 or 3weeks)   PRICE
Postpaid by Air Mail

1 Copy $4.00 each   $4.40 each   $4.52 each
2 Copies 3.45 each 3.85 each 3.97 each
3 Copies 3.25 each 3.65 each 3.77 each
4 or more 3.00 each 3.40 each 3.52 each
8 or more 2.75 each 3.15 each 3.27 each
12 or more 2.60 each 3.00 each 3.12 each
The shipping weight is 4 ounces each. Special prices can be quoted on larger quantities for gifts and educational purposes. An order blank from back of page 48 must  be used for these special prices to be
applied. Otherwise, the advertised pric e of $4.50 per copy, postpaid, will apply. Additional order blanks will be sent free on request. ORDER FROM:
   Magnolia Laboratory, Dept. F, P. O. Box 1306, Pascagoula, Miss. 39567
  PREFACE TO SIXTH EDITION
   Thousands with the good sense and will power to change their eating habits say they have been
greatly helped by the discoveries described in this now-famous booklet, and are enjoying good health
again. They say they have cleansed their arteries, avoided surgery, and become free of anginal pain in
the chest and legs. Circulation in the head and neck have improved so as to clear up dizziness and ear
noises, and enhance mental clarity. Likewise, visual disturbances and blackouts have ended. Blood pressure, cholesterol, and tri-glycerides have been  reduced far more effectively than by drugs or low-
cholesterol diets. Many people say they have never before eaten so well, and with so little kitchen
work, yet their weight and figure are improved. They sa y such things as: "I am back to work again", or
"No more standing still while the pain fades". Some are even frank enough to say "Sex is a joy again". Many say their diabetes is controlled without drugs on this diet. Since it is always a pleasure to see
people enjoying the use of one's discovery, these results make all our hard work seem very much
worthwhile. See how it all started, on inside back cover ( at the end of this booklet in the internet
version). THE BASIC CAUSE OF COMMON ARTHRITIS
   It is widely agreed among medical scientists th at common arthritis starts with deterioration of the
synovial membrane. As shown in the drawing on the rear cover, this membrane encloses the moving parts of the joint like a bag. Nature provides this membrane bag containing a clear white lubricating
fluid to keep blood out of the joint space, because the delicate red cells of blood would be quickly crushed between the weight bearing surfaces. Since there is no blood circulation inside the joint space
or in the cartilage, the clear white lubricating fluid must play another role as well, nourishing and
carrying away the wastes of the cartilage as it constantly grows to repair wear and tear. In a healthy joint, the lubricating fluid does this very well by a process called dialysis, by which it interchanges
essential nutritive materials and wastes with the bloodstream coursing through a rich network of tiny
blood vessels in the walls of the bag. The joint fluid is secreted by special cells lining the bag, utilizing
materials taken from the bloodstream, and is thus c onstantly made afresh as required. Excluded from
the life-giving bloodstream, the joint cartilage is entirely dependent on the services of the membrane
bag for its lubrication, nourishment, waste dispos al, and microbic protection by means of the special
joint fluid. If the joint fluid is not thus constantly freshened by interchange with the blood, the cartilage
must starve, weaken, be worn away, and perhaps be come infected by invading microbes. Healthy joints
are to a large degree self-repairing due to the consta ntly growing cartilage, but are sure to deteriorate
when not properly supplied with joint fluid. THE BASIC CAUSE OF COMMON ARTHRITIS
   This diagram shows how a typical joint is enclosed by its
membrane bag, which makes a clear white fluid from blood to
lubricate and nourish the working surfaces. When blood circulation
through the wall of this membrane bag is choked by fatty rubbish from stale food, the joint fluid can no longer be properly made. The
joint is thus starved and begins to  fail. Various forms of arthritis
can then develop from wear and tear, infection, self-repair
reactions, etc. See text page 1. Medical authorities agree that the network of fi ne blood vessels in the membrane bag is subject to
being choked with fatty rubbish the same as other arteries. Also, the fibrous walls of the membrane
resemble the walls of the arteries, and the entire membrane tends to become thickened, hardened, and
deadened in much the same way as arteries are affected. This deterioration of the membrane bag
disturbs its performance in freshening the joint fluid, and the joint cartilage suffers accordingly. As described in authoritative medical textbooks, common arthritis begins with deterioration of the
membrane and consequent disturbance of the joint fluid, followed by a variety of painful and
disfiguring reactions in the joint. When blood circulation in the membrane fails and the joint begins to starve, automatic repair
responses by the body forces are set in motion tryi ng to remove the blockage so nourishment can get
into the starving joint. The membrane may become inflamed, swollen, and painful in trying to throw
off the fatty rubbish. Blood circulation in the pore spaces of adjacent bone also is often partially
choked. Body repair forces eat away portions of this deadened bone, and re-deposit it around the rim of the weakened joint in an attempt at reinforcement. The cartilage may be worn through or eaten away,
so that the bones grate together. With the protecting joint fluid depleted or defective, microbic
infections may develop. These infections may involve microbes of a kind which live by depositing stony minerals like those which deposit tartar (dental calculus) on the teeth, producing formless stony
masses on the bones, sometimes plastering them solidly together. Stone-forming microbes are abundant
throughout the world, depositing masses of rock on the bottom of seas and lakes, and forming the hard rough fouling under commode rims. Authoritative scientific publications take us practically up to this point, and the good news is this:
Fatty rubbish from stale food is the cause of the membrane bag deteriorating, and the Fresh Food Diet
permits it to recover. As the membrane improves, the joint receives nourishment and can begin to
recover. Within a few weeks the swelling and pain begins to fade away. Even people who had no severe arthritis symptoms notice that their shoes and gloves become looser as their joints return to a normal condition. Numerous people with severe arthr itis have reported that their condition has greatly
improved on the Fresh Food Diet, permitting them to go back to work again. This discovery being relatively new, it is too early to predict the extent of improvement possible for joints with severe deformities, bones grown together, etc. Some of these may be helped by surgery after
the disease process has been stopped by improved diet. It has been shown that healthy joints have great
powers of regeneration, and there is good reason to expect extensive self-repair after the membrane bag returns to normal. Even taking a minimum view, there is no doubt that these findings shed new light
upon the basic cause of common arthritis, and offer a practical do-it-yourself method of stopping
further deterioration and reducing pain by diet alone. BLOOD CHOLESTEROL
   When a blood cholesterol test is made during or soon after a rapid loss of weight, it will often show a
temporary increase. This occurs because as the body becomes smaller the blood volume is
correspondingly decreased, so naturally if we have the same total quantity of cholesterol floating in a decreased quantity of blood, the concentration of c holesterol in each drop of blood will be greater. Also, cholesterol previously contained in the fat we have lost has been released into the bloodstream,
causing a further temporary rise in the blood cholesterol number. If weight is lost rapidly, a temporary cholesterol rise should therefore be expected. It must be
remembered that the abnormal cholesterol built up in the blood by eating stale food is a durable material, which cannot be eliminated as rapidly as fat. People going on the Fresh Food Diet often lose
some flabby fat very promptly, and it is important not to be discouraged by a temporary rise in
cholesterol as above described. A few weeks after weight loss stops, the blood cholesterol should start to gradually drop. If it fails to drop fast enough to suit you, double check to be sure you are really
following the diet. Read it over again and check each item you are eating to avoid mistakes. It is better
for weight loss to be slow and gradual, not more than two pounds a week at most. Rapid weight loss can be weakening, and may cause haggard appearance and loose wrinkled skin. (Continued after Table of Contents)
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Humans Are Built and Re-built from Food What Does Our Food Contain? What Is Man's Proper Food? Arteriosclerosis, A Disease of Civilization
Stale Food—The True Cause of Arteriosclerosis
Fresh Food—The Cure for Arteriosclerosis
The Cholesterol Theory—A Tragic Blunder Effects of Fresh Food on Humans
Excessive Fatness in Human Beings
Sex


a ses. Studies have generally shown that only 20 percent of
patients with serious but treatable disorders recover with
excellent results. That leaves nearly 80 percent who either
do not recover or only partially recover. Why is
unsuccessful healing so far out of proportion? What marks
a survivor as opposed to a non-survivor? Apparently the successful patients have learned to
motivate their own healing, and the most successful have
gone much further than that. They have found the secret of
quantum healing. They are the geniuses of the mind-body
connection. Modern medicine cannot even begin to
duplicate their cures, because no cure that relies on drugs
or surgery is so precisely timed, so beautifully coordinated,
so benign and free of side eﬀects, so eﬀortless as theirs. Their ability springs from  a level so deep that you cannotgo any deepe r. If we knew what their brains were doing to
motivate their bodies, we would have the basic unit of the
healing process in our hands. —
As yet, medicine has not taken the quantum leap, and the
word quantum  has no clinical application. Because
quantum physics works with ultra-high-speed accelerators,
you may think that quantum healing uses radioisotopes or
X rays. But that is the opposite of what it means. Quantum
healing moves away from external, high-technology
methods toward the deepest core of the mind-body system. This core is where healing begins. To go there and learn to
promote the healing response, you must get past all the
grosser levels of the body—cells, tissues, organs, and
systems—and arrive at the junction point between mind
and matter, the point where consciousness actually starts
to have an eﬀect. The quantum itself—what it is, how it behaves—takes up
the ﬁrst half of this book. The second half then blends the
quantum into Ayurveda, making a marriage of two cultures
while trying to arrive at one answer. The scientiﬁc
worldview of the West surprisingly supports the vision of
the ancient sages of India. This is a journey that breaks
down barriers and ignores cultural fences. To me, the
whole story has to be found out. Chitra asked  me for it, and
so I am writing for her and all patients like her. Until they
ﬁnd an answer, their lives still hang in the balance. EXPANDING THE TOPIC
Much can be said in favor of consciousness aﬀecting the
body, to the extent that the gap between “normal” healingand “miraculous” healing has closed even more over the
past few decades. The main obstacle, as far as mainstream
medicine is concerned, is a ﬁxed belief that the body
operates entirely like a physical machine. If that were so,
the following experiment would have failed. The experiment was the brainchild of the pioneering
