itis and other chest infections. Though the oil has been taken for various complaints, internal use is not advised. Related Species  See also cinnamon
(Cinnamomum spp., p. 81). Cautions  Do not take internally. Camphor oil is
subject to legal restrictions in some countries. US_180-201_Brassica_dictamnus.indd   190 26/02/16   12:47 pm191Co Chlearia offi Cinalisother medicinal plantsessential oils of bitter orange, especially neroli, are
sedative. In Western medicine, these oils are used
to reduce heart rate and palpitations, to encourage
sleep, and to soothe the digestive tract. Diluted neroli
is applied as a relaxing massage oil. The distilled flower
water is antispasmodic and sedative. Related Species  The lime ( C. aurantiifolia )
and lemon ( C. limon,  p. 82) have nutritional
properties that are similar to those of bitter
orange. See also bergamot ( C. bergamia,
following entry ). Caution  Do not take the essential oils internally
except under professional supervision. Citrus bergamia syn. C. aurantium
var. bergamia  (Rutaceae)
Bergamot
Description  Evergreen tree growing to 30
ft (10 m). Has pointed oval leaves, scented
white flowers, and fruit with aromatic peel. Habitat & Cultivation  Native to tropical
Asia, bergamot is cultivated in sub-tropical regions,
especially in southern Italy. Part Used  Essential oil. Constituents  Bergamot contains a volatile
oil including linalyl acetate (30–60%), limonene
(26–42%), and linalool (11–22%), bergapten,
and a diterpene. History & Folklore  Bergamot oil, expressed
from the peel, provides the distinctive flavor of
Earl Grey tea. The oil (or constituents of it) is
sometimes added to suntanning oils. Medicinal Actions & Uses  Bergamot is
little used in herbal medicine, but it can be used
to relieve tension, relax muscle spasms, and
improve digestion. Caution  Do not take bergamot essential
oil internally. Clerodendrum trichotomum
(Verbenaceae)
Chou Wu Tong
Description  Upright, deciduous shrub growing
to 10 ft (3 m). Has large leaves, clusters of white
flowers, and blue berries. Habitat & Cultivation  This herb grows
in central and southern China. The leaves are
harvested just before it flowers. Parts Used  Leaves. Constituents  Chou wu tong  contains clerodendrin,
acacetin, and mesoinositol. History & Folklore  Chou wu tong  was first
documented in the Illustrated Classic of the Materia
Medica  (1061 ce).Medicinal Actions & Uses  In Chinese herbal
medicine, chou wu tong is prescribed for joint pain,
numbness, and paralysis, and occasionally for
eczema. Traditionally regarded as a plant that
“dispels wind-dampness,” it is now also being used
to help lower blood pressure. The plant is mildly
analgesic and, when used with the herb
Siegesbeckia pubescens, is anti-inflammatory. Research  In a Chinese trial, 171 people with high
blood pressure were given chou wu tong. In 81%
of those tested, blood pressure levels dropped
significantly. This effect was reversed when the
treatment was stopped. Related Species  C. serratum  is commonly used
in Ayurvedic medicine for respiratory conditions.History & Folklore  In the Middle Ages,
holy thistle was thought to cure the plague. In his
herbal of 1568, Nicholas Turner wrote: “There
is nothing better for the canker [ulcerous sore]
and old rotten and festering sores than the
leaves, juice, broth, powder, and water of
holy thistle.”
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Holy thistle
is a good bitter tonic, stimulating secretions
within the salivary glands, stomach, gallbladder,
and intestines, and thereby improving digestion. It is taken, generally as a tincture, for minor
digestive complaints. It has also been a treatment
for intermittent fevers. Holy thistle is mildly
expectorant and antibiotic. It makes a healing balm
for wounds and sores. Cautions  In excessive doses, holy thistle
may cause vomiting. It is subject to legal
restrictions in some countries. Chou wu tong has been
shown by research to lower
high blood pressure. Holy thistle  was a
16th-century remedy for
migraine headaches. Cochlearia officinalis  (Cruciferae)
Scurvy Grass
Description  Low-growing perennial with
fleshy heart-shaped leaves, dense clusters of white
4-petaled flowers, and rounded swollen seed pods. Habitat & Cultivation  Native to Europe
and temperate regions of Asia and North America,
but now rare, scurvy grass thrives in the salty
soil of coastal areas and salt marshes. It is
occasionally cultivated. Parts Used  Leaves, aerial parts. Constituents  Scurvy grass contains glucosilinates,
a volatile oil, a bitter principle, tannin, vitamin C,
and minerals. History & Folklore  As the common name
suggests, this plant has long been used for its high
vitamin C content. It was used by sailors and others Cnicus benedictus  syn. Carbenia
benedicta, Carduus benedictus
(Asteraceae)
Holy Thistle
Description  Erect, red-stemmed annual growing
to 26 in (65 cm). Has spiny leathery leaves, a spiny
stem, and yellow flowers in summer and autumn. Habitat & Cultivation  This Mediterranean
plant flourishes on dry stony ground and in open
areas. The leaves and flowering tops are collected
in summer. Parts Used  Leaves, flowering tops. Constituents  Holy thistle contains lignans,
sesquiterpene lactones (including cnicin), volatile
oil, polyacetylenes, flavonoids, triterpenes,
phytosterols, and tannins. Cnicin is bitter and anti-
inflammatory; the volatile oil is thought to have
antibiotic properties. US_180-201_Brassica_dictamnus.indd   191 26/02/16   12:47 pm
192Co Cos nuC iferaother medicinal plantsto prevent the onset of scurvy, a potentially
fatal vitamin C deficiency marked by bleeding
of the gums. Medicinal Actions & Uses  Besides having a
high vitamin C content, scurvy grass has antiseptic
and mild laxative actions. The young plant, which has a general detoxicant effect and contains a wide range of minerals, is taken as a spring tonic. Like watercress (Nasturtium officinale, p. 239), it has diuretic properties and is useful for any condition in which poor nutrition is a factor. It can be used in the form of a juice as an antiseptic mouthwash for canker sores, and can also be applied externally to spots and pimples.Constituents  Coconut oil is about 90%
saturated fat, mostly medium-chain fatty acids
(lauric, myristic, caprylic, and capric acids). Coconut water contains significant levels of minerals, notably potassium. Virgin coconut oil is entirely non-toxic. History & Folklore  The coconut palm is
described as “Kalpavriksha” (meaning “the all-giving tree”) in ancient Indian texts. Medicinal Actions & Uses  Coconut oil
and cream have established antimicrobial and immunostimulant activity. With antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties, the oil and cream can be used to counter many commonly occurring infections, such as influenza, cold sores, shingles, and fungal problems. Coconut has a beneficial action on the gut flora and can prove useful (alongside other treatment) in clearing intestinal worms and parasites. Coconut oil and cream aid digestion and the absorption of nutrients (notably calcium and magnesium), and may be taken as part of a regimen to prevent or treat osteoporosis. Coconut water is reported to lower blood pressure, in part due to its high potassium content, while the oil helps prevent arteriosclerosis. It is also thought to lower cholesterol levels, aid weight loss, and lower blood glucose levels. Coconut oil helps keep skin and hair healthy and is a common ingredient in skin creams and shampoos. Coconut merits its name of “all-giving tree.”
Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae)
Coffee
Description  Evergreen shrub or small tree
growing to 30 ft (9 m). Has dark green, shiny oval leaves and white star-shaped flowers. Produces small red fruit, each containing 2 seeds (beans). Habitat & Cultivation  Coffee is native
to tropical East Africa, and is now cultivated in  tropical areas worldwide. The best-quality beans are produced by fermenting, sun-drying, and roasting the seeds. Parts Used  Seeds. Constituents  Coffee contains chlorogenic
acids, tannins, and x


 bark 13, 33, 49, 150
cramps  312
cranberry 147, 280–81
Crataegus  spp. 87
C. monogyna  87C. oxyacantha  15, 31, 35, 47, 87
Crataeva nurvula  88
creams 296
creosote bush 226
Crithmum maritimum  196
Crocus sativa  89, 184
Croton  spp. 196
C. flavens  196
C. lecheri 196
cubeb 122, 250
Cucurbita pepo  197
Culcitium reflexum  53
Culpeper, Nicholas 24, 34, 65, 140, 163,
166, 175, 178, 184, 198, 204, 213, 223,
227, 231, 254, 256, 266, 276–77, 282,
283, 336
cumin 197, 226
Cuminum cyminum  197, 226
Cupressus sempervirens  197
curare 11, 52, 189
Curcuma, C. longa  syn. C.  domestica  22, 35,
37, 38, 51, 90, 155, 198
C. zedoaria 198
“cure-all” herb (kerala) 48–49
curled dock 264–65
curry tree 238
Cuscuta, C. epilinum  198
C. epithymum  198
C. europaea  198
C. reflexa  198
custard apple 169
cutch 158–59
cuts and grazes  304
cyanogenic glycosides 15
Cyanopsis tetragonoloba  198
Cydonia oblonga 198
Cymbop ogon, C. citratus  48, 199, 286
C. densiflorus 199
C. martinii 199
C. nardus  199
Cynara scolymus syn. C. cardunculus  13,
137, 199
Cyperus, C. esculentus  199
C. papyrus  199
C. rotundus  199
C. stolonifera  199
cypress 197
Cypripedium pubescens  199–200
cystitis  314
Cytisus scoparius syn. Sarothamnus
scoparius  200
D
da huang  (Chinese rhubarb) 126
da ji 209
da zao  (jujube) 283
dadap (Indian coral tree) 206
dalcini (cinnamon) 81
damiana 48, 51, 144
dan shen  13, 42, 130, 131
dandelion 16, 47, 65, 141, 289
dang gui (Chinese angelica) 63
dang shen  (codonopsis) 83
Daphne mezereum  200
Datura, D. innoxia  201
D. metel  201
D. stramonium  200–201
Daucus, D. carota  16, 201
D. visnaga see Ammi visnaga
De Materia Medica  (Dioscorides) see
Dioscorides
deadly nightshade 16, 35, 69
decoctions 291, 299
Aboriginal 46“decoction of the 4 rulers” 175
Native American 49
demulcent herbs, action of 13
depression 308
menopausal 316
depurative herbs, action of 13
Descartes, René 25
desert tea 95
desmodium 201
Desmodium adscendens  201
detoxifying herbs, action of 12, 13
South American 53
development of herbal medicine 18–53
African medicine 44–45
and the ascendancy of biomedicine 11,
26, 27, 28
Australian and New Zealand medicine
46–47
Central & South American medicine 21,
23, 48, 52–53
Chinese medicine 21, 36–37, 40–43
city-based herbalism 34
development of medicinal lore 19
earliest written accounts 19
establishment of medical schools 21, 22
in Europe 20–21, 22–24, 27, 32–35
first professional body 27
foundation of major herbal traditions 20
herbal synergy 31
herbalism outlawed 27, 28, 34, 51
holism 29, 30, 34, 37
Islamic & Indian medicine 21, 36–39
Japanese and Korean medicine 22,
42–43
medieval folk healing 20–21
modern attitudes to 28–30, 34–35
mystical origins 18
Native American medicine 25–27,
49–50
North American medicine 48–51
pharmaceutical industry and 31
scientific rationalism, impact of 25, 34
shamanistic medicine 18–19
trade and trade routes, effects of 20, 21,
22–23, 36, 37, 44
university courses 31
women physicians 22
working alongside conventional
medicine 29, 30
devil’s claw 44, 103
devil’s dung 210–11
devil’s guts 198
di huang  (rehmannia) 125
diagnosis, modern methods 34–35
Dianthus, D. caryophyllus  201
D. superbus  201
diaper rash  318
diaphoretic herbs, action of 13
diarrhea  307
infants & children 318
Dictamnus albus  202
digestion/digestive organs, effect of herbs
12, 13
digestive disorders  305–307
caused by stress 308
headaches and biliousness with 309
infants & children 318
infections 305
weak digestion 306
weakened in old age 319
see also  colic
Digitalis  spp. 11
D. lanata 202
D. lutea 202
D. purpurea  15, 26, 35, 194, 202, 290
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326
general indexdigoxin 11
dill 168Dioscorea, D. opposita 43, 91
D. villosa 15, 49, 91, 186
Dioscorides 20, 24, 32, 34, 129, 138, 145,
146, 148, 149, 159, 173, 174, 176, 178, 180, 181, 198, 199, 201, 214, 222, 226, 231, 235, 241, 247, 254, 264, 265, 272–73, 277–78, 279
diosgenin 91Dipsacus fullonum 203dittany 202diuretic herbs, action of 13
South American 53
divination herbs, Native American 49Divine Husbandman’s Classic (Chinese
text) 20, 42, 111, 126, 130, 161, 168, 169, 196, 201, 212, 237, 247, 253, 259
dizziness 306Doctrine of Signatures 18, 24, 259dodder 198Dodderige, Joseph 50dog rose 263dog violet 282dong quai 41, 42, 63, 68, 117, 124Dorema ammoniacum 203Dorstenia, D. contrayerva 203
D. convexa 203D. klainei 203
dosage 24, 31, 290
essential information 299
doshas (Ayurvedic medicine) 37–38Dracaena cinnabari 196dragon’s blood 196dried herbs, buying 17
drying at home 289
Drimia maritima see Urginea maritimaDrosera rotundifolia 203Druidic herbs 18, 149, 283dry coughs 310Dryopteris filix-mas syn. Aspidium filix-mas
202–203
du zhong 208
E
earache 312, 318East Indian rosebay 205eastern red cedar 185Ebers papyrus 19, 44, 62, 168, 196echinacea 13, 27, 51,


