however, as those around you may
add pressure or distraction. If the people you live with or work with are eating
unhealthful diets, you must be the one to set a different example. People often ask me if


. Exercise is
necessary to raise the meta bolism, increase oxygenation,
improve the function of the heart and circulatory system,
and expel toxins. For mar tial art and dance pupils,  exercise and body conditioning are
particularly important. In the past, pupils were taught (often
individually) by gurus in what is known as the guru  -shishya
tradition; their education didn’ t just include the one particular
activity, but involved a thorough grounding in the classical texts, as
well as such disciplines as yoga and  pranayama. Nowadays, this
tradition continues, but there are both residential and non-residential
dance, drama and martial arts’ schools as well. Kalari payattu gurrukal  (master or teacher) T omy Joseph
stresses the importance of cond itioning the body to stay in shape. “Gurrukal  need to master b oth preventative  and curative techniques
too,” he notes. He says that  chavitti thirumal, a very  particular
massage technique done with bare feet with the masseuse hanging
from ropes tied to the ceiling, are mandatory for a  gurrukal. T eachers routinely massage the ir pupils in this way to prepare the
body for  the stresses of the mar tial art, to maintain suppleness and
to treat pain and swelling caused by combat. The trea tment is also given to those with neuro-muscular and
skeletal disorde rs as well as to help clients reach beyond theirpsychophysical limitations. Based on a precise knowledge of the
body’ s ener getic channels  (nadis)  and vital spots  (marmas), the
therapist suspends his weight from ropes overhead and applies
pressure with long strokes of the soles of his feet, after the client’ s
body ha s been prepared with specially medicated oil. There is
usually some manipulation of the joints and limbs also. What distinguishes  chavitti thirumal  from other massage
treatments is the application. The foot of the masseur is able to give
a deeper, more thorough pressure and is able to cover the whole
length o f the body from the tips of the fingers to the tips of the toes,
with long continuous graceful strokes. Therapists need to under go
many years of t raining: learning the  chavitti  art requires a certain
type of calling and certainly a deep dedication to the wellbeing of
clients and their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual upkeep. After placing a foot in some medicated oil, the  chavitti  therapist balances his or
her weight via ropes hanging from the ceiling, and presses deep into  marma
points along the client’ s back and legs. hot stone abhyangam
This de eply penetrating, all-over body blast is an example of
how A yurveda may be integrated with other hea ling
traditions from elsewhere in the world. Developed by
therapists at the world-famous Soukya International Holi stic
Health Center  near Bangalore, it employs the hea ling
medicated her bal oils and m assage movements of A yurveda
with the warmth and nurturing qualities of hot stones
developed by both Native American Indians and T ibet ans
(separately of course. ). It is  one and a half hours of p ure
bliss. Small stones placed  between the toes are delightfully indulgent, while larger ones
are used for the massage itself. Feelings of warmth and security emanate from
them; all the while the medicated oil does its detoxifying work. There is both a therapeutic elem ent and a feel-good factor to this
treatment, so you can relax coco oned in the warmth emanating f rom
the hot stones knowing that what is taking place is good for you. The long, firm strokes of the masseuse encourage the eliminatio n of
toxins from the deeper tissues and also stimulate peripheral
circulation of both blood and lymph. This, along with the heat from
the stones, enables the medicated oils to be absorbed to do their
work. Naturally, as with all A yurvedic treatments, oils are chosen
according to the client’ s constitution and/or ailment. One the rapist is in char ge of heating and re-heating the stones,
while th e other alternates between oil massage, stone massage with
oil, and placing stones at key points on the body. As the treatment
progresses, a rhythm is established. One part of the body is being
massaged, while a strategically placed stone sends heat deep into
another part of the body; as the stone cools, it is replaced or ta ken
away an d another stone is plac ed elsewhere. After the back, legs
and arms have b een seen to, the client turns over, and is then invited
to li e do wn on eight stones that run up either side of the spine. The
heat is then twofold: coming up through the back, and down from
stones on the front. Stones are often basalt, a black volcanic rock with a high iron content,  that
absorbs and retains  heat well. Such stones are believed to improve energy flows
in the body. W ith soothing music, firm massage strokes and the wonderfully
nurturing warmt h from the smooth stones, this is an experienc e to
savor. T he mind wanders and re turns, the body sighs in acceptance,the spirit is soot hed. Unfortunat ely, it seems all too soon when the
treatment comes  to an end. Nonetheless, the benefits linger an d if
this therapy is prescribed as a daily treat during a long-term stay, the
ef fects are magnified considerably. marma massage  Pressure Point
Massage
Indian pressu re points are known as  marmas  and are
similar to Chinese acupressure points. T ranslating from  the
Sanskrit as “secret” or “hidden”, they are found at junctures
of the body where two or  more tissues, muscles, veins,
ligaments, bones or joints meet. In T raditional Chinese Medicine (TCM ), there are thousands of such
points, but only 107 exist in th e A yurvedic system. Consistin g of
major po ints tha t correspond to t he seven  chakras  and minor points
that rad iate out along the torso  and limbs, they are measured by
finger units  (anguli)  to detect their correct locations. There are 22
points on the low er extremities, 22 on the arms, 12 on the chest and
stomach, 14 on the back and 37 on the head and neck. The mind is
considered the 108th  marma  point. In the  Sushruta Samhita  each
point has a Sanskrit name. A yurveda states that every  marma  point is placed a t a junction
