willfeelthattheymustkeeptheirlegsconstantlyon
themove.Thisisworseintheeveningsinbed,andthe
legswillcarryontwitchinginthesleep.
Inachildhoodillnesslikemeasleswheretherash
doesnotappearproperlythechildmaybeleftfeeling
weakandlowandtwitchy,andpossiblychesty.
Zincumwillbeofhelp,ifthisisthecase.
EMOTIONAL/MENTALSYMPTOMS
Depressed.Irritable.Moody.Sensitivetonoise.
Sluggish.Uncommunicative.
PeopleneedingZinchavedifficultythinkingbecause
ofnervousexhaustion.Theirthoughtswanderand
theymaybeslowtoanswer,perhapsrepeatingyour
questionbeforeanswering,orforgettingwhattheyare
sayinghalfwaythroughtheirconversationwithyou.
Theyaredepressed,irritableandgenerallywornout.
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Backache
SymptomsPainsincoccyx;inneck;inspine;aching;
sore,bruised.Withweakness.Worseforsitting,forwriting.
Thewholebackfeelssoreandweakfromtoomuch
stress.
Exhaustion
SymptomsLegs:restless;weak.
Thelegsfeelweakandtwitchy,especiallyinbedat
night.
Eyeinflammation
SymptomsEyes:sore;gritty,burning.
Worseduringtheevening;atnight;afterdrinking
wine.
Theeyesfeelsoreandgritty,particularlytheinner
corners,asifthereweresandinthem.Thereisa
generalaggravationduringtheeveningandatnight,
whentheeyesmaywater.
Headache
SymptomsHeadachenervous.Pains:inforehead;in
sidesofhead;intemples;bursting;tearing.
Betteriorfreshair.
Worseafterdrinkingwine.
Causesoverwork.
Theheadachemaybeonbothsidesorononesideonly
ofthehead.
INTERNAL
REPERTORY
AbscessesCalc-c,Heps.,Mercs.,Sil.
Dischargingpus:Calc-s.
PainsseePains
Ofglands:Calc-s.,Heps.,Mercs.,Sil.
Ofrootsofteeth:Heps.,Mercs.,Sil.
Absent-minded (seealsoConfused;Forgetful)
Caust.,Nat-m.
Affectionate Phos.,Puls.
AfraidseeFearful
AnaemiaCalc-c,Calc-p.,Chin.,Ferr-m.,Kali-c,
Kali-p.,Mercs.,Nat-m.,Nit-ac,Phos.,Puis.,
Stap.,Sui,Sul-ac.
Afteracuteillness:Calc-p.
Lipspale:Ferr-m.
Withexhaustion:Calc-p.,Ferr-m.
Causes:
lossofblood(haemorrhage,heavyperiods,
etc.):Chin.,Ferr-m.
pregnancy:Ferr-m.
Angry(seealsoComplaintsfromanger;Irritable)
Ars.,Bell.,Bry.,Cham.,Heps.,Ign.,Kali-c,
Kalis.,Lye,Nat-m.,Nit-ac,Nux-v.,Sep.,
Stop.,Sid.
Fromcontradiction: Ign.,Lye,Sep.
Raging:Bell.,Cham.
Violently:Cham.,Heps.,Nit-ac,Nux-v.,Stap.
Whenhastoanswer:Nux-v.
AnklesweakCarb-a.,Nat-c,Sil.
Childrenlearningtowalk:Carb-an.
AntisocialseeDislikescompany
AnxiousAco.,Arg-n.,Ars.,Bell.,Bry.,Calc-c,
Calc-p.,Calc-s.,Carb-v.,Caust.,Chin.,Cocc,
Con.,Kali-c,Kali-p.,Kalis.,Lye,Mag-m.,
Nat-c,Nit-ac,Phos.,Puis.,Rhus-t.,Sep.,
Spo.,Sul.
Anticipatory(seeExamnerves,Fearfulpublic
speaking):Arg-n.,Gels.,Lye
Duringafever:Aco.,Ars.,Bar-c,lp.,Sep.
Onwaking:Lach.,Spo.Whenchilled:Aco.
Whenindoors:Kalis.
Whenoverheated:Kalis.
Better:
freshair:Kalis.,Puis.
Worse:
aftermidnight:Ars.
around3a.m.:Ars.
evening:Calc-c,Calc-s.,Carb-v.,Sep.,Sul.
inbed:Ars.,Carb-v.,Mag-c,Rhus-t.
whenalone:Ars.,Phos.
fromdownwardmotion:Bor.
heat:Kalis.
indoors:Lye,Puis.,Rhus-t.
night:Ars.,Puis.
onwaking:Ars.,Lach.,Spo.
Apathetic(seealsoSluggish)Ap.,Carb-v.,Chin.,
Nat-c,Nat-m.,Nat-p.,Op.,Pho-ac,Phos.,
Puis.,Stap.,Sep.
Duringfever:Op.
Appetite
Alternatingwithhunger:Ferr-m.
Lost:Chin.,Ferr-m.
Apprehensive seeAnxiousanticipatory
Argumentative seeQuarrelsome
ArthritisseeJointpain
Athlete'sfootSil.
Cracksbetweentoes:Sil.
Withprofuse/smelly sweat:Sil.
AwkwardseeClumsy
BackacheBry.,Calc-c,Calc-f.,Dulc,Ferr-m.,Hyp.
Kali-c,Kali-p.,Lye,Mercs.,Nat-m.,Nats.,
Nux-v.,Phos.,Puis.,Rhod.,Rhus-t.,Ruta.,
Sep.,Sil.,Sul.,Zinc.
Betweenshoulderblades:Phos.
Coccyx:Hyp.,Zinc
Lowerback:Bry.,Calc-c,Calc-f.,Dulc,Ferr-m.,
Hyp.,Kali-c,Lye,Mercs.,Nat-m.,Nux-v.,
Phos.,Puis.,Rhod.,Rhus-t.,Sep.,Sul.
j
166•Backinjuries INTERNALREPERTORY
Neck:Rliod.,Rhus-t.,Zinc.
Smallofback:Puis.,Rhus-t.
Spine:Kali-p.,Zinc.
Pains:
aching:Calc-c,Dulc,Nat-m.,Nux-v.,Puis.,
Rhus-t.,Sep.,Sui,Zinc.
backfeelsbroken:Nat-m.,Phos.
burning:Merc-s.,Phos.
draggingdown:Sep.
pressing:Nux-v.,Puis.
rheumatic:Rhod.,Rhus-t.
shooting:Hyp.,Merc-s.
sore,bruised:Dulc,Hyp.,Kali-c,Kali-p.,
Nat-m.,Nat-s.,Nux-v.,Rhod.,Rhus-t.,
Ruta.,Sil.,Sui,Zinc.
feelssprained:Calc-c.
stitching:Bry.,Kali-c,Sil.
tearing:Hyp.
With:
lameness:Dulc,Ruta.,Sil.
stiffness:Lye,Rhus-t.,Sil.,Sui.
weakness: Sil.,Sui,Zinc.
Betterfor:
continuedmovement:Calc-f.
gentleexercise:Puis.
heat:Rhus-t.
lyingonback:Ruta.
lyingonahardsurface:Kali-c,Nat-m.,
Rhus-t.
massage:Phos.
movement:Dulc,Kali-p.,Lye,Rhod.,
Rhus-t.
passingwind:Lye
pressure:Kali-c,Sep.
rubbing:Phos.
urinating:Lye
walking:Dulc,Rhus-t.
walkingslowly:Ferr-m.,Puis.
Worse:
afternoon:Sep.
around3a.m.:Kali-c.
inbed:Nux-v.
bendingdown:Sep.,Sui.
beginningtomove:Calc-f.,Ferr-m.,Lye,
Puis.,Rhus-t.
breathing:Merc-s.
coughing:Bry.,Merc-s.
damp:Calc-c.
beforeamenstrualperiod:Kali-e,Puis.,Sep.
duringamenstrualperiod:Bry.,Puis.,Sep.,
Sui.
morning:Nux-v.
movement:Nux-v.
slightestmovement:Bry.
night:Sep.,Sil.,Sui.
passingastool:Lyepressure:S(7.
reachingup:Rhus-t.
sitting:Sep.,Sil.,Zinc.
afterlongsitting:Kali-c,Sui.
gettingupfromsitting:Calc-c,Lye,Mcrc-s.,
Phos.,Puis.,Rhus-t.,Sil.,Sui.
standing:Sui.
sweating:Merc-s.
walking:Kali-c,Sui.
wetweather:Dulc,Rhod.,Rhus-t.
writing:Zinc
Causes:
changeofweather:Dulc.
childbirth:Hyp.
dampweather:Dulc,Rhus-t.
draughts:Rhus-t.
epidural:Hyp.
forcepsdelivery(childbirth):Hyp.
fallingontheback:SO.
gettingcold:Dulc,Nux-v.
gettingwet:Dulc.
injury:Rhus-t.
injurytococcyx:Hyp.,Sil.
injurytospine:Hyp.,Nat-s.
lifting:Calc-c,Lye,Rhus-t.
manuallabour:Nat-m.,Sil.
sprain:Rhus-t.
BackinjuriesseeBackache
BadtemperedseeAngry;Irritable
Bedwetting Bell.,Caust.,Puis.,Sil


 water, and earth—which
together form the basis of all matter. In the body, ether is present in the
cavities of the mouth, abdomen, digestive tract, thorax, and lungs. Air
is manifested in the movements of the muscles, pulsations of the heart,
expansion and contraction of the lungs, and the workings of the digestive
tract and the nervous system. Fire is manifested in the digestive system,
metabolism, body temperature, vision, and intelligence. Water is present
in the digestive juices, salivary glands, mucous membranes, blood, and
cytoplasm. Earth exists in the nails, skin, and hair, as well as in the elements
that hold the body together: bones, cartilage, muscles, and tendons.
 The five elements manifest in the functioning of the five senses, and
they are closely related to our ability to perceive and interact with the
environment in which we live. In Ayurveda, ether, air, fire, water and earth
correspond to hearing, touch, vision, taste, and smell respectively.
The Doshas & Health
The five elements combine to form three basic forces, known as the
tridoshas, which exist in everything in the universe, and influence all mental
and physical processes. From ether and air, the air principle vata is created;
fire and water yield the fire principle pitta; and earth and water produce
the water principle kapha. The principles correspond closely to the three
humors of Tibetan medicine and somewhat resemble Galen’s theory of
the four humors ( see p. 32).
 According to Ayurveda, we are all born with a particular balance of
doshas. The proportions are largely determined by the balance of doshas
in our parents at the time of our conception. Our body type, The chakras  are represented in this figure. India’s medical
system, Ayurveda, identifies seven energy centers, chakras,
sited along the spinal column from the head to the base of
the spine. If they are blocked, illness results.
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38The developmenT  of herbal medicine
temperament, and susceptibility to illnesses are largely governed by the
predominant dosha. In this way we inherit our basic constitution, called
the prakruti, which remains unaltered throughout our lives.