  the food, the animals and the environment. As I mentioned
earlier, what we do to Natur e, we do to ourselves. In the short run,
seemingly, we might get away with something…but when ou r goal is to
heal, we are not interested in the narrow vision and what we ca n get away
with in the short  run. When you  can see yourself in the floating swans, feel
yourself in the b reeze of the trees and harvest the fruits of the Earth without
harming the Earth, you know t hat there is far more to you tha n just your
physical body. Cruelty towards any part of Creation is cruelty t o the whole
of Creation and, ultimately, cruelty to us! Nature’ s rhythm is also our body’ s natural rhythm. Synchronizing our
natural rhythm to the rhythms  of Nature will go a long w ay towards
supporting our own healing. Ordering pizza in the middle of the night is not
in harmony with Nature, although we are free to do it. Going against our
nature will eventually make us ill. There is a time to sleep, there is a time to
wake up, there i s a time to eat, there is a time to play, and there  is a time to
work. W e need to eat our biggest meal at lunch time when the sun is at its
peak; it is not a coincidence that our digestion is also at its peak during that
time. Sim ply eat ing our biggest meal at that time will be useful,  so it can be
properly digested and metaboliz ed, and we can use the ener gy fo r the rest of
the day. The five  elemen ts (Ether, Air, Fi re, W ater and Earth) are the building blocks
of Creat ion. The  ener gy, the qua lities and the functionality of these building
blocks are found everywhere in  Nature. The ener gies and function of these
building blocks can also be found in the food we eat. For example, popcorn
has mostly the Air element and very little Earth element; pizza, on the other
hand, is  mostly made of the E arth element. Understanding th at is key to
knowing what food is good for which person, in what stage of their life, in
what season, and in what quantity. In adjusting these variables to get a
desired result, we can make food our medicine. W e will be d iscussing in
detail how these elements co mbine to make up our const itution, our
imbalances, the dif ferent tastes, dif ferent seasons, the cycles of our life and
our dail y cycle. Dif ferent combinations of these elements make up our
constitution of V ata (Ether and Air), Pitta (W ater and Fire), and Kapha
(W ater and Earth)E N E R G Y,  Q U A L I T Y  A N D  B A L A N C E
Food is fuel and  the quality of the fuel determines the quality of  our life. In
the conv entional sense, we are used to thinking of our quality o f life as our
lifestyle or our status, our mate rial possessions and the amount of money
we have in the bank. Although these are wonderful things to have and
enjoy, I am talking about quali ty of life in terms of our healt h and well-
being. A nother word for the ener gy that food provides to our body is Life
Force or  Prana. It is not the sam e as calories. Calories can give  you “fuel”
to burn, but not vitality or luster. When we eat food that has suf ficient
calories but is devoid of this Prana, we might miscalibrate o ur feedback
system. When  ener gy is lacking in our food, our body can s ignal us to
continue eating even when suf ficient calories have already been
consumed. Junk  food is a perfect example of this concept. W e a lways want
to reach for mor e. It isn’ t just because it is stimulating our tast e buds; it is
because the Prana in the food is missing so we continue to eat more to make
up for it. Pick an apple straight from the  tree while it is bathing under the sun and
taste it. It tastes like you have ta sted the sun, the Earth and the breeze. Now
bite on an old ap ple. The taste w ill no longer be there. That fresh apple has
a h igher level of Prana than the o ld one and it has a pure and fresh ener gy. It
will convey that same ener gy to our body and mind. Fresh food not only
tastes be tter, it carries a higher level of Prana than old leftover food. Pure
foods ca use no harm to the envi ronment and therefore the vegetarian diet is
considered the purest diet, also called Sattvic diet. (W e’ll be discussing this,
and its companion concepts, in more detail in a later chapter.) Food nourishes our body, and it also af fects our mind and Consciousness as
well. Dif ferent proportions of t he five elements reflect dif ferent types of
constitution tha t A yurveda characterizes as V ata, Pitta and K apha. Our
mental constitution is governed by the three qualities, or f undamental
attributes, as well. These three q ualities are Sattva, Rajas and T amas. They
af fect th e quality of Prana, or Life Force, that we experience. And they are
equally necessary to maintain our psychological balance. As I mentioned
earlier, the five elements are rep resented in the food we eat and the quality
or the ener gy of  that food is governed by the qualities of Sattva, Rajas andT amas. Our physical and mental health is a function of the balance of the
elements and the qualities. P U R I T Y,  M O M E N T U M,  A N D  S T A B I L I T Y
Let’ s look at th e mental qualities first. How we respond to events and
circumstances depends on the specific balance of these three qualities
(Sattva, Rajas, and T amas) in our mind. Sattvic qualities imply purity,
creativity, clarit y, reality, essence and Consciousness. Rajas ic qualities
provide momen tum and ener gy for us to carry out all the “do ing” in our
lives. T a masic qualities help us sustain what we have created and provide
stability that supports both the Sattvic and Rajasic qualities. Maintaining a
healthy life is ab out finding a ba lance amongst these three qualities. It is up
to us  to become  aware when we become too action oriented (R ajas) or too
stuck in our wa ys (T amas) so w e can come into a state characterized by a
calm and clear mind (Sattva). People with predominantly Sattvic qualities are loving, compassionate and
pure-minded. Th ey do not anger  easily and they look fresh, alert, aware and
full of luster; they are recognized for their wisdom, happiness and joy. They
are able to maintain mental calm and clarity. People w ith pre dominantly Raja sic qualities tend to be egoistic, ambitious,
aggressive, proud, and compet itive and they have a tendency to control
others. They lead a life marked  by sensual enjoyment, pleasure and pain,
ef fort an d restlessness, anger and jealousy. They are hard worke rs and they
like pres tige, power and position. They become agitated quite suddenly, and
they hav e a fear of failure; they easily become mentally drained. Their task,
then, is to soften this quality so they can continue to be compas sionate and
loving (more Sattvic). A person with predominantly  T amasic qualities can fall easily into
darkness, inertia, heaviness and  materialism. This can result in depression,
laziness, excess ive sleep, eating and drinking. T o balance, they need to
reduce some of these qualities so they can move towards a more Sattvic
life.The basi c nature of our mind is Sattvic, or creative, with just en ough Rajas
and T amas to bring our desires to fruition. The balance between these three
qualities is vital for health and happiness. A Sattvic mind lends itself to
calm, clear and creative thinking that allows the individual to easily resolve
problems withou t too much Raj as and T amas. T oo much Rajas  and T amas
distort th e natural balance of th e mind and have a negative impact on our
lives. There is a connection between how we are eating and how we are acting. Whether a person struggles with  depression or committing crimes, we know
that food is a big driver of thei r behaviour. By choosing what we eat, we
can choose between Consciousness (Sattva), agitation (Rajas) or inertia
(T amas). It is important to balance both our physical and our mental constitution. Sattvic food is not necessarily good for all constitutions and imbalances. Some Sattvic food can be too heavy for V ata, too sour for Pitta or too
mucus-producing for Kapha. (W e’ll discuss these ideas in more detail in
Chapter 9