of d if ferent channels of  prana  movements in the body. Prana,
similar to  chi  in  TCM, is considered the subtle vital ener gy that
pervades every part of the bo dy, nurturing the cell systems. If
marma  points become blocked or ruptured,  prana  flow is
interrupted and or gans may be come diseased. If they are c lear,
prana  is fre e to  travel the meridians or  nidas  unchecked — and the
body is healthy. The idea of massaging the  marma  points began in Kerala at
around 1500  BC  when masters of  kalari payattu  first used themarma  points as points for injury. It w as only a matter of time
before A yurvedic physicians rea lized that these points could also be
used for  healing — and began  to experiment with massaging the
points to trigger a healing flow of ener gy. T oday,  marma  massage
is pr acticed at cl inics and spas f or a number of dif ferent reasons, be
it therapeutic, relaxing or revitalizing. Marma  massage generally combines soft, flowing movements
(abhyangam ) with pressure point therapy. For the latter, the
therapist uses one or more fingers depending on the size of  the
marma  point, an d either presses directly or in circular motions on
that particular point. It is believed that clockwise movements
stimulate and ener gize a  marma  point, while counterclockwise
motions break up blocked ener gy and toxins held within a point. The pra ctice is quite similar to Chinese acupressure or Japan ese
shiatsu, the  origins of which lie in A yurvedic practice. Benefits of
regular  marma  massage are a general balancing — emotional,
spiritual and physical — resulting in clarity, calmness and
confidence. Showing both  chakra  points and meridian s, this educational drawing (left below )
shows how  prana  or the vital force needs to flow around the body. Specific points
(left and below ) are pressed to release blocked  prana. champi  Indian Head Massage
In spite  of its name, Indian head massage involves work  not
only on the head but on the upper back, shoulders, neck,
scalp a nd face too. In much  the same way that T raditional
Chinese Medicine dictates that certain points on the feet are
directly aligned to internal or g


 man wh o
went to his grave  without ever  having  an orgasm, ye t there  were
quite  a number of  wome n having  little experienc e in sexual  orgasm. Lonnie  Barbash  addresse d herself  to “pre- orgasmic” w omen  in
her book  For Yourself. In The Hite Report Shere  Hite disclosed
how women  brought  themselves  to orgasm, based  on the  anecdot al
responses  of hund reds of w omen  to her  vast  questionn aire. Compiled b y the Federati on of Feminist W omen’s Health  Centers,
the book  entitled  A New View  of a Woman’s Body took a new look
at women’s  genitals  and redefine d the clitoris. It is a  social fact  that most women  have  never  looked  closely  at
another  woma n’s genitals. Of the  women  who picked  up a  mirror
to scrutinize  their  own (after  making sure  the door  was locked  or
that no one  else w as home), ma ny were left with the feeling  that
somehow  they were not put togethe r entirel y correctl y The sexual
isolation  of women  results  in the  com plete  absence  of a socially
acceptable  word that enco mpasses  ever ything we can see  in a
mirror, “Dow n there ” is proba bly the closest  we have  com e to saying
that there  exists a  large  area  that we recognize  as being  our sexual
organs. (Fig. 2.1)
A. Mount  of Venus
   Starting  at the front  and top is the  Mount  of Venus (also  called
the mons veneris,  or mons, for  short). (Fig. 2.2) The color,  amount,
texture  and distributio n of hair will depe nd a great  deal  upon  age
and inherited  characteristics  and can vary  from a fe w straight  hairs
to a bushy  growth extending  up the abdo men or dow n the thighs. The m ons is a cushion  of fat  protectin g the pubic  bone  unde rneath. The pubic  bone  is the  place  where the pelvic  bones  are joined. - 43 -Women’ s Sexu al Anatomy
Outer Lips
Inner LipsClitoris
Urethra l Orific e
Hymen
Anus
Fig. 2.1 Woman’s Genital s
Mount of Ven us
Hood
Perineum
Fig. 2.2 Mount of  Venus
- 44 -Chapter  II
together  by cartilag e, which during  preg nanc y softens  so that  the
bones  can separat e, if necessar y, during  childbirth. The mons
divides  and separates  into what is called  the outer  lips, or labia
majora, which are of similar skin and hairiness  to the  mons. B. Inner  Lips
    Inside  the outer  lips are the inner  lips, the  labia  minora. The skin
of the  inner  lips is very  differe nt in color  and texture  because  of
their relation  to the  mucous surfaces,  in the  sam e way that the  lips
of the  mouth are different  from the  skin of  the face. In an unarouse d
state  the inner  lips can  vary  in color  from pink  to dusk y pink  to dark
maroon  or purple. Som etimes the  inner  lips are pink and  ridged,
and sometimes they  are long  and wavy. Som e women’s  inner  lips
are larger  than the outer  lips, and  when these  women  are standing
up, the inner  lips can  be seen  protrudin g from betw een the outer
lips. During  sexual  arousal  the inner  lips, richl y supplied  with blood
vessels, beco me engo rged and swell to two or three  times their
resting  size. As orgasm appro aches  they can go throu gh a dra matic
color  change,  sometimes turning  crim son or a dark  wine color:
C. Glans of  the Clitoris
    Follo wing the sm all lips to  the top, they join togethe r to form the
hood  that protects  the glans of the  clitoris. Usually the glans  in the
unerect  state is nestled  under  the hood. (Fig. 2.3 (a)) You can see
it by pulling  back  on the hood. The glans  of the clitoris is loaded
with nerves,  and for mo st women  the glans is the mo st acutel y
sensitive  spot  in their  sexual  anatomy. Some wome n find that it is
so sensitive  that direct  stim ulation  can be irritatin g. The shaft  of the
clitoris feels  like a  strong  rubbe r band  under  the surface  betw een
the glans  and the mons. As sexual excitement mo unts,  the shaft
thickens  and shortens,  and the glans,  shaft  and supportin g
structures  beco me erect. As wi th men, there  can be  a dramatic
change  in size and  shape. (Fig. 2.3(b) ) Som e women  find that with
intense  prolon ged arousal  the s wollen inner  lips can obscur e the
glans  almost entirely. D. Urethra  and V agina
   Do wn from the  glans  is the openi ng to the urethra. Belo w this is