work of Harvard psycholo gist Ellen Langer, who as far back
as 1981 was testing the possibility that aging has a major
mental component. (The notion is actually ancient in origin. The medieva l Indian philosopher and sage Adi Shankara
declared that people grow old and die because they see
other people grow old and die.) In 1981, Langer took eight men in their seventies, all in
good health but exhibiting signs of age, and immersed
them for ﬁve days in an environment that was like time
travel going back to 1959, including the music and
television of the period, along with the movies and events
in the news. The men were told to act as if they were their
younger selves, becau se Langer had alrea dy done
experiments in which memory loss in the elderly could
sometimes be reversed by giving subjects an incentive to
remember. In other words, the mind was being motivated
to aﬀect the body. Before enter ing the time-capsule environment, the men
were tested on various markers of aging such as grip
strength, dexterity, and how well they could hear and see. At the end of the ﬁve days, the group had improved on
seven out of eight measures, including better vision, a
startling ﬁnding. They looked  younger as assessed by
outside judges. Thirty-three years ago Langer was
proceeding more or less intuitively, without the knowledge
into gene expression and neuroplasticity that we can turn
to today (more on those breakthroughs in later “Expanding
the T opic” sections).In another startling experiment, Langer went into a
retirement home and divided her subjects into two groups. Both were given some houseplants for their room. One
group was told that they were responsible for keeping the
plants alive, and that they could make choices in their own
daily schedule. The other group was told that the staﬀ
would tend the plants, and in addition they were given no
choice in their ﬁxed daily  schedule. At the end of eighteen
months, twice as many subjects in the ﬁrst group were still
alive compared with the second group. (The same rationale
lies behind the accepted practice of giving the elderly a pet
to take care of. At the very least it improves their mood and
quality of life. It may prolong their lives as well.) Aging and healing have in common that they have long
been viewed as ﬁxed processes based on strict physical
limitations. An invisible factor like making your own
choices abou t how to spend your day never ﬁgured into the
calculation. This bias has been shifting for quite a while,
but only the beginning signs were evident when Quantum
Healing  appeared. Today what’s important isn’t the
acceptance of conscious ness as a factor in healing—that
battle has been won, more or less. Instead we need a set of
new assumptions about how far consciousness can go to
alter healing and aging, not to mention intractable chronic
pain, addictions, dependency on prescription  drugs,
recovery from surgery, and so on. Here are the basic assumptions I’d suggest:
1.Mind comes before matter. 2.Mental choices originate the messages that change
organs, tissues, and cells. 3.The body is ﬂuid and dynamic, not ﬁxed and
determined.4.Genes express whatever a person desires. They
operate through switches that the mind can access. 5.The mind-body system is a feedback loop where input
and output have many determinants, including
lifestyle, environment, behavior, beliefs, and past
conditioning. 6.Through self -care, a higher state of wellbeing is
attainable. Self-care makes daily use of the mind-body
feedback loop. 7.Ultimately, the evolution of future humanity depends
on internal balance (homeostasis) that is balanced with
the whole ecology of the planet. There’s much more to say about each of these points, as
we’ll discover in coming chapters. But the general
conclusion is that “normal” isn’t as far from “miraculous”
as both camps, believers  and skeptics, used to think. The
choices you make today are the key to your wellbeing for
life. Every cell in your body is eavesdropping on your
thoughts. Consciousness research is constantly gaining
new ground, so it’s best to assume that your potential for
mind-body mastery is much greater than anyone now
supposes. OceanofPDF.comWhen I said that no one can honestly claim to know the
cure for breast cancer, I was telling a half-truth. If a patient
could promote the healing process from within, that would
be the cure for cancer. Healing episodes like Chitra’s come
about when a radical shift takes place inside, removing fear
and doubt at the same time as it removes the disease. Yet,
the exact location of this shift opens up profound mysteries. It deﬁes medical wisdom to answer even the most basic
question: Was the shift in Chitra’s mind, in her body, or
both? To ﬁnd out, Western medicine has recently begun to
move away from drugs and surgery, the mainstay  of every
doctor’s practice, toward  the amorphous, often perplexing
ﬁeld loosely known as “mind-body medicine.” The move
was almost a forced one, because the old reliance on the
physical body alone had begun to crumble. Mind-body medicine makes many doctors extremely
uneasy. They feel it is more a concept than a true ﬁeld. Given a choice between a new idea and a familiar chemical,
a doctor will trust the chemical—penicillin, digitalis,
aspirin, and Valium do not need any new thinking on thepatient’s part (or the doctor’s) to be eﬀective. The problem
comes in when the chemical isn’t eﬀective. Recent surveys
taken in England and America have shown that as many as
80 percent of patients feel that their underlying complaint,
their reason for going to the doctor, was not satisfactorily
resolved when they left his oﬀice. Classic studies going
back to the end of World War II showed that patients left
the Yale Medical School hospital sicker than the day they
arrived. (These are paralleled by similar studies that
showed that patients with psychiatric complaints improved
more while they were on the waiting list to see a
psychiatrist than after they actually saw him—so the
situation isn’t simply


 g of DNA as an unchanging
blueprint, albeit “the blueprint of life.” DNA is nowhere
near so static. I was sitting quietly two days ago when I had
a glimpse of DNA in my mind’s eye. I saw DNA speeded up
so that one human lifetime, from the moment of inception
to the moment of death, ﬁt into the space of a few minutes. What I saw wasn’t a chem ical but a process of incredible
richness and dynamism. Everything in life pours  out of
DNA—ﬂesh, bones, blood, heart, and nervous system; a
baby’s ﬁrst word and a toddler’s ﬁrst step; the maturing of
reason in the brain’s cortex; the play of emotions, thoughts,
and desires that ﬂicker like summer lightning  through
every cell. All of this is DNA. To call it a blueprint is to take
the husk and miss the fruit. Imagine yourself going to a
Mercedes dealer, paying thirty thousand dollars, and
having him hand over a car’s blueprint instead of a car. Now imagine the blueprint actually turning into the car—
not only that, but starting  itself, driving down the road, andreplacing its own spare parts. Then the blueprint would be
equal to DNA. (It would also need another quite amazing
talent: any part—the carburetor, the tires, even a chip of
paint on the door—would  have to know how to turn into a
whole car.) Whatever it is that make s DNA so dynamic is not visible
in its material makeup; molecules themselves are passive
participants in time. They can change, as oxygen and
hydrogen change when they combine to form water, but
DNA actively  shapes the course of time. This is such an
important feature that I need to explain it at length;
otherwise, the real miracle of DNA will be lost on us. In the past few years, researchers have been intrigued by
one particular gene, called the per gene, in the DNA of a
fruit ﬂy. As part of their inherited behavior, fruit ﬂies sing
in the evening to call their mates. Normally, they repeat
their call quite rhythmically, once every 60 seconds. Ronald Konopka, a research professor at Clarkson
University, ﬁrst linked the rhythm of the fruit ﬂy’s song to
the per (for “periodic”) gene. He also found that the rhythm
could change. When the per gene mutates, it produces
faster or slower intervals  between calls: one ﬂy sings every
40 seconds, another every 80 seconds. What is so fascinating about this discovery is that each
kind of ﬂy times its existence to a diﬀerent length of day. The normal, 60-second ﬂy follows a 24-hour day; the faster,
40-second ﬂy a shorter day of 18 to 20 hours;  and the
slower, 80-se cond ﬂy a long day of 28 to 30 hours. The
conventional interpretation is that the per gene establishes
the insect’s daily rhythm. A similar eﬀect is seen in us; if
conﬁned to a cave where  he cannot see the sun and is not
allowed to look at a clock, a man will sleep and wake up on
a regular cycle, not of 24 hours but generally of 25 hours—
this seems to be the daily, or circadian, rhythm that our
DNA has built into us. Similarly, the fruit ﬂy does not carewhen the sun rises or sets; when its song changes, the day
changes. That means that its sense of time comes from
within, activated by the per gene. This is a far more stunning conclusion than the
conventional one. The convent ional one says that DNA is
controlling a rhythm inside the cell, but I am saying that it
controls time itself. The per gene is the link between time
“out there” and DNA “in here”; it literally creates time as
the fruit ﬂy knows it. In physics, Einstein demonstrated
that there is no ﬁxed yardstick for time in the relative
world; a space traveler would think that the clock on his
spaceship is ticking norm ally, just as it does on Earth. But if
he attained a velocity near the speed of light, the clock
would in fact be going slower than Earth-bound clocks. This
would not be an illusion; every biological process, including
how fast the space traveler ages, would also slow down. Aren’t these fruit ﬂies the insect equivalent of Einstein’s
space travelers? They are experiencing time as either slow
or fast, not from travel ing near the speed of light but
simply from their own internal signals. A fast-singing fruit ﬂy would have no way of knowing that
it is living in “fast time” (assuming that it is isolated from
the other kinds of ﬂies). It emits the same number of calls
per “day” as either the normal or the slow singers, without
realizing that its day (18 to 20 hours) is entirely determined
inside itself. But what is the per gene actually doing? Another investigator, Michael Young of Rockefeller
University, joined Konop ka and discovered that the per
gene works by coding certain proteins in the cell that
regulate rhythm. It is these proteins, coming and going in
cycles, that make the day seem long or short to the ﬂy. Similar genes and coded  proteins have also been found in
mice, chickens, and human beings. This brings us
remarkably close to seeing how the DNA is creating all of
reality. It is manipu lating the molecules into rhythms, orvibrations, that we decode into time. Other vibrations are
decoded into light, sound, texture, smells, et cetera. Sir
Arthur Eddin gton calls all of these “fancies of the mind,”
for essentiall y none of our sensory input is anything but a
signal transmitted to us via DNA—pure, abstract vibrations
that we turn into “real” events in time and space. If a gene
can regulate  time, then it is only a step away from
regulating space, too. There is nothing to time and space,
from a subjective point of view, except one’s own
participation in it. Like the fruit ﬂy, we measure an hour by
the clock, and the clock is in us. Here we come to a fork in the road. Biologists realize that
if the protei ns in a cell regulate the cell’s rhyth ms, then
something must regulate them. What is it? One road leads
to a materialistic explanation. Naturally, this is the one
science prefers. Some biolog ists believe that the cell wall
lets chemicals through only at a certain rate, and this rate
is our yardstick for time, our molecular clock. Others say
that the clock is actually a chemical code imprinted on the