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Iputloveineverycorner,andmyho
responds withwarmth andcomO c e a n o f P D F. c o m290
Iexpress my emotions in joyo
positive ways.O c e a n o f P D F. c o m291
Iamunlimited inmywealth. Allareasofmylifeareabundant anO c e a n o f P D F. c o m292
Iamgratefulforlife’sgenerosity
Iamtrulyblessed.O c e a n o f P D F. c o m293
IreleaseallcontroltotheUnive
IamatpeacewithmyselfandO c e a n o f P D F. c o m294
Igrowbeyond myfamily’s limita
andliveformyself.ItismyturnO c e a n o f P D F. c o m295
Ifreemyselfandeveryone in
fromoldpasthurts.O c e a n o f P D F. c o m296
Wellness isthenaturalstat
ofmybody.Ibelieve
inperfecthealth.O c e a n o f P D F. c o m297
Iamconstantly moving forwa
inthedirection ofmygoals.O c e a n o f P D F. c o m298
Iam as successful as Imake up myO c e a n o f P D F. c o m299
Irespectandprotectmybody
myhealthisimportant toO c e a n o f P D F. c o m300
IopenmyheartandsingthejoysO c e a n o f P D F. c o m301
Divinepeaceandlovesurround
dwellinme.Itrustthep


 fair sh are, we fear p ossible loss. It is a bad deal to rely on
what is unreliable. You would n’t take a job from an employer who
says that he w ill toss a coin every day to determine if you  stay or
get fired. But we cling to vir tual reality with no guarantees that
things w ill work out. This is a form of bondage—the wor st form,
since the widely held belief is that there’s no alternative. Real freedom isn’t something  you struggle to achieve, hope for,
and fee l unlike ly to win. Free dom is our natural state if we don’t
imprison ourselves. On waking up, you no longer feel bound to
virtual reality. Mental constructs lose their grip and eventually
fade away entirely. Being her e now is the same as total freedom,
because the now is gone before anything can lay claim to y ou. You
exist and you are aware—that’s enough to set you free. For Today
All of us have our own version of what it feels like to be fre e and
its opp osite, what it feels like to be trapped, hemmed in, and
suffocated. Yet  these concepts disguise the reality, which is that
our sense of freedom is al ways bound up with its o pposite. Retirement frees us from the demands of work; having the
children go off to college frees us from having them under our
roof. But our freedom is constrained by having a job and becoming
a parent in the first place. True fre edom isn’t bound up with its opposite. To prove this to
yourself, think  for a moment and describe what you were doing at
7:37 last Tuesday evening. What thoughts were in you r head. What words did you say. Even if something memorable sticks
with you from last Tuesday, it takes an effort to recall it. You are
free fr om 7:37 last Tuesday evening because there  is no
attachment to it. A moment of now has fled and gone. The
moment when you started to read this lesson has fled and gone. Your re lationship to the now is to experience it, extract what it has
to give, and move on. This is the state of nondoing and
nonclinging, which dawns as your natural state when you wake up. YOUR EXPERIENCE:

 DAY 29

Knowing ourselves as timeless beings, we can live
consciously. We can be what we really are—a species of
consciousness creating the human universe. “I,” the ego-personality, grapples with the stuff of creation
every day, turning new idea s into reality. We call this progress,
and it is—of a sort. The ideas we turn into reality have an agenda
and a past. The y crop up in a context that accepts or rejec ts them. The con ditioned mind has no choice but to respond to all kinds of
external limita tions. Once a wish, hope, or dream manages to turn
into rea lity, we cling to wh at we have created. We ignore the
inevitable ruin  of all things—one day the things we’ve built will be
relics like the Parthenon or the Egyptian pyramids. Creation that is lasting must be built upon the timeless. That’s
not possible with physical things, and since physical objects
represent ideas, even ideas cannot truly last in the face of the
ravages of time. In the timeless, what lasts isn’t an idea or a thing
but creativity itself. The “stuff” of creation is our own awareness
and its infinite  capacity to cre ate. By waking up, you creat e on the
basis of  being a creator, not o n the ideas and things that surround
you. Yo u are beyond things and ideas, a conscious being of
timeless dimension. For Today
Timeless  i s a concept that feels very fa r removed from daily life,
but it comes c loser when you realize what time is. Time is the
process of creation and destruction. Therefore, if you don’t
identify with creation and de struction, you stand in the timeless. You have a cho ice to shift you r allegiance to the timeless w heneveryou wan t. Stop  for a moment  to look around the room. When you
return to reading this page, everything you looked at is in the
process of decaying, dissolving, and fading away. But did time take
away th e present moment. No—it only took away the things you
noticed in the present moment. The present moment constantly
renews itself. It stands for the timeless that persists in the activity
of time. When you are awake, the timeless takes precedence over
everything else. This shift allo ws you to celebrate creation without
feeling anxiety over things passing away. YOUR EXPERIENCE:

 DAY 30

Knowing that we are free, the future of humanity can go
beyond birth, death, and all the stories in between. If you could land anywhere in history, you could seek out
people who are awake. The y would always be a minor ity, and
perhaps a tiny sliver of a minority. But counting noses is n’t how
waking up works. If you want to know if human beings ca n swim,
you on ly need to find one example. Likewise, one aw akened
person tells you that waking  up is possible, and, even more, that
everyone is part of the process. Waking up isn’t learned; it is not
acquired behavior. It is a state that all of us already exist in. The
only thing that happens when you wake up is that you realize who
you rea lly are. Humanity is a lready free—we wouldn’t be here as
conscious bein gs if that weren’t true. Only the stories we tell
ourselves block our view of our true nature. This interference pattern, like a fuzzy television picture, doesn’t
affect re ality. The broadcaste r is still sending a clear picture, even
if our receiver  isn’t picking i t up. When you wake up, the signal
and the receiver are both c lear and in tune with each other. Thoughts and feelings come and go without creating interference. This is what it means to be in the world but not of it. For Today
You can  be in poverty for two reasons—either you are act ually
poor or  you are rich but don ’t know it. In relation to the infinite
potential that is our true nat ure, we feel limited in everyday life. So whic h is it. Are we actuall y limited, or do we not know that we
are unli mited. The answer isn’t given by looking at conditions on
the ground. The richest, smartest, most gifted, and happiestperson can wind up leading a very limited life. The answer is only
available in your own awareness. Sit for a moment and try to  think of a forbidden thoug ht. It
could be something you have  refused to consider for any  kind of
reason—it is too shameful, outrageous, antisocial, demeaning, or
anything else forbidden. The instant such a thought occur s to you,
it is no longer forbidden. In fact, no thought has ever be en truly
forbidden. You cannot limit thought, and since thoughts spring up
from silent awareness, you c annot limit the possibility that any
thought will be born. Because your entire life—and the life of
humanity—is based on consciousness, you too are unlimited. You
can sto p buying into all t he stories about birth, death, and
everything in between. Knowing that you are unlimited means
that no story can limit your possibilities. YOUR EXPERIENCE:

 DAY 31

You can enjoy the movie while knowing at the same time
that you created the movie. That is the awakened state. The everyday world operates  by opposites. There is a positive
and a negative  pole to every experience. To navigate thro ugh life,
people try to g rasp the positive pole, but this effort never frees
them fr om the  specter that th e negative will also have its day. The
ultimate polarity is attachme nt and detachment. Spiritual  seekers
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	avoid	nail	polishes
that	contain	formaldehyde,	too. ) RADICAL	BEAUTY	TIP:	HAIR	CARE	IN	THE
SUNJust	like	your	skin,	your	hair	needs	adequate	sun	protection	to	prevent	it	from
drying	out	and	becoming	brittle,	damaged,	and	discolored	from	overexposure	to
the	sun. There	are	some
sunscreens	made	for	the	hair,	but	the	easiest	and	most
effective	way	to	prevent	sun	damage	to	your	hair	is	to	wear	hats. This	is	especially
important	when	you	are	out	in	the	sun	for	extended	periods	of	time. From	sun	hats
to	boleros	and	beyond,	you’ll	be	able	to	express	your	personal	style
and
	protect
your	precious	hair,	all	at	the	same	time. IMIDAZOLIDINYL	UREA	AND
DMDM	HYDANTOIN
On	that	note,	these	two	ingredients	are	preservatives	that	release	formaldehyde,
so	look	for	them	as	well	on	ingredient	lists. PROPYLENE	GLYCOL	(PG)
PG	is	a	form	of	mineral	oil. This	is	a	controversial	ingredient	that	some	believe
has	some	immunotoxicity	concerns. 7
	It	comes	in	different	grades,	including	an
industrial	grade	that	is	part	of	commercial	products	such	as	engine	coolants,
antifreeze,	and	various	enamels	and	varnishes. For	beauty	products,	it	helps	to
drive	ingredients	down	into	the	hair	(or	skin)	for	deeper	penetration. It
may
break	down	the	proteins	that	make	up	your	hair	in	the	process	(obviously	the
opposite	of	what	you	want. ),	and	also	may	create	allergic	reactions	or
irritations. 8
POLYETHYLENE	GLYCOL	(PEG)
PEG	is	included	in	shampoos	to	help	dissolve	oils,	but	it	can	overstrip	your
hair,	leaving	it	vulnerable	and	weak. DIETHANOLAMINE	(DEA),
MONOETHANOLAMINE	(MEA),	AND
TRIETHANOLAMINE	(TEA)
Does	this	remind	you	of	the	song	“Do-Re-Mi”	from
The	Sound	of	Music. These
rhyming	ingredients	are	not	happy	like	the	song. They	are,	in	fact,	potential
hormone	disruptors	and	irritants
9
	and	can	be	absorbed	into	your	hair	follicles
and	enter	your	body. These	ingredients	are	“foamers,”	so	they’re	not	necessarily
even	great	for	your	hair,	per	se,	but	are	included	solely	for	the	experience	of
using	them. But	really,	you	should	never	have	to	choose	between	foaming
shampoo	and	your	health. Got	a	shampoo	with	any	of	these	three-letter
acronyms. Into	the	trash	it	goes. FRAGRANCE
This	is	a	tough	one	because	we	understand	that	you	want	your	hair	to	smellawesome. But	fragrance	is	a	generic	term	for	up	to	3,100	stock	chemical
ingredients,
10
	many	of	which	are	synthetic	and	toxic. You	really	don’t	know
exactly	what	is	in	your	shampoo	or	conditioner	with	just	“fragrance”	on	the
ingredient	list,	so	you	risk	getting	headaches,	dizziness,	rashes,	and	a	number	of
allergic	reactions. Tests	of	fragrance	ingredients	have	found	an	average	of
fourteen	hidden	compounds	per	formulation,	including	ingredients	linked	to
hormone	disruption	and	sperm	damage. 11
	Exposure	to	these	types	of	chemicals
can	adversely	affect	your	central	nervous	system	and	even	affect	your	mood,
making	you	more	irritable. No	good-smelling	shampoo	is	worth	being	moody. Check	out	products	with	essential	oils,	which	smell	great	and	are	nontoxic. NATURALLY	BEAUTIFUL
TEETH	AND	GUMS
A	beautiful	smile	stemming	from	authentic	joy	is	one	of	the	most	compelling
features	you	can	possess. Feeling	confident	about	your	teeth	can	help	you	smile
more	naturally. Oil	pulling,	or	swishing	sesame	or	another	oil	around	your	mouth	for
a	few	minutes	in	the	morning	before	spitting	it	out,	is	something	you	can
incorporate	into	your	morning	routine	to	help	keep	your	mouth	beautiful. It	is
another	increasingly	popular	ancient
Ayurvedic	practice	that	benefits	your	mouth,
teeth,	and	gum	health. Oil	pulling	is	believed	to	encourage	detoxification	by	attracting,	binding,	and
removing	bacteria,	toxins,	and	parasites	from	your	mouth	(where	a	lot	of	bacteria
tend	to	accumulate)	and	lymph	system,	while	helping	to	clear	out	mucus	and
congestion	from	your	throat	and	sinuses. Some	even	believe	that	oil	pulling	can
help	activate	the	vagus	nerve,	which	sends	information	between	your	brain	and
the	enteric	nervous	system	in	your	gut,	which	controls	digestion. Stimulating	the
vagus	nerve	is	said	to	activate	anti-inflammatory	pathways	in	the	digestive	tract. 12
Directions	for	oil	pulling	are	simple:
1. Warm	1	to	2	teaspoons	(or	a	bit	less,	if	you	have	a	tiny	mouth. ) of	pure,	cold-
pressed	sesame	oil. (You	can	do	this	by	parceling	the	sesame	oil	you	are	using
into	a	small	vial,	and	then	holding	the	vial	under	hot	water	for	a	few	seconds. ) 2. Swish	the	warmed	oil	vigorously	around	all	parts	of	your	mouth	and	back	and
forth	across	your	gums	for	2	to	6	minutes. Don’t	move	it	into	your	throat,	and
resist	the	temptation	to	gargle. Although	sometimes	you	hear
recommendations	to	swish	the	oil	for	far	longer,	traditional	Ayurvedic
teachings	believe	that	is	unnecessary. When	you	are	done,	spit	out	the	oil	into
the	garbage. In	addition	to	oil	pulling,	another	component	of	the	Ayurvedic	morning	routine	is
chewing	2	or	3	teaspoons	of	black	sesame	seeds,	moving	them	around	the	entire
span	of	your	teeth,	for	1	to	3	minutes	before	spitting	them	out. This	is	believed	to
help	polish,	strengthen,	and	mineralize	the	teeth;	remove	stains;	and	also	keep	your
gums	healthy. The	black	sesame	seeds	are	extremely	high	in	calcium,	as	well	as
phosphorus,	iron,	and	magnesium. Radical	Beauty
Nail	Care
It’s	important	to	take	care	of	your	hands	and	nails,	which	are	an	extension	of
your	beauty. They	undergo	a	great	deal	of	daily	wear	and	tear,	from	relentless
exposure	to	heat	and	cold	to	abrasive	soaps	and	excessive	water	from	hand
washing	and	detergents. RADICAL	BEAUTY	NAIL	WHITENING	TIP
To	brighten	yellowed	nails,	try	scrubbing	them	with	white	vinegar. Your	nails	are	largely	made	of	a	tough	protective	coating	called	keratin. A
proper	diet	and	excellent	circulation	are	of	utmost	importance	for	growing
healthy,	strong	nails. There	are	also	great	external	ways	to	support	nail	health:
•
Rather	than	cutting	cuticles,	soak	your	nails	in	warm	water	to	soften	cuticles
and	then	gently	push	them	back. Only	trim	off	hanging,	dead	skin	when
necessary. •
Look	for	polishes	free	of	the	“toxic	trio”:	dibutyl	phthal


