 the liver. I already told the story of how my own mother lost half her live r this
way. The condition is usually caused by a combination of hereditary tendency, general toxemia, and/or a high -fat diet, especially one
high in animal fats. The liver makes bile that is stored in the gallbladder, to be released on demand into the small intestine to digest
fat. A toxic, overloaded liver makes irritating sediment -containing bile that inflames the gallbladder and forms stones. A high -fat
diet forces the liver to make even more of this irritant. A toxic, overloaded, inflamed, bloc ked gallbladder is capable of causing an enormous array of symptoms that can seem to have
no connection at all to their cause. In part these same symptoms are caused by a toxic, constipated colon that, in part, got that way
because of poor fat digestion ov er a long time. These symptoms include: severe back pain; headache; bloating; burping; nausea;
insomnia; intestinal gas; generalized aches and pains. Medical doctors used to remove a troublesome gallbladder without hesitation; it was an organ they cons idered to be highly
dispensable. Without one, the bile duct takes over as a bladder but its capacity is much smaller so the person's ability to d igest fats
has been permanently crippled, leading to increased toxemia and earlier aging if fats are not elimin ated from the diet. These days
the medicos have a new, less invasive procedure to eliminate stones; they are vibrated and broken -up by ultrasonics without major
surgery. Inflamed gallbladders are usually removed because gallbladder inflammations resist tre atment by antibiotics. There are several very effective natural gallbladder remedies. The best is a three week fast, taking the juice of one or two lemons
every day, along with colonics. The lemon juice tends to clear the bile duct. The fast allows the  gallbladder to heal from
inflammation. In cases that aren't too severe I have had very good results simply eliminating fats from the diet and using a food
supplement derived from beet tops called AF Betafood. However, in all these cases, once the gallblad der is no longer "acting up,"
the person must stay on a low fat diet. Any fats they do eat must be vegetable and in small quantities. By healing their gallbladders and cleansing their colons, several of my clients have resolved severe, debilitating bac k pain, pain
so severe that the suffers were becoming bedridden. Medical doctors don't associate gallbladder disease with back pain. The Frightening Heart
    Heart disease is one of the major causes of death among North Americans. It evokes images of res uscitation, of desperate races
against time, trying to restart an arrested heart before the brain dies. It makes people think of horribly expensive surgery,  last wills
and testaments, terrible, paralyzing pain. Heart disease is a great profit center for th e medical profession. Most heart problems are very easy to fix by holistic approaches, even many hereditary weaknesses and malfunctions can be
healed, if the work is done before too much organic damage occurs. But it rarely is easy to get the people to  take the necessary
medicine; everything in their lives must change –and fast. First of all, people with heart problems must rapidly reach and maintain normal weight. This can be done by fasting or by
dietary change, usually by eliminating all fats, sug ars and refined starches. Alcohol and tobacco must instantly and forever become
only past memories. It is almost as essential to eliminate flesh protein foods and dairy. Should that prove entirely too pain ful, fish
in small quantities and only one or two t imes a week is tolerable. For starters, a long fast, especially one involving lots of bed rest, is ideal. This gives the heart a chance to heal while t he body
weight is adjusted. A period of intense rest even without water fasting will accomplish almo st as much. Even someone with the
potential for heart disease who has not yet had a heart attack would be well -served to spend a month in bed, losing weight on juice,
or sitting in a rocker on the porch eating only raw foods. After the weight is down to no rmal or close to normal and the heart tests
stronger, an exercise program should be started. Exercise has to become a religion. A daily aerobic program must be started on a carefully managed gradient, using the pulse r ate
as an regulator, at first rais ing their maximum heart rate to a point just below 150 percent of its resting pulse and keeping it there
for thirty minutes. One can walk, jog, ride a bicycle or use an exercise machine. Actually, everyone should do this, even tho se with
no heart problems. My husband, who hates the boredom of exercise, enjoys a ski machine in front of the TV while the stock
market program is on. He finds the TV interesting enough that he pays no attention to his workout. Daily aerobic exercise wil l
strengthen the heart, gra dually slowing the heart's resting pulse rate, indicating that the heart has become much stronger, pumping
more blood with each pulse. As the resting pulse drops the exercising heartbeat can be increased to double the resting rate. Highly aggressive, competitive, stress -oriented people have to give up being adrenaline junkies and learn to relax and assume a
laid-back approach to living. Or die soon. An adrenaline junkie is someone that enjoys the feeling they get when operating under
stress. Stress and  the adrenaline it releases produce a kind of a drug -high. Many stressaholics cannot give up their adrenaline
addiction while maintaining their previous employment and life -style, even though their life is at stake. In this sense they are like
alcoholics, who should not take employment tending bar. To survive for long these people may have to retire or change
professions. Stockbrokers may have to become Organic farmers; journalists may have to operate a news stand or bookstore, or
work part -time covering th e society page and dog shows. Women frequently turn their family life into a stress -filled drama too. With heart problems a life extension megavitamin program is essential, even for twenty somethings if they have heart disease. The sixty milligrams of Co-Enzyme Q -10 I recommend for the average middle aged person will not be enough for heart cases;
they should take at least 120 milligrams daily and consider up to 250 mg. This much Q -10 greatly boosts the energy output of the
heart on a cellular level. Vi tamin E should also be increased, to between 600 and 2,000 iu daily. I also rebuild diseased hearts with
protomorphogens; usually they must stay on protomorphogens for the rest of their lives. Niacin taken several times a day in d oses,
sufficient to dilate  the capillaries and cause a skin flush (50 to 200 milligrams), increases the blood flow to nourish the heart. The
amino acid L. Carnitine is also useful by increasing the energy output of the heart much like Co -Enzyme Q -10. When I put people on this p rogram, the supplements and other measures gradually take effect, and over months the patient
begins to feel enormously better. Inevitably they come to dislike the side -effects of the various medications their medical doctor
has put them on and they begin to wean themselves off of heart -stimulating poisons like digitalis. Another benefit of my program
is that inevitably, blood pressure also drops to a normal range so if they have been on blood pressure medication they quit t hat too. Their diuretics also bec ome unnecessary. The money they save more than pays for their supplements and the sense of well -being
they feel is beyond value. Other Kinds Of Cancer
    There seem to be many other kinds of cancer, at least if you believe the medical doctors. They divid e up cancers and their
treatments by their location in the body and by the type of cancer cells present. I do not see it that way. To me, a cancer i s a cancer
is a cancer, and there is only one kind: it is an immune system collapse, consequence of the dead ly triangle of weak spleen, thymus
and liver, plus a toxic large intestine and weak pancreas. That organ profile is found in skin cancer, prostate cancer, leuke mia,
brain cancer, cancer of what have you. How fast or how slowly the cells multiply or spread,  where they are located, what the
cancer cells look like in a microscope, these are irrelevant factors compared to the body's ability to conquer the disease. O r die
from it. If the body's immune system can stop the growth of the cancers and begin to tu rn them back before the cancer cells impinge
catastrophically on some vital function, the person can usually survive. Even if the body cannot completely eliminate all the  cancer
cells, but regains enough immune function to keep the existing cancers in perm anent check, a person can survive many years with
an existing, stable cancer without undue pain or discomfort. Still having a non -growing tumor after a long fast indicates that a
person is a lot better than they were before fasting. I believe that vir tually everyone has cancer cells in their body, just like viruses and bacteria. But most people do not develop
cancer as a disease because their immune function is strong so these misbehaving cells are destroyed as fast as they appear. Mutated, freely -multiplying cells are caused by peroxidized fats,


