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1 large onion, diced
1/2 small celery knob, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
2 large potatoes, diced
1 leek, diced
parsley
2 quarts water
Dice all vegetables. Place vegetables, parsley, and water in covered saucepan and bring to boil.
Lower heat and cover. Simmer 1-1/2 to 2 hours. Mash through food mill.
Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves 2-4
2 medium onions, sliced
1 medium white (or green) cabbage, cut into thin strips
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 medium tomatoes, chopped
1 tbsp. sugar
juice of 1 large lemon
3 oz. raisins
1 qt. water
Slice the onion and sweat gently in a little water for a few minutes until softening. Cut the
cabbage into thin strips and add to onion, mixing well. Add crushed garlic. Chop the tomatoes
and add together with the sugar, lemon juice, raisins and water. Bring to a boil and simmer until
the cabbage is al dente  (about 10 minutes ). Serve this hearty soup as a main dish with bread
followed by fruit for dessert.
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www.thegersonway.comTangy Tomato Soup
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Serves 2-4
1 lb. tomatoes, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
1 stick celery, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
little orange juice
yogurt
Chop tomatoes, carrot, celery and onion. Seed pepper and chop. Put all into a lar ge pot and
cover with water. Bring to a boil, turn down the heat and simmer until vegetables are tender.
Purée. Add the orange juice. Reheat gently. Add a swirl of yogurt before serving.
Tomato Soup with Potato and Onion
2 large tomatoes, diced
1 medium onion, diced
2 medium potatoes, diced
1 tsp. wine vinegar
small bay leaf
Dice all vegetables. Place all ingredients in covered saucepan, cover with water and cook over
low flame for 35-40 minutes. Mash through food mill and serve hot.
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Baked Pepper and Tomato Salad
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2-4
3 red bell p eppers
6 large tomatoes
1 medium red onion, finely sliced
3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
juice of 1 large lemon
3 tbsp. fresh, chopped mint
flaxseed oil
Cook the peppers and tomatoes whole until somewhat cooked but still fi rm. Skin the peppers
and tomatoes, chop roughly and place in a serving dish.  Finely slice the onion and very thinly
slice the garlic.  Add to the mixture in the dish.  Add the lemon and mint. Mix well.  Sprinkle with
a little flaxseed  oil.
Baked Potato and Parsnip Rosti*
* Rosti means “broiled” or “roasted” (i.e., top-browned)
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1-1/4 hour
Serves 2
8 oz. parsnips, cored, peeled and coarsely grated
8 oz. potatoes, peeled and coarsely grated
1 onion, finely chopped
2 tbsp. fresh chives, finely chopped
herbs
3-1/2 oz. yogurt
a little grated horseradish (optional)
Core the parsnips, and peel and c oarsely grate the potatoes and parsnips into a large bowl.  Add
finely chopped onion, chives, herbs and yogurt.  Mix until well combined. Put the vegetable
mixture into a shallow dish and cover.  Bake for 1 hour at 375°  F (190° C). Remove the lid and
bake a little longer until it begins to brown  and the top is crispy. Serve with a crisp salad or a
vegetable (or both).
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Baked potatoes should be thoroughly washed, not scraped or peeled. Bake in a low oven at 300°
F (149 ° C) for 2 or 2-1/2 hours or, alternatively, bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour at 350 ° F (177°
C).
Baked Potato with Beet
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1-1/2 hours
1 baking potato
1 onion, sliced
cooked beet, diced
yogurt
dill
Bake the potato in its skin.  Slice the onion and cook gently until beginning to soften.  Dice the
beet, add to the onion and warm through.  When the potato is cooked, split it open and spoon in
the beet mixture.  Top with dollops of yogurt and sprinkle with dill.  Serve with a green salad.
Baked Potato with Beet and Onion
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
1 baking potato
1 large onion, peeled
beet, diced and cooked
yogurt
dill
1 tsp. flaxseed  oil (optional)
Scrub the potato and place whole into a casserole dish with a lar ge, peeled onion.  Add a little
water and bake until both are cooked.  Chop the cooked onion and put into a saucepan with the
diced, cooked beet. Heat through.  Split open the potato and fill with the onion and beet mixture.
Mix together the yogurt, dill and flaxseed  oil (if using the flaxseed  oil, wait until the potato is no
longer steaming) and drizzle over the top.  Serve with a green salad.
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Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves 2
1 lb. tomatoes, sliced
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 medium onion, chopped
bread crumbs (or a handful of rolled oats)
dill
flaxseed oil
Slice the tomatoes and put into a baking dish.  Crush the garlic, chop the onion and sprinkle over
the tomatoes.  Cover with bread crumbs  (or rolled oats) and bake for about 20 minutes at 325° F
(170° C). Just before serving, sprinkle with dill and flaxseed oil.
Beets
Bake at 300-350 ° F (149-177 ° C) or boil beets in their jackets.
Beets, Cooked and Creamed
3 beets, cooked and chopped
6 tbsp. yogurt
1 tbsp. fresh chives, snipped
2 tbsp. onion, finely chopped
parsley, finely chopped
Put cooked, chopped beets into a saucepan with the yogurt, chives and onion and heat gently.
Put into serving dish and sprinkle with chopped parsley.
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www.thegersonway.comBeets with Horseradish
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 1 to 1-1/2 hours
Serves 2-4
6 beets
yogurt
2 tsp. horseradish
chives
Cook the beets until tender.  Remove the skin and cut into quarters.  Combine the yogurt and
horseradish and pour over the beets.  Garnish with chopped chives and erve immediately.
Bessarabian Nightmare
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Serves 2
tomatoes, skinned and sliced
onions, sliced
red (or green) bell pepper, seeded and sliced
garlic, crushed
herbs
flaxseed oil
Skin the tomatoes.  Slice the tomatoes, onions and peppers.  Arrange in layers in an oven-proof
dish.  Sprinkle with crushed garlic and herbs.  Cook slowly, then chill and serve cold, adding a
little flaxseed oil before serving. A strange name for a delicious dish!
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hormonal
system
is
self-regulation.
And
such
an
impulse
to
further
development
can
be
given
by
receiving
one's
own
urine
or
the
urine
of
another
person
of
the
same
sex
and
approximately
the
same
age.
This
will
enhance
thefeedback
and
tune
other
functions.
The
Shivambukalpa
book
of
Indian
yogis
even
claims,
that
by
using
urine
for
a
period
In
3
months,
a
person
will
get
rid
of
all
diseases
completely
and
forever!
I
believe
it,
after
a
few
years
of
very
moderate
urine
use
I
feel
absolutely
bulletproof.
No
sickness,
no
trouble
at
55.
And
that
I
was
really
riddled
with
diseases.
There
will
probably
be
a
lot
of
psychology
involved
here,
I
just
don't
admit
that
I
could
be
sick
at
all.
3)
thyroid
produces
the
hormone
thyroxine,
a
complex
substance
containing
iodine.
This
hormone
affects
the
activity
of
certain
enzymes.
If
it
is
not
produced
enough,
metabolism
and
cell
division
slows
down,
the
organism
lags
behind
in
spiritual
and
physical
development.
There
is
cretinism.
Urine
has
a
very
favorable
effect
on
this
gland.
Saves
iodine,
especially
if
there
is
little
of
it
in
food.
The
thyroid
gland
consists
of
vesicles,
entwined
with
blood
capillaries,
and
the
cells
of
the
vesicles
are
filled
with
a
mucous
fluid
(colloid)
in
which
the
hormone
accumulates.
If
the
colloid
is
poorly
diluted,
the
hormone
is
not
secreted
from
the
cell
in
full
and
there
is
a
lack
of
it.
The
intake
of
urine
helps
to
dilute
the
colloid,
reduces
its
viscosity
and
allows
free
penetration
of
thyroxine
into
the
blood.
Hence
the
first
warning:
in
Bazed's
disease,
when
the
activity
of
the
thyroid
gland
is
too
intense,
the
intake
of
urine
must
be
very
careful.
And
if
symptoms
of
worsening
condition
appear
-
insomnia,
irritability,
muscle
weakness,
weight
loss
-
then
urine
cannot
be
used.
4)
Parathyroid
glands
there
are
four
in
total
and
they
regulate
the
conversion
of
calcium
in
the
body,
its
content
in
the
blood.
There
must
be
two
potassium
ions
for
one
calcium
ion.
This
ratio
is
regulated
by
parathormone.
When
there
is
not
enough
of
this
hormone,
convulsions
occur,
mostly
in
the
limbs.
Many
people
have
experienced
a
significant
improvement
in
their
health
after
taking
urine,
because
urine
helps
to
replenish
insuf ficient
amount
of
parathyroid
hormone
.
5)
Thymus
gland
is
a
gland
that
produces
10
hormones.
One
of
them
is
growth
hormone.
The
main
function
of
the
thymus
is
to
ensure
the
immune
protection
of
the
organism.
Under
immune
protection,
we
mean
the
distinction
and
destruction
of
everything
foreign
in
the
body:
pathogenic
cells
of
microor ganisms,
old,
diseased
or
altered
cells,
cancerous
and
others
that
are
foreign
to
the
organism.
T-lymphocytes,
produced
by
the
thymus,
provide
anti-viral
and
anti-tumor
defense.
However,
with
age,
the
mass
of
the
thymus
decreases
considerably
and
thus
the
immunity
also
deteriorates.
The
organism
becomes
much
more
sensitive
to
various
infections,
the
risk
of
developing
atherosclerosis,
cancer,
Parkinson's
disease
and
other
ailments
increases.
However,
it
is
possible
to
stop
the
dying
of
the
thymus
function
if
we
take
children's
urine,
which
the
old
healers
already
considered
very
beneficial.
The
child's
urine
is
saturated
with
the
whole
range
substances
helping
to
strengthen
immunity.
It
is
best
to
use
a
child's
urine,
starting
from
a
newborn
and
ending
at
the
age
of
12-13
years.
Therefore,
if
you
want
to
increase
your
own
anti-infection,
anti-virus
and
anti-cancer
defenses,
dissolve
foreign
tissue,
e.g.
corneal
clouding,
you
must
regularly
use
baby
urine.
6)
Pancreas
weighs
about
80
grams.
Its
juices
help
digest
food.
The
gland
secretes
the
hormone
insulin,
which
regulates
the
sugar
level
in
the
body.
With
the
help
of
this
hormone,
sugar
is
stored
in
the
body
(in
the
muscles,
liver,
etc.).
Glucagon
-
another
hormone
of
the
pancreas
or
pancreas
-
has
the
opposite
effect
of
insulin.
Dysfunction
of
the
pancreas
leads
to
diabetes.
Practice
has
shown
that
taking
urine,
especially
in
non-neglected
cases,
makes
it
possible
to
eliminate
this
disease.
7)
Adrenal
glands
consist
of
two
parts:
the
brain
(inner)
and
the
cortex
(outer).
These
parts
secrete
hormones
that
have
a
variety
of
functions.
Adrenaline
is
a
brain
substance
hormone
that
constricts
blood
vessels,
increases
blood
pressure,
and
speeds
up
heart
contractions.
Glucocorticoids
regulate
carbohydrate
and
nitrogen
metabolism.
These
hormones
areconsidered
stimulators
of
all
life
processes.
Hormones
coming
from
the
cortex
of
the
adrenal
glands
are
closely
related
to
the
hormones
of
the
gonads.
Their
lack
leads
to
disorders
in
the
sexual
sphere.
In
women,
it
causes
the
growth
of
hair
on
the
face,
in
men,
an
increase
in
the
voice,
and
a
reduction
in
sexual
needs.
Many
cases
are
known
when
taking
urine,
especially
evaporated,
helped
normalize
hair
growth
in
women
(facial
hair
disappeared),
improve
potency
in
men,
and
also
eliminate
various
diseases
associated
with
adrenal
gland
dysfunction.
8)
Gonads
they
produce
a
whole
complex
of
hormones,
on
which
our
health,
our
appearance,
mood
and
general
feeling
of
well-being
largely
depend.
As
already
said,
the
gonads
work
with
increasing
load
every
year,
as
the
sensitivity
of
the
hypothalamus
to
them
de


allbladder,	the	body’s	60	to	100trillion	cells	will	be	able	to	“breathe”	more	oxygen,	receive	sufficient	amounts	of
nutrients,	efficiently	eliminate	their	metabolic	waste	products,	and	maintain	perfect
communication	links	with	the	nervous	system,	endocrine	system,	and	all	other	parts	of	the
body.

