 itself.
It is not really our medical training that was at fault here.
How can any textbook possibly describe this whole
process? To think is to form patterns inside ourselves that
are just as complex, ﬂeeting, and rich in their diversity as is
reality itself. Thinking is the mirror of the world, and
nothing less. Science simply does not have the tools to look
at such a phenomenon, which is at once inﬁnite and alive.
The living body will not stop to be studied, certain ly not as
a whole. So when it delivers a shock to science, as in a
spontaneous cure of cancer, medicine all but halts in its
tracks, bewildered to ﬁnd that life does not behave as
neatly as the laboratory model.
In 1986, a shock was delivered that could turn the whole
ﬁeld of brain research on its head: a Mexican neuro-
surgeon, Dr. Ignacio Madrazo, successfully implanted
healthy new cells into the brain of a patient with
Parkinson’s disease.
Not only did the transplant take, which previously was
considered impossible, but the patient showed an amazing
85 percent return to normal functioning. Before the
surgery, the patient, a Mexican farmer in his late thirties,
had been rendered virtually helpless by his disease.
Parkinson’s strikes about 1 percent of people over age 50.
It begins with muscle tremors, rigidity of the limbs, or a
tendency to move very slowly. The immedia te cause of
these symptoms is a deﬁciency of dopamine, the same
brain chemic al that leads to schizophrenia when it is in
oversupply. For reasons not yet known, the nerve cells that
produce dopamine, located in a part of the brain stem
called the substantia nigra, begin to die, creating the
deﬁciency. Without enou gh dopamin e, the brain’s ability to
regulate muscle movement is impaired and ﬁnally lost.Any or all three of Parkinson’s symptoms grows worse
over time, until the patient is totally incapacitated. The
playwright Eugene O’Neill contracted Parkinson’s in his
ﬁfties. It became increasingly diﬀicult for him to write as
his shaking became more  severe. He had planned a cycle of
four plays that were to be his masterpiece, but his disease
destroyed everything: one glance at the surviving
manuscripts reveals that O’Neill could barely form the
cramped, spidery, pathetically illegible letters. Through
heroic endurance, he managed to commit his words to
paper, but no one has ever been able to decipher what they
say.
In Mexico, Madrazo’s patient, though considerably
younger than most Parkinson’s victims, had been  conﬁned
to his bed, suﬀering from constant, rhythmic tremors that
made him unable to walk without assistance. After the
surgery, he could walk, run, feed himself, work in his
garden, and, as a moving ﬁlm of him shows, once again
take his young children in his arms.
Dr. Madrazo’s operation opened the door for other
Parkinson’s patients, of which there are over a million in
the United States alone. By the end of 1987, two hundred
similar operations had been performed throughout the
world. Madrazo performed twenty of these, all with
considerable success. (Previous attempts at the same
surgery had failed, as have many since. Madrazo believes
that his success is due to the exact location he chooses for
his implants.) But the long-term consequences are just now
being considered—sudden ly, and with little warning, neuro-
researchers are confronted with the science-ﬁction
possibility of a “brain transplant.”
What makes any brain-ti ssue graft such a shock is that
medicine has always believed that the brain could not heal
itself—which is why almost all brain damage, either by
accident or disease, has been considered irreversible. Onlyin 1969 did a researcher in Cambridge, Godfrey Raisman,
prove with an electron microscope that damag ed nerve
cells can sprout new growth. Now Madrazo has shown that
the brain not only can heal itself but will accept tissue from
other organs. His transplant for Parkinson’s was done with
cells from the adrenal gland, which also produces
dopamine; the surgery can also be performed using brain
tissue from another person or even from a pig fetus.
Neuroscientists currently  hypothesize that the brain is
endowed with a complex chemical repair system that was
almost totally unknown a few years ago. A Swedish
research team has shown that memory loss in rats can be
reversed by injecting them with one of the brain’s major
repair chemicals, a key protein called NGF, or nerve growth
factor. By analogy, the brain damage associated with
Alzheimer’s disease, which also involves memory loss, may
be treatable in the same way. The Swedish experiment also
implies an advance over the brain-tissue graft, because it
did not use live tissues or require surgery.
One after another, the basic tenets of brain physiology
are having to be reconsidered and drastically modiﬁed. The
breakthroughs continue  to be revolutionary: another
Swedish team has shown that nerve cells can be implanted
onto the retina of the eye, whose surface is just an
extension and spreading out of the optic nerve. After they
are implanted, the cells begin to grow new branches,
conﬁrming that regeneration in the brain is possible and
normal. Once again,  this research involved laboratory
animals and not human subjects, but the applications for
treating blind people are obvious; likewise, other grafts
may beneﬁt victims of traumatic brain injury, strokes, and
various brain disorders.
I want to emphasize that none of these advances would
have been possible witho ut a change of concept on the part
of science. It is disturbing to think that the same doctorswho conﬁden tly speak today of healing the brain just as
conﬁdently pronounced it impossible in 1985. The roots of
the brain graft actually go back many years, to 1912, when
Elizabeth Dunn, a researcher at Rockefeller Institute,
successfully implanted nerve cells into a mouse ’s brain.
Her research was greete d with total indiﬀerence. (One is
reminded that penicillium mold was observed to kill
bacteria more than 140 times, and accordingly written up
in the literature, before Alexander Fleming “discovered”
this fact. Previous to him, all the other researchers had
been annoyed that their carefully grown laboratory
cultures were being spoiled by the intrusion of the green
mold. Fleming himself threw out his infested bacter ia
cultures, only later realizing that he had a wonder drug in
the making.)
Another pioneer in brain-graft research, Don M. Gash,
now at the University of Rochester, was pulled aside by a
senior facult y member at the beginning of his career and
told, “Dr. Gash, you’re a young man with a promising
career ahead of you. Don’t waste your time on a silly idea
that can’t be true.”
The very notion that there is a transplant at work arouses
intense skepticism. Critics of Madrazo’s procedure have
noted that the recovery time of his patients, which begins
within a few weeks after the brain cells are implanted, is
far too fast for the new tissue to “take.” It may be that the
brain is repairing itself totally on its own, releasing
chemicals in response to the surgical wound rather than
from the new cells (rather like an oyster releasing mother-
of-pearl in response to a bit of grit under its shell).
—
Perhaps these ﬁndings are telling us not so much to
perform more transplant surgery but rather to look for new
abilities in the brain as a living, dynamic organ. For all thatit has been gloriﬁed by modern medicine, the brain has
been the most frozen part of the frozen sculpture model of
the body, since it alone could not repair itself. On the face
of it, this is a suspicious claim. All the cells in your body,
whether a hair follicle, a neuron, or a heart cell, grew out
of one double strand of DNA at the moment of conception.
Everything you can do—think, speak, run, play the violin, or
rule a country—builds on a capacity programmed into that
one original  molecule. Therefore, to say that a neuron
cannot heal itself is the same as saying that its DNA has
been crippled. Is this a reasonable assumption? Certainly
the DNA has decided to become a brain cell instead of a
heart cell, and that involves expressing certain parts of its
potential while suppressing others.
But this is totally diﬀerent from saying that any ability in
the DNA has been lost. Nothing is lost in DNA. Each cell in
the body contains all of DNA’s inﬁnite possibilities all of the
time, from the moment of conception until the moment of
death. Proof of this exists in the procedure called cloning:
theoretically, one can take a cell from the inside of your
cheek and, given the right conditions, produce an identical
copy of you, or a million identical copies. The genius of
nature is that she did not settle for a million identical
clones; indeed, only the


 months, you can take other steps to maintain
your balance while paying att ention to the changing signals from your
environment.
Summer Routine
Drink plenty of fresh water throughout the day.
Eat an abundant amount of locally grown fresh fruits and juices.
Generally eat lighter.
Perform your exercise early in the morning before it gets too hot.
Spend more time outdoors, particularly in the evening when the day
cools down.
Y ou can go to bed a little later, in alignment with longer daylight
hours.
Dynamic activity during the day leads to restful sleep at night.
Remember, you  are not separa te from Nature; you are a part of Nature.
T une in to the rhythms of nature and you will reverse your biological age.
Every day in every way,
I am incr easing my mental and physical capacity.
My Biostat is set at a healthy ____ years of age.
I look and feel a healthy ____ years old.

I am r eversing my biological age:
By changing my per ception of my body, its aging and time; and
Thr ough two kinds of deep r est—r estful awar eness and  r estful sleep.4
Y ou Can Reverse Y our
Biological Age by Lovingly
Nurturing Y our Body Through
Healthy Food