the opening  to the  vagina. A woman’s  ureth ra is about  one and a
- 45 -Women’ s Sexu al Anatomy
(a) In a Relaxed State
Pubic Bone
Shaft
Hood
Glans
Urethral
OpeningVulva Vaginal
   Gland
       Outer Lip Clitoral
                 Openi ng to
Inner Lip
                 the Vagina
Erect Shaft
Pubic Bone
Hood(b) During  Sexual Excitement
Vulva Vaginal
   Gland
Glans
Outer Lip
Inner Lip
Urethral Open ing
Fig. 2.3 Cross- Section  of the Clitoris
- 46 -Clitoral Open ing
 to the Vag inaChapter  II
half inches long from the  outside  to where it opens  into the bladder:
This short  distance  from  the outside  to the  inside  helps  explain
wome n’s prope nsity toward bladd er infections  (cystitis). E. G-Spot
    Surroun ding the urethra  is a plexus  of blood  vessels. Since these
blood  vessels  had no name in med ical books,  a grou p of women
named the area  the urethral  sponge. (See A New View  of a Woman’s
Body.) During  sexual excitement the  blood  vessels  engorg e and a
bulge  can be felt throug h the vaginal  wall. This bulge  has been
named the “G- Spot,”  after  Grafen berg, one of the  first sexologists. It can  be explored  by feeling  aroun d the front  and uppe r part of the
inside  of the  vagina. (It has also been  said that the  G-Spot is located
one-half inch deeper  than  a woman’s  longest  finger)
    The G- Spot can  be difficult to reach  durin g intercou rse in a face-
to-face position,  except  with those  men whose penises,  when erect,
press  up against  their  bellies. A change  in position  may  be
necessary  if a w oman  wants her G-Spot stim ulated  more directl y.
Rear  entry  is one  way. Finge rs are often  effective  and direct. A
woma n stim ulating  herself  might choose  to squat  or lie down with
her legs up in  the air  in orde r to reach  it better. Her partner  might
find it easier  to reach  if she  is lyin g on her stom ach. During  coitus,
if the  woman  is on  top she can  position  herself  pretty  precisel y for
such stimulation. (Fig. 2.4(a)  and (b))
    Som e women,  while holding  their  partners  tightly, enjoy the
sensation  of an  erect  penis  pushing  on their  lower abdomen,
immediatel y above  the pubic  bone,  stimulating  the G-Spot from
the other  side. When the  G-Spot  is m assaged,  often  a woman’s  first im pression
is that  she has  to


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your stored patterns from the past. You are deciding you need to do things
outside in order to appease these patterns that are inside. This does not get
rid of the stored patterns—it actually reinforces your commitment to them. Over time, they will continue to bother you. Let’s say you feel lonely becau se you don’t have someone special in
your life. This sounds perfectly normal, but the truth is having someone
special in your life is your attempt to solve your loneliness. It does not
address the cause of it. It’s just like if you eat poorly and have a
stomachache; you may start looking for the Pepto Bismol. If someone then
asks you why you have a stomachache, please don’t say it’s because you
can’t find the Pepto Bismol. Finding the Pepto Bismol is an attempt to
compensate for your stomachache—it is not related to the cause of it. The
Pepto Bismol may make you feel better temporarily, but unless  you changeyour eating habits, the stomacha che will return. You will find this is true for
many things you do to compensate for your discomforts. Eventually, we wake up and realize that compensating for what’ s
wrong is not good enough—we must solve the root cause of why we are not
okay. There is a state within you that is always filled with love and a sense
of happiness. Yogananda called  it ever-new joy. It’s not a joy you get tired
of; it’s a constan tly upward-flowing, new experience of beauty. This is the
solution to every problem you’re having inside—make it beautiful in there. Instead of thinking that the new job will do it, the new relationship will do
it, or more money and popularity will do it, do the necessary inner work to
make it beautifu l inside. Notice that your problems all start with, “I’m not
okay in here.” If you were  okay, you wouldn’ t be worrying and
complaining. You’d be in there enjoying the beauty of the experience you’re
having. Enjoying your inner state doesn’ t mean nothing will happen outside. Nobody is saying you don’t interact with the world. You just don’t interact
with the world in an attempt to solve your inner problems. The outside
cannot solve your inner blockages. All the outside world can do is
temporarily allow the energy to go around a blockage or not hit it as much. This creates some relief, but it’ s not going to get rid of the blockage. Working on releasing inner blockages, instead of struggling with life to
get what  you want, can seem like something is being taken away from you. But if what is being taken away from you is causing suffering, this should
not be a proble m. If you’re eating something that makes you sick, and
someone wants to give you food that makes you healthy, you must first stop
eating what makes you sick. This is not an act of renunciation; it’s simple
wisdom. Taking on this inner work does not mean you don’t get married,
have a job, or fully put your heart into whatever you’re doing. You can do
all of that, but not for the purpos e of solving your inner problems. If you are
letting the avoidance of your inner problems define what you’r e doing, all
you’r e doing is expressing your inner problems outside. Say a psychologist
held up a Rorschach inkblot and you got upset about what you saw in it. Is
the solution to tell them to stop holding up that piece of paper? That would
be ridiculous. You would not solve anything. Yet trying to solve inner
problems by rearranging the outside is exactly what everybody is doing.Chapter 27. The Paradigm Shift
Everyone wants to improve  their experience of life. People are always
looking for more joy, love, inspiration, and meaning—the question is how to
achieve this. Let’s do an expe riment. Imagine an all-powerful force has
asked you to write down some things that need to happen for you to totally
enjoy your life. If you’re like most people, you will write down things like a
new house, a special relationship, a higher paying job, and perhaps a
yearlong vacation to your favorite spots around the world. When you’re