DNA, which  is read in sequence from the moment of
conception until death. Neither explanation has been
worked out in satisfactory detail. If the rishis are right, they
never will be—no answe r exists on the level of molecules
alone. As is obvious by now, the rishis would take a diﬀerent
road and say that the clock inside us is intelligence. The
per gene is just a mechanical part, a wire or tube in DNA’s
radio. Through it, time expresses itself, just as an emotion
expresses itself through a neuropeptide. Time is riding on a
molecule, and once again we mustn’t mistake the rider for
the horse. The signals for time, space, motion, texture,
smells, sights, and all the rest of the world come  from the
level of silent intelligence. That is wher e we really live, and
the miracle of DNA is that it can turn so many totally
abstract messages into life itself.If you go walking through the woods on a warm autumn
day, feeling the fallen oak leaves under your feet, smelling
the ripe, dank earth, and watching the October light as it
plays in the branches overhead, you are experiencing the
world through your DNA. It impo ses a deﬁnite selection on
things. You are not smelling the argon and xenon gases in
the air or seeing the sun’s ultraviolet emissions. You can
walk through leaves but not through the wood of the trees. The incredible complexity of green moss registers on your
mind as a patch of fuzz; and of the pollen, spores,  bacteria,
viruses, and other microb es that ﬁll the air by the hundreds
in every cubic centimeter, you register nothing. The reason
for this special focus resides in you. Those are humanized
leaves, trees, smells, and light. If your sense s were reﬁned enough, you would go even
further and realize that you are the woods. It is not just
sending signals to you from “out there”; rather, you are
blending your own signals with its. None of your sense
organs is separated from nature’s continuum. Your eye is a
specialized light receptor that merges into the light it
perceives. If the light failed, your eye would atrophy as
surely as the blind cave-ﬁsh’s eye; if your eye’s structure
changed—for example, if each eye swiveled independently,
like a chame leon’s—every object would acquire completely


 flexibility and creativity is a result of
increasing inertia, entropy, and disorder in the body/mind system. According to V edic theory there  are three fundamental forces a t work in
the universe: Sattwa, Rajas, and T amas. Sattwa is the force of creativity,
evolution, and transformation. T amas is the force of stability, resistance, and
inertia. Rajas is the tension between the forces of creativity and inertia. As
children and adolescents we are dominated by change, flexibility, and
creativity and have a preponder ance of natural Sattwa. Our bra ins and our
behavior reflect our tremendous  capability to expand, adapt, transform, and
evolve and our willingness and  desire to experience and learn new things. As adult s we see the rise of Rajas. This is a result of the everyday stresses
of life and our attachment to outcomes, as we seek to prove ourselves in the
world. A s we age we become increasingly concerned about s ecurity and
stability and T amas begins to predominate. This stability is refl ected in our
behaviors and in the connections between the neurons in our brains. Stability leads to stagnation, s tagnation leads to decay, decay leads to
disorder and entropy, and ultimately to death. Death i s the soul’ s response to the loss of flexibility. When your
physiology has lost the flexibi lity and creativity to further i ntegrate the
ener gy and information of your life experiences, the soul goes into
incubation. Acc ording to V edic wisdom, when the soul needs t o digest the
experiences of a lifetime, it first incubates and then takes a qu antum leap
into a new context and a new body/mind. In Eastern wisdom traditions this
is the process of reincarnation—incarnating into a new life experience. Rather than waiting for death to take a quantum leap into a new life
experience, why  not take the quantum leap while you are alive. This way
you can incarnate (literally reincarnate) on an ongoing basis. This requires
learning two basic and fundamental behavior patterns: (1) flexibility, which
comes from letting go, and (2) cr eativity, which involves intention,
incubation, and incarnation. By learning to incorporate flexibility and
creativity as your evolving behavioral pattern, you will master on a daily
basis wh at most  people have to  literally die for—to incarnate a nd create anew bod y/ mind. Let’ s explore t hese two qualities that are the foundation of
eternal youth. By cultivating flexibility and cr eativity in consciousness,
you r enew yourself in every moment and r everse the
aging pr ocess. Flexibility
The essence of flexibility is  the willingness to let go. Surveys of
centenarians (people who have lived at least one hundred years ) often ask,
“What d o you believe are the reasons that account for your long and healthy
life. Is it your d iet. Have you been exercising your whole life. Have you
avoided tobacco. Do you drink alcohol. ” The intent of these questions, of
course, is to identify common principles that could help us all live longer,
healthier lives. Surprisingly, none of these questions clearly reveals the
secret to longevity. The most common explanation that our most senior
citizens of fer for their long life is their ability to let go. Long-living people have flexibility and resiliency when facing the
inevitable challenges in life. If y ou live to be a hundred years old, chances
are goo d you have experienced challenges and losses, yet these super
seniors have been able to move through adversity and get on with their
lives. They relinquish their hol d on experiences that do not serve them. They let go and move on. From a n A yurvedic perspecti ve, this ability to deal with what is
happening but not incur residua l damage is a symptom of strong digestive
power, known in Sanskrit as Agni. The expression “digestive power” is
applied not just to the ability to digest foods but to digest all experiences in
life. Agni is the root of the English word ignite, referring to the power of
fire to metabolize things. When your digestive force is power ful, you arecapable of extracting the nourishment you need from any experience and
eliminating whatever is not serving you. A strong Agni enables you to
digest what life presents without carrying unprocessed residues, which
inhibit your ability to fully embrace life. A strong digestive power is an
essential feature of people who live long, vital lives. Learning to let go is necessary because life is a process of continual
change and transformation. Att empting to stop change by ho lding on is
fighting the natural force of evolution. Ultimately, nature will h ave its way,
and your struggle against the river of life will exact its toll on your
physiology. Th e wear and te ar born of resistance accelerates aging. Relinquishing your resistance and embracing change reverses aging. Learning to let go does not mean relinquishing your intentio ns. Y our
intentions and desires orchestra te the course of your life and catalyze the
experiences you  need to evolve to higher levels of awareness. Flexibility
does not require letting go of intentions. Flexibility does, however, require
letting g o of your attachment to a specific outcome. Y ou cannot control the
outcome of a si tuation, and holding rigidly to your idea about how things
should b e leads to strain, stress, and aging. Whenever it appears that your
intended outcome is not the one manifesting, bear in mind the following
expression, which we heard from a spiritual teacher:
When things don’ t seem to go my way, I let go of my
attachment to how I think they should be, trusting that
I am not seeing the big pictur e. If I knew the big pictur e
I would understand that ther e is a r eason for things
unfolding the way they ar e, and that the cosmos has a
plan for me much grander than anything I have conceived. Letting go and d etaching from outcome is the essence of genuine power
and of fers the on ly real possibility of security. Detachment from  a particular
outcome derive s from trust in the intelligence of the universe and your
connection to it. It implies a will ingness to step into the unknow n—the fieldof al l po ssibilities. This is the re al meaning of flexibility. Attachment to the
known is attachment to the pas t. The past is stability. The past is inertia. The past is entr opy. The past is stagnation. Attachment to th e known—
attachment to the past—accelerates aging. Most people spend their entir e lives seeking security through their
attachments. Attachments are usually to positions and possessions. Because
these att achments rarely bring security or happiness, people often believe
their pro blem is that they need greater positions or more possessions. The
internal conversation sounds like this: “If I just had more money. if I just
had a better job. if I just ha d a more passionate relationship. then I
would fe el secure and happy. ” M oney, positions, possession, and titles are
symbols of security. Symbols of security cannot substitute for real security,
which can only come from within. Paradoxically, finding genuine and lasting security comes from
surrendering to the wisdom of uncertainty. It means cultivating an inner
attitude of curiosity and acceptance. It means detaching from a particular
outcome and developing the mind-set that whatever occurs is the most
evolutionary out come at the tim e. This state of flexibility, in which you are
able to embrace the unknown and detach from a particular outcome,
reverses the aging process. Relinquishing your r esistance and embracing change
r everses aging. PRESENT -MOMENT A W ARENESS
The Buddhists have an expression: “Nothing should be clung to as me or
mine. ” Nothing you identify wi th can really be called yours. Although you
may con sider th e physical vehicle you inhabit as your body, you know by
now that every atom comprising it is only on temporary loan from yourenvironment. W ithin a year, alm ost every atom that you currently call yours
will no longer b e within the boundaries of your skin. Y our thoughts are not
really yo ur thou ghts. They are p art of the collective mind. A hundred years
ago, you could not have had the thought “I am flying on a 747 jet to Las
V egas,” because  these concepts were not yet a part of the collective mind. Y our emotions are not your emo tions. Every emotion you have ever had—
elation, despair, joy, frustration, ecstasy, jealousy—has been experienced by
people s ince the  beginning of hu manity. Not a single molecule, not a single
thought, not a si ngle emotion you have ever had is uniquely yours. Y ou are
part of a lar ger scheme. Y ou ar e woven from a few strands in the infinite
cosmic web of ener gy, transformation, and intelligence. “Nothing should be clung to as me or mine. ” Underlying this pre scription
is the recognition that all stress in life results from either grasping or
aversion. When you hold on to anything, be it a material object, a position,
or a relationship, you constrict your


 becoming a
paid member, they will provide information about treatment options through an
International Physicians Network that reviews your medical records and provides
specific recommendations. In addition, People Against Cancer provides a wide range
of educational materials of interest to people with cancer. For more information go to
www.beyondhealth.com
 and click on the links page or
call 800-250-3063.A
PPENDIX
E:
I
MPROVING
V
ISION
E
yesight can be improved using natural vision improvement exercises. By
regularly performing a series of simple exercises, most people can throw their
eyeglasses away. Meir Schneider’s
Yoga for Your Eyes
offers a complete program
including a 62-page booklet, eye exercise chart, and an 82-minute videotape
teaching you how to improve your vision naturally. Meir Schneider was born
