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 From the fourth day onward, I had lost all anxiety  about the case, and
except for short  infrequent  visits, left the treatment  in the hands  of the
two intelligent  and helpful nurses.
By the twenty‐third day the patient was showing such signs  of complete
recovery that one of the nurses begged me to try the effect of a little
grated raw carrot juice flavoured  with lemon. The result was a set‐back.
Withi  n two  hours, a rash covering a considerable  area and  attended
with much irritation appeared  on each arm. At the same time the flow
of urine was impeded  and there  was much swelling and irritation  in the
abdomen.  Cloths soaked in one of the nurse's urine were placed over
the abdominal  region, whilst both arms were gently rubbed  and bathed
with the same fluid. After  four hours the abdomen  absorbed  the
moisture from the urine‐packs, and  the flow of urine re‐commenced.
This was taken internally,  and the following  day,  except for the rash and
irritation,  the patient's condition  was the same as before the carrot had
been eaten. As for the rash, it took nearly a week before it vanished.
One of the features of urine‐therapy is the rubbing of the patient's
whole body with urine at given intervals  for two  hours  at a stretch; that
is, provided  the patient is not too weak and emaciated  to stand  it. Mrs.
C. was therefore  rubbed twice  a day for two hours  with one or other  of
the nurses' urine. By the 48th  day, the patient had so far become
normal, that on the 49th  day we broke her fast by giving her the juice of
an orange at noon, and a whole orange to suck at 4 p.m. That same day
she voided and took urine freely‐ which  meant that all was now in order.
At 6.30  she was given a small  piece  of steamed fish and  two steamed
potatoes in their jackets.  She weighed now 119lbs.  Next day she had
two small meals, which  she  was advised  to fletcherise,  i.e., chew to 53
 pulp before  swallowing.  In a week she was on her feet, dressed in her
clothes of the previous  year,  and able to walk  easily from room to room.
Although recovered,  she kept up the practice of, taking her own urine,
as also rubbing it into the body (the most  i mportant  areas are the face
and  the neck)  with astonishing  results on the skin, hair, complexion,
and  her general appearance.  Indeed,  urine is the  skin food par
excellence  as also the remedy  for every kind of skin disease.
And here  ends  the long case‐ history of Mrs. C. who was given "only two
days to live"!  Incidentally,  both her husband and  the two  nurses
became  strong converts to urine‐therapy, and  I may  add, to a well‐
balanced,  as opposed to a de‐natured, diet.
Mrs.  C's, case  attracted  much attention  as far as the lay public was
concerned,  but  not, as I then innocently  hoped, from the medical
fraternity.  For, as Dr. Freud, the discoverer  of Psycho‐analysis, has
pointed  out, no matter what evidence,  many people only allow
themselves  to believe what they  wish to believe, and  likewise they
disbelieve  what they  wish to disbelieve.  All the same, there are
extenuating  circumstances  where  the medical profession  is concerned.
Until a lot more  "spade work"  has been done to put an end to prudery,
the chances are that if a doctor told his patients  to fast and drink  their
own urine, he would merely  be regarded as mad  or disgusting,  and  the
patients would immediately  seek the advice  of some other  physician.
Besides, why do most  people seek medical advice? In order to be told
how to counteract  the effects of their self‐indulgencies.  If one doctor
tells  them  they  must  give up this and  that, they  then go to another 54
 doctor who tells  them they  need not give up this  or that; and being
delighted  with his advice, follow it very often  to their own undoing.
Enough said‐Mrs.  C's case  was instrumental  in bringing the case  of Mr.
B. whose condition  had also  been diagnosed  as Bright's disease. Mr. B.
had  for years subsisted  on the usual ill‐balanced deficiency  diet,
rendered  even more  deficient by non‐ conservative  cooking, and
rendered  more  "tasty"  by the adjunct  of condiments.  He was not a big
eater,  but he drank some eight cups  of tea a day and  smoked about
twenty‐five cigarettes  on an average. When he came  to me in 1920, he
had  been under  two doctors  for some time, during which  period his
weight had increased  from 2801bs. to 420 lbs. Like Mrs.  C., he had
finally been given two days to live.
In June, 1920, he began a fast  which lasted  49 days. By the fourth day
of his penance he was passing water as clear and as tasteless almost as
rain‐ water,  and  his swellings began to vanish  with astonishing  rapidity.
He had  been anaemic, but at the end of the seven weeks, his anaemia
had  disappeared.


 energ y around  the left
ovary. Then bring  the vibration  of the orgas m and  the sexual  energ y
to wrap the left kidney. Gradually  you will feel the  energ y start  to
vitalize the  glands  and organs.  This orgasmic vibration  felt at  the
ovary  and kidney  has a ver y different  sensation  than genital  orgasm.
It can  feel gentle,  cool,  and clean,  filling y ou with the sensation al
fulfillment of  a true  orgasm. Each  organ  and gland  will create  a
different  kind of  orgasm fro m the  other  but all w ill be different  and
more fulfilling  than  genital  orgas m. Once y ou have  mastered  bringin g
the sexual ener gy and orgasmic vibration  to the  left ovary  and kidney,
begin  to bring  the energy  to the  right  side.  When you feel the fulfill ment
on the right  side,  bring  this fulfill ment to  both  sides  simultaneo usly.
You will graduall y feel the kidne ys’ and ovaries’  region  as stronger
warmer and filled with life-force.  You should  master each  organ,
then graduall y move on  to the  next  one,  continuing  one at a time.
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(2) Bring  the Sexual Energy and orgasmic vibrati on to the
Spleen and Liver.
    The next  organs  to bring  the ener gy to are the spleen  and liver:
Using gentle  contractions  again  and slightl y pulling  up the left and
right sides of the  Chi Muscle, bring  the sexual  energ y and its
orgasm ic vibratio n up to the  left ovary. Pause  for a while. Bring it up
to the  left kidney ; pause  and wrap the energ y and the orgas m arou nd
this kidne y, inhaling  and pulling  it up  to the  left side unde rneath the
rib cage  to the  spleen.  Wrap the  sexual  energy  and the orgasmic
vibration  arou nd the spleen,  graduall y increasing  the orgasmic
sensation  which, again,  will feel very  different  from the  other  organs’
orgasm, and  more fulfilling  than  a genital  orgasm. Next, bring  the
energy  and orgas m to the right  side and the right  ovary, the right
kidney  and then  the liver. Giving a more intense  orgas m than  any
other  organ, the liver can gener ate the sensations  of warmth,
expansion,  energy, loveliness,  kindness,  and a very  euph oric and
satisfy ing kind of feeling.
(3) Bring  the Orgas m and Sexual Energy to the  Lungs.
    Next bring  the orgas m and  the sexual  energ y to the  left lung,
first passing  through  the left ovar y, left kidney, spleen,  and finall y to
the lung.  Once you master the left side,  begin  to bring  the energ y to
the right  side, and  then both  sides together.  Each perso n can have
a differen t orgasmic feeling.
E. The Fifth Upward Draw  increases the amount of blood
vessels and bl ood circulation.
(1) Wra p and energize the cervix  with the sexual energy.
   After  the fifth exchange  of energy, pull the middle part  of the Chi
Muscle  at the  perineum up  toward the cervix,  which has a great
supply  of blood  flowing throu gh it. W hen strong,  it will help
tremendousl y in increasing  blood  circulation  as it is w rapped and
energize d with the orgasmic feeling.
(2) Pull  the energy  up to the  aorta and vena cava.
   Next pull  up to the  aorta  and vena  cava, the  main arteri es and
veins leading  from  and to the heart,  respectivel y. When these  are
strong,  the flow of blood  will increase.  Bringing  the orgasmic
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vibration  and sexual ener gy to these  vessels w ill help  increase  the
flow of blood  through  the heart.  In the later  practice  of the higher
levels of  the Universal  Tao, the  mind is used  to amplify  the orgas mic
vibrations  in these  vessels  to create  an even  great er flow of blood.
(3) Pull  up the Sexual Energy to the  Heart.
   Next pull  up sexual ener gy to the heart,  the organ  responsible
for pumping  the blood.  Wrap and  energize  the heart,  bring  the
orgasm ic vibratio n there,  and feel the heart  unfold  like a blossom ing
flower.
   Rem ember that in  attempting  to bring  the energy  to the  heart
you must be very cautious,  since  the heart  easil y becomes
congested  with excess  energy  causing  pain  and breathin g
difficulties.  As previously  indicated,  if you experience  these
problems, practice  the Heart  Sound,  gently  tap the  chest  aroun d
the heart,  and brush  dow n your chest with your hands  to try to
force  the excess ener gy out of this  area.  Then  do not practice  the
heart  upward draw for several  days. Instead,  retur n to the fourth
upward draw until  you master that.
F. Sixth Upward Draw,  the plate au phase: circ ulate  your
microcos mic orbit into your  lover’s orbit.
   Dependin g upon  the level of  vital energ y and the spiritual
development  of the  individual  lovers,  a couple  over  time will
experience  new  “openings ” that occur  during  their  love making.  This
means y ou will suddenly  find you have  made a  quantum leap  in
your feelings  and awareness. This usuall y happens  during  the
plateau  phase  of the  Yin Yang exchang e. The period  of lovemaking
when you are not thrustin g passionat ely is referr ed to as  the
“plateau ” phase,  as oppose d to the `peaks,”  the moments prior  to
the orgas m that  is averte d by doing  the Orgas mic Dra w and Big
Draw. The plateau  is the  physically passive  exchange  of ener gy
that occurs  betw een the peaks.
   The subtle  energi es within your resting  bodies  are not passive
at all,  but are  moving dynamicall y betw een partne rs, building  to a
new level  of sexual- electro magnetic  tension.  It is an  internal  wave
of energ y building  up, sim ilar to  an ocean  wave that gathe rs
momentu m and crashes,  only to be  replaced  by the next  wave.
After the  sexual  energ y has been  raised  to a high  intensit y by
thrusting  and drawing it up  the spine  on the route  of the  Micr ocosmic
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Orbit  with the Orgas mic Dra w and the Big Draw, the Yin-Yang
exchange  can begin  to happe n in many different  ways.
Fig. 8.43  Fusion  of the Microcosmic  Orbits
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(1) Joining  the Two Microcosmic  Orbits
    In the begin ning the energy  exchang e between lovers  may seem
to be  chaotic  and occurrin g between any two points  of bodily  contact.
As yo u grow more accusto med to the ener gy gained  by stopping
the man’s e jaculation,  you will begin  to discri minate  the clearly
defined  channels  of the Microcosmic Orbit  rising  up the spine  and
descendin g the front  of the body. During  the plateau  phase  of
lovemaking  you may feel a warm flowing curre nt passing  betw een
your vagina  and his penis  and betw een your lips.
    These  are two individual  Micr ocosmic Orbits  joined  into one larger
flow circling  your two bodies.  (Fig.  8.43)  This experienc e will greatly
enhance  the balance  of energ y in both  lovers  and deepe n the bond
of loving  in their life. The Chi flo w is increased  in am plitude;  you
may even  feel like  a warm electric  current  is passing  between you.
This effect often  occurs  in lovers  in good  health,  who have  practiced
the Orgas mic Dra w and the Big Draw, after  only a few love making
sessions.
    Both  the man’s and