 my mother taking care of her
in those final days of my grand mother ’s life. I watched as my mother took
clean clothes to her mother, and made absolutely certain that her
under garments were never soiled. And one day I watched my mother
holding my grandmother and peeling a banana for her and actually mushing
it up in her own mouth and massaging her mother ’s neck to help her
swallow it. Then she helped her put on clean underclothes. She rocked her
mother and talked to her almost as if she were a baby. As I watched, I asked
myself the question that was swirling around in my head: “Who is mother
and who is child. Didn’ t my now-helpless child-grandmother once change
the diapers of the mother -child and mush up her food to make sure that she
was properly nourished. ” Weren’ t these two human beings really fulfilling
the same role for each other. The oneness of it all struck me in an astonishing way as I watched this
scene. I realized it is all one big circle, just as the universe is one big circle,
and while we tend to identify ourselves with our separateness, when we can
get a different perspective we see that it is all one, and that there exists in
the onesong a large being called Human Being, and that each of us is born
into that being. My second encounter with this oneness concept came when I began to
read some of the literature on collective consciousness. I had read Ken
Keyes’ s The Hundr edth Monkey, and I was trying to put it into a personally
meaningful context. Very briefly, the hundredth monkey is a theory about
how all of us within a species affect one another. A group of monkeys was
being studied off the coast of Japan, and one monkey within the group
began washing his sweet potatoes in a certain way in the salt water. Soon all
of the monkeys began mimicking this monkey and doing the same thing. When a given number of the monkeys behaved in this fashion, the same
behavior began to appear in a group of monkeys hundreds of miles away,
even though the two groups had had no physical contact with each other. The hundredth monkey symbo lized what scientists call the critical mass
within the species. It is theorized that once a critical mass number is
reached, the same behavior begins to show up in all of the other members of
the same species. It seems to be true for all species that when a given
critical mass of its members begins to think or act in a certain way, so does
every other member of that same species. In Ken Keyes’ s book,  he uses the
example of nuclear war and suggests that if enough of us as members of the
human species believe and act as if there will ultimately be a nuclear war,
then when we reach that critical mass, we will of course create our own
reality as a species. On the other hand, if enough of us believe and act as if
such an occurren ce were impossible, then we can create that reality for our
entire species as well. The invisible connection betw een all members of a species  is more
verifiable now than it was a few years ago. Physicists describe it as “phase
transition. ” Scientists report that when atoms within a molecule align in a
certain way and a critical mass number is reached, the rest of the atoms
spontaneously line up the same way. Nick Herbert’ s Quantum Reality,
Fritjof Capra’ s The Tao of Physics, Gary Zukav’ s The Dancing Wu Li
Masters, Lewis Thomas’ s The Lives of a Cell, and Rupert Sheldrake’ s A
New Science of Life are a few of the books in the growing literaturedescribing a connection between the principles of physics and a collective
consciousness. Just imagine the staggering implications of this fledgling scientific notion
—a scientific basis for the oneness of it all, and the idea that if enough of us
who share this life-form called  human being begin to think  and act in
harmonious and loving ways, we can affect the entire being called Human
Being. The entire history of the Human Being is filled with war and disorder. How many moth ers have wept for sons who have gone off to fight one war
or anoth er over the centuries. An endless cascade of terror and division
marks this being that we call Human Being, and you have showed up in it. Do you support the divisions that have become a part of this being’ s history,
or can you be one voice affecting the voice next to you and so on until we
reach that critic al mass where the entire being will align itself with the
harmony that is the onesong. It is only the Human Being that has been out
of harmony with the rest of the totality that is God or oneness or whatever
we choo se to call it. When the individuals within this total being align in a
certain fashion, much like the atoms within a given molecule, then they can
affect all of the beings within the one Human Being. I have heard scientists in virtually all fields of study talk about the
invisible forces that connect all members of a species. They report how
when liquid matter crystallizes on one part of the planet, the same
crystallization process occurs almost simultaneously in another spot without
informational or physical contact. I have heard researchers talk about
microbes in Europe suddenly behaving differently, while microbes on other
parts of the globe demonstrate this new behavior almost simultaneously
without an exchange of informa tion. The entire history of the Human Being
seems to follow these unwritten rules of a collective consciousness. I am not trying to make a case here for the scientific verification of this
point of view, but to show that the idea of oneness enjoys credibility in
scientific circle s as a means of explaining what has previously been
scientifically inexplicable. Certainly if enough of us begin to think in
nonaggressive harmonious ways to reach a critical mass, there could be an
end to war. As each being reacted harmoniously rather than with enmity
toward the being adjacent to him, it would not be long before there would
be no soldiers to follow the orders of the generals. Harmony would begin to
reverberate in those who design the weapons of destruction. When thedesigners stopped creating weapons, government officials would stop
contracting to purchase weapons of destruction, and the spin-of f effects
would begin to be felt in all fields of human endeavor. People who transport
weapons would find this behavior inconsistent with their own internal
harmony and would simply refuse to participate. Advertisers would begin to
feel the pressure to align on the side of harmony rather than of tumult. The
transition would  work within the Human Being, much as it does within a
molecule. As more and more align in harmony, the pressure becomes
overwhelming, and the oneness of humanity is the winner. And how does it
all start. Symbo lically, with that one monkey picking up that sweet potato
and having the courage to behave differently, and then the next, until the
critical mass is reached. One person with a conscience actually  becomes a
majority through this collective consciousness process. I was running one day and thinking about this business of myself being
an “I that is we” when I noticed another runner about thirty yards ahead of
me, and I asked myself a question that was to be a life-changing event for
me: “How can I possibly be connected to that being, whom I’ve never seen
before and don’t know from Adam and yet who seems to be doing the same
thing I am doing. ” Then I remembered the question of perspective. I
thought about my feet moving one in front of the other, and all of the life-
forms that are alive in and on me, that will never see one another and yet
are inextricably connected and essential to make up this being that I call
Wayne. I decided to project myself back far enough, and I realized for the
first time that thirty yards in physical distance was absolutely nothing in an
endless onesong  that we measur e in the distances that light travels in years. The other runner was no farther away from me than the microbe in my eye
was from the one in my pancreas. For the first time in my life, I saw myself as connected to a being who
previously seem ed separated from me. It became crystal-clear  to me that
regardless of where any of us is on this globe, given a world that is round, it
is impossible to choose up sides. I saw that we are literally all part of this
being that we showed up in, with a mode of behavior and a personality all
its own,  and that each of us within that being can make a difference in how
the totality proceeds and exists. One small voice within that onesong can
influence the entire being toward destruction or harmony. It just hit me that day, and then when I got home and began to talk to my
wife about this amazing realization, I opened a letter from a woman in Iran,a letter that was to crystallize it all for me. An English-speaking person in Iran had read several of my books and
had decided to translate them into Farsi and make them available to the
peoples of Iran. She had translated the books and actually had five thousand
copies of each book circulated, and then had elected to go into a second
printing. At that point, the government decided to place a disclaimer in the
book stating that my subvers


