. Had  he "read, marked,
learned and inwardly digested " the old book I have already quoted, on
the value of urine for "any green wound" he might have known  that a
cure  had  already been found years ago. As it was, I little thought then
that it would be given to me to prove  the truth of that sentence,  and
much less did the thought  occur  to me that it would not be a crown of
gold I should receive, but metaphorically  speaking,  a crown of thorns !
For although the story  is not relevant to this book, I have had to suffer
for my doctrines  and their demonstration.
The first case  of gangrene  I ever treated was in 1920. The patient was a
lady of fifty‐three. She had  been in the care of a well‐ known Bradford
physician  who was an, authority  on fasting and dietetics.  Anaemia had
developed,  the lungs  showed signs  of grave disturbance,  and there  was
a gangrenous  condition  in one foot, with a number  of skin eruptions  of 30
 varying dimensions  on each leg. There was also a jaundiced  condition
which  had turned her complexion  to that of an Eurasian, and the whites
of her eyes yellow. Her abdomen  was  distended  and hard, and her body
had become thin and scraggy almost to emaciation.
Although the doctor was quite willing that my method should be tried
for at least a month, I was loathe to advise upon the case,  for I felt that
no period of less than sixty to seventy  days would restore  the patient  to
However,  to my surprise, some encouraging  health.  Developments
occurred fairly quickly, and gave me the first opportunity  of observing
that gangrene  is far from being that hopeless  condition  which  the
public and the doctors have been led to believe.
By dint  of fasting the patient  on her own urine and  water,  and  rubbing
urine into her body and  applying urine compresses,  at the end of ten
days the kidneys and bowels  were working " overtime,"  and though the
eruptions  had increased,  they were  less irritable.  The breathing  became
normal  and  easy,  the patient slept  better,  and  above all, the
gangrenous  foot began to show  signs  of healing.
By the eighteenth  day of the fast the foot was quite normal; the urine
had  formed new  skin, and  there  was no trace whatever  of the livid
abrasions.  The foot  had healed without  even leaving a scar.
Yet need we be surprised,  once  we understand  that urine is not dead
matter,  but so to say,  flesh, blood  vital  tissues in living solution? As the
result of this cure,  I was invited to take on another  case  of gangrene.  It
was that of a woman 'in the early  forties.  Her right leg was in such a
state, of putrefaction  that her medical adviser  had urged amputation  of
the limb.  31
 The trouble had  begun  nearly two years previously  with a swelling at
the ankle. This had been ascribed  to her occupation  which  entailed
much kneeling on a hard  stone floor.  She had  submitted  herself to
many treatments,  both orthodox and  unorthodox,  but her afflictions
merely  increased.  She suffered  from severe constipation,  piles, eczema,
anaemia, insomnia,  tic nerveux, general depression,  sore mouth and
tongue, faceache,  eruptions  at each corner of the lips‐and  above all,
more  cavities had  occurred in the gangrenous  leg. In spite of her
tribulations,  however,  she was a woman, of great spirit, and  I had  no
difficulty in persuading  her to fast on all the urine she passed, and up to
six half pints  a day of cold water,  which she always sipped.
During the first  five days of the penance the eruptions  began to
disappear,  and  the skin in every part of her body began to look
healthier in every respect.  The faceache  vanished  by the second  day,  on
the third night  she slept  soundly after weeks of insomnia,  and by the
end of the first week, the bowels  and kidneys were working " overtime
" and  the piles  were cured. In a fortnight there  was no sign of the
gangrene,  and new  skin had grown in place of the cavities.  The diseased
leg, which previously  had  become twice  the size of the other  one, was
now completely  normal‐ not even a scar remaining  anywhere  to remind
her of what she had  suffered! I subsequently  put my recovered  patient
on an exclusive diet of grapes,  bananas  and raw tomatoes  for a week in
small quantities,  added  fresh unpasteurised  milk for the second  week,
and in the third week finally got her back on a normal  diet.
According  to my experience,  gangrene  is often  much quicker  in
response than many other  major  or "killing diseases, a matter which
may  be seen from a few brief case‐ sheets which  I now will add. I should 32
 mention that nearly all these  cases were treated after the physicians
had urged amputation.
Mrs.  E. Gangrenous  feet and  toes following  upon paralysis  after
vaccines had  been administered,  48 days fast. Urine  healed feet and
toes in the first  20 days.
Mr. D. Diabetic gangrene  of left forearm. Fasted


i email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frAfter working independently for two years, I
was fortunate enough to go on to specialize in St.
Petersburg, at the fasting department led by Pro-
fessor Alexsey Nikolayevich Kokosov. There, for
the first time I heard about absolute (dry) fasting
and its application in the treatment of diseases.
It happened that some of my patients who
had practiced a water fasting course had seen all
their symptoms disappear during the fast, but at
the end of it part of the symptoms had returned.
Those were unpleasant moments for me. I had
pondered for a long time how to improve the ef-
fectiveness of the method, understanding that,
obviously, the longer the period of fasting, the
better the result would be. But unfortunately
times were changing, people  had to start paying
for the health services and not everyone could
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strengthen the curative effect of fasting under
the conditions offered by our sanatorium?
It was my dog who suggested a solution. He
had been  hit by a motorcycle and after the acci-
dent had given up not only eating but also drink-
ing. For seven days, he remained motionless in a
dark corner of the shed and only on the eighth
day he began drinking, and then eating. Then I
thought he had an internal  trauma and probably
an edema. He instinctively felt it and for this rea-
son he gave up drinking, which ended up saving
him.
After a while, as if on purpose, I, too, had an
adventure with the motorbike: after a day of fish-
ing I slipped and sank in the icy water. To get
home, I had to travel twenty miles on a
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bone. This accident provoked an acute sinusitis
and I had awful pains every time I lowered my
head.
I began to reflect on the situation. I thought:
the pains are mainly caused by an edema. But if
there is no water, there will be no edema. I de-
cided to fast without water until symptoms re-
solved.
On the fifth day of dry fast all the symptoms
of the disease had disappeared and even today
they do not bother me anymore. That was my
first dry fast experiment. I was at Lake Baikal and
it was not difficult to practice the fast, thanks
also to the fact that I had a good experience of
water fasting. In any case, I was most impressed
by the therapeutic effect and the  results obtained
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tients with sinusitis, but the results only showed
up after the tenth day of water fasting.