Almost	every	patient	suffering	a	chronic	illness	has	excessive	amounts	of	gallstones	in
the	liver.	A	doctor	can	easily	confirm	this	by	having	her	chronically	ill	patient	do	a	liver
cleanse.	It	is	apparent	that	unless	a	specific	liver	disease	is	found,	this	vital	organ	is	rarely
considered	a	“culprit”	for	other	diseases.	The	majority	of	gallstones	in	the	liver	consist	of
the	same	“harmless”	constituents	as	are	found	in	liquid	bile
,
	with	cholesterol	being	the
main	ingredient.	A	number	of	stones	consist	of	fatty	acids	and	other	organic	material	that
has	ended	up	in	the	bile	ducts.	The	fact	that	the	majority	of	these	stones	are	just	congealed
clumps	of	bile	or	organic	matter	makes	them	practically	“invisible”	to	x-rays,	ultrasonic
technologies,	and
computerized	tomography
	(CT).

The	situation	is	different	with	regard	to	the	gallbladder,	where	up	to	about	20	percent	of
all	stones	can	be	made	up	entirely	of	minerals,	predominantly	calcium	salts	and	bile
pigments.	Whereas	diagnostic	tests	can	easily	detect	these	hardened,	relatively	large
stones	in	the	gallbladder,	they	tend	to	miss	the	softer,	noncalcified	stones	in	the	liver.	Only
when	excessive	amounts	of	cholesterol-based	stones	(85-95	percent	cholesterol),	or	other
clumps	of	fat,	block	the	bile	ducts	of	the	liver	may	an	ultrasound	test	reveal	what	is
generally	referred	to	as	“fatty	liver.”	In	such	a	case,	the	ultrasound	pictures	reveal	a	liver
that	is	almost	completely	white	(instead	of	black).	A	fatty	liver	can	gather	up	to	20,000
stones	before	it	succumbs	to	suffocation	and	ceases	to	function.

If	you	had	a	fatty	liver	and	went	to	the	doctor,	she	would	tell	you	that	you	had	excessive
fatty	tissue	in	your	liver.	It	is	less	likely,	though,	that	she	would	tell	you	that	you	had
intrahepatic	gallstones
	(stones	obstructing	the	liver’s	bile	ducts).	As	mentioned	before,
most	of	the	smaller	stones	in	the	liver	are	not	detectable	through	ultrasound	or	CT	scans.
Nevertheless,	careful	analysis	of	diagnostic	images	by	specialists	would	show	whether
some	of	the	smaller	bile	ducts	in	the	liver	were	dilated	because	of	obstruction.	A	dilation
of	bile	ducts	caused	by	larger	and	denser	stones	or	by	clusters	of	stones	may	be	detected
more	readily	through
magnetic	resonance	imaging
	(MRI).	However,	unless	there	is	an
indication	of	major	liver	trouble,	doctors	rarely	check	for	such	intrahepatic	stones.
Unfortunately,	although	the	liver	is	one	of	the	most	important	organs	in	the	body,	its
disorders	are	also	underdiagnosed	all	too	often.

Even	if	the	early	stages	of	a	fatty	liver	or	gallstone	formation	in	the	bile	ducts	were
easily	recognized	and	diagnosed,	today’s	medical	facilities	offer	no	treatments	to	relieve
this	vital	organ	of	the	heavy	burden	it	has	to	carry.

Most	people	in	the	developed	world	have	accumulated	hundreds	and,	in	many	cases,thousands	of	hardened	bile	and	fat	deposits	in	the	liver.	These	stones	continuously	block
the	liver’s	bile	ducts,	which	greatly	stresses	this	vital	organ	and	the	rest	of	the	body.	In
view	of	the	adverse	effect	these	stones	have	on	liver	performance	as	a	whole,	their
composition	is	quite	irrelevant.	Whether	your	doctor	or	you	consider	them	conventional
mineral-based	gallstones,	fat	deposits,	or	clots	of	hardened	bile,	the	net	result	is	that	they
prevent	the	necessary	amounts	of	bile	from	reaching	the	intestines.	The	important	question
is	how	such	a	simple	thing	as	obstructed	bile	flow	can	cause	such	complex	diseases	as
congestive	heart	failure,	diabetes,	and	cancer.

Liver	bile	is	a	bitter,	alkaline	fluid	of	a	yellow,	brown,	or	green	color.	It	has	multiple
functions.	Each	one	of	these	profoundly	influences	the	health	of	every	organ	and	system	in
the	body.	Apart	from	assisting	with	the	digestion	of	fat,	calcium,	and	protein	foods,	bile	is
needed	to	maintain	normal	fat	levels	in	the	blood,	remove	toxins	from	the	liver,	help
maintain	proper	acid/alkaline	balance	in	the	intestinal	tract,	and	keep	the	colon	from
breeding	harmful	microbes.	To	maintain	a	strong	and	healthy	digestive	system	and	feed
body	cells	the	right	amount	of	nutrients,	the	liver	has	to	produce	1-1.5	quarts	of	bile	per
day.	Anything	less	than	that	is	bound	to	cause	problems	with	the	digestion	of	food,
elimination	of	waste,	and	the	body’s	continual	detoxification	of	the	blood.	Many	people
produce	just	about	a	cupful	of	bile	or	less	per	day.	As	will	be	shown	in	this	book,	almost
all	health	problems	are	a	direct	or	indirect	consequence	of	reduced	bile	availability.

People	with	chronic	illnesses	often	have	several	thousand	gallstones	congesting	the	bile
ducts	of	the	liver.	Some	stones	may	have	also	grown	in	the	gallbladder.	By	removing	these
stones	from	these	organs	through	a	series	of	liver	cleanses	and	maintaining	a	balanced	diet
and	lifestyle,	the	liver	and	gallbladder	can	restore	their	original	efficiency,	and	most
symptoms	of	discomfort	or	disease	in	the	body	can	start	subsiding.	You	may	find	that	any
persistent	allergies	will	lessen	or	disappear.	Back	pain	will	dissipate,	while	energy	and
well-being	will	improve.	Ridding	the	liver	bile	ducts	of	gallstones	is	one	of	the	most
important	and	powerful	procedures	you	can	apply	to	improve	and	regain	your	health.

In	this	book,	you	will	learn	how	to	remove	painlessly	up	to	several	hundred	gallstones
at	a	time.	The	size	of	the	stones	ranges	from	that	of	a	pinhead	to	a	small	walnut,	and	in
some	rare	cases	a	golf	ball.	The	actual	liver	cleanse	takes	place	within	a	period	of	less	than
fourteen	hours	and	can	be	taken	conveniently	over	a	weekend	at	home.	Chapter	1	explains
in	detail	why	the	presence	of	gallstones	in	the	bile	ducts,	both	inside	and	outside	the	liver,
can	be	considered	the	greatest	health	risk	and	cause	of	almost	every	major	or	minor
illness.	In	Chapter	2,	you	will	be	able	to	identify	the	signs,	marks,	and	symptoms	that
indicate	the	presence	of	stones	in	your	liver	or	gallbladder.	Other	chapters	deal	with	the
possible	causes	of	gallstones	and	what	you	can	do	to	prevent	new	ones	from	occurring.	In
Chapter	4,