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common duct is obstructed by a stone, there is persistent jaundice, paroxysms of pain, with the
occurrence of ague-like periods of chills and fever. Often called a gall-valve condition, this may
persist for months or years. Pain killing drugs and operations are the common modes of treating this condition, but neither of
these remove basic causes. To remove a gallstone and pronounce the patient
cured
 is tantamount to
saying that the gallstone is its own cause. Failure to remove the cause results in the formation of more stones. Unfortunately, it is assumed
that the cause of gallstone is unknown, so that the operation leaves the patient still sick and still
manifesting many of his symptoms. What is wrong with the person who has gallstones. He has a general state of irritation and
inflammation of his digestive tract, involving the gallbladder and the liver, with impaired
digestion. He is enervated and toxemic. His bile is not of normal constitution and this permits the
preciptation of its mineral elements. There develops a functional impairment of the liver. This persists until there is enough alteration of the normal secretion (bile) so that the mineral
elements contained in this are not held in suspension, but are precipitated, forming gravels or
stone. Gallstones and kidney stones are basically the same. The symptoms differ as the organs in
134which the stones form differ. Organs lend individuality to symptom-complexes. Imprudent eating and heavy eating of carbohydrate foods by the enervated and toxemic, and a
lack of exercise, are chief among the causes that produce gastrointestinal and biliary irritation
leading to stone formation. They do not develop in healthy individuals, but in those who have
broken down their health by years of wrong living. Nobody would ever have gallstones from
infancy and throughout his life if he lived right. There can be but one way to restore health and this is to remove all causes of disease and
restore the liver to good health, after which normal bile will disintegrate the stones. The proper
care is to go to bed and relax, keep the feet warm and abstain from food until there is a distinct
demand for food—until the return of hunger. When eating is resumed, it should be restricted to uncooked fruits and vegetables for a week or
two weeks. The patient should be carefully restricted to proper food combinations when regular
eating is resumed. Eating proteins and starches at the same meal is a prolific source of gastro-
intestinal irritation. In my opinion there is no necessity to operate for gallstones. Normal nutrition is not restored by
removing an effect of impaired nutrition. The great and growing army of postoperative invalids
attest to the fact that operations on organs of the body do not restore health. Too many organs are
removed that could be saved by the simple expediency of draining them by means of the fast. Instead of surgically draining the gall bladder, a fast will enable the body to perform an
excellent job of drainage and do it in a way to leave the gall bladder intact and unharmed. For days
and nights, often, these patients will pass bile through the bowels and by vomiting. The patient has not been restored to health when his gallstones have been removed. The
observing individual knows that he is still sick and still manifests many of his old symptoms and
often many new ones. The purpose of correct care of the patient with gallstones is to restore
normal liver function so that bile chemistry may become normal again and cease precipitating the
mineral elements and thus end the making of stones. In a few weeks then, the normal bile will cause a disintegration of the stones already formed, the
sand will pass into the intestines and will be voided. As the liver cannot be restored to health
without restoring the whole body to health, no treatment directed at the liver will serve these ends. A general or systemic housecleaning followed by a genuine health-building program is essential. Perhaps I can do no better than end this chapter with a quotation from Geo. S. Weger, M. D.,
who had an extensive experience with gallstones, both as a regular physician and as a
Hygienist. He says: “Given proper assistance, the chemistry of the body can be so altered that stones soften,
disintegrate, and pass out with but slight discomfort. We have treated many cases and seldom have
we found it necessary to resort to surgery. It is a remarkable fact that this softening occurs very
rapidly on a complete fast. Frequently patients coming for treatment for different ailments develop
hepatic colic from the eighth to the tenth day of fasting. “In these, the presence of gallstones may never have been suspected. The same is true of stones
in the kidneys. In recurrent attacks there is no treatment in the intervals to equal a diet restricted to
fresh fruits, salads, and cooked non-starchy vegetables. It can be safely predicted that there will be
no recurrence in those patients who follow instructions as to diet and exercise. In most instances if
the gall stone is not larger than a small olive it will become soft and pass out without resort to
surgery and its consequent risks. The exceptions are in those run-down people who have no
reserve vitality or courage left to sustain them for a reasonable time, while nature is establishing a
normal chemical balance. 135“Extreme caution and conservatism on the part of the physician is
necessary in determining the
proper course in a given case. The process of recovery may seem slow but it is in reality
marvelously rapid compared with the long time it takes for the stones to form. While most cases
can get well by fasting and dieting and while such treatment is always in order, it must be borne in
mind that atrophy or gall bladder disease may be the result of longstanding, unrelieved cases. Without recourse to olive oil, bile salts, and the hundred and one remedies that are generally
prescribed, our percentage of non-surgical recoveries is so high as to warrant a favorable
prognosis if the patient cooperates in the removal of first causes. It should be borne in mind that
while surgical interference is often the only recourse, this procedure does not remove the cause of
gallstones nor prevent recurrences. Therefore correct diet and other accessory health measures are
just as necessary after operation as they were before. ”
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Tumors of the Breast
One of those rare young women, possessed of great beauty of form and features, just married and
alarmed about a growth of her left breast—a lump nearly as large as a billiard ball—had for four
months suffered considerable pain. She had not consulted a physician for fear he would pronounce
it cancer and want to remove her breast. It was 1927 and that year the country went through the first “cancer week. ” New York’s
newspapers carried columns each day about cancer and urged all people to see their physicians for
a check-up. Lumps, moles, bleeding, loss of weight and other such symptoms were indicative of
possible cancer. The propaganda was deliberately designed to frighten the public. The young woman, whose home was in White Plains, New York, was duly frightened. She
consulted a physician. He told her that she had cancer and that the breast would have to be
removed immediately. She did not want to lose her breast—she did not want to be disfigured. She consulted a second physician. He made the same diagnosis and urged immediate removal of
her breast. A third physician rendered an identical verdict. A fourth was consulted with the same
outcome: “The breast must come off at once. ”
But there was one paper in New York that did not carry the scare
propaganda that was being
distributed from some central source. The New York
Evening Graphic
, a Macfadden publication,
often assailed for many reasons, right and wrong, refused to join in the effort to frighten everybody. The present writer had a daily column in the
Graphic. I devoted a column to the cancer propaganda and pointed out that many people who did not have
cancer were being frightened into operations. I denounced the fear program as a crime against the
welfare and sanity of the public. The young woman read my column and came in to see me. It was eight o’clock on a Friday evening when she entered my office. I examined her breast and
decided that she did not have cancer, but that she was suffering from an enlarged gland. I advised
her to fast. She took the advice. I instructed her to return to me at the same time on the following
Monday evening. When she came in on Monday evening she was a very happy woman, her face
wreathed with smiles. I invited her to sit down and without questioning her or waiting for her to
say anything, I said, “Go ahead and tell me the story. ”
It was a simple story, but it was a happy one. I have listened to similar stories many times
through the years that have since elapsed. ‘‘When I awoke this morning,” she said, “there was no
pain in my breast. There has been no pain all day. This evening at five o’clock, when I went to take
a bath, I said to my sister: ‘I would like to feel my breast to see if the lump is still there, but I’m
afraid to …’ My sister said: ‘Don’t be a child, go ahead and find out. ’ I investigated nervously and
it is gone. ”
I listened to the story with great satisfaction and took the note of her elation and relief. I
examined her breast and found no trace


 possible with the law when it is obeyed. When (as a rule) a fellow is ill, it is
self created. We were placed in th is world to "choose whom we will
serve." Natural law is God in action. Wh en humanity lives in harmony
with this law it means the end of disturbances—no more ills. Man was made after all other things were ma de. He was given the power to rule,
to have dominion, to choose whom or what he may desire. Whether
good will, hate, health, disease or wars—these, any one of them, may
be had for the asking or determination to secure them. These have no
power within themselves—man must operate them. What we have been taught, pr acticed and operated must be
eliminated. I say this because the results have not been desirable,
when a thing or method does not work—good sense says discard it—
whether it be political, economical or  food habits. All these have been
a failure. Only a dummy will stay put when in the way of traffic. Our methods, ideas of life and living have proven a farce. The
disturbances, aches and ills have disturbed th e traffic. We have
reached that place in life where it is  difficult to secure food which
contain the values which promote perfect health. As an example of
one item, bread is the main item of food values. We have reached that
place where bread is no longer the "staff of life" but the means of
creating disease and death, because it is refined. When our popular white bread is used exclusively, it never fails
to produce death before disease ca n appear. The white man does not
use white bread exclusively therefore he lingers with disease. Many of
these diseases become incurable, because the food which produce the
disease is not discarded. We have now of late years, been told of whole wheat, but is it? Most of it has been contaminated with chemicals to make it whiter and
fluffy and prevent moulding till it would be better food if left on the
shelf. The safest way to maintain health and vitality now a days is to
secure a mill of your own or use your friends mill. There is a way to
secure wheat which has not been chem icalized, and of late individual
small mills can be had. Anyone wa nting information will do well to
contact Lee Engineering Company, Milwaukee, Wis. I have one of
these mills, and also a cheaper mill. One mill grinds fine—the other
grinds coarse for cereal where I use every grain I furnish several of my
friends. Every family should possess their own individual mill. Dealers in
the community should keep on hand wheat for retail distribution and they will if people who want good  food will co-op with the dealer. The dealer, grocery or what, can ope rate a mill and grind wheat while
you wait or buy coffee and sugar which is not fit for food. There is a way to have what anyone wants. We are admonished
to make our choice. Hoping or wishing must be backed by action and
determination. We crea te our worn out soil, we create our denatured
and refined foods which results in bad health and disease. We were
placed here to rule. If we don't want what we have, we should get rid
of it. I discarded my bad health, you can get rid of yours, if you don't
know how, there is a way to find out. This boomerang, "The Town Without a Tooth Ache" makes me
sore. This slogan was inaugurated b ecause I found so little caries, but
it applies to all diseases. There are no diseases other than what we
create. The parents when supplying raw milk to these children they
did not know this milk would prevent caries. When arthritis, polio or
what have you, develops some one creates it. These disturbances or
happy occasions of whatever nature someone is the creator, but the bad food or rather useless food is not all the cause, but it did not
prevent. Most of our foods are to be eliminated because they have no
immunizing powers. Raw milk is not the only food in the Hereford
area which would prevent dental caries or prevent any other disease. The reason I discovered this was Dr. C. A. Pierle, Ph. D. gave me the hunch. Raw milk being the only food used the year round, therefore, I gave my attention to milk—heated m ilk being particularly dead milk,
will not prevent any disease. All good food is supposed to contain plenty of immunizing
values, but our popular foods today have been refined, adulterated and
heated till its immunizing powers have been destroyed which opens the gate leading to the cemetery. GENERAL CAPTION:
On the following pages are photographs of eight representative
Hereford citizens who have lived here for most of their lives and, as
the accompanying mouth photographs demonstrate, have lived to
middle age or older, with perfect sets of teeth. With but one exception, all the persons in the group have been
heavy milk drinkers from their childhood up. Most of them like
buttermilk and drink lots of it. All ta ke their milk raw. It is produced
on mineral-rich Deaf Smith County grass and feedstuff. Practically all these persons regularly eat fresh, home-grown
vegetables and eat raw vegetables and raw fruit right along. Most of
them eat meat either sparingly or moderately. Nearly all live on white
bread from milled flour. Thereby they lose the most valuable body-
building minerals which, the spectograph analysis shows our home-
grown wheat to contain. But to offset that they get the missing
minerals in raw milk. All of them eat sparingly of sugar, candy and
other sweets. My theory—which the diet preferences of these people bear out,
I believe—is that if people would grow  their food in completely fertile
soil, like Deaf Smith County has, and would eat that food raw, they
would have no dental decay and little sickness. The reason why milk
is so effective in preventing tooth decay is that it is taken raw. People
prefer cooked food because they have trained themselves to like it, not
because food is better cooked. If th ey set their minds to it, people
could learn to like most of their food raw. Then they would live longer
and keep their teeth sound into old age. Hereford, Texas
September, 1951  TO THE PUBLISHER:
We, the undersigned, have given our consent to Dr. George W.
Heard, that our photographs and th e accompanying photographs of our
mouths, be published in his book. Yours very truly, (Signed) Mrs. Sallie Morris Carter
(Signed) John Jacobsen
(Signed) Charles Hodges
(Signed) Mrs. Margaret D. Young
(Signed) Lee R. Conklin (Signed) Louie LeGrand
(Signed) Miles Roberson
(Signed) Troys Carmichael