One day a young man suffering from chronic
prostatitis came to see me. I had already assisted
him on a fourteen -day water fast. After the prac-
tice he was better, but he still had periodic aggra-
vations. I reflected that prostatitis is an infec-
tious process. Every infection loves to reproduce
in water, edema is present in any infectious pro-
cess. The boy  was serious about his intent to heal
and my arguments about dry fasting convinced
him. He did a 5 -days dry fast and then a 5 -days
water fast. Exactly one year later he came back to
me and said that he did not want to fast with wa-
ter anymore, that he liked  the effect of dry fast-
ing and that there were no exacerbations that
year. Under my direct supervision he did a 7 -day
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he felt very satisfied with the achieved results.
I was afraid to carry out a dry fast longer than
seven days, but in life I have always been fortu-
nate to meet interesting and unique people. For
family reasons, I was forced to go to the Altai re-
gion, where I was offered to work in a medical
center specializing in therapeutic fasting.
At the time, from the city of Ulan -Ude, I re-
ceived an invitation to a conference dedicated to
fasting. The conference attracted the most fa-
mous doctors specializing in therapeutic fasting,
from all over Russia. I went. On this occasion I
had the good fortune to m eet one of the founders
of the dry fasting method, Professor L. A.
Shchennikov, who assisted patients on 11 -day
fasting. After the conference the professor in-
vited me to visit him in Kislovodsk. There, I was
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method in practice. This is a very effective, but
very difficult approach for an untrained person
When I returned home after being in Kis-
lovodsk I did a 9 -day dry fast, spending my time
at home and a bit in the Altai mountains near
Lake Teletskoe. Then I realized that a serious dry
fast can only happen by staying in nature, possi-
bly in the mountains and near mountain rivers.
After this experience I did a 10 -days dry fast, but
only staying in the Altai mountains: we spent the
whole period on horseback, on e xcursions. Con-
sidering all the advantages and disadvantages of
the various methods of dry fasting and my per-
sonal experience, now I believe that the most ef-
fective approach is the "fractional dry fasting"
that I propose to all my patients.
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frI have been work ing with therapeutic fasting
for 30 years. I have personally assisted hundreds
of patients. There have been excellent results but
there have also been cases in which therapeutic
fasting did not help. People often call me, write
to me or simply ask me how to start and how to
get the maximum benefit from this technique.
Nowadays, thanks to the Internet, information
regarding dry fasting is spreading rapidly. To tell
the truth, it is often contradictory information:
some people write that with a 2 -day dry fast  you
can recover from cancer, while others say that in
order to heal, you need a 15 -day dry fasting.
Both are wrong. Dry fasting, according to my
personal experience, is one of the most effective
methods among types of fasts but if you are not
properly pre pared and it is practices correctly it
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ing.
Unfortunately, people turn to this method
when it is too late, as a last resort, after having
tried everything and wasted a lot of time. I al-
ways tell my patients that everything needs to be
done on time. This method, like others, has its
indications and contraindications, however its
effectiveness is incomparable in treating the ini-
tial phase of almost all kinds of diseases.
There are real horror stories about the  dam-
age that a dry fast could cause. It is not my inten-
tion to underestimate other techniques of fasting
and treatment, but I firmly believe that it is very
important to provide people with the most
truthful and complete information and the pos-
sibility of choice.
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their own healing using the dry fasting method,
then they must do it correctly, in order to obtain
the maximum benefit and make use of all its po-
tential. My book is dedicated to this category of
people. I tried to illustrate the method as clearly
and completely as I can, providing highly relia-
ble information, based on the results of decades
of practice and confirmed by my patients’ feed-
back. Remember: a man can bear anything if he
knows why and for what pur pose he is doing it.
 Sergey Ivanovich Filonov, MD4

4 Taken from  the first book by dr Filonov, Suchoe lechebnoe go-
lodaniye. Mify i realnost  - (Therapeutic dry fasting. Myt


 actively awake. Ca rnivores typically sleep and rest from 18
to 20 hours per day and sometimes more.
Microbial tolerance: Most carnivores can digest microbes that would be deadly for humans, such a s those that cause
botulism.
Perspiration:  Humans sweat from pores on their entire body. Carnivores sweat from the t ongues only.
Vision: Our sense of vision responds to the full spectrum of color, making it possible t o distinguish ripe from unripe fruit at a
distance. Meat eaters do not typically see in full color.
Meal size: Fruit is in scale to our food requirements. It fits our hands. A few pieces  of fruit is enough to make a meal, leaving
no waste. Carnivores typically eat the entire animal when they kil l it.
Drinking: Should we need to drink water, we can suck it with our lips, but we cannot la p it up. Carnivores’ tongues
protrude outward so they can lap water when they need to drink.
Placenta: We have a discoid-style placenta, whereas the carnivores have zonar y placentas.
Vitamin C: Carnivores manufacture their own vitamin C. For us, vitamin C is an  essential nutrient that we must get from our
food.
Jaw movement: Our ability to grind our food is unique to plant eaters. Meat eaters have no l ateral movement in their jaws.
Dental formula: Mammalogists use a system called the “dental formula” to describe t he arrangement of teeth in each
quadrant of the jaws of an animal’s mouth. This refers to the number of  incisors, canines, and molars in each of the four
quadrants. Starting from the center and moving outward, our formula, and th at of most anthropoids, is 2/1/5. The dental
formula for carnivores is 3/1/5-to-8.
Teeth: The molars of a carnivore are pointed and sharp. Ours are primarily  flat, for mashing food. Our “canine” teeth bear
no resemblance to true fangs. Nor do we have a mouth full of them, as a true c arnivore does. I am reminded of one of
Abraham Lincoln’s favorite retorts: “If you counted a sheep’s tail  as a leg, how many legs would it have?” Invariably, people
would answer, “five.” To which Lincoln would respond: “Only four. Counting  the tail as a leg doesn’t make it one.”
Tolerance for fat: We do not handle more than small quantities of fat well. Meat eaters thr ive on a high-fat diet.
Saliva and urine pH: All of the plant-eating creatures (including healthy humans) m aintain alkaline saliva and urine most of
the time. The saliva and urine of the meat eating animals, however, i s acidic.