 inner thighs, the outer hips, the lower back, theupper back, and the back of the neck. It helps with digestion and
facilitates exhalation by gently compressing the diaphragm up.
Energetically, Head to Knee pose releases the unconscious
patterning that gets locked in the backs of the legs. It stimulates
the ﬁrst chakra, creating a ﬁrm and solid connection to the Earth,
facilitating a sense of freedom to release and let go with the
exhalation. This pose helps us to detoxify ourselves, both
physically and energetically, of what is no longer serving us.
Opening the passage of tamas also calms and quiets the mind,
encouraging a deep connection inward.
Engage mula, uddiyana, and jalandhara bandha. Engage
ashvini mudra to lengthen the front of the body. Stimulates apana
vayu.
Therapeutic applications:  Head to Knee pose relieves scoliosis,
lower back pain, menstrual discomfort, and symptoms of
menopause. This pose can also alleviate headaches, anxiety, and
fatigue, and improve digestion.
Helpful tips: If your hamstrings or lower back muscles are tight,
place a blanket or a cushion underneath your seat. If your hands
don’t reach your foot, place a strap or a belt around the sole of the
extended foot and continue to lengthen through the spine as you
fold over the extended leg.
OceanofPDF.comWIDE-ANGLE SEAT POSE: UPAVISTA KONASANA
Overview:  This pose can either be deeply releasing or deeply
challenging, depending on your unique anatomy and constitution.
Wide-Angle Seat pose can sometimes force us to confront our
limitations, triggering frustration and discouragement. By
surrendering our expectations and accepting our own personal
range of motion, we can open to the grace of contentment and
self-acceptance in this pose.
How-to:  From Staff pose, open the legs wide in a “V” shape.
Adjust the lower part of your thighs so you tilt at the pelvis and not
at the waist. Place your hands either behind you or in front of you
on the ﬂoor. As you inhale, lengthen your spine by ﬁrming your
belly and lifting your chest. As you exhale, fold forward, lowering
your torso toward the ﬂoor.
Benefits:  Physically, Wide-Angle Seat pose stretches the calves,
the hamstrings, the inner thighs, and the lower back. It strengthensthe muscles along the spine and stimulates the abdominal organs.
Energetically, it activates the ﬁrst and second chakras, creating
strength and ﬂexibility simultaneously. Opening the passage of
tamas also calms and quiets the mind, encouraging a deep
connection inward.
Engage mula, uddiyana, and jalandhara bandha. Engage
ashvini mudra to lengthen the front of the body. Stimulates apana
vayu.
Therapeutic applications:  Relieves arthritis, sciatica, and lower
back pain, and helps to detoxify the kidneys. It can relieve
headaches, anxiety, and fatigue. Further, this pose helps address
issues of menopause and menstrual discomfort, and prenatal
discomfort.
Helpful tips: If your hamstrings or lower back muscles are tight,
place a blanket or a cushion underneath your sit bones.
Alternatively, bend the knees and place a small blanket roll or a
block underneath each knee. If you have intense lower back pain,
try this pose resting on your back with your sit bones up against
the wall and your head away from the wall, taking your legs into a
wide “V” shape.
OceanofPDF.comSTRETCH OF THE WEST POSE: PASCHIMOTTANASANA
Overview:  Like the peace and serenity that emerges from the
setting sun, Stretch of the West pose cultivates a state of tranquility
from within. Opening the back of the body and drawing our senses
inward, we effortlessly transition from a state of doing to a state
of being. This pose moves us from the more active, solar portion of
the practice to the receptive, subtle-energetic space of
contemplation.
How-to:  From Staff pose, inhale and lengthen your spine. As
you exhale, hinge at your hips, keeping your lower belly engaged,
your spine long, and your shoulders away from your ears. Inhale
and lengthen your spine, lifting your chest slightly and, as you
exhale, release more deeply into the pose. Continue to breathe
your way into the pose. If it is accessible to you, rest your belly on
your thighs, your forehead on your shins, and your hands around
the soles of the feet.
Benefits:  Physically, Stretch of the West pose stretches the
calves, the hamstrings, and the entire back of the body, including
the upper back and the back of the neck. It stimulates the liver, the
kidneys, and the ovaries, and improves digestion.Energetically, this pose moves us into pratyahara, the ﬁrst stage
of Raja Yoga, which is the royal path that ultimately leads us to a
state of transcendence, or samadhi. Stretch of the West activates
the ﬁrst and sixth chakras, deepening our connection to the Earth
and facilitating a profound sense of surrender. By opening the
passage of tamas, this pose activates the back gates of all the
chakras, drawing us into the shadow side of our being. This
enables us to face and integrate this shadow side into our
consciousness and helps us achieve insight and awareness.
Engage mula, uddiyana, and jalandhara bandha. Engage
ashvini mudra to lengthen the front of the body. Stimulates apana
vayu.
Therapeutic applications:  Stretch of the West pose relieves
lower back pain and helps detoxify the kidneys. This pose
alleviates stress and anxiety as well as symptoms of menopause
and menstrual discomfort. It also offers relief for headaches and
fatigue.
Helpful tips: If your hamstrings or lower back muscles are tight,
place a blanket or a cushion underneath your seat. Loop a strap or
a belt around the sole of the feet if you need a longer stretch.
OceanofPDF.comRESTFUL/RESTORATIVE POSTURES
Our modern-day culture disproportionately
emphasizes the heat-building, activating qualities of this
practice, but there is another integral piece to the state of
yoga: surrender. As a society, many of us are not taught
how to relax. We are taught to be productive and goal-
oriented, and to achieve goals at all costs. The authentic
practice of yoga is an undoing of that belief system. It is
a peeling away of the layers of attachments, desires, and
limiting beliefs that accumulate over time so that we can
ultimately rest in our true essence. Restorative poses teach
us not only how to let go but also how to let be.
OceanofPDF.comCONSTRUCTIVE REST POSE
Overview:  It might be hard to think of lying on your back as a
constructive practice, but studies show that our ability to rest and
replenish directly affects our productivity. This pose was given its
name by the Alexander Technique and has been adapted by yogis
as an integral part of the practice. It is a good place to begin, end,
or support your practice from a conscious and intentional space.
How-to:  Lie on your back and bend your legs, taking your feet
wide and your knees touching. Rest your arms either alongside
your body or on your torso, with one hand on your chest and the
other hand on your belly. Allow the weight of your body to release
down into the support of the ﬂoor. Relax your belly, chest,
shoulders, and facial muscles. Allow your breath to rise and fall
underneath your hands naturally.
Benefits:  Physically, this pose aligns the spine, calms the
nervous system, and facilities a complete breath. It activates the
parasympathetic nervous response, which leads to lower bloodpressure, slower brain waves, better digestion, and slower heart
rate.
Energetically, this pose is grounding and calming. When we lie
on our back, the abdominal muscles can relax, encouraging a
deeper breath into the lower belly, which helps to soothe the
mind. This is a valuable pose to experience a full, complete breath,
balancing the mind and the qualities of rajas and tamas, bringing
us into satva guna.
No bandhas engaged. Stimulates prana and apana vayu.
Therapeutic applications:  Reduces anxiety, headache, fatigue,
lower back pain, and menstrual and menopausal discomfort.
Helpful tip:  Place a folded blanket underneath your head if your
chin is higher than your forehead.
OceanofPDF.comLEGS UP THE WALL POSE: VIPARITA KARANI
Overview:  The literal translation of this pose is the “reversal”
(Viparita) of “doing” (Karani). This profoundly replenishing pose
gives us the beneﬁts not only of inverting without putting any
pressure on the neck or head but also of being passive. It can be a
generous gift we give ourselves at the end of the day or after
travel,


 extirpates a hyperplastic gland, or tonsil, or adenoid without a
thought, or the slightest knowledge that these enlarge ments are but organized effects - neoplasms (new tissue growths) - that
cannot possibly come into existence without cause, which cause is not touched by the operation - and, then, pronounces his -
patient well (cured), does he not assume that the growth is  its own cause? To remove a gall stone and pronounce the patient
cured is tantamount to saying that the stone was its own cause. To remove the thyroid gland and pronounce the patient well of
goitre (hyperthyroidism) is to imply that the goiter caused itsel f. Is it difficult to understand that all of these procedures leave the
cause untouched - to result in the building of more pathology?

MEDICAL IGNORANCE ABOUT DISEASE
What is disease? Regular medical men freely confess that they do not know. Did they know  its essential nature, they would
cease their learned glibness about immunity. Theoretically, one "attack" of an infectious disease establishes immunity to fut ure
"attacks." In practice, they seek to borrow the "acquired immunity" of an animal and transfer  it to man. Or to produce a mild and
modified form of the disease so that immunity may be established.
As I have so often pointed out, this is an effort to set aside the law of cause and effect.
Only some so -called infectious diseases are supposed to confe r immunity. For example, Forel says: "One attack of gonorrhea
in no way protects against a second infection, but rather predisposes to it, and when this disease becomes chronic
exacerbations or relapses of the acute stage often occur without fresh infectio n." Nobody thinks that one "attack" of a cold
renders one immune to future "attacks." It is well known that one may have pneumonia numerous times. The same is true of
typhoid fever. The fact is that only a minority of the so -called infectious diseases are supposed to confer immunity. Of these,
there is not one that people have not had two or more times. For example, there are records of men and women having had
smallpox as many as five times.

ATTACK AND DEFENSE
Opposing truths cannot exist. Our medical, li ke our social and political state, is a stupendous frenzy. The former, like the latter,
is built out of dualism, and shredded by multiple contradictory systems. The universal belief in dualism has evolved a chaoti c
medical state that is well named a "fool' s paradise" instead of medical science. Our very thinking on the subjects of health and
disease is dualistic. We think of health and disease as antagonistic entities at war with each other. Disease is an "attack" from
without. Hence, our conception of prop er treatment is to go after the attacking force with hammer and tongs, or with shot and
shell - a practice that all too often cripples or kills the patient.

MAN - WELL FITTED TO LIVE ON EARTH
Where law and order reign, why should man be left in a more hel pless state than all life below him? To the logical mind, this is
unthinkable. It should be recognized by all that man is as well fitted to live on the earth as are the lower orders of life. His
environment is really more friendly to him than he is to it. It is certainly more friendly to him than he is to himself. A true health
science will teach man how to use both himself and his environment constructively - healthfully.
What does the average individual know about keeping well? Almost nothing. What does the average doctor of all the schools of
so-called healing know about keeping well? About as little as the average layman. The physician lives haphazardly and his
patients live as near like he does as they know how, or as their means permit. The people and  their doctors are all in the same
boat together with a blind man at the helm. They lack the chart and compass and drift aimlessly on a sea of ignorance and
misinformation.
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MASKING THE SYMPTOMS
When a man becomes ill, he calls a physician, takes the drugs the latter prescribes, and gets well or not, as the case may be,
and neither he nor the physician knows why he did the one  or the other. Certainly the prescription of the physician has nothing
to do with his recovery. His prescription has been aimed at masking symptoms and not at cause. He hurls his shot and shell at
the "attacking" force with due courage and vigor and the on ly thing he destroys is the patient.

CANNOT PREDICT
The physician has no idea, previous to any one visit, how he will find his patient, and when he finds a change in symptoms, i t
has no meaning to him. When a physician prescribes for a patient and leaves him he has no more idea than the man in the
moon in what condition he will find his patient upon his next call. The very best of them cannot tell whether or not
"complications" will develop in a given case. They are never certain that their patient will im prove and cannot be sure that he will
not grow worse. When the physician finds a change of symptoms in his patient, he cannot tell whether this change is due to
food, drugs, fear, excitement caused by visitors, improper nursing, or to something else. He is  likely to conclude that it is a
"peculiarity of the disease" or an "unusual development." Every first -class physician knows that "modern medicine" cannot
predict anything. Yet, if they had a true science, if they knew real causes and had a valid plan of c are, they would be able to
predict - prognose - with something like precision, the outcome of the diseases in the patients they treat. Their very masking of
symptoms with drugs stand in their own light and prevents them from knowing the true conditions of their patients.

HOW ARE DISEASES NAMED?
What is disease? We apply this term to a group of abnormal signs and symptoms. We group these symptoms into vaguely
defined symptom complexes give the complexes names and then go after them with hammer and tongs. St ereotyped treatment
is the rule under this way of regarding disease. Quinine for malaria anti -toxin for diphtheria, arsenic for "syphilis", digitalis for the
heart, operation for appendicitis, morphine for cancer, the anti histamines for colds. In not one instance do we seek to find,
understand and remove cause.

MEASLES
Let us look at measles, which is defined as a "catarrhal fever, a typical enanthom," (eruption on the mucous membranes of the
eyes, nose, throat, occasionally bronchus and gastro -intestinal  mucous membrane). "The internal enanthema (eruption) is to be
expected, or suspected, when the exanthema (external eruption) fails to show up.
All of the symptomatology of measles, carefully compiled by the makers of medical text -books, as well as of all other so -called
diseases, has very little meaning for the physicians of the various schools of so -called healing. What does it mean? It means
that all of the eruptive fevers - all of the so -called diseases of the mucous membranes, those of the nose and lips, those
involving the throat and lungs, and ending with pneumonia, and all of those that involve the outer skin - are but different forms
of elimination of pent -up by -products of metabolism. They are processes of vicarious or compensatory excretion.

ACUTE DISEASE = DAMAGE REPAIR
Exaltation of function - rapid heart action, rapid breathing, diarrhea, increased temperature, etc., etc. - as seen in the various so -
called acute diseases, represents efforts of the body to eliminate toxins and repair damages.  In this respect, exaltation of
function is desirable and beneficial under certain conditions. Such exalted function indicates a wrong somewhere and this
wrong should be searched for and righted without depressing or weakening the sum of the vital energy.