 The first requirement for health in Ayurveda is a proper balance of the doshas. If the balance is upset, illness, ryadhi, results. The disruption may  be manifested in physical discomfort and pain, or in mental and emotional suffering, including jealousy, anger, fear, and sorrow. While our balance of doshas influences vulnerability to certain kinds of illness, the principles do not work in a vacuum. The effect our lifestyle has on our prakruti— vakruti—has a strong effect
on overall health, and it may easily disrupt dosha balance. Illness may also result if the flow of energy, prana, around the body
is interrupted. The flow is relayed via the seven chakras (psychic energy centers), which are situated at various points along the spinal column, from the crown of the head to the tailbone. If the energy flowing between these centers is blocked, the likelihood of ill health increases.
Visiting an Ayurvedic Practitioner
An Ayurvedic practitioner first carefully assesses prakruti and vakruti—
constitution and lifestyle. This involves taking a detailed case history and carefully examining the body, paying attention to the build, the lines
in the face and hands, and skin and hair type—all of which point to
more profound aspects of the patient’s condition. However, the main foundations on which diagnosis rests are the appearance of the tongue, and the pulse rate. In these respects, Ayurveda has much in common with Chinese and Tibetan medicine, in which these two indicators are also
of the greatest importance. A very complex technique for taking the patient’s pulse has been developed by Ayurvedic practitioners, requiring many years’ experience. When a dosha imbalance has been diagnosed, medical treatment and lifestyle advice are provided. The first step is eliminating toxins, and the main cleansing and rejuvenation program, known as panchakarma, includes therapeutic vomiting, purging, enemas, nasal administration of medication, and purification of the blood.
Attributes of Remedies
Subsequent treatments fall into three main categories: medicines
from natural sources, dietary regimens, and behavioral modifications.
Medicines, foods, and lifestyle activities are all classified according to their effect on the three doshas. For instance, a health problem associated with an excess of kapha, the water principle, is characterized by congestion, excess weight, fluid retention, and lethargy. The practitioner would prescribe the consumption of warm, dry, light foods, because the quality of kapha is cool and damp. Avoidance of cold damp foods (such as wheat, sugar, and milk products), which increase kapha, would also be advised. Herbal remedies would include warming spices such as ginger (Zingiber officinale, p. 155) and cayenne (Capsicum frutescens, p. 74), as
well as bitters such as turmeric ( Curcuma longa, p. 90).
 The specific choice of herbal remedy depends on its “quality” or
“energy,” which Ayurveda determines according to twenty attributes
(vimshati guna) such as hot, cold, wet, dry, heavy, or light. Ayurveda
also classifies remedies according to six tastes—sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, and astringent. Sweet, sour, and salty substances increase water Asafoetida (Ferula
assa-foetida, p. 210) helps to strengthen the gastrointestinal tract. It is often taken to treat indigestion.
Lemon (Citrus limon,
p. 82). Lemon helps stave off colds by improving resistance to infection. It is thought to be  native to India.
Cardamom (Elettaria
cardamomum, p. 93) has been used in India for thousands  of years as a  digestive remedy.
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum spp.,  p. 81) is a tonic herb  taken to stimulate circulation.
Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera,  p. 152) has been called “Indian ginseng,” and,
much like ginseng,  it is used to restore vitality and treat nervous exhaustion.
Jequirity (Abrus
precatorius, p. 158). The seeds have  been used in Asia  as a contraceptive  and abortifacient.
Soy (Glycine max,
p. 217) is a highly nutritious bean that has become a staple crop around the world. The beans benefit the circulatory system.
Soybeans
Soybean podsCardamom seed
Cinnamon sticks
Cinnamon powderFresh cardamom
leavesDried lemon
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(kapha ) and decrease air ( vata); bitter, pungent, and astringent remedies
increase air and decrease water; and sour, salty, and pungent herbs increase
fire ( pitta).
Preparations & Treatments
In addition to plant extracts, Ayurvedic medicines include honey and dairy
produce, and sometimes minute doses of minerals such as salt are added.
Remedies take the form of pills, powders, balms, and infusions, and most
contain several different ingredients, all carefully balanced to individual
needs. Treatment might include washes and enemas or the application of
poultices as well as massage with warm herbal oil, burning incense, the use
of precious stones and metals, and ritual purification for imbalanced mind
and emotions. The chanting of mantras (incantations based on sacred
texts), breathing, and meditation exercises may be advised, due to the
power of sound and the effect of vibration and meditation on the body,
mind, and spirit.
Herbal Medicine in India Today
In the 19th century, the British dismissed Ayurveda as mere superstition,
and in 1833 they closed all Ayurvedic schools and banned the practice.
Great centers of Indian learning thus fell apart, and Ayurvedic knowledge
retreated into villages and temples. At the turn of the century, however,
some Indian physicians and enlightened Englishmen began to reevaluate
Ayurveda, and by the time of India’s independence in 1947 it had regained
its reputation as a valid medical system. Today, Ayurveda flourishes side by
side with Unani Tibb and Western conventional medicine and is actively
encouraged by the Indian government as an inexpensive alternative to
Western drugs. In recent years, Ayurveda has attracted increasing attention
from medical scientists in the West and in Japan, and the World Health
Organization has resolved to promote its practice in developing countries.
 Ayurveda’s value lies in the fact that it is not a medical science dealing
solely with treatment of disease. Instead, it offers practical guidelines that
apply to every facet of daily existence. It also seeks to reconcile health and
lifestyle with universal aspects of existence, and to enhance well-being
and promote longevity.Ayurvedic market doctor. Practitioners prescribe herbal remedies on the basis of their attributes – “warm” and


 diseases
and problems such as scabies, wounds, and ulcers. Lomatium dissectum (Apiaceae)
Lomatium,
Toza
Description  Erect perennial, growing to 61⁄2 ft
(2 m), with a large woody taproot, divided,
triangular leaves, and flowers in flat-topped umbels.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to coastal
and inland regions of western North America
from California as far north as British Columbia.Lonicera spp. (Caprifoliaceae)
Honeysuckle,
& Jin Yin Hua
Description  A climber growing to 13 ft (4 m)
that is deciduous (honeysuckle, L. caprifolium )
or semi-evergreen ( jin yin hua, L. japonica ). Has
paired oval leaves, yellow-orange (honeysuckle)
or yellow-white ( jin yin hua ) tubular flowers, and
red (honeysuckle) or black ( jin yin hua ) berries.
Habitat & Cultivation  Honeysuckle is
native to southern Europe and the Caucasus.
Jin yin hua  is native to China and Japan. Both
plants are commonly found growing on walls,
on trees, and in hedges. The flowers and leaves are
gathered in summer just before the flowers open.
Parts Used  Flowers, leaves, bark.
Constituents  In Europe, L. caprifolium  and
L. japonica  are often used interchangeably and
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230Lophophora wiLLiamsiiOther medicinal plantscontain approximately the same quantity of
volatile oil. Nonetheless, Romanian research
indicates that the Asian species contains a
much wider range of therapeutically active antiseptic compounds.
History & Folklore  Honeysuckle is one of
the Bach Flower Remedies, and in this system
of herbal cures it is believed to counter feelings of nostalgia and homesickness. Jin yin hua has long been used in Chinese medicine to “clear heat
and relieve toxicity.”
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Honeysuckle
flowers from both species can be successfully
used to treat fever, colds, and upper respiratory tract infections. The leaves are traditionally used
as a gargle for sore throats and as a mouthwash.
In Chinese herbal medicine, honeysuckle finds frequent use in inflammatory conditions, such
as conjunctivitis, mastitis (inflammation of the breasts), and rheumatism.
Research  Chinese research indicates that the
Asian species has significant antimicrobial activity, including against the tuberculosis bacillus. Clinical studies suggest that this species can also help to lower high blood pressure.
Caution  Do not eat the berries, which are
thought to be toxic.
Loofah fruit is dried and used in Chinese medicine to treat
muscle and joint pain.
Peyote is a powerful hallucinogen. It is used in  Native American ceremonies.It is best known in the West as a bathroom
accessory—the fibrous skeleton makes a good  skin scrubber.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  In Chinese
medicine, the inner skeleton of the dried fruit  is used to treat pain in the muscles, joints, chest,  and abdomen. It is prescribed for chest infections accompanied by fever and pain, and is used to
clear congested mucus. Loofah is also given
to treat painful or swollen breasts.
Research  Chinese research indicates that the
fresh vine has a stronger expectorant effect than the dried fruit. German research (1999) using a homeopathic preparation of the plant showed it  to be as effective as a standard nasal spray for relief of hay fever.
Lycopodium clavatum
(Lycopodiaceae)
Club Moss
Description  Creeping evergreen moss growing
to 43⁄4 in (12 cm). Has numerous straggling
branchlets covered with bright green linear leaves,
and scaly spikes bearing yellow spores.
Habitat & Cultivation  Club moss is found
throughout temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. It is common on mountains and in moorland. The plant is gathered in summer.
Parts Used  Moss, spores.
Constituents  Club moss contains about
0.1–0.2% alkaloids (including lycopodine), polyphenols, flavonoids, and triterpenes.
History & Folklore  Club moss
has been used medicinally since at least the Middle Ages. The whole plant was employed as a diuretic to aid in the flushing out of  kidney stones. In Wales, club moss was used for certain back problems and for colds and sore throats. Being strongly water-resistant, the spores are still used to coat tablets. The spores ignite explosively and have been used in  making fireworks.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Club moss is
diuretic, sedative, and antispasmodic, and is particularly useful for treating chronic urinary issues. The herb may also be taken for indigestion and gastritis. The spores can be applied to the skin to relieve itchiness. Club moss is frequently used in homeopathic medicine, being prescribed for headache, liver problems, and digestive symptoms such as gas and burping.
 QCaution  Club moss is potentially toxic in
overdose. This plant should only be used with the supervision of a professional practitioner.Constituents  Peyote contains alkaloids, principally
mescaline, which is a powerful hallucinogen.
History & Folklore  Peyote has been used
in Native American religious ceremonies for
over 3,000 years. Its use as a hallucinogen was
popularized by Aldous Huxley in his book
The Doors of Perception.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Peyote is a
shamanistic plant, taken in Native American rituals
to deepen spiritual understanding. It plays an important part in the emotional and mental state of the community. It is also used to treat fevers, as
a painkiller for rheumatism, and to treat paralysis. It is applied as a poultice for fractures, wounds, and snake bite. Peyote is also used to induce vomiting.
Caution The use of peyote and mescaline is
illegal in most countries.
Luffa cylindrica syn. L. aegyptica
(Cucurbitaceae)
Loofah,
Si Gua Luo (Chinese)
Description  Annual vine climbing to 49 ft
(15 m). Has large lobed leaves, tendrils, and
yellow female flowers producing long cylindrical  marrow-like fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation  Loofah is native to
the tropics of Asia and Africa. It is now grown
as a fruit in tropical regions around the world.
It is harvested when ripe in summer.
Part Used  Fruit.
Constituents  Loofah contains polysaccharides,
xylan, xylose, and galactan.