Diet pH: Carnivores thrive on a diet of acid-forming foods, whereas such a diet is de adly to humans, setting the stage for a
wide variety of disease states. Our preferred foods are all alkaline-for ming.
Stomach acid pH: The pH level of the hydrochloric acid that humans produce in their stomac hs generally ranges about 3 to
4 or higher but can go as low as 2.0. (0 = most acidic, 7 = neutral, 14 = most alkaline). Th e stomach acid of cats and other
meat eaters can be in the 1 + range and usually runs in the 2s. Because the pH scale is logarithmi c, this means the stomach acid
of a carnivore is at least 10 times stronger than that of a human and can  be 100 or even 1,000 times stronger.
Uricase: True carnivores secrete an enzyme called uricase to metabolize th e uric acid in flesh. We secrete none and so must
neutralize this strong acid with our alkaline minerals, primarily  calcium. The resulting calcium urate crystals are one of the man y
pathogens of meat eating, in this case giving rise to or contributing t o gout, arthritis, rheumatism, and bursitis.
Digestive enzymes: Our digestive enzymes are geared to make for easy fruit digestion. W e produce ptyalin—also known
as salivary amylase—to initiate the digestion of fruit. Meat-eat ing animals do not produce any ptyalin and have completely different digestive enzyme ratios.
Sugar metabolism: The glucose and fructose in fruits fuel our cells without strainin g our pancreas (unless we eat a high-fat
diet). Meat eaters do not handle sugars well. They are prone to diabetes if t hey eat a diet that is predominated by fruit.
Intestinal flora: Humans have different bacterial colonies (flora) living in their  intestines than those found in carnivorous
animals. The ones that are similar, such as lactobacillus and e. col i are found in different ratios in the plant eaters’ intestines a s
compared to those of the carnivores.
Liver size: Carnivores have proportionately larger livers in comparison to their body  size than humans.
Cleanliness: We are the most particular of all creatures about the cleanliness of  our food. Carnivores are the least picky,
and will eat dirt, bugs, organic debris, and other items along with their food.
Natural appetite: Our mouths water at the sights and smells of the produce market. These a re living foods, the source of
our sustenance. But the smell of animals usually puts us off. Meat  eaters’ mouths water at the sight of prey, and they react to
the smell of animals as though they sense food.

So … What Kind of “V ores” Are We?
Despite the gross perversion of our instincts, they are still alive a nd well in most people and would reassert themselves should
we be relegated back to nature. Therefore, this quest is to ascertain wha t we would eat in nature.
Our instinctive foods, the foods that helped to develop us to our magnificence, contain all that we need to thrive o. In this
section, we inquire about the various types of foods we humans presently ea t. We will evaluate whether each type is an appropriate
food for us based on how that food occurs in nature without benefit of cooking equipme nt, tools, and containers. Remember, your
instincts will reject or embrace each food on its merits—that is, it s appeals to your senses and palate—the only criteria that guided
our food selection in ages past.
Our premise is that Nature served us correctly to start with. We rec ognize that we thrived and attained our high station, and
that what was right for us then is still right for us now, as we are st ructurally and physiologically the same as we were during most of
our sojourn as humans in nature. It is logical that, within our modern con text, we can supply ourselves with natural foods.

Are We Herbivores?
Herbivores, or vegetarians, are natural consumers of greenery such  as grass, weeds, leaves, stalks, and stems. A broader definition
of “vegetarian” includes anyone who eats only plant-derived foods. Typ ical vegetarian foods may include a preponderance of fruits
and greens but, in practice the designation vegetarian means that on e eats anything and everything besides animal flesh.
Does foraging in nature for grass, weeds, and leaves appeal to you? Do these  items attract your eye, tantalize your sense of
smell, and excite your palate? Of course not, for the simple reason that t hey cannot satisfy your needs. You do not secrete cellulase
or other enzymes that break down these plants as herbivores do. There fore you cannot derive your foremost need from them—
namely, simple sugars—which are your body’s primary fuel. Rath er, the processing and problems caused by their ingestion occas ion
a net loss of energy.
Humans do consume green leafy plants such as lettuce, celery, spinac h and the like, as well as the tougher cruciferous
vegetables (beets, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, collards, kale, and others). Eaten plain, as they occur in nature, these tough
vegetables are high in insoluble fiber and therefore difficult for us  to digest. Although we can cultivate a taste for them, they really
hold only a moderate appeal to us.
All vegetables yield (to the extent digested) proteins, some essentia l fatty acids, mineral matter, vitamins, and some simple
sugars. But if we get enough of these nutrients from our natural foods, t hen these are not needed from plants that we do not eat raw
with keen relish.
So, the answer is yes—humans are biologically equipped to supplement  their diets with a wide variety of plant-based
“vegetarian” substances. Though we include vegetables in our die ts, we’re not primarily vegetable eaters by nature. And the
divergent array of foods we commonly classify as such are not by any stre tch of the imagination our primary ideal, natural source of
fuel or other nutrients. Obviously, we’re not herbivores.

Are We Starch Eaters?
Starches can be divided into three general categories: grains (gra ss seeds), roots and tubers, and legumes.

Grains. Creatures that naturally eat grains, which


 approached with anenema. But by repeating the enema three times in close succession a satisfactorycleanse can be achieved. Persisted with long enough, enemas will clean the colonevery bit as well as a colonic machine can.
Enemas given at home take a lot less time than traveling to receive a colonics
at someone’s clinic, and can be done entirely at you own convenience—a greatadvantage when fasting because you can save your energy for internal healing. Butcolonics are more appropriate for some. There are fasters who are unable to givethemselves an enema either because their arms are too short and their body is toolong and they lack flexibility, or because of a physical handicap or they can’tconfront their colon, so they let someone else do it. Some don’t have themotivation to give themselves a little discomfort but are comfortable with someoneelse doing it to them. Some very sick people are too weak to cleanse their owncolon, so they should find someone to assist them with an at-home enema or havesomeone take them to a colonic therapist.