LEE CONKLIN

Mr. Conklin, 54 years old, has lived in Hereford since he was 9. He consumes about the average amount of meat but lives largely on
fresh vegetables from the home garden. He likes all kinds of
vegetables raw—and all kinds of raw fruit. He drinks more than the
average quantity of milk, both raw sweet and buttermilk. He was a
heavy milk drinker as a boy. He likes candy but eats it sparingly. He
does not use a toothbrush. CHARLES HODGES

A native of Texas, Mr. Hodges, 78 years old, has lived in
Hereford for 53 years. He has never been on a diet but has eaten meat
only moderately. Mostly, he has lived on fresh vegetables out of the
home garden and he likes all kinds of vegetables raw. Mr. Hodges
drinks sweet milk regularly in larg e quantities. He likes buttermilk and
drank a lot of it when young. He has never used a toothbrush or
dentrifice. MILES ROBERSON

Born in Cleburne, Mr. Roberson has lived in Hereford for 50 of
his 56 years. He has never been on a diet. He has eaten meat
moderately; but fresh home-grown vegetables freely, both raw and
cooked. He drinks plenty of raw sweet milk and buttermilk, too. He
had all the sweet milk he could drink as a child. Mr. Roberson uses a
toothbrush once a day but no dentifrice. W. TROYS CARMICHAEL

A native of Oklahoma, Mr. Carmichael, 39 years old has lived in
Hereford for 26 years. For years,  he has eaten heavily of cooked
meats, white and corn bread and cooked vegetables. He does not like
either raw vegetables or milk. That distaste dates from early boyhood. On the other hand, he has no sweet tooth, either: does not care for
candy, syrup, cake or pie. Notwithstanding his reckless diet, by the book, Mr. Carmichael has enjoyed good health; but as a penalty for his excessive meat-eating he stands to lose his fine teeth from
pyorrhea. JOHN JACOBSEN

Born in Denmark 79 years ago, Mr. Jacobsen came to Hereford
48 years ago. He eats meat only sparingly, and avoids sweets and
refined foods of all kinds. He likes whole wheat bread; eats some
cornbread with fresh vegetables out


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sugar compounds -glucose in the blood, glycogen in the muscles -and electrolytes -salt,
calcium, and potassium that keep cells in proper electrical balance -that may be burned and
depleted after an hour or more of hard exercise. This situation does not have anything to do
with low TDS or demineralized water for normal drinking and cooking purposes. Even in warm
weather exercise, the greatest danger is that of dehydration, and the proper advice to ward it off
is to drink lots of plain water. The scope of this paper is limited to answering whether low TDS water contributes to the loss
of minerals from body tissues, producing associated harmful side effects. The types of minerals
--e. g., calcium versus sodium, or hard water versus soft water--and the toxicity of minerals-
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Q: What is the definition of low TDS water?,
A: Low TDS water is defined as water containing between 1 and 100 milligrams per liter (mg/L) of total dissolved solids (TDS).
Q: What is the purpose of the study conducted by Dr. Lee T. Rozelle and Dr. Ronald L. Wathen?,
A: The study aimed to answer whether low TDS water contributes to the loss of minerals from the body, resulting in harmful side effects.
Q: What is the main conclusion of the study?,
A: The study concludes that the consumption of low TDS water does not result in harmful effects to the human body.
Q: What is the purpose of homeostasis in the human body?,
A: Homeostasis is the maintenance of constant conditions in the internal body environment, which includes controlling the concentration of minerals and ions in the body fluids.
Q: Are there any real-world examples that support the safety of consuming low TDS water?,
A: Yes, there are numerous real-world examples, including the U.S. Navy's use of distilled water for 40 years, NASA's provision of low TDS water on space missions, and the widespread use of low TDS water in public and private water supplies, without any reported adverse health effects.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Soil and Health Library
This document is a reproduction of the book or other copyrighted material you
requested. It was prepared on for the exclusive use of Oriana, whose email address
is orianaoriana@gmail.com. This reproduction was made by the Soil and Health Library only for the purpose of
research and study. Any further reproduction or distribution of this copy in any form
whatsoever constitutes a violation of copyrights. ‘You ask me what were the secret forces which sustained me during my long
fasts. Well, it was my unshakable faith in God, my simple and frugal life style,
and the Aloe whose benefits I discovered upon my arrival in South Africa at
the end of the 19th century.’

Mahatma Ghandi

In a letter to his biographer Romain Rolland

The Essential Aloe Vera

Author
Dr Peter Atherton

To Alison
A patient who changed my practice

 Dr Peter Atherton
1st Edition 1996
2nd Edition 1997

Published by Mill Enterprises, Park Farm, Gayhurst, Newport, Pagnell MK16 8LG. UK. Global Library agents and distributors – Aloe World Limited
e-mail: aloeworldlimited@aol.com
http://aloeworldltd.com

ISBN: 0-9540896-0-X

 Contents

 Authors note 1  Introduction 2    Part 1   The History 6  The Plant and its structure 9  Where does Aloe Vera Work? 20  How does Aloe Vera Work? 34  Aloe in the Future 43  Further Reading 48  Glossary 49   Part 2   Research Bibliography 53
 AUTHORS NOTE

This handbook is designed for educational purposes only and does not endorse any particular brand or
type of Aloe Vera products. Dr Atherton regrets that he is unable to directly enter into any correspondence regarding his opinion on
the use of Aloe Vera in particular case histories. Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my wife, Ellen, for suffering with me during our holiday in which I transferred my
thoughts to paper and for being my sounding board. My thanks also to good friend, Glenda Goodwin, for typing out the original manuscript. I commend her
for her patience in making the many changes and corrections. My eternal banks to Alison whose personal experience with Aloe Vera led to a change in my practice of
medicine after twenty-five years of a purely conventional approach. I have also received huge help from Tamsin wright-carpenter in the compilation of the references and
from Pam Richardson in collating the Anthraquinone Section. Also. Also, thanks to Nick Hutchins for his
invaluable advice. Finally I would like to thank Forever Living Products (UK) Ltd., for the use of their photographs of Aloe Vera plants. INTRODUCTION

“Aloe, what? Yes, I think that I’ve heard of it. That stuff they put in cosmetics.”

This was part of a conversation that took place just over three years ago with a patient at mine. She was
the mother of a little boy with eczema, whose problem had apparently miraculously cleared up completely
after applying a cream containing Aloe Vera with bee propolis. In case you don't know as I didn’t at the time. Bee propolis is obtained from the lining of bee hives and is the substance responsible for keeping
the hive sterile. It is known to possess powerful antimicrobial properties which make the inside of a
beehive more sterile than an operating theatre. Bees make propolis by collecting resins from trees such as
pines and poplars which they then mix with their own enzymes to create the sticky substance called
propolis or bee glue. Since then I have been fortunate to meet with Dr William Davey who, amongst other things holds a royal
Charter as Honorary Homeopathic Physician to Her Majesty The Queen. He started life as a chest
physician but he has also been involved in research. A main part of that research has been into bee
propolis and his findings are shortly to be published as a thesis. In it he will demonstrate the active
ingredient in propolis which is a most powerful antimicrobial agent, capable of even killing
mycobacterium Tuberculosis. He has also shown that the propolis itself is more active as a whole than the pure extract. The idea of synergy in plant ingredients is a theme then I will be dwelling on later in the
book, as I believe in the truth of an Ayurvedic text from India:

“Extracting drugs from a part of a plant is taking out the intelligence and throwing away the
wisdom”

The conversation with that mother was not only to change attitude to Aloe Vera, but also to herbal,
nutritional, and complementary medicine in general. In fact it would totally change my approach to the
practice of medicine, and change my life. At the time, I confess I was irritated by the mothers remarks and certainly very sceptical as she went on to
tell me that I must try the cream because it had succeeded where all my moisturisers and steroid creams
had failed. Eczema, of course, is known to naturally wax and wane, so it had to he coincidental, didn’t it? Up to then I had been a General Practitioner for twenty-five years and a strictly conventional one at that. I left it to my partners to indulge in acupuncture, homeopathy, applied kinesiology and nutritional medicine

 As this patient was also a friend, it was not long before we met again and inevitably the subject of Aloe
Vera came up. But now I was invited to drink the stuff as well as to rub it on. The more uses she
mentioned, the more I switched off and the more sceptical I became. However, I knew she wouldn’t go away so I promised that I would read the company literature that she had given me on the previous
occasion. The company was biased, as I expected it to be, but there was something about this herb's history that
caught my interest. There were references to Alexander the Great, Cleopatra and Nefertiti, no doubt a
mythical association, but it prompted me to go as far as asking the secretary of my local post-graduate
medical centre to dig out anything she could find on Aloe Vera. She came up with forty papers from around the world. Although some were from fairly dubious sources,
with only one exception they all had something very positive to say about Aloe Vera. Such a high
 PART I

