 been useful in some of my patients to help them overcome an allergy to iodine. More information on NAET can be found in
the Appendix.
Joan, age 62, suffered from hypothyroidism for 20 years. Although Joan’s symptoms improved on a holistic treatment
plan (detoxification, vitamins and minerals, and dietary changes), she still was not feeling like she wanted to feel. When
she was diagnosed with an iodine deficiency, I recommended that she supplement with iodine. Joan was given an
iodide/iodine supplement (Iodoral
®
) and immediately felt better. “It was like waking up from a nap. Within one week, my
head felt clearer and my energy level improved. I have a busy job and I was having trouble keeping up with it,” she said.
Approximately two weeks after starting Iodoral
®
, Joan called me complaining of a rash on her body. I told her to stop
the iodine immediately. Joan told me, “I don’t want to stop it. This is the first time in years that I have
felt wonderful.” I
had Joan come into the office and treated her with NAET. Joan’s allergy symptoms abated within 24 hours and she is
currently taking iodine without any problems. She continues to feel well today.
AUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASE
Some researchers and endocrinologists believe that autoimmune thyroid problems are caused by iodine intake in excess of
the RDA. However, before the adoption of radioactive iodine to treat the side effects of autoimmune thyroid illnesses, the use of
higher doses of iodine was the treatment of choice for these illnesses. There are numerous reports in the literature, some dating
back well over 100 years, showing the benefits of using iodine in excess of the RDA to treat autoimmune thyroid illnesses.
2

3

4

5
Chapters 4
-
6
 point out that autoimmune thyroid disorders are associated with low iodine levels, not high levels.
As previously stated, in the United States, iodine levels have fallen more than 50% over the last 40 years while, at the same
time, autoimmune thyroid disorders have been rapidly increasing.
6
 If iodine was the cause of autoimmune thyroid illnesses, these
illnesses should have been decreasing over the last 40 years. The opposite has occurred.My clinical experience has shown that in an iodine deficient state, higher doses of iodine are an effective and safe way to treat
autoimmune thyroid illness without appreciable side
effects. Remember, the best results are achieved as part of a comprehensive
holistic treatment plan.
It is important to restate this: My partners and I have not seen AIT disease caused by iodine supplementation. On the
contrary, it is iodine deficiency that causes AIT disease.

DETOXIFICATION REACTIONS
In
Chapter 11
, it was established that iodine could compete with the toxic halides, bromide and fluoride. The study I
undertook showed that the use of iodine resulted in the release of the toxic halides from the body. If the body’s detoxification
pathways are overloaded when the toxic halides are being released, a detoxification reaction can be triggered. A detoxification
reaction can take the form of fatigue, muscle aches, fever, diarrhea, and brain fog, among others.
A detoxification reaction to iodine usage does happen--about 5% of the time. A detoxification reaction can be minimized by
using a comprehensive holistic treatment program including: nutritional support (vitamins and minerals), balancing the hormonal
system, getting the body’s pH balanced, eating healthy foods, and other holistic treatments. One of the best ways to minimize a
detoxification reaction is to ensure adequate use of unrefined salt as well as supplementation with magnesium and vitamin C.
IODINE-INDUCED HYPOTHYROIDISM AND GOITER
When animals or humans that are iodine deficient are given large doses of iodine, there is a transient decrease in thyroid
hormone production (approximately 26-40 hours) until the body reestablishes its equilibrium with iodine.
7

8
 After that time,
thyroid levels adjust to normal and signs of hypothyroidism do not develop.
Many researchers point out the dangers of iodine by describing the goiter problems of the residents of Hokkaido, Japan. A
report in 1960 described how a significant portion of the population of Hokkaido, Japan had developed goiter. Goiters were
more common in seaweed fishermen and in villages where seaweed was eaten in large quantities. The residents of Hokkaido, as
well as other areas of Japan, were found to be ingesting large amounts of iodine. The Japanese authors did not think that iodine
was the causative factor of the goiters since residents of inland areas had the same iodine intake as the residents in Hokkaido, and
they had no signs of increased goiter. Clearly, some other factor must have been involved. However, many Western physicians
seized on the Hokkaido data and erroneously claimed that excess iodine ingestion was the cause of the rise in the goiter rate.
Some still make this ridiculous assertion today. Although no testing was done, goitrogens (such
as bromide) could have caused
the elevated goiter picture. A follow-up study 27 years later found a similar iodine intake in Hokkaido residents but no signs of
excess goiter, therefore ruling out iodine as the cause.
I have spoken with other doctors who have used higher doses of iodine in the treatment of their patients; they also report no
increase in hypothyroid or goiter problems.
9
 More about this concept will be discussed in
Chapter 16
.

IODINE-INDUCED HYPERTHYROIDISM
The use of iodine in a previously iodine-deficient population may result in a transient increase in thyroid hormones. Studies
have shown that the increase in thyroid hormones, which could lead to hyperthyroid symptoms (e.g., palpitations, nervousness),
will gradually decrease.
10
 These side effects can easily be monitored by routine lab tests and adjustments in dosages. Also,
ensuring adequate amounts of unrefined salt minimizes any side effects from iodine supplementation.
Researchers from Switzerland found that the correction of iodine deficiency not only decreased the incidence of
thyrotoxicosis, it also lowered the incidence of goiter, cretinism, and minor deficiencies of intellect.
11
 My experience has shown
that iodine-induced hyperthyroidism is not a common occurrence.
IODISM
Iodism occurs when the dose of iodine is too high and results in a metallic taste in the mouth, increased salivation, sneezing,
headache, and acne. Also, sinus headache, especially headache in the frontal area, and a sense of fever may be present. Iodism
occurs in a small minority of patients and is easily rectified by adjusting the dosage of iodine used.
Dr. Sherry Tenpenny claims that chlorophyll tablets will eliminate the metallic taste of iodine. Dr. Flechas has reported similar
results with chlorophyll. I have found that unrefined salt and vitamin C powder also minimizes iodism.
THYROID CANCER
Thyroid cancers are a small minority of cancers in the United States representing 1% of all cancers.
12
 Women are affected in
larger numbers than men, approximately 3:1.
There have been some reports in the literature that iodine supplementation can be associated with an increased incidence of
thyroid papillary cancer.
13
 If iodine usage were the cause of thyroid cancer, then the falling iodine levels would be expected to
lead to lowered thyroid cancer levels. However, this has not been the case. During the past several decades, when iodine levels
have declined, the incidence of thyroid cancer has markedly
increased.
14
 Perhaps iodine deficiency is the cause of the elevation in
thyroid cancers.
Iodine supplementation has been shown to significantly improve the prognosis of thyroid cancer by shifting the type of cancerto a more easily treatable (i.e., differentiated) form.
15
Radiation exposure has been positively correlated with thyroid cancer for more than 50 years. Over the years, numerous
studies have confirmed this link, including the problems at Chernobyl. One of the treatments for exposure to radiation is iodine.
Potassium iodide was given to residents of Poland and Russia after the Chernobyl accident and has been hailed as a success in
preventing more cases of thyroid cancer.
In an iodine-deficient state, when exposed to radioactive iodine (such as in Chernobyl), the thyroid gland will absorb large
amounts of the radioactive iodine. This will lead to thyroid cancer. However, if the thyroid gland is saturated with iodine,
radioactive iodine will be absorbed in much smaller amounts and the problems with thyroid cancer will be lessened.
As compared to the people surrounding Chernobyl, I predict the Japanese will have less adverse effects from the Fukushima
disaster because the Japanese, as a population, have a higher iodine intake.
It makes perfect sense to have the body sufficient with iodine before being subjected to a toxic exposure of radioactive
iodine.
HOW MUCH IODINE SHOULD YOU TAKE?
Now we are back to the question above. There is no perfect dose for everyone. The best way to properly dose iodine is to
test the body for its iodine status. This can easily be accomplished with an iodine-loading test. The instructions for the loading test
are detailed below.
Iodine-Loading Test
1
.
First morning urine is discarded