Few people these days have any idea how to properly give themselves an
enema. The practice has been discredited by traditional medical doctors asslightly dangerous, perhaps addictive and a sign of psychological weirdness. YetNorthamericans on their civilized, low fiber, poorly combined diets suffer widelyfrom constipation. One proof of this is the fact that chemical laxatives, with theirown set of dangers and liabilities, occupy many feet of drug store shelf space andare widely advertised. Is the medical profession’s disapproval of the enemarelated to the fact that once the initial purchase of an enema bag has been madethere are no further expenses for laxatives? Or perhaps it might be that once aperson discovers they can cure a headache, stop a cold dead in its tracks with anenema, they aren’t visiting the M.D.s so often.
The enema has also been wrongly accused of causing a gradual loss of colon
muscle tone, eventually preventing bowel movements without the stimulation of anenema, leading finally to flaccidity and enlargement of the lower bowel. Thisactually can happen; when it does occur it is the result of frequent administrationof small amounts of water (fleet enemas) for the purpose of stimulating a normalbowel movement. The result is constant stretching of the rectum without sufficientfluid to enter the descending colon. A completely opposite, highly positive effectcomes from properly administered enemas while cleansing.
The difference between helpful and potentially harmful enemas lies in the
amount of water injected and the frequency of use. Using a cup or two of waterto induce a bowel movement may eventually cause dependency, will notstrengthen the colon and may after years of this practice, result in distention andenlargement of the rectum or sigmoid colon. However, a completely emptyaverage-sized colon has the capacity of about a gallon of water. Whenincreasingly larger enemas are administered until the colon is nearly emptied offecal matter and the injection of close to a gallon of water is achieved, beneficialexercise and an increase in overall muscle tone are the results.
Correctly given, enemas (and especially colonics) serve as strengthening
exercises for the colon. This long tubular muscle is repeatedly and completelyfilled with water, inducing it to vigorously exercise while evacuating itself multipletimes. The result is a great increase in muscle tone, acceleration of peristalsis andeventually, after several dozens of repetitions, a considerable reduction of transittime. Well-done enemas work the colon somewhat less effectively and do notimprove muscle tone quite as much as colonics.
Injecting an entire gallon of water with an enema bag is very impractical when
a person is eating normally. But on a light cleansing diet or while fasting theamount of new material passing into the colon is small or negligible. During thefirst few days of fasting if two or three enemas are administered each day inimmediate succession the colon is soon completely emptied of recently eaten food
and it becomes progressively easier to introduce larger amounts of water. Within a
few days of this regimen, injecting half a gallon or more of water is easy andpainless.
Probably for psychological reasons, some peoples’ colons allow water to be
injected one time but then “freeze up” and resist successive enemas. For thisreason better results are often obtained by having one enema, waiting a half hour,another enema, wait a half hour, and have a final enema.
A colonic machine in the hands of an expert operator can administer the
equivalent of six or seven big enemas in less than one hour, and do this withoutundue discomfort or effort from the person receiving the colonic. However, theAMA has suppressed the use of colonics; they are illegal to administer in manystates. Where colonics are legal, the chiropractors now consider this practicemessy and not very profitable compared to manipulations. So it is not easy to finda skilled and willing colonic technician.
Anyone who plans to give themselves therapeutic enemas while fasting would
be well advised to first seek out a colonic therapist and receive two or threecolonics delivered one day apart while eating lightly and then immediately beginthe fast. Three colonics given on three successive days of a light, raw food dietare sufficient to empty all recently eaten food even from a very constipated,distended and bloated colon, while acquainting a person with their own bowel.Having an empty colon is actually a pleasant and to most people a thoroughlynovel experience. A few well-delivered colonics can quickly accustom a personto the sensations accompanying the enema and demonstrate the effect to beachieved by oneself with an enema bag, something not quickly discoverable anyother way.
How To Give Yourself An Enema
Enemas have been medically out of favor for a long time. Most people have
never had one. So here are simple directions to self-administer an effective enemaseries.
The enema bag you select is important. It must hold at least two quarts and be
rapidly refillable. The best American-made brand is made of rubber with aboutfive feet of rubber hose ending in one of two different white hard plastic insertiontips. The bag is designed for either enemas or vaginal douches. It hangs from adetachable plastic “S” hook. When filled to the brim it holds exactly one-halfgallon. The maker of this bag offers another model that costs about a dollar moreand also functions as a hot water bottle. A good comforter it may make, but thedual purpose construction makes the bag very awkward to rapidly refill. Irecommend the inexpensive model.
The plastic insertion tips vary somewhat. The straight tubular tip is intended for
enemas; the flared vaginal douche tip can be useful for enemas too, in that itsomewhat restrains unintentional expulsion of the nozzle while filling the colon.However, its four small holes do not allow a very rapid rate of flow.
To give yourself an enema, completely fill the bag with tepid water that does
not exceed body temperature. The rectum is surprisingly sensitive to heat and youwill flinch at temperatures only a degree or two higher than 98 Fahrenheit. Coolerwater is no problem; some find the cold stimulating and invigorating. Fastershaving difficulty staying warm should be wary of cold water enemas. These candrop core body temperature below the point of comfort.
Make sure the flow clamp on the tube is tightly shut and located a few inches
up the tube from the nozzle. Hang the filled bag from a clothes or towel hook,shower nozzle, curtain rod, or other convenient spot about four to five feet abovethe bathroom floor or tub bottom. The higher the bag the greater the waterpressure and speed of filling. But too much pressure can also be uncomfortable.You may have to experiment a bit with this.
Various body positions are possible for filling the colon. None is correct or
necessarily more effective than another. Experiment and find the one you prefer.Some fill their colon kneeling and bending forward in the bathtub or showerbecause there will likely be small dribbles of water leaking from around the
nozzle. Usually these leaks do not contain fecal matter. Others prefer to use the
bathroom floor. For the bony, a little padding in the form of a folded towel underknees and elbows may make the process more comfortable. You may kneel andbend over while placing your elbows or hands on the floor, reach behind yourselfand insert the nozzle. You may also lie on your back or on your side. Some thinkthe left side is preferable because the colon attaches to the rectum on the left sideof the body, ascends up the left side of the abdomen to a line almost as high as thesolar plexus, then transverses the body to the right side where it descends againon the right almost to the groin. The small intestine attaches to the colon near itslower-right extremity. In fact these are the correct names given for the parts of thecolon: Ascending, Descending and Transverse Colon along with the SigmoidColon or Rectum at the exit end.