THE HISTORY

As I said in the introduction, it was the history of Aloe Vera that first aroused my fascination with the
plant, for it has truly stood the test of time and has been associated with some remarkable people. The name Aloe Vera, or true Aloe, is probably derived from the Arabic word ‘ALLOEH’, Syrian
‘ALWAI’ or Hebrew ‘HALAL’ meaning a ‘shining bitter substance’. Hence the old laxative remedy ‘bitter Aloes’, still listed in the US Pharmacopoeia today. The German Egyptologist, George Ebers (1837-1898) bought an ancient papyrus, now called the Ebers
Papyrus, dating from the reign of the Pharaoh Amen-Hotep in 1552 BC. This ancient medical treatise
listing the use of plant materials as cosmetics and drugs, including Aloes, was found between the knees of a mummy excavated near Thebes in 1858. This papyrus demonstrated the use of Aloe Vera during the
preceding


dominant role in your physical experience. Becoming a healer by healing oneself involves another one of those
imaginary somersaults into the inconceivable, wherein you land upright and
balanced in your thoughts, face-to-face with your Source. You realize,
perhaps for the first time, that you and your Source are one when you let go
of the ego-mind, which has convinced you that you’re separate from the
power of intention. Healing others by healing yourself. In Lynne McTaggart’s book The
Field, which I’ve mentioned previously, the author has taken the time and
trouble to report the hard scientific research conducted around the world in
the past 20 years regarding this field I’m calling intention. In a chapter that
is relevant here, called “The Healing Field,” McTaggart describes a number
of research studies. Here are just five of the intriguing conclusions that
researchers have come to concerning intention and healing. I present these
to you to stimulate an awareness of your potential for healing the physical
body you’ve opted for in this lifetime, as well as the corollary capacity to
offer healing to others. (I haven’t reiterated the obvious need for a healthy
diet and a sensible exercise routine, which I’m assuming you’re aware of
and practicing. Bookstores now have entire sections on healthy alternatives
for this purpose. ) Five Conclusions about Healing from the
World of Hard Research
1. Healing through intention is available to
ordinary people, and healers may be more experienced or
naturally talented in tapping in to the field. There’s physical
evidence that those who are capable of healing through
intention have a greater coherence and a greater ability tomarshal quantum energy and transfer it to those in need of
healing. I interpret this scientific evidence to mean that
deciding to focus life energy on being in coherence with the
power of intention gives you the capacity to heal yourself and
others. This means essentially abandoning the fear that
permeates your consciousness. And it also means recognizing
the fear-based energy promoted by much of the health-care
industry. The field of intention has no fear in it. Any disease
process is evidence that something is amiss. Any fear
associated with the disease process is further evidence that
something is amiss in the working of the mind. Health and
peace are the natural state when that which prevents them is
removed. Research shows that healing through intention,
which is actually healing through connecting to the field of
intention, is possible for everyone. 2. Most authentic healers claim to have put out
their intention and then stepped back and surrendered to
some other kind of healing force, as though they were
opening a door and allowing something greater in. The most
effective healers ask for assistance from the universal Source,
knowing that their job is to be uplifting and allow the Source
of healing to flow. Healers know that the body is the hero, and
the life force itself is what does the healing. By removing ego
and allowing that force to flow freely, healing is facilitated. Medically trained professionals often do the opposite of
allowing and uplifting. They frequently convey the message
that the medicine does the healing, and communicate disbelief
in anything other than their prescribed procedures. Patients
often feel anything but uplifted and hopeful, and diagnosis and
prognosis are usually fear based and excessively pessimistic to
avoid legal proceedings. Tell them the worst and hope for the
best is often the medical operating philosophy. The ability to heal yourself seems to be available to those
who have an intuitive knowing about the power of the Spirit. The healing inner speech has to do with relaxing, removing
thoughts of resistance, and allowing the spirit of light and love
to flow. A powerful healer from the island of Fiji once told me
about the efficacy of the native healers. He said, “When a
knowing confronts a belief in a disease process, the knowing
will always triumph. ” A knowing is faith in the power of
intention. A knowing also involves an awareness of always
being connected to this Source. And finally, a knowing means
getting one’s ego out of the way and surrendering to the
omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient Source, the power of
intention, which is the source of all, including all healing. 3. It didn’t seem to matter what method was used,
so long as the healer held an intention for a patient to heal. Healers relied upon profoundly different techniques, including
a Christian image, a kabbalist energy pattern, a Native
American spirit, a totem, a statue of a saint, and incantations
and chants to a healing spirit. As long as the healer held firm to
an intention and had a knowing beyond any and all doubts that
he could touch the patient with the spirit of intention, the
healing was effective as measured by scientific validation. It’s crucial for you to hold an absolute intention for yourself
to heal, regardless of what goes on around you, or what others
might offer you in the way of discouragement or “getting real. ”
Your intention is strong because it isn’t ego’s intention, but a
match-up with the universal Source. It’s God-realization at
work in your approach to healing and being healed. As an infinite being, you know that your own death, and the
death of everyone else, is programmed in the energy field from
which you emanated. Just as all of your physical characteristics
were determined by that future pull, so, too, is your death. So
let go of fear of your death, and decide to hold the same
intention that intended you here from the world offormlessness. You came from a natural state of well-being, and
you intend to be there in your mind, regardless of what
transpires in and around your body. Hold that intention for
yourself until you leave this body, and hold that same invisible
intention for others. This is the one quality that all healers
shared. I encourage you to emphasize it, too, right here, right
now, and don’t let anyone or any prognosis deter you from it. 4. Research suggests that intention on its own
heals, but that healing is a collective memory of a healing
spirit, which can be gathered as a medicinal force. Healing
itself may in fact be a force that’s available to all of
humankind. It’s the universal mind of intention. Further,
research suggests that individuals and groups of individuals
can gather this collective memory and apply it to themselves
and to those who suffer with epidemic diseases as well. Since
we’re all connected to intention, we all share the same life
force, and we all emanated from the same universal mind of
God, it’s not so far-fetched to assume that by tapping in to this
energy field, we can gather healing energy and spread it to all
who enter our enlightened spheres. This would explain the
enormous collective healing power of saints, and make the
case for each of us holding the intention to eradicate such
things as AIDS, smallpox, worldwide influenzas, and even the
cancer epidemic we live with today. When illness is viewed in isolation, it’s disconnected from
the collective health of the universal field. Several studies
report that the AIDS virus seems to feed on fear, the kind of
fear that’s experienced when a person is shunned or isolated
from the community. Studies on heart patients reveal that those
who felt isolated from their family, their community, and
especially their spirituality, were more susceptible to disease. Studies on longevity show that those who live longer have a
strong spiritual belief and a sense of belonging to a community. The capacity to heal collectively is one of the powerfulbenefits that’s available when you raise your energy level and
connect to the faces of intention. 5. The most important treatment any healer can
offer is hope for the health and well-being of those who
suffer disease or trauma. Healers do a self-analysis of what’s
present in their consciousness before they focus on someone in
need of healing. The key word here is hope. The presence of
hope conveyed boils down to faith. I would also call it
knowing, a knowing that connection to one’s Source is a
connection to the source of all healing. When we live this way,
we always see hope. We know that miracles are always a
possibility. Staying in that mind-set, fear and doubt are
banished from the landscape. If you give up hope, you change
the energy level of your life to vibrate at fear and doubt levels. Yet we know that the all-creating Source of intention knows no
fear or doubt. My favorite quote from Michelangelo is on the value of
hope: “The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is
too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. ”
Just imagine—the intention of healers and the hopes they have
for themselves and others may be even more important than
the medicine being offered. The simple thought of dislike
toward another impedes the potential for healing. Lack of faith
in the power of Spirit to heal plays a deleterious role in the
healing process. Any low-energy thoughts you have undermine
your ability to heal yourself. All five of these research-backed
conclusions lead us to an awareness of the importance of
shifting our focus and connecting to the all-healing field of
intention and harmonizing with it. From Thoughts of Sickness to
Intentions of WellnessYou’re probably familiar with the phrase “And God intended, ‘Let there
be light. ’ and