done, you will be so excited to turn in that list and get your wishes granted. Unfortunately, you’ll have to wait a moment because we’re going to go
deeper with this experiment. If you examine your list more closely, you will see that it’s not what
you really want. Let’s say you wrote down that you want to get married to
the person you love, and you want a wedding in Maui with birds-of-paradise
surrounding the ceremony. After the wedding, you want to live in a
beautiful, mortgage-free house overlooking the ocean with two fancy cars in
the driveway. It’s the dream you’ve had since childhood. The problem is
that’s not what you really want. Your mind has played a trick on you. Say
you have the wedding, the house, and the cars, just like you wanted them,
but your new spouse turns out to be a real jerk. You are treated terribly, and
it’s obvious right from the start that this is going to be the worst marriage in
human history. On top of that, you’re Catholic, so you can’t get divorced. Do you still want that wedding? Unlikely. So, it wasn’ t really the marriage
you wanted. You wanted the beautiful experience that you thought the
marriage was going to give you. So why didn’ t you ask for that? The same thing holds true for the new job, the million dollars in the
bank, and the respect of other people. Fine, you can have it all. But what if it
creates so much stress and worry that you’re miserable? You’d wish youcould have your old job back. You didn’ t really want the job, the money, or
the acceptance—you wanted what you thought they would give you. You
wanted happiness, joy, and a sense of total well-being. How about a constant
inner state of love, beauty, and inspiration at the highest level you’ve ever
experienced? Why didn’ t you ask for that? What you did was allow your strongest past experiences to define what
you think will make you feel happy. It doesn’ t work that way. There are
plenty of people who have what you wrote down on your list, and they’re
not always happy. There’ s nothing you ever experienced that left you totally
fulfilled for any length of time. You have always needed more. Your entire
life you’ve been saying, “If I get this thing I want, I’ll be okay, and if I don’t
have to get what I don’t want, I’ll be fine.” For your whole life, there’ s been
a list. When will you realize that doesn’ t work? If you’ve been doing
something every minute of your entire life, and you’re still doing it,
obviously it doesn’ t work. Why not go directly to the root and say, “What I
want is to feel love and joy. What I want is every moment of every day to
feel complete well-being as high as I’ve ever felt before, and to be inspired
by everything I do.” Now there’ s a list. Let’ s turn that one in. The interesting result of our experiment is that it has led us away from
worldliness and into the essence of spirituality. Not that worldliness is a
negative term— it just means you think the answer is in the world. You think
the answer lies in what’ s unfolding in front of you. It isn’t wrong to go to
the world for what you think you want—it simply doesn’ t work. You’re
trying to find something outside that matches your “samskara of the day.”
Once you get what you want, or avoid what you don’t want, that will no
longer be your major desire or greatest fear. Once that one’s out of the way,
there will always be the next issue coming to the surface. Eventually, you wake up. You realize that you want to feel love. Not
that you want to love someone or have someone love you—you just want to
feel love all the time. If your love is not dependent on anything or anyone, it
can last forever. We call that unconditional love. The great yoga master,
Meher Baba, taught that love must spring spontaneously from within. It
cannot be coerced, and it cannot be dependent upon anything. That’ s what
pure love is. Otherwise, you have a temporary situation that just happens to
match your stored patterns. Unfortunately, this will not last. You’ve got lots
of samskaras in there. In addition, if you’re in a relationship, the other
person has lots of patterns of their own, quite different from yours. This iswhy relationshi ps are so complicated. Not only are each person’ s past
samskaras different, but both people have different experiences every day to
add to the collection. If somebody yelled at your partner at work, they’re
different when they come home than if somebody was nice to them. You, of
course, had your daily experiences. If your feeling of love is dependent
upon your partner behaving a certain way when they come home, you’re in
trouble and so are they. You have enough difficulty dealing with your own
samskaras; now


 left- or right-brain
dominant. People who are right-brain dominant tend to becreative. I suspect that if you take right-brain dominance andadd adrenaline, you wind up with a creative genius. AlbertEinstein, for instance, is well-known as having a classic case ofADHD (he failed a number of subjects in school). It may havebeen high levels of adrenaline that made the brains of Einsteinand other creative geniuses such as Da Vinci and Beethovenfunction so brilliantly. I also wonder whether people withautism or with T ourette’s syndrome could also have anoverload of adrenaline in the brain. In autism, the excessadrenaline might be manifesting as sensory overload, and sothe person shrinks back from the world to decrease the amountof stimulus. 137 ADD AND ADH D—THE SILENT EPIDEMIC  It should also not be surprising that many conditions
associated with adult ADHD are considered incurable by themedical community, since, in my view, the cause is hormonesout of balance—an unfamiliar concept for many physicians. These conditions include: restless leg syndrome, fibromyalgia,type II diabetes, endometriosis, menstrual migraines, andasthma, to mention a few. Yet utilizing natural bio-identicalhormones, altering the patient’s eating habits, and helpingthem gain insight into their condition often lead to a “mirac-ulous” resolution of these very problems. A WIDESPREAD PHENOMENON
My point is that the medical system has failed to appreciate the