As you become more expert at filling your colon with water you will begin to
become aware of its location by the weight, pressure and sometimes temperatureof the water you’re injecting. You will come to know how much of the colon hasbeen filled by feel. You will also become aware of peristalsis as the water isevacuated vigorously and discover that sensations from a colon hard at work,though a bit uncomfortable, are not necessarily pain.
Insertion of the nozzle is sometimes eased with a little lubricant. A bit of soap
or KY jelly is commonly used. If the nozzle can be inserted without lubricant itwill have less tendency to slip out. However, do


 are the result of
a mineral deficiency which may be expressed in a mathematical equa-tion.   46 CHAPTER 5
SOME OF THE CHEMISTRY OF FOODS

Each food has its frequency number, according to its kind, the
same as people have their frequency numbers. Once you know the frequency then you know the proper diet of all plants and animals. A horse can live on grass all of its life after it is weaned. Man's frequen-cy is the highest decimal and as such requires the most complex diet. Frequency is how much time it takes for one electron to make one complete revolution around one molecule. This is measured in micro numbers (e.g. man's frequency log of 24, or.0000024 of a second).
The greater variety of foods that we can eat, the safer it is to main-
tain good health. Our foods are depleted of minerals today, and by having a great variety we come near er fulfilling the mineral needs of
our deficiencies. We lose reserve energy by limiting our choice of
food intake.
In order to understand food chemistry we must understand that
there is a great similarity in amino acids in animals and plants. There is a great similarity in every frequency, and the micronage, milli-micronage and milli-milli-micronage structure.
That is, the biological physical mathematical principles are very
much alike in both animals and plants. No amino acids can be formed without FIRST  having an atom of nitrogen. It is the first requirement
in the formation of any amino acid cello Amino acid in its true form mayor may not be a complete cell. In its perfected form it could be a complete cell because all biological  cells are amino acid cells, but sel-
dom do you find one that is complete.
However, it is possible for it to be complete. The SECOND  requirement after the first atom of nitrogen (pro-
tein) to form the amino acid cell is calcium, or one or more of the
groups of calciums.
The THIRD  requirement to form the amino acid cell is oxygen.
The FOURTH  requirement is phosphate, and the FIFTH  is po-
tassium. 47 In this manner all biological stru cture is made, plants using carbon
dioxide and animals oxygen.
The magnetism of the union of these and many other elements on
any given frequency determine the organ structure, regardless of the various frequencies.
Phosphates in plants have a different chemical action from what
phosphates do in people. In plants the colloidal particles make cellu-lose, and in animals they are the bone structure. The greater the amount of cellulose in the plant the more tree-like the plant. The less cellulose it contains the more vine-like the plant.
The amino acids in plants are formed by ionization exactly as in
animals. Plants do not have blood like we have, they have what we call sap. The sap rises because the amino acid is in anionic form. The sap goes up into the branches and the leaves through the process of photosynthesis. It uses the phosphate to join carbon, hydrogen and ox-ygen. The plants breathe in the carbon from the air and breathe out the oxygen. Carbohydrates (C
6 H22 O11) in plants are formed in very sim-
ple terms as follows:
Carbon + water (Phosphates is the catalyst) = sugar in plant
6 carbons + 11 (H 2O) = C 6 H22 O11
The water is used to form the carbohydrates that are in the plant,
using calciums as a catalytic base for the plant carbohydrates.
There is a rule that the higher the carbohydrate content of the
plant or the fruit, the higher the mineral content, and the heavier the fruit, the greater the specific gravity. Any good physicist that knows
anything about soil chemistry, if you tell him how much water soluble phosphates are in the soil, he can tell you the carbohydrate content of the produce coming from that soil.
Today, most of the beans produced have less than one percent car-
bohydrate, when they should have 6 to 7%. Celery has an average of approximately 4% carbohydrate, when it should have nearly 9%. The higher the carbohydrate content the lower the freezing point. The low-er the freezing point the higher the mineral content. These are factors in determining the mineral content of foods. The higher the carbohy-48 drate content the more energy it is  possible for the person to get from
the food they eat.
However, in figuring energy we must consider the fact that people
have two different kinds of energy. We have the reserve energy and
the energy that we use to do our work.
The two kinds of energy are a rather complicated factor about life. A newly-born baby girl looks in perfect health, has a reserve ener-
gy rating of approximately 8. She would be weighing between six and seven pounds. The reserve energy rating decreases if it is below or above this.
A newly-born, healthy baby boy, weighing between six and seven
pounds, has a reserve energy of approximately 10. It generally de-creases the same as a girl if weight is above or below.
This reserve energy should increase to 100 at 18-21 years and
drop off at age 60.
A rather strange phenomenon takes place in both the boy and the
girl who use the same amount of calciums until the age of puberty. At
the age of puberty, which starts into the age of young womanhood for the girl, she will use seven times more calciums every day than a nor-mal man. If she has the correct amount of calciums she will go into young womanhood with no problems. But if the' calciums are defi-cient she will have all kinds of problems such as menstrual cramps, weakness, irritation, emotional upsets. Anytime a woman whose cal-ciums has dropped too low, starts the beginning of menopause, regard-less of the age. It is normal for half the women to be in their late for-ties or fifties before calciums begin to drop off and the menstrual peri-od stops.
There is a place at any age wherein the calciums can drop so low,
even in the teens, until they will go through menopause and the natu-ral period will not start again, unless God does a miracle, of which we do not have any instrument to measure the greatness of the love of God. We have to go by the biological, chemical factors which He has
given us. Women who have no deficiencies in calciums go through the menopause with no problems, hot flashes, cold flashes, or anything 49 else, and hardly know when their monthly cycle or menstrual period
has completed itself.
Therefore when the calciums in women drops, one of the signs is
nervousness, easily upset, cries easily. Except for the grace of God, they are hard to live with. If a man doesn't understand this, family life can become one living hell if he has low calciums also. When men's calciums drops low they don't go into menopause, but they are dog-tired at night, or when they come home from work because they have been tired all day. They too have nervous tension. They bark all day and bark at night.
When we are very deficient in calciums it is necessary then to de-
pend on mineral calciums in order to keep our calciums high enough to cause our personalities to be what we want them to be. When nerv-ousness comes about because of low calciums, it causes people to do and say things they wouldn't say otherwise.