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the "penis" referred to belongs to the physical body of the practitioner. The Vajra is a nadi inside the sushumna. † The Brahma nadi seems to be the hollow channel inside the Chitrini, not a
separate nadi: 165
Verse 3
• The Chitrini is beautiful like a chain of lightning and
fine like a lotus fiber, and shines in the minds of the
sages. She is extremely subtle; the awakener of pure
knowledge and the embodiment of all bliss, her true
nature is pure consciousness. The Brahman gate
shines in her mouth. This place is the entrance to the
region sprinkled by ambrosia, and is called the Knot; it
is the mouth of the Sushumna. Describing the chakras, the text continues:
Verse 4
The Adhara (Muladhara) Chakra
• This Lotus is attached to the mouth of the Sushumna,
and is placed below the genitals and above the anus. It
has four petals of crimson hue. Its head hangs
downward On its petals are the four letters from Va to
Sa, of the shining color of gold. Verse 5
• In this Lotus the square region of Prithivi (the earth
element) surrounded by eight shining spears. It is of a
shining yellow color and beautiful like lightning, as is
also the Bija (the mystical "seed" syllable of the
chakra, here, "Lam") of Prithivi which is within. Verse 6
• This Bija is ornamented with four arms and mounted
on the king of elephants. He carries on his lap the
child Creator, resplendent like the young Sun, who
has four lustrous arms and heads. 166
Verse 7
• Here dwells a Devi (goddess), Dakini by name; her
four arms shine with beauty and her eyes are brilliant
red. She is resplendent like the lustre of many Suns
rising at one and the same time. She is the carrier of
the revelation of ever-pure Intelligence. Muladhara
Verse 8
• Near the mouth of the Nadi called Vajra, and in the
pericarp, there constantly shines the beautifully lumi
nous and soft, lightning-like triangle which is Kama-
rupa, also known as Traipura. There is always and
everywhere the Vayu (vital force) called Kandarpa (the
god of love) who is very deep red, and is the Lord of
Beings, resplendent like ten million suns. 167
Verse 9
• Inside the triangle is Svayambhu ("The self-
originated") in his Linga-form (Shiva Linga), beautiful
like molten gold, with his head downwards. He is
revealed by knowledge (jnana) and meditation (dhy-
ana) and is of the shape and color of a new leaf. As the
cool rays of lightning and of the full moon charm, so
does his beauty. The Deva (god) who resides happily
here is in form like a whirlpool. Verses 10, 11
• Over Shiva Linga shines the sleeping Kundalini, fine
as the fiber of the lotus-stalk. She is Maya (the bewild-
erer) in this world, gently covering the hollow on the
head of Shiva Linga. Like the spiral of a conch-shell,
her shining snake-like form coils three and a half
times around Shiva Linga, and her luster is that of a
strong flash of young lightning. Her sweet murmur is
like the indistinct hum of swarms of love-mad bees. She produces melodious poetry and all other composi
tions in prose or verse in Sanskrit and other lan
guages. It is she who maintains all the beings of the
world by means of inspiration and expiration, and
shines in the cavity of the root Lotus like a chain of
brilliant lights. Verse 12
• Within Shiva Linga reigns dominant Para, the
awakener of eternal knowledge. She is the omnipotent
Kala [a form of Nada (sound) Shakti] who is wonder
fully skillful in creation and is subtler than the
subtlest. She is the receptacle of the continuous
stream of ambrosia which flows from the Eternal
Bliss. By her radiance the whole universe is illumined. 168
Verse 13
• By meditating on Para (or Kundalini) who shine's
within the Mula Chakra, with the lustre of ten million
suns, a man becomes Lord of speech, King among
men, and an Adept in all kinds of learning. He be
comes ever free from all diseases, and his inmost
spirit becomes full of great gladness. Pure of disposi
tion by his deep and musical words, he serves the
foremost of the Devas. The Svadhishthana Chakra
Svadhishthana
Verse 14
• There is another Lotus placed inside the Sushumna at
the root of the genitals, of a beautiful vermilion color. On its six petals are the letters from Ba to La, with the 169
Bindu (spot) superimposed over each, of the shining
color of lightning. Verse 15
• Within this Lotus is the white, shining, watery region
of Varuna, in the shape of a crescent, and therein,
seated on a Makara (a legendary animal resembling an
alligator), is the Bija Vam (connected with the princi
ple of water, just as the Bija "Lam" of the Muladhara
is related to the earth element). It is stainless and
white as the autumnal moon. Verse 16
• Hari (Vishnu), who is within the Bindu of Vam, who is
in the pride of early youth, whose body is of a
luminous blue beautiful to behold, who is dressed in
yellow raiment, is four-armed, and wears the Shri-
vasta (an auspicious curl on the breast of Vishnu) and
Kaustubha (a great gem worn by him) - protect us! Verse 17
• It is here that Rakini always dwells. She is of the color
of a blue lotus. The beauty of her body is enhanced by
her uplifted arms holding various weapons. She is
dressed in celestial raiment and ornaments, and her
mind is exhalted with the drinking of ambrosia (which
drips down from the Sahasrara). Verse 18
• He who meditates upon this stainless Lotus, which is
named Svadhishthana, is freed immediately from all
his enemies such as lust, anger, greed, and so forth. 170
He becomes a Lord among Yogis, and is like the Sun
illumining the darkness of ignorance. The wealth of
his nectar-like words flows in prose and verse in well-
reasoned discourse. The Manipura Chakra
Manipuraka
Verse 19
• Above the Svadhishthana, at the root of the navel, is a
shining Lotus of ten petals, of the color of heavy-laden
rain clouds. Within it are the letters Da to Pha, of the
color of the blue lotus with the Nada and Bindu above
them. Meditate there on the region of Fire, triangular
in form and shining like the rising sun. Outside it are
three Svastika marks (one at each side of the triangle)
and within the Bija of Vahni (i.e. the seed-mantra of
Fire, "Ram") himself. 171
Verse 20
• Meditate upon him seated on a ram, four-armed, ra
diant like the rising Sun. In his lap ever dwells Rudra,
who is of a pure vermilion hue. He (Rudra) is white
with the ashes which he is smeared with; he is of an
ancient aspect and three-eyed. His hands are placed in
the attitude of granting boons and of dispelling fear. He is the destroyer of creation. Verse 21
• Here abides Lakini, the benefactress of all. She is four-
armed, of radiant body, is dark of complexion, clothed
in yellow raiment and decked with various or
naments, and exalted by drinking ambrosia. By
meditating on this Navel Lotus the power to destroy
and create (the world) is acquired. Vani (the Devi of
Speech, that is, Sarasvati) with all the wealth of
knowledge ever abides in the Lotus of his face (that of
Fire, represented by the seed-mantra "Ram"). The Anahata Chakra
Anahata 172
Verse 22
• Above the Manipura, in the heart, is the charming
Lotus of the shining color (crimson) of the Bandhuka
flower, with the twelve letters beginning with Ka, of
the color vermilion, placed therein. It is known by its
name of Anahata, and is like the celestial wishing-tree,
bestowing even more than is desired. The Region of
Vayu (wind), beautiful and with


hya Pradesh). At his suggestion several workers
at the Bhillai plant have healed their injuries by wa~hing with urine
and putting urine packs on them in short times of two or three days. Cricket Captain of Bhillai Shri Madan Joshi has found that
drinking urine and urine massage has proved as tonic during his
hard days of n:atches or even practice.,,
Innumerable patients on his advice have relied on drinking urine:
and light diet to cure themselves of ailments like gastric trouble,
dysentery, diarrhoea, indigestion and even headache, within a short
time. After 15 years of his own and others experiences, Shri K; G.'
Pandit has come to this conclusion that by taking a couple of days1
tast with three or four daHy doses of fresh urine and massage with
old urine and strict adherence to diet, influenza and malaria can be
removed immediately. Shri K. G. Pandit is a devoted canvasser d,f auto-urine therapy. He
is in a sense making good the loss of the late Dr. Paragjibhai Desai
by this new therapy. His experience is :
11He was sick ·when he was -QO. His digestive· system and
circulatory system had almost gone ourof-erder: For about two years
be tried allopathy, homoeopathy and Ayurved o/ithout any benef.jt;; ·
So he turned to drinking auto-urine and mass~ge with 7 ·days1 old
urine. Within two weeks he was considerab.ly cured.!lnd in a
month1s time he was entirely free illness.11 •
Bleeding Piles : In every summer he had to walk for ten miles SOME VIEWS : 247. daily in the hot region of the Berar districts of Akola and AmaradL. This used to result iri hardness of the stools. This ultimately have him
the dread disease of bleeding piles. So he returned toNagpur, took
three.daystfast on urine and water and took ene.ma with lukewarm ·~. water. He took urine thrice a day and enema every third day. Withi:n
three days piles subsided (>feeding also stopped. Within a fortnight
piles were, sompletely cured. Cataract in Eyes : In 1967 when he was examined by an eye
surgeon.he found that both the eyes were having cataract. He
decide.don a ten day urine fast. After five days blood-pressure was
found t0 have come down. On his wife1S insistence, therefore, he. brQke the fast by resuming milk, buttermilk and orange juice. He
continued to drink urine thrice daily and even urine massage. After a
week he began normal food. Then he got himself examined by the same doctor. The latter was
swpris.ed to find that the cataract had become reduced. Since then. he has contin~::~ed to wash his eyes with fresh L:Arine and thus could
resume his week of writing and reading. Rheomatism : lh 1975 he took there days1 fast with urine to
rheumatic pain in his knees and left shoulder. Rheumatism was
completely cured and the cataract also was reduced;
In 1976 again the same doctor examined and found that there
was no need of an operation to remove· cataract. He take~ 'every morning a full number of urine as he thinks it to
be a prevaritl~e medicine against all diseases, washes eyes with
fresh urine thrice and massages with a week -old urine before taking
his bath. -EDITOR
Shri Nekiram Chaudhari1s Experiences : Shri Nekiram
Chaudhari, Manager, Gandhi Ashram, Hapur Dist. Meerut, (U.P.) an experienced u·rine therapist, writes in his letter of 22-l-1977 :
111n 1964 I had acute burning pain in my liver. I was extremely 250 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
childhook Hole of Urinary track has become very narrow and has
severe difficulty in passing Urine. Doctors had advised operation. He
writes in his letter dated 25-11-'89 addressed to Auto-Urine Therapy
Centre, that after reading "Manav Mootra" book in Gujarati, he
started drinking auto-Urine thrice a day and within a short period
hold of urinary track has automatically widened and Urine passes
smoothly. Shri Hiralal Samchai,
Karmanns STR 18 4850, Moenchenglad Bach-1, W. Germany. He is aged 56. Because of const:mt Alergy he had a severe Throat
Truble. In his letter received by the Auto-Urine Therapy Centre on
8-11-'89. He writes that in the lecture arranged by the society of
persons suffering from A/orgy that it was said that there is no
medicine in Allopathy which can campletely cure Alergy and
Asthama and advised to resort to Auto-Urine Therapy. He adds that
after reading the book "Manav Mootra" by Raojibhai Patel and
Armstrong's Auto Urine Therapy he resorted to Auto-Urine Therapy
and there is a marked improvament and kidney which was working
16% has started working 26%
Shri Prabhubhai laljibhai Vyas,
At&Po. Koliyad. Dist. Rajkot. He was suffering from severe constipation and gas trouble. In his
letter, dated 25-7-'90, addressed to Auto-Urine Therapy centre he
state that as per advice given by the centre on 5-3-'89 he resorted to
Auto-Urine Therapy and has fully recovered from constipation and
gas trouble. Shri Jagjivandas Manji Adatia,
At. & Po. Gonda/, Dist. Rajot. MORE RECENT SUCCESSES. : 251
He was suffering from Cold constipation and deatness. In his
letter of Aug. '90 addressed to Auto-Urine Therapy Centre he
informs that as per advice given on 21-6-'90 by Shri Shahsikant
Patel, Adviser, Auto Urine Therapy Centre he has a marked recovery
from cold and constipation but very little improvement in deafness. He has requested for further advice which has been given in centre's
letter, dated 3-8-'90. Shri Rameshkumar Aroda,
18 Radhaswami Road, near Adarsh Cinema,
Amrutsar, Punjab, Age 46. He was suffering soraisis (Skindisease) since last ten years. He
started USE of Auto-Urine Therapy since June 1990 as per advice of
Auto Urine Therapy Centre. In his letter, dated 6-9-'90 addressed to
Bharat Sevak Samaj, he informs that he has completely recovered
from the iII ness. Shri Mohanbhai Gordhanbhai Mistri,
Mangaldas Dudhwalani Chali,
Uttemnagar, Maninagar, Ahmedabad. He was suffering from cancer of "Annnali"!foodpipe) and was
neither able to take food nor even tablets and lost weight of 1 0 kgs. He writes in his letter, dated 16-8-'90. That after following
Auto-Urine Therapy within short period he has recovered fully and
since last two years there is no trouble. Shri Shantilal Arjun Thanki,
Porbander, Dist. Junagadh -Age 64. He was suffering from Arthritis of knees. He started practice of
Auto-Urine Therapy since 9-7-'90 as per advice of Auto-Urine,,
•,
I
!~i.e: 252 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
Therapy centre. In his letter dated Nil, Jully 1990, addressed to
Shashikant Patel, Hon. Adviser of the Centre he informs after USE of
Auto-Urine drinking and Massage there is 50% improvement. Shri Parmar Anilkumar Bhagwansingh,
Kvkeri, Tal. Chikhli, Dist. Valsad, Age. 20. He was heving bad :,mell from mouth aAd was suffering from
Malaria for about 10 months and hand taken Qyin ine Injection and
other Allopathy medicine but there was no complete cure. He writes
in his letter dated 13-8-'90, addressed to Shri Shashikant Patel, Hon. Adviser, Auto-Urine Therapy Centre that he started practice of
Auto-Urine Therapy since last fifteen days and there is substantiar
relief and that though there is opidemic of Malaria in the area, he
has not become victim of the disease. Part VI
A few notable additional concepts and· cases
By Dr. S. M.. Desai
My old friend Sri Jayantibhai Trivedi found me out after a long
period of about twen:ty five years by a good chance and he seggested
me to.write this chapter. Not out of any self-importance but to' sht:~v/
the worthiness to write this chapter, I have to say that I