THE COMMON COLD
A cold is a catarrhal disease, a "catarrhal fever," and is a process of vicarious elimination. Contrary to popular belief, a cold is
not something that we "catch," but it represents a process of getting rid of something we have slowly accu mulated. What does
cold weather have to do with the cause of colds? People "catch" colds as often in warm weather as in cold weather. An
increase in temperature may precipitate a cold as often as will a decrease in temperature. They have colds as often in dry as in
wet weather. Men have colds as often as women, although they dress heavier. Indeed, men have more catarrh than women,
because they dress more warmly, dissipate more and eat more.

TOXEMIA
Back of every catarrh is a toxemic state. Catarrh is impos sible in the absence of toxemia. Toxemia is produced by anything and
everything that enervates the body. Enervation inhibits (checks) excretion (elimination) permitting the accumulation of
uneliminated waste. The accumulation of body waste - end-products o


	death.	If	your	doctor	prescribes	a	drug,
consider	that	it	may	cause	your	cells	to	malfunction,	and	that	alternatives	exist
that	are	both	safe	and	effective.
Even	aspirin	and	other	common	over-the-counter	drugs	are	dangerous,	so	findalternatives	that	work	for	you.	Books	such	as
Alternative	Medicine:	The
Definitive	Guide,
edited	by	the	Burton	Goldberg	Group,	and
Finding	the	Right
Treatment,
by	Jacqueline	Krohn,	M.D.,	and	Francis	Taylor,	M.A.,	are	excellent
resources	for	those	wishing	to	find	natural	alternatives	to	toxic	prescription
drugs.
Unfortunately,	when	drugs	cause	disease,	we	have	all	been	trained	not	to	call
it	disease.	Instead,	we	use	the	deceptive	term	“side	effects.”	In	1984,	the	drug
industry	attempted	to	obtain	a	legal	exemption	from	the	liability	laws	that	apply
to	virtually	all	manufacturers.	Why?	Because	even	the	people	who	make	the
drugs	know	they	are	not	safe;	“all	prescription	drugs	are	unavoidably	unsafe”
argued	the	Pharmaceutical	Manufacturers	Association.	Of	course,	this	wording
is	not	used	in	drug	advertisements	aimed	at	the	public.
A	hospital	patient	receives,	on	average,	twelve	different	drugs.	Yet,	often
when	as	few	as	three	are	prescribed,	absolutely	no	one	understands	all	the
dangerous	interactions	between	the	drugs.	Bad	enough	taken	one	at	a	time,
combinations	of	drugs	can	be	particularly	toxic.	Prescription	drugs	are	notorious
for	causing	many	adverse	effects	in	the	elderly,	including	memory	loss,
depression,	confusion,	constipation,	Parkinson’s	disease,	falls	and	urinary
incontinence.	All	too	often,	a	second	drug	is	prescribed	to	suppress	the
symptoms	caused	by	the	first,	then	another	to	suppress	the	symptoms	of	the	first
two,	and	so	forth.	Many	illnesses	of	the	elderly	really	are	manifestations	of
adverse	drug	reactions.	A	1991	study	in	the
Journal	of	the	American	Medical
Association
showed	that	14	percent	of	in-hospital	cardiac	arrests	followed	a
complication,	usually	because	of	a	medication.	Well-known	combinations	of
commonly	prescribed	drugs	can	kill,	and	alert	pharmacists	have	saved	many
lives.
Up	to	29	percent	of	all	hospital	admissions	are	caused	by	adverse	reactions	to
drugs,	according	to	a	1995	study	in	the
Archives	of	Internal	Medicine.
Many
reactions	result	in	liver	damage,	long	hospital	stays,	permanent	disability	and
even	death.	In	1990,	an	estimated	659,000	Americans	aged	sixty	years	and	older
were	hospitalized	due	to	adverse	drug	reactions.	In	addition	to	toxicity,	drugs
also	can	cause	deficiency	by	depleting	the	body	of	essential	nutrients.	Diuretics
cause	excessive	loss	of	potassium	and	other	essential	minerals.	Anticonvulsants
cause	loss	of	vitamin	D.	Antibiotics,	non-steroidal	anti-inflammatory	drugs	and
steroid	hormones	can	indirectly	cause	numerous	vitamin	and	mineral
deficiencies	by	causing	digestive	damage.	Because	of	the	complexity	of	the
human	organism,	predicting	the	effects	of	drugs	in	each	individual,	especially
with	combinations	of	drugs,	is	impossible.	Other	facts:•	A	January	1997	study	in	the
Journal	of	the	American	Medical	Association
stated	that	drug-related	morbidity	and	mortality	costs	more	than	$136
billion	a	year—more	than	the	cost	of	cardiovascular	disease,	our	leading
cause	of	death.
•	In	1995,	Duke	University	researchers	showed	that	drugs	commonly
prescribed	for	stroke	patients	actually	hampered	their	recovery.	Even	after	a
single	dose,	the	negative	effects	could	be	long-lasting.
•	A	1994	study	in	the
Journal	of	the	American	Medical	Association
concluded	that	inappropriate	and	potentially	dangerous	drugs	are	prescribed
for	one	in	four	older	Americans	every	year.
•	A	1994	study	published	in	the
Journal	of	the	National	Cancer	Institute
and
The	Journal	of	the	Federation	of	American	Societies	for	Experimental
Biology
warned	that	antihistamine	and	antidepressant	drugs	(including
Prozac)	contain	chemicals	known	to	accelerate	tumor	growth.	While	these
drugs	do	not	cause	cancer	directly,	they	can	speed	its	growth.
Three	Classes	of	Common	Drugs	Are	of	Special	Concern
Nonsteroidal	anti-inflammatory	drugs	(NSAIDs):
NSAIDs	include	over-the-
counter	drugs	such	as	aspirin,	ibuprofen	and	acetaminophen,	and	prescription
drugs	such	as	Indocin,	Feldene,	Naprosyn	and	others.	Use	of	NSAIDs	is	a
significant	national	health	problem,	causing	long-term	damage	to	large	numbers
of	people,	particularly	the	elderly,	who	are	the	largest	users	of	these	drugs.
According	to	data	published	in
Hospital	Practice
in	December	1996,	up	to	two
hundred	thousand	Americans	are	hospitalized	every	year	for	problems	caused	by
NSAIDs,	and	as	many	as	twenty	thousand	people	a	year	die	from	the	damage.
NSAIDs	usually	are	prescribed	for	a	noble	purpose,	to	relieve	pain,	and	they
are	among	the	most	commonly	pres-cribed	pharmaceuticals	in	the	world.	About
60	million	NSAID	prescriptions	are	written	every	year	in	America,	and	an
estimated	14	million	people	take	these	drugs	for	symptomatic	relief	of	arthritis
alone.	These	drugs	relieve	pain,	but	at	a	cost.	About	one	third	of	chronic	NSAID
users	experience	noticeable	gastrointestinal	discomfort,	which	is	only	the	tip	of
the	iceberg,	indicating	that	digestive	damage	is	occurring.	In	most	people,
NSAID-inflicted	damage	to	the	digestive	system	is	asymptomatic	(no	obvious
symptoms	to	warn	of	the	damage	being	done).	By	the	time	the	stomach	or	gut	is
in	pain	from	NSAIDs,	massive	damage	has	already	occurred.
Most	physicians	think	it	is	acceptable	for	people	to	take	NSAIDs,	believing
that	they	cause	minimal	and	acceptable	damage.	Virtually	everyone	who	takes
these	dangerous	drugs	has	their	health	damaged,	and	the	longer	they	are	taken,the	worse	it	becomes.	People	who	take	NSAIDs	for	arthritis	for	years	suffer
worse	joint	damage	than	those	who	take	nothing.	NSAIDs	have	been	linked	to
kidney	failure,	cognitive	dysfunction,	hearing	loss,	ringing	in	the	ears,	macular
degeneration	and	hormone	disruption.	Examples	include:
•	In	a	1992	study	published	in	the
Scandinavian	Journal	of	Rheumatology,
long-term	NSAID	users	were	hospitalized	six	times	more	often	than
nonusers.	Deaths	from	gastrointestinal	causes	occurred	twice	as	often,	and
half	of	all	patients	who	died	of	ulcer-related	complications	had	reported
recent	use	of	NSAIDs.
•	A	1996	study	in	the
Archives	of	Internal	Medicine
found	that	patients
taking	NSAIDs	were	four	to	seventeen	times	more	likely	to	suffer	acute
kidney	failure.
•	A	1996	study	in
Physiological