History & Folklore  Loofah was brought from
India to China in the T ang Dynasty (618–907 ce).  Lophophora williamsii (Cactaceae)
Peyote
Description  Cactus growing to 2 in (5 cm).
Has a squat gray-green body with tufted hairs,  and pink or white flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Peyote is native
to northern Mexico and the southwestern region of the U.S.
Part Used  Whole plant.
Club moss
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Lycopus virginicus (Lamiaceae)
Bugleweed
Description  Perennial herb growing to 2 ft
(60cm). Has a square stem, lance-shaped leaves,
and whorls of whitish flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Bugleweed is common
throughout most of North America, thriving close
to water. It is harvested in summer when in flower.
Parts Used  Aerial parts.
Constituents  Bugleweed contains phenolic
acids (including derivatives of caffeic, chlorogenic,
and ellagic acids).
History & Folklore  In the 19th-century
Physiomedicalist tradition, bugleweed was regarded
as astringent and calming to the nerves, and was
given for loose coughs, internal bleeding, and
urinary incontinence. Herbal practitioners once
considered the plant to be a mild narcotic.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Bugleweed
has sedative properties and today the herb is
principally prescribed to treat an overactive
thyroid gland and the racing heartbeat that often
accompanies this condition. Bugleweed is also
considered an aromatic and tonic astringent
that reduces the production of mucus.
Research  Studies indicate that bugleweed and,
to some degree, gipsywort ( see Related Species,
below) reduce the activity of the thyroid gland.
Related Species  Gipsywort ( L. europaeus ), a
European native, has astringent and cardiotonic
properties. It is taken for palpitations and anxiety,
and has been used to lower fever.
 QCautions  T ake only under professional
supervision. Do not take during pregnancy.Dioscorides (40–90 ce) recommended loosestrife
to staunch wounds and for nosebleeds, and noted
that its smoke would drive away snakes and flies.
Medicinal Actions & Uses


apply vitamin E oil and cover with aloe  vera  gel, honey of a heavy consistency, or lanolin, also a paste of zinc oxide may be added.
The principle is to seal the wound or burn airtight with an antiseptic preparation until it is healed. Therefore, reapply the gel or
ointment to maintain an airtight seal. If the wound needs washing or cleaning, a magnesium chloride solution is best. Later, apply
more DMSO, lanolin and vitamin E oil to prevent scarring. As an alternative, wounds can be covered with crushed fresh green leaves
(cabbage, juicy grass pulp). Place the south-pointing pole of a magnet on fresh wounds; later, opposite poles on both sides; and
ﬁnally, north-pointing pole. Use green colour therapy topically; turquoise if there are signs of infection or inﬂammation; later lemon or
yellow.
PRESSURE THERAPY : Immediately after the injury, exert strong pressure with the thumb on any cut for at least seven minutes.
Partially severed parts can be pressed and held together with hand pressure or ﬁrm bandages; this usually stops bleeding and
accelerates healing.
Disclaimer: The aim of this web site is to provide information on using natural healing methods to aid in the treatment of illness and health improvement.
The author cannot accept any legal responsibility for any problem arising from experimenting with these methods. For any serious disease,
or if you are unsure about a particular course of action, seek the help of a competent health professional.
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ONE ANSWER TO CANCER
Reviewed after 32 years
1967 — 1999
By
Dr. William Donald Kelley, D.D.S., M.S.
1999
*Answers*
To those of you who are plagued with serious questi ons and demand answers, you will be
eternally indebted to Bonnie O’Sullivan. She is the  editor of this 1999 edition of One Answer To
Cancer.
Bonnie has addressed the editing of this book with a desire to get truthful, correct, intelligent and
honest answers to the multitude of questions that h ave gone unanswered during her 37 years of
diligent study and work within the health seeking c ommunity.
She has searched through all the collections of doc uments about the Kelley Metabolic
Medicine’s Paradigm that she could find from Kansas, Texas, Washington, Pennsylvania,
California, and Georgia and everywhere in-between t o give you the answers you need and desire.
Bonnie attacked this task with her whole being and,  like the proverbial pit bull with lockjaw,
would not let go until all your questions were adeq uately answered.
*Preface*
That which you are about to read may change your li fe forever.
When I was 11 years old, my brother Scott was diagn osed with terminal cancer; he was 20 at the
time. His story is unique because he was one of the  150,000 individuals lucky enough to find Dr.
Kelley’s book, One Answer To Cancer, and one of the only 33,000 to actually go on the
program. Today, in 1997, he is healthy, cancer-free  and living in California with his wife and
three children. Scott’s experience changed the live s of each member of our family.
For me, the effect appeared when I was older. Aroun d the age of 19, I began to experiment with
various diets. I would cross-reference my overall s ense of energy and my performances in
running 10 kilometers to the diets I used, always a llowing at least 90 days between any changes.
What I found should come as no surprise to anyone: When I consumed a largely uncooked
vegetarian diet, eliminated alcohol consumption and  drank plenty of fresh squeezed juices, my 10K running times and subsequent recovery periods w ere shorter than when I used a diet of more
meat and cooked foods. In other words, my body work ed better on simple fuels from nature.
For the greatest majority of us, we are born in per fect health. Our health and aging process after
birth is largely influenced by genetics, culture, g eography and, of course, the foods and liquids
we consume. These things are all that distinguish w ho will grow to be strong and who will grow
weak. Why is it some people can live lives of smoki ng and poor diet and live to be 90 and others
are susceptible to ill health and disease while liv ing a relatively healthy lifestyle? The fact is,
regardless of outward physical appearance some peop le will become cancer victims and some
apparently likely candidates won’t. It is simply hu man nature that some bodies are innately
stronger and more resistant than others are. As adu lt individuals we have only one variable which
is in our total control: Our diets.
The difference in lifestyle that you have led and y our ancestry three generations removed is
remarkable. We live in a world where air pollution is a daily occurrence; we work in jobs that are
demanding in time, tolerance and ability to change and adapt. We struggle to balance our career,
family, spiritual, emotional and social lives, and,  yet as a society we have largely failed to
intelligently consider the fuel which runs this rem arkable human body. Fuels that provide peak
performance and keep our internal operating systems  running properly.
When we are young, we feel invincible, immortal. So me of us develop habits and patterns in
early adult life that prove detrimental later on. W e eat too much dead food, drink too much
alcohol, smoke cigarettes and take prescription dru gs for any little perceived ill — all the while
wrongly trusting that the regulatory bodies of soci ety will look out for our health.
Well, let me tell you, in the words of a great song writer: "I read the news today — oh boy."
Against the advice of leading doctors and scientist s across the country, FDA commissioner Dr.
Kessler approved the fat substitute ‘Olestra’ for p ublic consumption. Doctors across the country
from John Hopkins to Harvard Medical warned against  the possible fall-out from introducing
this synthetic fat into the American diet for reaso ns which have been well published in the
media, (see Appendix II). Interestingly most of the  warning comes from the academic side of the
medical science community. Why do you suppose that is? I’ll tell you...
I have believed for a long time that the American M edical Complex and the Consumer Food and
Beverage Industrial Complex have little interest in  the prevention of disease. It makes far better
business sense to let the population eat, drink and  smoke to their heart’s content and then offer
seemingly high tech and expensive methods for clean ing up the aftermath. In the United States,
the food industry alone generates 500 billion dolla rs in sales: Bacon, eggs, milk, fast food
franchises, soft drinks, fried food, dead food, ove rcooked food, sweets, treats and canned goods.
We have gotten away from simple diets and become hu man garbage disposals. Sixty percent of
the American public is overweight. Clearly the larg e food conglomerates are successfully
marketing to an oblivious public. After feeding you r body with dead and processed foods for 20,
30, 40 or more years, things begin to run less perf ectly. We have overlooked the processing
energy required to digest bacon and eggs each morni ng, that steak in the evening and the cocktails in between. The result is the current hea lth crisis where one in three will have cancer in
their lifetimes — not to mention heart disease.
But instead of educating the public on how our bodi es function best, the medical establishment
chooses instead to clean out those arteries with dr ugs and catheters, perform by-pass surgery or
cut the problem out (or off) altogether. To be fair, the American medical community has done
some wonderful things and made outstanding progress  in the last 45 years. But it is simply not in
their best interest to prevent disease. They are in  the business of treating disease. This is where
the money is: Surgery, MRI, radiation, chemotherapy, research and examinations. The doctors
don’t want a disease-fee society any more than lawy ers want a perfectly honest one.
This booklet is intended to provide an alternative view to conventional medicine in regard to
20th Century disease — to profess prevention in hea lthy people and educate those who are ill.
The human body is the most incredible of discoverie s. Perhaps it receives so little consideration
because we all get one upon entering into this life. We take it for granted until it cries out to us.
Read this book and incorporate everything in it you  can into your lifestyle. Listen to your heart
and the voice within you and seek the advice of a t rusted physician. On that note, a word of
caution: There are doctors who hold Dr. Kelley in h igh esteem and those who see him as a threat.
Be prepared to encounter one or the other. The open -minded ones tend to be the former.
Finally Dr. Kelley was aggressively persecuted and oppressed during his years


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different space so that you can come from  a different space.
This can be accomplished in many ways. In the end it’s just about being quiet with
yourself, but in a different way.
The irony is that you’re already  being quiet with yourself.  You’re probably in the midst
of lots of self -reflection right now. But this is about exploring reflections that truly mirror
who you are, rather than standing in front of one of those carnival house mirrors that make
you look grotesque. Again, this is abo ut being quiet with your soul, not with your mind.
Do not go to the mind for self -reflection! You’ll lose track of yourself there. People lose
touch with their own Best Self —or what I call their True Identity. (Yes, I’ll explain that
later.)
The biggest pr oblem with “burrowing” in the mind is that not only do we confront our
Personal (and not very flattering, as we tell it) Story, but we add to that story our own
version of What Is Happening To Us Right Now, and why. This, too, we see reflected in that
carn ival mirror. Or, as Leah put it when I shared with her today how we all get caught up in
our Personal Story....
“For me, my story is intricately entwined with the external things happening in my life:
having no income, being homeless, wondering how I wi ll eat, being unable to find work. These circumstances ‘inform’ me about who I am —I draw conclusions about myself
because of these external facts.”
Indeed. So do we all. (Until we don’t anymore.) When really big things change for the
worse in our lives we often think it is our fault. It is something we did (or did not do) that
caused it. We assume that we failed in some way. And in times of failure we recriminate
against ourselves, we make ourselves wrong for everything we have done that “brought us
to this,” or everything we have failed to do, and we show very little mercy in that.
Or, if we don’t go to self -blaming, we go to self -questioning. We burrow into our mind to
figure out why  what is going on is going on. When I was sharing about this book in a return
e-mail with Leah she responded:
“What I want to know is, why  do we do this? Why are these things happening? Why am I
about to be homeless? Why am I unable to find work? Because I am ______? Because I did
______ and did not do ______?
“For me, personally, it would be helpful to understand why we, as humans, have this
need to know  the WHY of what is happening to us. It must be some fundamental, basic need
to make sense of things around us —?