without sight. He developed his own total approach to self-healing and used it to
reverse his own blindness. Yoga for Your Eyes
is available through Beyond Health at
www.beyondhealth.com
 or 800-250-3063.A
PPENDIX
F:
H
EALTH-E-
A
MERICA
F
OUNDATION
D
ramatic increases in disease-care costs and rates of disease are threatening to
overwhelm the economic and social structures of the United States. An aging
population and an unprecedented epidemic of chronic and degenerative disease are
making costs spin out of control. With the percentage of young taxpayers shrinking,
providing health benefits to the elderly will overwhelm the national budget within
thirty years. The United States spends more on health care than any other nation. Yet
the incidence of almost every chronic disease continues to increase, the health of our
people continues to deteriorate, and costs are soaring to unsustainable levels. According to the Medicare Board of Trustees, Medicare spending will double over
the next ten years. Medicare costs will exceed those of Social Security, and by 2030,
75 percent of the federal budget will be allocated to Medicare, Medicaid, and social
security. The promised benefits under Medicare and social security are projected to
exceed scheduled income by $465 trillion over the next 75 years. The combined
economic and social disruption from supporting such a large, diseased population
could be catastrophic. A program to prevent this crisis must become a national
priority. The solution to this crisis is to arrest and reverse the epidemic, thereby lowering
health costs to a fraction of today’s expenditures. Aging is inevitable, but health is a
choice. The variable over which we have control is whether people remain healthy as
they age. We must teach them how to do this. Since this epidemic is man-made, we
can choose to unmake it through a dramatical and new scientifically based education
model. The mission of Health-e-America Foundation (HeAF) is to arrest and reverse our
chronic-disease epidemic through education—by teaching schoolchildren and their
families the basics of good health and empowering them to achieve it. With
childhood disease rates increasing, teaching children how to improve health and
avoid disease will produce an almost immediate reduction in costs, with the savings
compounded each year. Health-e-America Foundation will provide health education using a new model of
health and disease based on the revolutionary concept of maintaining and improving
cellular health. In essence, there is only one disease—malfunctioning cells. It is
malfunctioning cells that become susceptible to infection and which manifest ascancer or other so-called diseases. Teaching children how to prevent and repair
cellular malfunction will begin to immediately arrest and reverse America’s chronic
disease epidemic. This epidemic took generations to create, but we must reverse it
much faster. This can only be accomplished by teaching an entire generation of
children. Existing health education is disjointed and incomplete. It has not been effective in
curtailing this epidemic because it fails to provide a coherent understanding of
health. Worse, most of the existing educational materials have been supplied by
industries promoting unhealthful or outmoded solutions. The
one-disease concept
is
a vastly more effective way to teach health. This concept is easy to understand and it
is a comprehensive system incorporating all aspects of health. Using advanced E-
learning technology, HeAF will provide,
free of charge
and in CD ROM format or
online, educational materials that are stimulating to students and available to
teachers in grades kindergarten through high school. HeAF will produce these
unique educational materials as well as launch a national educational campaign for
parents, teachers, and school administrators to facilitate the introduction and use of
these materials in the schools. This program will benefit the existing generation, but
most important, it will improve the health of each succeeding generation, which we
all have a responsibility to ensure—to ensure the future of America. For more information on HeAF go to
www.healtheamerica.org
. To support this
important work, tax-deductible donations can be sent to:
Health-e-America Foundation
P.O. Box 150578
San Rafael, CA 94915
“Never doubt the power of small groups to change the world; indeed, it is the
only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead,
Anthropologist 1901–1978Table of Contents
COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. I ALMOST DIED
2. YOUR POTENTIAL FOR HEALTH
3. THE NEW THEORY OF HEALTH AND DISEASE
4. CHOOSING HEALTHY CELLS
5. THE NUTRITION PATHWAY
6. THE TOXIN PATHWAY
7. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PATHWAY
8. THE PHYSICAL PATHWAY
9. THE GENETIC PATHWAY
10. THE MEDICAL PATHWAY
11. A SHIFT IN PERSPECTIVE
REFERENCES
AUTHOR’S NOTE: GOING BEYOND HEALTH
APPENDIX A: HEALTH INFORMATION
APPENDIX B: VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS
APPENDIX C: FOODS AND PERSONAL PRODUCTS
APPENDIX D: ALTERNATIVE CANCER TREATMENTS
APPENDIX E: IMPROVING VISION
APPENDIX F: HEALTH-E-AMERICA FOUNDATION<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        His life expectancy was estimated between six months and three years, and no one in
his condition had been known to live beyond five years. As I am writing this chapter, eleven years have passed since my brother’s surgery. He is living a high-quality life. How did he do it. First, he had to change hisperspective. The existing belief system said he should have died a long time ago. Rather than accept his cancer as a death sentence, my brother took on the challenge
of restoring normal function to his cells. The new understanding of one disease says
disease has only two causes—deficiency and toxicity—and that addressing those
causes along the six pathways can heal virtually all disease. My brother’s recovery came as the result of radical changes in diet and the
addition of vitamin supplements, essential fatty acids and frozen shark cartilage—
not chemotherapy and radiation. Conventional cancer treatments do nothing to
reverse the underlying causes of cancer (abnormal cell chemistry), and they do
devastating damage to the body. The most important steps you can take to change your perspective about health,
and thereby reduce morbidity and mortality, is to shift your view from one side of
these equations to the other. That is, reconsider the differences between
• Disease care versus health care
• Diagnosing symptoms versus preventing disease
• Treating symptoms versus restoring health
• Relying on doctors versus relying on yourself
• Eating make-believe food versus eating real food
• Germs causing infection versus compromised immune systems
• Toxic versus nontoxic living
• An active life versus sedentary sickness
Let us take a closer look at each of these shifts in perspective. Disease Care Versus Health Care
Existing medical practice is not about health care; it is about disease care. Modern
medicine is based on the belief that you are healthy until you have a diagnosable
disease, after which the task is to give the disease a name (diagnose) and then
suppress (treat) its symptoms. This perspective waits for disease to happen; makes
no attempt to measure health in its initial decline; ignores the effects of nutrition,
toxins and behavior; and gives little or no recognition to the body’s self-healing
abilities. The patient is not empowered, and the personal and monetary costs are
enormous. Modern medicine excels at treating emergencies and trauma, and in doing
surgery, but does poorly at preventing or healing disease because it is almost totally
unequipped to diagnose and treat the two causes. The new perspective on health presented in this book is based not on waiting for
disease to happen, but, rather, actively working to prevent disease. If disease does
occur, then we must look for the true cause and restore health by addressing that root
cause. This approach recognizes the body as self-regulating and self-healing, and
seeks to optimize health by helping the body to function as it is designed to do. Thisapproach incorporates all we have learned about the effects of nutrition, toxicity and
behavior. The underlying inspiration is that health is a choice and that almost all
disease is preventable. Diagnosing Symptoms Versus Preventing Disease
The process of diagnosing a patient rests on waiting for illness to strike and then
matching the symptoms to a


 — so their  potla  makes full
use of plants grown on site. Leaves f rom the  castor oil plan t (Ricinus communis ), rich in
oil, are combined with  Datura alba  leaves (this plant is widely
used by A yurvedic and Siddha practitioners in oil-based
preparations for  dressings on w ounds), skin tonifying  nirgundi  or
Vitex nigundo  leaves, and leaves from the  moringo  or drumstick
tree. The se latter leaves are a well-known natural antibiotic. In fact,
all thes e leave s contain anti-inflammatory and pain-reducing
properties, so are useful in arthritic conditions. T o prepare the  potla,
they are washed, torn up and m ixed with crushed garlic, lime and
shredded coconut flesh, then fried with medicated oil in a w ok,
before being knotted up into small pouches. Sand, like clay and mud, has the ability to retain heat or cold, so is an ideal filler
for a heated compress. When dipped in warm, medicated oil, these bundle s of
goodness spread warmth and healing deep into tense or knotted muscles. At the
tranquil Spa Village  in the Pangkor Island Resort in Malaysia, pretty batik cottons
are used to further the pouch’ s appeal. At Soukya, patients who have been prescribed this therapy are
on a  course of seven to 21 day s, and the pouch is combined with
other th erapies. It may be gi ven to people with sciatica, disc
prolapse or lower back pain, and  is usually applied after an external
massage with medicated oil. T w o therapists administer the  potla :
one war ms two of the pouches  in medicated oil, while the other
massages the other two on to af fected areas. Movements include
gentle thudding and rubbing away from the heart. Navara Kizhi
Definitely worth a try is the intriguingly named Navara  kizhi, a
Keralan treatment of fered at many spas and clinics throughout
India. A t Oberoi Spa at Udaivilas, Navara rice (a type of dehus ked,red rice)  is mixed with milk a nd a decoction of  bala  root (Sida
cordifolia ) and  boiled for half an hour until it achieves a gruel-like
consistency. It is then wrapped into a loosely spun cotton cloth that
allows t he mixture to come through easily, and applied on to the
body. The excess liquid is kept i n a reserve pan on a warmer, so that
the pouches may be periodically re-warmed. Bala  root is a powerful cell nourishing and regenerating herb,
and is used in m any A yurvedic  treatments to maintain youth and
vitality. It means “youth” in Sanskrit, and is considered analge sic,
diuretic and stimulating as well. When mixed with Navara rice and
milk, the  proper ties “go quite de ep”, according to A yurvedic doctor,
Dr Y oge sh, who recommends the treatment to develop muscles and
improve muscle tone. “The pouch nourishes the skin, alleviates
vata  problems, improves blood circulation, reduces stif fness and
strengthens both the quantity and quality of the muscles,” he says. V ariations on the Navara  kizhi  include  podi kizhi (podi  means
“powder”;  triphala  or  dashmool  are often used);  dhanya kizhi
(dhanyam  translates as “grains”, so a combination of processed
grains is  used here;  naranga kizhi  using a cloth pouch filled with
lemon and herbs dipped in medicated oils; and  elakizhi (ela  means
“leaves”. All are designed to ac t as a potent anti-rheumatic, so are
helpful for stif fness in the joints. The spa at Amanbagh uses  dashmool  powder (das  means ten,
mool  translates as roots) in its specialized  kizhi  treatment. T ied
securely in immaculate linen pouches, the pretty little bundles are