Low calciums causes extreme nervousness. Nervousness causes
people to flare up, scream, take the broom to the cat or dog, because one is fighting for one's life.
Not many doctors seem to be able to help in this situation. However, some very wise doctors do give calcium shots for these
conditions. Many medical doctors are afraid to give the shots because they have given them at times with such bad results, and the woman was already nervous and with the shots became a screaming maniac. This was because the wrong calcium was given.
Under the present laboratory testing procedures doctors have no
way of knowing which of the six kinds of calciums to give.
But had the doctor known by way of the RBTI testing, in thirty
minutes the woman's nerves would have been calm again.
The type of calcium tests that I have developed does determine
which kind of calciums, and under what circumstances, and how much to give according to age, height, weight and sex of the person. I have been conducting RBTI seminars in this  for many years. The applicants
come from those ministering in the healing arts.   50 CHAPTER 6
APPLICATION, WHY AND WHEREFORE

No two people get the same amount of energy out of their foods.
Therefore I do not recommend the calorie-counting system whatever. The first reason is that it is not accu rate in people that are obese (and
less than two percent are obese, and overweight).
1 have developed a test called the Reams Biological Theory of
Ionization as a result of prayer and fasting for seven days in 1931, that
has been used ever since, and has been a great help to people, and to-day it is spreading all over the world. For this discovery 1 have been arrested more times than the Apostle Paul. I have not stayed in jail as long, but there are only 44 more states for me to be arrested in for teaching the health message as it is written in the Bible. The Bible says to seek to know the truth, and the truth shall make you free


 think? The  way
I think about something is the way I think
about something. My thoughts, my
attitudes, my ideas were not created in a
minute. I have to guess they are the result
of years of experience, a lifetime of
encounters. You are right about the way I
think abo ut money, but how do I change
that?  This could be the most interesting question
in the book. The usual method of  creation
for most human being is a three -step
process involving thought, word, and  deed,
or action.
First comes thought; the formative idea; th e
initial concept. Then comes the word.  Most
thoughts ultimately form themselves into
words, which are often then written or
spoken. This gives added energy to the
thought, pushing it out into the world, where
it can be noticed by others.
Finally, in some cases words are put into
action, and you have what you call a  result;
a physical world manifestation of what all
started with a thought. Everything  around
you in your man -made world came into
being in this way —or some variation  of it.
All three creati on centers were used. But now comes the question: how to  change a
Sponsoring Thought? Yes, that is a very
good question. And a very  important one.
For if humans do not change some of their
Sponsoring Thoughts,  humankind could
doom itself to extinction.
The most rapid way to change a root
thought, or sponsoring idea, is to reverse
the thought -word -deed process.
Explain that.
Do the deed that you want to have the new
thought about. Then say the words that  you
want to have your new thought about. Do
this often  enough and you’ll train the  mind
to think a new way.
Train the mind? Isn’t that like mind control?
Isn’t that just mental manipulation?  Do you have any idea how your mind came
up with the thoughts it now has? Do you  not
know that your world has manipulated your
mind to think as you do? Wouldn’t it  be
better for you to manipulate your mind than
for the world to?
Would you not be better off to think the
thoughts you want to think, than those of
others? Are you not better armed with
creative thought s than with reactive
thoughts?
Yet your mind is filled with reactive
thought —thought that springs from the
experience of others. Very few of your
thoughts spring from self -produced data,
much less self -produced preferences.
Your own root thought about mone y is a
prime example. Your thought about money  (it is bad) runs directly counter to your
experience (it’s great to have money!). So
you have to run around and lie to yourself
about your experience in order to justify
your root thought.
You are so rooted in  this thought, it never
occurs to you that your idea about money
may be inaccurate.
So now what we are up to is coming up with
some self -produced data. And that is  how
we change a root thought, and cause it to
be your root thought, not another’s.
You have one more root thought about
money, by the way, which I’ve yet to
mention.
What’s that?
That there’s not enough. In fact, you have
this root thought about just about  everything. There’s not enough money,
there’s not enough time, there’s not enough
love, there’s not enough food, water,
compassion in the world...Whatever there
is that’s good, there’s just not enough.
This race consciousness of “not -enough -
ness” creates and recreates the world as
you see it.
Okay, so I have two root thoughts —
Sponsoring Tho ughts —to change about
money.
Oh, at least two. Probably many more.
Let’s see. Money is bad...money is
scarce...money may not be received for
doing God’s work (that’s a big one with
you)...money is never given freely...money
doesn’t grow on trees (when, in fact, it
does)...money corrupts.  I see I’ve got a lot of work to do.
Yes, you do, if you’re not happy with your
present money situation. On the other
hand, it’s important to understand that
you’re unhappy with your present money
situation because you’re un happy with your
present money situation.
Sometimes You’re hard to follow.
Sometimes you’re hard to lead.
Say, listen, You’re the God here. Why don’t
You make it easy to understand?
I have made it easy to understand.
Then why don’t You just cause me to
unde rstand, if that’s what You truly want?
I truly want what you truly want —nothing
different and nothing more. Don’t you see
that is My greatest gift to you? If I wanted for you something other than what you
want for you, and then went so far as to
cause you to have it, where is your free
choice? How can you be a creative being if
I am dictating what you shall be, do, and
have? My joy is in your freedom, not your
compliance.
Okay, what did You mean, I’m unhappy
with my money situation because I’m
unhappy with my money situation?
You are what you think you are. It’s a
vicious circle when the thought is a
negative  one. You’ve got to find a way to
break out of the circle. So much of your
present  experience is based on your
previous thought. Thought leads to
experi ence, which  leads to thought, which
leads to experience. This can produce
constant joy when the  Sponsoring Thought is joyous. It can, and does, produce
continual hell when the  Sponsoring
Thought is hellatious.
The trick is to change Sponsoring Thought.
I was about to illustrate how to do that.
Go.
Thank you.
The first thing to do is reverse the thought -
word -deed paradigm. Do you remember
the old adage, “Think before you act”?
Yes.
Well, forget it. If you want to change a root
thought, you have to act before  you think.
Example: you’re walking down the street
and come across an old lady begging for
quarters. You realize she’s a bag lady and
is living day -to-day. You instantly know  that as little money as you have, you surely
have enough to share with her. Your first
impulse is to give her some change.