“Or maybe I need to better know here how to separate that from the external
circumstances of my current situation: having no money and no immed iate way to ‘fix
things’ —because those external things are very real right now.”
Either way —whether we fault ourselves for being the cause of our unwelcome change,
or fault ourselves for not knowing what the cause is—we can’t imagine how anyone could
love us (we think they must be “just saying that”) because we can’t imagine loving
ourselves, and we get lost in our own minds. We lose track of our True Selves, of our Best
Selves, as we wander around inside our now -expanded story. Was there ever a worse
perso n? A bigger failure? A more unable, unreliable, undesirable, worthless human being?
What’s funny is that we know that we are doing this. We can feel ourselves condemning
ourselves —and so then we condemn ourselves for doing that. This pushes us even further
away from our True Selves. And if others who know us well ask what’s going on with us, we
say, “Oh, nothing. I’m just not myself today.”
Nothing could be closer to the truth.
And, as I said, we know it. Deep down inside we know this is not Who We Really Are —
but we don’t know how to get back  to that; we don’t know what to do about it.
So we head for the mind and go back to the inner chatt er. We keep talking to ourselves
about what’s going on. The only problem is, we can’t reach  our selves —not our True Selves,
not our Best Selves —because our story  is blocking the way. We begin thinking we are that
story, that this is the truth about us, and  that everything else is The Show.
For us now, there’s The Show and there’s The Story. We convince ourselves that all the
Good Stuff is part of The Show that we’re “putting on,” while the Bad Stuff is the Real Stuff.
That’s the Real Story on us.
Any of thi s sound familiar?  It does to me, because I’ve done every one of these things. And
still do some of this today... until I pull myself out of it. This book is about how I do that.  So if you’re “not feeling yourself today,” I’m going to suggest that you ta ke Suggestion #1
and change your decision to “go it alone.”
Make this change today.
Not tomorrow.
Today.
Decide to connect with your soul, and then decide to reach out. Find someone who does
not operate inside your story. Someone who knows you well and doe s not see you as you
think you are, but as you really are. Have a conversation with that  person and you may find
that this one change alone has changed a great deal about how you experience the change
that is now changing your life.
If you have  no one else  in your life right now who can bring you this opportunity for
external dialogue, I have a little surprise for you. I’m going to make this a two-way book. I’m
going to invite you to talk with me, and with others who have already read this book, even
as you  make your way through this material.
I’m saying that you can put the book down and connect with someone right now.
Someone who knows what you’re going through. Someone who’s been there. Is that a
terrific idea, or what? It might even be a revolutionary wa y to experience a book.
Perhaps you just want to connect with someone because you have a question about
something you’ve read here, or want a fuller explanation, or want to know how others have
experienced what’s being discussed. Fair enough. Just get onli ne and head to the special
website that has been set up just for you, to help you change the way change is being
experienced in your life. Just go to...
www.ChangingChange.net
Now get this... you can n ot only write to us and receive an answer, you can even talk
with us, in real -time conversations via regularly scheduled group conference calls and
teleclasses. You can explore with the network what you’re experiencing and reading even
as you’re reading an d experiencing it, and ask network members any question that you
wish.
At this same website you can watch videos of others who have moved through great
change in their lives, as they answer questions and discuss how they did it.
And it need not end there. You can also receive private life coaching  from certain
members of the Network, attend one -day Changing Everything workshops that I present,
and even participate in the extended long -form spiritual renewal retreats that I facilitate.
The point: You can hav e as much help as you want. The important thing is for you not to
feel alone. There’s no need for you to handle what’s happening to you right now all by
yourself. There are others who can assist you. People who care. I’m one of them. And there
are more. Te ammates who have joined the Changing Change community and who have
created the Network. Folks who will gently and lovingly walk you through what’s
happening right now and bring you out on the other side.  So... if it feels good to do so, get right to a c omputer, go to www.ChangingChange.net
and post an entry there. Someone who is going through, or has gone through, exactly what
you are going through right now will send you a reply before too long. Please, d on’t be too
closed off, or timid, or embarrassed, or stubborn, or whatever, to share about your situation
with another.
Connect. Connect. CONNECT.
If nothing else... if absolutely nothing else... keep reading this book. You’re connecting
here with me, and I’m connecting with you.
And that’s great.
So, would you like to move on?
It’s a beautiful time to be alive.
And the long walk home is peopled —
We, are everywhere.
Yet the struggle to surrender is where we walk alone.
So the next time you fall
look
to either side where you lie
and take the hand
of your dear Sister or Brother
whose own face is muddied.
We can rise together,
even if we fall  alone —
for it’s a beautiful time to be alive
even
on this long walk home.
—‘Rise Together’  © 2007


 wake
up, still feeling a bit sleepy.
By focusing your attention on keeping your eyes open, your
brain h as no choice but to blo ck thinking. The effort to sta y awake
occupies it entirely. (You can accomplish the same thing by
visually seeing a blue dot in your mind’s eye and keeping your
attention on it.)
Once th e steps  of this exerci se are mastered, you will be  in a
state of “eyes o pen, no thoughts.” As you lie there, simply notice
what this state feels like. Very few people have actually been
awake without thinking for more than a few seconds. With
practice, you can sustain thi s exercise for up to a minute. It’s asignificant thin g to be still, quiet, calm, and alert with no ego to
defend or story to construc t. The more you are aware of how
significant the  experience actually is, the more insight you will
have into your true self. The exercise isn’t an end unt o itself,
merely a starting point.
There a re varia nts of getting t o the same state of “eyes open, no
thoughts.” In meditation, for example, the mind settles down into
a r ested quiet s tate, and when you open your eyes at the end of the
meditation, this mental relaxation persists. Here the mind is
coordinating a  brain response, the natural tendency to return to
pure consciousness if given a chance. The purpose of a mantra, if
you pra ctice mantra medita tion, is to give the mind a sound
without meani ng to occupy it, which helps you stop focu sing on
what your thoughts are trying to tell you. As the mantra returns to
the min d, it becomes subtler and fainter, allowing an easy slide
into qu iet min d. At first, whe n you are coming out of meditation,
“eyes open, no thoughts” is  brief, because we are so used to
jumping back into our story. But over time there is an expansion,
and “eyes open, no thoughts”  turns into a steady state around the
clock.
At that point, a person is considered fully awake. In the
morning exercise just presented, “eyes open, no thoughts” is
blank. But the experience of being fully awake isn’t. Mental
activity arises—pebbles pop out of the lake—while the undisturbed
state remains. Silence and a ctivity are experienced as one thing:
awareness moving within itself. The experience of “eyes open, no
thoughts” is modest at first, yet it opens the way to transfo rm how
we use our minds.
I’ve made the point that m ost people don’t abandon their
stories, no matter how much pain and suffering those stories are
causing, because their natural instinct is to cling to those stories. If
you aren’t a b attered wife who refuses to leave her hus band, a
closeted gay man afraid to come out, an opioid addict unable to
end her  habit—or any other person stuck in deep pain—you can’t
grasp how horrible the consequences of clinging can be. Stories
can turn into a hopeless stat e, and that state challenges the best
that medicine and psychotherapy can do to help.Since w e all cling to our stori es, can the direct path really  offer
a wa y o ut? Let’s agree that you and I and everyone else are stuck
in our story. Stuck  is  convenient shorthand for  old conditioning
that kee ps us from creating the changes we want in our l ives. It’s
possible to learn a lot from the various ways to get unst uck that
have fai led. Consider the New Testament, where Jesus of N azareth
appears as one of the most compelling spiritual figures in recorded
history. The story of the Son of God who preaches peace to the
world and is crucified for it constitutes a drama that has transfixed
the West for two millennia.
It is striking, however, that what the New Testament teaches is
often impossib le to achieve. “Love thy neighbor as thyself” clearly
runs counter to how human n ature operates (and would have been
a fatal teaching to follow in the face of Nazism, at a tim e when
many J ews had neighbors who joined the Nazi Party, or in Bosnia
where mixed Muslim and Christian neighborhoods became
battlegrounds based on religion). “Turn the other cheek” seems
masochistic, except to a deeply confirmed Christian, asking for
bullies to victimize the helpless even more than they already do.
But this isn’t a criticism aimed at one faith—all spiritual traditions
have fo undered on the same obstacle. Human nature is in love
with its  own self-created drama, and the more stark the contrast
between good and evil, the more we cling to our story. If the
human race is waiting for the day when either good or evil is
triumphant, the only predictable outcome is that the drama is
designed to last an eternity.
Most people are clinging to  drama at a much milder level,
naturally. Except for those times when unconscious forces erupt
and a whole nation, or the world at large, is dragged to the edge of
catastrophe—sometimes plunging over into the abyss—da ily life is
stuck in  mund ane wants and desires, duties and demands. Like
being drowned in the bathtub or being drowned at sea, the result
is the same.
Yet, someone doesn’t have to experience misery to experience
being in  separa tion. Your quality of life may be good or ba d—a life
generally brings both—the situation comes down to the same
nitty-gritty: stuck is stuck. The drama is self-perpetuating. Even
our desire to escape the spell /dream/illusion becomes part of thestory. A passing experience like “eyes open, no thoughts ” or the
peaceful relaxa tion of meditation is like a peashooter a gainst a
tank. The momentum of our collective drama has proved
unstoppable.
If whol e mind didn’t exist, nobody could have invented it.
We’re a ll too stuck to see beyo nd the story we’re tangled up in. But
whole m ind do es exist; therefore, it must have a way of revealing
itself. It is said of Lord Shiva in the Vedas that he has as many
ways to  show himself as to disguise himself. This is worth
knowing. For every impulse of love, there is an impulse of fear. For
every moment of clarity, there is a moment of confusion. The trick
is not to favor the love and clarity over the fear and confusion,
because the pendulum will inevitably swing back again.
The tric k is to c all upon the so urce of love and clarity, grad ually
come closer to it, and finally make it your own. (T he New
Testament had  a better chance of being practical if Je sus had
taught “Try to love your neig hbor as yourself” and “See if  turning
the oth er cheek helps break the cycle of retaliation.”) The only
hope fo r escap ing the traps o f the conditioned mind is to  use its
better nature as a thread, following it day by day until your story
fades away. Then, living in wholeness becomes natural.
A  D e s i r e  t o  R e m o v e  D e s i r e
The endless cycle of good  and evil, pleasure and pain,
happiness and  misery is like a bonfire that fuels itself. Yet just as
the min d is riotously active on the surface and quiet in its  depths,
so is life. The d rama is everything, but only at its own leve l. When
you have a mo dest experience like “eyes open, no thoughts,” the
interference of mental activit y ceases temporarily. What replaces
it is more than quietude. By itself, a silent mind is no better, as far
as nego tiating the demands of daily life, than a car would be if the
engine dies. There has to be something attractive within the
experience of silence.This so mething exists in the form of a faint presence, which
we’ve already encountered as the sense of self. We are most
natural, relaxed, free, and present when the sense of self  is upon
us. Sustaining this feeling of presence eludes us, however. I think
it’s fair to say  that the glim pses of the true self that generate
experiences of love, joy, peac e, safety, and self-worth are the only
thing that has brought light into the condition of being human.