dipped into warmed, medicated sesame first boiled with handpicked
aak  leaves (Calotropis gigantea ) before application. Aak  is a
plant in the milk weed family that grows profusely in the immediate
locality; known as swallow-wort,  aak  is useful in the treatment of
paralysis, swellings and fever, and it is anti-inflammatory when
applied externally. The Sand Bundle
At the spa at R ajvilas and Spa V illage spas in South East Asia,
fomentation with  small linen pouches filled with sand are the norm. The sand bundle is classified un der  ushema swedanam  therapies,
which translates as “to warm up (bundles) to sweat”. At Rajvilas, sulphur sand from Simla (it can hold its
temperature for a long time) is tied in small linen pouches, w hichare then  dipped in warm medic ated oil chosen according to one’ s
dosha  and pounded on the body. Accompanied by massage, the
therapy is soothing for inflammatory conditions, stif fness of joints
and aching muscles; it also pro motes general wellbeing. The heat
speeds up blood circulation and promotes sweating, which in turn
helps to eliminate toxins from the body. Plucked from the organic garden, Soukya’ s leaves are washed and chopped, then
mixed with lime, coconut and garlic and fried in a wok with medicated oil chosen
according to a patie nt’s health status and  dosha  imbalance. After frying for 10 to
15 minute s, the ingredients are transferred into soft cotton pouches, before being
administered, wonderfully warmed in oil, on problem areas. The gorge ous property in Udaipur known as Udaivilas not only boasts tranquil
surrounds on Lake Pichola, it offers numerous sites for therapy. Built to resemble
a Mewari palace, scallop-edged arches,  jaali  windows, cool sandstone and marble
decorations, as well as abundant gardens, offer a delightful backdrop to a spa
suite.beauty
Ancient beauty  -enhancing rituals are
experiencing a renaissance globally, as
people look towards “natural” rather than
“chemical” solutions to the symptoms of
aging. India is well placed to cater to
such needs, as it is home to a rich
selection of hair, skin and body
treatments, all of which work both
internally and externally to create a
glowing complexion, soft skin andlustrous locks. In addition, we consider
some wonderful de-toxing and
beautifying baths and some inspiring
therapies that employ gems, crystals,
metals and minerals for healing.ayurvedic facial care
Indian women have been harnessing herbs and plants for
skin care for centuries. Nu merous Sanskrit texts outline
facial and other beauty treatments, and evidence of natural
cosmetics dates back to at least 3,000  BC  in excavations of
the In dus V alley civilizat ion in present-day Pakis tan. Instructions for extracts of flowers, leaves, barks and herbs
for both medicinal and cosmetic purposes are plentiful in the
V edas — and the flawlessn ess of Indian women’ s skin is
captured in countless paintings from the past. Some of  the more common Indi an beauty products that have found
a w orldwide market include  kajal  or kohl eyeliner and  mehndi
(henna), as well as various per fumes and oils. Kajal  found fame
with the  Moghul Empress Nur Jehan; it is traditionally made from
triphala, alm ond, camphor and cabbage, all burnt in the oil of rose,
and has been exported for decades. Oils of sandalwood, musk and
rose hav e been traded along w ith India’ s cotton and spices for
centuries, and the Rajput combination of rose and milk for facial
scenting and cleansing is well documented. More recently, as
people h ave become aware of th e potential pitfalls of chemical and
synthetic skin, hair and beauty products, Indian herbal recipes have
become increasingly popular in global markets. In addition to formulating, manufacturing and selling facial
products, India is starting to capitalize on some of its ancient be auty
treatments too. Threading, the ancient art of facial hair extraction, is
finding favor in London and New Y ork day spas, and henna hairtreatments are increasingly pr omoted in high-end hair salons. Marma  massage on the vital ener gy poi nts of the face is a therapy
of fered in many South East Asian spas and the Indian head mass age
is widely used as a “filler” whilst a client is resting with a face
mask, fo r example. These, along with some of the more medicinal
A yurvedic treatments, are ones to watch out for. Many spas, salons and Ayurvedic centers in India are now manufacturing their
own herbal products for sale both domestically and overseas. The ingredients for
the Ananda facial are artfully arrang ed here


in g them. Strength  in this region  is of  inesti mable  importance. Leadin g
into the pelvis  is a vast  number  of nerves,  blood  vessels  and lymph
glands. Here  term inate  tissues  com municating  with ever y squar e
inch of  the body. All of the  major acupunc ture meridians,  which
carry  Chi to  the vital  organs,  pass throu gh this area. If it is blocked
or weak, energ y will dissipate,  and the organs,  as w ell as the brain,
will suffer. This is what happe ns to many people  in old  age. As their
rectal  and pelvic muscles sag and  become loose,  their  vital Chi
energy  slowly drains  out, leaving  them  weak and feeble. 1. Celib ates
    No ma tter who you are, sexual ener gy is constantl y building  up
and accu mulating  in the sexual  region. Som e negative  evidence
has been  collected  regar ding the health  of celibates  based  on
studies  of priests  and nuns  who use only  willpower to suppress
the sexual fire  within.!t has been  found  that the practice  of celibac y
by women  has broug ht on the eventual  deterior ation  of the  sexual
organs  caused  by long- term congestion  in the  ovaries  or breasts,
in turn  affecting  the internal  orga ns. Som e celibates  are able  to transform their  sexual  energ y
naturall y, and as a result  no problems arise  in the celibate  state. A
woma n who is not so naturall y enlightene d will find an accumulation
in her  body and sexual  organs  of too  much sexual  energ y. This
energy  tends  to need  a release,  and if the  woma n has no way to
handle  the problem prop erly, the energ y can affect  her adversel y,
multiplying her negativ e emotions. Without prope rly cultivating
- 67 -Cultivating  Ovarian Power
sexual  energy  and openi ng the energ y channels  betw een the lower
and upper  body  the sexual ener gy is blocked,  thereby  congesti ng
blood  and hormones  in the  woma n’s genitals,  ovaries,  and cervix. Such problems can  be avoided  by practicing  the Ovarian  Breathing
and Orgas mic Up ward Draw  exercises. B. Ovarian Breathing  Cultivates Ovarian  Power
1. Wo man’s Menstrual  Cycle
   It is said  that anatomy  is destiny : wome n are born  to be  mothers. A baby  girl’s ovaries  are immature, small and  smooth, but  they
contain  the power necessar y to create  the 300- 500 eggs  she will
produce  in her  repro ductive  years and a reserve  of potentiall y
450,000  eggs. Every  woman  has a profou nd connection  with her menstrual
cycle. Women students  of the Universal  Tao System have  reveal ed
how sensitive  they are to what seems to be  subtle  changes  in their
cycles: they notice  right  away if their  periods  are one day early  or
late, if they  last a da y longer  or are a da y shorter  and if the
consistency  or color  varies  from what they  have  come to expect. Apparentl y many women  reme mber an  event  that occurre d the
day they received  their  first periods. Those  memories may  be
pleasant  or unpleas ant, but they  remain indelible. One woman
remem bers it wa s the first tim e a man tried  to pick  her up: another
woma n reme mbers that  her mother slapped  her face (a gestur e of
welcome into  the world of being  a woman ): anoth er woman  hit a
home run  in a softball  game that  day. Man y women’s  cycles  beco me a  source  of much confusion  and
uncertaint y. They  are unsure  about  fertile  times, are asha med of
secretions  and odors,  are discontent  with available  birth  control
methods,  develop  ange r at common childbirth  practices,  or harb or
a sim ultaneous  depende ncy on and distrust  of the medical
profession. Som e wome n go throug h life with few problems during  their
cycles, having  easy  periods,  uncomplicated  births,  or smooth
transitions  into me nopaus e. Others  have  distressing  problems w ith
their periods,  such as  recurre nt vaginal  infections,  abnormal Pap
smears, difficult  births,  hysterect omies, or they  take s ynthetic
hormones  because  of disabling  hot flashes. - 68 -Chapter  V
   Major  changes  can occur  in the  menstrual  cycles  as well as in
many other  aspects  in the  lives of some women  simply  by practicing
Ovarian  Breathing. The point  is that,  even  if a woma n has two or three  children  and
does  not plan  to have  more, her body  continues  cyclicall y to prod uce
ovary  energ y. Instead  of wasting that energy, it can be  conserve d
through  transformation  into anothe r form  for later  use. The Ovarian
exercises  provide  a way to use that Ovarian  pow er:
2. Yang Energy and the  Menstrual  Cycle
    There  are three  distinct parts  to the menstrual  cycle. First,  there
is the  period  itself. Follo wing menstruatio n, an ovary  spurts  several
immature eggs  into action,  and usuall y one egg matures  com pletel y. Surround ed by a jel ly-like covering,  it breaks  out of the ovar y. That
period  of time, fro m the  end of the bleedin g until  ovulation,  is the
time of ma ximum ovary  pow er During  this part of the c ycle the
Taoists believe  that the ovaries’  energ y is at its most Yang, or most
hot. After  ovulation  the ruptu red area  of the ovary  heals  and forms
the corpus  luteum, or y ellow body. This yell ow body produc es
progeste rone. The function  of progester one is to keep  the uterin e
lining  from sloughing  off. If  the egg unites  with a sperm and  a
pregna ncy starts,  progest erone will be secreted  during  the entire
pregna ncy. If there  is no  fertilization,  the ovar y will produc e a spurt
of estrog en, and the menstruation  cycle will begin. The Taoists note,  and wome n’s experienc es to date  confir m,
that the part of the  cycle between menstruation  and ovulation  is the
time that a woma n will receive  the maximum benefit  from the
practice  of Ovarian  Breathing,  with continue d practice  then  being
optional  until  the next  cycle. The process  of Ovarian  Breathing  will
draw energy  out of the egg. Imagine  having  access  to an  energ y
that is pow erful enoug h to besto w life! C. Diaphrag ms
    The bod y possesses  not one but several  diaphra gms. E veryone
is familiar with the thoracic  diaphragm in  the chest, separ ating  the
heart  and lungs  from the abdominal  organs  and assisting  us in
breathin g. When you inhale,  this diaphragm lo wers, thus  increasing
the space  in the  chest  and allow ing the lungs  to fill: the  deeper  the
breath,  the lower the diaphr agm m oves. - 69 -Cultivating  Ovarian Power
   Less  is know n about  the pelvic  and urogenit al diaphra gms, wh ich
separate  the pelvis from the perin eum. To practice  Ovarian  Breathing
properl y you must use  not only the chest diaphr agm, but  also  the
pelvic and  urog enital  diaphra gms. (Fig. 5.1) These serve  as flood
gates,  opening  to spurt  energy  to the organs,  or as  pistons,  pumping
the energy  up to higher  centers. True breat hing comes fro m these
lower diaphragms. It  is an exceedin gly important


 of your life—not usually for the better. Little by little, as you learn to accept that emotions are a reality  of life,
they will come and go if you let them. This is spiritual evolution. Just as our
bodies have evolved through eons of challenging outer experiences, so our
souls evolve through the fires of inner experiences. It is not that a great
being does not have emotions; it is that they are at peace  with their
emotions. They can handle the various changes their heart goes through. If
somebody you know dies, it’s natural to feel a sense of loss. You’re going to