 rather random ingredient-cornstarch. Made from the ground heart of the corn kernel,
there’s something about it that reduces any streaking on your windows after you clean them. When you first
spray this cleaner on and wipe with your cloth, it will look streaky/cloudy, and you will curse my name for tricking
you into putting corn starch on your windows. Just wait-it does get better. After you’ve sprayed and cleaned with
your first cloth, go over with a second clean cloth to wipe away any little smears you see. Voila! Y ou will be left
with the most gloriously clean windows you’ve ever had, and totally satisfied that you made it all yourself.Glass Cleaner
-A spray bottle
-1/4 cup of white vinegar
-2 tablespoons of cornstarch
-2 cups of warm water
-2 clean soft cloths1. Mix together white vinegar and cornstarch in a spray bottle. 2. Add 2 cups of warm water to the mixture and shake to get everything
well mixed. 3. Spray onto windows/ glass surfaces and wipe with a clean soft cloth
for a sparkling finish. If you prefer, you can also spray directly onto your
cloth and wipe. 4. If needed go over the window a second time with a dry, soft, cloth to
get it perfectly sparkling. 298Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Glass CleanerY ou will need… DirectionsWhen you have jewelry you want it to shine and sparkle, not look dull-or worse-tarnished. Recently I had
a wedding to go to and pulled out a silver necklace I hadn’t worn in a while, and lo and behold, it was so
discolored and ancient looking it could have been from the Shang Dynasty back in 1675 BC. I dug up an old
bottle of jewelry cleaner, but wasn’t able to go through with using it when the fumes just about knocked me
unconscious after uncapping it. A quick brainstorming session later led me to the conclusion that some old
faithful household items would do just as dandy a job as the toxic stuff I held in my hand (albeit they did take a
bit longer. )Jewelry Cleaner
299Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comFor silver jewelry, a thick paste of baking soda and some elbow grease will do the trick to get it shining and
looking new again.Shining Silver
-Baking soda
-White vinegar
-Water
-2 clean, soft, cloths1. Mix baking soda with just enough water to form a thick paste. 2. Dip a slightly dampened clean, soft, cloth into the mixture and polish
away. 3. Dunk the silver into a bowl of white vinegar to dissolve any leftover
baking soda residue, and dry/buff with another clean, soft, cloth. 300Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Jewelry CleanerY ou will need… DirectionsFor gold you have two options-vinegar and baking soda, or beer. Make sure you don’t use these on pearls or
gem-stones, as it could loosen glue or damage their surface.Gleaming Gold
-1 tablespoons of baking soda
-2 teaspoons of white distilled
vinegar
-a bowl
OR
-Beer (not dark ale)
-A soft cloth1. Set jewelry in a bowl and sprinkle baking soda over it. Add vinegar
and let it fizzle for a minute or so, and then polish with a cloth or damp
sponge. 2. If using beer, simply pour it onto a clean cloth and polish jewelry. Make sure you use a light ale. 301Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Jewelry CleanerY ou will need… DirectionsA little club soda will gently make your gems look fantastic again.Shimmering Gems
-1/4 cup of freshly cracked
open club soda
-2 soft clean cloths1. Dampen a clean cloth with club soda and polish gems. Follow this by
drying with another cloth. 302Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Jewelry CleanerY ou will need… Directions303Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comBecause of “trade secrets” manufactures who make laundry detergent are not required to list exactly what
they put in their products. Hmmm. Whenever I can’t figure out what’s in something, my suspicions are aroused. There’s no way that (most) mass-produced detergent is anything but harmful to the environment, and there
are more than a few people out there that will vouch for the fact that it can be harmful to us too. While there
have been lower levels of 1,4-dioxane, a carcinogenic (i.e. cancer causing) chemical found in leading brands
of detergent, nothing has been done about it, despite private testing showing that it leads to cancer and other
health problems in rats. Now I am not saying using these products will give you cancer guaranteed, but for me,
even a “trace” amount of these chemicals is too much. Making your own detergent does take more effort, but
the peace of mind-not to mention the cost difference-makes it more than worth it.Laundry Detergent
-Manufacturers tend to overestimate how much detergent you need to use, as they try to strike a balance
between the different types of water people have. Better to have too much than too little right? No, too
much detergent not only costs you more, but will make your clothes dirtier. If you use too much detergent,
I can almost guarantee it’s not all washing out. Run a load like you normally would and the do a rinse cycle
with only water. About halfway through the cycle, or a little before, take a peek at what’s going on. Y ou will
probably see suds, and those suds are proof that there is still detergent in your clothes. Not only does this
equate to it sitting against your skin-highly detrimental to those who are sensitive-but your clothes are still
dirty! Detergent works by binding with dirt and oils and pulling them out of your clothes before getting rinsed
away. What happens to the dirt when the detergent is still on your clothes? Y ou’ve probably guessed by now-
it’s still there as well. -These recipes do not suds up much, and I have had no trouble with my HE front loading washer, or any build
up. If you are worried about build up, you can add ¼ cup of white vinegar to the final rinse cycle. Vinegar
during the rinse cycle will also soften clothes and help with static. -Base your detergent off of your water and your clothes. Hard water contains mineral salts that interfere with
soap doing its job properly, while soft water doesn’t. If you have hard water, you may have to use more than
someone with soft water. In this case borax is very helpful, as it breaks down those pesky minerals, ensuring
your detergent is cleaning at the utmost efficiency. -If you reduce the amount of water, don’t forget to reduce the amount of detergent as well. -Not quite ready to make the leap to making your own laundry detergent? Use less of the kind you buy and
add borax or baking soda. Baking soda softens fabric and removes odor, while Borax just gives an overall
cleaning boost, brightening any dingy clothes and increasing effectiveness if you have hard water. For liquid,
add ½ cup of baking soda or borax at the same time as the liquid detergent (for a regular to large load.) If
you use powder detergent, add ½ cup of each during the rinse cycle. Use less if the loads are smaller-even
several shakes will help. In terms of the baking soda, too much can leave a pesky white residue, so start with
less than you think you need and go from there.Tips & TroubleshootingNo secrets here-the first ingredient in this liquid detergent contains castile bar soap, an olive-oil based soap
popular in homemade detergent recipes. Next on the list is washing soda. A highly alkaline compound that is
similar to baking soda, but not quite the same, washing soda is known as sodium carbonate, and is a salt of
carbonic acid, which is what produces the wide range of salts colloquially known as carbonates. A common
source of washing soda is actually the ashes of plants. When used to wash laundry, the high alkalinity acts as
a solvent, removing stains and breaking down grease, dirt, and oils. I use Borax personally, as I find it makes
the detergent more effective, but you can leave it out if you prefer. The food grade vegetable glycerin is also
optional-it can help with stains, and help keep your detergent “gelled.” It is water soluble and will not leave
stains.Liquid Laundry Detergent
-1/2 bar of solid castile soap
-1-2 cups of washing soda
-4 cups of water
-2 1/2 gallons of separate
water
-1/2 cup of Borax
-2 tablespoons of food
grade vegetable glycerin
(optional) 1. Grate your soap. Castile soap will actually flake quite nicely if you ‘shave’ it with
a knife (cut thinly) and don’t want to bother with a grater or food processer. 2. Get a pot. Add your grated soap, vegetable glycerin (if you are using it), and
water, and then slowly pour in the washing soda and Borax. Make sure to continue
to stir as you add the washing soda-it can clump and take a while to break down. Stir occasionally until no chunks of any kind remain. 3. In the meantime, boil 2 ½ gallons of water, and then let it cool for 10 minutes.


, cre
ates a source of liberation of energy. The developing
physicochemical energy potential can easily be recog
nized by its electric potential ("tlmric injury porm
tiaf'). By means of a second prerequisite, the proposed
biologically closed electric circuit (BCEC), available en
ergy will be :released efficiently, permilling electro
phoretic and electroosmotic transport s between the
injured and surrounding noninjured tissues. Assuming these two important components, the de
velopment and appearance of many of the characteris
tic morphologic changes in and around breast ru
mours, like those of lung rumours, can be explained. Breast tissue becomes injured in a variety of ways,
e.g., trauma, focal necrosis from nutritional distur
bances within a lesion, haemorrhage and infection. Our first task will therefore be to explore the electric
properties of tumours in the breast. 1. Case material and methods
Measurements of tissue profile of electric potential
were made in mammary rumours of 16 consenting dicular to the surface of the tumour (D. A thin radiolucent
"A" zone outlines the periphery of the tumour. Overlying
skin is "thickened" and retracted (arrows). patiems. These studies were performed in association
with diagnostic biopsy and implantation of metal indi
cators immediately before surgical treatment. The aim
was to search for possible spontaneous electric polar
ization in breast tumours similar to the findings in
pulmonary tumours. The same type of nonpolariz.able, silver-silver chlo
ride electrodes with potassium chloride bridges was
used as in the final series of measurements of potential
in lung tumours. The DC potential was measured
between a grounded electrode in the subcutis of the
ipsilateral shoulder and the "exploring" electrode,
which was moved through the tumour and the adja
cent tissue. Retraction of the exploring electrode was
obtained by means of the driving mechanism of the
recording instrument, the Grass chart writer (Modd
7B, Polygraph, Grass Instrument Company, 101 Old
Colony Avenue, Quincy, Mass. 02169, USA), in order
to assure as good a correlation as possible between
electrode position and tracing. Localization of the rumours and introduction of the
electrodes were made with a stereotaxic instrument
previously developed by our group (16, 76) for biopsy
of nonpalpable breast lesions (Fig. XVI: 3) (Manufac
tured by TRC AB, P.O. Box 50100, S-10405 Stock
holm, Sweden). This insuume.nt allows the insertion
of biopsy cannulas (75) to a predetermined place in the
breast with a precision of ±0.5 mm. After the x, y and
z coordinates in the system were calculated, the elec-
BCEC in cancer of the breast 205 a
I
c
2mV! 206 BCEC in cancer of the breast Fig. XV/:3. Stereotaxic
radiographic unit devel
oped for exact localization
and percutaneous needle
biopsy of nonpalpable
breast lesions. The instru
ment was used in this
study for the insertion of
nonpolarizable electrodes
to measure electric poten
tials of breast tumours and
their surroundings in rela
tion to a grounded refer·
ence electrode in the sub. cutis. <rode was inserted perpendicu larly to the x-ray beam
in the plane of the calculated z-coordinate. It was then
possible stcrcoradiographically to document the posi
tion of the electrode in relation to the surfaces of a
tumour and the skin. 2. Results
Electric potential measurements in I 6 mammary carci·
nomas and surrounding tissues revealed characteristic
patterns. Fig. XVI: 4a shows the radiograph of a
breast cancer. Small radiating structures extend more
or less perpendicular to the surface of the tumour. In
Fig. XV/:4. Electric potenti21 of a breast carcinoma. Mam
mography (a) shows an undifferentiated fibrous breast can
cer, appearing as a lobulated tumour (64-year-old
woman). Some radiating and thjn.. circular" structures (ar
rows) are evident at a distance from the cancer. (b) Position
of the inserted electrode. (<)Potential tracing obtained as the
electrode was evenly retracted. The cancer contain.s a W
shaped negative potential in relation to surrounding tissue. An ecg is superimposed on the tracing. Correlations between
the measured potentials and ~pc<:ific anatomic sites were ob~
tained by using the chart driving device to retract the elec
trode. Grounded reference electrode in the subcutis of the
shoulder. Fig. XVI: 5. Electric poten
tial of a well differentiated
ductal breast carcinoma (ar
rows) in a 57-year-old wom
an. (a) Craniocaudal, (b) lat
eral xeroradiographs. (c) Three tracings of potential
through the tumour are
shown. (d) The postoper
ath·e specimen contains
three bleeding tracks, repre
senting the three paths of
the electrode. W -shaped po
tential inside the tumour is
negative relative ro sur
rounding tissue. Ecg is su
perimposed in the tracings. Grounded reference elec
trode in the subcutis of the
shoulder. c
the breast tissue around the tumour some thin struc
tures (arrows) may also be seen in a circular arrange
menl. Such thin structural alterations are common
around breast carcinomas, but to the knowledge of the
author, have not been described previously (see also
Figs. XVI: 1, 6, 14b, 22 and 23). The exploring electrode is shown in Fig. XVI: 4 bin
the breast before it was slowly and evenly puJJed out. Fig. XVI: 4c shows the tracing of the tissue profile of
electric potential as the needle was pulled out. The regular fine changes represent a superimposed ecg. Inside the tumour the tissue potential was 5 m V nega
tive compared with the tissue surrounding the tumour. In the central part of the tumour the negative potential
was elevated 2.5 mV, making the profile of potential
look like a W.
The tracings usually vary depending on the course
of the electrode pass.ing through the tumour. For ex
ample, Fig. XVI: 5 (craoiocaudal (a) and lateral (b)
xeroradiographs) shows a carcinoma in the medial and
BCEC in cancer of the breast 207 Fig. XV 1:6. Mammograms of ductal breast carcinoma (80·
year·old woman, G. P.) before measurement of electric po·
tcntial (sec Fig. XVI: 7). (a) The tumour is surrounded by
radiating strucrures. Arches are suggested (arrows). (b) Firm
<:ompression stretches these arc-hes, which now form a circu-
superior part of the left breast. No radiolucent zone is
seen, but the cancer does show some irregular radiat·
ing structures. The postoperative specimen (d) demon·
strates in the tumour some small haemorrhages,
produced during the preoperative needle biopsy and
insertion of the needle electrode. The three electric
potential recordings in Fig. XVI: 5 c show negative w.
shaped deflections as the electrode passed through the
tumour. The amplitude of the superimposed ecg re·
mained unchanged. An explanatio n for the slightly different appearanc es
of the three tracings in Fig. XVI: 5 c may be that a
spontaneo us redistribution of material has taken place
inside the degrading tissue and between it and sur
rounding tissue. Small differences in the site of pas
sage of the electrode will result in different proftles of
potential, as illustrated in one patient with seven trac
ings of potential from slightly different parts of the
tumour (Figs. XVI: 6 and 7). Two radiographs of this
208 BCEC in cancer of the breast -
br structure (arrow). This result is possible because of the
existence of pcritumoural "B" zone oedema (sec Table
XVI: 2 for analysis of tissue water). (c) Lateral and (d) fran·
tal views of electrode in relation to the cancer before one of
the measurements of potential. tumour (Fig. XVI: 6a, b) reveal very thin radiating
structures at its surface. Fig. XVI: 6a shows some
arches in the peritumoural tissue (arrows). On firmer
compression of the breast a circular structure can be
seen (Fig. XVI: 6 b, arrows), wbich is partly composed
of stretched arches (left