thers. All	kinds	of	abilities	may	inexplicably	exceed	the	norm. Joseph	Chilton
Pearce,	a	specialist	in	child	development,	writes	about	the	savant	syndrome	in
his	book
The	Biology	of	Transcendence. He	makes	several	striking	points. The	first	is	that	most	children	with	savant	syndrome	don’t	perform	on	their
own	but	respond	when	asked. The	second	is	that	they	are	not	especially
interested	in	the	wider	area	of	their	extraordinary	ability. If	you	sit	down	and
ask	a	savant	what	day	of	the	week	March	12,	2163,	falls	on,	it’s	like	talking	to
a	machine. The	child
goes
	inward	for	a	few	seconds,	then	pops	up	with	the
answer,	but	might	have	little	interest	in	simple	math. A	calendar	savant	might
not	be	able	to	multiply	12	by	12. The	normal	brain	filters	out	information	for	good	reason—it	takes	narrow
experience	to	form	a	self,	a	separate	person	with	limited	beliefs,	goals,
memories,	likes,	and	dislikes. We	deliberately	reject	huge	portions	of
information,	but	a	damaged	brain	is	exposed	to	everything	through	its
inability	to	select	and	filter. Pearce	is	particularly	intrigued	by	how	an
“automobile	savant”	could	take	one	look	at	a	parking	lot	and	tell	you	the
make,	model,	and	year	of	every	car	in	it	without	being	able	to	read. How	does
he	know	this	without	reading	magazines	that	feature	the	latest	models,
including	European	models	that	had	received	no	publicity	in	the	United
States. It	seems	as	if	these	savant	children	are	accessing	the	mind	field. Genius	is	another	way	to	access	the	field	beyond	normal	abilities. Musical
prodigies	like	Mozart	can	see	whole	symphony	scores	in	their	heads. One
such	prodigy	now	enrolled	in	the	Juilliard	program	for	composers	has	been
able	to	switch	between	four	channels	of	music	in	his	head	since	early
childhood;	when	asked	to	write	a	new	sonata	for	violin,	he	simply	turned	to
the	appropriate	channel	and	took	dictation. A	direct	link	to	the	field	of
information	seems	possible,	then,	and	we	move	closer	to	the	possibility	thatthe	brain	is	the	receiver	of	mind,	not	its	creator. This	is	important	to	the	afterlife	because	upon	dying	we	have	no	brain	but
do	desire	to	keep	our	minds. If	the	Vedic	seers	are	right,	the	human	brain
connects	us	to	infinite	consciousness. The	fact	that	we	shut	out	so	much	of	the
mind	field	doesn’t	mean	we	have	to. Aboriginal	peoples	don’t	access	higher
math,	scientific	reasoning,	or	advanced	musical	harmonies,	but	if	a	baby	were
taken	from	a	New	Guinea	jungle	tribe	and	placed	in	the	right	learning
environment,	its	mind	contains	the	potential	for	all	these	skills. Indeed,	only
in	this	decade	are	certain	tribes	moving	out	of	the	jungles	of	New	Guinea
into
surrounding	cities,	and	as	they	do,	they	make	the	transition	from	a	culture	that
never	discovered	metal-working	to	one	where	they	can	drive	a	car. Why	don’t	we	access	more	of	the	mind	field	ourselves. In	fact,	we	do. The	brain	adapts	to	the	field	at	will. If	you	intend	to	learn	Chinese	ideograms,
of	which	there	are	thousands,	you	can	apply	yourself,	and	gradually	a	system
of	meaningless	ink	strokes	will	be	transformed	into	a	meaningful	area	of
knowledge. Once	mastered,	the	Chinese	language	becomes	part	of	you;	it
becomes	second	nature,	and	you	can	proceed	to	use	it	for	creative	purposes. In	essence	you	have	accessed	the	mind	field	and	willed	your	own	evolution. You	have	made	a	leap	nearly	as	significant	as	when	Paleolithic	man
discovered	that	meaningless	vocal	noises	could	be	transformed	into	spoken
language. Intelligence	and	meaning	aren’t	only	“in	here”	as	a	subjective	creation	of
the	brain	or	“out	there”	as	a	freestanding	object. The	give-and-take	by	which
the	brain	creates	meaning	is	also	how	it	creates	the	world	and	creates	itself. All	these	processes	actually	belong	to	one	process,	the	self	“curving	back	onto
itself	to	create	again	and	again,”	as	Lord	Krishna	says. The	field	is	innately
creative. It	formed	the	human	brain,	which	is	so	receptive	that	it	took	the	next
leap	and	learned	to	create	new	thoughts,	abilities,	and	memories	on	its	own. Our	brains	are	still	acting	out	the	total	activity	of	the	cosmos,	but	we	happen
to	claim	that	“I	am	thinking”	when	it’s	just	as	true	to	say	“the	mind	field	is
thinking	through	me. ”
Memes	and	the	Behavior	of	Beliefs
There’s	another	kind	of	filtering	that	limits	how	much	of	the	mind	field	we
can	perceive. This	has	to	do	with	creating	beliefs	and	then	accepting	them	as
real. A	belief	is	an	idea	we	hold	on	to. For	example,	if	you	believe	that	God	is
good,	that	women	are	mysterious,	or	that	life	is	unfair,	you	have	taken
generations	of	shared	experience	and
reduced
	it	to	one	conclusion. The
conclusion	may	be	right	or	wrong;	that’s	not	important	for	the	moment. Beliefs	hold	us	together	as	a	society. Such	shared	beliefs	give	us	a	clue	about
how	mind	might	exist	outside	the	body. We	all	carry	in	our	minds	a	large	database	of	information	that	we	consider
fundamental. This	database	holds	everything	important	that	we	believe	about
the	world. It	is	our	worldview. We	depend	upon	it	to	survive	for	even	a	short
time. Beliefs	evolve	over	the	centuries,	and	therefore	some	researchers	look
upon	beliefs	as	being	like	“virtual	genes,”	that	become	fixed	characteristics	of
the	brain. These	mental	genes	were	named	“memes”	by	the	British
evolutionist	Richard	Dawkins,	who	founded	a	new	field	overnight	that	has
proliferated	considerably	since	then. A	meme	is	often	compared	to	a	virus	that	spreads	from	person	to	person
until	an	entire	society	gets	infected. It	wouldn’t	be	beneficial	to	our	species	to
become	infected	by	everything. If	we	were	actually	open	to	all	new	ideas,	we
would	not	be	able	to	maintain	a	coherent	view	of	the	world. Imagine	changing
your	view	of	the	opposite	sex,	for	example,	every	time	you	met	a	new	person. In	order	to	evolve,	human	beings	had	to	make	sure	that	they	accepted	only
“good”	memes—ideas	that	promoted	a	coherent,	reliable	worldview—and
rejected	“bad”	memes,	ideas	that	moved	the	mind	in	the	opposite	direction. The	basic	fact	that	we	can	track	the	spread	of	beliefs	the	way	we	track	the
spread	of	avian	flu	provides	us	with	another	clue	to	the	nature	of	the	mind
field:	it	is	dynamic,	shared,	evolving,	and	powerful. It	is	capable	of
“infecting”	us	with	good	or	bad	beliefs	without	the	individual	actually	going
through	any	experience	at	all. Thus	societies	fight	and	die	defending	a	God
few	have	personally	ex