feel a certain amount of sadness if you cared about the person. That is your
heart expressing itself in harmony with what’ s happenin g. Like an
instrument playing something beautiful, your heart is composing a song of
sadness for you. The trouble is you’re not okay with that. Eventually you
will realize that the emotion itself is not the problem—the problem is you’re
not able to hand le the emotion. We come back to the same place again and
again: Do you want to devote your life to controlling the world so your heart
never feels emotions you can’t handle. Or do you want to devote yourself to
the evolutionary work of becoming comfortable with your heart. Just as we found  with the mind, if you want to work with your heart,
understand why it is the way it is. You may have noticed it can be sensitive,
volatile, and difficult to live with. The heart is this way because you didn’ t
handle the natur al emotions it created, you resisted them, which stored their
energy inside you. Now you’re in trouble. It’s bad enough that you pushed
away thought patterns, but you’ve also pushed away the vibrat ions of your
heart. These blocked energy patterns are making a complete mess of your
heart. The heart has become out of balance, and it has stopped opening
when it needs to express healthy emotions. Let’s say someone does
something that makes you feel fear. There are times when fear is a normal,
healthy reaction to outer events. But you aren’ t able to handle the emotion,
so you suppress it to get it out of your consciousness. Later, you hear
something bad happened to that person. Instead of feeling comp assion, you
feel relieved. Your emotions are no longer in harmony with outer situations,
instead they are releasing the blocked ener gies from your past experiences. Spiritual growth is about fixing the heart and returning it to a state of
well-being. It should be clear by now that the problem is not outside in the
world; the probl em is your inabi lity to handle your heart’ s full expression of
the world. Learning to handle these expressions is the solution, and it is the
essence of spiritual growth. Feelings of loss or fear or anger in your heart
are just objects of consciousness that Self is experiencing. They cannot
harm you, unless you resist them. They actually make you richer because
you experienced them. Every experien ce makes you a greater person if you
don’t resist it. Come to peace with the expressions of your heart. It may seem
impossible to be comfortable with emotions that are uncomfortable, but the
truth is you already have experience doing that. Take Shakespeare’ s play
Romeo and Juliet. As a tragedy, it certainly is not fun. Let’s say a
Shakespeare troupe comes through town and performs Romeo and Juliet. They do such a good job that you cry with a level of relief you’ve hardly
ever felt before. The performance was completely heart-wrenching. What do
you do. You tell all your friends to go see it. You say, “I cried for three days
afterwards. It was unbelievable. It touched my heart so deeply. I’ve never
felt such pure sadness. I want to see it again, and you all should come with
me. ” Well, if a tragedy even close to that happened in real life, you would
not be praising the depth of emotion—you would be scarred for life. That’ sthe difference between acceptin g the expression of your heart  rather than
resisting it. Creation has put a full orchestra inside you, free of charge. This makes
life so much more interesting and vibrant. Learn to enjoy your heart by
ceasing to resist it. It’s not about losing yourself in your emotion s. It’s about
being willing to experience them in the same way you experience a
beautiful sunset. You simply let the sunset come in. You’re  not doing
anything. You are simply allowing awareness to be aware of what is in front
of it. Sometimes it’s a beautiful sunset, sometimes it’s a sense of loss. The
process is exactly the same: consciousness is experiencing an object of
consciousness. You are not clinging to it or suppressing it. You are simply
experiencing it. If you cling to the object, it stays. If you suppress it, it stays. If it stays,
it will distort reality. You are no longer open to life—you have a bias for or
against certain things. These samskaras are powerful packets  of energy. They distort your perception of life, and you constantly pay the price. When
thoughts and emotions are suppressed, they rot down there. They will pop
up at different times and cause serious problems in your life. This is what
Freud taught, and it was also taught thousands of years earlier in the
Upanishads. Learning to make peace with your heart is a major step toward
extricating yourself from the very human predicament we all find ourselves
in. Chapter 29. Neither Suppression nor Expression
Though it is true that you don’t want to suppress emotions, you also don’t
want them running your life. There is a sacred place between suppression
and expression—pure experience. In this state, you are neither  suppressing
the energy internally nor expres sing it externally. You are simply willing to
experience the energy coming from your heart and mind. The sorrow of
death and the joy of birth are both coming up inside and feedin g your soul. They are touchi ng you all the way to the core of your being. You are not
touching them— they are touching you. There’ s nothing to do about it. It is
all simply a gift God is giving you. The mind is free to think; the heart is
free to feel. All of this leaves you at peace, in a state of gratitude. This is the
way life is meant to be. Yet you can’t handle certain thoughts and emotions. You resist them,
and then you build a mental world around what you have stored in there. In
this state, you can only feel gratitude if you get what you want or avoid
what you don’t want. Eventual ly you wake up and realize that you have
work to do, real work. That work is not outside; it is inside. That work
becomes your spiritual practice. To get what you really want—joy, love,
enthusiasm, and passion for every moment of your life—you need to get
these stored patterns out. The problem is that while you might see this
intellectually, in a very short period of time your mind is going to fight
back. This is because the inner path doesn’ t fit the mind’ s habitual patterns
for how to be okay. The only data the mind currently has is based upon its past
experiences, so the mind always thinks it’s right. This is part of the
predicament. Please understand that your mind will always think it’s right. The mind is not dumb; it knows what it experienced. But it doesn’ t know
what it didn’ t experience—which is an infinitely larger body of knowledge. This is why the wise sage Lao Tzu reflected that a wise man does not argue
—for what purpose. You have your mindset, and another person has their
mindset. All their lifelong data says one thing, and your totally different
lifelong data sees it differently. There’ s nothing you’re going to do about
that, except be humble enough to realize that at any given moment the data
you are taking in is less than. 00001 percent of what’ s going on everywhere. It’s meaningless ; it rounds to zero. In essence, you’ve had a whole bunch of
zero-breadth experiences that add up to zero. The personal mind is so caught
up in itself, it will never want to look at that truth. Deep spiritual teachings embrac e that truth. They ask you to look at the
world in front of you and realize it took billions of years for that exact
moment to manifest before you. Accept that. Honor that. Surrender to that. This begins by first accepting reality, not resisting it. It’s not about doing or
not doing anyth ing—it’ s about surrendering your initial resista nce to what
is. You see what ’s there, and then let go of all the stuff that comes up due to
your stored samskaras. Inevitably, your mind is going to start talking about
likes and dislike s. Just don’t listen. Why would you listen to that. It’s just
your personal blockages superimposed on reality. You can now understand what you are accepting and surrendering to:
reality. What else is there. Reality is truth, at least for the moment. It is
what’ s real versus past mental impressions that are simply leftover thoughts. The way to deal with these mental impressions is to realize they are
perfectly natura l. Reality is going to come in, it’s going to hit your


 world. You would200 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  think a simple, inexpensive test for cancer of the ovaries would
be standard in a society that prescribes estrogen with suchregularity. However, for reasons I cannot decipher, insurancecompanies will pay for a PSA test to screen for prostate cancer,but not for a CA-125 test. STROKES AND HEART DISEASE
Heart attacks are the number one cause of death in both men
and women. This would, of course, be a prime area to exercisepreventive medicine. Yet in spite of all the measures beingimplemented—coronary bypass surgery, the placing of stents,angioplasty, the use of drugs to lower cholesterol, stop-smokingcampaigns, dieting and exercise programs, to mention several—there has been no change in the cardiovascular mortality ratesince 1950. Is it possible that we are not addressing the major causes of
cardiovascular disease? Everybody has heard about cholesterol—the good (HDL)
and the bad (LDL). Lipitor and Zocor, which reducecholesterol levels, are now the largest-selling drugs worldwide.This fact has been greatly enhanced by the tendency to keeplowering the upper limit of “normal” for total cholesterol.When I was in medical school, a normal cholesterol level couldbe as high as 300. This number has been continuously loweredto the latest “normal” level of 180. Now there is talk oflowering the level to 160, which will allow doctors to placechildren on these drugs. Interestingly, it has never been demonstrated convincingly
that lowering cholesterol prevents coronary artery disease, andsome studies indicate that more people who have heart attackshave low cholesterol rather than high cholesterol. There is,201 WHY WE DON’T HAVE PREVENTIVE MEDICINE however, a much more serious risk factor that the medical
community has largely ignored—the homocysteine level. THE HIDDEN ENEMY
Homocysteine is found in everybody’s bloodstream. It is a
breakdown product of methionine, an amino acid. In highlevels it damages blood vessels and causes them to be sticky—arisk factor for cholesterol plaques and blood clots. It predisposesa person not only to heart attacks but to strokes, Alzheimer’sdisease, Parkinson’s disease, and osteoporosis, and it shortensthe lifespan. Certainly, it’s an important risk factor to screen for.However, the treatment consists of a combination of three Bvitamins—folic acid, vitamin B12, and vitamin B6—alongwith trimethylglycine, all natural products of little benefit todrug companies. Once again, it seems that if drug companies are not
interested, doctors are rarely informed. Even if they areinformed, insurance companies do not pay for the test unlessthere is an underlying diagnosis to support doing the test. Another risk factor that is often not considered is called
C-reactive protein (C-RP). This is a marker for inflamma-tion in the coronary arteries—again, a situation predispos-ing to plaque formation and blood clots. Women withelevated C-RP levels are at significant risk of sudden death,and this element is considered a much greater risk factorthan a high LDL cholesterol. As an aside, elevations of C-RP can also be a marker for
cancer of the colon and for macular degeneration, the numberone cause of adult-onset blindness. Certainly, this is ascreening test that should be performed, but it is rarely done.Here too, the treatment of elevated levels often incorporates202 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  the use of natural antioxidants, which are, again, substances
not promoted by pharmaceutical companies. I am a realist. As most people are aware, business runs this