	ready	to
disassemble	your	worldview.	You	are	ready	to	stop	having	a	stake	in	the
world	limited	to	the	narrow	confines	of	I,	me,	and	mine.	The	ego-defended
worldview	you	want	to	dismantle	is	organized	in	three	layers:
1
.
Energy
2
.
Beliefs
3
.
Structure
These	three	layers	apply	both	to	the	whole	and	to	its	parts.	They	are
inescapably	intertwined	because	the	field	itself	contains	all	three.	This	means
that	a	tree	or	a	cloud	is	nothing	but	energy,	information,	and	structure.	Your
personality	is	composed	of	the	same	three	elements,	and	so	is	every
experience	in	your	worldview.
Energy:
	When	an	experience	gets	stuck	in	your	head,	you	are	holding	on	to
its	energy.	Every	experience	has	its	own	energy	pattern,	which	is	reflected	inthe	brain	as	memory,	emotion,	sensation,	etc.	When	you	decide	to	recall
something	from	your	childhood,	what	comes	to	mind?	Visual	images,	names
and	faces,	all	kinds	of	emotions,	physical	details,	associations,	various
sensations.	All	of	these	exist	at	the	level	of	energy.	Without	the
electromagnetic	field	vibrating	in	a	certain	way,	specific	experiences	couldn’t
exist.
This	stuck	energy	is	cleared	in	many	ways:	through	dreams,	insight,
imagination,	emotional	release,	deep	recollection,	confession,	prayer,
atonement,	meditation,	love,	etc.
Beliefs:
	Beliefs	take	us	to	a	subtler	level	of	the	mind.	Beliefs	allow	one
experience	but	forbid	another	to	enter.	They	are	like	judges	deciding	whether
an	experience	is	positive	or	negative,	right	or	wrong,	desirable	or	undesirable.
The	universe	is	doing	a	continuous	dance	with	your	beliefs.	What	you	believe
is	reinforced	by	what	you	experience,	but	what	you	experience	also	alters
what	you	believe.	Anyone	who	has	wrestled	with	the	question	“Does	he	(or
she)	love	me?”	knows	what	it	feels	like	to	have	tiny	things	like	a	glance	or	a
casual	word	or	an	unreturned	phone	call	confirm	or	destroy	your	belief	in
being	loved.
Beliefs	are	cleared	by	being	aware	of	the	sticky	quality	they	possess.
Beliefs	aren’t	static;	they	result	in	behavior.	So	when	you	watch	your	own
behavior,	you	are	seeing	your	beliefs	at	play.	If	a	poor	black	homeless	person
asks	you	for	a	handout	at	night	and	your	response	is	to	say	nothing	and	walk
away,	consider	all	the	beliefs	that	could	be	at	work:	“Black	is	dangerous,	the
night	is	fearful,	strangers	can’t	be	trusted,	any	response	will	get	me	entangled,
poor	people	are	lazy	or	crazy	or	weak,	to	associate	with	them	means	I	will	be
one	of	them	one	day.”	When	you	stop	defending	the	behavior	of	your	beliefs,
they	become	less	sticky.	You	regain	freedom	to	think	and	believe	in	a	new
way.
Structure:
	Structure	is	the	foundation	of	the	personality.	It	includes	your
vision	of	life,	your	purpose	for	being	here,	your	deepest	goals,	your	view	of
physical	existence,	and	your	attitude	toward	pleasure	and	pain.	These
profound	things	are	overlooked	because	people	are	too	overwhelmed—and
too	convinced—by	their	beliefs	and	energies.	Only	after	you	start	clearing
energy	and	beliefs	can	you	look	at	the	“Why?”	that	is	at	the	bottom	of	your
participation	in	Maya,	or	external	appearance.	Why	are	you	alive?	What	is
your	overall	purpose?	To	what	higher	values	have	you	offered	your
allegiance?	These	are	structural	questions,	and	when	you	can	see	them	clearly,
they	bring	their	own	answers.
Structure	isn’t	cleared	the	way	stuck	energy	is,	and	it	can’t	be	challenged
the	way	beliefs	can	be.	Structure	is	your	vehicle	for	this	lifetime.	It’s	the	boatyou	use	to	sail	across	the	ocean	of	space	and	time.	Without	it	you	would	have
no	identity	at	all;	you	would	be	a	cloud	of	energy	without	a	center.	All	you
can	do	with	your	structure	is	to	“witness”	it.	In	that	moment	of	witnessing,
you	reduce	the	“I”	to	its	first	principles.	In	other	words,	you	stand	at	the
threshold	where	the	person	meets	the	soul.	This	is	an	enormously	liberating
moment	of	recognition.
When	you	build	any	new	structure	in	your	mind—for	example,	deciding
to	see	your	life	in	spiritual	terms	or	learning	parenting	skills	after	a	baby	is
born	or	replacing	the	perspective	of	a	victim	with	the	perspective	of	someone
who’s	in	control—you	are	choosing	to	evolve.	You	are	taking	advantage	of
certain	subtle	qualities	that	pertain	to	mental	structures	as	revealed	by	the
rishis:
Structures	in	the	mind	organize	energy	so	that	it	serves	the	highest
purpose.
They	interface	this	lifetime	with	universal	experience.
They	open	you	to	the	higher	self	and	its	transmissions.
They	expose	you	to	the	force	of	evolution.
To	the	extent	that	you	are	working	on	the	three	levels	of	energy,	beliefs,
and	structure,	you	are	connecting	yourself	to	the	field	directly	and
consciously,	which	is	how	an	open	mind	is	achieved.	How	can	you	tell	that
your	work	has	paid	off	and	you	have	gained	an	open	mind?	You	know
yourself	as	wholeness	once	and	for	all.15
T
HE
	M
ECHANICS	OF
	C
REATION
AS	MUCH	AS
	we	try	to	explain	it,	what	happens	when	we	die	remains	a	miracle.
We	move	from	one	world	to	another,	we	shed	our	old	identity	to	experience	“I
am,”	the	identity	of	the	soul,	and	we	assemble	the	ingredients	of	a	completely
unique	life	in	our	next	body.	Science	supports	the	claim	that	the	field	is
capable	of	creative	leaps	and	endless	transformation.	An	oxygen	atom,	if	it
could	tell	its	own	story,	would	feel	that	a	miracle	has	occurred	when	it	bonds
with	hydrogen	to	form	water.	Its	old	identity	was	gaseous,	its	new	one	is
liquid.	Its	old	world	was	in	the	atmosphere,	its	new	one	is	in	oceans,	rivers,
and	clouds.	And	what	if	this	water	molecule	happens	to	become	part	of	the
human	brain?	Would	oxygen	suddenly	experience	being	conscious?
This	question	is	the	final,	most	mysterious	leap	we	have	to	explain.
Oxygen,	like	every	other	atom	in	the	brain,	participates	in	consciousness	as	it
courses	through	every	neuron.	Yet	to	say	that	oxygen	itself	is	conscious	goes
too	far.	So	how	did	consciousness	creep	in	somewhere	between	oxygen	atoms
and	the	cerebral	cortex?	This	is	crucial	in	determining	whether	or	not
consciousness	survives	death.	As	I’ve	already	argued,	the	answer	doesn’t	lie
in	the	brain.	The	brain	is	an	inert	object	formed	of	organic	chemicals.	Those
chemicals	can	be	broken	down	into
more
	basic	molecules	and	atoms.	Those
atoms	can	be	broken	down	into	subatomic	particles,	which	can	in	turn	be


 is doing the thinking.Turning the brain into a thinkin g organ is an offshoot of mate rialism.
Whenever you are tempted to believe that your brain is the thinker, not you,
look around. Is your TV making  the actors in a movie do what they do? Has
the piano in the corner learned how to play Bach? Does your computer
know what you mean when you type a word? A television, a piano, and a
computer are passive instruments waiting for consciousness to activate
them. Likewise, it is pure illusion to claim that the brain can think.
The chemicals in a brain cell are the same as those in the skin cells of
your big toe, and the functioning of brain cells differs very little from the
functions of every other cell in the body. A three-pound lump of gray matter
cannot escape its status as a batch of chemicals, and we mustn’ t attribute
love, compassion, creativity, and so on to a batch of chemicals, either. The
brain isn’t even aware that it exists. Until the skull is opened to reveal it,
there is no subjective experience that says, “Here I am. I am your brain.”
Pratyahara  teaches that your brain occupies the same zone of
awareness as the rest of your body. Creative intelligence pours through
every cell; a brain cell isn’t exceptional. The creative intellige nce in your
immune system is assigned the tasks necessary to keep you healthy and
protected from disease organism s. This intelligence is so comp lex that the
immune system has been called a “floating brain,” whose home is in the
bloodstream and lymphatic system, which, by their very nature, are
constantly in motion.
A brain cell stands out because its task is to transmit words, thoughts,
impulses, desires, hopes, fears, and everything else associated with the
mind. The brain itself has never had a thought. But when merged with
the field of creative intelligence, the bodymind, the brain contributes to
the wholeness of life. Oneness is all. If you claim that the mind  creates the
brain or that the brain creates the mind, neither statement is valid without
the other being valid. This is a natural merging that gives Royal Yoga its
basis in reality.
ExerciseThe practices of pratyahara  give you more  control over your body,
which begins by finding the control switch in your awareness. Lie
comfortably on your back with your hand on your breastbon e above the
heart. Feel your heartbeat, then lift your hand away and sense your
heartbeat in your body awareness alone.
You may have to repeat this a few times, but most people can easily
sense a pulsation  in the vicinity of the heart, and many can feel their actual
heartbeat.
Now place your hands at your side and move the pulsing sensation to
your fingertips. Feel the faint pulsation of the blood coursing through your
fingers. This exercise shows you that you have more control  over body
awareness than you think. You can have the intention of your body feeling
light or heavy, warm or cold, solid or hollow. With practice, you can
intentionally make your heart rate and breathing slow down, and the
intention will be enough to create these changes. But the whole process
begins by showing yourself that you can merge into the zone of the
bodymind and move your awareness wherever you want it to go.
THURSDAY
Magical Lies
Begin by silently repeating today’ s theme:
I vibrate in the ﬁeld of light.
I vibrate in the ﬁeld of light.
When pratyahara  talks about withdrawing the senses, the main reason
is to turn inward, but another reason is just as important: The senses cannot
be trusted. Everyone has a glimmer of this since we all know, despite the
evidence of our eyes, that the sun does not, in fact, rise in the morning and
set at night. But Yoga goes much further, declaring that the five senses wrapus in a web of magical lies. You cannot be in touch with reality, including
the reality of your true self, if you are under the spell of these lies.
Yoga describes the whole schem e of magical lies as maya, or “illusion,”
but I find that this terminology makes people uncomfortable. If this world is
an illusion, then what are we supposed to cling to? The physical world and
everything in it aren’ t going anywhere, no matter what Yoga says. Clearly,
you can’t live in the world and simultaneously call it a total lie—no one
could psychologically endure such doublethink.
Pratyahara  shows another way, which is based on an innocent-looking
word that has amazing potency: vibration. Take any object—a tree, a dog, a
skyscraper, or a molecule—and we can trace its origin to a set of vibrations.
In quantum physics, these vibrations are described as “ripples in the
quantum field.” In Yoga, there are “ripples in consciousness.” The fact that
the cosmos is held together by invisible vibrations doesn’ t change everyday
life, although it is an astonishin g fact. But vibrations in consciousness are
everyday life.
Pratyahara  doesn’t ask you to smash your way through the thickets of
maya. Rather, you learn to choose the level of vibrations you want to
identify with. Being the realm of the five senses, maya  is a gross level of
vibrations—at this level, rocks are hard, the wind is soft, roses smell sweet,
garbage stinks. Thought is a subtler level of vibration, a realm of
imagination, abstract concepts, and the whole scheme of wishes, dreams,
fears, and memories that inhabit the mind.
Go one level deeper, and you are in the realm of pratyahara, where
vibrations are born, emer ging faintly from the unbounded field of your
awareness the way that quark s emer ge from the unbounded “quantum
foam” that constantly hums and vibrates. Reality bubbles up like fizz in a
carbonated drink. But this doesn’ t describe the way that every level of
reality does a flip, completely overturning the level of reality next to it. At
the level of maya, one experience s physical qualities, like hardness, solidity,
warmth, and heaviness, and their opposites, which is why you can instantly
distinguish a rock from a feather.At the level of the mind, there is a flip, and physical qualities become
imaginary. You can see a rock or a feather in your mind’ s eye, but they
cannot be touched or weighed. This level is where most people stop, but
there is another flip if you go deeper. Now the imaginary feather and the
imaginary rock no longer exist, but the vibrations that give rise to them do.
What is a feath er without its light softness or a rock without its solid
hardness?
Both dissolve into creative intelligence. The whole rationale behind
pratyahara  is that creative intelligence contains all the essentials for
creating anythin g. To make this more personal, this is the level where you
are created, with all your essential ingredients held in place, precisely as the
essentials of a rock, feather, or any other object are held in place. In
pratyahara, your essentials  are very different from the body and mind you
experience, yet you will still recognize yourself if you list these invisible
ingredients.
THE “STUFF” THAT IS YOU
Your true essence is timeless, unborn, and undying.
Every atom of your body is an expression of creative
intelligence.
Every choice you make reverberates throughout the ﬁeld of
pure consciousness.
You are embraced by the organizing power of the ﬁeld, which
governs and regulates everything.
You occupy a unique place in creation.
You are whole because the ﬁeld is whole.
Human beings can see what they are made of and access their source in
the timeless field of pure awareness. No one can explain this, the ultimate
mystery known as self-awareness. Each of us is designed to be self-aware—
it is simply a fact of human existence. The field of pure awareness is opento all. No one can be deprived of access to their source. At the same time,
you can choose how self-aware you wish to be.
There is an almost complete absence of self-awareness at one extreme,
which is marked by fear, denial, ignorance, unconscious behavior, and
robotic conditioning. At the other extreme is pratyahara, immersing
yourself in the light, which makes you self-aware in every moment. There
is nothing more to seek or desir e out of life. Placed in the flow of creative
intelligence, you identify with your true self as naturally as you once
identified with your five sense s. You have broken the spell of maya. In
place of magica l lies, you expe rience your essence, and every gift of the
light is yours for the taking.
Exercise
You were created from the unbo unded field of pure awareness, which is
your true source. To absorb what it means to be unbounded, sit quietly with
eyes closed and take a few deep breaths. Once you feel centered and settled,
direct your atten tion to the air as it passes in and out of your nose. Visualize
each breath as a small puff of air. Now with the next out-breath, see the puff
of air getting bigger, and with the next in-breath, see the air coming to you
from a lar ger


There is an easy method o f getting plenty of vitamin B17 back into your bodily system. And the program we are going to use is
based largely upon using one of nature's produce in particular, the apricot seed.