influence of hormones on our behavior and how they affect usclinically. I suspect there are well over 200 million adultsnationwide with unrecognized ADHD. Obviously, this israther a bold statement. But consider the people you interactwith on a daily basis—those who are quick to anger, thepeople with nervous energy, those who are restless at night,who tap their hands or legs, who have cold hands when youshake hands with them (due to vasoconstriction of bloodvessels caused by high adrenaline levels), who drink too muchor use drugs. Look at the millions of women with estrogen-dominant conditions—menstrual cramps, migraines, fibroids,endometriosis—all related to low progesterone levels. Howmany of these women are hypoglycemic from increased insulinand put out adrenaline to bring their sugar levels up so thebrain can function. Since hormone patterns are genetically inherited, people
with ADHD will have at least one parent with ADHD—possibly a workaholic mother or father, who may have had a138 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  tendency toward anger and perhaps drank too much. If they
have children, each child has a 50 percent chance of havingADHD. If their spouse also has ADHD (a fairly commonoccurrence, by the way) then their children are 100 percentlikely to have ADHD. And then there are the grandchildren. 139 ADD AND ADH D—THE SILENT EPIDEMIC  HORMONAL IMBALANCES
IN CHILDREN
chapter SIXTEEN
I want to begin this chapter by noting that the relationship
between childhood illness and hormonal influence has to dateessentially been ignored. What I have to say here is based onlogic and my own clinical observations; there are no studies tofall back on. Before we start, I want to remind the reader of a few well-
established medical facts:
• Hormones control every system of the body. • Males and females have the same hormones but
their levels differ. • Hormones are inherited from either parent. • At different stages in life, hormone levels vary. It is also worth mentioning that, as in adults, an imbalance
of one hormone in children often leads to an imbalance ofother hormones as the body tries to adjust to the deficiency. Girls who have started their periods may experience irregular
menses, severe cramps, migraines, or other symptoms. Inaddition, most people are aware that we have a nationwideproblem with over-weight and obese children. We are also
141beginning to see a significant increase in attention deficit
disorder (ADD) among children. This chapter discusses allthree of these problems. I’ll begin with ADD. THE MISSING LINK
It is apparent to me that the over-production of a single
hormone, insulin, is associated with many metabolic problems. Insulin is the number one hormone that creates fat, especiallyaround the middle of the body. It is the number one hormonethat causes type II diabetes, and, in my opinion, it is thehormone that precipitates ADD and ADHD. (See chapter 15for the hormonal difference between the two. ) If too much insulin is creating problems, then let’s go one
step further: Why is the body producing excess insulin. Although the over-production of insulin in children can bedue to many factors, its causes can probably be reduced to two:The first, and not necessarily the most important, is the typeof food children are exposed to. T oo many carbohydrates, inthe form of fruit juice, soda, cereal, chips, fries, candy, cookies,and similar foods, leads to high sugar levels and subsequentlyto over-production of insulin, which then puts the sugar intothe fat cells. The other factor, which may be the root cause for all the
problems discussed in this chapter, is a deficiency of proges-terone. I consider this the missing link. Low progesterone is almost always associated with the
over-production of insulin. If a parent is low in progesterone,they can pass this trait on to their child. A mother low inprogesterone will have a medical history that shows estrogendominance—with symptoms that include cramps, PMS,breast tenderness, nausea with pregnancy, fibroids, fibrocystic142 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  disease, and migraine headaches. The father may have a history
of hypoglycemia, increased fat around the middle, type IIdiabetes, or symptoms of ADHD. My own mother was estrogen dominant and wound up
dying of breast cancer because of it. She had thin arms and legsand a large abdomen—classic for hyperinsulinemia secondaryto low progesterone. I inherited a progesterone deficiency fromher. I had ADD as a child—I used to get up and walk out ofclass and could not focus. They didn’t diagnose ADD backthen; they thought I was bored. I wasn’t bored—I just couldn’tpay attention. I was continuously hypoglycemic—I cravedsweets. I rarely studied in high school or college, except thenight before exams. I could only focus on things that interestedme, like early rock and roll in high school, and bridge andpoker in college. (I studied 4 hours every night once I got tomedical school—but I was interested in medicine. ) I have fought with my weight all my life because my body
over-produces insulin. When I first went into practice, I usedto nod off between 3 and 4
p. m. —sometimes while talking to
patients. Oftentimes when I was driving I had to slap my faceto keep my eyes open. All these symptoms disappeared after Istarted using natural progesterone. THE OVER-WEIGHT CHILD
When people are young, it is often possible to get fat to almost
melt off their bodies. They have not yet reached the stage wheretheir bodies become sophisticated, efficient machines forfat-production and maintenance of fat. Another chapter of this book (chapter 20) deals with
weight control; the approach for children is similar to thatfor adults, but it is easier. Very often just teaching the child143 HORMONAL IMBAL ANCES IN CHILDREN (and/or the parents) how to eat properly is all that’s required. Instructing them on the importance of exercise—primarily toburn sugar rather than fat—is mandatory. Adjusting hormonessuch as progesterone and thyroid may be necessary. Eliminatingunnecessary medications, when possible, is helpful. What would be of immeasurable benefit is if parents
would unite in a campaign to eliminate the candy-juice-sodamachines in the schools, and work with the school dietitiansand the fast-food purveyors outside the school to offer lower-carb choices for their children. PUTTING PERIODS IN PERSPECTIVE
When girls enter puberty, if the ovaries are not producing an