must  flow  back  in response,  to fill your  world! It is Power-
ful! It is Certain! It cannot  fail,  and  I join  Saint  Germain
in His  Invitation:  Come  Oh,  Beloved  Ones! Enter  thru
Those  Gates  of Freedom,  into  the World  of your  "Mighty  I
AM Presence,"  and  have  in use,  all It holds  for you! The Love  of the Entire  Ascended  Host,  the Great  Cos-
mic Beings,  the Gods  of the Mountains  and  the Angelic
Host,  pour  forth  to you  now;  and  will  continue  to do so
for your  Strength,  Encouragement  and  your  Victory! Feel
and accept  Its Fulness! I glorify  you  in My  Love  and  Light! My  Strength  and
Courage  are your  Scepter! Stand  forth! Stand  forth! My
Victory  is yours! Claim  It! Feel  It, and  then  find  Its Full
Expression  in your  Life  and  world! While  the  Messengers'  human  forms  are absent  from
your  city,  never  forget  for a day,  the Glory  of your  Victory
now! Each  day,  as your  Light  expands,  feel  more  and
more  Its Out-pouring. Then  when  they  return,  let the Ful-
ness of It find  Expression  in holding  your  city in the Glory 60 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
of That  Light  which  knows  no shadow,  and  never  fails  in
Its Action! You  are That  Light! You  are the Guardians
of That  Light! Claim  Its Fulness  and  abide  therein! Your
Victory  is certain,  because  "I AM"  the  Victory  of every
child  of Earth! In Fondest  Love,  We  enfold  you,  Oh Beloved  Children
of the Light. DISCOURSE  VI
PHILADELPHIA,  PENN. May  23,  7937
Your  Infinite  Opportunity,  Oh  Children  of Earth,  is
filled  with  a Charged  Glory,  yet unknown  and  experienced
by mankind. Yours  is the Joy,  the Happiness,  the Power  of
having  come  to know  your  own  God-Self,  the "Mighty  I
AM." You  may  wonder  why  so many  times  the expression
is used—"Your  'Mighty  I AM  Presence'";  because  It is the
Mightiest  Intelligence  in the Universe—the  Governor  of
your  worlds,  if you  please,  and  the Governor  of the Whole
Universe! It has provided  for you  a Higher  Mental  Body,
Your  Own  Christ  Self,  by which  It releases  Its Powers  to
YOU  WITHOUT  LIMIT. When  you  will  once  set aside  human  desire,  or call your
Presence  into  action  to give  you  the Strength  to set aside,
your  human  concepts;  and  allow  the Light  of your  Presence
to illumine  your  Mind  and  charge  your  feeling  world  with
Its Mighty  Harmony;  then  you  will  quickly  enter  into  all
Freedom  which  is yours. Do not longer  allow  your  human  concepts  to dominate
your  world  and  limit  you! There  is no limitation  in all
the Universe,  but that  which  Individuals  create  for them-
selves ! I say to you  tonight,  every  one of you  has the Power
to release  yourself  at once,  if you  will! We  see and  know
within  your  Heart  the Light,  the Power  and  Ability  which
61 62 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
are there! I say to you,  assert  your  Dominion! Do not allow
your  human  self longer  to dominate  you! Because  you  might  have  made  mistakes;  and  because
you have  surrounded  yourself  by your  own  human  creation,
still they  have  no other  power  except  what  you  give  them! I say to you tonight:  Assert  your  Dominion  in the Power  of
the Acknowledgment  of your  Presence;  and  no longer  al-
low the outer  world,  to limit  or deprive  you  of that  which
your  Great  God-Self  holds  ready  to release  at any  given
moment;  when  Enough  Love,  Enough  Kindness,  Enough
Harmony  go forth  from  your  feeling  world  to that  Mighty
Presence. Then,  will  the Door  be opened  wide—the  doors
of doubt  and  fear  swept  aside,  by the Hands  of your  Pres-
ence;  to glorify  you  and  send  you  forth  a Glorified  Being  of
Freedom. No longer  need  mankind  remain  in chains  of its own
forging! Only  as the people  refuse  to accept,  apply  and  con-
tinue  to apply,  until  the results  are there,  may  they  be de-
prived  of Freedom. You are  Beings  of Light! Do  not  allow  yourselves  to
linger  longer  in the world  of human  creations! You  have
learned,  you  have  found  your  Source! You  have  found  and
have  the Scepter  of Dominion  in your  hand,  by the Accept-
ance  of your  Presence,  your  "Mighty  I AM." Allow  It by
Harmony  maintained,  to flow  forth  into  your  world  like  a
Mighty  River  and  produce  Its Perfection  there. On the Planets  whose  Light  has expanded  more  than  the
Earth,  there  are those  Beings  of Natural  Light  and  Free-DISCOURSE  VIII  63
dom. On your  Beloved  Venus,  whose  Assistance  has so long
come  to the Earth,  They  know  what  Peace  and  Harmony
mean. They  live  in the  Glory  of Its Infinite  Expression
naturally! So you  of Earth  shall  come  to know—notice
Those  Words—SHALL  COME  TO  KNOW  your  Do-
minion,  in the  Acceptance  of your  "Mighty  I AM  Pres-
ence." There  is no power  of human  creation  or otherwise,
which  will  longer  have  power  to detain  you,  in your  world
of human  creation! The Great  Cosmic  Light  has  said:  "You  must  produce
More  Light,  for there  must  come  changes  within  the Earth,
which  will  cause  It to be produced"! Your  opportunity
is here,  Oh Beloved  Children,  if you  will  call your  Presence
forth  and  stand  by It; never  doubting  or fearing  Its Ability
to flood  your  world  with  Its Harmony  and  Perfection. Those  who  still  insist  upon  sending  forth  discord  from
their  feeling  world,  must  reap  its result. Make  no mistake
about  that! How  gladly  We would  lift you  out of all those
human  creations,  if you  would  but  just  be FIRM  AND
STRONG. Glorify  yourself  in the Fulness  of the Oppor-
tunity  which  is yours. Then,  you  will  find  the Glory  of that
Freedom  filling  your  world  and  causing  it to be the Per-
fection  which  every  Heart  knows;  and  has been  reaching
and reaching  and  reaching  to find. Your  Light  is the Light  of God! You  have  heard  the
expression:  "America  is the Heart  of the Earth;  the Land
°f the  'I AM';  the  Land  in which  must  come  the  First
Ascended  Master  Freedom  to mankind"! 64 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
May  I remind  you  tonight,  your  Goddess  of Liberty  in
the Harbor  of New  York  is but the symbol  of the Great
Being,  Who  will  one day come  to be known  to the children
of Earth! I say to you,  one day That  Great  Being,