 level.
5. The only cause of postpartum depression, also
known as the “baby blues,” is a drop in proges-terone levels.
For women who want to be pro-active about their
problems with fertility, conception. and maintaining theirpregnancies, natural progesterone is often the answer. Forthose who wish to avoid the expense and pain of in vitrofertilization, why not try natural progesterone?
The uterus requires progesterone for the fertilized egg to
implant. It requires progesterone to sustain the pregnancy.Cramps, PMS, and breast tenderness with the monthly cycle—all are classic symptoms indicative of low progesterone levels.Taking natural progesterone not only eliminates these symp-toms but it “heals” the uterus, which allows pregnancy to occur.94 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  In cases where conception is desired, I recommend the
same dosage of progesterone:100 mg/ ¼tsp twice a day, applied
topically to the inner forearm or wrist. Using this daily for twomonths gives the uterus a chance to fully “heal” and be wellprepared for a pregnancy. At the onset of the third cycle, theprogesterone can be stopped for ten days and then restarted. Ifthe woman becomes pregnant, she should increase the amountof progesterone (to support the pregnancy) as soon as she knowsconception has occurred. This is best done with a vaginalprogesterone suppository, in a dose of 400 mg twice a day,which must be maintained for at least four months. It shouldbe used frequently enough to prevent nausea. Around thefourth or fifth month, the placenta starts pouring out proges-terone, so the woman can discontinue the cream, but it may bewise to continue it through the whole pregnancy.
/Eswashvery person’s hormone pattern is unique;
there is no one-size-fits-all dosage.
In my view, using high dosages of progesterone after
becoming pregnant offers three exceptional benefits:1) no feelings of nausea, 2) prevention of miscarriage, and3) a highly intelligent, usually very happy baby. Progesteroneis particularly important for brain function development.In this regard, it is my feeling that premature infants mightalso benefit from progesterone, since they are prematurelydeprived of the normally high levels of progesterone put outby the placenta in the final weeks of pregnancy.95 HORMONES FOR WOMEN  PERI/POSTMENOPAUSAL REPLACEMENT
OF ESTROGEN
My approach to hormone replacement for women is admittedly
different from most others. My mother died of breast cancerand had been on estrogen therapy, so I have reason to doubtthe rationale for estrogen replacement. However, my recom-mendations are based soundly on medical logic, somewhat onintuition, and a lot on personal experience with thousands ofpatients. In the remainder of the chapter I discuss variousaspects of hormone replacement for women and explain myapproach to each one.
EARLY TESTING FOR HORMONE LEVELS
T esting hormone levels and starting a woman on bio-identical
hormones while she is in perimenopause helps ease her transi-tion into menopause, a time when her body’s chemistry isshifting.  If a woman is still having periods, the ideal time todo a panel is about seven days prior to the onset of her cycle.If her menopausal symptoms are mild, I will have her startusing a progesterone cream, possibly testosterone cream, andpossibly DHEA. My preferred approach is to try to eliminatesymptoms like hot flashes or night sweats without using estro-gen. (As we saw earlier, a reduction in estrogen as well as otherhormones triggers the pituitary to release luteinizing hormone,which seems to be the cause of hot flashes.)
If symptoms are severe, however, I will add BiEst cream
(a combination of 20% estradiol and 80% estriol) at a dosageof 1.25 mg/
¼tsp. This can be applied to the skin once or
twice a day. As soon as the symptoms abate, I recommendgradually decreasing the dosage. The eventual aim is to stopthe hormone if possible. Remember, that in my approach the96 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  woman is also using progesterone cream, which protects her
against the negative effects of estradiol.
Women never stop making estrogen. It continues to be
manufactured by their fat cells, skin cells, and the adrenalglands even after menopause. The majority of women I havetreated have not required it. However, there are women whofeel better with the replacement of estrogen.
For women who do not have a major problem with hot
flashes but do have vaginal dryness, I also prescribe estriolcream, 2.5 mg/
¼tsp, along with a vaginal applicator. This is
applied intra-vaginally on a daily basis until the dryness isgone, then it is used perhaps once a week or once every otherweek, depending on dryness.
FOR WOMEN ON ESTROGEN
As far as I can decipher, the primary clinical necessity for
replacing estrogen is to achieve levels of estrogen high enoughfor a woman to get pregnant. Such high estrogen levels offerno other benefits to the human body that I am aware of.
When a woman takes high levels of replacement estrogen,
especially for a number of years, the pituitary is tricked intothinking she is still trying to get pregnant. Stopping estrogenat this point often results in severe hot flashes and night sweats.Very often, coming off Premarin is like detoxing from heroin.In these cases my approach is to maintain estrogen usage butchange to a natural bio-identical estrogen in the form of BiEstcream 1.25 mg/
¼tsp, used twice a day to start, then gradually
trying to wean off of it.
The BiEst cream, of course, is taken in conjunction with the
natural bio-identical formulations of other hormones that mightbe needed, such as progesterone, DHEA, and testosterone.97 HORMONES FOR WOMEN Let me repeat: Women never stop making estrogen—
though admittedly, they do not continue making high enoughlevels to become pregnant. If getting pregnant is a woman’sgoal even though she is menopausal, then she should followthe advice of Suzanne Somers’ physician and take high levels ofestrogen. Of course, since there are no eggs left, gettingpregnant might be tough.
It has been my observation that women who are thin are
more likely to benefit from or require estrogen replacement,because they have fewer fat cells to produce it. Women who areover-weight are generally loath to take it because, in most cases,giving them any type of estrogen, whether synthetic or bio-identical, creates fat and prevents them from losing weight.
THE SECOND
MOST IMPORTANT HORMONE
As we have seen, progesterone, in my view, is the most impor-
tant hormone in a hormone replacement regimen during andafter menopause. T estosterone is the second most importanthormone. As with estrogen, women continue to make testos-terone as they age, but at reduced levels. The level of freetestosterone (the biologically active form of testosterone) in amenopausal woman is usually around 1.6. pg/nl Thiscompares to a level of 6.4 pg/nl during the teenage years.
The benefits of testosterone are manifold. This is the
number one hormone needed by the bones for the preventionand treatment of osteoporosis. It is also the number onehormone for heart health. As I mentioned earlier, there aremore testosterone receptor sites in heart muscle than anywhereelse in the body. Some 250,000 deaths are attributed to conges-tive heart failure (weakening of the heart muscle) every year.98 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  How many might be avoided with testosterone?
In addition, testosterone is probably the most important
hormone for prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. Also, youcannot build muscle without the use of testosterone. The moremuscle one has, the better one is able to prevent fat from form-ing and skin from sagging.
A woman requires two hormones for a good libido—
progesterone and testosterone. If her libido has been low, itmay take about six weeks after starting these hormones for herinterest in sex to kick in.
TESTOSTERONE AND
URINARY INCONTINENCE
Urinary incontinence is a very common problem in many
women. Any time they cough, sneeze, laugh, or run on thetennis court, urine dribbles out. This forces many women toresort to mini-pads. Discussions with their doctors lead to pre-scriptions for Detrol or Ditropan, drugs that focus on bladderfunction. Sometimes they are referred to urologists for bladdersurgery. Quite often, perhaps more often than not, the medica-tion and the surgery do not help. The reason is that the incon-tinence they are experiencing is often not a bladder problem. Aswomen get older, the muscles around the urethra weaken andthey cannot keep urine from leaking out of the bladder.
Natural testosterone cream is almost 100 percent effective
for this problem. A bio-identical testosterone cream can beobtained from a compounding pharmacy, along with a vaginalapplicator, and is inserted vaginally once a day in the morning.T wo exercises must be done along with using the cream toinsure effectiveness. The first exercise is stopping and startingthe urine stream


or as much as once a week or more. Most subjects believed that
regular sexual activity, however, was good for their health.
• When asked to perform light to moderate exercise, men in their
sixties were as efficient as men in their twenties, but the older men
had to use more of their total physical capacity. (The Tufts
researchers found that older bodies benefit just as much from exercise
as do younger ones; the gain in muscle mass from twelve weeks of
weight-lifting was the same for 60-year -olds as for much younger
subjects.)
• Old people metabolize alcoho l as well as when they were young,
but its effects get stronger. After taking a drink, an older perso n willshow poorer reaction time, memory, and decision-making than a
younger person.
• High levels of cholesterol do not keep rising with age but peak at
about 55 (somewhat earlier for men and later for women).
• Although sugar tolerance declines with age, this leads to type II
diabetes only in some people; others do not acquire the disease
despite the change in their body’s ability to use glucose in the
bloodstream.
This represents only a fraction of what the Baltimore researchers
discovered, but it is enough to confirm one of the main points I started out
with: Everyone grows more unique with age, and that uniqueness includes
the possibility for improvement on any front. Of 650 men, only 12 actually
managed to improve their kidne y function, while the vast major ity suffered
decline in function or remained  the same, but that small handful is enough
to give us a glimpse of untapped possibilities.
The new paradig m tells us that we are constantly making and unmaking
our bodies at the quantum level, which means that we are constantly
unfolding hidde n potential. Some of this potential is nega tive, some
positive. The field takes a neutral attitude; what we wish and expect for
ourselves governs the response  we get. If we consider how to improve
physical and mental function every day for the rest of our lives, three values
emer ge that must be part of everyone’ s intention:
  1.  longevity itself, since life is a primary good
  2.  creative experience, which keeps life interesting and makes us
want more of it
  3.  wisdom, which is the collective reward of long life
It’s impo ssible to set limits on what can be achieved in each area. Creativity
and wisdom inspired Picasso, Shaw, Michelangelo, Tolstoy, and other long-
lived geniuses to the day they died. Verdi wrote one of his greatest operas,
Falstaff,  at the age of 80, and the German naturalist Alexander von
Humboldt comp leted his greatest work, Cosmos,  at 89. There is immense
beauty and dignity in these autumnal achievements; the dome of St. Peter ’sseems even more masterful for the fact that Michelangelo designed it in his
ninth decade.
Psychologists who study creativity say that artists and writers often can
produce more new ideas in their sixties or seventies than in their twenties.
One interesting variable is that the later you take up any creative pursuit,
the more likely you are to pursue it into old age. Eliot Porter, one of
America’ s premier landscape photographers, did not publish his first picture
until he was past 50; Julia Child came to television when she was past
midlife. In both cases, success  steadily increased through the next three
decades.
Creative experience may enhance the structure of the brain itself. Chinese
studies of old people in Shangh ai indicate that less educated people have
higher rates of dementia and Alzheimer ’s disease; the implication is that
educated people, having been trained to use their minds, stimulate healthy
brain activity. PET scans show increased blood flow to the brain during
periods of creative thought; a distinctive EEG of coherent rhythms across
all band s of brainwave activity is associated with the “Aha!” or “Eureka!”
experience that characterizes art and creativity in general. Also, it’s a myth
to think that it harms the brain to get too wrapped up in mental work. As
long as it is enjoyable, concentrated mental activity gives rise to alpha-wave
patterns typical of “restful alertness,” the relaxed but aware state also found
in meditation.
Certain desirable neurotransmitters such as serotonin also increase during
pleasurable creative activities (again, the same change is associated with the
restful alertness found in meditation). The neurological picture is still
debatable, but the real-life results—more years of fulfilling existence—are
not. It would appear, then, that to want as much life, creativity, and wisdom
as possib le is very desirable. If your expectations in these areas are low, you
are not likely to exceed them, while setting very high standards makes
every decade worth looking forward to. (I am fond of Robert Browning’ s
line, drilled into my head as a child in India: “A man’ s reach should exceed
his grasp, or what’ s a heaven for?”) A sense of “active mastery…is the ego
state most clearly associated with longevity,” wrote David Gutmann, aging
researcher at the University of Michigan. This conclusion came after
studying long-li ved people from many diverse cultures and periods ofhistory. Active mastery means having autonomy over one’s life and
circumstances, not power over others. Beyond any body of evidence about
aging and how to prevent it, the single most important factor is that you
make something creative from your existence.
The renowned religious writer Huston Smith once declared, “In order to
live, man must believe in that for which he lives.” People languish and die
when their core of belief is gone. The most meaningful thing you can live
for is to reach your full potential. At any given age the body and mind you
experience are but a tiny fraction of the possibilities still open to you—there
are always infinite new skills, insights, and depths of realization ahead of
you.
These latent potentials are closed off to the vast majority of people, who
barely have skills to fill sixty-five years of existence. Therefore, it is
extremely important to begin to develop your skills consciously, breaking
free of social expectation and setting yourself the goal of becoming a
master. The underlying reason why old people feel marginal in our society,
cut off from the mainstream of activity and social value, is that they
themselves do not have a positi ve ideal of the very stage of life they find
themselves in. To help you carve out your own ideal life, I have listed ten
keys to active mastery. They summarize much of what we have learned so
far about aging and awareness. They are also meant to be practical ideals,
ones you can aspire to in action every day (we will detail the kind of action
in the “In Practice” section that follows).
TEN KEYS T O ACTIVE MASTER Y
1. Listen to your body’ s wisd om, which expresses itself through
signals of comfort and discomfo rt. When choosing a certain behavior,
ask your body, “How do you feel about this?” If your body sends a
signal of physical or emotional distress, watch out. If your body sends
a signal of comfort and eagerness, proceed.2. Live in the present, for it is the only moment you have. Keep  your
attention on what is here and now; look for the fullness in every
moment. Accep t what comes to you totally and completely so that
you can appreciate it, learn from it, and then let it go. The present is
as it should be. It reflects infin ite laws of Nature that have brought
you this exact thought, this exact physical response. This moment is
as it is because the universe is as it is. Don’ t struggle against the
infinite scheme of things; instead, be at one with it.
3. Take time to be silent, to meditate, to quiet the internal dialog ue. In
moments of silence, realize that you are recontacting your source of
pure awareness. Pay attention to your inner life so that you can be
guided by intuition rather than externally imposed interpretations of
what is or isn’ t good for you.
4. Relin quish your need for external approval. You alone are the
judge of your worth, and your goal is to discover infinite worth in
yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. There is great freedom in
this realization.
5. When you find yourself reacting with anger or opposition to any
person or circumstance, realize that you are only struggling with
yourself. Putting  up resistance is the response of defenses created by
old hurts. When you relinqui sh this anger, you will be healing
yourself and cooperating with the flow of the universe.
6. Know that the world “out there” reflects your reality “in here. ” The
people you react to most stron gly, whether with love or hate, are
projections of your inner world. What you most hate is what you
most deny in yourself. What you most love is what you most wish for
in yourself. Use the mirror of relationships to guide your evolution.
The goal is total self-knowledge. When you achieve that, what you
most want will automatically be there, and what you most dislike will
disappear.
7. Shed the burden of judgm ent—you will feel much lighter.
Judgment impo ses right and wrong on situations that just are.