There i s a natural desire to  expand upon such experiences. In
return, the true self has the p ower of attraction (known in Sanskrit
as Swarupa, the pull of the Self).
Being silent and largely unnoticed, the sense of self cannot get
us unstuck by itself. If you  have practiced mantra meditation,
mindfulness practices, or one-pointed awareness, which  are all
valuable techniques for bringing the sense of self to the fore, you
know how stubbornly your m ind returns to business as us ual. You
can tra in your self with effort to display any spiritual att ribute—
loving-kindness, forgiveness, steady attention to God—but the
sense of self cannot be trained. It simply is.


periods	of	standing	and	sitting	throughout	the	day.	It	may	take	a	bit
of	getting	used	to	if	you’re	accustomed	to	sitting	all	day,	but	you’ll	probably	soon
find	that	you	feel	more	awake	and	think	more	creatively	when	working	standing	up.
Some	companies	have	even	reported	an	increase	in	productivity	when	employees
use
standing	desks.	If	you	spend	several	hours	a	day	working	at	a	desk,	this	might
be	an	ideal	option	for	you.	If	getting	a	new	desk	is	out	of	your	budget	at	the
moment,	you	can	try	creating	your	own	standing	desk	by	stacking	books	or	solid
boxes	in	one	corner	of	your	desk	to	your	standing	height,	and	propping	your	laptop
on	them	to	work.
Make	sure	to	get	up	and	stretch	or	go	for	a	quick	walk	to	the	printer,	to	grab
more	water,	or	just	to	circle	around	your	office	or	home	at	least	every	20	to	30
minutes.	Eventually	it	will	feel	like	second	nature	to	get	up	more	often,	even	if
it	feels	like	a	lot	of	moving	around	at	first.	Whether	or	not	you	exercise,	you
can’t	sit	the	rest	of	the	day	and	expect	your	body	to	respond	by	reflecting	itsmaximum	health	and	beauty	potential.
Radical	Beauty	Daily	Movement	Solutions
It’s	clear	by	now	that	your	life	shouldn’t	be	drastically	divided	into	two
opposing	states:	exercise	and	inactivity.	Movement	needs	to	be	broken	up
during	the	entire	day	in	order	for	you	to	glean	optimal	health	and	beauty
benefits.	Here	are	some	of	the	top	ways	you	can	incorporate	movement
throughout	your	day.
TAKE	FREQUENT	BREAKS
At	least	every	30	minutes	or	so,	stand	up	and	stretch,	walk	around	for	a	few
minutes,	or	run	an	errand.	You	can	even	do	a	few	exercises	like	push-ups	or
with	free	weights	next	to	your	desk	if	you	work	from	home,	or	if	it	doesn’t	feel
too	weird	in	your	office.	If	you	sit	in	an	open	space,	just	walking	around	might
be	a	more	feasible	(and	less	awkward)	option.
TAKE	THE	STAIRS
This	is	an	oldie	but	goodie	recommendation	that	you	may	have	been	hearing
for	years	but	never	followed.	Taking	a	deep	breath	and	bypassing	the	elevator	in
favor	of	the	stairwell	is	an	easy	way	to	incorporate	more	activity	in	your
everyday	life.	You	can	start	with	two	floors	and	build	from	there,	using	the
elevator	to	fill	in	the	rest.
SOCIALIZE	WHILE	MOVING
Instead	of	meeting	friends	for	coffee,	tea,	lunch,	or	dinner,	meet	up	for	a	hike
or	a	walk	through	your	neighborhood.	You’ll	be	able	to	chat	and	catch	up	while
being	active	together.
MAXIMIZE	YOUR	LUNCH	HOUR
Use	this	time	to	walk	around	the	neighborhood	near	your	office.	You	can	get	in
at	least	a	good	mile	if	you	walk	for	a	brisk	15	to	18	minutes.	Keep	some
sneakers	at	your	desk	and	pop	them	on	before	heading	out	at	lunchtime.
WALK	AND	TALK
Walk	around	while	talking	on	the	phone.	Thanks	to	cell	phones,	no	longer	do
you	have	to	be	rooted	in	a	seated	position	to	talk.	This	practice	alone	could
create	a	lot	of	movement	during	your	day.TALK	FACE	TO	FACE
Walk	down	the	hallway	to	see	a	colleague	rather	than	e-mailing	them.	This
encourages	more	social	interaction	as	well	as	movement—two	diminishing	yet
healthy	aspects	of	our	society.	After	all,	we	were	meant	to	have
some
	regular
social	interactions	as	human	beings.
TRADE	YOUR	CHAIR	FOR	A	STABILITY	BALL
This	will	encourage	you	to	use	your	core	muscles	during	the	day	to	remain
stabilized.	Don’t	worry	if	your	colleagues	chuckle	at	your	“chair	ball”	at	first.
Eventually	they	will	probably	want	to	get	one	also,	and	you	can	feel	smug	that
you	were	the	office	trendsetter	who	started	it	all.
PARK	FARTHER
Get	in	the	habit	of	choosing	a	spot	in	the	back	of	the	parking	lot	so	you	can	get
a	longer	walk	into	the	store.	This	is	especially	great	while	you’re	out	running
errands	during	lunchtime	to	break	up	all	of	that	sitting	you	do.
DITCH	THE	CAR
If	possible,	walk	or	bike	to	work	or	to	do	any	errands	you	can.	If	you	take	the
bus	or	the	subway,	get	off	at	an	earlier	stop	so	you	can	walk	some	distance	to
get	home	or	to	work.
PLAY	WITH	YOUR	KIDS
Get	outside	and	try	kicking	or	throwing	a	ball	around.	This	is	a	great	way	to
establish	regular	movement	practices	for	the	whole	family	and	help	your
children	set	healthy	habits	for	an	active	life.
MULTITASK	DURING	TV	TIME
If	you	do	watch	TV,	this	is	one	great	time
to
	multitask	(unlike	at	mealtimes).
Keep	a	yoga	mat	near	your	television	set	and	get	in	the	habit	of	doing	a	few
yoga	poses	(see
this	page
–
this	page
)	or	stretches	while	watching	your	favorite
show.	And	try	to	avoid	“binge	watching”	whole	seasons	in	one	or	two	sittings,
which	is	now	possible	with	streaming.	Try	to	discipline	yourself	to	old	school,
prestreaming	style:	one	episode	at	a	time.
The
Aging	Effects	of
OverexercisingWhile	there	are	so	many	benefits	to	moving	throughout	the	day,	there
is
	such	a
thing	as
overdoing	it.	It’s	well	established	that	moderate	amounts	of	exercise
can	increase	antioxidant	defenses	and	offer	innumerable	health	and	beauty
benefits	such	as	increased	circulation	and	blood	flow.	Excessive	movement,
however,	can	actually	be	depleting	and	create	oxidative	stress,	a	form	of	free-
radical	creation	that	leads	to	accelerated	aging.
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	This	is	when	your	workout
stops	working	for	you	and	may	actually	start	doing	more	harm	than	good.
First,	let’s	define	oxidative	stress.	Free	radicals	are	morphed	cells	that	your
body	creates	as	a	result	of	exposure	to	pollutants	and	toxicity,	as	well	as	natural
processes	like	metabolism.	Your	body	uses	different	antioxidants	to	prevent	and
control	damage	from	these	free	radicals.	When	free	radicals	overwhelm	your
antioxidant	defenses,	your	cells	become	damaged.	This	damage	is	called
oxidative	stress
.
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to	inflammation	and	aging	in	different	ways,
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	including	aging	of	the
skin
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	and	the	hair,
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Advances
in	Clinical	Chemistry
,	show	that	acute	bouts	of	exercise	can	induce	a	state	of
oxidative	stress.
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You	don’t	have	to	be	fearful	of	any	amount	of	oxidative	stress.	It	would	be
nearly	impossible	to	live	without	having
some
	in	your	body,	and	even	newer
research	is	finding	that	oxidative	stress	is	beneficial	in	small	amounts	by
prompting	your	body	to	increase	its	antioxidants.
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	Over	time,	this	can	help
your	body	recover	more	quickly


arbonate to protect the teeth. This should not reduce the effectiveness very much because the chlorine dioxide
that produces the peak systemic effect will have been released in the ﬁrst 3 minutes. Furthermore after diluting it one may still wait for
several minutes for further saturation of the solution before neutralising it.
To 1 part of MMS add 5 parts of 10% citric acid and after 3 minutes dilute with 30 ml or a big mouthful of water. Finally add up to 8
parts of a 10% sodium bicarbonate solution to protect the teeth from acid attack. This gives a pH of about 5 to 6, and one can keep it
in the mouth for 5 to 20 minutes before spitting it out. You make the 10% sodium bicarbonate solution by dissolving one level
spoonful of bicarb in 9 spoonfuls of water. Instead of plain water you may also use herb tea or ﬂavor with some fruit juice, or sweeten
with Xylitol or Stevia.
Mouthwash: I also recommend that you make yourself a mouthwash by diluting a teaspoon of MMS in 500 ml of water. This is only
slightly alkaline and tends to release  small amounts of chlorine dioxide in contact with acid-forming bacteria. It is also commercially
promoted as the most effective meth od of removing bad breath or halitosis. It does this by oxidising smelly sulphur compounds in the
mouth to non-odorous sulphates. Swish a mouthful around for a short time, gargle, and spit it out. You may also ﬂavour the solution
or make it weaker. Some people claim that regular use has protected them from ‘catching’  infections.
Even more important is the observat ion that the combination of occasion al oral absorption of chlorine dioxide and regular use of MMS
mouthwash tends to eliminate pathogenic microbes and inﬂammations in the mouth. Such microbes and inﬂammations, be they from
root canals, deep tooth pockets or gum inﬂammations and other periodontal diseases, are strongly implicated in the causation of
arteriosclerosis, heart attacks and other heart diseases as well as rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, prostate cancer and other cancers.
You may also combine the stronger antimicrobial effect of oral absorption with the convenience of a mouthwash: add a drop or two of
lemon juice or citric acid to a teaspoonful of mouthwash solution and immediately start swishing this in the mouth for a minute or two
before spitting it out. This has a relatively mild effect on the taste buds. One teaspoonful of mouthwash contains about one drop of
MMS.
Non-Acidiﬁed MMS: Medical-type patents describe the use of stabilised sodium chlorite in oral, topical and intravenous applications
for treating autoimmune diseases and chronic infections, also hepatitis and lymphoma, and for neutralising the neuro-toxic effects of
acetaldehyde produced by Candida and other fungi. In these cases the solution is not acidiﬁed! This is also suitable for kidney and
bladder infections.
The main beneﬁcial effect with autoimmune diseases may be due to an ability of sodium chlorite to control the pleomorphic microbes
which are not only a root cause of autoimmune diseases but also of cancer. Therefore after a short period of using acidiﬁed MMS,
autoimmune diseases as well as cancer may be treated periodically with non-acidiﬁed MMS. This is much less damaging to
antioxidants in the body than prolonged use of acidiﬁed MMS, and the incidence of nausea will be greatly reduced.