 of Peace  has  done—which  We  shall  mention  during
the Class  here,  you  will  know  It is a Transcendent  Service. 324 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
It could  not have  been  done,  if the war  entity  of the World
had not been  consumed. She  would  not have  come  forth! Had  She  not seen  and  known  this  could  be done,  She would
have  remained  within  the Great  Silence! Think  of it, Beloved  Ones! one  whole  hemisphere  in the
throes  of the destructive  power—the  worst  ever  expressed
upon  Earth! Those  destructive  Individuals  are using  the
great  cunning  of the black  magicians,  who  are prompting
them—urging  these  destructive  forces  on, and  on, and  on. They  find  their  urging  of little  avail;  for since  the consum-
ing of the war  entity,  there  is no power  there  to feed  and
sustain  them! Therefore  the  things  they  did  easily  and
quickly  before  and  where  they  found  ready  response,  they
are failing  to find  that  speed  of response  today  and  they
are amazed. They  cannot  understand  what  in the world
has happened  that  their  authority  and  dominion  has  sud-
denly  ceased;  and  they  can no longer  influence  mankind  as
completely  as they  once  did so very  recently! Think  of it, you  who  have  worked  so earnestly  and
served  so earnestly  in these  Mighty  Decrees. Oh,  Beloved
Ones,  never  tire,  never  grow  weary;  because  if you  realize
It is the Power  of your  Presence  acting,  you  cannot  be ex-
hausted  in rendering  that  service. I say to you:  Freedom  is at hand  for every  earnest  sin-
cere student! Don't  let anything  suggest  otherwise  or dis-
turb your  feelings;  but  in your  great  adoration  and  atten-
tion to your  Presence,  know  you  are  then  and  there,
releasing  the Full  Power  of Life,  which  wants  so much  to DISCOURSE  XXII  325
give you  Its Freedom. Why  do We respond  to your  Calls ? Now  notice  this  very  carefully. Why  do We  respond  to
your  Calls ? Not  because  of your  outer  volition;  but because
it is the Power  of your  Life  which  is calling;  and  all Foci  of
Life,  which  We  are,  and  you  are,  must  give  obedience  to
Life. You  might  say to Me:  How  is it the Great  Cosmic
Beings  must  give  obedience  to Life ? Because  Our  Attain-
ment  of Freedom,  came  by first  giving  obedience  to Life. Then,  when  your  Presence  of Life  calls  to Us, is there  any-
thing  in the Universe  which  could  prevent  Our  answering
your  Call? Think  of it! Beloved  Ones,  you  are not  any
longer  at the mercy  of destructive  forces  or limiting  condi-
tions;  because  you  have  come  to know  Life  and  Its Mighty
Focus,  the Presence  of the  "Mighty  I AM,"  which  beats
every  one  of your  Hearts! Oh,  don't  think  for one  second
your  Presence  is not there;  or that  It is not Mighty  Real. If
your  Presence  were  not there,  you  would  not be here! Don't
forget  it! That  Presence  supplies  you  with  Life  as the Wondrous
Chart  shows;  and  when  you  accept  It in the  Fulness  of
your  feeling,  then  you  will  have  the answers  clearly  and
more  and  more  quickly,  to your  Calls,  as the Messengers
have  proven. They  receive  Instantaneous  Answers  con-
stantly  to their  Calls  today,  but they  did not four  years  ago. They  called  days  and  weeks,  many  times,  for the Victory  of
each  Call;  but they  stuck  to it, until  the answer  came;  and
that is the position  of all mankind  today. When  you  start  to make  your  Call  stand  by it, until  the 326 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
answer  comes. Then,  you  will  see  how  more  and  more
quickly  and  powerfully,  will  your  Presence  of Life  answer
your  calls,  until  all of you  too will  have  your  answers  in-
standy. That  is the Power  and  Presence  of Life  waiting  and
wanting  you  to have  This  Great  Freedom,  This  Great  Hap-
piness. THINK  OF  IT,  BELOVED  ONES,  IN ALL  THE
ANXIETY  YOU  HAVE  PASSED  THRU,  IN  ALL
THE  DISTRESS,  NOT  ONE  SINGLE  PART  OF  IT
WAS  EVER  REALLY  NECESSARY! Because  you  had
forgotten  your  Presence  of Life  and  you  gave  all power  to
the appearance  world;  you  suffered  under  those  appear-
ances,  having  mis-placed  your  attention,  having  mis-placed
your  vision. You  accepted  more,  and  more,  and  more,  of
limitations;  giving  more  and  more  Power  to persons,  places
and conditions;  which  had  no power  to limit  or disturb  you,
except—now  notice  carefully—that  you  fed  your  Life
Stream  into  them  by the Power  of your  attention  and  vision,
your  physical  sight. Think  of it, and  know  that  not  one  inharmonious,  de-
structive  or limiting  thing  can  touch  you  or affect  your
world;  if it cannot  get your  attention! IT MUST  HAVE
YOUR  LIFE  STREAM  TURNED  TO  IT,  IN ORDER
TO REACH  YOU. Many  of the students  do not yet see
that. They  know  it intellectually,  but in their  feeling,  they
are not accepting  the fact,  that  what  their  attention  is upon,
they  are feeding  their  Life  into  it, to compel  it back  into
their  worlds. DISCOURSE  XXII  327
Please  get this,  tonight,  in preparation  for Our  Coming
Class. You  will  hear  things  in this  Class—the  Laws  of Life,
which  you  have  never  heard. I want  you  to be so joyous,  so
firm,  so determined  in your  application  in the use of the
Violet  Consuming  Flame,  that  you  are ready  in the FUL-
NESS  OF  YOUR  COMPREHENSION,  to grasp  every-
thing  which  is said  and  apply  it to yourself. Don't  think
what  We  say is meant  for the other  fellow. It is meant  for
every  one  of you  everywhere;  because  It is the Explanation
of Life. All We give  is the Explanation  of your  Life. All your  Beloved  Saint  Gerrffain  has  brought  forth  to
you,  is just the Explanation,  the Application  of your  Mighty
Presence,  the Law  of Life! There  is not a thing  unusual  or
mysterious  about  it; and  Oh,  try to understand  and  feel
that. Then,  when  you  understand  It, you  will  see how  in
your  application,  you  are Master  of any  condition  which
confronts  you. In the experience  of the Messengers,  as conditions  arise
which  are distressing  to mankind,  when  their  bodies  come
into the environment,  those  conditions  change. Sometimes
that is necessary,  so those  conditions  dissolve  and  disappear. Nobody  can deny  it, because  it has been  done  many  many
times,  and  the


 Chapter Three.) NO acts as a bronchodilator and helps keep the
lower airways open. In general, the role of NO in the regulation of sleep
apnea, though likely significant, is still not completely understood.56,57 It
appears to help reduce obstruc tion of the upper airways and acts as a
transmitter between the nose, throat muscles, and lungs. The lower and upper airways (the lungs and the nose and throat) are
mechanically connected, thus nasal breathing leads to improved lung
volume58 due to greater activation of the diaphragm.59 Increased lung
volume results in tautening and opening of the throat, reducing the risk of
the airway collapsing during sleep.38
Anatomically speaking, breathing through the mouth causes the jaw to
hinge downwar d and the tongu e to fall back into the throat. When this
happens, the airway size is compromised, increasing the risk of collapse
during sleep (imagine a narrower straw). According to airway orthodontist
Dr. William Hang, the difference between a healthy and a poorlyfunctioning airway can be described by comparing the diameter of a garden
hose to that of a pen. Dr. Hang has been instrumental in advancing
awareness of the airway in orthodontics for several decades, and patients
(including myself) often travel great distances to visit his clinic in
California. The airway can be adversely affected when teeth are removed or
jaws retracted to create a “better” smile, so it is vital to research the
implications of this when considering orthodontic treatment. In his 2017 resea rch paper, Dr. Hang explains that many approaches that
result in a reduction of the airway are currently standard practice in
dentistry and orthodontics. He states:
In light of the current epidemic of OSA and OSA related
morbidities, such reduction in airway cannot be justified. Instead of
arguing about whether or not a proposed orthodontic treatment
protocol involve s extraction of teeth..., we must substitute the
question about how it af fects the airway.60
When it comes to the modern human airway, there is not much room for
error. Any infringement on that already narrow space is likely to be
detrimental to health. Thankfully, there is a growing awareness of this issue, largely driven by
the general public. Initiatives such as RightT oGrow.org in Canada and the
Prevent Crooked  Teeth campaign in the United Kingdom are helping people
to recognize the importance of retaining all 32 teeth and instilling good
breathing habits  to promote lifelong health. Methods sympathetic to airway
health and function, such as expansion of the jaws to make room for
existing teeth, ensure a beautiful-looking smile without any negative
consequences for respiration, sleep, or overall well-being. Conventionally, if a patient has a problem with their nose, a referral is
made to the ear, nose and throat (ENT) department. Chronic lung problems
such as recurren t chest infections, wheezing, or coughing necessitate a visit
to the respiratory consultant or pulmonologist. However, researchers are
now recognizing that the nose and lungs constitute the same airway. Since
inflammatory mediators and infectious pathogens can be transported along
the respiratory mucosa and through the airways58, inflammation in the
lungs, which is prevalent in asthma sufferers, can travel up to the nose.Equally, inflamm ation in the nose can reach the lungs. Given this, it’s no
surprise that children and adults  with asthma are more likely to experience
problems in the nose. Physiological, epidemiological, and clinical evidence
now support a unified airway model.58
Asthmatics are likely to experience nasal congestion that causes them to
breathe through an open mouth. This results in a faster respiratory rate and
shallow, upper chest breathing. It is this very same breathing pattern that
contributes to SDB. People with asthma are more likely to experience
fatigue too,61 especially when they are suffering from asthmatic symptoms
such as chest tightness, wheezing, or coughing. Obstructive sleep apnea and asthma are common respiratory disorders. They are also frequently comorbid,62 meaning that they occur
simultaneously but not necessarily as a result of each other. Undiagnosed or
inadequately treated OSA may adversely affect control of asthma and vice
versa.63 In one study, researchers demo nstrated that approximately 74% of
those with asthma also experience nocturnal symptoms of airflow
obstruction64 and that when an asthmatic is experiencing asthma symptoms,
they are more likely to also experience OSA.63
Much can be learned about breathing patterns in sleep apnea by looking
in more depth at the breathing habits of people with asthma. The exercises
in this book have been shown to improve asthma control. Given the
relationship between asthma and sleep apnea, these techniques are also
likely to be helpful in reducing OSA. HOW T O SLEEP BETTER
Gravity plays a role in both snoring and sleep apnea. When you lie on your
back, there is no restriction to breathing, so breathing volume increases and
snoring becomes more severe. Sleeping on your back also encourages the
mouth to open, causing the lower jaw to hinge downward and the airway to
narrow. OSA sufferers who sleep on their back experience a higher number
of apneas per night and stop breathing for longer during those apneas. In
one study of 574 patients with sleep apnea, participants had at least twice as
many instances of apnea or hypopnea when sleeping on their back as they
did when lying on their side. Researchers concluded that “Body positionduring sleep has a profound effect on the frequency and severity of
breathing abnormalities in obstructive sleep apnea patients.”65
A similar assessment of 2,077 OSA patients over a period of 10 years
found that nearly 54% experi enced at least twice as many breathing
abnormalities when sleeping on their back than when sleeping on their side. The paper acknowledged that “Avoiding the supine posture during sleep
may significantl y improve the sleep quality and daytime alertness of many
positional patients.”65
The techniques that follow will help you achieve better quality sleep. BREA THE LIGHT AND SLOW
You can do this while watching some light television or relaxing in bed. • Place one hand on your chest and one hand on your abdomen. • Gently soften and slow down your breathing to create a slight hunger for air. • Continue the practice for approximately 15 minutes. This is an excel lent way to help with SDB. It also promotes relaxation and
enables you to fall asleep more easily. MOUTH T APE FOR NASAL BREA THING
We’ve already described why it is vital to breathe through your nose during
sleep, but how can you make sure it happens? When you wake up in the morning, your mouth should be naturally
moist. If you have been breathing through your mouth at night, you will
wake up with a dry mouth. You may also find that you have smelly
breath.66 Mouth breather s have a higher incidence of gum disease, halito sis,
and tooth decay than nasal breathers. If you tend to mouth breathe during the night, you can try taping the
mouth, following these guidelines. Taping the mouth at night may seem like a scary prospect at first. However, the method has been used with great success by Oxygen
Advantage trained instructors and in Buteyko Breathing Clinics around the
world. It may be reassuring to know that it does not take long to get used to. If you struggle  to keep your mouth closed at night, placin g MyoT apearound your mouth before you go to sleep is an excellent way to eliminate
SDB and encourage full-time nasal breathing. The tape, which I designed
especially for this purpose, is placed around the lips rather than across the
mouth and is designed to act as a reminder, using elastic tension to prompt
you to close your mouth if it falls open. I have no doubt that the single best thing I ever did to improve my sleep
was to tape my mouth at night. MyoT ape can be easily purchased online at
MyoT ape.com. You may also like to try a Micropore paper tape, which you
can pick up at any pharmacy, or Lip-Seal Strips, which can be bought
online from Simply Breathe. To overcome any initial anxiet y about having your mouth taped, try
wearing the tape for 20 minutes  before you go to bed. Also be aware that if
you are accusto med to breathing through your mouth, the tape is likely to
fall off during the first couple of nights. This will resolve fairly quickly. Within a few days, your body will relearn its natural nasal breat hing pattern
and the tape will remain in place. Y ou may then begin to experience the best
sleep you have ever had. If your nose is partially blocked before going to bed, use the nose
unblocking exercise to clear it before taping your mouth. Rest assured,
however, that if you are wearing the lip tape at night, your nose will never
become complet ely blocked. This is because nasal breathing actually helps
dilate the nasal passages. If you breathe heavily during the night while wearing the tape, your
nose may partially block. If this is the case, you may also find it helpful to
wear a nasal dilator,