alcohol.
GENERALSYMPTOMS
Anaemia.Breathsmells.Complaintsfromchangeof
weatherfromcoldtowarmDischargessmelly;sour;
watery.DislikesmeatFace:red,sallow;redinspots.
Glandsswollen.Likes:spicyfood;sweets.Lips:
cracked;dry;red.Painsburning.Sweat:profuse;
smelly;sour;fromslightestphysicalexertion.
Symptomsleft-sided.Taste:mouthtastesbitter;bad.
Thirsty:extreme;forlargequantities;forwater.
Tongue:white-coated;rededgesandtip.
Betterforfreshair.
Worseforbathing;forchangeofweathertowarm;for
draughts;forexertion;forfasting;forheat;formilk;
around10-11a.m.;forstanding;instuffyrooms;for
warmthofbed.
Sulphurtypescomeinallshapesandsizes,butthey
seemalwaystolookuntidyand/orunwashed,espe-
ciallythechildren,nomatterhowoftentheywashor
changeclothes.Infact,theirmannerofdresswill
usuallygivethemaway-thereisalwayssomething
missingsuchasanoddsock,orahemcomingdown,
oracollarescapedfrominsideajumper(thingsno
self-respectingArsenicumwouldputupwith!).They
areeithercompletelyindifferenttohowtheylookor
donotnoticeiftheyaredirty.Theyhavehotfeet,and
socaneasilywearsandalsthewholeyearround.They
arelazyandtheyhatetowash;theyoftenfeelworse
foritanddonotinfactlookmuchcleanerforit.They
slumpwhensittingandstoopwhenwalkingandare
alwaysworseforhavingtostandupforlong-they
makestraightforabarstoolinapub!
Theyhavemarkedlyredfacesandredlipswhich
canbecomedryandcrackedwhentheyfallill.The
tongueisoftenwhitecoatedwithrededgesandtip.
Theyareextremelythirstytypeswhowillconsume
largequantitiesoftapwaterwhethersickorwell.
Thesepeoplearesensitivetoheatandarealways
worseforbeinginastuffyroomandgettingover-
heated;theyarebetterforfreshair.Theirdischarges
areusuallyhot,smellyandburning.Theysweatpro-
fuselyandfeelworsewhilesweating.Hotflushes
duringthemenopausewillrespondwelltoSulphur,
providingthegeneralandemotional/mental
symptoms fit.
NB.Thisremedyishailedforitseffectoneczemaand
skinrashes,butIstronglyadviseyounottoprescribe
forthesecomplaintswithoutconsultingaprofessional
homeopath,astheaggravationscanbesevereand
needtobemonitoredcarefully.
156•Sulphur(Sul.) INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA
EMOTIONAL/MENTAL SYMPTOMS
Angry.Anxiousintheevening.Confused.Critical.
Depressed.Discontented.Impatient.Indifferentto
personalappearance.Irritable.Lazy.Quarrelsome.
Restless.Sluggishinchildren.
Sulphurchildrenarecuriousandbrightanddrivetheir
parentsmadaskingendlessquestions,mostlypre-
cededwith'Why...?'Astheygrowoldertheyde-
velopintopeoplewithmanyideaswhofinditdifficult
tobringtheseideasfromthelandofdreamsintothe
landofreality.Atoneextremetheyaresuccess-
fulacademicsandattheothertheyareunrealistic
dreamers,ortheso-called'raggedphilosophers'.The
nearesttothisinmoderntermsarethehippieswith
theirendlessidealsandtheories,barefeetandun-
kemptappearances.Theymaystartmanythingsand
neverfinishanything,andthefurtherawaytheyare
fromrealisingtheirideas,thesickertheybecome.
Theseindividualsaresloppy,lazyanddis-
organised;theyfeelconstantlyrushedandhurried
andwouldreallyrathernotworkatalliftheycan
avoidit.Messdoesn'tbotherthem,althoughthey
maygetperiodicalcravingsforasortoflimitedexter-
nalorder.Theyarehoardersandcannotthrowany-
thingaway.However,despitetheiruntidinessand
sloppiness,theymayhaveastrongfeelingofself-
disgustfortheirownbodilyfunctions.Otherremedies
havethissymptombutitiscuriousinsuchaslob!
Sulphurtypesarebasicallyselfcentred,impatient,
irritableandcriticalofothersandhowtheyruntheir
lives;theyhavelotsofideasandtheoriesofhowthey
themselvescoulddoitbetter.Theysufferfromall
sortsofworrieswhichplaguethemintheeveningand
stopthemsleepingatnight.
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Backache
SymptomsBack:feelsweak/tired.Pains:inlower
spine;aching;sore,bruised.Withstiffness;weak-
ness.
Worseafterperiodoflongsitting;forbendingdown;
duringamenstrualperiod;ongettingupfromsitting;
atnight;forstanding;forwalking.
Bedwetting
Thesearechildrenwhoaregenerallydryatnightbut
startbedwettingwhentheyfallill.
Boils
SymptomsBoilsitching.Breastfeedingproblems
SymptomsBreastabscess:inflamed.Breastsred.
Thebreastsmaybeitchy.
ChickenpoxseeMeasles
Commoncold
SymptomsNasalcatarrh:smelly;dirtyyellow.
Nose:dry;itching.Withfrequentsneezing;eyein-
flammation(seebelow).
Thenoseisdryanditchyandthetipisred.Itmay
bleedwhenblown.Thepersonmaysmellunpleasant
smells.
Cough
SymptomsBreathing fast.Cough:disturbssleep;
dryduringtheevening/atnight,looseduringthe
day/morning; painful;irritating;racking;suffocative.
Chestcongested.Larynxraw.Mucusgreen.
Worseforcoughing;duringeveninginbed;duringthe
morning;atnight;forlyingdown.
Thepersonwillwakefromthecoughandhisorher
sideswillhurtfromcoughing.Thelarynxfeelsirri-
tatedandraw,asifthereweredustinit.Thepatient
mayhavedifficultybreathinginawarmroomandbe
betterforfreshair;usuallywantsthewindowstobe
open.
Cramp
SymptomsCramp:inthethighs;inlegs;incalves;in
solesoffeet.
Worseatnight;inbed;whilewalking.
ThesecrampsshouldbeaccompaniedbytheSulphur
generalandemotionalsymptoms.
Cystitis
SymptomsDesiretourinate:frequent;urgent.
Painsburning.Urine:burning;brown(likebeer);
copious;scanty;smelly.
Worseongettingupinthemorning;atnight;during
urination.
Thepatienthastohurrytopasswatertopreventit
escaping,butwillthenpassonlyafewdropsand
dribbleseachtime.
Diarrhoea
SymptomsInchildren.Diarrhoea:duringthe
morningonly;drivespersonoutofbed;painless.
Flatulence: smelly.Pains:burning;cramping.
Stools:slimy;smelly;sour;watery.
Betterforpassingwind.
Worsearound5a.m.;inthemorning;atnight;for
standing.
Causesbeer.
INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA Sulphur(Sul.)•157
Thepersonwakesupearlywithasuddenurgetopass
astool,orhastheurgejustaftergettingup.Thereis
rumblingbefore,andpainsarefeltinthebellybefore,
duringandevenafterpassingastool.Theanusbe-
comessoreandredafterpassingastool,especiallyin
children.
Earache
SymptomsPains:aching;lacerating;stitching;tear-
ing.Withpainfulnoisesinear.
Worseinleftear;fornoises.
Thereareroaringandringingnoisesintheear,which
aremorenoticeablewhenthepersonisinbed.The
externalpartsoftheearitch.
Exhaustion
Worseduringtheafternoon;fortheheatofthesun;for
talking.
Causeshunger;talking;walking.
Eyeinflammation
SymptomsEyes:burning;gritty;sensitivetolight;
itching;watering.Eyelids:itchingindaytimeonly;
burning;red.
Worseforwashingeyes.
Theeyesaregluedtogetherinthemornings.They
maybedry,asifthereweresandinthem.Theywater
easilyinthefreshairandaresensitivetobrightsun-
light
Fever
SymptomsHeatalternatingwithchills.With