ACTION STEP # 3
I a m r eversing my biological a ge by lovingly nurturing my  body thr ough
healthy food.
I put this into practice by:
Enjoying the six tastes.
Eating consciously.
Honoring the signals of hunger and satiety in my body.
Food can heal and r enew.
Food can be your antiaging medicine.
 Nurturing your body through h ealthy food is the third step to reverse the
aging pr ocess. N ext to breathing, eating is the most natural thing in the
world, and yet m any people are confused about their nutrition. Should you
be eating more protein or more complex carbohydrates? Is da iry good or
bad for you? Sh ould you be eating your vegetables raw, or are they better
for y ou cooked? Considering how much conflicting information is around,
it is not surprising if you are perplexed about the best diet.
When it comes to aging, there is a steady flow of new nutritional
programs promoting their advan tages over others, but there is honestly little
evidence to suggest that one approach is clearly more beneficial than
another. W e do know, based on reliable research, that if you eat an
abundance of fresh vegetables,  fruits, and whole grains, while reducing
your inta ke of animal fat, you w ill increase your chances of livi ng healthier
and longer. The key to a diet that will reverse the aging proce ss is to eat
foods that are b oth very healthy and very delicious. A success ful program
must als o be flexible, for any diet that is dif ficult to follow will not be
practical and you will not stick w ith it for long. The nutritional program we
present here has these essential components: it is nutritionally balanced, it is
sumptuous, and it is easy to follow whether you are cooking for  yourself or
regularly eating at restaurants.
Y our body is a field of ener gy, transformation, and intelligence made out
of t he food you eat. A sugar molecule in the apple you a te at lunchyesterday may be a part of your stomach lining today. An amino acid from
the side order of cottage cheese you ate may now be in a fiber in your bicep
muscle. An iron molecule from your spinach salad may already be part of
the hemoglobin in one of your red blood cells. Y ou become what you eat.
One of four th ings happens to every molecule you ingest: (1) it is
transformed into a structural part of your body; (2) it is used for ener gy; (3)
it is stor ed for possible future use; or (4) it is eliminated. If you are building
a ne w ho use, yo u want the best lumber. If you are building a new body, you
want the  best food. Eating to reverse aging is not dif ficult. It j ust requires
enough attention  and intention t o ensure that you are receiving the highest
quality sources of ener gy and intelligence to create a healthy body.
Y ou become what you eat.
Making Sense of T aste
W e encourage you to follow a nutritional program that is exp ansive, not
restrictive. W e are aware of the many dietary plans that tell you to avoid
certain t ypes of food. The most common restriction diets we hear about at
the Chop ra Center include avoiding dairy, avoiding wheat, and avoiding all
sugars. Other programs recommend the elimination of nightshade
vegetables or any food that is acidic.
If you know for certain that y ou have problems with a spec ific food,
listen to your body. If, howeve r, you have eliminated certain foods only
because you were told or read t hey were harmful, you may want to gently
reintroduce them as part of a balanced diet and see for yourself if they are
good or bad for you. Listening to your body is the best way to assess the
suitability of any food.
According to A yurveda, all food s can be categorized into one or more of
six basic tastes. These six flavors are:Sweet
Sour
Salty
Pungent
Bitter
Astringent

The first basic principle of an age-reversing diet is to en sure that
throughout the day you consum e foods from all six taste groups. These are
the taste s that nature has created to provide the basic building blocks you
need to nourish your body. The ener gy and intelligence of the natural world
is packaged for your consumption in these six tastes. Let’ s look at each taste
group in more detail.
SWEET
Foods that provide the sweet taste are rich in carbohydrates, proteins, and
fats. Gra ins, cereals, breads, pastas, nuts, milk, dairy, fish, fow l, red meat,
and oils are all  classified as sweet foods. Sweet fruits inclu de bananas,
cherries, papayas, mangoes, peaches, pears, and raisins. Examples of sweet
vegetables, which contain a predominance of complex carbohydrates, are
artichokes, asp aragus, carrots, cauliflower, okra, squash, and sweet
potatoes. All food from animal s ources is considered sweet. If y ou examine
your gr ocery cart at the chec kout counter, you’ll recognize that you
consume a greater volume of foods in this category of flavors than any
other.
Since th e sweet category covers a wide range of potentially edible
substances from candy to quinoa, it is important to consume sweet foods
that are balancing and nutritious. In general this means:Favor foods rich in complex carbohydrates, particularly whole grains,
breads, cereals, rice, and pasta. Aim for eight helpings a day. A piece
of rye toast, half a cup of pasta, one whole wheat tortilla, half a bagel,
half a cup of rice, and a small potato are examples of one complex
carbohydrate serving.
Consume at least three to five servings of fresh fruit each day. One
peach, one pear, one banana, half a cup of cherries, and half a
cantaloupe are examples of one fruit serving.
Consume at least five servings of vegetables each day. A half-cup of
most cooked vegetables and a cup of most greens constitute one
vegetable serving. Choose from a wide variety of green and yellow
vegetables.
Choose more vegetable sources of protein, including beans, legumes,
seeds, and nuts. Although nuts are high in fat, most of it is
polyunsaturated or monosaturated, which is better for you. Nuts
contain many beneficial phytochemicals and have been shown to lower
cholesterol levels.
Favor nonfat and low-fat milk and dairy products.
If you eat meat, minimize your intake of red meat, substituting cold-
water fishes and lean fowl.
There is considerable controver sy these days regarding the ideal balance
of carbo hydrates, proteins, and fats. Advocates of very low-fat diets refer to
studies s howing that coronary heart disease can be reversed and  cancer can
be p revented by lowering the intake of saturated fat. Low-carbohydrate
advocates sugge st that there is an unprecedented abundance of sugars in the
modern W estern diet, resulting in abnormally high insulin levels,
contributing to obesity and diab etes. Although there is validity to the basic
premise of both extremes, we t ake the position that a balanced diet is the
most healthful, most likely to result in sustained ideal body weight, and the
only on e that can be followe d for a lifetime. W ith this in mind, our
recommendation is to have a go od mix of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.Although the reversal of aging program does not require or encourage
calorie counting, following our recommendations will result in a diet that is
approximately 6 0 to 68 percent carbohydrates, 15 to 20 perce nt proteins,
and 20 to 25 percent fats. (If you want to calculate your tar geted intake of
sweet food sources, see the box on page 68.)
Favor complex carbohydrates, vegetable and marine sources of protein,
and vege table an d fish sources of fat and oils. Y our cooking oils should be
either


 possess an individual
and an outside God who would help.
Now all this has changed. For example, today human-kind’s
greatest hindr ance is egotistical pride. People have accomplished
much with the powers of the ego. They needed to develop these
powers so as to no longer be irresponsible, helpless children. But
these powers must now be exercised from within by one’s own
spiritual center  and not be ascribed to the ego. The pride of the ego
makes this dicult. Question s arise such as: “What will others say?
Will they think me naive, stupid, or unscientic?” It is everyone’s
task today to overcome this pride and this dependency on the
opinions of others. How often do individuals betray their spiritual
truth by mouthing what is supposed to be intelligent without ever
even daring to let their divine selves inspire them! These are the
criteria for the path today.
Every stage in the evolution of spiritual consciousness necessitates
a dierent approach. Howev er, there is one exception. In every era
there always was a small minority of people who were developedway beyond the scope of the average person. For them the path was
always the same. These few formed secret societies that were
unknown and not in the least popular. A group such as yours can
therefore not be a popular movement either, for even today there
are very few people capable  or willing to follow such a path. But
there are certainly many more today who could do so than in
former times; many could, but few will.
I will withdraw now from this instrument through which I am
allowed to manifest. A great spiritual power protects you. This may
seem incompr ehensible for some of you, yet it is a reality, my
friends. There is a whole world beyond the world you know and
touch and see. Only as you explore yourself and go into your core
will you meet this world, and then it will reveal itself in its stark
reality and utter glory. This world exists within and around you and
it will inspire you from its own complete wisdom as you reach for it.
Be blessed, every one of you. Those of you who want to make the
commitment to your inner being, and want to avail yourselves of
the help this particular path can give, are blessed and guided in all
your moves; and those of you who do not yet wish to take this step
or who are drawn elsewhere, they, too, are being blessed. Be in
peace.
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The Idealized Self-Image
Most of us grow up believing that we are not good enough to be
loved for just being ourselves. So we try desperately to live up to a
self-created image of how we should be. The constant struggle to
uphold this idealized version of ourselves causes many of our
diculties. It is, therefore, important to discover on what
assumptions you have created your own idealized image and how it
has caused distress and frustration in your life. You will nd that it
has achieved the exact opposite of what you had hoped it would.
This discovery may be painful, but will allow you to reevaluate the
way you are presenting yourself to the world and help you to
become your true, relaxed self.
Greetings. God bless all of you, my dearest friends.
The Higher Self, the Lower Self, and the Mask
In an eort to understand human nature better, imagi ne it as
represented by three concentric spheres. The central sphere, the
inmost core, is the higher self, which is part of the universal
intelligence and love that pervades life; in short: God. It is the
divine spark. The higher self is free, spontaneous, creative, loving,
giving, all-kno wing, and capable of uninterrupted joy and bliss. Youcan always get in touch with it when you are in truth, when you
give from your heart, and through meditation and prayer.
The layer that surrounds the divine self is the hidden world of
egocentricity that we call the lower self. This is your undeveloped
part, which still contains negative emotions, thoughts, and impulses
such as fear, hate, or cruelty.
The outermost layer, with which people cover up their lower
selves and often even their higher selves as a protective shield, is
the mask self, or idealized self-image.
Needless to say, there are many degrees and stages within each of
these levels of consciousness. The way they overlap, cancel each
other out, and create confu sion, along with indirect eects and
chain reactions, needs to be explored and understood. This work of
exploration is what you are engaged in on this path. All these
aspects of the personality can be conscious or unconscious to
varying degree s. The less awareness you have of any of them, the
more conict will be in your life and the less you will be equipped
to deal with the challenges that come your way. If your awareness is
low, it will slow down the process of transformation by which you
will eventually  integrate your lower self and your mask self into
your divine center.
It is about the mask self, or idealized self-image, that I want to
speak to you tonight.
Pain is part of the human experience, beginning with birth.
Though pleasurable experiences are bound to follow the painful
ones, the know ledge and fear of pain are always present. The most
signicant countermeasure to which people resort in the false belief
that it will circumvent unhappiness, pain, and even death, is the
creation of the idealized self-image as a universal pseudo-protection.
It is supposed to be a means of avoiding unhappiness. Unhappiness,
insecurity, and lack of belief in oneself are interconnected. By
pretending what one is not, that is, by creating the idealized self,
one hopes to reestablish happiness, security, and self-condence.
In truth and reality, healthy and genuine self-condence is peace
of mind. It is security and healthy independence and allows one to
achieve a maximum of happiness through developing one’s inherenttalents, leading  a constructive life, and entering into fruitful human
relationships. But since the self-condence established through the
idealized self is articial, the result cannot possibly be what was
expected. Actually, the consequence is quite the contrary and
frustrating because cause and eect are not obvious to you.
You need to grasp the signi cance, the eects, the damages, and
the links between your unhappiness and your idealized self-image
and to fully recognize in what particular way does it manifest in
your individual case. To nd this requires a great deal of work. The
dissolution of the idealized self is the only possible way to nd your
true self, to nd serenity and self-respect, and to live your life fully.
Fear of Pain and Punishment
As a child, regardless of what your particular circumstances were,
you were indoctrinated with admonitions on the importance of
being good, holy, perfect. When you were not, you were often
punished in one way or another. Perhaps the worst punishment was
that your parents withdrew  their aection from you; they were
angry, and you had the impression you were no longer loved. No
wonder “badness” associa ted itself with punishm ent and
unhappiness, “goodness” with reward and happiness. Hence to be
“good” and “perfect” became  an absolute must; it became  a question
of life or death for you. Still, you knew perfectly well that you were
not as good and as perfect as the world seemed to expect you to be.
This fact had to be hidden; it became a guilty secret, and you started
to build  a false self. This, you thought, would be your protection
and your means of attaining what you desperately wanted—life,
happiness, security, self-condence. The awareness of this false front
began to vanish, but you were and are permanently permeated with
the guilt of pretending to be something you are not. You strain
harder and harder to becom e this false self, this idealized self. You
were, and unconsciously still are, convi nced that if you strain hard
enough, one day you will be that self. But through this articial
attempt to squeeze yourself into something that you are not, youcan never attain genuine self-improvement, self-puric ation, and
growth. You started building  an unreal self on a false foundation
and left your real self out. In fact, you are desperately hiding it.
The Moral Mask of the Idealized Self
The idealized self-image may assume many forms. It does not
always dictate standards of generally recognized perfection. Oh yes,
the idealized self-image often does impose high moral standards,
making it all the more dicult to question its validity. “But isn’t it
right to want to be always  decent, loving, understanding, never
angry, and to have no faults, but try to attain perfection? Isn’t this
what we are supposed to do?” Such considerations will make it
dicult for you to discover the compulsive attitude that denies
present imperf ection, such as the pride and lack of humility that
prevents you from accepting  yourself as you are now. This includes