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Books Published
Abhidhana manjari (English translation with notes)
Madhava chikitsa (English translation)
Rasa Chandamnshu – (English translation with notes and appendices)
Dhanvantari Mahatme (Kannada – Prose and Poetry)
Basarajeeyam – English translation
Vaidyasara sangraha – English translation
Mana Paribhasha (Glossary of Measurements)
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1. Basis of Ayurveda – Ayurvedic Text Books
2. Place Where Ayurveda Remedies Are Made
3. What Is Ayurvedic Medicine? 4. 7 ings You Should Know Before Taking Ayurvedic Medicine
5. How to Understand and Master Ayurvedic Medicines Easily
6. Why So Many Dosage Forms in Ayurveda? Six Scientic Criteria
7. Which Ayurvedic Medicine Form Is Very Eﬀective? 8. How Natural Herbal Home Remedies Are Useful to You? 9. Herbal Home Remedies – Precautions to Consider
10. How to Make a Remedy with Any Ayurvedic Herb? 11. Swarasa – Fresh Juice Extracts of Herbs
12. Amla Juice Benets, How to Make? Self Made or Market? Side Eﬀects
13. Ayurvedic Herbal Pastes – Kalka Uses, Preparation, Examples
14. Aloe Vera Pulp Exudate Remedy for Improving Skin Glow
15. Jaggery – Ginger Home Remedies for Inammation
16. Kashayam (Kwath) – Herbal Teas Preparation, Benets, Usage17. Kashayam Preparation – Easy Rules to Follow
18. 7 Common Mistakes to Avoid with Herbal Tea
19. Pramathya – Weaker Form of Decoction
20. Ayurveda’s Take on Re-boiling Water and Herbal Teas
21. Kashaya Home Remedy for Fever
22. Kashaya Home Remedy for Fever and Cold
23. Dashamula Kashayam with Castor Oil for Low Back Pain
24. Easy Ayurveda Home Remedy for Fever And Cold
25. Home Remedy for Body Heat, Burning Urination and Abdominal Pain
26. Giloy Ayurveda Home Remedy for Fever and Anorexia
27. Home Remedy for Goitre Using Kanchanar
28. Home Remedy for Gout Using Giloy
29. Ayurvedic Home Remedy for Urine Infection and Painful Urination
30. Ksheerapaka – Herbs Processed in Cow Milk
31. Arjuna Heart Tonic – Ayurvedic Home Remedy for Heart Care
32. Ayurvedic Ashwagandha Home Remedy for Conception for Women
33. Home Remedy for Heavy Periods – M enstrual Bleeding
34. Hima Kalpana (Cold Infusion)
35. Coriander Drink for Fever, Burning Sensation,  irst
36. Hot Infusions – Phanta37. Churna – Ayurvedic Herbal Powders: Principle, Preparation, Examples
38. How to Make Your Own Ayurvedic Tooth Powder? 7 Factors to Consider
39. Amla Home Remedy for Frequent Urination – P repare It Within a
Minute
40. Ayurvedic Home Remedy for Heavy Periods Using Saﬀron
41. Ayurvedic Home Remedy for Migraine Using Saﬀron
42. Ayurvedic Home Remedy for Hiccup
43. Ayurvedic Home Remedy for Sciatica, Rheumatoid Arthritis with
Haritaki
44. Easy Home Remedy for Cough with Trikatu
45. Easy Homemade Face Scrub Using Ayurveda Herbs
46. Ginger Amla Home Remedy for Asthma and Hiccups – M ake It in a
Minute
47. Ginger, Amla, Raisin and Honey Home Remedy for Asthma and Cough
48. Home Remedy for Fever with Pitta Kapha Imbalance Using Kutki – Root
49. Home Remedy for Vomiting and Hiccups Using Katuki – Picrorhiza
Kurroa – Root
50. How to Use Turmeric for Allergic Rhinitis? 4 Traditional Methods
51. Licorice Home Remedy for Bleeding Disorder, Fever and Heart Support
52. Long Pepper – Honey Home Remedy for Cough
53. Triphala Home Remedy for Eye Care54. Triphaladi Churnam Uses, Dose, Ingredients, Side Eﬀects
55. Trikatu Churna Benets, Dose, Remedies, Side Eﬀects
56. How to Make Ayurvedic Herbal Bath Powder at Home? 57. Mantha – Fruit Squeezes
58. Herbal Drinks – Paneeya
59. Arka Kalpana – Distillation Products
60. Panaka – Herbal Juice
61. How to Make Herbal Syrups? 62. Herbal Jam Preparation – Avaleha Kalpana
63. How to Make Chyavanprash? 5 Hidden Pharma Principles
64. Home Remedy for Strength and Immunity in Chronic Lung Diseases
65. How to Make Ayurvedic Tablets? 66. Ghanavati – Kashayas Made into Tablets
67. Masi Kalpana – Ash erapy
68. Principles of Making Herbal Ghee – Ghritham
69. Ayurvedic Cardiac Tonic – Home Remedy for Heart Support
70. Ghee Home Remedy for Dry Cough
71. How to Use Ghee for Skin Care? A Simple Ayurveda Method
72. Ayurvedic Herbal Oil Making: Principles, Method, Examples
73. How to Make Hair Oil at Home with Amla74. How to Make Bhringraj Oil for Hair Growth
75. How to Make Ayurvedic Herbal Anti Dandruﬀ Hair Oil at Home? 76. How to Make Herbal Oil to Remove Burn Scars
77. Essential Oils Benets, Usage, Side Eﬀects, Types, Advantages
78. Asava and Arishta – Advantages, Usage in Children, Side Eﬀects
79. Other Types of Sandhana Kalpanas – Fermented Products
80. Rice Preparations
81. Manda
82. Yavagu – Weaker Herbal Tea/Weaker Kashaya/Gruel
83. Yusha – Broth of Pulses
84. Mamsarasa – Meat Soup
85. Khada – Kambalika
86. Raga and Shadava Qualities and Health Benets
87. How to Make Buttermilk, Types: Ayurvedic Method
88. Curds Recipe of Amla – Ayurvedic Home Remedy
89. Lepa Kalpana: Ayurvedic Dosage Forms for External Application
90. Malahara Kalpana: Ayurvedic Ointment Preparation
91. How to Make Facepack, MouthWash, Body Lotion from Curd
92. 10 Carrot Home Remedies for Cholesterol, Energy, Piles
93. 10 Mustard Remedies for Cold, Headache, Tonsillitis, Nose Polyps94. 3 Lady Finger (Okra) Remedies for Diabetes, Head Lice, Burn Wounds
95. 4 Cucumber Remedies for Urinary Calculi, Gastritis, Burning Urination
96. 5 Ashwagandha Home Remedies: Vigour, Tiredness, Allergy
97. 5 Cashew Nut Remedies for Strength, Weight, Bone Mass
98. 5 Dates Fruit Remedies: Milkshake, Laddu for Energy, Stamina
99. 5 Radish Home Remedies for Vit


how to make it work as part of your daily calorie intake. It’s true that you can add all sorts of high-calorie or high-fat ingredients to
homemade smoothies, but you’re still in cont rol of the qual ity of the
organic fruits and vegetables (as oppos ed to it being a frozen pulp with
additives); you can opt for low-fat dairy ingredients; and you can be sure
that the juice is fresh, not containing ﬁltered water or extra sweetener s. Bottom line: Homemade smoothies beat  out com mercial blends  hands
down. My own health routine is to have a fruit smoothie made with
skim milk, 1 cup of fresh or frozen berries, an orange, half a
banana, and 1/4 cup of yogurt, cottage cheese, or tofu in the
morning before work. This is enough to keep me feeling
satisﬁed until lunch at noon. Sometimes I have the same drink
at midafternoon to keep my blood sugar levels even and to
prevent me from feeling like I’m starving, although a vegetable
juice is usually enough to keep me satisﬁed until dinner. They make an excellent meal r eplacement
Busy times call for smart choices instead of fast foods. Smoothies are smart meal replacements because they’re high in
nutrients. If you add small amounts of protein and even some
grain to a vegetable smoothie, you can build that drink into a
powerful meal replacement. Excluding all your meals and taking only juices and
smoothies isn’t wise, because, as nutritionists always point
out, we need a wide variety of whole, natural foods. Excluding the other plant foods like whole grains, beans,
legumes, nuts, and seeds means that you’re limiting the
nutrients your body receives. Breakfast and lunch are the best meals to use smoothies as a
replacement for, especially if you usually skip breakfast and ﬁnd
yourself grabbing a fast meal for lunch. Check out Chapters 16
and 17 for great lunch and dinner smoothie recipes. They’r e an easy way to take medicines, herbs, or
supplements
Often the elderly or people recovering from surgery can handle
smoothies long before they can tolerate solid foods. You can
blend prescribed medications (only those that are meant to be
taken with food) right into the smoothie, making them a
nourishing drink for recovering patients. You also can boost the
caloric content of smoothies by adding omega-3 rich oils, using
whole milk, and adding protein sources. This is often the best
way to bolster the diets of elderly and undernourished patients. Healing herbs, tinctures, and teas can be used as smoothie
ingredients. Healthy supplements like lecithin, bee pollen, whey
protein powder, and green sprouts may be added to the blender
along with the ingredients. Deciding Whether Smoothies
and/or Juices Ar e Right for Y ouIf you’re making your health a top priority now, you’re not
alone. Trends toward healthier options in all areas of our lives
are peaking, with the biggest population bulge, the Baby
Boomers, reaching 50 or older. And these trends are ﬁltering
down to younger generations as well, so that juicing and
smoothies have become a signiﬁcant part of a healthy daily
diet. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), heart
disease is the number-one killer of Americans. The AHA says
that you can reduce your risk of heart disease by the foods you
eat and drink; it identiﬁes seven health and lifestyle factors that
impact health and quality of life. If you visit the AHA website
(www. heart. org ), you can start getting healthy by checking out
My Life Check. In the meantime, here are the AHA’s seven health
factors:
 Don’t smoke. Maintain a healthy weight for your sex and age. Engage in regular physical activity. Eat natural, whole foods and avoid high-fat, high-sugar,
fast- and reﬁned-foods. Manage your blood pressure preferably by diet and
exercise. Watch and manage cholesterol. Keep blood sugar, or glucose, at healthy levels. In one way or another, juices and smoothies can help with many
of these factors. One place to start to determine if juices or
smoothies are a viable lifestyle option for you is to take the
personal health questionnaire in the nearby sidebar. You can
use it to gauge whether you’re getting the appropriate amounts
of fruits and vegetables. Taking stock: A personal health
questionnaire
Setting your own personal health goal s is an excellent way to put a focus
on diet, physical activity, and mental attitude. A good place to start with
your diet is to honestly answer the ques tions in this section and measure
your answers against the facts from heal th experts. This activity points
out any discrepancy between what’s ideal  and where you are right now,
and it can help you to take the steps you need to have a heal thy life. 1. How do you take your meals. a. Do you eat breakfast. Eating breakf ast is essential to suppl ying
nutrients to the cells for the workday  ahead. b. If so, what do you eat for breakfast. Fresh fruits or vegetables, small
amount of protein, and some source of omega- 3 acids are best to start the
day. 2. What beverages do you drink in a day. Coffee, regular tea, and soft
drinks don’t contribute to a healthy diet. Eight glasses of water is optimal. 3. What snacks do you eat between meals and when do you eat them. Keeping a log of exactly what you eat for a whole week will point out
what kinds of foods you go to when you feel dow n or bored or hungr y. 4. How often do you go through the drive-through in a week. It should
be a rare to never occurrence. 5. How often do you eat fast food (burgers, tacos, deep- fried chicken,
pizza, french fries). It should be a rare to never occurrence. 6. How many home-cooked dinners do you eat in a week. It shoul d be
a ﬁve- to seven-days-a-week occur rence. 7. How many fruits and vegetables do you eat in a day. Studies show
that eating seven and ideally ten or more servings of fruits and veget ables(with vegetables being ﬁve or more of those servings) lowers the risk of
many modern diseases. If your diet is falling short of a healthy, preventive, whole foods  way of
eating, changes are in order. Remember: Substituting fresh fruit or vegetable juices or smoothies for
high-calorie, high-fat snacks and drinks is one of the easiest ways to
improve your diet. If you’re already having fresh fruit for snack s, great. Try
fresh vegetable drinks, and expand your choi ces. Only you can determine
what, when, and how you’ll eat and drink. Chapter 3
Buying and Caring for Your
Equipment
In This Chapter
 Choosing a juicer that’s right for you
 Knowing what to look for in a blender
 Maintaining your machines to get the most from them
It wasn’t until the 1930s when the perfection of the small
electric motor led to the invention of juicers and blenders. At
ﬁrst, these machines were used only by restaurants or other
industrial establishments. The practice of using a juicer or
blender in the home kitchen hasn’t been around for much more
than three generations. Many people own or are familiar with using a blender, but juice
machines aren’t as widely used in home kitchens yet. If you’ve
decided that juicing is important to your health and you want to
include juicing in a health regime, this chapter is worth reading
because it explains everything you need to know about the
kinds of machines available today and what features to look for
when buying a juicer. If you’re in the market for a blender, this chapter doesn’t leave
you empty-handed. I give you the tips you need to ﬁnd the right
one for you. Finally, I end the chapter by telling you how to care for and
maintain your juicer and blender, so they’ll serve up delicious,
healthy drinks for years to come. Choosing a Juicer
If you want to buy a juicing machine, this is the place to start. In
this section, I explain the main types of juicers and help you
decide which one is right for you. T y p e s  o f  j u i c e r s
In this section, I cover the three main types of juicers. Knowing your level of engagement in the process of juicing is
critical to matching the type of juicers available to your
lifestyle, your health needs, and your expectations about
convenience, so ask yourself the following questions and keep
your answers in mind as you read about the types of machines
available and their advantages or disadvantages. How much time do I want to spend making juice. Will my juice be a once-a-day quick snack or a health ritual
that I want to put time and effort into. Am I fanatical about extracting the most juice from my
fruits and vegetables and obtaining the highest quality
nutrients, or does convenience trump any slight increase
in nutrients. You can get started on fresh raw juices by dropping in on
a juice bar in a whole-food or health food store, gym, or spa
and sampling the fruit