The apricot seed is laden with vitamin B17. They are easy to eat, and y ou don't need to eat many to provide your body with what it
needs. Apricot seeds are also inexpensive to buy; it should work out at around $1 to $2 a week, per person.
There are a number of companies selling bags of apricot seeds (already removed from the stone) over the Internet. A bag tends to
weight 1 lb (just under 1/2 a kilo) and should contain between 700 and 850 apricot seeds (kernels).

The apricot seed is quite bitter. We will also utilise the apple seed on the program, which tastes like a bitter v ersion of marzipan.
Prune seeds, to me at least, seem a little sweeter to the pallet.

Over time you can of course begin to vary your diet more widely to include produce that has a good B17 content. Eating one or
two portions of either bamboo sprouts, lent ils, butter beans, mung beans, cassava, fava beans, macadamia nuts, linseed/flaxseed,
millet cereal, alfalfa sprouts/leaves and chick peas, daily, should provide very significant benefits to your asthma and your
allergies.

However, because you may find it  difficult to change your diet more substantially, for various reasons, we are going to take the
easy, fast and effective approach.

I doubt you'll be able to purchase apricot seeds from a health food shop or any normal retail outlet. No matter, it is eas y and
inexpensive to order them over the web. Listed below are links to various websites that sell apricot seeds. Please note, this  website
has no affiliation with any of these sites, or any site that sells apricot seeds. Alternatively you can search the w eb under the term
vitamin B17, or apricot seeds with a search engine, and this should provide links to companies that sell apricot seeds.

www.urcancercure.com

www.doc.intersessions.com/cancerchoices.com/onlineorder.html

www.zianet.com/kgriffi/

I personally, tend to eat between 5 -7 apricot seeds per day, most days. So you should find that a 1 lb bag will last you around 3 -4
months, per person. I usually order 3 or 4 bags at a time. Apricot seeds keep their freshness extremely well, especially if y ou put
them in the fridge. I've not yet had a problem with apricot seeds spoiling.

Chapter 3. - Step by Step

In this chapter, I'm going to explain the program that should really sort out your asthma and allergy problems. This program is for
adults only. For children with asthma/hay fever/allergies please read chapter 6.

It is probably b est not to attempt this program if you are pregnant, or nursing. I am totally certain this program is perfectly safe for
expectant mothers, for it is all -natural; nonetheless, I believe you shouldn't make any sustained changes to diet during pregnancy.
You could always start including some of the natural products mentioned in the last chapter from time to time with your meals
though.

If you or your child suffer from any nut or seed allergies please consult a doctor before you or your child consider using t his
program. Please use common sense at all times.

You can begin this program today, and where better a place to start than in the present!

Once you have ordered your apricot seeds on -line, you'll probably have to wait a few days for their arrival, perh aps up to a week
for international orders. This is not a problem, as we will begin the program using the simple apple.

Until your apricot seeds arrive, I suggest you begin eating two or three apples daily. And this includes eating the seeds. Cr unch up
the seeds with your teeth before swallowing.

If you can get hold of some millet cereal, and eat a small bowl daily then this would make a good addition to your apples, or  try
and eat a few butter beans daily. Or alternatively you could chomp on 10 -15 grapes  per day, including munching the pips. If for
some reason you don't eat apples then I suggest prunes as an alternative. You can add to this by eating a few macadamia nuts daily,
if you can get hold of them or by consuming a teaspoon full of linseed daily.

Prune seeds are much larger than apple seeds, so as a replacement for apples you only need take 4 -5 prune seeds in your diet for
the first few days. Often you will find tinned prunes from your supermarket contain the stone, and within the stone you will find
the seed. Obviously you need be careful when opening any stone, I suggest to avoid using your teeth. Alternatively you could use
plum seeds.

When your apricot seeds do arrive you may be surprised just how large they are. I reckon one apricot seed is a bout 10 -15 times
bigger than the average apple seed. For your first few days, you have probably been taking the equivalent of just 1 to 3 apri cot
seeds daily.

Now you have possession of your apricot seeds, and you've been on the vitamin B17 program for a  few days (to a week) its time to
raise your intake. I suggest taking 2 apricot seeds twice daily for the next two days. Keep eating a couple of apples, includ ing the
seeds or a few prunes with seeds each day, or a bowl of millet cereal, if you so wish, it's up to you. As the apricot seeds taste quite
bitter you will probably find it easier to eat them at meal times. Or try eating them with a teaspoon or two of raw unprocess ed
honey. Give them a good crunch before swallowing.

Five to nine days or thereabo uts into the program and you may already be feeling some positive results. You may find yourself a
little less wheezy and sniffley  than usual, and a little less dependant on inhalers and antihistamines. However, don't worry if you
don't feel any change jus t yet, it's early days!

After taking 2 apricot seeds, twice daily for your first two days I now suggest you increase your dose to 2 apricot seeds, th ree times
daily, for the next two days.

And after those two days raise your apricot seed intake again, t o 3 seeds, three times a day for a whole week. This program is
based on progression, taking gentle progressive steps forward. You shouldn't rush, please follow my guidelines; this lets you r body
get used to absorbing higher levels of vitamin B17.

You now will be consuming 3 apricot seeds, three times a day, and perhaps a couple of apples plus seeds, or a bowl of millet
cereal, etc. Excellent.

You should find once you are consuming 3 apricot seeds, three times daily that your asthmatic and allergi c symptoms really start
to ease up. If this is the case, brilliant. If not, don't worry.

I wish to stress here that as your asthma and allergy symptoms begin to ease up, use common sense with the way you use other
medicines. I'd advise you to continue to take your inhalers and antihistamines with you when you go out.

Following one week of taking 3 seeds three times a day, I would now like you to take 4 seeds, three times a day, for the foll owing
week.

Now you'll have been taking a much higher level of vitamin B17 than in your normal diet for around three to three and a half
weeks. I expect you to be seeing very noticeable benefits by now, and if this is the case congratulations, and stick with tak ing 4
apricot seeds three times daily for the next month.  After this time you will probably be able to gently reduce the number of apricot
seeds you take to just 5 -7, once daily. Do whatever you feel comfortable with. Continue taking 4 apricot seeds three times daily
though, if you feel you need a longer period to adjust, both psychologically and physically.

For anybody not feeling any significant benefits after seven to eight weeks (and let me state, I think this is unlikely), I s uggest you
raise the dose again. Try taking 6 apricot seeds, three times daily for  the next month. You may also require adding a good
component of raw unprocessed honey (plus some bee -pollen if possible) to your diet too (local honey if possible). Three or four
teaspoons, twice daily. I also suggest you cut out coffee and other stimulan t drinks from your diet; you should really try to
consume 7 -8 large glasses of water daily instead.

I would be very surprised indeed if after all this your asthma and allergies were not showing significant signs of improvemen t.
When they do improve stick with you current intake for another few weeks and then gradually drop it to just 5 -7 seeds once daily
over the next few weeks. If your asthma