  of which  I have not seen in all the 27 years' experience  I have had
in treating diseases. During the evacuation  some urine was passed
which  the patient subsequently  drank.  Having carried him back to bed,
we found that he could now lie comfortably  stretched  out, whereas,
previously  his knees had  been drawn up to his abdomen,  like people
suffering from peritonitis  or appendicitis.  He was now nearly free from
pain, precisely  eight hours  after he had taken the first  draught of urine.
I now laid cloths soaked in old urine on his abdomen,  chest and  head,
and  bound up his feet and  hands  in a similar manner. He passed more
and  more  water,  and  drank every drop.  His bowels  responded  to the
treatment  and  worked freely  and  painlessly,  the evacuations  being not
unlike discoloured  water.
On the 4th day he passed  22 pints of urine in 24 hours;  all of which  he
drank immediately.
And now came  a set‐back. On the fifth day I was called  to Manchester
on business, and in my absence a friendly doctor induced him to take a
tablespoon  of ground  wheat in water. The result was disastrous.  All
flow of urine ceased,  and  in 16 hours  all the previous  symptoms  had
returned,  though in a slightly less  aggravated  form. There  was  nothing
for it but to begin  the whole treatment  over again.  71
 The patient finally broke his fast  on the 17th day with the juice of one
orange at noon, one whole orange at 2 p.m. and one whole orange at 4
p.m. At 8 p.m. a full glass of fresh  milk. He slept  soundly that night.
From the 18th  to the 25th day his diet consisted  of such foods  as cold
beef, steamed fish, potatoes in their jackets, scrambled  and  poached
eggs, pears  and other fresh  fruits, salads, tomatoes ‐and nothing else.
On the 26th day the patient  was.back at his work,  completely  cured.
That was many years ago. He is now a man of forty,  lives on a well‐
balanced diet, drinks  his own " water of life, " and enjoys perfect health.
I may  mention that the late Dr. Rabagliati  was so impressed  with this
case  that he wrote  a detailed  account  of it which  was sent to four
medical journals in England and U.S.A. Not one of thera would publish it.
Allusions to cures effected by laymen are not welcomed  by medical
journals. Medical publications  have policies  just like daily papers The
fact that a thing may  be true or useful to the helping of their fellows
seem to play a secondary  part with editors of medical papers of the
orthodox variety. This is unfortunate,  as it is of course obstructive  to
progress and medical enlightenment,  a matter which  was recognised  by
the Health Practitioners'  Association.  Indeed,  in the  Health
Practitioners'  Journal, we find articles by homoeopaths,  naturopaths,
herbalists,  osteopaths,  yoga practitioners,  biologists,  biochemists,  etc.,
etc. ‐the laudable belief being that there are many roads  to health and
many means of treating disease.

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 CHAPTER  XII.
VENEREAL  DISEASES

Drs.  Bosanquet  and  Eyre  in their book entitled Serums, Vaccines and
Toxins were constrained  to admit: "It cannot be denied  that in a certain
number  of instances  the injection  of diphtherial  anti‐toxin  has been
followed by death  directly attributable  to the action  of the serum."  One
of these tragedies,  the earliest  and  perhaps the saddest befell  Dr.
Langenhans  of Berlin  Because one of his servants developed  diphtheria,
as a precautionary  measure,  he inoculated  his perfectly  healthy child of
one year nine months  old. In a few moments  the unfortunate  child was
dead.  The irony of it is that there was not the slightest evidence  to
prove  that the child would ever have contracted  the disease, seeing
that diphtheria  germs may  be found in a number  of quite healthy
throats, and  in such an environment  are as harmless  as are many
another  supposed ‐to‐be deadly germs.  But, alas it is not merely
injections  for diphtheria  that have proved fatal, for hundreds  of deaths,
many of them instantaneous,  resulted from  the use of salvarsan,
otherwise  called  "606"  in the treatment  of syphilis. Nevertheless,  just
as immunisation  against diphtheria  is boosted, salvarsan  was boosted
as the cure  par excellence  for venereal disease.
Of syphilis  we read: "Whether  he has been treated or not, the patient is
always liable to develop nerve symptoms.  These  are the most serious of
all the complications  of syphilis and  the  commonest  are general
paralysis  and  locomotor  ataxia. They  usually show  themselves  about
ten years after infection.  In general paralysis  there is progressive  73
 dementia,  usually with some form of exaltation.  The speech is
hesitating,  slurred  and  tremulous.  The face  muscles and  tongue show
paresis with tremor… Later  the muscular powers become gradually
weakened  until there is more  or, less general paralysis”  (Dr.EH Ruddock,
M.D.) This is a most  unpleasant  and  saddening  picture.