world. The medical system is a multi-trillion-dollar-a-yearindustry that sadly seems to be thriving on disease and illness,not wellness. When studies are publicized defaming the health benefits
of natural products, such as vitamin E or DHEA, it is worthconsidering the source. A recent study, for instance, concludedthat treating elevated homocysteine levels has no clinicalbenefit. However, reading the actual study reveals that theresearchers did not lower the levels significantly enough tohave any benefit. Those studies that show no benefit, or evenharm, from certain vitamins usually involve synthetic vita-mins, which the body is unable to recognize. THE MESSAGE
People are discovering that in many cases, in order to be
healthy, they have to become pro-active. They have to take theirhealth into their own hands. They cannot fully rely on a healthsystem that is not fully committed to their being healthy. It is my conviction that over time more and more doctors
will be tuned into the use of natural hormones to prevent andheal illnesses and to screen for other preventable disorders.However, this will not happen until patients demand betterapproaches to their health.203 WHY WE DON’T HAVE PREVENTIVE MEDICINE  BIO-IDENTICAL ISSUES
Currently there is controversy surrounding bio-identical
hormones regarding their safety and efficacy. The AmericanMedical Association (AMA) has denounced them; pharma-ceutical companies want the Federal Drug Administration(FDA) to shut down compounding pharmacies. Criticism includes the claims that bio-identical hormones
are not FDA-approved and there are no long-term studiesdemonstrating their efficacy. Additionally, people beinginterviewed as experts, though they lack experience utilizingthese products, contend that bio-identical hormones do notget absorbed and they provide no benefits. Wyeth, the phar-maceutical company that makes Premarin and Provera, hassaid that bio-identical hormones are not safe. Considering thedangers of Premarin and Provera established by the Women’sHealth Initiative, this is not worth commenting upon. Let me address some of these issues. Bio-identical hormones are manufactured by traditional
pharmaceutical companies. They have a natural base, usuallysoy or yam, and are sent in the form of powders tocompounding pharmacies, where they are then made intocreams, capsules, gels, troches, and suppositories. All productsmanufactured by pharmaceutical companies are approved by
205the FDA, which dispels one of the criticisms. Upjohn Pharmaceuticals has been manufacturing
bio-identical hormone products for 70 years—to say theyhave not been around long enough to assess their safetyis absurd. Many studies indicating the benefits of bio-identical
hormones have in fact been published, albeit not in thetraditional medical journals that are basically bought and paidfor by drug companies. As for criticism that these products aren’t effective, I find
nothing more rewarding than hearing one of my patients state,after being introduced to bio-identical hormones, that theyhave never felt better. This is a statement that traditionaldoctors rarely hear. T o know if bio-identical hormones work,I just need to listen to, and observe, my patients. THE REAL CONTROVERSY
It is my feeling that the actual concern when it comes to
hormone replacement therapy is not being addressed. Thedebate is mainly revolving around the type of estrogenprescribed for women during menopause—natural versussynthetic, and, if natural, urine-based versus plant-based. However, it is my feeling the debate should be centered not
on the type of estrogen a woman should receive, but onwhether estrogen should be replaced at all. As mentionedthroughout this book, women never stop making estrogen.They simply produce smaller amounts as they get older.Considering the risk of serious side effects associated withestrogen, if a woman in menopause is not trying to getpregnant, why try to increase her estrogen levels unnecessarily? Please remember, the fact that a hormone is bio-identical206 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  does not confer safety in and of itself. It still has to be
used appropriately and only when necessary, just like anyother medication. WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT
Until doctors get back to treating their patients instead of lab
tests, until they start listening to patients instead of drugcompanies, and until they open themselves to a more logicaland healthful approach to medicine, we are destined to remainon the bottom of the list of civilized countries when it comes tohealth care. Not surprisingly, many physicians are becoming disen-
chanted with the way medicine is practiced. They recognizethat they are losing control. Because of decreasing reimburse-ments and higher overhead costs, they are forced to see moreand more patients per hour and cannot provide the time theirpatients may need. Insurance companies dictate to them therules about what’s covered—or more accurately, what’s notcovered. Drug companies besiege doctors with self-servinginformation, leading to more and more prescriptions for morecomplex medications whose side effect profiles are not clearlyestablished. This in turn leads to drug interactions, unnecessaryhospitalizations, and, not uncommonly, death. A recent poll among primary care physicians (family
practitioners and internists) indicated that 80 percent wouldnot to go medical school again, given the choice. Understandably, many doctors are becoming interested in
a different type of practice. We are seeing a rise in practicesdesignated as boutique, concierge-type offerings, which areable to provide a more personalized service—at a much highercost. However, this is still a form of traditional medicine.207 BIO-IDENTICAL ISSUES At the same time, more physicians are getting involved
with bio-identical hormone therapy. They should under-stand however, that a weekend seminar in Las Vegas does notbegin to cover the intricacies involved in bringing patientsinto hormonal balance. Nevertheless, as time goes on andphysicians


 expandin g rings (see this page ). Time turns into probability waves,
and space is filled with ambiguous, foggy regions where a bit of matter
might once have passed through or could be expected to show up. Our two points A and B are known to be somewhere inside these
expanding rings, but there is no definite past, present, or future, only
possibilities of position. Maybe  a particle is here, maybe there. When the
position is determined, then the time scale emer ges with it. A and B could
be close together at the center or apart somewhere farther out. Linear time
fools us into thinking that one minute follows another with equal spacing,
but change your reference to subjective time: Two seconds sitting on a hot
stove are much further apart than two seconds with a pretty girl. Einstein
proved that the spacing betwe en any two events is totally arbitrary; in
reality there is only the possibility  of intervals. Toppling linear time didn’ t make Einstein very happy—he personally
preferred to believe that three- dimensional things and events  were real. Nonetheless, a supreme act of liberation was achieved for science. Younger
physicists were jubilant, and in Einstein’ s wake we now have “superspace,”
a realm exploding with new dimensions, new geometries, and any kind of
time one can imagine. In superspace, stars are no longer separated by black
emptiness; infin ite energy pulsates through the void, spinning itself out
along invisible strings and loops. Time can get sucked into black holes and
spewed out of “singularities,” compressed seeds of space-time  that enfold
infinite duration in zero space. In superspace time does not have any fixed direction; it can just as easily
go back ward as forward. A particle departing from A can show up at B
before it left, defying our linear expectations. This may seem impossible to
comprehend, but imagine a jet taking off at night. As a passe nger sitting
inside the plane, you see the runway lights rushing past you in a row,
following a sequence in time. Once you are airborne, however, you can look
down and see that the lights weren’ t moving at all. They exist in a pattern
that you experienced as movin g time. Linear time always appears to be
moving, but when you break out of the three-dimensional view point, it is
possible to look down, survey the larger picture, and realize that time itself
does not move. The standard picture of Nature endorsed by most physicists has two
layers that we can understand either through the senses or through scientific
theory:
PHYSICAL CREA TION
QUANTUM FIELD
The physical world arose from the quantum field, which is the source of all
matter and energy. But that raises the obvious question: Where did the
quantum field come from? Quantum reality is already at the very edge of
time and space; beyond it there is no where or when. Therefore, the source
of the quantum field must be nowhere and everywhere, and the date of its
birth was no time and anytime. In other words, the question has no answer
that makes sense within our ordinary framework of space-time.Here again, Einstein offered a solution. When he had completed his work
on the General Theory of Relativity, which some physicists consider the
most profound act of thought achieved by any single human being, Einstein
went on to postu late a unified field theory that would draw together all the
laws of Nature and give them a common foundation. His famou s theorem E
= mc2 had proved that matter can be converted into energy—in the
terminology of physics, Einstein had unified the two—and now he set out to
unify space and time as well. In essence he would replace the two-layer
model of the cosmos with a three-layer one (see this page ). Since he had already proved that space-time is an illusion, this new layer
of the unified field had to be the Reality behind the illusion, the wholeness
beyond all dimensions. Unfortu nately, Einstein died before he was able to
find mathematic al expression for his unified field theory. Thirty years after
his death, younger colleagues such as John Wheeler and David Bohm took
up the task, despite the fact that most physicists were extremely skeptical. It
seemed impossible to come up with a true unified field theory, because it
would have to be nothing less than “the theory of everything.” Today,
skepticism has turned to hope, and a theory of everything is considered a
viable goal by such notable thinkers as Stephen Hawking and Roger
Penrose. PHYSICAL CREA TION
QUANTUM FIELD
UNIFIED FIELD
However, we do not have to wait for the theory of everythi ng to be
proved in order to grasp that the unified field is identical to the It of Alan
Watts’s timeless  experience, the totality that is perfectly ordered and that
includes all space-time events  in a seamless web. When the spiritual
masters declare,  “I am That,” they are affirming the most complete sense of
belonging. They realize that the unified field exists in, around, and through
them. However, for us to share this experience we have to overc ome a very
imposing obstac le—the fear of death. For the vast majority of people, death
represents the cutof f point where life ends and the unknown begins. But thepost-Einstein universe has no beginning and end, no edges in time and
space. To join this larger reality, each of us must redefine where our own
life begins and ends—or whether it begins and ends at all. OceanofPDF.comTHE SPELL OF MORTALITY:
Overcoming the Illusion of Death
The unified field is inside ourselves, anchoring us to the timeless world
with every breath, every though t, every action. Some people are much more
aware of this connection than others, and for them death becomes much less
threatening. Once, as a young man when he was at the depths of ill health
and depression, Einstein wrote to a close friend, “I feel myself so much a
part of all life that I am not in the least concerned with the beginning or the
end of the concrete existence of any particular person in this unending
stream.”