adequate amount of progesterone, the pituitary sends outhormones to step up the production. In many cases, theovaries, for genetic reasons, are not capable of increasingprogesterone, but the extra stimulation increases the amountof estrogen. This extra estrogen can lead to cysts on the ovaries. Ovarian cysts can produce an excess of testosterone, causingproblems with acne and excessive hair growth. This is knownas polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)—again, most likelycaused by a deficiency of progesterone. Keep in mind, the lowprogesterone associated with all of the above changes alsocauses the production of excess insulin, creating weight aroundthe middle. At the same time, the excess estrogen is putting onfat around the hips, thighs, and buttocks. Very often teenage girls with menstrual problems are put
on birth control pills to help with cramps or acne. However,this is treating the symptoms instead of dealing with thecause of the problem. 144 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  The cause, in my opinion, is a reduced level of proges-
terone. The only time a female produces progesterone isduring ovulation. Birth control pills prevent the ovaries fromovulating—so


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paradigm has been preparing us for. OceanofPDF.comTHE METABOLISM OF TIME
One of Einstein’ s brilliant contri butions to modern physics was his intuition
that linear time, along with everything happening in it, is superficial. Time
seems to flow and move; clocks tick off their seconds, minutes, and hours;
aeons of history unfold and disappear. But ultimately, Einstein held, this
vast activity is all relative, meaning that it has no absolute value. John
Wheeler, an eminent physicist,  wrote, “The very idea of space-time is a
wrong idea, and with that idea failing, the idea of ‘before’ and ‘after ’ also
fails. That can be said so simply, and yet it is so hard for the lesson to grab
hold in the world.”
One proof that it hasn’ t yet grabbed hold is that people continu e to age,
following a straight-line process as faithfully as if it really existed. Yet if
Einstein was right, aging is an illusion. It depends on “before” and “after,”
two concepts that have been bankrupt for almost a century. The mystic Sufi
poet Rumi understood this truth centuries ago when he wrote, “You are the
unconditioned spirit trapped in conditions, the sun in eclipse.” Time and
space are condit ions, and when we see ourselves bound in them, we have
lost touch with reality and bought into a fiction. Einstein displaced linear time with something much more fluid—time
that can contract and expand, slow down or speed up. He often compared
this to subjectiv e time, for he noted that spending a minute sitting on a hot
stove seems like an hour, while spending an hour with a beautiful girl seems
like a minute. What he meant by this is that time depends on the situation of
the observer. For physicists, the notion of expanding and contr acting time
allowed for better calculations of various phenomena occurri ng near the
speed of light, which was Einstein’ s absolute, the universal yardstick that
could not be changed or exceeded. Time had to expand and contract in
order to keep the speed of light constant.We all have a sense that time expands and contracts, seeming to drag one
moment and race the next, but what is our constant, our absolut e? I believe
it is “me,” our core sense of self. To borrow from Einstein’ s example, if two
men are sitting with the same beautiful girl, the time might drag for one,
because the girl is his sister, while it flies for the other if he is in love with
her. This means that each of us has personal control over our sense of time. Consider all the subjective qualities we attach to time. W e say things like:
I don’ t have time for that. Time’s up. Your time’ s running out. How the time flies. Time hangs heavy. I love you so much, time stands still. These statement s do not say anything about time measured by the clock. The clock doesn’ t lie about how much linear time has elapsed “out there.”
But subjective time, the kind that exists only “in here,” is a different matter. All the above statements reflect a state of self. If you’re bored,  time hangs
heavy; if you’re desperate, time’s running out; if you’re exhil arated, time
flies; when you’re in love, time stands still. In other words, whenever you
take an attitude toward time, you are really saying something about
yourself. T ime, in the subjective sense, is a mirror. In medicine we realize that people who don’t have enough time are
probably going to develop health problems. The discovery of Type A
behavior, for example, revealed that heart attacks were linked to a sense that
there’ s never enough time; for a Type A, the next deadline is always a
threat, and his struggle with time  contributes to his ingrained frustration and
hostility. Hostility then sends a message to the heart that constricts blood
vessels, drives up blood pressure, elevates cholesterol levels, and generates
various kinds of arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeat. This happens to more people than just Type A’s. As April 15 approaches,
tax accountants have been observed to develop temporary elevations in
blood pressure and cholesterol that disappear once the tax deadline is past. Their subjective sense of time is enough to put their bodies at risk. Thispoints to a deeper lesson. Ask someone to make an omelet. A skillful cook
can accomplish the task in about two minutes. Now alter the situation
slightly by saying, “Make an omelet, but you only have two minutes to do
it.” This will often make even the accomplished cook feel tense and harried. Time pressure causes stress hormones to be released into the body, which in
turn elevates heartbeat. If the person struggles against this reaction, his
situation only gets worse. Now  his heart has to put up with time pressure
and frustration. When heart patients are given demanding tasks under a
deadline, a significant number grow so agitated that their heart muscles
actually suffer ischemic or “silen t” heart attacks (“silent” in this case means
that damage is occurring but without any sensation of pain). The element of time pressure also alters behavior, attitudes, and
physiological responses. So subjective time can be an incredibly powerful
force. It’s no accident that the word deadline  contains the word dead. A
deadline implies a threat: “If you don’t meet this limit, you’re finished.”