ie nce a lot of  our greatest
pleasure  in life sexuall y, so we do not really  want to give up  the
know n for the unkno wn. Since this  practice  has spiritual  benefits,
most people  think  that it won’t feel quite  as good  on the physical
level. People  are often  a little  reluctant  initiall y to try. But ever yone I
know, once  they learn  the practices,  wants to find  a partn er with
whom to practice  because  they find the quality  of their  sexual
experience  far more pleasur able and satisfy ing, and they want to
find someone  with whom to share.
   Question:  What problems exist  for the w oman  who does  the
practice,  while her partner  does  not?
   Answer:  The qualit y of these  relations hips is prob ably better  than
previous  relatio nships.  Some of the  refined  sexual  energy  spills
over and the partner  probabl y picks up  on it on  subconscious  levels.
   Question:  Do you think  there  is dange r of abuse,  of someone
drawing the energ y out from the  other  person, som ething  like
“sexual  vampiris m”?
   Answer:  A me thod can always be abused.  It is ver y important
for anyone plannin g to do these  practices  with a partner  to have  a
clear  commitment to  sharing  fully to attain  mutual spiritual  growth.
   Question:  Can y ou describe  your experienc e of orgas m with
your partner?
   Answer:  The orgasm is a  Valley  Orgasm, rather  than a Peak
Orgas m. I experience  a slo w wave of ener gy rising  within me. This
actively  stim ulating  phase  rises to  a prolon ged peak  of excitement,
then I deepl y relax  in the “valle y” for a period.  I repeat  this c ycle two,
three  or more times. Each  succeeding  peak  of excite ment is higher
and each  valley  is more deepl y relaxing  so that  more and more of
my w hole body-mind-spirit is at  the same ti me aroused  and deeply
surrend ering.
   The Valle y Orgas m occurs  spontan eousl y in the  state  of deep
relaxation,  and it is a ver y powerful experience  which I feel  in every
cell, ever y particle  of my being  as an  exquisite,  ecstatic  melting.
The feeling  of connection  with my partner  is profoun d. My whole
being  is shared  with his, and his wi th mine, as  one flow that knows
no boundari es.
   Som etimes our  awareness expands  to include  the whole
cosmos, and  there  is a po werful sense  of being  omnipresent  and
a part  of all things.  Som etimes the  orgasm has felt  like nuclear
fusion  and fusion  occurring  simultaneously  as though  I am both
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expanding  infinitely  and fusing  into a point  of nothingn ess. I have
experience d a tremendous  spectru m of sensations  each  time. In
the beginning  sometimes we  spent  the whole day making love  and
meditating  with the energ y we gener ated.  I am  always in awe of the
tremendous  pow er residing  in male and  female. We are all closer
to being  gods  and goddesses  than  we think.
   Question:  Are y ou able  to distinguish  your energ y from his during
the cyclin g and sharing?
   Answer:  I definitel y can distinguish  his ener gy and can also  feel
the quality  of the  merging.  I had  been  practicing  the Micr ocosmic
Orbit  Meditati on for about  a year befor e I bega n doing  the sexual
practice,  and had practice d the Single  Cultivation  of Ovarian  Kung
Fu for several  months befor e actuall y being  with my partn er:
Because  my partn er was also experienced  in the  practice,  our
merging  was reall y spontan eous  without any need  to control  it. I
could  feel from our  first sharing  the energ y moving naturall y into
the Microcosmic, Belt and  Thrusting  Channels.  If you meditate  in
these  channels  daily, your lovemaking ener gy will flow effortlessl y
into them.
   Question:  How long  do you make love during  this practice?
   Answer:  Several  hours.  Sometimes two hours,  som etimes three
or four. Quite  frequentl y we experienc e the peaks  and valle ys all
night,  but with naps  during  some of the  valle ys. There  is a sa ying
that in love  there  is no  sense  of time. This reall y describes  Taoist
lovemaking.  There  is a sense  of all the  time in the  world, of being  in
eternity  and of having  more and more energ y available.  Now  that
we have  created  so ma ny connections,  we don’t  reall y need  to
spend  as much ti me. Once we made love  for only  30 seconds
before  experiencing  a Valle y Orgas m, but  the polarit y between us
was so po werful that the Valley  Orgasm lasted  for hours.  Now we
are much mo re tuned  to each  other  and feel that we are making
love all  the time.
   Question:  Are these  cycles  of the  peaks  and valle ys determined
by the male’s erection?
   Answer:  I would say that the c ycles  of peaks  and valle ys is deter
mined b y both  people.  Both partne rs move to  greate r and greate r
excite ment,  and when a partne r feels  he or she  is com ing to the
point  of no  return,  then  both  partn ers pull the  energ y up to  mingle it
and share  it in the quiet  valley  stage.  It has al ways seemed
spontane ous when another  crest and wave begins,  draw ing both
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of us  into it.
    Question:  During  that resting  period  when you have  reached
the high  peak  of stim ulation  and have  allowed that Chi ener gy to
move up  the body  until the  whole body  feels  tingling,  warm and
vibrant,  is there  a dange r of feeling  unconscio us with this energy?
    Answer:  If I’m extremely  fatigued  there  is a tende ncy to be more
unconscious  with it. M y experience  in gener al is of going  into a
totally  altered  state,  finding  a me lting point  with my partn er in which
I am very  aware and yet very at ease.  Then I can  meditate  and
further  refine  our lovemak ing.
    Question:  The technique  of the Valle y Orgas m as  it is described
requires  you to me ditate  at differe nt levels,  or Tan T iens.  Did y ou
find yourself  able  to med itate at specific centers  with this energy?
    Answer:  It’s ver y hard  to gener alize becaus e ever y experienc e
is unique.  I found  initiall y that the ener gy first moved in the
Microcosmic Orbit,  but I also  started  noticing  that it wo uld move
through  the whole body. It would tend  with each  valle y to mo ve up
through  anothe r center.  There would be times in the  valle ys when it
would seem like a sho wering-up, som etimes mo re in the  center  or
in the  back,  while at other  times it w ould be like the  rush  of a rocket
taking  off, straight  up.
    Question:  Does this  feeling  linger  after  love making?
    Answer:  There  is the  sense  of being  a unique  male and  female
each  in our  respective  bodies,  and yet being  all man and  all w oman,
god and goddess.  I have  clearly  experienc ed this before  in other
sexual  relationships,  but in this relationship  it exists all the  time.
    Question:  After practicin g in this  relationshi p for almost three
years, what has been  the evolution  of this practice?
    Answer:  I would say that one of the  aspects  of all the  Taoist
practices  is the  sense


 meals I felt they should have, but again I couldn’t eat thefood I cooked. I’d have a piece of toast or something. Forsomeone going at breakneck speed the way I was, this wasn’tgood. I wasn’t taking care of myself.
You see, I had this Superman complex where I felt I had to
take care of everyone and everything. I never told my wife howscared I was of failing because that wouldn’t be taking care ofher. I hid my insecurities and just pushed myself.
Often I’d go back to work after dinner. If my wife protested,
I’d make up a story about some emergency that had come up. Thetruth was I felt I had to do more just to keep up. It’s a mindset. Ifelt things would fall apart if I didn’t hurry up and do more.
At a certain point this became an issue for me and
Stephanie, and we saw a counselor who suggested I work in a lessstressful environment. I found a job at the Las Vegas Conventionand Visitors’ Authority, thinking it would allow me more timefor a normal life. But just the opposite happened. I became evenmore stressed and worked even longer hours. Even with my son124 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  at home I couldn’t tear myself away from work.
Stephanie insisted I see a psychiatrist about my workaholic
attitude. I began seeing a woman who diagnosed me as bi-polarand gave me three strong medications to even out my highs andlows. I began talk therapy as well.
Looking back, I probably should have gotten a second
opinion from another psychiatrist. The talk therapy only dealtwith my euphoria and my depression. We never talked about theunderlying problems that were driving me. I began getting worseand worse. I felt so much responsibility that I couldn’t handle it.There was nothing in my life that felt comfortable and grounded.I felt anxious all the time; I couldn’t sleep or eat.
At one point I threatened to drive to Hoover Dam and
jump. Stephanie got on her knees and cried and begged me to getsome real help. There is a psychiatric hospital in Connecticut myfamily knows about and they offered to send me there. By nowI’d lost my job. I knew that if I wanted to get my life on trackI’d have to get more help.
So I spent the summer in Connecticut getting a lot of
individual counseling, and group therapy, too. Stephanie wentto Chicago with our son to stay with her parents. We lost ourhouse. Stephanie is now in Chicago and we are both praying forreconciliation and a chance to start life over together.
In Connecticut they added lithium to the drugs I was taking,
bringing the number to four. These were all very strong drugs,including Effexor, Paxil, and Depakote. I didn ’t like the way Ifelt on the drugs. They made me drowsy and blurred my thinking.
Another side effect was weight gain. I went from my habit-
ual 165 pounds (I’m 6 feet tall) up to 215.
When I left the psychiatric hospital, I came to the desert to stay
with my mother. T oday I’m under the care of a psychiatrist, goingthrough a healing process. When I told a friend about how uncom-fortable I felt weighing 215, he recommended I see Dr. Platt.125 PSYCHOGENIC MEDICATION AND GREG C.  Initially I went just for the weight loss, but I have received
so much more from my treatment. The great miracle is that notonly have I gone back to my usual weight, I’ve been able to weanmyself off all the drugs I was on.
My intake interview with Dr. Platt made me feel very
comfortable. When I told him about all the drugs 1 was taking,he told me I was over-medicated, and that if I followed hishormone treatment and his diet I would be able to wean myselfoff the drugs. I told my psychiatrist about Dr. Platt and he wasopen to the idea of helping the weaning process along, as long asI continued in therapy with him and continued to examine theissues that got me into trouble in the first place.
I started Dr. Platt’s treatment in January and set myself the
goal of being drug-free and at the proper weight by the end ofMarch. I reached my goal by early March, and today feelabsolutely fantastic. I feel so lucid and my thought processes areso clear compared to how I felt on the drugs.
I’m continuing in therapy and applying for jobs in various
industries such as banking and insurance—more conventionalindustries where the hours are normal. I don’t want to be in thehospitality business any more.
While I’m waiting for a job to come through, I’m delivering
newspapers at night. It’s something I never could have imaginedmyself doing at the age of 32. But it gives me time to think aboutwhat I want for my future, and I see the moon and stars everynight and watch the sun rise every morning. It’s a humblingexperience, but it’s also a rebirth. I feel the foundation of myhouse has been properly poured this time. I’ve gotten so muchhelp with my worldview, both from my psychiatrist and from Dr.Platt, who encourages me to approach life as an enjoyable jour-ney. I’m thinking in a way I’ve never thought before. I used tohave so much fear that I was never going to amount to anythingin life. Now I know that if I stay balanced I will have an impact126 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  on the lives of my loved ones and hopefully my community, and
that’s all I want.
THE DANGERS OF PSYCHOTROPIC
MEDICATION
Greg’s case is a classic example of how medications can
contribute to a person’s problems instead of helping them.
My approach with my patients is always to look for the
underlying causes of their problems. I can’t just look at theproblems without seeing the entire person. Greg came to mefor weight loss, but I did not want to treat him as a straight-forward weight management patient without addressing thosefour incredibly powerful drugs he was taking. I knew that evenif I were to get him down to his ideal weight, those drugswould eventually bring him right back to where he was. So itwould make sense to address the psychogenic drugs first.
Although I’m not a psychiatrist, I found the diagnosis of
bi-polar disorder suspicious. That’s a very specific disorder—one that tends to be over-diagnosed, by the way. I didn’tbelieve that Greg was really suffering from that malady. SinceI know that hormones have a tremendous impact on theneurotransmitters in the brain, I decided to go on the workingtheory that Greg, like many people, was being diagnosed withsomething very serious when in fact he was probably justsuffering from unbalanced hormones.
Whatever Greg’s psychological difficulties were, I knew that
with the right hormones he could get some relief from hissymptoms. I told him that my goal was to get him off his drugsand to get his hormones in balance. He was delighted with that,since he felt foggy and uncomfortable on the medications.127 PSYCHOGENIC MEDICATION AND GREG C.  Fortunately, Greg’s psychiatrist was open to the idea of
weaning him off of these powerful drugs. He felt that Greg’snervous breakdown was an extreme stress reaction, not asymptom of bi-polar disorder, and that if Greg could addresshis issues in talk therapy he could eventually go back to livinga normal, drug-free life.
ADJUSTING GREG’S HORMONES
In my view, Greg’s weight problem was caused by a combination
of the medications he was on plus too much insulin. The factthat most of Greg’s weight had settled in around his abdomenwas a sign of over-producing insulin. So I started him onnatural progesterone right away. I did this for four reasons:
• Progesterone reduces insulin
• Progesterone regulates blood sugar levels• Progesterone is wonderful for brain tissue
(progesterone levels are 20 times higher in brain tissue than anywhere else)
• Progesterone is a natural anti-depressant
Between progesterone and the meal plan, Greg began
losing weight right away. With his psychiatrist’s help, heslowly reduced the amount of Paxil, Effexor, Depakote, andlithium he was taking. As he continuously lowered the dosagesof those lipogenic medications, his weight loss speeded up.
He got into a positive feedback loop whereby he liked the
way he was looking, which led to feeling better about himselfand making faster progress in talk therapy, which led to furthersuccess with his weight management program, and so on. Asthe weeks went by, you could see the transformation.128 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  Eventually Greg returned to being the person he’d been
before he started the medications, minus the driven, worka-holic overlay. T oday he’s a very energetic, forward-looking manwith a lot to live for.
Greg will eventually be reunited with his wife and child.
With the help of hormones, he’ll be able to live a balanced lifethat he truly enjoys. In addition, he is now acutely aware of theimportance of balancing his son’s hormones and his wife’shormones.
Greg’s problems were strictly hormonal: too much
adrenaline, too much insulin, too much cortisol, and too littleprogesterone. Putting them back into balance gave him the“miracle” he was looking for.
THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM


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


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Childsleepstoodeeplytowake:Bell.
Duringfirstsleep:Caust.
Causes:
injurytoback:Sil.
worms:Sil.
Better(generally)
Bathing:Puis.
Changingposition:Rhus-t.
Coldapplications:Glon.
Coldbathing:Led.
Colddrinks:Caust.,Cupr.,Phos.
Company:Arg-n.
Constipation:Calc-c
Crying:Puis.
Damp:Caust.
Aftereating:lgn.,Nat-c,Phos.,Sep.
Whileeating:Lach.
Fanning:Carb-v.
Firmpressure:Bry.,Chin.,Mag-p.
Freshair:Aco.,Arg-n.,Carb-v.,Kalis.,Lach.,Lye,
Mag-c,Mag-m., Nat-s.,Puis.,Rhus-t.,Sui.
Heat:Ars.,Calc-c.,Caust.,Hep-s.,Ign.,Kali-p.,
Mag-p.,Nux-v.,Sil.
Hotdrinks:.Ars.,Nux-v.,Rhus-t.
Lyingdown:Ars.,Bell.,Calc-c.,Coce,Nat-m.,
Nit-ae,Nux-v.
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Lyingstill:Bry.
Massage:Nat-c,Phos.
Movement:Dulc,Phos.,Puis.,Pyr.,Rhod.,
Rhus-t.,Ruta.
Pressure:Mag-m.,Puis.
Rest:Knli-p.
Afterarest:Nat-m.
Afteragoodsleep:Pho-ac,Phos.
Running:Sep.
Sittingdown:Colch.,Con.,Nux-v.
Sweating:Gels.,Nat-m.,Rhus-t.
Urinating:Gels.
Vigorousexercise:Sep.
Walking:Dulc.
Walkingfast:Sep.
Walkinginfreshair:Puis.
Walkingslowly:Ferr-nt.
Warmthofbed:Ars.,Canst.,Heps.,Kali-c,Lye.
Rhus-t.
Wrappingup:Heps.
Wrappingupthehead:S/7.
Bites/stingsAp.,Hyp.,Lach.,Led.,Stap.,Urt-u.
Blue:Lach.
Inflamed:Hyp.
Itching:Ap.,Urt-u.
Pains:
biting:Urt-u.
burning:Ap.,Urt-u.
shooting:Hyp.
stinging:Ap.,Urt-u.
tearing:Hyp.
Red:Ap.
Swollen:Ap.
Betterfor:
cold:Ap.,Led.,Lach.
Worsefor:
heat:Ap.,Led.,Lach.
Causes:
animal/insect bites:Hyp.,Lach.,Led.
Bleeding
Brightred:Phos.
Occurseasily:P/?os.
Profuse:Phos.
BleedinggumsseeGums,bleeding
BlackeyeLed.
BlistersCanst.,Lye,Nat-m.
Burning:Lye.
Painful:Caust.
Tipoftongue:Caust.,Lye,Nat-m.
BloatedseeIndigestion
BloodblistersAm.
Causedbyabloworinjury:Am.
BloodpoisoningPyr.
Extremechillinesswithfever:Pyr.
Worse:
forcold:Pyr.Causes:
childbirth/surgery/infected wound:Pyr.
BoilsAm.,Ars.,Heps.,Sul.
Inflamed:Heps.
Itching:Sul.
Pains:
burning:Ars.
Small/sore:Am.
Breastfeedingproblems
Breastabscess(Mastitis):Heps.,Mercs.,Phyt.,
Sil.,Sul.
Breasts:
engorged:Bell.,Bry.
hard:Bell.,Bry.
hot:Bell.,Bry.
inflamed:Bell.,Bry.,Heps.,Phyt.,Sil.,Sul.
lumpy:Con.,Phyt.,Sil.
worseinrightbreast:Con.
painful:Bell.,Bry.,Mercs.,Sil.
pains:
achingafternursing:Bor.
whilenursing:Phyt.
cutting:S/7.
stitching:S/7.
inoppositebreastwhilstnursing:Bor.
slightestmovement:Bry.
throbbing:Bell.
pale:Bry.
red:Sul.
red-streaked: Bell.
Milksupply:
low:Dulc,Urt-u.
inchillywomen:Dulc.
over-abundant: Bell.,Bry.,Calc-c,Puis.,
Urt-u.
Nipples:
cracked:Phyt.,Sil.
inverted(retracted):Sars.,Sil.
raw,sore:Phyt.
Worse:
leftbreast:S/7.
whilenursing:S/7.
Breath
Cold:Ver-a.
Smelly:Am.,Carb-v.,Lach.,Merc-c,Mercs.,
Nit-ac,Phyt.,Puis.,Sul.
BrokenbonesAm.,Bry.,Calc-c,Calc-p.,Sil.,
Symph.
Pains:
sticking:Symph.
stitching:Bry.
Slowtomend:Calc-c,Calc-p.,Sil.
Withswelling/bruising:Am.
Worse:
slightestmovement:Bry.
Broody(seealsoIntrospective;Moody)Ign.,Ver-a.
168•Bruises INTERNALREPERTORY
Bruises(seealsoInjuries)Am.,Bell-p.,Led.,Sul-ac.
Bluish-black: Sul-ac.
Pains:
sore,bruised:Am.,Bell-p.
Slowtoheal:Sul-ac.
With:
mbumps,lumpsremaining:Bell-p.
discolouration: Led.
swelling(nodiscolouration):Am.
Causes:
childbirth:Am.,Bell-p.
injury:Am.,Bell-p.,Led.
over-exertion: Bell-p.
surgery:Am.,Bell-p.
BurnsArs.,Canth.,Canst.,Kali-b.,Urt-u.
Deep:Kali-b.
Minor:Urt-u.
Pains:
burning:Ars.,Canth.,Caust.,Urt-u.
stinging:Urt-u.
Seconddegree:Couth.
Slowtoheal:Kali-b.
Thirddegree:Caust.
Withblisters:Ars.,Canth.,Caust.
Betterfor:
coldcompresses:Canth.
heat:Ars.
Capricious Bry.,Cham.,Cina,lp.,Rhe.,Stap.
CarriedseeDesirestobe
CatchescoldseasilyArs.,Bar-c,Calc-c,Cplc-p.,
Dulc,Hep-s.,Kali-c,Nat-m.,NClx-v.,Sep.,Sil.
ChangeableseeMoody
CheerfulCoff.,Lach.,Nat-c.
ChickenpoxAco.,Ant-c,Ant-t.,Bell.,Merc-s.,
Puls.,Rhus-t.,Sul.
FirstStage:Aco.
Skinrash:
itchesmaddeningly: Rhus-t.,Sul.
slowincomingout:Ant-t.
suppurates:Merc-s.
With:
cough:Ant-c,Ant-t.,Puis.
fever:Aco.,Bell.
headache:Bell.
ChilblainsAgar.,Petr.,Puis.
Feet,hands,toes:Petr.,Puis.
Burning:Agar.
Inflamed:Petr.,Puis.
Itching:Agar.,Puis.
Red:Agar.
Worse:
forcold:Agar.
ChildishBar-c.
ClingyPuis.
ClumsyAgar.,Apis.,Calc-c,Caust.
Dropsthings:Ap.Tripseasilywhilewalking:Agar.,Caust.
ColdsoresNat-m.,Rhus-t.,Sep.
Sores:
onlips:Nat-m.,Rhus-t.,Sep.
aroundmouth:Nat-m.
Causes:
exposuretosun:Nat-m.
grief:Nat-m.
Colic(seealsoIndigestion,Heartburn)Coloc,
Cupr.^Dios., lp.,Mag-m.,Mag-p.,Nat-p.,
Nat-s.,Nux-v.,Stap.
Inbabies:Coloc,Dios.
Belly:
bloated:Coloc,Nat-p.
rumbling:Dios.
windy:Dios.
Pains:
aching:lp.
aroundthenavel:Dios.
cramping:Cupr.,Dios.,lp.,Mag-m.,Mag-p.,
Nux-v.,Stap.
cutting:Coloc,Dios.
drawing:Mag-p.
griping:Coloc,Dios.,Ip.,Nux-v.
pressing:Nux-v.
sore,bruised:Mag-m.,Nux-v.
tearing:Coloc.
twisting:Dios.
violent:Coloc,Cupr.
inwaves:Coloc.
With:
constipation:Mag-m.
diarrhoea:Coloc,Mag-m.
indigestion:Mag-m.,Nat-s.
nausea:Coloc,Cupr.
vomiting:Coloc,Cupr.
sourvomit:Nat-p.
Better:
bendingback:Dios.
bendingdouble:Coloc,Mag-p.
hotdrinks:Nux-v.
passingastool:Coloc,Nux-v.
passingwind:Nux-v.
pressure:Coloc.
stretchingout:Dios.
warmth:Mag-p.
warmthofbed:Nux-v.
Worse:
afterdrinking:Coloc,Stap.
bendingforward:Dios.
colddrinkswhenoverheated:Coloc.
coughing:Nux-v.
aftereating:Nux-v.
duringafever:Nux-v.
beforeastool:Coloc.
fruit:Coloc.
INTERNAL