This sense of being one with things brings safety and the absence of
threat. If harboring threat insid e us is what gives rise to aging, then we
cannot afford to live with our present fear of death. In actuality, death is not
the all-powerful force our fear tells us it is. In Nature, death is part of the
larger cycle of birth and renewa l. This year’s seeds sprout, grow, blossom,
and set next year’s seeds. The cycles of endless renewal are not beyond
death—they incorporate death, using it for a larger purpose. The same is
true inside our bodies. Many cells under go aging and death as a choice, not
because they have been forced into extinction by the grim reaper. Even to assume that death exists  is a half-truth, for there are many levels
of yourself that know nothing of extinction. Your atoms are billions of years
old and have billions of years more life left in them. In the remote future,
when they are broken down into smaller particles, atoms will not die but
just get transformed into another configuration of energy. Atoms are
nothing but transformed energy to begin with, yet we do not say that the
primordial “ener gy soup” died when it got locked up into the orderly
patterns of hydrogen, helium, and the other elements. Gravity and itskindred subatomic forces holding your body together will never die,
although in some unknowable future they may withdraw into the larger
force fields that gave birth to them in the Big Bang. As long as we are
composed of these deathless ingredients, why not see ourselves in the same
light? In the Grip of Illusion
To break free of the grip of death, you need to see that it is based on a very
selective view of reality that was conditioned into you before  you had a
conscious choice. Go back in your mind to the time in early childhood
when you first realized that there was death. These first encounters are
generally very shocking. A 4-year -old is stunned when she wakes up one
morning to find that a pet canary, cat, or dog has simply stopped being
alive. What’ s happened? Where did my pet go? Parents rarely can supply a good answer to those questions. They say
something like, “Your pet has gone to heaven to be with God.” This usually
doesn’ t settle the matter. Saying  that a pet went to heaven conveys what the
parents hope  is true, but underneath they fear death as much as children do
and understand it just as little. Young children have good antennae for
parental doubts and evasions. The tears stop and the pain eases, but at a
deeper level a faint suspicion is born: Maybe this could happen to me. Then when a child is somewhere between ages 4 and 6, the parents
confirm that the fearful intimati on is true. “Grandmother has died and gone
to heave n, and one day you will die, and so will Mommy and Daddy.” You
may not remember this moment —many children prefer to deny it and vow
to be Peter Pan, forever young—but whether you remember it is irrelevant. The moment you confronted death, some psychologists argue, you bought
into a notion that has gripped humanity for centuries. Y our


rs.,Bell. grindingofteeth:Bell. hunger:Cina
nausea:Nat-m.
sensitiveskin:Ap. 180•Fingernails INTERNALREPERTORY
shaking:Pyr. shivering:Cham.,Gels.,Nux-v.,Sul. sweatingseeSweat
thirstseeThirst/Thirstless
Better:
forcompleterest:Bry. inbed:Kali-c.
drinkingcoldwater:Canst. freshair:Ip. heat:Hep-s.,Kali-c.
hotdrinks:Rhus-t.
forsweating:Gels. foruncovering:Aco.,Ap.,Ferr-m.,lgn.,
Nat-m.,Op.,Puis. forurinating:Gels. Worse
9p.m.:Bry. afternoon:Ap.,Bell.,Gels.,lgn.,Phos.,Puis. autumn:Bry.,Nat-m.,Sep. inbed:Merc-s.,Puis. colddrinks:Rltus-t.
draughts:Nux-v.
aftereating:Kali-c. evening:Aco.,Bell.,Lye,Phos.,Puis.,
Rhus-t.,Sil. afterlyingdowninbed:Bry. freshair:Merc-s.,Nux-v.
frontofthebody:lgn. forheat:Ap.,Ip.,Puis. forlight:Bell. mentalexertion:Sul. aftermidnight:Ars. midmorning:Cham.,Nat-m.,Rhus-t.
morning:Ap.,Ars. inbed:Puis. movement:Nux-v.,Rims-t.,Sil. atnight:Aco.,Ars.,Bapt.,Bell.,Cina,Merc-s.
Phos.,Puis.,Rhus-t.,Sil.,Sul. duringsleep:Op. slightestmovementofthebedclothes:
Nux-v.
inastuffyroom:Ap.,Puis. forswearing:Op.,Sep.,Ver-a. forthinking:Sul. forbeinguncovered: Bell.,Hep-s.,Nux-v.,
Puis.,Pyr.,Rlms-t.,Sep.,Sil. warmcovers:Ap.,lgn.,Puis. washing:Ap.,Puis. Causes:
anger:Cham.,Sep. gettingchilled:Aco. teethinginbabies:Aco. Fingernails
Split:Ant-c.,Sil. Weaknails,spliteasily:SB. Whitespotsonnails:Sil.,Zinc.Causedby:
injury:Ant-c.
FlatulenceArg-n.,Ars.,Calc-c.,Carb-a.,Carb-v.,
Cham.,Chin.,Colch.,Lye,Mag-c,Nats.,
Nit-ac,Podo.,Puis.,Si).,Sul. Belly/stomach:
bloated:Arg-n.,Ars.,Calc-c,Carb-a.,
Carb-v.,Cham.,Chin.,Colch.,Lye,Mag-c,
Nux-v.,Sul. abovethenavel:Chin. below"thenavel:Carb-v.,Lye. gurgling:Podo.,Puis.,Sul. beforestool:Podo. intolerantoftightclothing(beltsetc. ):
Arg-n.,Calc-c,Lye,Nux-v.
rumbling:Carb-v.,Chin.,Lye,Nat-s.,
Nux-v.,Puis.,Sil.,Sul. beforestool:Mag-c.
betterforpassingflatus:Carb-v.,Lye,
Nat-s.
Wind:
loud:Arg-n.,Nat-s.
duringstool:Nat-s.,Podo. smelly:Ars.,Carb-v.,Nat-s.,Nit-ac,Puis.,
Sil.,Sul. ofrotteneggs:Sul. obstructed(difficulttoexpel):Arg-n.,Chin.,
Colch.,Nit-ac,Puis.,Sil. With:
diarrhoea:Carb-v.,Nat-s.
urgingforstoolbutonlysplutteringwindis
passed:Nat-s. Better:
passingwind:Carb-v.,Lye,Nat-s.,Nux-v.,
Puis.,Sul. Worse:
aftereating:Arg-n.,Lye,Nux-v.
afterbreakfast:Nat-s.
before/afterstool:Lye
Causes:
eatingfruit:Chin. abdominalsurgery:Carb-a.,Carb-v.,Chin. FluArs.,Bapt.,Bry.,Dulc,Eup-p.,Gels.,Ip.,
Nux-v.,Pyr.,Rhus-t.
Bodvfeelsbruised:Bapt. Chills:Ip. Eyeballsaching:Bry.,Eup-p.,Gels. Eyelidsred:Eup-p.
Musclesfeelheavy/sore/stiff: Bapt. Pains:
aching:Ip.,Pyr.,RJius-t.
back:Ip. bones:Eup-p.,Ip.,Nux-v.,Pyr.,Rhus-t.
bonesfeelbroken:Eup-p.
joints:Nux-v.,Rhus-t.
legs:Ip.,Pyr.,Rhus-t.
INTERNALREPERTORY Hayfever •181
muscles:Gels. shooting:Rhus-t.
sore,bruised:Ip.,Nux-v.,Rhus-t.
Skinsore:Eup-p.
With:
chilliness,extreme,can'tgetwarm:Gels.,
Nux-v.,Pyr. commoncold:Ars.,Nux-v.
exhaustion:Gels.,Rhus-t.
fever:Ars.,Bapt.,Nux-v.,Pyr.,Rhus-t.
headache:Eup-p.
heaviness:Gels. nasalcatarrh:Eup-p.
nightmares:Bapt. numbness:Gels. restlessness:Ars.,Pyr. shivering/chills inback:Eup-p.,Gels.,Pyr. sneezing:Eup-p.,Rhus-t.
extremethirst:Pyr. Better:
warmcompresses:Nux-v.
formovement:Pyr. forsweating:Eup-p.,Gels. forurinating:Gels. forwalking:Pyr. warmthofbed:Nux-v.,Pyr. Worse:
inbed:Nux-v.
cold:Nux-v.
duringthechillystage:Pyr. exertion:Gels. morning:Nux-v.
walking:Gels. sitting:Pyr. Causes:
changeoftemperature:Ars. cold,dampweather:Dulc. FlushedseeFaceflushed
FoodpoisoningArs.,Carb-a.,Garb-v.,Each.,Lye,
Puis.,Urt-u. Causes:
fish:Carb-a.,Carb-v.,Puis. meat:Ars.,Carb-v.,Each.,Puis. shellfish:Lye,Urt-u. vegetables:Carb-a. Forgetful(seealsoAbsent-minded;Confused)
Arg-n.,Am.,Ars.,Bar-c,Caust.,Cocc,
Colch.,Con.,Glon.,Kali-p.,Lye,Merc-s.,
Nat-c,Petr.,Pho-ac,Sep.,Slap.,Ver-a. Followinginjury:Am. FracturesseeBrokenbones
FrightenedseeFearful
FussyseeCritical;Capricious
GastricfluArs.,Bapt.,Bry.,Eup-p.,Ip.,Nux-v. Pains:
~*aching:Bry.stomach:Bry. With:
biliousness:Bry. painlessdiarrhoea:Bapt. fever:Bapt.,Bry.,Eup-p. flusymptoms(seealsoFlu):Ars.,Bapt.,
Bry.,Eup-p.,Ip.,Nux-v.
nausea:Eup-p.
retching:Eup-p.
vomiting:Eup-p.
bile:Eup-p.
food:Eup-p. Better:
afterchills:Eup-p.
forbelching:Bry. duringfever:Eup-p. Worse:
evening:Bry. forcoughing:Bry. foreatingbread:Bry. forlyingdowninbed:Bry. formovement:Bry. forwalking:Bry. GentlePuis. GermanmeaslesseeMeasles
GlandsseeSorethroat,Tonsilsswollen
Sensitive:Bar-c,Bell. Swollen:Bar-c,Bell.,Calc-c,Merc-s.,Puis.,
Rhus-t.,Sil.,Sul. painless:Calc<. Gloomy(seealsoDepressed;Despondent;Morose)
Nat-c.
Gumboils(seealsoAbscesses) Sil. Gums
Bleeding:Am.,Phos. aftertoothextraction:Am.,Each.,Phos. Haemorrhoids seePiles
HairlossCarb-v.,Each.,Lye,Pho-ac,Phos.,Sep.,
Sul. Inhandfuls:Phos. Causes:
acuteillness:Carb-v.,Phos. childbirth:Lye,Sul. grief:Pho-ac. menopause:Sep.
pregnancy:Each. HayfeverAll-c,Ars.,Euphr.,Nat-m.,Nux-v.,Puis.,
Sul. Eyes:
stream:All-c.
discharge:
profuse:All-c.
non-irritating: All-c
watery:All-c
Nasalcatarrh:
burning:All-c.
J
182•Headache INTERNALREPERTORY
profuse:All-c.
watery:All-c.
With:
eyeinflammation: Euphr.,Sul. coldsores:Nat-tn. commoncoldsymptoms:Ars.,Euphr.,
Nat-m.,Nux-v.,Puis.,Sul.,(seeCommon
cold)
cough:Euphr