The threat may be subtle or blatant, but it is almost always present. If it
were not, we would not feel anxious under time pressure. Sometimes we
expose the threat more clearly in phrases such as “I’m under the gun” or
“His time is up” (which may sound like a neutral phrase until you
remember that we apply it to people who are about to die). Some people are much more sensitive to time pressure than others. A
nervous cook can get so rattled by the two-minute deadline that he drops the
eggs, burns himself, and can’t accomplish a task at which he excels when
time is not a consideration. Another cook will blossom under the challenge
and finish the omelet even quicker than before. One feels time pressure as a
threat, the other as a challenge. One feels thrown out of control, the other
feels impelled to test his sense of control and improve upon it. All of us, howe ver, feel the pressure of a serious, threatening  deadline
over which we have no control— death itself. If you believe that you have
been allotted a certain span of time for your existence, the deadl ine of death
will exert the same kind of stress as that felt by the nervous cook rushing to
finish his omelet and botching the job. How much better not to feel any
time pressure, to blossom fully despite the fact that death exists. The
attitude that life is a blossoming, not a race, can be achieved. But to do that,
you can’t believe that time is running out. Sending that message to yourbody’ s cells is the same, ultimately, as programming them to age and die. Yet the fact is that linear time is moving inexorably forward, and to
overcome that, we must find a place where a different kind of time, or no
time, can be experienced and internalized. The Quantum Mechanical Body
To a skeptic, this proposition must sound purely subjective, but quantum
events that defy linear time take place within our cells continually. DNA ’s
intelligence operates simultaneously in the past, present, and future. From
the past it takes the blueprint of life, applying to the present only the tiniest
fraction of the information needed for cellular function (perhaps a billionth
of its total data base), and reserving for the future the information that will
be relevant years from now. The double helix is the quantum storehouse of
your future; here time is compressed and locked away until needed. At the
instant you were conceived, your genes gained control of an entire lifetime
of event s that would unfold in precise sequence. Your hands, for example,
emer ged in the womb first as amorphous blobs of cells, then as stubby
knobs that turned into fishlike  fins, amphibian feet, animal paws, and
finally human hands. Those blobs, knobs, fins, feet, and paws are still
present today as stored data in your genes, as are the hands of your infancy,
childhood, adult hood, and old age. At the quantum level, you live all these
ages at once. Because we are both physic al and quantum, human beings live
multidimensional lives. At this moment you are in two places at once. One
is the visible, sensual world, where your body is subject to all the forces of
nature “out there.” The wind chaps your skin and the sun burns it; you will
freeze to death in winter without shelter; and the assault of germs and
viruses makes your cells sick. But you also occupy the quan tum world,
where all these things change. If you get into the bathtub, your
consciousness doesn’ t get wet. The limitations of physical life count for
much less in the quantum world, and often for nothing. The cold of winter
doesn’ t freeze your memories; the heat of a July night doesn’ t make you
sweat in your dreams.Put together all the quantum events in your cells and the sum total is your


tumeasesthepainandspeedsupthehealing
ofbrokenandfracturedbones. Eyeinjuries
SymptomsPains:ineyeball;sore,bruised. Causesadirectblowtoeyeball. Symphytum isaspecificforinjurytotheeyeballitselfor
tothebonessurroundingtheeye(resultingfrom,for
example,astrayfistortennisball)wherepainpersists
afterArnicahasbeengivenandhasdealtwiththe
swelling. Tabacum(Tab.) Familyname:Solanaceae
Commonnames:NicotianaTabacum;tobacco;tabacca
Tobaccoisanannualplantwithlarge,hairy,bitter-
tastingleaves.Itwasfirstknowntoandsmokedbythe
IndiansofSouthAmericaandtheMississippiValley. In1559theSpaniardsbroughtittoEurope,andthe
plantwasintroducedintoEnglandbySirWalter
Raleighin1586,whenitmetwithviolentopposition. Kingsprohibited it,Popespronouncedagainstit
inBulls,andintheEastSultanscondemned
tobaccosmokerstocrueldeaths.Threehundredyears
later,in1885,theleaveswereofficialintheBritish
Pharmacopoeia. Tobaccocontainsavolatileoilcallednicotine,which
isavirulentpoison,producingnausea,vomiting,
sweating,palpitationsandweakness. Medicinally ithasbeenusedasapowderintheform
ofsnufftocausesneezingandthereforeincreasethe
'healthy'secretionofmucus.Whenchewed, itin-
creasestheflowofsaliva,alsoconsideredbeneficialat
onetime,andCulpepercitessomeoftheusesof
160•Thujaoccidentals(Thu.) INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA
Travelsickness
SymptomsWithnausea(seeabove);vomiting(see