“cool” are but two of them. The Ayurvedic practitioner’s aim is to balance the patient’s doshas, the principles that
regulate sickness and health.Sweet flag  (Acorus
calamus,  p. 57). The
rhizome is taken
as a tonic and as
an aphrodisiac.
Chiretta  (Swertia
chirata, p. 273) is
a strongly bitter
herb used to treat
excess pitta (fire),
marked by fever and
liver problems.
Pomegranate  (Punica
granatum, p. 259) is
used to make a
traditional Ayurvedic
remedy for dysentery.
Tea (Camellia
sinensis, p. 181) is
astringent and tonic.
Ginger  (Zingiber
officinale, p. 155)
is known as the
“universal medicine”
in Ayurveda. It is
particularly helpful
for relieving nausea
and indigestion.Fresh sweet flag
Pomegranate flower
Pomegranate fruit
Ginger root
Ginger powderDried sweet flag
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40The developmenT  of herbal medicine
40Baical skullcap
(Scutellaria baicalensis,
p. 134) is given
for diarrhea.
Fu ling (Poria cocos) is
a fungus that is dried, compressed, and cut  into cubes. It increases energy levels.Magnolia (Magnolia
officinalis, p. 232) relieves cramps and indigestion.
Chou wu tong
(Clerodendrum trichotomum, p. 191) is  a valuable herb for the treatment of eczema.
Ginseng (Panax ginseng, p. 118) helps the body cope with stress and fatigue.
Schisandra
(Schisandra chinensis,
p. 133). The berries are eaten for 100 days as a tonic.
Sang ye ( Morus alba,
p. 237) alleviates the
symptoms of flu.
Codonopsis
(Codonopsis pilosula,  p. 83) restores the appetite. In China, it is often added to soups and vegetable dishes.Ginseng rootGinseng decoctionTraditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and the herbal tradition that is part
of it developed separately from Chinese folk medicine. It arose from ideas recorded between 200 bce and 100 ce in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine (Huang Di Nei Jing). This text is based on detailed observations of nature and a deep understanding of the way that all life is subject to natural laws. It contains concepts that are fundamental to TCM, including yin and yang ; the five elements (wu xing); and the theory of the
effect of nature upon health. In TCM, living in harmony with these principles is the key to good health
and longevity. According to the Yellow Emperor’s Classic, members of previous generations lived for a hundred years, and had constitutions so strong that illness was cured by incantations alone. Only later, as human vitality, or qi, declined and people became “overactive…going against the joy of life,” did herbal medicine, acupuncture, and other branches of TCM become necessary.
Key Theories
Unlike other herbal traditions that have a unified theory for making sense of illness and disease (for example, the European theory of the four humors), TCM has two quite different systems—the yin and yang  theory
and the five elements. They developed quite separately in China, and the five elements system was only accepted and fully incorporated into Chinese China, Japan, and
Southeast Asia
China’s ancient herbal tradition has survived intact into the
21st century, and in China it is now accorded equal status with
Western conventional medicine. Today, many Chinese universities teach and research herbal medicine, a factor of crucial importance
in the reemergence of herbalism worldwide.
On the streets of Hong Kong herbal pharmacists are a familiar sight. Prescriptions are formulated during a
consultation with an herbalist, and the patient then obtains the appropriate herbs.Jing jie
(Schizonepeta
tenuifolia, p. 268)
is prescribed for
fevers and measles.
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Fo ti
 (Polygonum multiflorum,
p. 124), the oldest
Chinese tonic herb, is
used to prevent aging.
Dong quai
(Angelica sinensis,
p. 63) is taken by
millions of Chinese
women as a nourishing
blood tonic.
Galangal (Alpinia
officinarum, p. 61) is a
warming herb used for
abdominal pain.
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum
cassia, p. 81) is a
warming herb that
helps the circulation.
Notopterygium root
(Notopterygium incisium,
p. 240) is used in China
for colds, especially those
accompanied by aching
muscles and joints.
Ginkgo  (Ginkgo biloba,
p. 100) improves
the memory and the
circulation. T ablets,
made from the leaves,
are a bestselling herbal
remedy in Europe.
Su xian hua
 (Jasminum officinale,
see J. grandiflorum,
p. 224) is an aromatic
herb used to treat
depression.medicine during the Song dynasty (960–1279 ce). To this day, differences
between these theories are reflected in practitioners’ approaches to
diagnosis and treatment.
 In Chinese thought, everything in the universe is composed of yin and
yang—words that were first used to denote the dark and light side of a
valley. Everything has yin and yang aspects, or complementary opposites—
such as day and night, up and down, wet and dry. Every yin or yang category
can itself also be subdivided—so that while the front of the body is yin
relative to the back, which is yang, the abdomen is yin relative to the chest,
which is yang.
 The five elements theory associates constituents of the natural
world—wood, fire, earth, metal, and water—with other fundamentals
such as seasons, emotions, and parts of the body. Each element gives rise to
the next in a perpetual fashion ( see diagram above). For this reason, the
system might be more accurately described as the five phases,
representing the process of continual movement in life. The five elements
have a central role in Chinese herbal medicine, especially in the grouping of
tastes of herbs and parts of the body.
Diagnosis & Treatment
Instead of looking for causes of illness, Chinese practitioners seek patterns
of disharmony, which are expressions of imbalance between yin and yang.
Particular attention is given to reading the pulse and tongue, both of which
are very important for an accurate diagnosis. Ill health results from a
deficiency or excess of either yin or yang. A cold, for example, is not just
the result of a virus (though this clearly is a cause), but a sign that the body
is not adapting to external factors such as “wind-heat,” “wind-cold,” or
“summer-heat.” A high temperature denotes too much yang and shivering The ancient five elements theory  is used by the Chinese when writing prescriptions. It associates herbs
with the natural world, including elements, seasons, and parts of the body. In the circular movement,
each element gives rise to the next (for example, winter gives rise to spring). The five-angled movement
is a controlling one, in which each element restrains another.MEtal
Season  Autumn Climate  Dry
Emotion  Grief taste  Pungent Herb
Ginger actions  Stimulant, Warming
Parts of the body  Lungs, Large
intestine, Nose, SkinWOOD
Season  Spring Climate  Windy Emotion  Anger
taste  Sour Herb  Schisandra action  Astringent
 Parts of the body  Liver, Gallbladder, Eyes, Tendons
EaRtH
Season Late summer Climate  Damp
Emotion  Reflection taste  Sweet
Herb  Jujube actions  Tonic, Restorative
Parts of the body  Spleen, Stomach,
Mouth, FleshFIRE
Season Summer
Climate  Hot
Emotion  Joy
taste  Bitter
Herb  Chinese rhubarb
action  Cooling
Parts of the body
Heart, Small intestine,
Tongue, Blood vesselsWatER
Season Winter
Climate  Cold
Emotion  Fear
taste  Salty
Herb  Chinese figwort
action  Drains fluids
Parts of the body
Kidneys, Bladder,
Bones, Ears, Hair
Ginkgo
tablets
Ginkgo
seeds
Ginkgo
leaves
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42The developmenT  of herbal medicine
42Goji berry (Lycium
chinense, p. 111)