 wealthy in developing countries abandoned herbal medicine in favor of the new treatments available. This was in no small part due to the medical profession itself, which saw herbal medicine as a throwback to the superstitions of the past. From the late 19th century onward, the aim of organizations such as the American Medical Association and the British Medical Association had been to monopolize conventional medical practice. Herbal medicine thus neared extinction in many countries, especially
in the U.S. and Britain. In Britain, for example, from 1941 until 1968 it was illegal to practice herbal medicine without medical qualifications.
The Tide Turns
Although there were spectacular successes with modern chemical medicines,
there were also horrific disasters, most notably the thalidomide tragedy in 1962 in Britain and Germany, when 3,000 deformed babies were born to mothers who had taken the drug for morning sickness during pregnancy. This event marked a turning point in the public’s opinion of chemical medicines. Louis Pasteur was a pioneer in the
identification of bacteria.
An electron micrograph of the parasite Plasmodium. Transmitted to man by infected mosquitoes, it causes the disease malaria.
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People began to realize that a serious cost could accompany
the benefits of treatment with modern pharmaceutical
drugs. This, and the factors described below, have brought
about a sea change in public perceptions of the value of
herbal medicine.
The Chinese Example
Herbal medicine experienced a major gain in fortune in
1949 in China, when Mao Zedong and the Communist
Red Army gained control of the country.
 Traditional Western medicine by that time was well
established in China, but most of the population had little
hope of access to modern hospitals, let alone to new drugs.
Out of necessity, traditional Chinese medicine—essentially
herbal medicine and acupuncture—once more began to
be used alongside Western conventional medicine. The
authorities aimed to provide the best of both worlds. Five
teaching hospitals for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
were established, where it was taught on a scientific basis.
In addition, great efforts were made to improve the quality
of plant medicines.
 Contrary to the trend in conventional Western medicine
that makes the patient ever more dependent upon the
doctor and high-tech machinery, TCM, like other forms
of complementary medicine, stresses the patient’s personal
responsibility for his or her own cure, encouraging a holistic
approach to treatment.
 In the 1960s, China also established a system of “barefoot
doctors.” After a period of basic medical instruction that
blended herbal medicine, acupuncture, and Western practices,
these practitioners were sent out to provide health care
for the millions of rural Chinese too remote from cities
to benefit from the facilities available there. The barefoot
doctors in the late 1960s became a model for the World Health Organization, which created a strategy of including
traditional herbal practitioners in planning for the health care
needs of developing countries.
Western Medicine & Herbal Practices
Further to the initiative by the World Health Organization,
experience has shown that traditional (usually herbal) and
Western medicine can indeed work well in tandem, although
the relationship is often quite complex. J. M. Janzen’s The Quest
for Therapy in Lower Zaïre  (University of California Press, 1978)
describes one such interaction in Africa:
 “The people of Zaïre recognize the advantages of
Western medicine and seek its surgery, drugs, and hospital
care, but contrary to what might have been expected, native
doctors, prophets, and traditional consultations among
kinsmen do not disappear with the adoption of Western
medicine. Rather a [working relationship] has developed
in which different forms of therapy play complementary rather
than competitive roles in the thoughts and lives of the people.”
 The high cost of Western medical treatment is another
factor that has encouraged people and governments to
re-examine traditional healing. In China, Mexico, Cuba, Egypt,
Ghana, India, and Mongolia, to give but a few examples, herbal
medicines are being cultivated in greater quantities, and are
being used to some degree by conventional as well as
traditional practitioners.
 Likewise, different types of treatment have evolved
to meet the variety of needs within a population. India offers
an extraordinary example of the kind of choices available
in types of medical care. Alongside physicians trained in
conventional Western medicine, there are medically trained
Ayurvedic practitioners, traditional Ayurvedic practitioners,
local healers, and homeopaths.
Changing Attitudes
Perhaps the most important factor behind the growing
interest in complementary medicine is the poor state of
health in Western societies. Conventional medicine has by
and large brought serious infectious diseases under control,
although there are worrying signs that infectious organisms
are becoming resistant to antibiotic treatment, largely as a
result of their indiscriminate use. Chronic illness, however,
seems to be on the increase. Probably around 50 percent
of people in Western countries daily take one or more
conventional medicines—for conditions as diverse as high
blood pressure, asthma, arthritis, and depression. Many
Western countries such as the U.S. and France spend
astronomical sums on health care, yet despite this massive
investment, much of the population remains demonstrably
unhealthy. Even the significant increase in life expectancy in
developed countries is starting to go into reverse, perhaps
a result of environmental pollutants and toxic accumulation
within the body.“Slash-and-burn” farming in the rainforest of Brazil results in the eradication of native
medicinal plants. Efforts are now under way to provide local farmers with alternative
means of profiting from the land.
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The developmen T of herbal medicineOver the years, changes in public awareness have led to a
renewed interest in herbal medicine. In fact, some herbal preparations are now so commonly used that they are accepted as a part of everyday life. One of many possible examples is evening primrose oil, which is used by hundreds
of thousands of women in Britain to help relieve premenstrual syndrome. It is extracted from the seeds of Oenothera biennis
(p. 241), a North American plant. Peppermint oil ( Mentha x
piperita, p. 114), prescribed for irritable bowel syndrome and other gut problems, is another example, while senna (Cassia senna, p. 75), a simple, effective treatment for short-term constipation, is one of the most frequently used medicines throughout the world. The growing awareness of how our lives as human beings are interwoven with the fate of our planet also reinforces the value of herbal medicines. As long as care is taken to prevent overharvesting, herbal medicine is ecologically in tune with the environment.
Herbalism & Holism
The “germ theory of disease,” which holds that illness
springs from contact with an infectious organism, remains
the dominant view in mainstream medicine. Many people, however, recognize that this is only part of the picture. While illnesses such as cholera and typhoid are highly infectious and are indeed likely to be caught by almost anyone, many infectious diseases are not transmitted automatically from one person to another. The question arises, therefore, what weakness in the patient has allowed the “seed” of infection to find fertile ground? Unlike much conventional medical practice, which focuses on eradicating
the “bug” or abnormal condition, herbal medicine seeks to treat the weakness that gave rise to ill health, and sets this
in the context of the patient’s life as a whole. A complex
web of factors may lie behind the onset of illness. While bodily signs and symptoms are the most obvious indicators, dietary, emotional, and spiritual factors may be of
equal importance.
 Our bodies contain over one hundred trillion cells, which collectively must function in harmony if good health is to be maintained. Used wisely, herbs work in tune with our bodies, stimulating, supporting, or restraining different sets of cells in their allotted tasks within the body, encouraging a return to normal balanced function. Remedies aim to strengthen the patient’s own resistance, improve the vitality of weakened tissue, and encourage the body’s innate ability to return to good health.
 Of course, for people with severe acute illnesses, it may  be too late to use an herbal approach to treatment. In these circumstances, strong-acting conventional medicines such  as heart drugs, antibiotics, and painkillers, as well as surgery, can all be lifesavers. However, a health-care system that
is carefully attuned to the needs of the patient might well provide herbal remedies as a first line of treatment, with conventional medicines held in reserve to be used only  when necessary.
Evidence in Support of Herbal Cures
Many medical scientists still find it hard to accept that natural medicines, with their complex chemical makeup and variable constituents, can be as good as chemical cures in treating illness. However, as more and more research reveals that herbal medicines can be as effective as conventional medicines—and are far safer—this thinking is beginning to change.
 This is well illustrated by the change in attitude toward  St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum, p. 106)—a European plant commonly taken as an antidepressant. Extracts of the herb are now scientifically recognized as having value in mild to moderate depression. Since the 1980s, over 30 clinical trials have found extracts of St. John’s wort to be as effective as conventional antidepressants and