 time.
So there is certainly no point in paying far more for labelled organic which just
means they use a different set of chemicals. The frozen fruit are all washed
before freezing anyway.
So I still eat mostly frozen fruit, but nice fresh as well occasionally and don't
worry about pesticides any more. Don’t sweat the small stuff.
There are more important things to think about. People put too much emphasis
on avoiding pesticides when other things are more important to concentrate on
first. For example many people these days think they are benefiting by buying
organic labelled food, then they cook it which kills most of the goodness that was
in it anyway.
Then they drink coffee, which just one cup has more of those chemicals in than a
whole days’ worth of non organic food. Then they drink tea which is a similar
story, plus is loaded with fluoride.
Then these people who buy organic labelled food, buy top of the range health
food salt, which is a similar story again, loaded with fluoride and other harmful
things more than a days worth of non organic foods.
And don't get me started on those who do smoke or have smoked in the past
either tobacco or weed. All the fertilisers and pesticides contained therein and
when it’s burnt and inhaled, it's thousand times worse than eating a non organic
orange that had some chemicals used to increase yield.
Even walking on the road breathing in near cars, plus off gassing from furniture
or treated wood is sometimes worse than eating nonorganic fruit. So I think the
entire organic fruit thing is a con game. I just buy cheap frozen fruit if I can’t pick
enough fresh myself.
So my point is, don't worry about these things. They won't make much difference
anyway. Don’t sweat the small things in life. You want to have a joyful heart.
Don’t worry about things outside your control, and even the small things in your
control. Eating omad and looping all your orin will help your body cleanse and
heal.
Bonus.
Here is my full talk I gave at a large health conference some years ago. The
audience had no idea what I was going to talk about and were equally shocked
and intrigued. I brought two empty beer glasses onto the stage with me and filled them up and drank it in front of everybody. Then what I did next really got
their attention.
Here is my talk......
“Do you know of the water of life?
Come watch
(Beckoning my hand to get everybody’s attention, as I start peeing into my first
glass and say into the microphone……)
“The mystery of mysteries,
The end and the beginning
THE WATER OF LIFE
 (I switch glasses and drink the first while still peeing into the second)
The secret of secrets THE WATER OF LIFE
(I put the almost empty glass down leaving a bit in the bottom and hold up the
second now full glass while doing up my fly)
The water of life has been given to you drink it and wash your body with it.
(I pour a little in my hand and start rubbing it into my face and neck)
The water of life is the best moisturiser you could ever put on your skin. It’s the
very best substance you could ever use to wash your eyes.
(I hold the glass up to bathe each eye
The water of life is the very best substance you could ever use to clean your ears
(I drop some in each ear, then massage any excess into neck and face)
It’s the very best substance you could ever snort up your nose. Far better than a
certain white powder that many people snort.
(I put the glass up to my nose and drink all that is left through my nose
swallowing it down. Then massaging the few remaining drops once again into my
face, neck and hands)
The water of life is the very best substance ever, that you could inject into your
body. Far batter than what most people inject into themselves.
(I take out a syringe unwrap it take the cap off and carefully fill it from the
remaining Orin in the first glass, then tapping it to get the air bubbles out and
squirt a little onto my right thigh by pulling up the leg of my shorts. I then
massage the wet area which sterilised the skin, then I quickly inject 0.2cc of Orin
take it out and massage some more.The water of life is the best substance you could ever use for an enema.
Thankfully I’m not going to demonstrate this on stage because I haven’t brought
my enema kit with me today.
You can however achieve an internal enema which is far better than putting it
into your rectum. If you drink a slight excess of the water of life first thing when
you wake up, in a short time, then the excess gets pushed out the back passage.
This is just the same result as putting it in through the back passage, but the
internal way washes you right the way through. Just the same as an external
enema, you can try to hold it as long as possible feeling your bowels full before
releasing and cleaning you out from the inside. This way cleans you right the
way through.
When you drink the water of life it goes to your stomach where it is immediately
recognised as the same as what is in your blood already so can go back there
and be 100% absorbed with no processing or raising of insulin levels.
The blood then passes through the liver which is the best filter in the universe.
The liver takes out any toxins or anything that the body decides it wants to get
rid of. For example if you just drank a lot of aged Orin first thing in the morning
then the body decides to eject some of the excess straight away, even though
some of it maybe good stuff. It sends the bad stuff to be ejected by one of the
three waste disposal systems, poop it out, or your skin sweat it out or your lungs
breath it out.
The good stuff then, what the body decides is good for you goes on into the
bloodstream around your body and through the kidneys to be regulated.
Remember this is the good stuff that the body has decided is good for you. The
kidneys take any excess good stuff out to one side in a liquid called plasma
ultrafiltrate. Or ultrafiltered blood plasma, or Orin, or as most people call it urine.
Most of this Orin gets slowly reabsorbed back into the blood and around 10% of it
gets stored into a storage tank called the bladder. Just think of that, about 90%
of the urine your body makes goes back into the blood. It's the exact same stuff
that 10% of goes to the bladder. The body can take out of this storage tank also
when required. When you feel the storage tank is really full you feel like you
need to pee, this is pressure release of the good stuff that was in excess. But if
the body needs some of this excess while it’s in the storage bag called the
bladder, then the body reabsorbs it from the bladder back into the bloodstream.
Remember 90% or more of the same Orin went back into the blood anyway, this
is just the excess good stuff and the body can use this excess again as it requires
it. This is why many people have had the experience of thinking they need to
pee, but they got distracted and later they remembered feeling they need to pee
but now they don’t need it anymore.
As well as your body reabsorbing most of this precious fluid you can drink
whatever you pee out and the body can make use of all of it, not just the 90%
that happens internally without you even knowing.So what is in the water of life?
First of all it is 95% or more pure distilled water. It is the very best distilled water
you could ever achieve. Far more pure and more distilled than pharmaceutical
grade distilled water. The other 5% or so is made up of literally thousands or
even hundreds of thousands of substances most of which are as yet
unidentifiable.
The ones that are identified look like a list of health food supplements from any
good pharmacy or health food store. These contain your recommended daily
amount of all vitamins and minerals. All essential and non essential amino acids.
Numerous hormones and enzymes made by the body that you can’t even get
from supplements or food.
If you practice omad then your human growth hormones and testosterone go up
by 2000% in your orin. Also any other beneficial compounds that your body
decides is good for you at the right time will also be present in that 5% of
substances in your own water. These also increase by thousands of percent
when practicing Omad Orin looping.
Have you got any allergies? Not anymore. Included in that 5% are antibodies and
there is the information that your lymphatic nodes under your tongue need to
make more specific antibodies that your body needs at that time. When you
have an allergic reaction or if you are bitten or stung by something then if you
loop your orin your body has the information it needs to make the correct
antibodies. Next time you loop these antibodies can be recycled again and again.
Just the same principle as vaccinating against something. The idea is to
introduce the information so that the body can create the antibodies that it
needs to fight against it. Big pharma want to push more and more vaccines on
the population the problem is these have aluminium, Mercury and many toxic
compounds that are extremely bad for you.
Knowing the secret of secrets means you never need to get any vaccination at
all, you can self-vaccinate yourself


 not register on our focus of
attention. You can be assured, however, that the body is
ﬂuid enough to mirror any mental event. Nothing can move
without moving the whole.
—
The latest discoveries in neurobiology build an even
stronger case for the parallel universes of mind and body.
When researchers looked further, beyond the nervous
system and the immune system, they began to discover the
same neuropeptides and receptors for them in other
organs, such as the intestines, kidneys, stomach, and heart.There is every expectation of ﬁnding them elsewhere, too.
This means that your kidneys can “think,” in the sense that
they can produce the identical neuropeptides found in the
brain. Their receptor sites are not simply sticky patche s.
They are questions waiting for answers, framed in the
language of the chemical universe. It is very likely that if
we had the whole dictionary and not just our few scraps,
we would ﬁnd that every cell speaks as ﬂuently as we do.
Inside us, the questions and answers go on forever. Just
by itself, a single gland like the thyroid has so much to say
to the brain, to its fellow endocrine glands, and through
them to all the body, that its cascade of conversation
inﬂuences dozens of vital functions, such as growth,
metabolic rate, and much more. How fast you think, how
tall you are, and the dimensions of your eyes, for example,
all depend in part on advice from the thyroid. We can safely
conclude, then, that mind is not conﬁned to the brain by
some neat division set up for our own convenience. Mind is
projected everywhere in inner space.
One of the most forward-looking and accomplished
researchers in the ﬁeld of brain chemistry, Dr. Candace
Pert, director of the brain biochemistry division at the
National Institute of Mental Health, has pointed out that it
is quite arbitrary to say that a biochemical like DNA or a
neurotransmitter belongs to the body rather than the mind.
DNA is almost as much sheer knowledge as it is matter. Dr.
Pert refers to the entire mind-body system as a “network of
information,” shifting the emphasis away from the gross
level of matter toward the subtler level of knowledge.
Is there really any reason to keep mind and body apart at
all? In her own writings, Pert prefers to use one term for
both— bodymind. If this word sticks, it will clearly indicate
that a wall has come crashing down. Pert does not have all
of medical science behin d her yet, but that may change
very quickly. It is becoming clearer every day that the mindand body are amazingly alike. Insulin, a hormone always
identiﬁed with the pancre as, is now known to be produced
by the brain also, just as brain chemicals like transferon
and CCK are produced by the stomach.
This shows that our neat division of the body into nervous
system, endocrine system, digestive system, and so on is
only partially right and may soon be outmoded. It has now
been absolutely proved that the same neuroc hemicals
inﬂuence the whole bodymind. Everything is
interconnected at the level of the neuropeptide; therefore,
to separate these areas is simply bad science.
A body that can “think” is far diﬀerent from the one
medicine now treats. For one thing, it knows what is
happening to it, not just through the brain, but everywhere
there is a receptor for messenger molecules, which means
on every cell. This explains a great deal about drugs and
their side eﬀects that had not been known. Some drugs
have a bewildering numb er of side eﬀects. If I consult my
Physician’s Desk Reference, which comprehensively  lists
the medications that a doctor can prescribe, I can ﬁnd page
after page under the listing for corticosteroids. The most
familiar corticosteroid (or just steroid) is cortisone, but the
whole family is widely prescribed to treat burns, allergies,
arthritis, postoperative inﬂammation, and dozens of other
conditions.
If you didn’t know about receptor sites, steroids would
appear highl y peculiar. Let us say that I prescribe steroids
to a woman who is suﬀering from a diﬀicult  case of
arthritis. The steroids would bring down the inﬂammation
in her joints dramatically, but then a host of stran ge things
might happen. She could begin to complain of being
fatigued and depressed.  Abnormal fatty deposits  might
begin to show under her skin, and her blood vessels could
become so brittle that she would develop large bruises thatare very slow to heal. What could link these entirely
divergent symptoms?
The answer lies at the level of the receptors.
Corticosteroids replace some of the secretions of the
adrenal cortex, a yellowish pad on the top of the adrenal
glands. At the same time, they suppress the other adrenal
hormones, as well as secretions from the pituitary gland,
which is located in the brain. As soon as it is given, the
steroid rushes in and ﬂoods all the receptors throughout
the body that are “listening” for a certain message. When a
receptor becomes ﬁlled, what follows is not a simple action.
The cell can interpret the adrenal “message” in many ways,
depending on how long the site stays ﬁlled. In this case, the
receptor stays ﬁlled indeﬁnitely. (The fact that other
messages are not being received is important, as is the loss
of innumerable connections with the other endocrine
glands.)
The cell can exhibit extreme reactions from ﬁlling one
receptor. By analogy, look at a moth hanging under the
eaves on a summer night. In a male moth, the fuzzy
antennae on its head are actually receptor sites that have
extended outside the body. As the sun sets, the moth waits
for a signal from a female moth in his vicinity, who is
emitting a special molecu le called a pheromone. Moths are
tiny creatures, and the number of pheromones they can
send through the air is inﬁnitesimal compared to the total
volume of air and its immense freight of pollen, dust, water,
and other pheromones being secreted by animals of every
kind, including man. One would hardly suspe ct that two
moths can communicate over any sizable distance.
But when a single pheromone molecule lands on the
male’s anten na, his behavior is transformed. He swiftly
homes in on the female, begins an elaborate courtship
ritual in the air, and proceeds with the act of mating.Biologically speaking, the only thing that causes this
complicated behavior is one molecule.
When I give steroids to an arthritis patient, trillions of
molecules and receptor sites are involved. That is why the
blood vessels, skin, brain, fat cells, and so on all exhibit
their diﬀerent responses. If I go to my desk reference, the
long-term consequences of staying on steroids include
diabetes, osteoporosis, suppression of the immun e system
(making a person more susceptible to infections and
cancer), peptic ulcers, internal bleeding, elevated
cholesterol, and much more. One might even include death
among these side eﬀects, because taking steroids for a long
period causes the adrenal cortex to shrivel (an example of
how an organ will atrophy if not used). If the steroid is
withdrawn too quickly, the adrenal gland does not have
time to regenerate. The patient is left with inadequate
defenses against stress, which adrenal hormone s help to
buﬀer. He can go to the dentis t to have a wisdom tooth
extracted, a stress that is usually well within the normal
limits, but deprived of adrenal hormones, he can go into
shock. A tooth extraction could even kill him.
Take all of these details together, and what you see is
that steroids can cause literally anything  to happen. They
may be the immediate cause or just the ﬁrst domino—the
distinction makes little diﬀerence to the patient. To her,
there is no diﬀerence between the osteoporosis caused by
steroids and the “real thing.” The same holds for
depression, diabetes, or death. A single messenger has
caused them  all. In truth there is no such thing as a single
messenger—each one is a strand in the body’s web of
intelligence. Touch one strand, and the whole web
trembles.
I realize that this makes drugs look much more
dangerous than we had thought, even in an era that is
obsessed with cataloging medical disasters. We are used toa more limited idea of what a side eﬀect is—a touch of the
bitter with the sweet, like the thorn that comes with the
rose or the hangover with the bottle of wine. Instead, a side
eﬀect balloons out into anything the body can think of.
Generally we are protected from serious harm because the
body reacts along certain  narrow lines. A patient who takes
an aspirin might experience bleeding in his stomach lining