  An astringent
herb, yellow loosestrife is principally used to treat
gastrointestinal conditions such as diarrhea and
dysentery, to stop internal and external bleeding,
and to cleanse wounds. It makes a workable
mouthwash for sore gums and mouth ulcers, and
may be used to treat nosebleeds. Y ellow loosestrife
has also been taken as an expectorant.
Related Species  The yellow pimpernel
(L. nemorum ), another European native, is
astringent and staunches blood. Jin qian cao
(L. christinae ), from China, is a diuretic used to
treat urinary pain. A Chinese trial showed that
the latter is also effective in treating both kidney
stones and gallstones.
Lythrum salicaria (Lythraceae)
Purple Loosestrife
Description  Attractive perennial growing to
about 5 ft (1.5 m). Has straight red stems,
pointed lance-shaped leaves, and spikes
of brilliant purple flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Purple
loosestrife is native to Europe
but well-established in the
wild in North America.
It thrives in marshes and along rivers and streams, to altitudes of
3,300 ft (1,000 m). It is gathered when in flower
in summer.
Parts Used  Aerial parts.
Constituents  Purple loosestrife contains salicarin,
a glycoside (vitexin), tannins, a volatile oil, mucilage,
and plant sterols.
History & Folklore  In 1654, the herbalist
Nicholas Culpeper praised this herb, writing that
“the distilled water is a present remedy for hurts
and blows on the eyes, and for blindness … it also
cleareth the eyes of dust or any other thing gotten
into them, and preserveth the sight.” A common
plant in Ireland, purple loosestrife was much used
there against diarrhea.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  The astringent
purple loosestrife is mainly employed as a
treatment for diarrhea and dysentery. It can be
safely taken by people of all ages; some herbalists
recommend it to help arrest diarrhea in breast-
feeding babies. The herb may also be used
to treat heavy periods and for inter-menstrual
bleeding. Externally, it is applied as a poultice
or lotion to wounds, leg ulcers, and eczema,
and used to treat excess vaginal discharge and
vaginal itching. Purple loosestrife is now little used
to treat eye problems, but, as Culpeper’s
experience suggests, the herb could be worth
further investigation as a remedy for disorders
of the eyes and vision.
Research  In animal experiments, extracts of
the flowers and leaves have been shown to be
hypoglycemic—lowering blood-sugar levels. The
plant is also thought to have antibiotic activity.
Madhuca spp. (sapotaceae)
Butter Tree
Description  Deciduous tree growing to 65 ft
(20 m). Has leathery leaves, clusters of scented
white flowers, and greenish fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation  Madhuca species are
native to central and northern India. The flowers,
leaves, and seeds are gathered in summer.
Parts Used  Flowers, seed oil.
Constituents  The leaves contain an alkaloid
and a saponin; the seeds a saponin and fixed oil.
History & Folklore  Butter tree has been a
source of food and medicine in India for at least
2,000 years. Its flowers are eaten and are
fermented to make alcoholic drinks.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  The
expectorant flowers are used to treat chest
problems such as bronchitis. They are also taken
to increase breast-milk production. The leaves are
applied as a poultice to eczema. The seed oil is
laxative and is taken for constipation and to loosen
the stool of hemorrhoid sufferers.Purple loosestrife  is
used to relieve
diarrhea and
dysentery in breast-
feeding babies.Lysimachia vulgaris (primulaceae)
Y ellow Loosestrife
Description  Attractive perennial growing to
3 ft (1 m) with whorls of broadly lance-shaped
leaves and bright yellow flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to Europe,
yellow loosestrife commonly grows in damp
hedgerows and near water. It is also cultivated
as a garden plant. It is gathered when in flower
in summer.
Parts Used  Aerial parts.
Constituents  Y ellow loosestrife contains a
benzoquinone, triterpenoid saponins, flavonoids,
and tannins.
History & Folklore  Pliny (23–79 ce)
recorded that lysimachia, the plant’s Latin name,
was a tribute to King Lysimachus of Sicily, who
discovered its medicinal benefits. The name
“loosestrife” refers to the plant’s reputed power
to prevent conflict, particularly between animals,
and to repel insects. The Greek physician
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232Magnolia officinalisOther medicinal plantsMagnolia officinalis (Magnoliaceae)
Magnolia,
Hou Po (Chinese)
Description  Deciduous tree growing to 80 ft
(25 m). Has aromatic bark, large leaves, and
fragrant creamy-white flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to China,
magnolia grows wild in mountainous regions. It  is now planted in many parts of the world as an ornamental tree. The bark is stripped in spring.Malva sylvestris (Malvaceae)
Common Mallow
Description  Biennial growing to 5 ft (1.5 m).
Has a pulpy taproot, 5-lobed scalloped leaves,  and pink to mauve flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Common mallow is
native to Europe and Asia. It is naturalized in the Americas and Australasia, growing in open areas and on hedges and fences. The leaves are gathered in spring, the flowers when in bloom in summer.
Parts Used  Leaves, flowers, root.
Constituents  Common mallow contains
flavonol glycosides, mucilage, and tannins. The
flowers also contain malvin (an anthocyanin).
History & Folklore  The young leaves and
shoots of this plant have been eaten since at
least the 8th century bce. The plant’s many
uses gave rise to the Spanish adage, “A
kitchen garden and mallow, sufficient
medicines for a home.”
Medicinal Actions & Uses
Though less useful than marshmallow
(Althaea officinalis, p. 165), common
mallow is an effective demulcent. The flowers
and leaves are emollient and good for sensitive areas of the skin. It is applied as a poultice to reduce swelling and draw out toxins. T aken
internally, the leaves reduce gut irritation and
have a laxative effect. When common mallow
is combined with eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus,  p. 96), it makes a good remedy for coughs and other chest ailments. As with marshmallow, the root may be given to children to ease teething.influential was the root’s shape, which often vaguely resembles the human form. The roots have been carved and used as talismans for thousands of years, especially to aid fertility in women, and as a charm against misfortune. From Roman times onward, mandrake root bark was used as an anaesthetic and analgesic, and as a treatment for insanity.
Magnolia is distinguished by its
beautiful creamy-white flowers.
Part Used  Bark.
Constituents  Magnolia bark contains alkaloids,
coumarins, flavonoids, and lignans. The lignan,
honokiol, found in the bark of several magnolia species appears to have antitumor and anti-anxiety activity. Another lignan, magnolol, has antibacterial and anti-anxiety activity.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Magnolia bark
is aromatic, warming, and pungent. It relieves cramping pain and flatulence, and is taken for abdominal distension, indigestion, loss of appetite, vomiting, and diarrhea. It is now also used to treat anxiety, chronic stress, and lowered mood, and as a neuroprotective remedy that aids memory and mental function.
Research  Research suggests that magnolia bark
extract is antimicrobial and may have specific use  as an oral antiseptic to control bacteria and relieve bad breath (halitosis). Two Italian clinical studies found that magnolia extract helped relieve anxiety and support positive mood in menopausal women.   A 2012 Korean study concluded that magnolia may be useful in treating Alzheimer’s disease.
Related Species North American species,
notably M. grandiflora, are used in much the same way as magnolia (above), with traditional uses including for fever and rheumatism.

Caution Do not take during pregnancy. Mandrake’s narcotic properties and human-shaped root have
inspired much legend and lore.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Mandrake
has now largely fallen out of use


 of treating cancer
patients. His success was unparalleled in conventio nal medicine. Personally, both my brother and
my chiropractor went to him; both were resolved of their disease. Dr. Kelley has been forbidden
to advise cancer victims and this book must carry w ith it a warning to all, that it is not intended
to be a cure, but rather a program to be used in co njunction with the guidance of your own
physician for the resolution of degenerative diseas e. As the writer of this preface, I can say that
the truth of Dr. Kelley’s paradigm is both preventi ve and healing. I wish you God’s speed and
hope that the truth will set you free.
Greg Stirling, Vancouver, British Columbia
March, 1997
  *Foreword*
Health is a wonderful possession. It does not last forever — although most of us assume it will. It
is not until we lose our health that we seek dilige ntly to regain it. Often it is too late, and always
too expensive.
It is the purpose of the Cancer Coalition to help t hose who desire better health and who are
willing to work for their better health. It is ever  the objective of The Cancer Coalition to point
out the metabolic deficiencies in the metabolism of  each person who has the malfunction, not to
treat the disease who has the person.
It is our desire to advise, teach, and counsel a pe rson in such a way that he and he alone is
responsible for his or her health. A doctor cannot "cure" you of anything. If you have a broken
arm, the physician may set it — but only you — your  own body — may "cure" or heal the break.
Of course, during your lifetime you will need the h elp of many in the healing professions: The
dentist, the osteopath, the chiropractor, the natur opath, the biochemist, the nutritionist, the
therapist, and last, but not least, the spiritual c ounselor.
Although these may give you aid, you must assume th e responsibility of accepting and following
their advice.
In researching some of the more complex disease pro cesses, it became more and more evident to
us that cancer is a simple deficiency condition. We  have proven this to our own satisfaction, and
to the satisfaction of many counselees.
This publication is a simplified, condensed, practi cal application of our investigations and
findings. We present these findings because there h ave been so many prayers unto God for a
solution to this simple problem.
To successfully resolve cancer, however simple, is a tedious and lengthy metabolic process. It is
not expensive as compared to the "accepted" surgica l, radiological, or chemotherapy methods,
and has proven very effective.
It is our desire that this booklet be a helpful aid  to many who are themselves or have lost loved
ones afflicted with malignancy.
*Introduction*
A comprehensive defense program must recognize the existence of more than one potential
enemy. Metabolic Medicine can handle other enemies besides cancer. It is, in fact, a lifestyle for
peace or war — one that can keep you in an ideal st ate of readiness.
Over the last 30 years or so, the medical professio n and the medical community have progressed
to unprecedented heights and achievements in areas of reconstruction and surgical procedure.
They have worked hard and deserve every bit of the respect and honor they receive. They have
done remarkably well in applying technological adva nces to their profession. The medical community has centered its energies and  advancement around the infectious and
traumatic cases. It has all but conquered infection s of all types. Surgical procedures and
treatment of traumatic ills have advanced equally w ith control of the infectious diseases. In short,
what the medical community does, it does well, unsu rpassed in the history of mankind.
But the problems for which the medical community is  so well trained and equipped to handle
account for only a percentage of the illnesses in o ur society. In the balance of the cases involving
degeneration or metabolic conditions, little hope i s received.
Down through the years, cancer patients have had su ch excellent results with Metabolic
Medicine that they have brought other family member s and friends for nutritional counseling.
The range of diseases for which Dr. Kelley has plan ned nutritional programs covers the complete
gamut of degenerative and metabolic ills, even some  infectious diseases and structural
conditions.
Dr. Kelley distinguishes between degenerative disea se and metabolic disease in this example:
Adult-onset diabetes is degenerative; childhood-ons et diabetes is metabolic. Metabolic diseases
can result from improper nutrition to the fetus due  to the faulty diet of the mother during
pregnancy. (It is widely recognized among medical a uthorities that birth defects have risen
dramatically in recent years.) Metabolic disease ca n result from injury or other trauma.
Metabolic diseases are those which do not result fr om long-term physical degeneration.
Dr. Kelley’s experience with over 33,000 benefactor s led or leads him to believe that balancing
body chemistry through nutrition is a fruitful appr oach which should be investigated on a larger
scale. How long this will take, or whether it will be done at all, is a matter of speculation. Many
readers, or their friends, are desperately seeking help for conditions that could be alleviated
through nutritional balancing of body chemistry. Ca ncer is just one of these conditions. A large
part of Dr. Kelley’s Nutritional Counseling is devo ted to planning nutritional programs for
people who do not have cancer. Whatever the specifi c metabolic-degenerative condition may be,
hope and encouragement is justified by the many fav orable reports from those who have already
benefited from Metabolic Medicine.
*Warning & Disclaimer*
The publisher and the distributors, Christian Cance r Volunteers, Cancer Coalition for Alternative
Therapies Inc., College Health Stores, LLC and The Road To Health, Inc. do not endorse any of
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  SECTION I
*Chapter I*
What is Cancer?
Cancer is a term used to classify a fast growing ma lignant tumor, which, if allowed to grow
unchecked, will cause death.
Many clinicians have the mistaken belief that cance r is complex; a number of different diseases,
each having its own cause. Nothing could be further  from the truth.
Most doctors, even the research scientists, suppose  such things as viruses, X-rays, cigarette
smoking, chemicals, sunlight, trauma, etc. cause ca ncer. These, sometimes, are an indirect cause.
The Direct Cause of Cancer is The Changing of an Ec topic
Germ Cell into an Ectopic Trophoblast Cell
The direct cause of cancer, according to our resear ch, is the changing of an ectopic germ cell into
an ectopic trophoblast cell. An excess of female se x hormones brings about this change. Both
men and women have male and female sex hormones. Wh en this delicate male-female sex
hormone balance is upset, cancer may start.
Let me explain this a little further. In the human life cycle, the male sperm unites with the female
egg. Now if this fertilized egg would grow directly  into a new baby, we would have no cancer or
cancer problems, but nature does not act so simply and directly, for if she did, the newly formed
embryo (baby) would fall out of the uterus. Therefo re, nature had to develop some way to attach
the new embryo to the wall of the uterus and some w ay to nourish (feed) it.
After the sperm in the fallopian tube of the mother  fertilizes the egg the fertilized egg gives rise
to three basic kinds of cells:
1.  Primitive germ cells
2.  Normal body or somatic cells
3.  Trophoblast cells
By the third day the fertilized egg has fallen into  the uterus. During those three days and for
many days thereafter, the trophoblast cells (cancer  cells) are growing very rapidly and surround
the other two types of cells (primitive germ cells,  and normal body or somatic cells).
The new baby will fall out of the uterus unless som ething happens fast, and happen it does. The
trophoblast cells metastasize (as cancer does) to t he wall of the uterus. Now the baby cannot fall
out of the mother’s uterus, but needs nourishment. The trophoblast cells (cancer cells) continue
to grow rapidly and form the placenta. Now with a g ood food supply and no danger of falling out
of the mother, the baby (embryo) can continue to gr ow, safe and sound, until birth. The placental trophoblast tissue (cancer mass) cont inues to grow until about the seventh week
when the baby’s pancreas develops.
The baby’s pancreatic enzyme production along with the mother’s pancreatic enzyme production
stops the growth of the placental trophoblastic tis sue