uglandaceae)
Butternut
Description  Deciduous tree growing to
100 ft (30 m). Has gray bark, long leaves with
many leaflets, male catkins and female flowers,
and an oval-shaped fruit containing a hard
dark-colored nut.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to North
American forests, butternut is cultivated for its
timber in other temperate regions. The bark is collected in autumn.
Part Used  Inner bark.
Constituents  Contains naphthaquinones
(including juglone, juglandin, and juglandic acid),
a fixed and a volatile oil, and tannins. The naphthaquinones have an approximately similar laxative effect to the anthraquinones found in plants such as senna (Cassia senna, p. 75) and Chinese rhubarb (Rheum palmatum, p. 126).
Juglone is purgative, antimicrobial, antiparasitic,
and cancer-inhibiting.
History & Folklore  Butternut bark was
employed by Native Americans and New World settlers as a laxative and tonic remedy. Butternut Juniperus communis
(Cupressaceae)
Juniper
Description  Coniferous shrub sometimes
growing to 49 ft (15 m). Has slender twigs with
whorls of needle-like leaves, yellow male and blue female flowers on separate plants, and spherical blue-black fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation  Juniper is found in
Europe, southwestern Asia up to the Himalayas,  and North America, where it grows from southern coastal sites to more northerly moorland and mountainous regions. The ripe fruit (berries) is gathered in autumn.
Parts Used  Fruit, essential oil.
Constituents  Juniper contains 1–2% volatile oil,
consisting of over 60 compounds, which include myrcene, sabinene, alpha- and beta-pinene, and cineole. Juniper also contains tannins, diterpenes, sugars, resin, and vitamin C.
History & Folklore Juniper is the main
flavoring used in gin. Juniper berries are still mostly gathered from the wild. In former times, sprigs of juniper flung into the fire were thought to protect against evil spirits.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Juniper is tonic,
diuretic, and strongly antiseptic within the urinary tract. It is a valuable remedy for cystitis, and helps relieve fluid retention, but should be avoided in cases of kidney disease. In the digestive system, juniper is warming and settling, easing colic and supporting the function of the stomach. T aken internally or applied externally, juniper is helpful
US_224-245_Jasmine_Harmala.indd   224 26/02/16   12:47 pm225Lactuca virosaOther medicinal plantsConstituents  Kigelia fruit contains norviburtinal,
coumarins, iridoids, flavonoids, fatty acids, sterols,
glycosides, and napthaquinones. Norviburtinal has
tumor-reducing activity, the iridoids and sterols are
anti-inflammatory, the flavonoids are antifungal,
and the napthaquinones are thought to
be cytotoxic.
History & Folklore  Prized by traditional
healers throughout sub-Saharan Africa, kigelia has
been put to many uses. The Shona of southern
Africa use the bark or root to treat skin infections
and ulcers, toothache, backache, and pneumonia.
In Central Africa, the unripe fruit is used as a dressing
for wounds, hemorrhoids, and rheumatism.
In West Africa, the leaves are given for stomach
and kidney problems, and the fruit is used as a
purgative and applied as a paste to sores. Kigelia
is commonly included in traditional herbal
formulations for malaria.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Thanks to the
knowledge and experience of African traditional
healers, kigelia is now understood to be a valuable
remedy for skin problems, particularly sores and
ulcers, produced by bacterial and fungal infection.
Kigelia has been described as a “natural antibacterial.”
Given its marked anti-inflammatory and wound
healing properties, kigelia is also being investigated
as a skin toner and restorer, as well as potential
treatment for skin disorders such as eczema,
psoriasis, and solar keratosis (a precancerous skin
problem caused by overexposure to sunlight).
Various patents exist for kigelia products, and
over time kigelia may become widely known as
a key herbal resource for the skin.
Kigelia  is a key remedy for treating skin problems. QCautions  T ake kigelia internally only under
professional guidance. Do not take during
pregnancy or while breastfeeding.
Krameria triandra  (Krameriaceae)
Rhatany
Description  Dense evergreen shrub growing
to 3 ft (90 cm). Has a deep root, oblong leaves,
and large red flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Rhatany is found
in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia on western slopes
of the Andes at altitudes of 3,000–9,800 ft
(900–3,000 m). The root is unearthed throughout
the year.
Part Used  Root.
Constituents  Rhatany contains 10–20%
tannins, including phlobaphene, benzofurans,
and n-methyltyrosine.
History & Folklore  A traditional South
American remedy, rhatany was used by indigenous
peoples as an astringent and a tooth preservative.
Its Spanish name, raiz para los dientes  (root for the
teeth), points to this traditional usage.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Rhatany is
astringent and antimicrobial. It is a useful remedy
taken principally for problems affecting the
gastrointestinal tract. It is most commonly used
for diarrhea and dysentery. In addition, rhatany
makes a good mouthwash and gargle for bleeding
and infected gums, mouth ulcers, and sore throats.
The plant’s astringency makes it useful in the form
of an ointment, suppository, or wash for treating
hemorrhoids. Rhatany may also be applied to
wounds to help staunch blood flow, to varicose
veins, and over areas of capillary fragility that may
be prone to easy bruising.
Related Species  The Mexican K. cystisoides
is an astringent remedy used in much the same way
as rhatany. Another species native to North and
Central America, K. parvifolia, was used by the
Papago as an eyewash. in the treatment of chronic arthritis, gout, and
rheumatic conditions. Applied externally as
a diluted essential oil, it has a slightly warming
effect on the skin and is thought to promote
the removal of waste products from underlying
tissues. Juniper also stimulates menstruation and
tends to increase menstrual bleeding.
Related Species  Oil of Cade is produced from
J. oxycedrus  and is applied to treat skin rashes. Savin
(J. sabina ) is toxic and a powerful abortifacient.
The Japanese  J. rigida  is used as a diuretic.
Cautions  Do not use juniper during pregnancy
or if prone to heavy menstrual bleeding. Do not
take if suffering from a kidney infection or kidney
disease. Do not take the essential oil internally
except under professional supervision.
Self-help Use  Urinary infections, p. 314.
K. pinnata  syn. K. africana
(Bignoniaceae)
Kigelia,
African Sausage Tree
Description  Semi-deciduous tree growing to
80 ft (25 m) with smooth, gray-brown bark and
brown-purple flowers. The tree gets its name
from the spectacular sausage-shaped fruit, up
to 3 ft (1 m) in length, which hangs from a rope-
like stalk and weighs up to 22 lb (10 kg).
Habitat  & Cultivation  Kigelia grows
throughout sub-Saharan Africa but is native to
the eastern half of the continent from T anzania
to South Africa. The tree is cultivated from seed
or cuttings and flowers after 6 years. The fruit is
harvested when ripe.
Parts Used  Fruit pulp, leaves, bark, roots. Juniper  is powerfully
antiseptic in the
urinary tract.
Lactuca virosa  (Lamiaceae)
Wild Lettuce
Description  Hollow-stemmed biennial growing
to about 4 ft (1.2 m). Has broad spiny leaves and
clusters of pale yellow composite flowers. All parts
of the plant exude a white milky latex.
Habitat & Cultivation  Common throughout
Europe, wild lettuce grows in open areas, along
roadsides, and in hedges. It is gathered when
in flower in late summer.
Parts Used  Leaves, latex, seeds.
Constituents  The latex contains sesquiterpene
lactones (including lactucopicrin and lactucerin);
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 heated animal fats; cow’s milk products; gluten and ﬂour products;
smoked, cured, and processed meat; peanuts; sweet foods; tinned or frozen fruits and vegetables; food chemicals, especially
colourings and aspartame. Use a low-fat diet but with plenty of coconut oil.
SUPPLEMENTS: High doses of all vitamins and minerals, especially C, E and K, B complex, P5P, B12 as injections, sublingual or
intranasal, best as methylcobalamin.  Aim for about 5,000 IU of vitamin D3 from sunlight and capsules. Take boron/borax, magnesium
(transdermal as chloride and oral as orotate), zinc, copper salicylate, manganese, chromium, iodine, and selenium. Take hydrochloric
acid and bromelain with protein meals Calcium EAP or AEP is important, see Calcium EAP for Healthy Cells. Also helpful are taurine,
lecithin, freeze-dried liver, spirulina, chlorella and pollen (both cell-broken), wheat or barley grass powder, and evening primrose or
borage oil, ﬁsh oils, krill oil, astaxanthin and grape seed extract. The amino acid glycine (10 g four times daily) is useful, but not
needed if you use gelatine or gelatinous broth of ﬁsh heads. Use high doses of Nattokinase and Serrapeptase to clear capillaries.
HERBS with anti-inﬂammatory properties are turmeric, goldenseal, slippery elm powder, and ginger, also devil’ s claw,
ginseng, gotu kola, pau d’arco, and sage.
ADDITIONAL  THERAPIES: Focus on intestinal sanitation and antimicr obial therapy. Also useful are spinal massage, tapping, and
adjustment; deep muscle massage; frequent castor-oil packs on abdomen and lower back. Improve the liver, gallbladder, kidneys,
and endocrine glands; press the foot reﬂex for the pineal gland. Keep the urine alkaline.
Have frequent rest and relaxation; avoid stress, frequent mild sunshi ne on the skin. Remove any dead teeth; replace mercury
amalgam ﬁllings; guard against lead contamination as from canned food or water pipes. Practise tensing and relaxing muscles
coordinated with deep breathing; do mind-body exercises; lemon colour therapy, visualization, and autosuggestion; release
resentments; meditate on the feeling of love and being forceful.
Muscular Dystrophy
DIET : Raw proteins and fats, especially plenty of raw (organic) minced meat, also marinated ﬁsh, fresh vegetable juices.
SUPPLEMENTS:  High levels of all vitamins and minerals; in particular take oil-soluble vitamins and nutrients (e.g. coenzyme Q10)
mixed with coconut oil for better absorption. Take lecithin, hydrochloric acid and digestive enzymes with meals. 200-400 mcg of
organic selenium, high-quality nutritional concentrates such as spirulina and bee-pollen.
ADDITIONAL  THERAPIES:  Intestinal sanitation and antimicrobial therapy; treat for pyroluria; try acupuncture or meridian therapy,
reﬂexology, magnet therapy.
Myasthenia Gravis
DIET : Try a low-allergy diet, and include some beef as stew, broth, or juice, or liver. Follow a diet low in sweet foods, fats, and
polyunsaturated oils; use plenty of coconut oil, extra-virgin olive oil, and mainly below-ground vegetables, especially red beets, also
salads with gelatine (broth of ﬁsh heads). Raw egg yolk (cook the white), sprouted seeds, and grass juice are beneﬁcial. Test for
foods allergies.
SUPPLEMENTS: Recommended are high doses of all vitamins and mine rals, including P5P and vitamin B12 injections or sublingual.
Most important is manganese; initially take 20 mg of chelated manganese with each meal, then reduce after improvement. Also take
zinc, selenium, calcium ascorbate, and calcium  orotate  (800 mg); magnesium supplements may be weakening. Also helpful are
thymus extract, lecithin, digestive enzymes (bromelain, papain) or green papaya, glycine or gelatine, and acidophilus ferments.10/30/24, 4:15 PM Health-Science-Spirit - Summary of Speciﬁc Health problems
https://health-science-spirit.com/Diseases/Speciﬁc-Health-Problems.html 9/15HERBS: For muscle strengthening try Agrimony, juniper berries, rosemary, devil’ s claw and tonifying herbs such as ginseng.
ADDITIONAL  THERAPIES: Concentrate on the thymus gland, try cabbage leaf and castor-oil packs; tap the top of the breastbone
with your ﬁngers (see thymus under  Infections and Inﬂammations). Tape a tablet of chelated manganese in the hollow at the top of
the breastbone. Do spinal tapping, especially at the base of the neck (C7 and D1). Remove dead teeth and replace mercury amalgam
ﬁllings.
Place castor-oil packs over the liver and abdomen and, with eye weakness, over the eyes (from ear to ear). Try massage; muscle
tensing with deep breathing, mind-body exercises, autosuggestion and visualization methods; meditate on being calm but forceful.
Have frequent rest periods, avoid stress, keep cool, take no hot baths or hot showers, and eat no hot foods. Practice yellow colour
therapy systemically.
Focus on intestinal sanitation, pyroluria, strong antimicrobial therapy as well as fasting and cleansing. If not on Corticosteroids then a
3-week raw-food cleanse may be curative, if on steroids remain on strong antimicrobial and anti-inﬂammatory therapy in addition to
strongly alkalising while reducing the drugs. Try reducing steroids by 10% of the original dose every 2 weeks. If problems ﬂare up
again, temporarily increase the steroid dose and decrease antimicrobial therapy.
Obesity & Overweight
The main cause of excessive weight is intestinal dysbiosis. Acetaldehyde from Candida overgrowth blocks the oxidative energy-
production in liver, brain and muscles. With this fatty acids cannot be converted to energy and accumulate in fat cells. This leads to a
craving for easily digestible carbohydrates as an energy source, just what Candida needs to thrive. Focus on intestinal sanitation and
antimicrobial therapy; use plenty of coconut oil and probiotic ferments. In addition experiment with the following measures:
• Have an appetite-reducing protein drink, cold or warm, 30 minutes before meals, with any combination of the following: spirulina,
   chlorella, green barley or wheat grass powder, ground linseed, whey protein isolate, coconut or olive oil. You may drink this
   repeatedly to keep hunger away. Instead of water you may use acidophilus fermented liquid for blending.
• Thirty minutes before meals stir one teaspoon of psyllium hulls with 1 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate in a glass of water, drink
   immediately. Drink more water afterwards. Psyllium swells up to 40 times its dry bulk to ﬁll the stomach with soft gel.
•  Eat only lentils, green vegetables, salads and sprouted seeds.
•  Adopt a mono-diet: One day protein foods only, the next day fruits, and the third day sprouted seeds and vegetable salads.
   Repeat this as often as required.
•  Temporarily adopt a raw food diet.
•  For two weeks eat only protein/fat foods and green vegetables, ground linseed and green protein powders in green juice with
   added coconut oil.
•  Repeat periods of consuming vegetable and grass juices and vegetable salads.
•  Avoid all sweet food, cereal or grain products, especially if your blood group is O.
•  Preferably skip the evening meal or have only a small salad or an apple.
•  Use mind therapy such as guided imagery and afﬁrmation; look at your belief systems, release negative emotions, and express
   your emotional needs. Use the Emotional Freedom Technique to overcome food cravings.
•  Eat very slowly and peacefully; chew every mouthful for about two minutes, until the food is liqueﬁed; savour the food ﬂavours as
   they develop during chewing.
•  Get light daily exercise, such as a brisk 15-minute walk or jogging, or use a rebounder or other aerobic exercise. The metabolic
   rate is speeded up for a long time after exercise.
Osteoporosis
Use intestinal sanitation, allergy testing and a diet low in sucrose and a high calcium-to-phosphorus ratio. Take a hydrochloric acid
supplement with protein meals, especially if your ﬁngernails are soft or if you have other indications of gastric acid deﬁciency. Take a
teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate before breakfast. Frequently add broth of bones or ﬁsh heads to your meals; regularly drink fresh
green juices. Important are the vitam ins C, D3 (5000 IU), K2 and P5P, and the minerals manganese, zinc, calcium, magnesium, and
boron. Take 10 mg or more of boron  per day. Frequently expose your skin to mild sunlight without using sunscreen. Use magnesium
chlor