As an average dose try 5 to 10 drops (or half a ml) of MMS once a day after the evening meal or at bedtime in a drink. In this way you
may use vitamin C and other antioxidants until mid-afternoon without interfering with the action of MMS. However, non-acidiﬁed
sodium chlorite. just like acidiﬁed MMS, does react with and reduce the glutathione in body cells. Therefore use it only for limited
periods, e.g. for one week every other week, and limit this program to 6 to 10 weeks (3 to 5 cycles) before a longer break of one or
more months. Alternatively use it 5 days a week for 3 to 5 weeks. During breaks use higher amounts of other antimicrobials instead,
such as Olive Leaf Extract or Lugol's solution.
Intravenous MMS
Intravenously MMS commonly has been used without acid activation. Jim Humble has had it many times, and also used up to 2 times
30 acidiﬁed drops orally without getting a reaction.
But recently he had one acidiﬁed drop intravenously and that cause d a Herxheimer reaction. He believes that acid activation
increases chlorine dioxide release by up to 300 times. Next day another drop did not cause a reaction but 2 drops the following day
reacted again. The same happened with further increased drops (10).
The effectiveness of antimicrobial therapy can often be judged by its ability to trigger a Herxheimer reaction. This is caused by the
waste material of a large number of microbes being killed suddenly. It consists of extreme fatigue, chills, diarrhoea, muscle and joint
pains, and other ﬂu-like symptoms for several hours or days. During a reaction you stop the antimicrobial therapy and instead have a
high intake of good quality water, juices and herb teas.
The question now is what kind of microbes resisted an extremely high double dose of 30 oral drops but then readily died from one
acidiﬁed IV drop? The oral doses would have cleared these microbes from the blood and lymph system, and probably from most10/30/24, 11:26 AM Health-Science-Spirit - Miracle Mineral Supplement
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protect themselves with a calciﬁed shell, and in the process also calcify the tissue, thereby causing arteriosclerosis and related
symptoms (11). Even one drop of acidiﬁed MMS would have caused a high peak concentration of chlorine dioxide in the blood
vessels, apparently enough to penetrate the calciﬁed barrier of some nanobacteria.
Few individuals in Western countries will have the opportunity to use IV MMS therapy, and I also regard this as a rather inefﬁcient
way of dealing with tissue calciﬁcation. There are better ways, such as preventing the formation of nanobacteria in the ﬁrst place, and
then dissolving existing calciﬁcations  with magnesium chloride and lemon juice or cider vinegar. Deprived of their calcium protection
the immune system can then easily deal with the nanobacteria.
Integrating Therapies
Often individuals ﬁnd it difﬁcult to continue with the MMS program because of frequent nausea. This is especially a problem with
advanced cancer and other long-term conditions. Therefore I generally recommend a program of intestinal sanitation and
antimicrobial therapy with milder agents before starting MMS therapy. This will remove most of the toxic load with less discomfort
than by starting immediately with MMS. As part of this preliminary program I recommend a period of intestinal sanitation with garlic,
psyllium, sodium bicarbonate and probiotics, followed by a 3-week course of Lugol’ s iodine solution (12).
In the case of cardiovascular disease s and arteriosclerosis it has been suggested that with MMS therapy cholesterol deposits may be
removed too fast and lead to a weakening of the affected blood vessels. To avoid or minimize problems it has been recommended to
take high amounts of vitamin C, up to 10 g daily in divided doses, for several weeks before starting MMS therapy. This is to
strengthen the blood vessels and make them more elastic. Some other nutrients to improve elasticity are lemon juice, green juices,
copper salicylate, magnesium chloride, MSM, and N-Acetylglucosamine.
For cancer I believe that MMS treatment as a primary therapy has shown good results only with lymph, blood and skin cancers. It will
be much more effective to integrate MMS therapy into a holistic program as outlined in my article The Holistic Solution to Overcoming
Cancer (13).
With colds chlorine dioxide kills the virus but does not stop the beneﬁcial mucus release. This can be stopped with the Sugar Cure:
Keep a teaspoon of ﬁne sugar in the mouth until it is dissolved, then spit out and take another teaspoonful. Continue with this for one
or two hours and repeat on subsequent days as required. The sugar draws mucus combined with lymph ﬂuid from the lymph glands
and so gradually clears the headspaces, see Instant Cure of the Common Cold.
With Inﬂuenza I recommend taking several high doses of MMS for only one or two days and then taking instead high amounts of
antioxidants and especially sodium ascorbate, e.g. half a teaspoon in liquid (e.g. fresh citrus juice) every 2 hours until recovered.
Some individuals, especially with advanced degenerative diseases, may become very weak on prolonged MMS therapy seemingly
unrelated to die-back reactions. Also the eyesight may rapidly deteriorate. I believe that this is mainly due to antioxidant deﬁciency,
and especially to lack of glutathione and


USION : 175
0
• ma mind it WO!Jid be a vain dabble with its original potentiality. To y
attempt. 0 a ree to start health centres in
With such· an attitude I w?uld h g • atients may be treated and
Gujarat and other parts of ln~~l=l e~:dyas, allopaths, diecticia~s
restored to perfect health. S.. y undertake research of thiS
and others interested in mediCine :~:de ofdevotion service and
therapy in such centres, but an_ a 'Tuh hould pr~pare detailed
.. · h ·mary necess1ty. ey s f self-sacnf1ce IS t e pn.. var ing methods treatment rom
reports of diseases, cas~-h,ston~s,. ;ons during the course of
patient to patient, actions an :~~~~ and established a scientific
treatment so that there can be e
full-proof system. d. e a fair trial to this
The intelligent reader isberequfie~t~ a~~r gpl:rsonal test, it should
ot is proved ne 10a f 1 systmeo In case, '.. d ublicity. If there is any au t, every
be given proper recognition an p. It. also hoped that in near
ld b ade to liminate lt. IS ~ effort shou e m. will hel in· starting research centres or
future leaders of ~c,~ty. fo~ and its propagation.
carrying out scientific lnvestlga'. portant precautions. First,
I. I wish to repeat two lm bed. In cone us1on, be bl d nor its efficacy dou t m
the urine treatment should not damet old age reduced vitality, H. on some cases ue o.'I case i! is ine ectlv~'0 bod or due to some other factors. n
high quantity of poisons m th\ ihat the predominace of one or
such cases, one should rea ISe t llowed urine to do its work.
h bo causes have no a ld t more of t e a ve h lth by this treatment shou no
Second, the person restored_ to =~~ libe in diet and in unresr~c:ed
think that he has been pern:''~ed. d" (and.living for maintammg
I·• He must observe restnctlons m le lie..
health. L_ PART IV
WORK AND VIEWS
OF
PRACTITIONERS, EXPERTSAND THINKERS CHAPTER I
URINE THERAPY IN NUTSHELL
1. Auto-urine is an easy, natural and self-dependent means to
health.
2.• It is germicide, anti-poison and a tonic.
3. It is a destroyer of disease and restorer of health.
4. It is nutritive, digestive and a unique and sure laxative.
5. It is equally useful to males and females of all the age-groups
from childhood to old age.
6. It protects and restores to health every organ of the body.
7. It is incomparable as regards its merits and inexpensiveness.
8. It is harmless, faultless and is in consonance with religious
sanctity.
9. It is helpful to a simple and a disciplined life.
10. It fulfils the universal law of circuit.
11. No diagnosis is required in auto-urine therapy.
12. It is a sure cure for all minor and major diseases all <3:t a time.
179 CHAPTER II
THE CRAZE FOR MEDICINE
By Gandhiji
[Mahatma Gandhi while in South Africa, wrote a few articles in
Indian Opinion on "General Konwledge about Health". Therein ho
has given his opinion on the medical profession. He has also
quoted a number of physicians. The articles appear to be more
applicab.le today even after a lapse of more than half a century. we
are quotrng one below because of its great importance for a seeker
of ture health. Indeed it is quite relevant in the conte~t of the urine
therapy. It.is wort.h mentioning here that Gandhiji was a great
naturopath rn practrce and had cured hundreds of patients thereby.]
It is our habit that, at the slightest illness, we rush at once to a
doctor, vaidya or hakim. '1 And if we do not, we take whatever
medici•·~ the barber or our neighbour suggests. It is our belief that
no sick.1ess can be cured without drugs. This however is sheer
superstition. People who suffer from other causes are -and will
conti~ue to be -fewer than those who have suffered, and are
sufferrng, because of this superstition. It, therefore, we can get to
know what constitutes illness, we should be able to take a
somewhat balanced view: "Darad"2 means pain. 11Roga113 means
much the same. It is right to seek a remedy for pain, but it is futile
to take drugs to suppress pain. Actually, the result is often harmful.
:ra'~ing medicine has the same effect as my covering up the refuse
rn my house. Refuse which is kept covered will putrefy and cause
me harm. Moreover, the covering itselfmay putrefy and add to the
refuse. I have than to get rid of the refuse which has since formed as
well as that which was ta begin with. This is the fate that befalls
people taking drugs. But, if one throws out the refuse, the house
1 A VaJdya practises the Ayurvedic and a hakim the Unani system of medicine.
2 & 3 Gujarati words for pain, ailment, disease
180 THE CRAZE FOR MEDICINE : 181
will become as clean as it was before. By giving rise to
illness-pain [that is} -N~ture, in fact, informs us that ~here e.xi~ts
impure matter in our body. Moreover, Nature has provrded ~rthrn
the body itself the means of cleansing it, so that, when ~llness
occurs, we should realize that there exists impure matter rn the
body and that she has commenced her cleansing process. I should
be thankful to anyone who came forward to remove the refuse from
my house. So long as he has not done with ~he clea~ing,.l m.ight be
inconvenienced but I would keep my patrence. Lrkewrse rf I am
patient while Nature is cleansing the body, which is my home, it will
be well again, and I shall become healthy and so free from p~in. If
1 have a cold 1 do not have to rush to swallow drugs -sunth [for
instance]. 1 k~ow that some impure matter has accumulated in a
certain part of my body and that Nature has stepped in to remove it.
And so 1 must let her have her way, so that my body may be
cleansed in the shortest possible time. If I resist Nature, her task is
doubled· she has both to cleanse me and cope with my resistance. I
can asslst Nature, for instance, by getting rid of the effective cause
of the impurity, so that more of it does not accumulate. Tha~ is to
say, if 1 stop·eating for the duration of the illness, thus ~reventrng the
ingress of further impurity, and if I exerc~se in fresh.ar~, I shall also
start ejecting the impurity through the skrn. That thrs rs the golden
rule for keeping the body free of disease, every one can prove for
himself. Only, the mind must be kept in a stable state. One who
reposes true faith in God will always act in this fashion.. The
following [thought] will help in bringing about this state of mrnd :
11Even if 1 undergo the treatment prescribed by the ~aidya or ~orne
such person, no one can guarantee that my disease wrll be got rrd of.