below). Betterforfreshair. Worseforastuffyroom;formovement;fortobacco. Thenauseaismoreacutewhentravellingbyboatand
thevomitingwhentravellingbycarortrain(although
vomitingonaboatisalsoquitepossible!). Vomiting
SymptomsVomiting:exhausting;sour;violent. Worsebeforebreakfast;formovement. Causestravelling;pregnancy. Thefaceispaleanddrawn. Thujaoccidentalis (Thu.) Othernames:Arborvitae;treeoflife;whitecedar;
falsewhitecedar
tobaccoasaherbalremedy,forpiles,tokillliceand
worms,asalaxativeand'fortherecoveryofpersons
apparentlydrowned'. Thehomeopathicpreparation ismadefromthe
driedleaveswhicharecutupandlefttpstandin
alcoholbeforebeingstrainedandsuccussed. GENERALSYMPTOMS
Facepale. Worsebeforebreakfast;forfasting. EMOTIONAL/MENTALSYMPTOMS
Thisisasmallremedywithnostrongemotional
symptoms,althoughthesepeoplemaybesluggish
andconfusedandhavedifficultyinconcentrating. Theymaybeanxiousandrestless,andmaystarton
fallingasleeporduringtheirsleep. PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Nausea
SymptomsNausea:deathly,intermittent;violent. Betterforfreshair. Worseinastuffyroom. Causespregnancy;travelling. Thenauseaisbetterinthefreshair,althoughthe
feelingofdizzinessisworseforit.Thereisanempty,
sinkingfeelinginthestomach.Thewhitecedarisagraceful,thicklybranchedtree
whichgrowsinswampsandwetlandsofNorthAmer-
icaandCanada.Itgrowsveryslowly,takingover150
yearstoreachaheightoffiftyfeet. Thename'Thuja'derivesfromtheGreekthero
whichmeans'fumigate'orsacrifice',forinancient
timesthisfragrantwoodwasburntatsacrifices. Itwas
usedbytheEgyptiansinembalmingandemployed
INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA Urticaurens(Urt-u.) •161
medicinallybytheAmericanIndiansforavarietyof
diseasesincludingmalaria,coughs,goutand
rheumatism.Theleavesandtwigs,boiledwithlard,
weremadeintoasalveformuscularachesandpains. Thehomeopathicremedyispreparedfromthe
leavesandtwigs,whicharegatheredwhenthetreeis
flowering,choppedandpoundedtoapulpandleftto
standinalcoholbeforebeingstrainedandsuccussed. GENERALSYMPTOMS
IhaveincludedThujainthisMateriaMedicaasitis
availableinmostchemistsandwholefoodshopsthat
stockhomeopathicmedicines,butitisadeep-acting
remedythatideallyneedstobeprescribedbyacom-
petenthomeopath. PHYSICALSYMPTOMS
Warts
SymptomsWarts:bleeding;large;stinging. Thujaisindicatedforacertaintypeofwartthatgrows
ina'cauliflower'shape.Thesewartscanappearany-
whereonthebody(hands,feet,face,etc. ).Usethe
remedycautiouslyanddonottakeitforlongerthan
uptoaweekatatime;oneweekonandthenoneweek
restingwouldbeidealforacoupleofmonths.Ifthere
isnoreaction-noalleviationofthesymptoms-you
shouldseekprofessionalhelp. URTICAURENS(Urt-u.) Familyname:Urticaceae
Othernames:commonnettle;dwarfstingingnettle
Thecommonnettleisafamiliarannualplantfoundin
gardensandfieldsthroughouttheworld.Itgrowstoa
heightofonefootanditflowersfromJunetoSeptem-
ber.Thewholeplantiscoveredwithfine,hollowhairs
thatactratherlikeinsects'stings:thehairs'sharp
pointspiercetheskinonpressureandpoisonousfluid
isinjected,causinginflammationandirritation. Thenettleplant'susesaremanifold.InAncient
Egyptoilexpressedfromtheseedswasburnedin
lamps,andtheRussiansextractabeautifulgreendye
fromtheleavesandabrightyellowonefromtheroots. Atonetimenettleleavesweregivenasafoodsupple-
menttopigsandpoultry,andthejuicewasusedasa
tonicforhairlossandtowhitenthehands.Incertain
partsofEuropeyoungnettleshootsareregardedasa
finetonicandareeatenasavegetableorasoupto
cleansetheblood(cookingrendersthepoisoninert). Nettlefibres(fromthestems)havebeenusedbyfishermenaroundtheworldtomakeropesandnets,
andduringtheFirstWorldWartheywereusedto
makearoughclothandvarioustypesofpaper. Medicinally,theplantwasusedinancienttimesto
flayparalysedlimbsandsobringmusclesbacktolife. Thistreatmentalsoeasedthepainsinrheumatic
jointsIthasbeenusedinternallyasaherbalremedyto
treatpiles,gastricdisorders,diabetesandnosebleeds. Thehomeopathicpreparation ismadefromthe
freshplantwhichisgatheredwheninflower;itis
choppedandpoundedtoapulp,lefttosteepin
alcoholandthenstrainedandsuccussed. GENERALANDEMOTIONAL/
MENTALSYMPTOMS
Thisisaverysmallremedythathasnostronggeneral
oremotional/mental symptoms; itsuseislimitedtoa
fewphysicalcomplaintsbutasithassuchanim-
portantplaceinthefirst-aidboxitisincludedhere. PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Bites/stings
SymptomsBites/stings: biting;burning;itching;
stinging. Breastfeedingproblems
SymptomsMilk:supplylow;supplyover-abundant. Urticaisusefulasaremedytohelpestablishagood
NBSEEALSOPAGES203-26FORGENERALADVICE,DOSANDDON'TS. 162•Veratrumalbum(Ver-a.) INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA
supplyofmilkintheearlydaysoffeedingwherethis
seemsslow,andthereisnoobviouscause.Givewhere
therearenoobviousgeneraloremotionalmental
symptomsthatwouldguideyoutoanotherremedy.It
canalsohelpwherethereisanover-abundance ofmilk
andthemotherdoesnotwanttoexpressandstorebut
wisheshersupplytobegearedmoretothedemand. Burns
SymptomsBurnsminor.Pains:burning;stinging. Usefulineverydayminorscaldsandburns,especially
wherethereareburning,stingingpainsafterwards. Foodpoisoning
Causesrottenshellfish. Hives
SymptomsRash:biting;burning;itching;stinging. WithJOINTPAIN. Betterforrubbing. Worseatnight;forheat;fore