 same for even a moment. Everything is in motion, and if we define
change as the altering of configurations, we see that change is the natural order of things.
So we’ve been living in a constant swirl of change from the beginning.
What is different now is the amount of time  that it takes for us to notice the changes that
are always occurring. Our ability to communicate globally about everything within seconds
is what has changed the way we experience change. The speed of our commun ications is
catching up with the speed of our alterations. This condition in itself sponsors an increase
in the rate of change.
Today our languages and expressions change overnight, our customs and styles change
by the season, our beliefs and understanding s and even some of our most deeply held
convictions change not with, but within, each generation.
Because change is happening all around us and within us so rapidly, what is needed now
is a guidebook, an “operator’s manual” for human beings facing dramatic ally shifting life
realities. This book is, therefore, more than a collection of anecdotes or “real life stories”
about people who have gone through changes in their life, or a once -over -lightly treatment
of something that deserves deeper exploration. The text that follows offers some peeks at
the experience of others (including my own), because there can be value in that, but it also
provides a much -needed explanation of the mental and spiritual basis  of change —and
specific instructions on how to use menta l and spiritual tools to change the way change
changes you.  What the Nine Changes empower us to do is not stop change (I hope I’ve already made
the point that this is impossible) or even slow the rate of change, but rather, make a
quantum leap in our appro ach to change, in our ways of dealing  with it —and in our ways of
creating  it.
One final word. The ideas here are based in ancient wisdom, modern science, everyday
psychology, practical metaphysics, and contemporary spirituality. The invitation here
presume s that Divinity exists, that life has a purpose, that human beings have a soul, that
our body is something we have and not something we are, and that the mind is under our
control at all times.
A rejection of any one of these notions removes the underpinni ng from much of what is
shared here. On the other hand, if these concepts feel valid to you, you could be holding in
your hand the most useful, the most helpful, the most powerful book you have read in a
very long time.  NINE CHANGES THAT CAN CHANGE EVERYTH ING
1. Change your decision to “go it alone”
2. Change your choice of emotions
3. Change your choice of thoughts
4. Change your choice of truths
5. Change your idea about Change Itself
6. Change your idea about why Change occurs
7. Change your idea about future Change
8. Change your idea about life
9. Change your identity  AUTHOR’S NOTE
THE EXPLORATION THAT FOLLOWS  is divided into two parts. The first deals with the physical
aspects of how we experience change, while the second deals with the metaphysical
aspects. In other w ords, we’ll look first at how the mind works, then at how the soul works.
By mastering both aspects of our being we remember not only how to think, but what  to
think. What I’m clear about now is that the mind is a tool, a mechanism, and the soul
provides t he fuel for that machine. The less fuel you use, the more inefficiently the engine
will operate. On the other hand, if your soul fills your mind with spiritual energy, you will
be Mind -Full—and the workings of this engine can produce miracles.  PART ONE
The Mechanics of the Mind
And how knowing about that can help you change your experience of the change you’re
experiencing  1.
THE JUST -IN-TIME BOOK
IF SOMETHING IMPORTANT  around you is changing right now, I’m sorry.
I know how comforting it can be to final ly get some things into place. I also know how it
feels to yearn to have those things stay  in place. And I know how upsetting it can be when
they don’t, when they won’t, when they just can’t.
It is obviously more than “upsetting” if what has changed are si tuations and conditions
affecting your SAFETY.
If you suddenly find yourself without a livelihood, unable to find work, desperately
behind in your bills, maybe even losing your home, you are dealing with more than just the
feeling that “things have changed.” You’re dealing with feeling that “everything is lost.” This
is not simply a feeling of being disrupted or discombobulated, this is a feeling of being
threatened.
Even if you’re not facing change on that order of calamity, but a significant change in
your life nonetheless, threat  could be very much a part of your experience. Most of us feel
that our very way of life is threatened when we face any kind of major change, especially if
it is around the Big Three:
RELATIONSHIP
MONEY
HEALTH
If one of these thin gs is changing, it can be very challenging. It two of these three are
changing, it can be incredibly difficult. If all three  are changing at the same time, it can be
utterly devastating.
I know this.
I’ve lived it.
All three. I’ve lived through all three. At once.
Talk about feeling threatened...
... I broke my neck in a car accident (Health), had to stop working through months of
rehabilitation while an insurance company tried to figure out every way possible to reduce
or eliminate compensation (Money ), all the while I was working through the pain of
separation from my life partner and our children as our lives dramatically changed course
(Relationship).
Talk about feeling threatened...
I wound up homeless for a year, living in the weather, walking the streets panhandling
for pocket change and collecting soda cans and beer bottles to scrape together enough
money to eat (some days it didn’t go so well), with a sleeping bag and a tent, two pair of
jeans, three shirts, and a few odds and ends as my only  possessions.  I know about losing one’s sense of safety. I know about standing by helplessly and
watching life fall apart, changing utterly and completely in two weeks’ time.
Yeah, I know about that. Trust me.
And I know a little something about how to deal with it, too. Not that I did such a good
job at the time, mind you, but then again, this book is about what I’ve learned since.
We’re going to talk here about what I’ve picked up from some very authoritative sources
on how to deal with change. Because  that’s what this is all about, at the bottom line. It feels
like we’re dealing with collapse, calamity, catastrophe... but those are all outward effects
created by a single cause: Change. Something is not the way it was before. Something has
been alter ed. Irrevocably, immeasurably, fundamentally, and absolutely.
A lady who is going through huge turmoil in her life sent me an e -mail today. She is
aware that I’m writing this book and she said, “I don’t know that I would even have
identified what is happen ing to me as ‘change.’ When you are in the middle of it, when
everything is falling apart around you, you can’t identify it or name it as ‘change.’ It feels
more like THE END... everything you know is coming to an end and there is nothing after.
If you’ d asked me before I heard about your book if I was experiencing change, I would not
have defined it that way. I don’t know what I would have called it, other than to say that life
was ruined, finished.”
This lady, whose name is Leah and who gave me permiss ion to quote her in this book,
added something very insightful.
“Change is scary,” she said, “but that’s different from feeling like it’s ‘Game Over.’ I
looked up ‘change’ in the dictionary. Change indicates that something new is coming. This is
a very dif ferent perspective from what some people (who are facing calamity in their lives)
might have, and it might be helpful to first assist them to even identify with the fact that
what is happening is CHANGE; to understand the very definition of change.”
That’s  good, Leah. That’s good stuff right there. So I tore apart the first chapter that I had
written and came back with this one. I realized Leah was right. So I’m going to define
CHANGE as I am using the word:
Change is the shifting of any circumstance, situa tion, or condition, physical or
nonphysical, in such a way that the original is rendered not merely different from
what it was, but altered so radically as to make it utterly unrecognizable and
impossible to return to anything resembling its former state.
In other words, we are talking about a major shift here; we are not talking about
changing one’s clothing or the menu for lunch or the evening’s TV agenda. We are talking
about life -changing events —the kind that hurt, the kind that do damage, the kind that  kill


 sense of self, un likely as
this seems, takes center stage.
The firs t step is to begin to n otice your sense of self. Imag ine a
debating society where one side is defending a controversial
position on the Middle East conflict, abortion rights, or racism.
See yourself standing up and delivering an eloquent argument on
one side. Let’s say you vehe mently oppose racism, beli eve in a
two-state solution for the Palestinians, and support a woman’s
right to have an abortion.
Now pu t yourself on the opp osing side and make exactly the
contrary argument for each issue. It might help if the contrary
position is outrageous—you might see yourself defend ing the
necessity to ban all abortions or supporting the terrorists who
deny the right of Israel to exist. Even though you will experience
resistance in abandoning the  side you actually believe in, debaters
do it all the time. They shift perspective from pro to co n at the
drop of a hat. This ability to s hift perspectives is beyond any set of
beliefs. We can put on any coat we want to wear. Yet whether you
speak up for i deas you love or ideas you hate, you  are always
present. Your sense of self is independent of anything you think or
say.
Next ex ample: Take any common object in your house and
touch it. Is it you who touched it? Anyone will automatic ally say
yes. Lo ok at the same objec t. Is it you who sees it? Yes again.
There is no time in the history of humankind when the  answer
would be different. What kee ps changing is our mental m odel of
what it means to touch and  see an object. In prehistory, before
language arose, there was no explanation for seeing and to uching.In a n ag e of faith, when dead flesh, the body, was animate d by the
soul, it was God who ma de sensation possible. Today, the
experience of seeing and touching is ascribed to the central
nervous system and the activity of the brain in receiving sensory
data from the world “out there.”
Yet if you don’t bother with any of these explanations, th ere is
only the self having an experi ence. You can modify this ex ercise in
other w ays. In medical school, students are taught that bodily
sensations reach the brain through a spidery web of afferent
nerves running everywhere. If you touch your hand or lift your
arm, the signals from affere nt nerves are responsible for feeling
the experience. Every signal is like an Inca runner dashing from a
remote region to the Andes to the emperor in the royal city of
Cuzco. The information from afferent nerves is constantly flowing,
so w hy don’t w e feel every limb’s weight, position, warmth, and
the like all the time? Sit in your chair and let your attenti on roam
from the top of your head to your nose, then to your heart, then to
the tips of your toes.
If I ask, “Who is roaming from one sensation to another? ” you
will sur ely answ er, “I am.” Th e self selects whatever it wan ts to pay
attention to. Therefore, the self is not bound by the activity of the
nervous system. It is present no matter which nerve cells are
firing.
One fin al exam ple: If you clos e your eyes and see the color blue,
this exp erience is happening  in your awareness. If you open your
eyes and gaze at the blue sky, where is the blueness? It i s still in
your awareness. The experience of blue “in here” and blue “out
there” o ccurs in the same p lace. When you handle an object or
smell it or hea r it, you can remember those sensations. Did the
sensations travel from the outside world to your inside world? We
assume they did. Sitting arou nd a warm campfire and wat ching its
flickering flames is different from remembering the warmth and
the flickering flames. But both experiences happen in awareness.
Hearing a bang in your head and hearing a car backfire on the
street are two different experiences, but they share the undeniable
fact that both occur in awareness.
If awa reness is present both inside and outside, it is
independent of space. Likewi se, the campfire you sat beside mighthave be en in childhood, while the memory of it is now. Since
awareness was registering th e campfire both then and now, it is
independent o f time. Once you see that awareness isn’t b ound by
time and space, then you—the real you that is pure consciousness
—must not be bound by time and space. Wherever your aw areness
goes, yo ur sen se of self is present; the two are fused. The self is
present in everything, but we don’t notice this because, like Zelig,
the self knows how to melt perfectly into every situation.
I thi nk most people, with a little reflection, can accept that  they
have a sense o f self following them everywhere like an invisible
shadow. But to fully pass the “So what?” test, the sense of s elf can’t
simply be a by stander. Part of Woody Allen’s conceit was  that, if
you loo k closely, Zelig appears in photos of momentous events like
a presid ential inauguration—but this didn’t make him im portant.
Similarly, sensing yourself in every experience doesn’t put it
center stage. The direct path brings the sense of self to light.
What’s needed next is to discover the enormous difference this
modest attainment actually makes.
The leap from human to m etahuman, the shift from virtual
reality to the “ real” reality, is all contained in the simple act of
noticing the self. Not the eg o, which wants to hog the l imelight
and cla im that  it and it alone is the self. The ego-personality can’t
help but contain the sense o f self—every experience contains it.
But the  ego blocks our view. It is tied to virtual reality an d keeps
luring our attention everywhere but  the sense of self.
As we’ll see in Part Three, once you rid yourself of all the t hings
you don ’t actually need, your ego can be discarded, too,  but not
your sense of s elf. As the unnecessary burdens and rubbis h of the
spell/dream/illusion are tossed out, the sense of self doe sn’t hog
the limelight. Being the only thing about you that is timeless and
eternal, it doesn’t have to do anything. It simply is, a be acon of
pure aw areness that shines constantly in every second of your
existence. Ironically, everything else in your life has a much
harder time passing the “So what?” test.A10