Not all thof:e who put them~elves in the hands of a d~ctor are
cured. If they were, Mr. Gandhi should not have to wrrte these
chapters and all of us would be leading happy lives."
Experience show that once the [medicine] bottle enters. a house,
it · never leaves. Countless persons suffer from some arlment or
other throughout their lives, go on a:dding to the drugs one after the
1 Ginger dried and ground, is a much used household remedy. 182 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
other or go on changing their vaiayas and hakims in their search for
the one who will cure them; finally, having ruined both themselves
and others, they die, a troubled death. That famous judge, the late
Mr. Justice Stephen, who had lived in India [for a time], once said
that doctors introduce herbs, of which they know little, into bodies
of which they know even less. Doctors say the same thing after
attaining due experience.
Dr. Magendie has said : "Medicine is a great hoax." A famous
doctor, Sir


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<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>DIETS FOR MET ABOLIC TYPES
by W alter Last
Slow oxidizers, also called Carbohydrate Types, have similar dietary requirements to those of the metabolic S-type - that is, a
vegetarian or semi-vegetarian diet. Fast oxidizers and P-type individuals or Protein Types, on the other hand, do best on a non-
vegetarian diet or a high legume vegetarian diet, which at the same time should be low in sugars. The balanced type may use a
mixed diet that is neither very high in protein and fat or in sweet food.
S-TYPE AND SLOW OXIDIZERS
Proteins should be supplied mainly from legumes, almonds and other oily seeds best as seed cheese, but the consumption of
peanuts should be restricted. Fish and other seafood, eggs (not hard-boiled or fried), some poultry and raw milk products are usually
acceptable. Have plenty of fruits, especially tart varieties, frequent fruit meals and fruit days. Also sweet varieties of vegetables are
beneﬁcial, particularly red beets, and sprouted seeds.
Polyunsaturated oils are mainly supplied from seafood, fermented soybeans, sunﬂower kernels and freshly ground linseed. Meats,
fats and processed oils should be eaten sparingly. The evening meal should be light. Helpful supplements are lecithin, digestive
enzymes, cod liver oil or other ﬁsh oils, kelp, B vitamins, vitamin E, ascorbic acid, magnesium, potassium, chromium, copper,
selenium and zinc. The idea is to eat fast-digesting food.
P-TYPE AND F AST OXIDIZERS
A diet high in legumes often combined with brown rice and other grains such as millet and buckwheat, also sago taro and tapioca.
Have a hearty breakfast. Flesh foods are generally well tolerated. This metabolic type should use whole grains - sprouted, cooked or
baked, in preference to ﬂour products; plenty of sprouted seeds. Starchy and green vegetables are best for cooking, use sweet
varieties mainly raw, with plenty of red beets, raw, cooked or juiced. Use salted food if the blood pressure is low.
Oils low in linoleic acid should be used - best are olive oil and almond oil, also try coconut oil. The intake of sweet food, sweet and
acid fruits and lactose products should be minimized. Neutralize fruit acids with dolomite. Useful supplements are halibut liver oil
capsules, calcium ascorbate, low-level B vitamins, MSM, chromium, copper, selenium and zinc. The idea is to eat slow-digesting
food.
SUB-OXIDIZERS
These may use a mixed diet of easily digestible food. Thus meat may be used as broth or stew, not fried or roasted. Nuts and oily
seeds should be soaked, sprouted or used as seed cheese. Sub-oxidize rs may consume sprouted seeds, plenty of grass juice; also
beef juice and freeze-dried liver. Digestive enzymes, hydrochloric acid supplement or ascorbic acid with protein meals should be
used. All vitamins and minerals shou ld be supplemented, especially trace minerals; mix lecithin with all meals; rubbing the skin with
cod liver oil may be helpful. The idea is to eat easily digested food.
SENSITIVITY  REGULA TION
Certain nutrients make the skin and sometimes the brain more sensitive and should be minimized if the skin easily reacts to irritants
and if there is emotional and mental instability. These sensitizing nutrients are: acid and sweet foods and fruits, allergens and a diet
high in phosphorus and low in calcium and magnesium. Conversely, proteins, fats and oils, complex carbohydrates, green
vegetables, calcium and magnesium help to protect susceptible individuals from undue sensitivity.
Insensitive individuals, on the other hand, beneﬁt from a high intake of acid foods and fruits, lecithin, folic acid and a diet low in
calcium but high in magnesium. Common polyunsaturated oils increase sensitivity, and lecithin, linolenic acid (linseed) and ﬁsh oils
normalize it.
METABOLIC TYPES AND BLOOD GROUPS
Peter D'Adamo wrote the book 'Eat Right For Your Type' or 'The Eat Right Diet' (Random House) which shows that individuals with
different blood groups have different optimal food requirements. Special proteins called lectins, in foods that were not traditionally
eaten, frequently cause immune reactions in the intestinal wall and may eventually lead to a wide variety of diseases.
The relationship between the three basic metabolic types and blood groups is rather straightforward. Blood group O is the oldest
blood group. It originated in the hunter-gatherer area and corresponds to the P-type or non-vegetarian type with a high requirement
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and closest to the balanced metabolic type. Blood group AB has the characteristics of A as well as B.
It is my opinion that it is beneﬁcial to know which foods are good or bad for our blood type, but not necessarily stick religiously to the
food tables. Some of the foods listed to be avoided do not actually agglu tinate or damage our blood and have been selected for other
reasons that may not apply to you. Furthermore, I recommend for everyone, especially if not in good health, making food allergy tests
and avoid any reacting food, while non-reacting foods may be regarded as safe.
Therefore, if symptoms of food sens itivity show up, then I would not use a food that is supposed to be beneﬁcial according to our
blood group, while I would use a food that is classiﬁed as ‘avoid’  by D’Adamo if it does not show a negative effect. An example of this
is coconut and its products, which D'Adamo advises to avoid for all blood groups. However, I ﬁnd coconut milk and oil beneﬁcial for
myself, and many others ﬁnd it beneﬁcial as well. I also use a lot of fresh aloe vera, which supposedly is bad for my blood group.
While we can expect most allergies to occur to food that is wrong for our blood type, this is not always so. As mentioned before, not
all foods are classiﬁed as 'avoid' because of lectins causing problems. Even if there is a reaction with our blood group, this has only
been established in a test tube. What happens in our body depends mainly on the quality of our digestive system and on the quantity
and digestibility of the questionable food and its interaction with other food ingredients.
Also cooked foods often react different to raw foods. Sprouted seeds appear to be more acceptable and possibly beneﬁcial even if
the same seeds should be avoided in cooked form. If all is well, then the potentially harmful lectins are broken down to amino acids
and are harmless, if not, then we must improve conditions or avoid them. Try to develop your inner food sense and learn to listen to
your body. It will then let you know by your inner urgings and taste preferences which foods to eat.
Basically there are only two food classiﬁcations, those foods that give a reaction and should be avoided and those that do not react
and may be eaten. However, Peter D'Adamo made an additional value judgment by classifying the allowed foods as either
neutral/avoid, neutral, neutral/beneﬁcial or beneﬁcial, mainly in regard to overweight. Neutral means that the food does not cause any
blood group related problems but has no other advantages to speciﬁcally recommend it. I do not always agree with these additional
classiﬁcations, and have restricted the classiﬁ


ltered.
is is given to the individuals, suﬀering from burning urination
and bleeding from urethra. Good health benets are assured in such
conditions.
Shatavari – Ashwagandha Remedy to Improve Sperm Count
Fine powder of equal quantity of Shatavari, Ashwagandha and
Kapikacchu are taken and mixed together. is is taken in the dose of6.3–5 grams of else this is cooked with a cup of milk for 5 minutes,
ltered and consumed.
is promotes sexual libido and increases the sperm count too.
Shatavari and Pippali Powder to Improve Weight
is is a simple and eﬀective practice of North Karnataka. Equal
quantity of Shatavari and Pippali powder is taken and mixed well. is
is taken in a dose of 3–5 grams during night or early in the morning
along with Banana juice/Banana milkshake. Good weight gain is
observed if this is carried for 30–40 days.1.
2.109. 6 Soapnut (Reetha)
Remedies for Menstrual
Pain, Eczema
By Dr. M.S. Krishnamurthy MD (Ayu), Ph.D.
Y
Soapnut (Sapindus latifolia) is an age old seed which was used as a substitute to
soap. e alkaline nature of this fruit made them to take benet as a detergent.
It is known as Arishtaka in Sanskrit which means that is capable of removing
the blemishes or dirt.
ough oral Ayurvedic containing reetha (soapnut) are very rare, it is used as
single herb remedy in many diseases. It is used as an emetic agent in several
diseased conditions in animals. In veterinary practice it is used abundantly as
external and internal remedy.
Here are few such simple remedies of my practice –
Seed Marrow in Abdominal Pain and Menstrual Pain
e seed of soap nut has a small white or greenish yellow marrow. is
is slightly bitter and is a very good anti atulent. 3–4 seeds are crushed
and made into ne paste. is is administered along with 1–2 t easpoon
of sesame oil in case of abdominal pain and menstrual pain.
Soapnut Water in Food Poisoning
4–5 seeds are crushed and soaked in 1–2 litres of water. is water is
given to drink in the individuals who are poisoned (internally). is3.
4.
5.
6.induces vomiting and hence the poisonous eﬀects are reduced. After
complete emesis ash gourd juice is given so as to counter act the
irritation of the soap nut juice. It is useful in treating food poisoning as
well.
Soapnut Seed with Jaggery in Gaseous Dissention of Abdomen
Soapnut seed marrow is mixed with jaggery and administered in the
dose of 500–600 mg, once or twice a day. is can be used by making
it into tablet also. is pacies recurrent cases of abdominal distension.
Soapnut Tree Bark in Wound Washing
1–2 small pieces of fresh bark (a palm size each) is taken and crushed
well. is is made into decoction. is decoction is used to wash the
wounds. (decoction = 1 tablespoon of powder is boiled with 2 cups of
water, reduced to half a cup, ltered).
e same decoction is used for washing gangrene, to get rid of
slough, which quickens healing process.
Soapnut Leaf Oil in Eczema
50 Grams of soapnut fresh leaf paste is made and cooked well with 100
ml each of sesame oil and water, till the complete evaporation of water.
is oil is used for applying on eczematous lesions.
Ghee and Soapnut in Itching Skin Diseases and Herpes
Fresh Soapnut (when it is unctuous, juicy, greenish yellow in color) is
taken and fresh juice is obtained. To this equal quantity of ghee is
added and it is cooked well till complete evaporation of water content.
is ghee is applied over the lesions of herpes and chronic itch.1.110. 7 Badam (Almond)
Remedies for Hair, Skin,
Neuritis, Sexual Vigour
By Dr. M.S. Krishnamurthy MD (Ayu), Ph.D.
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e dry fruit world announces Almond as the king of all. It is known as
Vatama in Sanskrit and Badam in Hindi. It is a well known rejuvenator –
aphrodisiac, anti oxidant and complexion enhancing food ingredient.