 Em Claire  4.
THE NORMAL RESPONSE TO CHANGE
UM... WELL ... hold it just a bit. I need to warn you about something.
I say things more than once.
Please do n’t go crazy as our conversation proceeds, thinking, “Didn’t he just say that
before?” I probably did just say it before.
At the advertising agencies in New York they claim that the average person does not
totally absorb the total content of any message un til it’s heard five or six times. I don’t
know if that’s true, but I do know that I, myself, rarely pick up the whole message about
anything —much less its nuance and its real impact —the first time I hear it. So I just wanted
to tell you that I’m going to b e saying some things a couple of times here. Maybe three
times. Heck, maybe even four.
I’ll try to make my restatements interesting... but I’m going to ask you to have some
patience with me around this; to indulge me a little. This book is written in a circular
fashion, not in a straight line. That’s the style I’ve chosen here because I want to be sure
that I’m being as clear as I can be about all that I want to share, and sometimes repetition
helps me to feel assured about that. Okay?
Now... as I sai d earlier, I don’t know what has changed in your life, but I do know that
the change has been disruptive. That much I’m sure of. Why? Because all change is
disruptive, even change for the better.
So don’t be too upset with yourself if this situation is “re ally getting to you.” It’s very
normal that it would. In fact, very often change can create more than disruption. It can
bring up a lot of emotions. How you experience change —as a time of turmoil and distress
or a time of peace and creativity —depends on wh at emotions you move through.
Nearly all change produces fear. Did you know that? I mean, not only the “bad” kinds of
change, but even change for the better.
You decide to get married —and immediately move into fear. What if the love doesn’t
last? What if y ou chose the wrong partner?
You take a new and much better job —and immediately move into fear. What if you can’t
do what you said you could do when you applied? What if it doesn’t work out?
You rearrange the furniture in your living room —and immediately mo ve into fear. What
if your partner doesn’t like it when he or she comes home? Maybe you should put it all back
the way it was and talk about it first...
Some people can’t even change their hairstyle  without moving into fear. What if this
looks silly? Wi ll I lose what little I had going for me?
It’s crazy, but this is how we think. We do this. You do it and I do it. All of us do this kind
of stuff. Because Sameness is comfort. Even Sameness that’s killing us, even Sameness
that’s boring us to tears. Yet s omeone once said: Life begins at the end of your Comfort
Zone. That’s a good thing to remember. Life begins at the end of your Comfort Zone.  So if you’re feeling uncomfortable right now, know that the change taking place in your
life is a beginning, not an  ending.
All right, it’s an ending. Let’s not kid ourselves. Something important has ended.
Something meaningful has stopped. Something that was very present in your life has
disappeared, vanished, evaporated, just like that. Maybe it’s a person. Maybe it’s a dream.
Maybe it’s the end of your safety, of your security. Maybe we’re talking about more here
than the loss of a boyfriend, or changing jobs. Maybe what’s happening in your life right
now is much more threatening than that.
Okay, so let’s call it what it is. Let’s not try to fool around here. You know what’s going on
in your life, so let’s say it like it is. But, having said that, here’s what I want to say...
What ever  has just ended... it’s also a beginning.
Now remember, you’re hearing from a guy who sp ent a year on the street. You’re talking
to someone who lost everything. Job. Wife. Family. Every possession he ever had or held
dear. Even my car was stolen. Right off the streets of Portland, Oregon, in the middle of the
night. I already had no home. I w as “camping out” for a while in the apartment of a friend
until I could get myself re -situated... when I went outside one morning to find my old,
beaten up Chevy Impala gone.
Gone.
The last of my personal possessions was in that car. Now I had nothing. Nothing. I had
the clothes on my back. A few shaving things and stuff that I had taken into the apartment. I
mean, that was it.
So I know about endings. And I have seen what I absolutely thought and felt was the end
of everything  turn into the beginning of  a life of which I could only have dreamed. So I feel
I’ve earned the credentials to at least plant that seed in your own thinking. Maybe it’s too
early —maybe way too early —to talk in terms of getting on with new beginnings, and
maybe the conditions of you r life won’t even allow that right now, but it’s not too early to at
least plant a seed. We’ve all heard it a hundred times, and it seems incredibly trite to say it
again, now, but... here we go anyway....
“For every door that closes there’s another one that opens.”
I don’t care what  you’ve lost —your job, your house, your spouse, your credit, your
dream, your hopes, even your health... I don’t care what  you’ve lost or what  has so
drastically changed, you can start your life all over again, and achi eve even greater heights.
I promise you.
That has proven to be true so many times in my life that I have ceased to become upset
when things are changing. I just look to see what’s next. The idea of something different
intrigues me now. It no longer scares me.
Even scary things no longer scare me. Like losing virtually my entire retirement account
during the financial meltdown of the Fall of ’08. People were running around going, “Oh,
my! Oh, my!” and my only thought was, “Easy come, easy go. It’s all  perfect. Life will go on.
I’ve been on the street once, I can do it again.”
I have to admit, when you’ve lived outside for a year your point of view gets changed.
But a person doesn’t have to experience such an extreme in order to bring wisdom forward. It ’s there, back there, in the subconscious of all of us. We all know all we need to
know —and we all know  that we know it. Some of us just don’t believe it. It’s “too good to be
true,” so we don’t believe it.
My “belief” has turned to “knowing.” I’ve lived l ong enough to know that most of the
things I worried about never happened, that most of the things I felt bad about turned out
to be for the better, and that most of the things I hoped would stay the same couldn’t stay
the same if they wanted to, because c hange is the Process of Life Itself.
I touched on this earlier. Let me reiterate it here. Life is change, and when there is
nothing that is changing, there is nothing that is living. Everything that lives, moves. And
that means everything that is. Even a r ock moves. Put a microscope to a rock. Peer inside its
molecular structure. You will find a small universe down there, displaying an interesting
characteristic: everything is moving.
Life is movement. Movement is change. Every time a sub -molecular particle  swings
through time and space, something is changing. Change, therefore, is inevitable. It is the
nature of life itself.
The trick in life is not to try to avoid change, but to create  change. (That’s what part 2  of
this book i s all about.) Then it is the kind of change you choose. But right now, you’re in the
middle of a moment of great change in your life that you did not create (not consciously,
anyway), and you’re dealing with your emotions around that. Those emotions includ e fear,
most likely, at some level. And sadness, perhaps. And maybe even a little anger. Hell, maybe
a lot of anger.
I have to believe you’re dealing with at least one of these three. So let’s explore this. Let’s
look more closely at fear.
You want to have  a little break first? Okay, if you need a good place to put the book down
for now, this would be it. Give yourself a little
Breathing Space
Breathe into what you’ve just read, then decide now if you want to go on, or rest with it
for a while and meet with  me here later.
If you’re