	promoting
Radical	Beauty.	The
asana
,	or	pose	part	of	yoga,	incorporates	twisted	and
circular	movements	of	different	muscle	groups.	This	includes	flexing	your	spine
in	all	directions.	There	are	many	advantages	to	this	over	linear	movements	with
a	limited	range	of	motion.
YOGA	GEAR
To	start	practicing	yoga,	you’ll	want	to	invest	in	a	decent	yoga	mat	that	will
prevent	you	from	skidding	and	sliding	during	your
asanas
	and	is	thick	enough	to
provide	padding	for	your	knees	and	hips	during	various	poses.	There	are	a	lot	of
great	eco-friendly	mats	available.	You	may	also	want	to	invest	in	two	yoga	blocks
to	help	modify	poses,	especially	as	a	beginner.	These	are	fairly	inexpensive	but
enormously	helpful	in	making	sure	you	don’t	compromise	the	integrity	of	the	pose
as	you	naturally	increase	your	flexibility.	For	some	poses,	such	as
Parsvottonasana
,
or
Pyramid	pose	(see
this	page
),	you	can	use	one	block	on	either	side	of	your	leg	to
help	you	modify	the	pose.	Other	gear,	such	as	yoga	belts	and	blankets,	are	not	fully
necessary,	especially	as	a	beginner.	You	can	think	about	investing	in	them	later	if
you	find	a	need.	For	now,	a	pillow	or	any	sturdy	blanket	you	already	have	at	home
can	be	used	to	help	elevate	hips	for	seated	poses	and,	while	practicing
pranayama
,	to	increase	your	comfort	and	help	align	your	spine.
Yoga	is	cleansing	in	many	different	ways.	It	allows	you	to	physically	stimulate
your	abdominal	organs,	including	your
liver,	kidneys,	and	digestive	organs.
This	makes	yoga	incredibly	beneficial	for	digestion,	which	you	now	know	is	key
to	beauty	and	health.	Yoga	also	stimulates	your	endocrine	glands,	including	the
thyroid	gland,	which	controls	your
metabolism.	It	also	helps	cleanse	your	liver,
your	main	detoxifying	organ.	Far	beyond	simply	burning	calories	or	workingyour	limbs	and	core,	when	practiced	properly	yoga	can	be	a	very	powerful	tool
in	helping	to	keep	your	body	limber,	strong,	youthful,	and	beautifully	healthy
with	an	all-around	glow	and	beautiful,	healthy	skin.
Yoga
asanas
	are	the	ideal	physical	movements	to	couple	with	the	other	shifts
in	this	book	to	physically	support	a	clean,	beautiful	body	and	mind.	The	deeper
benefits	of	yoga	extend	to	settling	and	balancing	your	mind,	preparing	you	for
meditation,	and	aiding	in	the	meditation	practice	itself,	which	we	will	discuss	in
Pillar	6
.	For	now,	let’s	focus	on	the	physical,	movement-based	aspects	of	yoga	so
you	can	begin	reaping	its	many	beauty	benefits.
Top	Radical	Beauty	Poses	for	Beauty	and
Detoxification
Below	are	among	the	most	effective	and	beneficial	poses	to	incorporate	into
your	lifestyle.	You	can	try	a	few	of	these	poses	that	you	feel	the	most	connected
to,	or	try	all	of	them	and	see	which	ones	your	body	and	mind	respond	to.	You
can	work	them	into	your	daily	routine	right	after	rising	in	the	morning,	as
many	of	these	can	easily	be	practiced	in	the	space	next	to	your	bed	or	even
perhaps	in	bed	if	you	have	a	firm	mattress.	Others,	such	as
Paschimottanasana
,
which	is	a	nervous-system-soothing
seated	forward	bend,	are	excellent	to
incorporate	into	your	evening	routine	for	added	digestive	and	anxiety-quelling
benefits	as	you	get	ready	for	some	all-important	beauty	rest.
If	you	are	new	to	yoga,	are	pregnant,	or	have	a	medical	condition,	please	talk
to	your	doctor	before	beginning.TADASANA
	(
MOUNTAIN	POSE)
BENEFITS:
	This	pose	can	bring	profound	awareness	into	a	seemingly	simple
stance.	It	strengthens	the	legs,	firms	your	abdomen	and	glutes,	and	improves
your	posture.
DESCRIPTION:
	Stand	straight	with	the	insides	of	your	big	toes	together.	Line
up	your	feet	parallel,	heels	a	little	apart,	middle	toes	pointing	forward.	Ground
your	energy	evenly	through	the	four	corners	of	your	feet,	and	gently	pull	up
from	your	spine.	Open	your	chest	and	shoulders	slightly,	but	keep	your	chin
parallel	to	the	floor.	Hands	come	together	in
Anjali
	mudra	(with	palms
pressing),	or	arms	drop	gently	to	your	sides.
BEST	TIME	TO	PRACTICE:
	This	can	be	practiced	anytime,	but	it’s	a	fantastic	way
to	start	the	day	while	feeling	tall,	confident,	and	grounded.
OTHER	TIPS:
	Try	doing	this	pose	at	first	standing	sideways	in	front	of	a	full-
length	mirror	so	you	can	get	a	visual	image	of	your	own	posture	and
consequently	learn	to	feel	what	is	proper	posture	in	your	own	body.SUPTA	MATSYENDRASANA
	(
SUPINE	TWIST)
BENEFITS:
	Twists	literally	squeeze	toxins	out	of	your	liver	and	kidneys,
stimulating	digestion	and	cleansing	and	encouraging	a	healthy	blood	flow	to
energize	your	entire	spine.	Practiced	regularly,	twists	will	help	leave	you	with	a
more	clean	and	beautiful	body.	There	are	many	different	variations	of	yogic
twists,	including	ones	practiced	while	standing,	sitting,	and	lying	down.	This
particular	supine	twist	is	great	for	all	levels.
DESCRIPTION:
	Begin	lying	on	your	back.	Open	your	arms	out	to	the	side	in	a
T.	Bend	your	left	knee,	and	lift	it	up,	allowing	it	to	start	to	drop	and	twist	over
your	right	thigh	as	far	as	it	feels	natural	and	comfortable.	Continue	to	breathe
slowly	as	you	let	your	head	turn	naturally	to	the	left	and	root	your	shoulders
down.	Let	your	knee	drop	open	as	much	as	feels	natural,	allowing	the	spine	and
organs	to	twist	and	wring	out.	Stay	in	the	twist	for	at	least	five	to	ten	breaths	or
more.	Repeat	on	the	right	side.
BEST	TIME	TO	PRACTICE:
	Any	time	of	the	day.
OTHER	TIPS:
	Always	twist	your	left	leg	over	first	in	order	to	follow	the	path	of
your	digestive	tract	and	encourage	wastes	to	exit	your	system	efficiently.MĀRJĀRYASANA	BITILASANA
	(
CAT-COW)
BENEFITS:
	Regularly	flexing	your	spine	as	you	do	in	this	sequence	is	one	of
the	best	long-term	beauty	movements.	By	stimulating	all	your	organs,	especially
your	vitality-enhancing	kidneys	as	well	as	your	colon	and	digestive	tract,
Mārjāryasana
	boosts	your	overall	circulation	and	stimulates	your	entire	spine,
relieving	stress	and	revitalizing	your	energy.
DESCRIPTION:
	Start	by	kneeling	on	your	hands	and	knees,	keeping	your	hands
underneath
your	shoulders	and	your	knees	underneath	your	hips.	Exhale	deeply
through	your	mouth	and	contract	your	abdominal