	sensible	precautions.	Here	are	some	ways	to	protect	yourself.
Sunbathing	Isn’t	Always	a	Bad	Thing
The	body	needs	sunshine	just	as	it	needs	food,	although	one	must	avoid	too
much	of	either.	Sunlight	(full-spectrum	light)	is	necessary	for	good	health	and	an
important	part	of	the	physical	pathway.	Those	warming	sun	rays	feel	good
because	they	are	good;	they	help	your	body	produce	vitamin	D,	an	essential
nutrient	for	building	strong	and	healthy	bones.	The	common	belief	that	you
should	protect	yourself	from	the	sun	with	toxic	sunscreen	is	distorted	and
misguided.	Sunlight	is	not	the	problem;	the	problem	is	sunburn.
Sunburns	only	happen	from	excessive	and	inconsistent	exposure	to	sunlight,
such	as	when	you	stay	in	the	sun	too	long	or	when	your	body	is	not	used	to	it.
Regular,	controlled	exposure	to	sunlight	helps	the	body	produce	vitamin	D	and
adapt	to	the	sun.	If	your	body	is	not	used	to	it	(and	especially	if	your	skin	is	fair),
do	not	spend	all	day	under	the	hot	sun.	Start	out	with	ten	or	fifteen	minutes	of
sun	per	day,	gradually	increasing	your	exposure	as	your	body	adapts	to	it.	Also,
beware	of	the	intensity	of	the	sunlight,	when	the	sun	is	most	directly	overhead
(approximately	10	A.M.	to	2	P.M.).
If	you	want	to	protect	your	skin,	using	coat	after	coat	of	toxic	sunscreen	is	a
bad	idea.	Some	of	the	chemicals	in	sunscreen	can	break	down	when	exposed	to
sunlight,	forming	carcinogenic	compounds.	In	other	words,	sunscreen	may	cause
skin	cancer,	rather	than	preventing	it.	Perhaps	it	is	not	a	coincidence	that	as
sunscreen	use	has	increased,	so	have	skin	cancer	rates.
Safer	alternatives	are	available	to	sunburn	and	toxic	sunscreen:	Get	regular
sun	exposure,	so	that	your	skin	can	adapt.	Dietary	nutrients	are	helpful,
including	magnesium,	antioxidants	(vitamins	A	C,	E,	selenium),	and	especially
carotenes,	which	sometimes	are	referred	to	as	“nature’s	sun	umbrella.”
Carotenes	protect	the	skin	from	sunlight;	these	nutrients	are	found	in	colorful
vegetables	and	fruits,	such	as	carrots,	sweet	potatoes,	bell	peppers	(red,	yellow
and	purple),	squash	and	others.	Also,	try	the	ancient	custom	of	rubbing	olive	oil
on	the	skin	to	help	protect	it	from	sunburn,	provided	the	oil	is	of	high	quality	and
still	contains	its	natural	antioxidant	chemicals.	(Olive	oil	also	is	good	if	your
skin	is	already	burned.)	People	in	Mediterranean	countries	still	use	olive	oil	for
sun	protection	today.	If	you	must	have	a	sunscreen,	consider	one	of	the	toxin-
free	sunscreens	(see	appendix	C).Loud	Noise	Takes	a	Toll
Ever	notice	a	ringing	in	your	ears	after	listening	to	loud	music	or	being	around
loud	noises?	That	is	physical	damage,	both	permanent	and	cumulative.	A	study
in	the	January	2001
Audiology
found	that	people	who	engaged	in	noisy	leisure-
time	activities,	ranging	from	rock	concerts	to	disco	dancing	to	woodworking,
have	increased	risk	of	hearing	loss	for	each	five-year	period	of	participation.
Choose	to	spend	your	time	in	less	noisy	places	or	wear	hearing	protection	such
as	earplugs.	Hearing	loss	is	now	epidemic	in	America.	The	hearing	aid	business
grows	every	year,	which	is	not	just	a	result	of	the	population	growing	older.
Noise	causes	other	problems,	too.	Do	you	ever	“jump”	when	somebody	rings
the	doorbell,	when	a	car	alarm	goes	off,	or	when	the	music	suddenly	is	turned
louder?	In	many	ways,	noise	can	be	stressful,	causing	both	physical	and
psychological	problems.	A	study	in	the	March	2001
Journal	of	the	Acoustical
Society	of	America
found	that	children	chronically	exposed	to	transportation
noise	from	road,	rail	and	air	traffic	had	elevated	blood	pressure	and	elevated
levels	of	stress	chemicals.	A	similar	study	in	the	February	2001
Psychological
Medicine
found	that	children	exposed	to	chronic	aircraft	noise	have	impaired
reading	comprehension.	Noise	also	causes	nutritional	deficiency;	a	study	in	the
February	2001
Occupational	Medicine
measured	significant	losses	of	calcium
and	magnesium	in	the	urine	of	factory	workers	chronically	exposed	to	loud
noise.	Noise	studies	on	laboratory	animals	have	shown	other	damaging	effects,
ranging	from	impaired	lymphatic	drainage	to	increased	intestinal	permeability.	A
study	published	in	the	May	2001
Behavioral	Physiology
concluded	that	even
what	we	would	consider	mild	chronic	noise	can	cause	changes	in	the	lining	of
the	intestines,	making	them	leakier,	which	can	lead	to	allergies	and	many	other
chronic	health	problems.
While	music	and	other	sounds	are	good	for	the	spirits,	avoid	living	in	an
environment	of	never-ending	noise.	Peace	and	quiet	are	great	for	the	psyche.
Consider	how	noise	affects	you	and	make	your	choices	accordingly.	If	you	know
you	are	going	to	be	exposed	to	loud	noise,	wear	ear	protection.	Diet	also	helps	to
prevent	hearing	loss.	Especially	if	you	are	genetically	predisposed	to	hearing
loss,	proper	nutrition	can	have	a	significant	effect	on	whether	such	loss	will
happen	or	not.
Eye	Muscle	Exercises	Help	Save	Sight
Most	people	do	not	realize	the	amount	of	influence	they	have	over	their
eyesight.	Ability	to	see	is	greatly	dependent	on	how	one	uses	and	exercises	their
eyes.	Like	all	the	muscles	in	the	body,	the	ones	that	control	eyesight	must	beexercised	in	order	to	keep	them	supple	and	strong.	Call	it	“vision	maintenance.”
Modern	life	requires	using	the	eyes	in	ways	very	different	from	those	under
which	we	evolved.	Now	we	must	make	special	choices	in	order	to	protect	and
maintain	our	natural	vision.
The	main	reason	we	lose	our	vision,	believe	it	or	not,	is	literacy.	Reading	and
writing	are	new	skills	in	the	scope	of	human	evolution.	During	most	of	human
evolution,	our	eyes	were	primarily	used	to	gaze	afar—to	locate	food,	shelter	and
threats	to	safety.	When	focusing	off	at	a	distance,	the	muscles	that	control	the
shape	of	the	eye	and	the	shape	of	the	lens	remain	in	a	relatively	natural	and
relaxed	state.	However,	in	order	to	focus	on	something	close,	such	as	a	book	or	a
computer	screen,	the	muscles	that	control	the	shape	of	the	lens	and	the	eye	must
contract.	For	brief	periods	of	time,	this	reshaping	of	the	eye	tissues	does	not	pose
a	problem.	However,	we	now	spend	most	of	our	time	focusing	on	nearby	objects
such	as	books,	papers,	televisions	and	computer	screens.	We	place	our	eye
muscles	under	constant	tension	for	hours	every	day,	causing	a	permanent
distortion	of	the	lens	and	the


 are getting the second best water in the universe and lots
of easy to absorb nutrients but you keep coming out of a fasted state.
So which is better? Water fasting giving your digestive system a break and
increasing the body’s production of amazing things by thousands of percent, but
no nutrients, or juicing where you have nutrients but have to come out of fasted
state which suppresses the body increasing natural hormones by thousands of
percent?
1.Water fasting. Advantage-Fasted state means increase in beneficial
substances in the body. Also fully cleansing and healing due to fasted state.
Disadvantage no nutrients coming in.
2.Juice fasting. Advantage-Nutrients coming in regularly and you are
consuming the second best water in the universe.
Disadvantage- You come out of fasted state every time you drink so you don’t
get the increase of beneficial substances in your blood and your body has to stop
cleansing and healing every time you come out of a fasted state.
The good news is that there is a third option that offers the advantages to both
options with none of the disadvantages. This third option gives you even more
bioavailable nutrients than juicing, but doesn't take you out of the fasted state.
How could that be possible?
This third option is far better than the benefits of either juice fasting or just water
fasting, because the drink you will be consuming instead is completely bio
available giving you even more nutrients than juicing and will not restart your
digestive system as juicing will do. This drink is exactly the same as what is
already in your blood at the time you drink it, so it's recognised by your body as
already you. Yes this drink is liquid you. And it's given to you every day for free.
It is your own urine, or a better name for it is orin.Option number 3. Omad orin looping. Advantage- You get even more and better
nutrients than juice fasting. The number one best water in the universe even
better than fresh fruit and vegetable juice. You do not come out of fasted state
so have all the advantages of the water only fast. Your body doesn’t have to stop
cleansing and healing. Your body increases human growth hormone by around
2000% along with many other beneficial substances with similar increases.
Every human being has already been drinking it for about nine months before
they were born. As a baby you pee into the space you are floating in and drink it
down again, around and round it goes. This is called looping your orin. Every
human has done this for about nine months.
If it was a waste product as we have been led to believe then every baby would
surely die. The truth is it is not a waste product but an excess product. The waste
goes out the umbilical cord, and then once you are born it goes out the back
passage. The urine does not. The baby pees into the space they are floating in
and drinks out down again and again. This is looping. This is an important part of
the programme. Omad works so much more powerfully combined with orin
looping.
Chapter 2
Urine is antibacterial, anti-fungal, anti-parasitical, anti-virus, anti-microbial and anti
just about everything that is bad for humans. It’s in lots of beauty products and face
creams already and you don’t even know it. Urine helps to further educate your body
as to what’s foreign and what’s domestic. Then get rid of the foreign things that
should not be inside you. This is why urine is one of the best choices for autoimmune
problems that are running rampant these days. Urine also contains vitamins,
minerals, amino acids, fatty acids, enzymes, proteins, carbohydrates and most
importantly it’s 100% structured water. Far better than any other structured water in
the universe. Your body will know exactly what to do with it because IT IS YOU. It
also contains several thousand different known chemical compounds and
constituents that are incredibly powerful for the human body. As well it includes an
unknown number of as yet undiscovered and unnamed substances.
Orin looping teaches your body what is foreign and what is domestic. Another way to
put it, it rids the body of what should not be there, but what should be there goes
round and round and is used again and again.
Anything inorganic or dead in the body will be cleaned out. Any inorganic matter,
mostly inorganic minerals which are dissolved rocks and sand. Not only does it rid
the body of dead inorganic matter but there are other living organic things in the
body that shouldn't be there and orin looping also cleans it all out. The bugs, right
from the microscopic virus and harmful bacteria all the way up to the large parasites
as long as your leg. It will not rid the body of good bacteria and enzymes that the
liver decides is good for you.
That's the beauty of the way the liver and kidneys work together when orin looping.
You dump the toxins at the liver every time you loop. The bad things are forced out
the back passage, or your lungs or skin also get rid of the bad stuff. The good stuff
goes on into your orin. You slowly detox the body and get rid of all the things that
should not be inside you. Looping your orin teaches your body what is foreign and
domestic or another way to say it; what is good for you and what is bad for you.I am a distilled water window cleaner in London. Been doing it for decades now. I see
every day first hand just how powerful pure water is at cleaning. Why is pure water
used in machines instead of mineral water? Because the minerals are all inorganic
dead rocks that will build up. Pure water will dissolve them and clean the machine.
Well the human body is a machine. Both distilled water from a distillation machine or
from your body's distillers the kidneys in the form or orin are so magnetic for
anything of the opposite electrical charge.
All the good things in your body, living organic minerals that you get from plants are
the same charge. Everybody knows what happens when you put two sides the same
as each other of a horseshoe magnet together. They repel each other, the distilled
water leaves living good things in the body. It physically and magnetically can not rid
the body of living good minerals.
What happens when you put two opposite side of the magnet near each other? They
powerfully stick together. This is why it is true to say that pure water will rid your
body of minerals, but only the inorganic rocks and sand that has built up inside of
you. Just as all the bugs, right from the microscopic virus and bacteria all the way up
to the large parasites as long as your leg have the opposite electrical charge and
pure water will magnetically rid the body of them.
I see every day in my job just how powerful pure water is at cleaning. It is so
magnetic and vacuums up all the dirt. This what happens in the human body when
you loop your orin, it takes it to the liver and then expels it out with the waste. So
the good clean blood can go on with all the good things to make your orin.
Key point to remember. Both distilled water from a machine or from your kidneys
absolutely can not rid the body of good living minerals. But they will powerfully rid
the body of any inorganic minerals and any foreign matter of the opposite electrical
charge.
The Death of Prejudice Is the Birth of the Chance to Heal
Fear about urine is conditioned and irrational. The following prejudices must be
overcome:
Urine is full of germs.
Urine is absolutely sterile and most of the urine that your body produces goes
back into the bloodstream anyway. Just think about this fact. If urine was full of
germs then why does your body put 90% back into the bloodstream? If you
choose to drink the 10% the body sends to your bladder, what you pee out that
is exactly the same as what your body just put back into your blood stream
anyway.
Urine smells
After a while the uric acid in urine changes into ammonia, and only then does the
urine start to smell. However, the smell will evaporate completely if the urine
gets absorbed into the skin, or any organic surface. Yes it will smell just like old
milk does if it's spilt onto an inorganic surface. Urine is liquid you, or liquid meat
if you like. Yes meat or milk will smell bad if they are left for a long time. The fact
that old milk or old meat smells bad does not stop people consuming new fresh
good quality meat or milk.Urine is a waste product
How can it make sense to reintroduce into the body a fluid that it just has
expended considerable effort to eliminate? A short and simple explanation: Urine
comprises the sum of all the experiences that the body has had (much as our
individual personalities comprise the sum of our experience). Records of
disturbances, infections, diseases, and allergies are stored within our urine. If we
confront our immune system with this information for a second time, we
stimulate the construction of a (finally) effective defence. Urine therefore
teaches the immune system a lesson. Just the same as immunisations teach the
body to build immunity to whatever you are getting immunised against. Your
urine tells your lymphatic system the information it needs to build antibodies.
Fighting like with like. Introduce