ure onset, seizure activity may be related to the way the air stimulates
the nasal mucosa. 97 Scientists have found that, in some types of epilepsy,
nasal hyperventilation was more likely than oral hyperventilation to
stimulate epilep tic EEG activity in the brain and that this effect was
inhibited by applying local anesthetic to the nasal mucosa. Although the mechanism, extent, and significance of these findings
remain unclear, evidence from studies of epileptics and arousal during sleep
indicates that a nasal airflow stimulus has some sort of activating effect on
the brain. This underlines the importance of reduced nasal breathing
exercises, in which the amount of air breathed is lessened. It is possible to
switch to nasal breathing and still hyperventilate if other aspects of poor
breathing patterns are not addressed. In 1984, an article published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine
described the use of breathing exercises to self-regulate CO2 and control
seizures. 92 The study follo wed 18 participants between the ages of 10 and
42 years, 11 of whom were male and 7 female. All those who took part
suffered moder ate to severe chronic hyperventilation and idiopathic,
medication-resistant seizures. The subjects were given diaphragmatic
breathing training with end-tidal CO2 biofeed back. This was very effective,
producing a rapid correction of breathing patterns. The patients’ breathing
even became comparable to that of people in an asymptom atic control
group. Ten of the participants remained in the study for at least seven
months. Following the treatment, EEG power spectrum readings had
normalized in eight people, as had cardiorespiratory synchronicity. These
people experienced a significan t reduction in the frequency and severity of
their seizures. In 1993, doctors from the Boston Neurobehavioral Institute (Harvard
Medical School)  applied the same principle to the treatment of two children
with severe developmental problems. Parents, caretakers, and teachers were
taught to modify the children’ s breathing to eliminate hyperventilation in
order to prevent seizures. The technique was successful in both cases. 98
It is widely recognized that poor health is associated with lower
parasympathetic tone. 99 This is certainl y the case in people with epilepsy. Those people who have intractable—hard to control—seizures have lower
vagal tone than those whose epilepsy is controlled. A 2010 study links the
fact that slow breathing exercises are known to increase parasympathetic
tone in healthy people with the theory that slow breathing exercises in
people with epilepsy might cause a similar increase in parasympathetic tone
and reduce seizure frequency. Slow breathing improves conditions
including hypert ension, asthma,  anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder,
and it affects cortical activi ty and seizure thresholds through the
chemoreceptors, baroreceptors, and pulmonary stretch receptors. The
researchers suggest that slow breathing might also reduce seizure activity
by lessening anxiety. Few epileptics are aware of the link between seizures and breath ing, but
various studies demonstrate that breath retraining can successfully reduce
the severity and frequency of epileptic seizures, just as hyperventilation can
be (and is) used to induce seizures for EEG studies. While many factors
contribute to epilepsy, and resea rch on the therapeutic application of breath
retraining is still limited, hyperventilation is known to play a significant
role as a seizure trigger. Therefore, breathing exercises to correct
hyperventilation and normalize the imbalance of blood CO2 are likely to
prove helpful for people with epilepsy. Epilepsy is not caused by poor
breathing, but it is certainly exacerbated by it. While there is not enough
research to conclusively demonstrate that breathing reeducation will be
effective for everyone who suffers with epileptic seizures, the benefits of
healthy breathin g patterns, for general well-being and for reducing the
feelings of anxiety and panic that can happen as the result of living with an
unpredictable condition, will doubtless help build a better qualit y of life. To
my understandin g, while not all forms of epilepsy are breathin g-related, it
simply doesn’ t make sense for children and adults affected by epilepsy thatchronic hyperventilation and breathing pattern disorders are not addressed
in treatment. NICKY’S ST ORY: OVERBREA THING AND OVERREACHING
I am including Nicky’ s story for several reasons. She shared her journey
and research because her own life has changed so much for the better. More
important, her story also illustra tes what happens when we try too hard, go
at a new idea all guns a-blazing, and try to apply perfecti onism to a
breathing practi ce. Overall, Nicky’ s experience is one of courage and
persistence, and it provides invaluable insight. Nicky wouldn’ t have described herself as anxious. After all, she never
had panic attack s. She liked to be in control of her life and was organized,
efficient, and had good attention to detail. She wasn’ t aware that anything
was wrong with her breathing, but she would frequently lose her train of
thought in conversation, and her focus was poor. Her heart often raced, and
she sometimes had palpitations,  which her doctor assured her was normal. But she was irritable, hypersensitive to noise, and had ongoing digestive
issues. She knew this was related to a low level of intermittent anxiety, but
she couldn’t pinpoint why, as her life was not particularly stressful. If she
drank coffee, it would often bring on feelings of anxiety, and alcohol, which
she drank only rarely, would cause disturbed sleep. She was exercising for
at least an hour most days, but this seemed to make her more  tired rather
than fit and energized. She recovered slowly and had sore, aching muscles
most of the time. Nicky did every thing at a hund red miles an hour, driven by a never -
ending to-do list. If something  went wrong, her reaction was emotional,
angry, or tearful. She had strong physiological reactions to many of her
thoughts, regularly had nightmares, and was beginning to have night
sweats. She noticed that her breathing was irregular and that she frequently
sighed and yawned. Sometimes she would find herself breathing gently,
become frightened, and try to breathe more deeply to correct it. After all,
she had learnt in yoga that deep breathing is good for you. When she
couldn’ t sleep, she used deep breathing to relax. Nicky also had nocturnal epile psy, irregular grand mal seizures, only
ever between 1 and 5 a. m., and intermittent partial complex seizures during
the day. Before a grand mal seizure, she would experience extreme
hyperventilation. Her husband would try to wake her, hoping to stop the
ensuing seizure, but neither of them knew if this was actually helpful. After
a grand mal seizure, she would sleep for two days, and during the following
weeks, she would have hundred s of very intense partial compl ex seizures,
like aftershocks with diminishing frequency. Her concentration and memory
were badly af fected. She could get lost driving around her own small town. A brain scan found no physical cause for Nicky’ s seizures. She felt like
a zombi e due to the side effects of her medication, and she was told that she
was at risk of going into “status. ” This is where seizure after seizure occurs
until the heart fails. Her neurologist said that her seizures had to be fully
controlled, and she was prescribed Lamotrigine. On it, she had no more
seizures, but she still had regular episodes of nighttime hyperventilation. Then in 2016, Nicky took part in a breathing course. She had decided to
attend the instructor training, alongside the group course, to try to fix her
husband’ s chron ic snoring. At the start of the course, her BOL T score was
just 8 seconds, and she breathed at 20 breaths per minute during rest. Her
breathing was irregular, audible, and 50% through the mouth. Her blood
CO2 levels were between 26 mmHg and 32 mmHg, while a reading of
between 35 mmHg and 40 mmHg is considered normal. As the week of training progressed, she experienced a high level of
stress. She was frustrated that none of her healthcare providers had
identified the link between her breathing dysfunction and many of her
health problems. She had, for example, suffered severe postnata l depression
with both of her children, after births that were out of control and full of
fear and pain. The course also triggered an incredibly strong cleansing
reaction and a mounting concern over her seizure threshold. The breathing course had opened Nicky’ s eyes to the fact that her
breathing was incredibly unhea lthy. But it also became appar ent that she
should have learned much more slowly how to breathe functionally. She
should not have been in a group course at all, given the extent of her
hyperventilation and epilepsy, combined with her perfectionist tendencies. Instead, her training should have begun with awareness, then suppressingsighs, then full time nasal breathing, and moved slowly on to posture and
diaphragm breathing. Only once her BOL T score was about 20 seconds
should she have begun practicing with air hunger. After the