 mind two widely known facts: blood
vessels are connected to the heart, and the rate of blood flow is sync hro
nized with the heart rate.
Consequentl y, an ideal heart rate during exercise was determined for
different chronological ages. Anyone can determine his or her ideal heart
rate by applying the following eq uation:
220 beats/minute-Number of years (age)=maximum heart rate
The maximum heart rate for a person at forty years of age would be 180
beats/minute (or beats per minute). This is the ideal rate. If that person were
to eleva te his or her current rate to 80% of the ideal rate during exerc ise,
then that person will be in the normal category. The rates achieved by
normal people of diff erent ages are as follows:
Table 1. Maximum Heart Rates During Exercise
Age Beats/minute
20 160
30 156
40 144
50 136
60 128
70 120
80 112
Accordi ng to the above table, the capacity of the heart deteriorates as age
increases. The deterioration increases until the heart ceases to function.
Many exerc ise books advise that one should try to meet the rates
spec ified in Table 1 for a certain length of time-one hour weekly or
more-to maintain good health.
But does forc ing the heart to increase its rate really improve the circula
tion and benefit the heart?
Not necessaril y. In the hospital one often sees a patient who suff ers from
both poor circulation and very high heart rates. Although this person lies in
bed with cold hands and feet, his heart beats continuously at 160 beats per
36 The Circulation Theory
minute. These inconsistencies can be explain ed by the fact that circulation
does not depend entirely upon the heart rate, for it is also dependent upon
the blood vessels. Artery disease, injury, stress, strain, tension, etc. can
block the blood vessel and cause the blood supply to diminish. The body,
equipped with fail-safe mechanisms, will respond to the obstruction of the
blood vessel by accelerating the heart. Howev er, the supply of blood will
remain in a diminished state as the cause of the problem-th e blockage
still remains. Not only does the circulation problem remain unresolv ed, but
the heart also is exhausted. At this point we may ask, "If backup efforts to
correct poor circulation through heightened heart activity fail, how can
further punishment of the heart through exercise be effective?''
Furthermore, the heart also suffers from imbalances in nervous stimula
tion. The heart is controlled by the the vagus nerve, which lowers the heart
rate, and the sympathetic nervous system, which increases the heart rate.
The vagus nerve originates in the hindbrain and the sympathetic nervous
system originates in the spinal cord. Due to the control of the nerves, the
heart pumps involuntarily and continuously from the moment it appears
two weeks after conception to the moment death is officially announced.
Throughout its lifetime the heart is stimula ted more by the sympathetic
�ervous system than by the vagus nerve.· Anger, smoking, coffee drinking,·
ball-game watching, horror- movie watching, lovemaki ng, stair climbing,
etc. are common causes of the exhaustion of the heart in that they accelerate
· the heart rate through stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system. If ·exercise is added to the burdens of the heart, its chances of resting and
assimilating nutrients necessary to its tissues are greatly diminish ed. Then
it will fail.
So a better method of improving circulation without adding m ore burden
to the heart is needed.
The Internal Exercises are more than qualified for meeting these needs,
as they give total consideration to all factors involved in any ailment. The
objective of the many Internal Exercises is different from that of the regular
exercises: their main purpose is to relax the entire body so that the afflicted
part can receive nourishment and heal itself. Heart exhaustion can be
prevented by the utilization of certain Internal Heart Exercises to train or
direct the brain to stimula te the vagus nerve (originating in the brain) to
lower the heart rate. Local circulation can be improved through utilization
of, for example, the Crane Exercise without affecting the heart.
In addition, stress, strain, tension, and hyperten sion can be relieved
through the practice of Meridia n Meditation and Crane Exercise (wisdom
37 The Circulation The ory
of the Crane), etc.
Within the past seventeen years in the San Franc isco Bay Area, 863
people from my audience have sought help for h eart problems and circula
tory problems. Their ages ranged from 35 year s to 93 years. There were,
however, two people who were in th eir 20's. All of them began practicing
Tao of Revit aliza tion instead of ''cardiov ascular exercises''. These were
the results: 761 individuals led complet ely healthy lives; 72 indiv idua ls did
very well after comb ining their practice with light dosages of med ications
prescribe d by physicia ns; 27 individuals remained uncha nged ; 1 indi
vidual, a 93-year old lady, died from an accidental fall; another indiv idual,
a 56-year old man, died after having two surgeries within five mont hs; and
another individual, a 72-y ear old man, died from a stroke after a family
argu ment.
Many others throughout the world devoutly believe in the Internal
Exercises and that they are the best answers for the problems or potential
probl ems of the cardiovascular system.
38 4
The Seven Glands
Theory
The ancient Taoists und erstood that the huma n body could not exist
unless ther e was a continuous supply of ener gy coming into the tissues and
organs. They real ized that health exis ted when the ener gy within the body
was balanced and that disea se occurred when there was a state of ener gy
depl etion or weakn ess. We receive much of the ener gy we need from the
food we eat and in the air we breathe. Howe ver, the body, much like an
expens ive auto mobile, m ust be finely tuned if it is to run properl y and
utilize this ener gy to its maximum level. Thr oug h the centuri es, the seven
glands within the body have been und erstood to be energy cent ers, re
spon sible for regu lating the flow of energy within the various systems in the
body. The seven glands, in ascending orde r within the body, are as follows:
I. The sexual glands-t he prostate and teste s in the male and the
ovari es, uteru s, vagina, and breasts in the female -a re respon sible
for hormone secretions, sexual energy and response, and reproduc
tion. The sexual gland is called the ''stove'' because it is the ''fire'' or The Seven Glands Theory
energy producer for the other six glands. It is called the House of
Essence.
2. The adrenal glands-situated on the kidneys-sup port the func
tions of the kidneys, bones, bone marrow, and spine. (The drug
cortisone destroys the adrenal glands, causing anemia and bone
weakening.) The adrenal gland is called the House of Water.
3. The pancreas gland, also called the House of Transcende nce,
helps maintain control over the entire digestive system, including
blood sugar levels and body temperat ure. If the pancreas is weak and
begins to leak its secretions (insulin) into the bloodstream, it will
neutralize the blood sugar and cause hypoglycemia, or low blood
sugar. A person will then crave food and sweets, which get into the
bloodstream, stimulate the pancreas, and cause a further drop in the
blood sugar level. After this first stage, diabetes (or hyperglycemia)
may follow. Then the pancreas slowly deteriorate s. Diabetes causes a
person to be dependent on insulin injections, which, while neutraliz
ing the sugar in the blood, do nothing to activate the digestive system.
Also, hyperglycemia causes the blood to become thick and heavy,
which in tum causes the circulation to become very poo r. Then the
heart must work harder (people with diabetes usually also have heart
problems). Additionally, because all seven glands are inter
connected, an improperly functioning pancreas causes the adrenal
glands to go out of balance. This imbalance in tum affects the sex
glands and kidneys.
4. The thymus gland governs the heart and circulatory system. Its
condition can be ascertai ned by pressing a point midway between the
two nipples. If the point is tender, the thymus is not functioning
normally and circulation will be abnormal. This gland is also called
the House of Heart.
5. The thyroid gland, which maintains the metabolism of the cells in
the body, governs growth. It is also associated with the respiratory
system. The gland is called the House of Growth.
6. The pituitary gland, or House of Intelligence, governs memory,
wisdom, intelligence, and thought. It is located at the base of the
skull, in the center of


itamin factors, such as thiaminase and avidin, need
not worry us providing we use the foods containing them in
moderation and in proper combination with other foods.

P
ARASITIC INFECTIONS
   In sections of China, Japan, Formosa, and other areas of the
Far East, human parasitic infections have been quite common
and have seriously reduced the efficiency of many of those affected. Unsanitary disposal of human nightsoil pollutes the
water and soil in these areas, which in turn infects crabs,
crayfish, snails, water plants, and vegetables with parasites.
In many cases the nightsoil is even used as fertilizer for the
water vegetables and water nuts. Lakes are so polluted that wading or bathing in them brings about human fluke
infections. When the natives consume the raw fish, snails and
red ling water nuts of the lakes, together with the raw
ve
getables of the soil, they are re-infected a gain and a gain with liver flukes, lung flukes, and other parasites. In certain
other parts of the world some parasitic infection has also been
reported, usually as a result of eating infected fresh-water fish and infected pork.
   No one need doubt that parasitic infections can result from
the consumption of raw foods which are contaminated with parasitic organisms. However, these are problems which are
restricted primarily to parts of the earth where human night-
soil is used as fertilizer and facilities for the disposal of
sewage are inadequate. When modern sanitation is absent,
even the drinking water may be so polluted that boiling is essential. In this country, as well as many others, such
problems do not usually confront us. Our watercress and
vegetables are generally produced under sanitary conditions
without the aid of human nightsoil. Unfortunately many
towns and cities do dispose of their sewage into rivers, and since this is true, fresh-water fish are often infested with
tapeworms and other parasites. The production of swine
under unsanitary, poor nutritional conditions has also left us
with the problem of trichina infection.
   It is important to recognize that even when foods are
contaminated with parasites, cooking does not always render
the foods safe for human consumption. The development of parasites within the body probably depends far more upon the
physiological conditions which are provided for the parasites
than it does upon the frequency of infection. Scientists have
repeatedly noted that poorly nourished animals are infected
by parasites far more frequently than are well nourished animals. Furthermore, once infection does take place, the
damage inflicted upon the host appears to depend upon the
state of nutrition, with malnourished animals or people always suffering the most. Pottenger noted that when cats
were fed raw meat they were relatively free from intestinal
parasites, whereas those given cooked meat, in which all
parasites were supposedly killed, were severely affected.
Experts on the subject of canine nutrition point out that tapeworm infection is not generally associated with the use of
raw meat by dogs. Yet, dogs living almost exclusively upon
heat-processed commercial pet foods are often heavily
infested with tapeworms a nd other parasites of every
conceivable description. It is estimated that 18 to 25 per cent of all Americans are infected with sub-clinical trichinosis,
and practically every one of these people consumed cooked
pork rather than raw pork. Indeed, hogs in this country are
affected with trichina in only 1.5 per cent of all cases, or less
than one-tenth as often as humans. It is the human population, consuming cooked foods, which is the primary reservoir of
parasite infection for man y domestic animals. The basic human problem is one of reinfection. It is clear, then, that the
cooking of food does not get at the primary source of the
parasite problem, although it may be recommended in the case of known contaminated foods.

P
ALATABILITY OF RAW FOOD
   In a limited number of cases—probably not over ten per
cent—cooking may be considered useful to improve the palatability of foods. Almost all raw vegetables are suitable for consumption, although the cooked products are often considered more acceptable. Raw carob pods are edible, but
they must be ground into a meal and lightly toasted in order
to bring out a chocolate-like flavor. Pure maple sap is a very palatable food, but the very rich maple flavor is brought out
only through prolonged boiling. Popcorn is rendered edible
through the application of heat. Certain grains, as well as
meats, have not been widely used in their raw state, and it is possible that cooking is essential for their full palatability.
   One must not deduce from these facts that raw foods as a
whole are less palatable than cooked foods or that an exclusive raw diet is less palatable than a cooked diet.
Actually our food habits are determined primarily by our
dietary during infancy and childhood. As adults, we may prefer cooked foods because we were trained to like them. We may actually dread to taste a particular raw food simply because we never received it as a child. But during the early
part of life we can be trained to appreciate the flavor of
practically any food, cooked or raw, and if given the
opportunity to consume raw foods, there is seldom hesitancy
in doing so. For instance, Dr. Clara M. Davis conducted an experiment on the self-choice of foods by infants and young
children, and found that the favorite of all foods was raw
calves' brains. These were eaten in amazing quantities, often as much as a pound a meal. Children given raw meat, raw
grain products, raw yams, raw potatoes, etc., learn to
appreciate them just as well as they do raw fruits and nuts.
Our customary practice of dividing foods into types which
can be eaten raw and types which must be cooked is based primarily upon childhood habits. Aside from the exceptional
cases which have been mentioned, those foods which are
considered best raw are those we have always eaten raw;
those which are considered best cooked are those we have
always eaten cooked. Actually, at least 90 per cent of all the foods which have ever been eaten by man are fully edible in
their raw state. We have probably not utilized half of these.
    Once our dietary pattern has been established and carried
into adulthood, there is still every opportunity for change.
People who have been trained to appreciate the flavor of
cooked foods to raw foods must undergo a re-education of the sense of taste. This is not a difficult procedure, and surprising
as it may seem, it can be accomplished quite rapidly. Within
just a few weeks, one may learn to appreciate the flavors of
many raw foods which formerly were consistently avoided.
To accomplish this, you need only adopt a "nibbling" habit in which small but increasing quantities of the respective foods
are consumed every day. At first you may find certain foods
bitter or flat tasting, but gradually you will find them to be
more flavorful and pleasing. Ev entually the satisfaction in
consuming raw foods of nearly all kinds may exceed that formerly derived only from cooked foods. This does not
mean that every food will be equally palatable after re-
educating the sense of taste—there will always be certain
preferences of one food to another—but it does mean that raw
foods as a whole may be consumed with an optimum degree
of gustatory pleasure.
   It is clear that there are limitations in the application of raw
food therapy. It is enough to recognize the value of raw foods
without assuming that no reason for cookery can ever exist.
Reasons for cookery have existed, but they are less common
today than they were in the past. We now have excellent
facilities for the preservation and transportation of raw foods. We do not have to depend upon bitter acorns, bitter cassava
roots, and other foods containing heat-labile poisons as
staples of our dietary. We do not have to avoid raw vegetables in fear of contamination with harmful bacteria. We
do have an abundant supply of fruits, nuts, and other highly
palatable raw foods, available for all classes of people. In
short, those factors preventing the full utilization of raw foods
are no longer present. Modern civilization has made the extensive application of raw food therapy possible. It has
presented us with an exciting "elixir of life" which can
transform the whole state of our existence.