Almonds are good sources of mono – unsaturated fats and poly –
unsaturated fats. ey maintain healthy lipid levels in the body. Being the rich
sources of manganese, Vitamin E, riboavin and copper it helps to gain daily
need of energy from these primary resources.
e almond milk is rich in potassium which constitutes electrolytes in the
human body. As the electrolytes aid in boosting the memory, they certainly
sharpen the memory.
Almonds are known for hair care. e poly unsaturated and mono fatty
acids followed with the other bodily requirements like vitamin A, D, B1, B2,
and B6 take care of skin and hair. ese nutrients have the ability to penetrate
into the deeper sites of hair and make the hair healthy, silky, soft, dense and
beautiful.
Almond Remedies
Almond Milkshake in Fatigue, Neuritis, Hair Care and Skin Glow2.
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6.3–4 almond seeds are taken along with 1–2 cup of milk. is is
blended/churned well in mixer and ltered. is is consumed once or
twice a day. As per one’s need and liking, saﬀron or a few cashew nuts
can also be added. is is very eﬀective against the tiredness, peripheral
neuritis, wrinkle formation etc.
Almond Face Scrub for Lustrous Face
Almond is made into ne paste by grinding with milk or water. is is
used as a face scrub. is helps to remove dead skin cells from the body
surface especially face. It gives good luster to the face.
Almond Oil for Hair Growth
Regular application of pure almond oil over the scalp helps to get dark
and thick hair. It also prevents from hair fall.
Almond Powder Bur/Sweet in Growth and Stamina of the
Children
1 cup of almond powder is mixed with half cup of jaggery or sugar and
cooked well with 50 ml of milk. On attaining semi solid consistency
this is taken out and pressed over a plate. is sweet bur if given to
the growing children it helps signicantly in attaining good stamina
and energy. Dose is 20–30 grams per day.
Soaked Almond as Memory Booster
2–3 almond seeds are soaked in water for overnight. Next day morning
this is taken in empty stomach with milk. is boosts the energy and
provides stamina. is acts as a immune – modulator too.
Almond Kheer to Improve Sexual Vigour
12–15 almond seeds are taken and cooked well with milk. is is
smashed or pounded well. Further by adding this ne paste to the
coconut milk (400–500 ml) this is cooked well.While cooking, 2–3 teaspoon sugar is also added and dissolved.
At the end saﬀron or cardamom is also added. is kheer promotes
sexual vigor considerably.1.111. 7 Curry Leaves
Remedies for Grey Hairs,
Motion Sickness, Obesity
By Dr. M.S. Krishnamurthy MD (Ayu), Ph.D.
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Curry leaves or Kadi Patta is the natural avouring agent with many health
benets. is makes the food both healthy and tasty along with pleasing
aroma.
In addition to this it contains number of micro nutrients and trace elements
like carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorous, iron, magnesium, copper, nicotinic
acid vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin E, antioxidants, plant sterols,
amino acids and glycosides.
Kadi Patta is called Kaidarya in Ayurveda. In Ayurvedic medicine curry
leaves are used for the treatment of diabetes, intestinal worms, infection,
swelling, inammation, liver disorders, hair diseases such as dandruﬀ, anorexia
and scorpion bite.
Curry leaves protect liver, promotes tastes of food, digestive and carminative.
Curry Leaf Remedies
Curry Leaf Powder in Type II Diabetes
1–2 Grams of dried powder of curry leaves is consumed daily for
signicant decrease in blood sugar levels. Hence, this can be2.
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5.administered safely as an adjuvant along


 rest of the mineral elements
combined.
The artichoke is derived from a species of sunflower. It is the
tuber (a swelling or knob-like growth on a plant) of a species of
sunflower that grows extensively in Italy and is known there as
Carciofo orArchicioffo-Girasole.The word Girasole has been slithered
into the Anglicized Jerusalem, it's definition being simply sunflower.
42 When raw, this vegetable contains the enzyme inulase and a large
amount of inulin. Inulin is a substance resembling starch and is
converted into levulose by the enzyme inulase. It is therefore, a tuber
which diabetics can eat with impunity. Its juice is very beneficial and
palatable, whether taken alone or with carrot juice.
KALE JUICE
Kale has much the same chemical analysis as cabbage and may
be used in the same manner. See Cabbage Juice.
KELP
For millions of years, rains have washed layer after layer of soil
and all other earthly composed materials from all of land, mountains,
and hills. All this has gone down to the bottom of the sea, thus giving
to the bed of the oceans the most fertile soil in the world.
If I were to eat flesh foods, I would choose fish. As fish feed on
the contents of seas and rivers, their flesh naturally contains more
elements — minerals and trace elements — than any other flesh.
As for vegetation, seaweed is one of our most valuable food
supplements. Its roots are sometimes as much as 29,000 to 30,000
feet below the surface of the oceans, with tentacles floating to the
surface where, with the help of its enzymes and the rays of the sun, it
bursts forth into nodules and leaves.
The leaves are known as sea-lettuce and dulse. Dulse is an
important additive to meals in Scotland, Ireland and many other
nations. In the United States and Canada, dulse is used extensively as
a dietary health food supplement in the form of dried seaweed leaves.
The seaweed with large leaves is usually dried, crushed or ground
and is used in powdered or granule form as KELP.
Seaweed in any of these varieties is an excellent source of organic
iodine, because of the mineral and the trace elements which are not
readily obtainable in our most common vegetables.
The combination of the earthy elements, soil, and seawater at the
bottom of our oceans contain more than 59 of the elements in nature.
Thus, we can appreciate the value of seafood to our nutritional
programs.
43 The following are these 59 elements: —
Actinium Copper Neptunium Silicon
Aluminum Erbium Nitrogen Silver
Argon Fluorine Osmium Sodium
Arsenic Gold Oxygen Strontium
Barium Hydrogen Phosphorus Sulfur
Bismuth Indium Platinum Tantalum
Boron Iodine Plutonium Thallium
Bromine Iridium Potassium Thorium
Calcium Iron Radium Thulium
Carbon Lanthanum Rhenium Tin
Caesium Lead Rubidium Uranium
Cerium Lithium Ruthenium Yttrium
Chlorine Magnesium Samarium Zinc
Chromium Manganese Selenium Zinconium
Cobalt Mercury Scandium
Using Kelp and Dulse in moderation as food supplements, we
can be fairly sure of furnishing our system with at least some of the
trace elements so necessary for our well-being, which are not available
in vegetables and fruits.
In our home we usually have a salt shaker on our table, filled
with Kelp Granules and a dish of Dulse which we use freely with our
salads and with our juices.
Adding some Kelp to the Potassium Combination (carrot-celery-
parsley and spinach juice) we enrich the benefit derived from this
valuable mixture, and find it very beneficial for the glandular system,
particularly for the thyroid gland.
Dulse and Kelp are obtainable from your Health Food Store. Do
not use any of the Iodine dispensed by the drug stores on your food.
LEEK JUICE
The juice of leeks is milder than that of onions and garlic. The
information on garlic juice applies to a great extent to that of leeks.
LETTUCE JUICE
Lettuce juice has many essential values to the human body. It has
great quantities of iron and magnesium. Iron is the most active element
in the body, and it is necessary that it be renewed more frequently
than any other. The liver and spleen are the storage places of iron,
where it is stored for any sudden demand that may be made upon the
44 body, for example, the rapid formation of red blood corpuscles in the
case of a heavy loss of blood. The iron is stored in the liver for the
particular purpose, among others, of furnishing mineral elements to
any part of the body in an emergency, as in the case of a hemorrhage;
also in the event that the food eaten does not contain the necessary
quantity of this element in vital organic form.
The storage of iron in the spleen acts as an electric storage battery
where the blood is recharged with the necessary electricity for its
proper functions.The magnesium in lettuce has exceptional vitalizing
powers, particularly in the muscular tissues, brain, and nerves. Vital
organic salts of magnesium are cell builders, especially of the nerve
system and of the tissues of the lungs. They also assist in maintaining
the normal fluidity of the blood and other functions without which it
would be impossible for metabolism to operate properly.
As magnesium salts can operate efficiently only if there is
sufficient calcium present, the combination of these elements in the
lettuce makes this food exceedingly valuable.
When combined with carrot juice, the properties of lettuce juice
are intensified by the addition of Vitamin A in the carrot and also the
valuable sodium therein which assists in maintaining the calcium in
the lettuce in constant solution until utilized by the body.
Lettuce contains more than 38% potassium, 15% calcium, more
than 5% iron, and about 6% magnesium.
Lettuce also contains more than 9% phosphorus, which is one of
the principle constituents of the brain, and an ample supply of sulphur,
which is one of the component parts of the hemoglobin of the blood,
acting therein as an oxidizing agent. Many nervous afflictions are
due chiefly to these two elements, sulphur and phosphorus, taken in
inorganic form as in cereals and meat.
Together with silicon, which lettuce contains more than 8%,
sulphur and phosphorus are essential in the proper maintenance and
development of the skin, the sinews, and the hair. When one consumes
excessive amount of these elements in an inorganic form, i.e. cereals
and devitalized foods, the roots of the hair do not obtain their proper
nourishment: hence one of the reasons for hair loss.
Drinking a daily abundance of juice composed of carrot, lettuce,
and spinach, will furnish food to the roots and nerves of the hair,
thereby stimulating growth. Hair tonics in this respect are of little or
no value except that they furnish massaging for the scalp.They cannot
feed the hair but merely stimulate the action of the nerves and blood
45 vessels and so assist the proper food in reaching the hair roots through
the blood stream.
Another efficient juice combination to help the growth of hair
and restore it to its natural color is carrot, lettuce, green pepper, and
fresh alfalfa juice. (See preceding section on alfalfa juice.)
When making juice from lettuce for definite therapeutic purposes,
it is best to use the leaves that are of the darker shade of green, omitting
those which are inside the head of lettuce and have remained white,
as the former are much richer in chlorophyll and other vital important
elements than the latter.
The juice of lettuce leaves has been a great boon and relief to
those suffering from tuberculosis and from gastric disturbances. It is
also a valuable diuretic.
Because of its richness in iron and other valuable vital elements,
lettuce juice has been given to infants with carrot juice, with highly
satisfactory results whether they were breast or bottle-fed.
COS or ROMAINE LETTUCE JUICE
Although a member of the lettuce family, Romaine Lettuce has
an entirely different chemical composition from that of Head lettuce.
It originated in the Island of Cos, in the Greek Archipelago, and in
Great Britain it is known as "Cos Lettuce.,,
The juice of Romaine Lettuce, with the addition of a small amount
of kelp (seaweed) has been found to contain properties conducive to
helping the activity of the Adrenal Cortex in its function of secreting
its hormone, Adrenaline, to keep the body in balance.
Its particular value is in its rich sodium content which is 60%
higher than its potassium content. This makes it one of the most
beneficial juices for conditions affecting the Adrenal Glands. For
instance a person with Addison's Disease requires the maximum
amount of vital organic sodium with a relatively low percentage of
potassium to compensate for Adrenal Cortex hormone deficiency.
This specifically proportioned juice is therefore essentially very
relative to just such a person's needs.
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