There’s even a part of you that’s ready to
reach  in your pocket for a little folding
money —a one, or even a five. What the
heck,  make it a grand moment for her. Light
her up.
Then, thought comes in. What, are you
crazy? We’ve only got seven dollars to get
us through the day! You want to give her a
five? So you start fumbling around for  that
one.
Thought again: Hey, hey, c’mon. You don’t
have that many of these that you can  just
give them away! Give her some  coins, for
heaven’s sake, and let’s get out of  here.  Quickly you reach into the other pocket to
try to come up with some quarters. Your
fingers feel only nickels and dimes. You’re
embarrassed. Here you are, fully clothed,
fully fed, and you’re going to ni ckel-and-
dime this poor woman who has nothing.
You try in vain to find a quarter or two. Oh,
there’s one, deep in the fold of your  pocket.
But by now you’ve walked past her, smiling
wanly, and it’s too late to go  back. She gets
nothing. You get nothing, ei ther. Instead of
the joy of knowing your  abundance and
sharing, you now feel as poor as the
woman.
Why didn’t you just give her the paper
money! It was your first impute, but your
thought got in the way.  Next time, decide to act before you think.
Give the money. Go ahead! You’ve got it,
and there’s more where that came from.
That’s the only thought which separates
you from the bag lady. You’re clear there’s
more where that came from, and she
doesn’t know that.
When you want to change a root thought,
act in accordance with the new idea you
have. But you must act quickly, or your
mind will kill the idea before you know it. I
mean that literally. The idea, the new truth,
will be dead in you before you’ve had a
chance to know it.
So act quickly when the opportun ity arises,
and, if you do this often enough, your  mind
will soon get the idea. It will be your new
thought.  Oh, I just got something! Is that what’s
meant by the New Thought Movement?
If not, it should be. New thought is your only
chance. It’s your only r eal opportunity to
ev


7, 11, and 12 in the presence of DMSO was found significantly reduced following irradiation as calculated by DNA content.
28
These studies suggest that DMSO may exert two viable protective mechanisms
in repairing single and double DNA strand breaks by its ability to capture both the damaging H
+ ions and hydroxyl radicals formed after ionizing radiation.
In a series of studies from Kyoto University in Japan, investigators tested different
concentrations of DMSO on CHO cells irradiated with x-rays. At 1.28 mM DMSO, cells were treated for 2 h before and during irradiation.
29 These studies showed that
DMSO was able to suppress some of the lethal consequences of irradiation such as chromosomal aberrations, but the DMSO dose was found to be toxic.
24,25 Further
studies by this group found that the treatment of CHO cells with 64 mM DMSO for 1 h was nontoxic and suppressed bystander signal between irradiated and nonirradi -
ated cells.
Bystander signals refer to the phenomenon in which unirradiated cells exhibit
irradiated effects as a result of signals received from nearby irradiated cells. This blocking action on bystander signals by DMSO therefore suggested that DMSO sup -
pressed signal transduction in the irradiated cells since they did not appear to emit radiation to unirradiated neighboring cells in the vicinity.
30,31
DMSO has been used as a synchronizing agent in CHO cells, since there are
few methods available that can arrest the cell cycle efficiently and reversibly in the CHO cell line.
32 The reason is that these cells show poor growth inhibition
exerted by confluence. It has been shown that incubation with DMSO induces a G1
cell cycle arrest in adherent Chinese hamster CHO K-1 cells33 (Figure 4.2). These
results indicate that DMSO not only is able to arrest CHO cells in G1 cell cycle but
also stimulates cell differentiation, inducing CHO cells to acquire some features
of differentiated skin cells.32 DMSO exerts its induced growth arrest primarily by
stimulating contact inhibition-dependent growth arrest, which is reported to be
mediated by high levels of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27.34 Transitions 87 DMSO in Genetics
between cell cycles are catalyzed by a family of cyclic-dependent kinases and
inhibited by a host of proteins purified from arrested cells.34
A more recent study by Kashino and his Kyoto University colleagues revealed an
elegant explanation of how DMSO may exert its radioprotective effects on irradiated CHO cells.
35 Their results put to question the general assumption that the radiopro -
tective effects of DMSO is due to the suppression of DNA damage induced by the indirect action of radiation. Indirect action of radiation can impair or damage cells by creating free radical molecules that are highly reactive due to the presence of unpaired electrons on the molecule. Free radicals that are thus formed are capable of creating chemical reactions within the cell that can induce damage to the genetic code. DNA strand breaks can then encode a mutated protein with oncogenic (cancer) potential. The mutation may be passed on during cell division, perhaps leading to a malignant cell or some other mutation. In some cases, a mutation may remain dor -
mant for years and even forever.
36
The recent findings by Kashino et al.35 concluded that DMSO appears to repair
double-strand DNA breaks, first, by blocking hydroxyl radicals created by the radia -
tion from inhibiting NHEJ. Second, DMSO may protect from DNA double-strand breaks by affecting the conformational change of chromatin where DNA is stored, an action that would allow NHEJ to be activated for DNA repair.
Activation of NHEJ is known to be the major repair pathway of DNA double-
strand breaks caused by irradiation, and any element that prevents the repair process will inhibit DNA repair. Although other mechanisms exist for DNA single-strand breaks, only homologous recombination and NHEJ are able to repair DNA double-strand breaks. This is critical because if genotoxic products generated by radiation can inhibit NHEJ, for example, unrepaired or misrepaired lesions lead to chromo -
somal aberrations and possible carcinogenesis.
If DMSO can prevent the inhibition of NHEJ by genotoxic molecules such as
hydroxyl radicals or by affecting chromatin conformational changes from blocking NHEJ, as the Kyoto studies suggest, the targeted cells stand a better chance of surviv -
ing from radiation damage and from possible mutagenesis leading to malignancies.Cancer stem cell sT umor re gressio n Cancer stem cell
differentiation by DMSOTheoretical treatment of cancer stem cells
by DMSO differentiation therap y
FIGURE 4.2  Cytodifferentiation of cancer stem cells converted to noncancerous growth
by DMSO’s ability to arrest cell cycle at G1 phase. (From Fiore, M. et al., Mutagenesis, 17(5),
419, September 2002; Chang, C.K. et al., J. Surg. Res., 95, 181, 2001; Wang, C.C. et al., PLoS
ONE, 7(4), e33772, 2012.)88 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
A deeper understanding of how DMSO aids DNA repair mechanisms could clar -
ify its potential value as a therapeutic agent in oncology where tumors with DNA
repair defects are the rule.