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Cover
Title P age
Copyright
Foreword
Introduction
Part I: The Hidden Physiology
Chapter 1: A fter the Miracle
Chapter 2: The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
Chapter 3: The Sculpture or the River?
Chapter 4: Messengers from Inner Space
Chapter 5: Ghosts of Memory
Chapter 6: The Quantum Mechanical Human Body
Chapter 7: Nowhere and Everywhere
Chapter 8: Silent W itness
Chapter 9: The Mystery of the Gap
Part II: Body of Bliss
Chapter 10: In the Rishi’s W orld
Chapter 11: Birth of a Disease
Chapter 12: “ What Y ou See, Y ou Become”
Chapter 13: Body of Bliss
Chapter 14: The End of the W ar
Acknowledgments
Reading List
Bibliography
Bestsellers by Deepak ChopraAbout the Author
OceanofPDF.comWhenever the word quantum  comes  up, the word physics
follows automatically. This habit of mind made Quantum
Healing  a novel and provocati ve title in 1989, but its
author, a curious-minded endocrinologist outside  Boston,
was implying a legitimate question. If every atom and
molecule in the universe emerges from the quantum ﬁeld,
doesn’t this mean that our bodies do, too? The answer is
undoubtedly yes. In that case, we possess a quantum
mechanical body. Dr. Deepak Chopra then reasoned that
the mysteries of the human body, particularly the mystery
of healing, are inevitably immersed in the quantum ﬁeld.
Very few scientists were thinking that way almost thirty
years ago. Medical schools approached the human body
essentially as a machine subdivided into the working parts
of a machine—organs, tissues, and cells. When the body
broke down through illness, something materia l was at
fault. Bacteria had entered to disrupt the mechanical
operation of an organ, or a worn-out part had failed. An
arthritic joint was consi dered similar to a tire with the
tread wearing thin.
Modern scien tiﬁc medicin e goes into sophisticated  detail,
but in essence it embra ces the two basic principles that
bind all the sciences together: materialism and
reductionism. Materialism holds that there must be a
physical explanation for every phenomenon. Reductionismholds that complex problems can be broken down into
smaller component parts, wherein lie all solutions and
answers. Quantum Healing  blew the whistle on both
principles, not because they are inherently wrong, but
because they left out some extremely important things,
especially when it came to the human body.
Materialism left out the mind-body connection. Mind isn’t
material. Yet our thoughts cause our bodies to move,
something we take for granted the minute we get out of
bed in the morning but which stands as a great mystery.
When you break the body down into organs, tissues, and
cells, you can’t ﬁnd the slightest trace of a thought, and yet
the mind must be related to the body. How?
Reductionism left out the holistic nature of the body.
Trillions of cells cooperate to sustain one another, acting to
preserve overall balance and health. Up to a quadrillion
neural connections in the brain generate a microscopic
electrical storm, and yet the result is organized thought,
not a jumble of static. As skilled as medical science is at
dissecting body and brain, it has little to say about the
experience of life as a whole, yet that experience impinges
directly on who gets sick and who stays well.
Deepak was not the ﬁrst to see these ﬂaws and
omissions, but Quantum Healing  was very bold in becoming
the ﬁrst book to oﬀer a path to new answers. He proposed
that quantum  physics describes an invisible domain from
which mind and body both emerge and unite. Quantum
Healing  struck a nerve by focusing on the most baﬄin g
phenomenon in medicine, spontaneous remission from
cancer. How could the most intractable of diseases, the
object of billion-dollar campaigns to ﬁnd a cure, suddenly
disappear from a patient’s body? Since oncology is a
numbers game, it was easier simply to ignore these
extraordinary cases as anomalies. But if science prides
itself on going wherever  reality leads us, such cases arewell docume nted in medical journals. They force us to
rethink the entire materi alist, reductionist model—Deepak
was willing to go there.
Even today, not everyone  is willing. As a neurogeneticist,
I have  been fortunate to study the wondrous interplay of
genes and the brain. All organic processes are coded in our
DNA. Since that includes all brain processes, the mind-
body connection is directly engendered in our genes. The
same is true for healing,  another process that cannot take
place absent genetic activity. However, most geneticists
don’t think in such broad terms; our research studies are
extremely detailed and focused (my specialty is the
neurodegenerative disorder Alzheimer’s disease). The mind
is all too often left out of the equation, and as for quantum,
the word has traditionall y had no bearing on our training,
being the province of physics.
Quantum Healing  looked past this long-accepted
compartmentalization, opening up genetics, along with
every other corner of physiology, to quantum thinking. I
didn’t delve into the mind-body connection when I ﬁrst
began my quest to end Alzheimer’s disease, but since it’s a
brain disorder, I discovered common ground with a broad
thinker like Deepak. After getting  excited about how our
interests and passions overlapped, we wrote a book, Super
Brain,  together. The gist of the book, based on solid
neuroscience, is that the brain is plastic, inﬂuenced by
thoughts, feelings, choices, and most


	meals.
•
Increase	your	consumption	of	raw	apple	cider	vinegar	by	adding	it	into	salad
dressings	or	hot	water	that	you	sip,	as	it	has	antiseptic	qualities	to	help	you
cleanse	for	spring	while	building	healthy	bacteria	in	your	gut.	It	also	offers
the	beauty-balancing	electrolyte	potassium.
•
Sprouts	and
microgreens	very	much	capture	the	emerging	energy	of	the
spring	and	are	bursting	with	living	enzymes,	vitamins,	minerals,	and
phytonutrients.	Wash	them	well	and	sprinkle	them	liberally	into	salads,	on
top	of	soups,	and	on	just	about	any	dish	you	eat.	Even	though	they	are	so
pretty	to	look	at,	you	can	also	throw	a	handful	into	a	smoothie!
•
Add	some	natural	diuretics	to	your	smoothies	and	other	dishes	to	help	flush
out	some	spring	water	weight.	Some	good	options	include	coriander,	parsley,
asparagus,	cranberry,	and	pineapple;	as	it	gets	closer	to	summer,	try	eggplant
and	watermelon.
•
Take	full	advantage	of	your	farmer’s	market,	which	will	have	a	much	wider
array	of	foods	than	it	did	during	the	winter.	Lettuces,	fennel,	broccoli,
asparagus,	watercress,	and	collard	greens	are	just	a	few	of	the	farmer’s	market
spring	treasures	you	will	discover.
•
Sweat	any	way	you	can!	This	is	a	great	time	of	year	to	hit	the	infrared	sauna
or	get	out	into	the	light	of	day	for	some	vigorous	hiking,	walking,	or
jogging.	Sweat	is	a	great	way	to	purge	out	toxicity	and	excess	stagnation	that
built	up	during	the	winter.
•
If	you	have	a	home	yoga	practice,	this	is	a	great	time	to	increase	the	Surya
Namaskars,	or	sun	salutations,	and	other	standing	flow	sequences,	as	you’ll
naturally	feel	like	moving	more	vigorously	this	season.
•
Take	advantage	of	the	growing	light.	Get	up	earlier	to	enjoy	the	mornings,
and	perhaps	take	an	afternoon	or	post-early-dinner	stroll	to	enjoy	the
evening	light	and	watch	the	sunset.	This	is	a	beautiful	way	to	sync	with	the
changing	rhythm	of	the	environment.•
Gently	exfoliate	dead	skin	cells	that	may	have	accumulated	from	winter	with
a	cleanser	that	contains	alpha	or	beta	hydroxy	acids.
•
Try	sloughing	off	excessive	dead	skin	cells	on	your	body	with	a	salt	scrub
rather	than	the	sugar	scrub	you	might	have	used	for	winter.	Salt	scrubs	are
considered	slightly	more	exfoliating,	and	salt	is	said	to	have	a	negative	ionic
charge,	helping	purify	negative	energies	and	impurities	that	you	may	have
picked	up	from	the	environment.
1
	This	is	the	theory	behind	the	rock	salt
lamps	sold	at	local	health	markets,	which	are	said	to	help	neutralize	home
environments	from	electronic	devices	that	are	believed	to	give	off	a	positive
ionic	charge.	Combine	equal	parts	coconut	oil	and	salt	with	15	to	20	drops
of	your	favorite	essential	oil	(such	as	lavender	or	neroli).	Keep	the	mixture
in	a	glass	or	BPA-free	container,	and	gently	scrub	your	entire	body	in	the
shower.
•
Pay	extra	attention	to	moving	stagnation	through	your	lymphatic	system,	as
this	is	the	season	to	detox.	Refer	back	to
this	page
	for	more	tips	on	this.
•
Ayurveda	encourages
Panchakarma
	methods	to	help	cleanse	the	body	and
renew	digestion.	These	are	detoxification	methods	that	include	colon
cleansing.	If	you’re	up	for	it,	try	getting	an	at-home	enema	kit	or	a	gravity
colonic	from	a	recommended	therapist.
•
Increase	your	water	intake	to	flush	out	impurities.	Also	try	incorporating
hot	water	with	lemon	in	the	afternoons	and/or	evenings.	This	is	a	fantastic
cleansing,	flushing	drink.
•
With	the	growing	light,	be	sure	to	properly	protect	yourself	from	the	sun
with	wide-brimmed	hats,	large	sunglasses,	and	nontoxic	sunscreen	(see
this
page
).
•
Synchronize	with	the	creative	power	flowing	through	nature	and	the
universe.	Take	the	time	to	put	energy	into	your	creative	ventures	and
longings,	and	cultivate	them.	Be	selective	with	your	time,	cutting	out
excessive	television	watching	and	other	more	passive	activities	you	might
have	engaged	in	over	the	cold	winter.	Spend	more	time	going	for	what	you
want.	You	have	all	the	power	of	the	universe	supporting	you	now	to	go	for
it!
Summer	Lifestyle	Beauty	Practices
Summer	brings	the	most	intense	sunlight,	which	is	activating	and	exciting.
Depending	on	where	you	live,	it	might	be	extremely	humid	or	extremely	dry	atthis	time.	You	might	also	be	contending	with	a	vacillation	between	hot	outdoor
weather	and	freezing	indoor	air-conditioning.	It’s	important	to	protect	and
nourish	your	immunity	and	energy	during	these	vital	summer	months.	Here
are	some	of	the	most	effective	Radical	Beauty	summer	practices:
•
Eat	lots	of	cooling,	juicy	in-season	fruits,	including	apricots,	grapes,
blueberries,	blackberries,	cherries,	plums,	raspberries,	strawberries,	figs,
nectarines,	and	melons.
•
Enjoy	beets,	cucumbers,	bell	peppers,	radishes,	summer	squash	varieties,
endives,	and	beans.	These	are	among	the	bounty	of	summer	foods	you’ll
find	fresh	and	available	at	your	local	farmer’s	market.
•
It’s	easier	to	get	more	agitated,	impatient,	and	annoyed	during	this	“fiery”
season	of
Pitta
,	which	governs	our	internal	fire.	It’s	a	good	idea	to	avoid
overactive	foods	that	might	enhance	those	qualities,	including	chilies,	spicy
tomatillos,	and	excessive	garlic	and	onion.
•
Drink	cooling,	herbal	teas	such	as	fresh	mint	tea	or	chamomile.	It’s	easy	to
grow	a	little	mint	plant	at	your	kitchen	windowsill	and	have	fresh	mint	tea
all	summer.
•
Honor	your	body’s	natural	inclination	to	eat	lighter	during	the	heat	of
summer.	Listen	to	your	body	and	never	force	it	to	eat.	It’s	important	to
recognize	that	you	shouldn’t	necessarily	eat	the	same	meals	or	foods	during
every	month	of	the	year.	This	is	a	great	time	to	eat	lots	of	raw	foods	such	as
fresh	salads	and	fruit.
•
Drink	coconut	water,	which	is
hydrating	and	helps	to	replenish	electrolytes
and	minerals	that	you	lose	from	sweating.
•
Enjoy	lots	of	raw	greens	this	season,	which	are	by	nature
yin
,	or	cooling.	Be
creative	with	the	range	of	lettuces	and	greens	you	see	at	your	farmer’s
market,	and	rotate	them	to	create	some	new,	tasty	salads.
•
Since	you	may	already	feel	puffy	or	somewhat	swollen	from	the	heat,	it’s	a
good	idea	to	cut	back	on	salty	foods.	Try	using	more	fresh	herbs	for