       8
RAW FOOD IN SELECTION
THE USE OF FOOD in its uncooked state is the key principle in
establishing a healthful dietary. This, however, does not represent the final answer to all nutritional problems. We can
live exclusively upon raw food and yet suffer from nutritional
deficiencies and imbalances if no consideration is given to the proper selection of such foods. An unbalanced diet of
uncooked foods may be less damaging than an unbalanced
diet of conventional foods, but it is still not to be desired. It is well known that different selections of natural foods in
primitive life produced different reactions in health and
disease. For our own purposes it is necessary to analyze each
of the basic food types, and many specific foods within these
types, in order to determine the most effective way of selecting food and balancing the components of our dietary
intake.
   In the usual textbook analysis of food selection, it is
customary to rate the value of various foodstuffs in relation to
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CASE-TAKINGQUESTIONNAIRE
ANDSYMPTOMCHECKLISTS
Youcanusethisquestionnaire asaguideorprompt
whencase-taking.Youwillneedtoselectsymptoms
fromeachcategorywherepossibleinordertocon-
structyoursymptompicture.
1.Name
2.Date
3.Dateofbirth
4.Complaint(itslabel).My...(headache,cough,
etc.)
Howlonghaveyouhadit?
Howdiditstart?
Whatdoyouthinkcausedit?
Haveyouhadthisbefore?When?Howoften?
Haveyoutakenmedicaladvice?
Whatmedicineshaveyoutaken?
5.Relatedsymptoms.My(complaint) is...
Tellmeaboutyour(complaint).
Whataffectsit,makesitbetterorworse?
Canyoudescribethepain?
Whereisitexactly?
6.Otherphysicalsymptoms
HEAD:Isitsensitivetotouch?Areyoudizzy,
worseorbetterforstanding,walking,sitting?
Hair:greasy,lifeless,dull,fallingout,etc.?
EYES:Appearance-staring,twitching,bloodshot.
Pupilsdilatedorcontracted?Sensitivetolight?
EARS:Hearing,includingnoises.NOSE:Coldsores.Cracks.Senseofsmell.
FACE:Appearance.Expression.
MOUTH:Taste.Excesssaliva/dryness.Smellof
breath.Grindingofteeth.Coldsores.Teething.
Ulcers.Gums.
TONGUE:Colour/coating.Indentedonedges.
Cracks.
THROAT: Ifthroatissore,doesswallowing
liquids,food,nothing,helpormakeworse?
STOMACH(abovenavel):Appetite.Thirst.
Vomiting/burping. Knot/lump feltinstomach.
ABDOMEN(belownavel):Bloated.Sensitiveto
touch/clothes.
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Colour/consistency ofstools.Piles.Wind.
Worms.
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smell.Pain.
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LIMBS:Trembling.Twitching.Jerking.Cramps.
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patternsofbehaviourorhealth.Itisagoodideatobe
observantofyourchildrenwhentheyarehealthyso
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gettinghelpandreassuranceattheearliestmoment. I
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especiallyinmind.
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important.)
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contracted.
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Increases circulation throughout the body, especially to the peripheral
areas (e.g., brain, hands and feet).
Antithrombotic (use to prevent postoperative thrombosis).
Strengthens bones and connective tissue.
Aids alkalization of the blood.
Scientific name
:
Iuscus aculeatus
Parts used
: Herb and rhizome.
Actions
: Anti-inflammatory, aromatic, cellular proliferator, diuretic,
laxative (mild), vasoconstrictor.
Cascara Sagrada
A great herb in low dosages to strengthen the GI tract.
Helps tone and strengthen the intestines.
Increases and strengthens peristalsis.
Increases secretions of the liver, pancreas, stomach and intestines.
Strengthens the autonomic nervous system of the alimentary canal.
Use for constipation, but better used in a cleaning and rebuilding formula
for the GI tract.
Helps clean and strengthen the liver.
Promotes bile secretion.Improves digestion in small dosages.
Use in cases of gallstones, piles and hemorrhoids.
Can be used for intestinal worms.
Scientific name
:
Rhamnus purshiana
Parts used
: Aged, dried bark.
Actions
: Alterative, anti-bilious, antidiabetic, bitter tonic, cathartic,
emetic, febrifuge, hepatic, laxative, nervine, peristaltic strengthener,
purgative, stomachic.
Cayenne (Red) Pepper
Used in high blood pressure cases because of its vascular dilation
properties.
Increases circulation. Excellent in cold conditions.
Stimulates lymph flow. However, it also creates mucus. I do not
recommend long term use of cayenne or any hot peppers because of their
stimulating and mucus-forming properties.
Can be an irritant to the mucosa of the GI tract in prolonged usage.
Used to heal ulcers.
Used with castor oil packs to help drive oils and herbs into tissues.
Used as a homeostatic externally and internally (stops bleeding).
A must for strokes and heart attacks.
Treats shock.
Scientific name
:
Capsicum annuum
Parts used
: Fruit
Actions
: Alterative, anti-rheumatic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent,
carminative, condiment, emetic, expectorant, hemostatic, pungent,
rubefacient, sialagogue, stimulant, stomachic, sudorific, tonic.
Chaparral
Chaparral is one of God’s top herbs in the Northern Hemisphere.
Its greatest power lies in its ability to move the lymphatic system.
Used for removal of tumors, boils and abscesses.
Has strong antimicrobial properties (bacterial, viral, fungal, etc.).
Very useful in rheumatic and arthritic conditions. Also excellent for gout.
Has analgesic properties (for pain).Stimulates peripheral circulation.
Stimulates liver function and increases bile production and flow.
Works as an anti-inflammatory
Somewhat of a cellular proliferator (strengthens cells).
Use in all cancers and HIV.
Use for all types of stone formation.
Prolapsed conditions, especially of the uterus.
Poisonous bites including snakebites.
Chicken pox, mumps, and the like.
Useful in all types of female conditions.
Very useful for stomach and intestinal conditions, including
hemorrhoids.
Scientific name
:
Larrea tridentata
Parts used
: Leaves and small stems
Actions
: Alterative, analgesic, anti-arthritic, anticancer, anti-
inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-rheumatic, anti-scrofulous, anti-
tumor, anti-venomous, aromatic, astringent, bitter, depurative,
diuretic, emetic (large doses), expectorant, laxative (mild), tonic,
vasopressor (mild).
Cleavers
One of the great lymphatic herbs. Helps move and dissolve lymphatic
congestion.
Use in swollen lymph nodes, abscesses, boils and tumors.
A great blood cleanser.
Has diuretic properties and helps dissolve kidney and bladder sediment.
A strong herb for cleansing the skin.
Excellent for eczema, dermatitis and psoriasis.
Helps eliminate upper respiratory congestion (sinus, throat, lungs, etc.).
Helps clean, tone, and strengthen the body.
Use for all cancers.
Use in urinary tract obstructions.
Has anti-inflammatory properties, and is used for any “itis”
(inflammatory) condition.
Scientific name
:
Galium aparine
Parts used
: Whole herb, especially leavesActions
: Alterative, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and laxative,
antiscorbutic, antitumor, aperient, astringent, blood purifier, diuretic,
hepatic (mild), lipotropic, refrigerant, tonic.
Comfrey
For centuries considered one of nature’s top healers.
Nicknamed “knit bone” for its powerful effect upon rebuilding the
skeletal structure.
Strengthens connective tissue. Used for hemorrhoids, varicose and spider
veins, prolapsed conditions (uterus, bowels, bladder, etc.), muscular
degeneration, osteoporosis, hernia, aneurysms, etc.
A powerful wound healer.
Useful in sprains, fractures, and the like.
A good astringent used to detoxify and clean tissue.
Helps move the lymphatic system.
Very beneficial for respiratory issues, both for its expectorant properties
and its antibacterial properties.
Comfrey is a tonic to the body, strengthening cells and tissue.
Checks hemorrhages, especially in the GI tract, urinary tract and lungs.
Comfrey is used to help regulate blood sugars.
Said to aid protein through increasing the secretion of pepsin.
A great lung tonic.
Excellent as a poultice for any injury.
Promotes the formation of epithelial cells.
Note
: Because of a strong alkaloid called pyrrolizidic acid, the FDA
considers this herb dangerous to the liver. However, generations of
use do not bear this out. If you were to extract this alkaloid and take
it by itself in large dosages it would cause liver damage. However, in
Herbology we never extract individual constituents.
Scientific name
:
Symphytum officinalis
Parts used
: Root and leaves
Actions
: Alterative, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic (mild), astringent, cell
proliferant, demulcent, essential oil, expectorant, hemostatic, inulin,
mucilage, nutritive, pectoral, primary constituents, starch, styptic,
tannins, tonic (yin), vulnerary.
Corn SilkA powerful cleanser of bladder and kidney tissue.
Helps clean toxins and mucus from the urinary tract.
Helps lower blood sugar.
Gently stimulates bile flow, aiding in improved digestion and
alkalization.
Used for bedwetting and edema.
Used for prostatitis.
Helps remove inorganic minerals from the body.
Used for both gallstones and kidney stones.
Excellent for cystitis.
Useful in hypertension and C.O.P.D.
Scientific name
:
Zea mays
Parts used
: Inner silk (stylus).
Actions
: Alkaloid, antiseptic, antispasmodic, cholagogue, diuretic,
lipotropic, vulnerary.
Corydalis
The “Great Corydalis” is valued as one of the top non-addictive pain
herbs of the world.
Used for all types of pain including nerve, joint, abdominal, menstrual,
muscular, heart.
Use for arthritis and rheumatism.
As a bitter, it has beneficial effects upon the liver and GI tract.
Use for spasms, convulsions, and seizures.
Use to relax and calm the nervous system.
Useful for asthmatic attacks.
Scientific name
:
Corydalis yanhusuo
Parts used
: Root.
Actions
: Analgesic, antispasmodic, bitter tonic, emmenagogue, diuretic.
Dandelion
One of nature’s top herbs.
A liver and gallbladder tonic.
Aids in pancreatic function.
A kidney and bladder tonic and cleanser.Said to have the same diuretic strength as Lasix© (trade name for
furosemide).
Promotes the formation of bile.
Improves the enamel of the teeth.
A great alkalizer.
Effective in liver conditions including hepatitis, jaundice and cirrhosis.
High in iron, and other minerals, which increases the oxygen-carrying
capacity of the blood.
A natural source of protein.
Aids in blood sugar issues including diabetes and hypoglycemia.
Scientific name
:
Taraxacum spp.
Parts used
: Whole plant: leaves, roots and flowers.
Actions
: Alterative, anti-rheumatic, anti-tumor, aperient, bitter, blood
purifier, cholagogue, deobstruent, depurative, diuretic, hepatic,
immune enhancer and rebuilder, laxative (mild), liptotriptic,
nutritive, stomachic, tonic.
Devil’s Claw
One of nature’s great anti-inflammatory herbs. (Promotes prostaglandin
production and activity.)
A specific for arthritis and rheumatism.
Great for any inflammatory condition: joint, muscular, neuro, or other.
Use in prostatitis.
Valuable in diabetes (pancreatic) or liver conditions.
Scientific name
:
Harpagophytum proc