F R E E I N G  Y O U R  B O D Y
s we saw, co nsciousness i s everywhere, always, and
everything. If that’s true, then you are everywhere, always, and
everything. But in your daily life, even if you were totally
convinced abo ut this, you a re guided in the opposite d irection.
You’ve endured  a lifetime of training and conditioning telling you
that you  are a s olitary person  sitting by yourself in a room. Instead
of always, your life span is ve ry limited, bookended by two events
—birth and death. Instead of  everything, you are a bundle of very
specific things, beginning with your name, gender, marital status,
work, and so on.
The vir tual reality we want to dismantle is made up of many
moving parts that occupy the ir own compartments. One part is the
body, another the mind, the world, and other people. These parts
were se t up so that life can be  managed one piece at a time. You go
to colle ge for your mind, to the gym for your body, on a  date to
establish a relationship, to work to bring home money.
From a metahuman standpoint, any  d ivisio n of life into bits
and pieces only supports the illusion. Wholeness is wholeness, not
a co llection of parts. To put it another way, life happens all at
once, h ere and  now. The rea son we cling to virtual realit y is that
the prospect of “all at once, here and now” is too overwhelming.After ponderin g how to bring this truth home in a way that’s
practical and relatable, I co ncluded that the direct path should
start with the b ody, not the m ind. My reasoning is that the body is
what holds most people back. They experience themselves encased
in a  body. The y accept the reality of birth, sickness, ag ing, and
death. They seek physical pleasure and shrink from physical pain.
As l ong as thes e are the prec onditions of your daily life, y ou can’t
be meta human. Your body won’t accept it. A liver, heart, or skin
cell can’t scream, “Are you crazy?” But it does seem crazy to
abandon the body as a physic al object—this act of craziness makes
your bo dy the perfect place to  start


you	have	toddlers	and	children	whose	hands	often
make	contact	with	the	floor.
Think	about	it…what	is	on	the	bottom	of	your	shoes?	If	you’ve	ever	been	to
New	York	City	or	any	other	large	city	and	seen	the	sidewalks	there,	it	might	feel
pretty	nasty	to	want	to	have	any	skin	contact	with	the	bottoms	of	your	shoes.
It’s	like	walking	barefoot	on	the	sidewalk,	which	is	something	you	would
probably	never	want	to	do!	It	is	coated	with	visible	and	invisible	amounts	of
garbage	(including	a	range	of	hazardous	products	to	simply	nasty	decaying
food),	chemicals,	human	spit,	dog	feces	and	urine	(probably	human	also	mixed
in	there),	and	who	knows	what	else.	But	no	matter	where	you	live,	you	might	be
unknowingly	tracking	in	a	whole	host	of	toxins	into	your	home	with	just	your
shoes.	It	might	be	an	adjustment	to	kick	off	your	shoes	as	soon	as	you	walk	into
your	home	and	encourage	everyone	else	to	do	the	same,	but	your	home	will	feel
so	much	cleaner,	and	you	will	soon	be	happy	you	made	the	switch	to	shoes-free.
You	won’t	want	to	go	back!
TEST	FOR
RADONRadon	is	a	radioactive	gas	that	is	linked	to	lung
cancer.	It	stems	from	the
natural	decay	of	uranium	found	in	soil	that	potentially	moves	into	homes
through
cracks	and	holes	in	the	foundation.	Even	if	your	home	is	new,	it	could
still	have	a	radon	issue.	Granite	countertops	are	also	linked	to	radon.	You	can
test	for	radon	and	even	get	a	do-it-yourself	radon	kit.	If	the	results	show	that
something	needs	to	be	shifted,	call	a	qualified	radon	mitigation	specialist	to
help.
USE	NATURAL
LAUNDRY	DETERGENT
While	it’s	tempting	to	buy	the	jumbo-sized	detergents	that	are	inexpensively
priced	at	the	local	drugstore,	unfortunately	the	synthetic	fragrances	in	laundry
products	are	often	a	source	of	petroleum-derived	chemicals—not	to	mention	the
other	chemicals	in	the	detergents	themselves,	which	not	only	can	be	irritants
but	also	emit	toxins	into	the	air	that	can	also	be	absorbed	through	your	skin.
All	these	chemicals	may	have	negative	health	effects	when	inhaled,	just	as
phthalates	are	known	to	disrupt	hormones.	There	are	great,	highly	effective,	and
nontoxic	laundry	detergents	available	now,	some	even	coming	in	jumbo	sizes
also,	so	make	sure	to	seek	them	out.
GIVE	UP
AEROSOL
Anything	that	spews	out	micro	particles	you	can	inhale	is	something	you	want
to	eliminate	from	your	space.	These	include	deodorants	(see	a	clean	DIY	version
on
this	page
),	hair	sprays,	furniture	and	carpet	cleaners,	and	definitely	air
fresheners	and	sprays.	Just	use	natural	and	nonspray	versions	of	the	items	you
want	to	use.
OPEN	YOUR	WINDOWS
It’s	important	to	let
fresh	air	regularly	flush	out	your	space	to	keep	pollutants
and	chemicals	from	building	up.
Cross-ventilation	is	especially	great	if	you	can
open	opposing	windows	and	let	the	breeze	flow	through.	Bathroom	and
kitchen	fans	that	exhaust	to	the	outdoors	also	increase	ventilation	and	help
remove	pollutants.
DIY	HOME	CLEANING	PRODUCTS
One	of	the	most	powerful	ways	you	can	take	charge	of	your	personal	space	and
make	it	one	that	supports	your	Radical	Beauty	is	to	ban	chemicals	whenever	and
wherever	you	can.	These	natural	cleaning	solutions	are	effective	at	keeping	your
space	clean	but	won’t	add	beauty-diminishing	chemicals	to	your	space.RADICAL	BEAUTY	NON-STREAK,	NONTOXIC	GLASS	CLEANER
All	you	have	to	do	is	peer	at	the	bright	blue	color	of	most	commercial	glass	cleaners	or	check	out	the
warnings	on	the	back	of	such	products	to	know	that	these	cleaners	are	not	a	beautiful	thing	to	have
around	your	space.	This	recipe	works.	It	does	contain	rubbing	alcohol,	which	you,	of	course,	do	not
want	to	ingest	or	even	make	contact	with	your	hands,	but	for	the	intended	cleaning	purposes,	it	is	a
great	alternative!
¼	cup	white	vinegar	(apple	cider	vinegar	will	work	as
well)
¼	cup	rubbing	(isopropyl)	alcohol
8	to	10	drops	grapefruit	or	orange	essential	oil
Mix	all	ingredients	together	and	pour	into	a	BPA-free	spray	bottle.	Spray	onto	glass	surfaces	and	wipe
clean	with	a	microfiber	cloth.
ALL-GOOD	OVEN	CLEANER	SCRUB
One	of	the	last	places	you	want	to	spray	nasty	chemicals	that	circulate	in	a	contained	space	is	in	your
oven,	where	your	food	actually	bakes.	This	is	a	reliable	scrub	to	use	instead.
¼	cup	baking	soda
2	teaspoons	salt
⅓	cup	water
Combine	all	the	ingredients	thoroughly	to	make	a	paste.	Set	to	the	side	for	at	least	5	minutes.	Dip
your	scrubbing	tools	into	the	paste	and	clean	the	inside	of	your	oven.
NATURE’S	CITRUS	SURFACE	CLEANER
Surfaces	are	meant	to	be	touched,	and	they	are—some	of	them	very	often!	You	never	want	to	spray
chemicals	on	such	places,	where	they	come	into	contact	with	your	skin	and	then	can	be	absorbed	into
your	body.	This	is	a	great	cleaner	recipe,	and	the	combination	of	all	the	citrus	does	well	to	hide	the
vinegar	smell.
1	cup	apple	cider	vinegar
1	cup	water
¼	cup	lemon	juice
30	(or	so)	drops	orange	or	grapefruit	essential	oil,	or
a	combination
Combine	all	the	ingredients	and	mix	well	before	transferring	to	a	BPA-free	spray	bottle.	Spray	onto
surfaces	and	wipe	down.
STOCK	UP	ON
HOUSEPLANTS
Houseplants	not	only	bring	beauty	into	your	home,	but	they	can	also	clean	the
air	in	your	home.	A	two-year	research	project	conducted	by
NASA	found	that
plants—even	the	microorganisms	in	the	soil—can	reduce	indoor	air	pollutants
substantially.
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	The	plants	help	purify	your	home,	absorbing	chemicalpollutants	given	off	by	synthetic	materials.	According	to	NASA,	some	of	the
best	plants	to	promote	indoor	air	quality	are	spider	plant,	peace	lily,	bamboo,
snake	plant,	heartleaf	philodendron,	elephant	ear	philodendron,	and	different
varieties	of	dracaena.
MAKE	YOUR	HOME	A	NO-
SMOKING	ZONE
Okay,	this	is	an	obvious	one,	but	it’s	a	biggie	when	it	comes	to	air	pollution.
Secondhand
cigarette	smoke	is	rife	with	contaminants,	and	exposure	is	linked
to	issues	like	bronchitis,	asthma,	and	ear	infections.	Have	smoker	relatives	or
friends?	Besides	encouraging	them	to	quit,	politely	let	them	know	that	they
have	to	smoke	outside	(and	far,	far	away	from	doors	and	open	windows).
CHANGE
FILTERS
Just	because


god force, 71, 167, 229
golden rule, 33
Goldsmith, Joel, 282
Gould, Donna, 42, 45
Greene, Shecky, 42
“Guardian Angel” (Jacobsen), 289–90
guilt, 284–85
Gulliver ’s Travels  (Swift), 95

Happiness Is the W ay, 126
harmony, 106, 123, 134, 166–68, 198, 205, 244, 266
inner, 99–100, 107, 1 17–19, 193, 252, 281, 288
intellectual, 253
love and, 74, 81, 96–97, 100, 1 17, 271
in universe, 165, 232
war ended by, 91
hatred, 261–63, 264, 265–66, 269–73, 277
head-in-the-sand approach, 29
Helprin, Mark, 238–40
Herbert, Nick, 89
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1–2
Hugo, Victor, 43, 85
Hundr edth Monkey, The  (Keyes), 88
hypnosis, 33

“I’ll believe it when I see it” mentality, 2–3, 28–29, 71–72, 21 1–12, 245
images:
actions as result of, 48–50
positive, 73
practice in creation of, 73
imagination, 30, 33, 39, 77
immortality:of invisible essence of self, 77, 203
of thought, 16, 18, 60, 62, 76, 203, 286
individualism, 1 17
infinity, 121, 158, 347–48
God and, 218–19
inner peace, 177–81, 199, 204, 225–26
signs of, 16
intelligence:
form supported by, 17–18, 71–72, 74–75, 167, 199,
233, 238
universe supported by, 211, 219, 232, 238
intuition, 230, 238, 244, 252
Invisible W ay, The  (Field), 221