 that new findings are at last confirmed.

36. FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN FOOD SUPPLY
   Many clever and knowledgeable scientists are employed by the various food
manufacturers, and just as recounted in the case of flour these people understand very
well the presence of the deteriorated materials which I have called "fatty rubbish" in
stored foods. However, they have apparently not realized previous to publication of my discovery on September 21, 1967, that these materials cause arteriosclerosis,
previously considering the materials as simply "unavailable" for nutrition.
   The staling and deterioration of stored food has been the chief concern of food
scientists for many years, and they have developed dozens of chemicals and processes
which are applied to stored foods to preserve them. It is possible that they will be able
to make future improvements in processed foods to make them cause less
arteriosclerosis, now that the cause of this  disease has been disclosed. For example,
five years ago millions of people had fatty  atherosclerotic yellow plaques in their
facial skin and eyelids. After the salad and cooking oil manufacturers were shown by
my feeding experiments that some atherosclerosis was being caused by durable
materials in their oils, the oils were further purified with the result that nowadays the plaques are rarely seen.
   Sometimes it happens that scientists may be pressed to make statements which serve
the business interests of their employers or sponsors
   rather than the public interest or the extension of true knowledge. Food scientists
know better than anyone else the truth of the conditions disclosed in this book, and have an awesome moral responsibility to their own race to bear themselves honorably
and truthfully as regards this matter.
   The atherosclerotic condition of the people cannot wholly be laid at the door of the
food processing industries, because the same disease from flour, bacon, ham, sausage,
and so on existed to some extent long before development of the modern food
industry. Rather this condition is simply an extreme stage in the long process of
gradual learning and improvement by which civilization is developing. It is not
desirable to point an accusing finger at anyone, but only that all concerned should
work constructively to improve the condi tion of our people. Knowing the cleverness
of industrial scientists, I would not be surprised to see arteriosclerosis begin to gradually fade away after they have had a decade or so to improve processed foods
based on this new knowledge.
   Due to the seasonal availability of agricultural products there will always be a
necessity for storing food through the barren seasons. Fresh food for all will hardly
come in our time, but it is hoped that publication of these findings will start a trend
toward increased use and production of fresh foods, and stimulate research in food storage and processing.
   It should be recognized that an increased appreciation of and demand for fresh farm
produce would foster a revival of the small family farm, open up possibilities for responsible self-employment to the unemployed, and promote a return to the
countryside with consequent dispersal of the urban masses.

37. CRITICISM OF THESE FINDINGS
   These findings have been favorably commented on by a number of eminent
scientists and doctors.
   Four criticisms have been made as follows:
1. "Why were these findings published now instead of waiting until academic
science can investigate them thoroughly?" Because the people who are sick
now need help now, not ten years or more in the future. Academic scientists
can study the fine details at their pleasure, but meantime the information is
being released so the people can help themselves. Also, book sales will help support further research.
2. "There is not enough fresh food to go around." True, but there is enough to
feed the sick and as the demand gradually increases the farmers and business
interests will keep pace with it.
3. "Food that is stale enough to hurt us has a bad taste so that we wouldn't eat it."
False. Food scientists have published extensive reports of deteriorated fatty
materials contained in food that was perfectly good to taste, and I have
samples of fatty rubbish that have a pleasant taste.
4. "Our intestines do not absorb particles of fatty materials, but only the broken-
down constituents of fat." False. We absorb both whole fats and broken-down fats, as shown by scientists many years ago. There were two schools of
thought, both partly right.
   Further research and constructive criticism is welcomed. The other kind of criticism
can easily be recognized when it is directed at the author rather than the subject.

38. A GENERAL VIEW
Important Summary -- Study This and Page 1
   It is hoped that this book will help bring about an understanding that in spite of
tremendous technological advancements, mankind still is tied nutritionally to his native place in the worldwide scheme of living things. The actual living stuff, the
fabric of life, is made by plants, and man and his livestock are dependent on eating
them to obtain the materials which compose their bodies. This is Nature's ancient
plan, and the closer we comply with it the better we will thrive.
   It is evident that full adherence to the fresh food diet involves doing without some
tasty items, and I am sure no one but ill people will completely toe the line. But we
don't have to bat 100% to stay in the ball game, and likewise we can snitch some
goodies occasionally and still avoid arterioscl erosis sufficiently so that the chances of
serious trouble will be small. The quantity and frequency of eating is proportional to
the damage done, so novelty items which we might have a taste of once a month or so
would do little harm.
   Taking both the food and the quantity usually eaten into consideration, flour
products such as bread, biscuits, ready-to-eat cereals, cake and crackers are the big
killers, probably accounting for 60% of arteriosclerosis damage. Next come bacon,
ham, sausages, sardines, etc., accounting fo r perhaps 20%. Grits, oatmeal, farina, and
similar ground grains play a part. Also overheating and browning are very important factors.
   The sick people trying to somehow find their way back to normal life again will of
course be the ones who will get the most be nefit. A few younger people with foresight
and a little will-power will improve themselves and so live long and happily.
   The children respond best of all to improved food, and I must say that I hope to see
young men and women who were bred, born, and raised on good fresh food, and so
enabled to reach the full potential of our native bloodlines. Mankind is more noble
than we know, and one day we may see our ch ildren, or their children, rise to heights
of strength, beauty, and intelligence undreamed of in our time.

39. SOURCES OF INFORMATION
   The fresh food diet, the stale food theory for the cause of arteriosclerosis, the
findings on dental calculus, sex glands, bran pigment, and the bleeding action of sugar
are new knowledge generated by my expe rimental work. Other information is
supported by the published works of various authorities as listed in the references
below.

(GENERAL NOTES—Continued From Page 6)
   Many people have been told that aluminum cookware is poisonous. The best scientific authorities
agree that aluminum is not poisonous, and aluminum compounds have been used in popular patent medicines for many years. However, in our research it has recently been found that aluminum forms a
durable chalky compound with food fats which can play a part in clogging the arteries. This would be
most likely to occur where watery food is boiled or let stand in an aluminum pot for a long time, as in making stew, soup, preserves, etc. Pyrex glass, chin a-ware, vitreous enamelware, or stainless steel is
safer.

   The Fresh Food Diet is highly digestible, so that  food is very well absorbed by the body, thus leaving
less residue for excretion by the bowels. For this reason, bowel action may tend to be scantier and less
frequent. If increased bowel action is desired, more leafy green vegetables can be eaten to provide bulk. Yeast, honey, dates, raisins, prunes, and dried figs can be used in small quantities to provide a mild
laxative effect if needed. Raw fruit also can provide a laxative effect.

   The Fresh Food Diet involves chewing firm foods, so any bad jaw teeth should be fixed or replaced.
   Newly ground wheat germ contains valuable nutrients, but deteriorates so rapidly that the usual
commercial product has no outstanding food value. It contains small amounts of bran and is rather hard
to digest. Being a stale food concentrate, it contains hardened oily materials which can collect in the arteries and joints. A byproduct of flour manufacture, it has never been widely used as human food, the
bulk of the production going into hog feed.