alkaline deficiency. 15
NEURALGIA:
Intense pain in the region of a nerve which has 61 37 30 40
been improperly nourished. NEURASTHENIA:
Functional depression of the nervous system due 61 37 2 30
to improper and insufficient organic nourishment 40 55
and materialized as a result of prolonged nervous
strain, worry, anxiety, or overwork. NEURITIS:
The result usually of uric acid crystals pressing 23 30 61 40
against muscles and nerves, causing intense pain. Eating meat is one of the primary causes of the
presence of such a condition. It generates such
excessive amounts of uric acid that the muscles
become saturated with it, when it eventually forms
into crystals. OBESITY:
Excessive adipose tissue resulting from 61 1 30 15
incompatible combinations of foods and eating 34
excessive quantities of starches and sugars. Sometimes due to a glandular disturbance. Study
the chapter on GLANDS. We have the following
interesting report from "Pavy on Food" about a Mr.
Banting: After one year of eliminating from his diet
all starchy and fatty foods, and all alcoholic
beverages including beer, Mr. Banting lost 40
pounds in weight and 12 inches from his midriff. After 7 years he wrote: "I can conscientiously assert
that I never lived so well as I now do as a result of
following this new dietary plan, one I would have
formerly thought to be dangerous and an extravagant
trespass upon my health. I am considerably better,
both physically and mentally, and pleased to believe
that I hold the reins of health and comfort in my
own hands." 108 ORCHITIS:
Inflammation ofTestes, due to excessive retention 30 61 40 29
of morbid matter in the system, and sometimes to 37 59
abuse. OSTEOMYELITIS:
The breaking down of the structure of the bone, I 61 48 30
usually accompanied by oozing of pus. The bone, 43
like every other part of the body, requires live,
organic nourishment. Without it the cells starve, the
waste matter accumulates, and the structure
crumbles. OXIDATION (Low):
Lack of oxygen assimilation due to insufficient 61 30 37 46
organic iron in the system. 55
PARALYSIS:
Loss of power to control or coordinate the 61 40 30 6
voluntary and involuntary muscles, due to starvation
of the nerve centers. PARALYSIS (Infantile): See INFANTILE PARALYSIS
Inability of the body to replenish and regenerate
the spinal fluid due to improper metabolism, an
excess of devitalized starches and sugars and a great
deficiency in organic elements in the diet. PARESIS:
Functional inability of the cerebral nerves to 61 2 40 30
coordinate, due to lack of proper organic 647
nourishment. PERITONITIS:
Inflammation of the lining of the abdominal 61 30 40 15
cavity. PHLEBITIS:
Inflammation of veins due to the presence of 61 2 30
excessive quantities of starch, calcium and morbidity
in the system. PILES: (See Hemorrhoids.) PLEURISY:
Inflammation of the pleura due to the improper 30 61 40
elimination of morbid matter from the body, usually
accompanied with fever and pains when breathing. 109 PNEUMONIA:
Inflammation of the lung tissues due to the 61 30 11 41
presence of abnormal quantities of mucus and other
morbid matter in the system, as a result of drinking
milk and the excessive use of concentrated starches
and sugars. POLIO: See INFANTILE PARALYSIS
PREGNANCY:
Without exception, the most important period in 1 30 61 2
the life of the unborn child. Uncontrolled habits, 48 32 53
smoking, drinking alcoholic and "soft drink"
beverages as well as cow's milk (particularly when
pasteurized), and eating excessive quantities of
concentrated starch, grain, and sugar foods on the
part of the pregnant woman, all tend towards mineral
deficiency in the child. Raw vegetables and fruits,
which are live organic foods, supplemented with an
ample volume daily of fresh raw vegetable juices,
as the regular daily diet have resulted in bright,
healthy children as well as mothers.Try it! Read the
whole chapter on CARROT JUICE. PROLAPSUS:
The falling of an organ from its normal position 61 2 30 40
due to loss of tone in the nerve and muscular system 15
as a result of improper diet. PROSTATETROUBLE:
The result either of excesses, or of a lack of vital 23 30 61 1
live nourishment in the food for years past. ^
PSORIASIS:
A group or colony of germs feeding on morbid 61 30 15 I
matter and body waste in the system attempting to ^
leave the body by way of the skin, thus creating an
irritation. PYELITIS:
Inflammation in the region of the pelvis or the ^ • ^
kidneys usually due to an excessive retention of uric ^ zo Jy
acid in the system. PYORRHEA:
Inflammation of the gums and the loosening of
the teeth because of the presence of excessive waste 61 1 2 30
110 matter in the entire system, and the deficiency in
the diet of live organic food. PYROSIS (Heart-burn):
Intense burning sensation, due to the presence 30 61 29 40
of excessive uric acid or other morbid matter, 59
resulting from the fermentation and putrefaction of
improper combinations of food. QUINSY:
Inflammation of the throat due to the presence 61 30 2 I
of excessive body and food waste in the system. When an abscess forms, it is the localizing of waste
matter in the region of the tonsils (See TONSILS). RACHITIS (Rickets):
Deficiency of organic calcium and other elements 61 1 48 37
resulting in deformity, softness, or flexibility of the 6 30 46
bone. RENAL CALCULUS (Kidney Stones):
Inorganic matter, principally the calcium in 23 30 61 40
concentrated starches, forming concretions in the 29 28 59
kidneys. (in glass of
hot water)
RHEUMATISM:
Meat and meat products of any kind, cannot be 23 30 61
digested without an excessive accumulation of uric
acid in the system. (Read the chapter on Carrot, Beet
and Cucumber Juice). Retained in the body, this uric
acid is absorbed into the muscles and sooner or later
crystallizes. These sharp uric acid crystals are the
cause of the pain in Rheumatism. (Read chapter on
Protein in DIET & SALAD Book.) RHINITIS:
Inflammation of the nasal membrane principally 61 30 40 11
due to the presence of excessive quantities of mucus
in the sinus cavities. SCARLET FEVER:
The rebellion of the body against the 30 61
accumulation of food waste and body waste in the 68 47 66
system as a result of eating too much cooked and
not enough raw food and juices. Ill SCIATICA:
Inflammation of the Sciatic nerve or surrounding 30 61 40 28
muscle, usually due to the presence of excessive uric 29 59
acid in the system. SCLEROSIS:
A hardening of any tissue of the body. (See also 61 62 32 30
Multiple Sclerosis.) SCROFULA:
The formation of pus in the glands due to the 61 2 15 40
presence of inorganic matter in the food eaten. 30
SCURVY:
The result of an improperly balanced diet with 61 15 2 30
insufficient organic nourishment. 30
SEXUAL DISEASES:
Sometimes due to overindulgence leading to 61 30 2 15
inflammation, and weakened organs due to lack of 40 29 28
sufficient organic nourishment, resulting in disturbed
functions, and the presence of morbid matter inviting
the propagation of germs and infection. SINUSTROUBLE:
Usually due to excessive mucus resulting from 61 11 30 1
excessive use of milk and frequently also of starches
and sugars. SLEEPLESSNESS:
The result of excessive nervous tension and the 61 22 37 30
improper elimination of waste from the body. SMALLPOX:
Excessive volumes of putrid waste matter in the 61 30 1 2
body resulting in the propagation therein of the virulent 37 40 53