Jacobsen, Rolf, 289–90
James, William, 1 1
Jesus Christ, 23, 39, 80, 102, 106, 108, 1 17, 269
forgiveness taught by, 266, 270
John Paul II, Pope, 269–70
judgmental habits, 33–34, 45, 67, 70, 78, 1 12, 1 18, 174, 176–78, 200, 248
attachment to, 177
forgiveness and, 259, 266–68, 283
guilt and, 283–84
reduction of, 266–68
Jung, Carl, 17, 207–8, 235

Keyes, Ken, 88–89
Kierkegaard, Søren, 32
Krishna, 102, 108
Krishnamurti, J., 223, 230

labeling, 32–33, 1 10, 1 14–15, 185Lao-tze, 157
leadership, 103, 104–7, 1 16
limitations, 152–53
transcending of, 14–15, 133
Lincoln, Abraham, 38, 106–7
Lives of a Cell, The  (Thomas), 89, 98
loneliness, 162
Lorenzini, Shirley, 236–37, 243
love, 25, 67, 75–77, 1 15, 1 16, 1 18, 156, 178, 180, 199, 225, 268, 273, 282,
289
of children, 179, 198
defined, 96
detachment and, 176–77, 182–84, 188, 197, 201
harmony and, 74, 81, 96–97, 99, 1 17, 270
of objects, 170–71
of oneself, 127–28, 263, 265, 271, 284
unconditional, 177, 183–84, 287
as universal synthesizer, 96–97
of work, 142–52, 156, 190
luck, 122, 249

Maslow, Abraham H., 210, 268
materialism, 161–62
meditation, 174, 191, 193, 250
technique for, 34–35
memory, 218, 219
miracles, 8–9, 15, 59, 123, 227
as synchronistic events, 232–43
Mohammed, 102, 269
money, attachment to, 190–91, 204
Moss, Richard, 85
motherhood, 215–16

negativity, 33–34, 45, 142–43, 151–52, 155, 271networking, 194–96, 205
New Science of Life, A (Sheldrake), 89
Newton, Sir Isaac, 240–41
New Y ork T imes,  44
ng, raymond, 228
Nightingale, Earl, 264
nocturnal emission, 58
no-limit living, 210
nuclear age, 99
Nureyev, Rudolph, 276
nutrition, 24, 34, 45, 187

obstacles:
blessings in, 235–36
as events, 229, 232
as opportunities, 57, 64–65, 78–79, 229
oneness, 83–1 19, 250
dreams and, 107–10
Einstein on, 84
as God, 90
paradoxes of, 1 17, 164
resistance to principle of, 1 10–13
scientific credibility of, 90–91
suggestions for applications of principle of, 1 14–19
thoughts of, 99
onesong, 83–84. See also  oneness
openness, 54
ownership, 128–32, 157, 163, 173, 176, 180–81, 182, 276
detachment from, 172, 200–1

Palmer, Arnold, 55
Papush, Howard, 45–46
parables:
of caged parrot, 60–62in Gulliver ’s Travels,  95–96
of lost key, 69
paradoxes, 235, 243, 247, 264, 275, 283, 287
of abundance, 130–31, 163
as concept, 9–1 1, 117, 190
of detachment, 163, 164, 174, 175, 177–78, 183–84,
188, 190, 192–93, 195, 200–201
“More is less” as, 170
of oneness and detachment, 164
of oneness and individualism, 1 17
in pursuit of goals, 1 15
of single dream, 1 10
of suf fering, 287
Parenthesis in Eternity  (Goldsmith), 282
parenting, 179–81, 183–84, 198, 204
patriotism, 1 16
Paul, Saint, 15, 266
peace, 151. See also  inner peace
Peace Pilgrim, 16
Peale, Norman Vincent, 38
perfection:
attachment to, 175
of universe, 207, 210–1 1, 246, 248, 258–59, 287
perseverance, 52
“phase transition,” 89
Picasso, Pablo, 9, 10
Pine, Arthur, 44
positiveness, 238
Prophet, The  (Gibran), 179
Provenzano, Marie, 171–73
Pulling Y our Own Strings  (Dyer), 209
Pyle, Joanna Spamer, 143–46, 150–51

quantum mechanics, 240–43
Quantum Reality  (Herbert), 89

Ram Dass, 10–1 1, 225–26
randomness, 207, 208–10, 243, 244, 245
Helprin on, 238–40
reactions to illusions, 57–58, 66–68, 79–80
reflections fr om the soul  (ng),


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sometime she was given coconut water in place of pla1n water. W1th
· such a treatment, the quantity of urine gradually increased to 70 to
80 oz. The inflammation was gradually reduced -and other
complaints were also eliminated. Leeches had applied to extract hei
foul blood. With such a treatment the woman was cured and led a
normal life.
11The question is : "Why should not the public at large avail of
this free remedy available ready at hand?11 If anyone wants to
propose it he should prove that urine treatment is ha~tnful i.n some
case or the other; otherwise any anti-propaganda IS agamst the
public interest. Instances quoted by Shri Raojibhai in ~is _article in
June 1958 and in his book Manav Mutra are really convmcmg. They
prove the efficacy of urine in treai:ing various ailments. ·
11Through this book and thearticle, Shri Raojibhai has presented a
simple and readily available treatment for the bene~t of the. common
people and it does not involve an expense of a smgle pa1sa. Every 162 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
day reader can follow it without incuring any expense or without
~n}' diff~culty. Moreover it can be carried on everywhere and at any
t1me w1th complete ease and freedom -· a thing after Mahatma
Gandhiji's ideas.
"Nearly 40 years ago a famous physician of Bombay who was
doctor of medicine from England used to oppose urine treatment.
But when during the First World War thousands of soldiers were
successfully treated with urine treatment and the boon of this
treatment came to light, the same expert doctor, who condemned
urine therapy, began to support it!rr.
CHAPTER XX
INFLAMMATION OF THE BODY, DISABILITY,
SNAKE-BITE ETC.
Mrs. Pashiben (Ramnagar, Sabarmati) got inflammation on her
entire body. She was admitted to the urine therapy centre on
25-4-61 for urine treatment. She was 25 and had been suffering from
inflammation for the past 1.112 years. She had consulted a number of
doctors and Vaidyas without any success. At last; her father-in-law
came to know about urine treatment and decided to admit her in the
centre for treatment.
She remained in the centre for 19 days up to 14-5-61. From the
day after her admission she was given the following treatment for 19
·days:
1. Complete fa:;;t for the first two days during which she was
given to drink the entire urine and when thirsty she was given boiled
water.
2. From the third diJ.y, water was stopped and she was given
cow's milk to sip a spoonful every time she was thirsty. Later the
quantity was gradually increased to 3 pints and then to 5 pint INFLAMMATION OF THE BODY, DISABILITY, SNAKE-BITE ETC. : 163
Drinking of entire urine continued as usual during all these days.
3. She was daily rubbed for about an hours with urine which was
3-4 days old.
With this treatment for 1 9 days she was 75% cured and on
morning of the 20th day, she took leave from the centre but
continued the treatment at home.
On 2-7-61, her father-in-law Shri Mohanlal Tulsiram came to the
' centre and reported that Mrs. Pashiben was completely cured of the
inflammation within 12 days after leaving the centre. Her general
health had also considerably improved and she had resumed her
normal diet.
Disability and Discharge : There were a few. diseases which
could not be treated by Shri Raojibhai as such cases did not come to
hif\l duriong his time. Some cases of disability and nocturnal
discharge were treated after his death and they are worth noting.
1. Shri Narshibhai S. Prajapati aged 36 (village Aghat, via
Viramgam) had frequent nocturnal discharges. He came for
treatment in the urine therapy centre from 28-7-62 to 4-8-62. His
weight increased from 70 lbs. to 80 lb. He was completely cured but
still was.advised to continue drinking and massage of auto-urine. •. <
2. Shri Chandrashankar Purani (Rama & Sons Watch House,
Ravpura Road, Baroda) experienced disability. He felt exhaustion by
walking a few steps, had indigestion and felt des·pair in life. He had
constipation too. He took to urine treatment and he got rid of all his
troubles and disability too and regained youth as it were.
Snake-bite and Beating: Shri Raojibbai had no occasion to treat
any case of snake-bite. But some cases were treated afterwards.
1. Shri lshwarbhai K. Mehta (Gangasadan, Marave Road, Malad,
Bombay-64) had a good ·chance· to tre~t a case of snake-bite. A
young man of 25 had a snake-bite and was <...iJout to die. His blood
mixed urine was given to him constantly and was continuously
massaged with urine. He was saved. '' I I 164 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
2. Dr. Nanubhai -Painter (opposite National College,· Bandara,
Bombay-50) has narrated his experience of a prisoner who was
sentenced to whipping heavily. After the beating a co-prisoner
treated him with urine and the victim was readily cured.
CHAPTER XXI
REGULATING POWER OF URINE & CHILD-HEALTH
Dr. Salaria (referred to before) has made deep study of Sushrut.
He holds a licence for surgery and practises the same for the past
many years. So far he must have performed hundreds of minor and
major operations by Ayurvedic method but the truth remains that
not a single operation proved to be dangerous for any patient. Dr.
Salaria has proved that auto-urine is useful in operation to a very
great extent for controlling heart-beats.
In the past months a number of experiments have proved it
beyound doubt that urine has the power of maintaining the
regularity of heart-beats.
Dr. Salaria operated a woman of 45 for appendicitis in May
1 958. An hour before the operation, she was given her own urine to
drink instead of usual injections for controlling heart-beats and then
the operation was performeo. Her heart-beats were maintained
during operation. Dr. Sal aria was encouraged with the success of the
experiments and decided to try it on other patients also. He did
accordingly in nearly 15 cases of operation of tonsil, lipoma (a case
in which there was tumour weighing 2 lb. on the shoulder), cancer
on the right side of the chest and dropsy. In one of the cases, the
patient suffered from a big boil on the region between the right thigh
·and abdomen where the rotten skin had to be excised through
surgery and a new piece of skin was grafted. In all' these cases, the
patients were given their urine to drink before operation which
maintained the regularity of their heart-beats. REGUlATING POWER OF URINE & CHILD-HEALTH : 165
This account clearly proves that the use of urine maintains the
heart-beats of the patient and his blood-pressure also remains
normal. 1 certain that drinking and rubbing of urine togethr regulate
and normalize the high or low blood pressure as the case may be..
Let us see the opposite views also. A famous doctor of
Ahmedabad is my friend. I informed him of Dr. Salaria's
experiement with urine to control heart-beats and also related the
above mentioned cases. My real story did not appeal to him. The
doctor friend declared that unless and until experiments are carried
on scientific lines, he would not be.convinced of my thesis.
My doctor friend may be right as far as his personal experience is
concerned. It is proper on the part of a responsible person fike him
not to give any opinion till he has personal knowle.qge or have
experience about it. But it is also true that if a person is ignorant
about something, he should not oppose it vehemently~ The fact that
urine has power to regulate blood-pressure and strengthen the heart
is supported by my personal experience also.
Child-health : The custom of making children drink their own
urine is still in vogue to cure them of diseases. Shri Keshavbhai
Makanbhai Master, (Hajira, Surat) has sent me a report of his
personal experience of urine therapy:
"My grand-father was a village Vaidya. He used to prepare
Ayurvedic medicines and distributed it among the people free of
cost Folks from nearby villages came to take his medicines.
"Whenever there was an ailing child, my grandfather took him in
his lap and as.