LIST OF REFERENCES
   1. Altschul, Rudolph "Selected Studies on Arteriosclerosis"—1950 Thomas.
   2. Anderson, J. A. and Alcock, A. W. "Storage of Cereal Grains and Their
Products"— 1954 Amer. Assoc. of Cereal Chemists, St. Paul.
   3. Bailey, A. E. "Industrial Oil & Fat Products"—3rd ed. Interscience.    4. Bailey, Alton E. "Cottonseed"—1948 Inters


 pretrial
hearings. I told Randy that I wanted the charges dropped
with no thing on my record. If  they wanted a statement of
facts, I would state that I had always believed that
everything was  being done in  accordance with standard
accounting principles, but I now saw that Bobby had
been doing some things improperly. In other words, I
would tell the truth and nothing else.
Somehow, just four weeks before trial, and six years
since t he rai d, light was dispelling darkness. The
government insisted that I voluntarily give up a portion
of a twelve-ye ar-old stock sale, just in case the share
price had been affected by Bobby’s accounting
inaccuracies. I doubted that the share price would have
been af fected, but if it had been, that was money I didn’t
want or need. Then, as suddenly as the whole nightmare
had begun—it was over. The government agreed to drop
all charges against me.
I didn’t feel joy, and I didn’t feel relief. What I felt was
a d eep sense of appreciation that in the end, truth
triumphed. It may have taken divine intervention, but
the truth won. Tempering this feeling, however, was the
fact tha t John Kang and John Sessions were still headedfor trial. I had been exposed to all the documents in the
case, and the o nly things I ever saw being done willfully
wrong w ere the actions of Bo bby Davids and his group. I
knew th at John Kang and John Sessions had both just
done their jobs to the best of  their ability. I worked with
Randy s o that he and his team  could do all they could to
provide support during the trial. They couldn’t
participate directly, but they were present and wrote up
most of  the summaries, mot ions, and other documents
needed during and after the proceedings.
The trial went extremely well. John Kang’s attorney
turned out to be an excelle nt litigator, and he pretty
much handled all the cross-examination of the
government witnesses, including Bobby and his
paramour from  the accounting department, Caroline. By
the time the government rested its case, the defense
attorneys felt that almost every government witness had
been turned into a favorable witness for the defense.
That being the case, the defe nse also rested. Given what
had taken place in that cour troom over the past month
and a half, no one coul d possibly feel that the
government h ad proven its case beyond a reasonable
doubt. With both sides havin g rested, the case went to
the jury.
The jurors did not deliberate  very long. After only five
or s ix hours, t hey announce d that they had reached a
unanimous verdict. Given what had transpired during
the trial, that seemed like a reasonable amount of
deliberation. On March 1, 2010, the jury gathered back in
the courtroom and read the verdict: guilty as charged.
The defense was stunned. The judge dropped his head
into h is hands. What had happened? Post-trial
interviews with the jurors showed that the case was
pretty much over after opening arguments. The
government had presented such a simplistic,
overwhelming view of what had been done wrong in the
company that most jurors had  made their minds up rightthen. Just hearing the govern ment tell its story had been
enough for most of the jurors. It was very sad. Our legal
system had not worked. The truth had not been
uncovered, and John Kang and John Sessions awaited
sentencing.
Only one glimmer of hope was still burning. The
defense had filed a motion for dismissal based on the
statute of limitations, and the judge had not yet ruled on
that motion. On May 27, 2010, almost three months after
trial, Judge Norton issued his ruling and dismissed the
entire case against John Kang and John Sessions. In that
ruling, the judge took the opportunity to again and again
chastise the government for what had happened in this
case. Among his other comp laints, he questioned why
the government would kee p so many people under
indictment for five years and then drop all charges just
before trial. Judge Norton pointed out that this had
helped drive the pretrial defense cost of the case to more
than $190 million.
I wa s p leased t hat John Kang and John Sessions were
free with nothing on their rec ords. I was also encouraged
that at least so meone had noticed the absurdity of what
had taken place. But it wasn’t necessarily over: the
government had the right to appeal the judge’s dismissal.
In c ase that ha ppened, the defense had filed a motion for
retrial. This motion was based  on the bold argument that
the jury had been mistaken—the weight of the evidence
presented at trial did not support the verdict. On
January 19, 2011, almost a year after trial, the whole
truth and nothing but the tru th finally broke through. On
that day, when Judge Norton signed his ruling regarding
the retrial motion, Jefferson,  Mason, and Madison must
have breathed a sigh of relief. After two hundred years of
interpretations of what they  had intended—the system
had worked. Truth and Justic e would have the final word
after all.It ha d b een mo re than seven years since Bobby Davids
had walked into the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charleston
and beg un telling his lies. That web of illusion gained
momentum and ensnarled everything in its way. But it
did not make it past the chief U.S. judge of South
Carolina. Judge Norton had sat through the entire trial
and heard all the evidence. The jury may have been
willing to accept the government’s story at face value—
without holdin g prosecutors  to a reasonable burden of
proof—but the  judge was not. In case his dismissal order
was overruled, Judge Norton not only approved the
defendants’ m otion for a ne w trial, but in a nineteen-
page opinion he tore the gove rnment’s case to shreds. He
stated that the government had not proven that there
was any conspiracy among the executives, but to the
contrary, the evidence supported that the executives at
Medical Manag er believed that the accounting was being
done p roperly. He went on to state that he found the
government’s chief witnesses, Bobby and Caroline, to be
noncredible, and that Caroline appeared to just be
parroting Bobby’s words.
I r ead Judge N orton’s ruling  with a sense of awe and
relief. N ow it was over. In  the end, the person who
mattered most had seen through the noise and
recognized the  truth. I didn’t know that a judge could put
aside th e jury’s verdict because he believed it was not
supported by the weight of the evidence. Judge Norton
made it  clear that he not onl y had the right to put aside
the verdict, he had the obligation. This was the
Constitution in its finest hour. It was framed to protect
the citiz ens from their government. But, alas, it is just a
piece of paper. The judge is th e only agent through which
that protection  can come to life. In my eyes, both of the
judges in this case are heroes. They showed why our
separate bran ches of government create important
checks and balances against one another. These judges
had tak en a vow to protect the Constitution, and they
selflessly did just that.54  It is worth noting that years earlier the federal prosecutor in South
Carolina who originally filed the charges had resigned, and the
Department of Justice in Washington had pretty much taken over the case.
5  For those interested, the government chose not to appeal Judge
Norton’s dismissal of the case. In the end, all the indicted Medical
Manager executives walked away free.5 6.
R e t u r n i n g  t o  t h e  B e g i n n i n g
W hen the smoke cleared, the whirlwind of life had
dropped me off exactly whe re she had picked me up.
After forty years, I still lived j ust down the field from the
house I had built when I  moved to the woods to
meditate. I was still meeting with people every morning
and evening for services in the Temple, including the
large Sunday morning gathe rings started back in 1972.
But the original ten acres the Temple sat on was now
surrounded by nine hundred acres of rolling fields and
beautiful forests over which life had made us steward.
The foundatio ns of my life  had remained completely
undisturbed throughout this entire dance with the
Universal Flow.
The legal ordeal quickly became a distant memory,
almost a dream. It had c ome and gone, just like
everything else. I could clea rly see that because I had
inwardly surre ndered each step of the way, no scars were
left on my psyc he. It had bee n like writing on water—the
impressions only lasted while the events were actually
taking place. Yet in the moment of actual experience,
each twist and turn had re ached deep inside me and
forced me past foundatio nal fears and personal
boundaries. A s long as I was willing


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dampweather:Rhus-t.
drycold:Caust.
cold,wetweather:Calc-p.,Colch.
afteracommoncold:Puis.
duringafever:Lye,Rhus-t.
gettingupfromsitting:Caust.
heat:Kalis.,Led.,Puis.
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night:Dulc,Led.,Mercs.,Nit-ac,Rhus-t.
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Puis.,Sep.
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irregular:Caul.,Puis.
severe:Cham.,Sep.
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stop:Caul.,Cimi.,Kali-c,Puis.
unbearable:Cham.
weak:Cimi.,Gels.,Kali-c,Puis.
With:
exhaustionandtrembling:Caul.
Lackofself-confidence (seealsoShy)Bar-c.,Lye
Sil.
LaryngitisseeSorethroat
LazySul.
LethargicseeApathetic;Exhaustion;Sluggish
Likes
boiledeggs:Calc-c.
breadandbutter:Mercs.
chocolate:Phos.,Lye
colddrinks:Aco.,Bry.,Cham.,Chin.,Cirta,
Eup-p.,Merc-c,Mercs.,Nats.,Phos.,
Ver-a.
coldfood:Phos.,Puis.
fat/fattyfoods:Nit-ac
fruit:Pho-ac,Ver-a.
ham,salami,smokedfoods:Caust.
hotdrinks:Ars.,Bry.
hotfood:Ars.,Bry.
ice-cream:Phos.,Ver-a.
ice-colddrinks:Phos.,Ver-a.
milk:Phos.,Rhus-t.
refreshingthings:Pho-ac,Ver-a.
salt,saltyfoods:Nat-m.,Phos.
sourfood:Heps.,Ver-a.
spicyfood:Chin.,Phos.,Sul.,Nux-v.
sugar:Arg-n.
sweets:Arg-n.,Chin.,Lye,Sul.
vinegar:Sep.
Lips
Cracked:Ars.,Nat-m.,Sul.
Blue:Cupr.,Lach.
Dry:Ant-c,Ars.,Bry.,Puis.,Rhus-t.,Sul.Licks:Ars.
Red:Sid.
Lively(seealsoExcitable)Coff.,Lach.,Nat-c.,
Op.
LonelyPuis.
LoquaciousseeTalkative
LumbagoseeBackache
MastitisseeBreastfeedingproblems
MeaslesAco.,Ap.,Bell.,Bry.,Euphr.,Gels.,Puis.,
Sul..
Onset:
slow:Bry.,Gels.
sudden:Aco.,Bell.
Skinrash:
burns:Aco.,Bell.,Sul.
hot:Bell.
itches:Aco.,Bell.,Sul.
maddeningly: Sul.
red:Bell.,Sul.
slowtoappear:Ap.,Bry.,Sul.
With:
commoncold:Euphr.,Puis.
cough:Aco.,Bell.,Bry.,Euphr.,Puis.,Sul.
eyeinflammation: Ap.,Bell.,Euphr.,Puis.
fever:Aco.,Ap.,Bell.,Bry.,Gels.,Sul.
headache:Bry.,Gels.
Worseforheat:Sul.
Melancholic Calc-c.
Memoryweak/^rg-n.,Caust.,Cocc,Colch.,Con.
MigraineseeHeadache,one-sided
Mild,gentleCocc,Sil.
Moody(changeable) Ferr-m.,Ign.,Lye,Puis.,
Sul-ac,Zinc.
Morose(seealsoDepression;Despondent) Bry.
Mouth
Burning:Ars.
Darkred:Bapt.
Dry:Ars.,Bry.,Mercs.,Nat-m.,Puis.
withthirst:Bry.,Nat-m.
withoutthirst:Puis.
MouthulcersLye,Mercs.,Nit-ac.
Ulcers:
edgesoftongue:Nit-ac.
gums:Merc-s.
mouth:Merc-s.
painful:Nit-ac.
onthetongue:Mercs.
underthetongue:Lye
Pains:
stinging/throbbing: Merc-s.
MumpsAco.,Bell.,Carb-v.,Jab.,Lach.,Lye,Merc-s.,
Phyt.,Puis.,Rhus-t.
Glands(parotid):
hard:Merc-s.,Phyt.
swellingmovesfromtherightsidetothe
left:Lye
INTERNALREPERTORY Onsetofcomplaint •189
swollen/painful: Bell.,Carb-v.,Jab.,Lack.
Lye,Mercs.,Phyt.,Puis.,Rhus-t.,Sil.
Onsetsudden:Aco.,Bell.
Painsspreadtobreasts,ovariesortesticles:
Carb-v.,jab.,Phyt,Puis.
With:
facered:Jab.
fever:Aco.,Bell.,Lye,Merc-s.,Puis.,
Rhus-t.
headache:Bell.
copioussaliva:Jab.,Merc-s.,Phyt.
profusesweating:Jab.,Phyt.,Merc-s.
sorethroat:Bell.,Lach.,Lye,Phyt.
Better:
heatRhus-t.,Sil.
Worse:
blowingnose:Merc-s.
night:Merc-s.
ontheleft:Lac/i., Rhus-t.
ontheright:Bell.,Merc-s.
cold:Rhus-t.,Sil.
NauseaAnt-c,Ant-t.,Cocc,Colch.,Ip.,Nux-v.,
Petr.,Phos.,Puis.,Sep.,Tab.
Constant:Ant-c,lp.,Nux-v.
Deathly:Tab.
Intermittent:Ant-t.,Tab.
Persistent:Ip.
Violent:Ip.,Tab.
duringpregnancy:Ant-c.
Appetite:
lost:Cocc,Colch.
Belching:Ant-c,Cocc.
empty:Ant-c,lp.
sour:Phos.
tastingoffoodeaten:Ant-c.
Belly/stomach feels:
bloated:Colch.
empty:Cocc,Phos.,Sep.
Pains:
gnawing:Sep.
Taste:
metallic:Cocc.
With:
dizziness:Petr.
faintness:Cocc,Colch.
facepallid:lp.
retching:lp.
copioussaliva:lp.
vomiting:Colch.
Better:
forbelching:Ant-t.
aftereating(temporarily): Sep.
freshair:Tab.
forvomiting:Ant-t.
Worse:
afterdrinking:Cocc,Puis.aftereating:Ant-c,Cocc,Colch.,Ip.,Nux-v.,
Puis.,Sep.
afternoon:Cocc
beforebreakfast:Sep.
coughing:Puis.
eatingacidicfoods:Ant-c.
eatingbread:Ant-c.
eatingstarchyfood:Ant-c.
freshair:Petr.
hotdrinks:Phos.,Puis.
milk:Calc-c,Nit-ac,Sep.
morning:Puis.,Sep.
morninginbed:Nux-v.
movement:Cocc,Ip.
pork:Sep.
puttinghandsin


 sickest and most disease-
ridden on this planet, Naturopathy was born out of a desire to regain this lost
intuition for what truly are the appropriate foods to sustain human life.
As we’ve discussed previously, your body is like an engine that requires
a fuel source, but it needs to be cleaned and rebuilt as time goes on. If you
use bad fuels, your car won’t run properly and will eventually stop running.
The same is true of your body. Since men and women have chosen to filltheir bodies with bad fuels—foods that leave a lot of residues in their tissues
—they must clean the body out, or suffer the consequences. Diseases are
nothing more than signs and symptoms that reflect the body’s need to clean
and rebuild itself. Fresh, uncooked foods, especially fruits, are self-cleansing.
They not only feed the body, they keep it clean internally as well.
Detoxification is truly a science and an art unto itself; a necessary
response to the consumption of toxic and congestive foods that have clogged
and obstructed the human body. In nature, detoxification is a continual
process that all of life goes through, at one level or another. The process of
cleaning your body of toxins, mucus and acidosis can create symptoms that
are seen as diseases by some doctors, and so we have been taught to fear this
natural process.
All life in the physical world takes in energy, metabolizes it, and then
excretes the remains and by-products. Most of the time this is done
automatically. However, the human is the only species on this planet that
chooses
 to eat foods that are not harmonious with its species. Humans also
choose
 to alter the chemistry and energy of the foods they eat by processing
and cooking them. This changes the nature of these foods and the way they
are metabolized. Many of these foods then become irritating, mucus-forming,
and inflammatory to the body. Some foods, like processed grains and dairy
products, act like glue in your tissues; and others, like meat and processed
foods, contain deadly chemicals and heavy metals. Added to this destructive
situation is the chemicalized air we breathe and the products we use on our
bodies and in our homes. The external environment also exerts its influence.
“Acid rain” has resulted from so much acidic air pollution from factories.
Now, almost every breath we take is acid-forming.
All these toxic and mucus-forming substances will change the way the
body eliminates. In other words, cooked and processed foods slow down
body elimination and, in most cases, the toxic by-products of these foods are
stored or plaqued in the tissues. This blocks proper cellular respiration,
causing a cell to become hypo-active, slowly losing its ability to function.
Many disease symptoms are nothing more than the body’s effort to
eliminate these stored
toxins and mucus, some of which we began storing
in
utero.
 Most pregnant women consume milk, meat and other toxic foods,
thinking that they are building bones and muscle tissue in the fetus. This,
however, just adds to her toxicity and acidosis, thus increasing tissue
weakness. The same is happening in her fetus.The body is always trying to keep itself clean and strong by means of
detoxification. This is done through sweating caused by fevers, by vomiting,
diarrhea, frequent urination, colds, flus, and by simple daily elimination. The
more toxic a person becomes, the stronger the purging will be. Take simple
bronchitis, for example. If the first time your body had symptoms of
bronchitis you went to your doctor and he or she gave you antibiotics, or
even extremely high doses of vitamin C, the symptoms of bronchitis would
stop. These remedies did not cure the inflammation and congestion, they
merely stopped the elimination process or symptoms. Results like these give
the illusion that the condition was cured. However, the next time your body
tries to clean itself out, it could have symptoms of pneumonia. This is because
bronchitis and pneumonia are not diseases but are merely inflammatory/
congestive conditions trying to be eliminated by the body. Your symptoms
can become worse and penetrate deeper because you did not allow the lungs
and bronchi to clean themselves out properly the first time.
Throughout your life no one told you that many of the foods you were
eating caused this congestion in the first place. So you continued eating foods
that created additional accumulations of mucus and congestion. After a while,
the body again reached the point where it needed to clean these congestions,
and this caused you to experience an even deeper level of cleansing.
If you always stop your body from eliminating the congestion and toxins
that you put into it, eventually you can create lymph node swelling, and then
tumors, from holding all these toxins and mucus too long.
Your whole body comes into play during these cleansing cycles—or
what we call a “healing crisis,” which may include fevers, sweats, coughing,
mucus discharge, diarrhea, skin rashes and much more (See
Module 6.6
,
The
Healing Crisis).
 During these healing crises the functioning of your immune
system is enhanced, as well as your eliminative organs, including the skin.
This is why it is important never to treat, but to detoxify and regenerate. In
the detoxification process the body will clean itself out. Many people,
including healthcare practitioners, do not understand this process as they
should.
True Naturopathy includes the science of detoxification and cellular
regeneration. Because of the status-quo “treatment” mentality, many people
use natural products, such as vitamins, minerals and herbs to treat symptoms.
I use only herbs to assist the body in its detoxification efforts and to enhance
the function of cells in related or weakened tissues, organs and glands. Herbs
are also highly nutritious, as they are non-hybrid vegetables.Common sense is, in medicine, the master workman.
— Anonymous

MODULE 6.2
Obstructions and Detoxification

In reviewing acidosis it is important to learn its effects not only on the cells,
but also on the nutrients and constituents you consume by eating, drinking
and breathing. The word associated with acidosis is “anionic,” which means
basically a state or condition of coagulation. In other words, when the body
becomes acidic from what you eat, drink and/or breathe, this sets up a chain
reaction causing inflammation and a clustering of the nutrients that are in the
blood and tissues of your body.
The reason for digestion is simply to break down and separate food
compounds (like proteins or complex sugars) into their simplest forms
(amino acids, simple sugars, etc.) so the cells can use them (catabolic
processes). With this understanding, you can see that by “clustering” these
simple elements or compounds, the cells can’t use them. They become
“obstructions,” which are now called “free radicals.” These free radicals are
like terrorists to the body and can damage your cells.
Added to the above is the accumulated mucus and congestion from the
reaction of your mucosa to stimulants, foreign proteins and abrasive foods.
This mucus, of course, becomes highly obstructive. Most of us know this
well from sinus blockages, sore throats, blurred vision, and other congestive
conditions.
Pain is a sign of obstructions or blockages. Pain is a reflex condition
wherein the energy that is constantly flowing through the pathways of the
body becomes blocked and bottled up. The body will also send additional
energy to areas that need healing, since energy is the healer. However, this
can create even greater energy blockages. As previously stated, acidosis from
acid-forming elements creates inflammation, which in turn can create energy
obstructions. Acupuncture, acupressure and therapeutic touch are modalities
that “unblock” the “dammed-up” energy and allow it to start flowing again.This unblocking will relieve the pain in most cases, and also increase blood
and lymph flow to the related areas.
You must remove the obstructions and acidosis. If you don’t, the cause
remains, as you’ve only treated the effect, which can be swelling, pain, or
other symptoms. These are nothing more than the natural defenses of the
body in response to the cause. Detoxification is the only logical answer that
will yield a lasting cure. Alkalization is the method by which detoxification
starts. Alkalization neutralizes acidosis. Detoxification not only alkalizes the
body, but also gives the body the added energy it needs to clean itself out.
MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DETOXIFICATION

True detoxification must take place from all levels within you. We have been
talking throughout this book about the power that your mind and emotions
have upon your health. If you want to be successful in attaining true health
and vitality, you must detox your thoughts, emotions
and
 your physical
body.
All matter is comprised of atoms, which are the basic building blocks of
the universe. The movement of these atoms creates electromagnetic energy,
which creates magnetism. Movement creates, and is a reflection of, two
opposite poles or forces—positive and negative. Energy simply fluxes
between these two opposites. These twins are called the
yin
 (negative) and
yang
 (positive) in Chinese Medicine. These positive and negative energies,
although being of the same essence, have different effects upon you and your
body.
For example, the emotional states of anger and love will affect