DMSO IN CELLULAR DIFFERENTIATION
Differentiated cells are distinguished from other cells in the same organism by the transition of a cell from one cell type to another, and in that sense, cells of one type never make the products characteristic of another type. Cancer cells, for example, generally synthesize proteins that are not characteristic of the tissue type they come from, and consequently when a tumor makes proteins, those proteins are not nor -
mally made by the tissue that the tumor has invaded. That means that cancer cells can give rise to disturbed patterns of protein synthesis, and some of these proteins can target DNA during replication and create mutagens, such as chemical carcinogens.
In cytopathology, the level of cellular differentiation is used as a measure of cancer
progression. Grade  is a marker of how differentiated a cell in a tumor has become.
To understand how differentiated cancer cells differ from their normal counter -
part, four cellular dysfunctions need to be considered. First, whereas normal cell proliferation is strictly regulated, cancer cells are not. Second, the differentiation process is disturbed in cancer cells. Third, chromosomes are destabilized so that cancer cell growth is rapid and frequent. Fourth, apoptosis or regulated cell death does not work properly in cancer cells.
A useful anticancer agent may target one or several of these cellular dysfunctions
or the mechanisms that promote their disorganized behavior.
There is now considerable evidence that the production of cancer cells is gener -
ally linked to lesions that generate abnormalities in protein synthesis or in nucleic acids that direct the course of protein synthesis and regulate all cell activities. Any genetic disease implies a defect in nucleic acids, and although some genetic dis -
eases are classified as protein abnormalities, there is always an inherent defect in the nucleotides that compose DNA and RNA.
37
It is at the treatment level of chemical carcinogens and mutagens that DMSO
as shown preclinical usefulness as a potential anticancer agent. Many carcinogens including nitrosamines are known to react strongly with DNA to produce strand break lesions in the base pairs or sugar phosphate backbone
38 (Figure 4.1).
In 1956, British scientists Peter Magee and John Barnes reported that dimethyl -
nitrosamine produced liver tumors in rats.39 Nitrosamines are considered to be muta -
gens, and of the more than 300 nitrosamines known, 90% of them have been found to be carcinogenic in a wide variety of experimental animals, a feature that suggests that they are also carcinogenic in humans.
40 Many nitrosamines are organ specific.
For example, dimethylnitrosamine causes liver cancer in experimental animals as shown by Magee and Barnes,
40 whereas some of the tobacco-specific nitrosamines
cause lung cancer.41
In the late 1970s, extensive attention was focused on the use of sodium nitrite
as a preservative for cured meats due to their production of nitrosamines and the potential for inducing cancer. It was found that antioxidants such as ascorbic acid (vitamin C) could inhibit nitrosamine formation, and a law was passed that required 89 DMSO in Genetics
cured meat to be treated with ascorbic acid, or its isomer, erythorbic acid, a cheaper
version of vitamin C. Other antioxidants, like vitamin E, were also found to inhibit nitrosamine formation in cured meats. It is not known whether DMSO, a powerful antioxidant, was considered as an additive to cured meats since its cost and safety would have been a keen attraction to meat manufacturers. The effect of DMSO in inhibiting nitrosamines is reviewed later.
Animals exposed to cancer-producing nitrosamines and treated with several poly -
ene antimycotics combined with DMSO showed marked antineoplastic activity in animals treated with the carcinogenic agent diethyl nitrosoamine. The 5-month sur -
vival of the animals was 76% as compared to 35% with the untreated control group.
42
DMSO has been used to induce differentiation in a variety of human mesenchymal
stem cells.43,44 In one recent


 case was pursued because DMSO could be considered the Laetrile (an anti-
cancer drug) of the eighties.
DMSO is a drug that hundreds of thousands of people are using, and for which
there is a great public pressure to make legal nationally. There is also tremendous
congressional pressure to approve DMSO for general use. But the bureaucratic
record thus far is enormously distressing. There is a failure on the part of the FDA
to properly handle DMSO. The agency has undergone internal conflict as a result,
and the Inspector General is investigating that situation. DMSO has had inefficient
and ineffective overall review. Problems that have been discovered were not
expeditiously corrected, and it took the FDA an overly long time to make those
discoveries. Perhaps the FDA has perpetuated the greatest failure of all those
committed, because it is supposed to be the regulator beyond reproach guiding the
others to do what is good and true.
The result is, as Senator Kennedy points out, that a travesty has been made on
the drug regulatory process and serious questions have arisen in the minds of
thousands of physicians and possibly millions of potential patients who need and
want to use DMSO. It may alleviate their suffering from a variety of ailments, but
the drug is being denied to them because of uncertainty as to its safety and
efficacy. The FDA itself has been a blot on the drug regulatory record.
Senator Kennedy assured the public that this entire matter of allegedmisreporting, misstatements, and alterations of data was going to be evaluated for
criminal content by the United States Department of Justice. And it has been.
Overall, charges have not been brought or they’ve been dropped without definitive
conclusions.
Doctors and patients continue to use DMSO in spite of the cloud concerning
its safety. In over fifteen years of use, I have not heard of one patient complaining
of vision problems, and some of these patients have been using DMSO regularly
for ten, twelve, and even fifteen years without complaint. Even if nuclear sclerosis,
or progressive myopia, does occur in some people, it is hardly of clinical
significance in that patients are unaware of changes and do not complain of visual
impairment. All of the studies done up to now show that lens changes seen in
experimental animals are reversible simply by discontinuing the medication.
A study by Dr. Jack de la Torre, reported in the
Journal of Toxicology
and
Environmental Health
 7:49–57, 1981, states: “Daily funduscopic examination
during the testing period failed to reveal any abnormalities in any of the monkeys
tested.... a double-blind slit lamp examination of the lens was performed the day
before saline or DMSO administration and then again 10 and 120 days after saline
or DMSO. No changes in refraction or translucency of the lens and no other
abnormalities were noted in any animal before, during, or eighteen weeks after any
drug administration.”
There is no therapeutically effective agent on the market that does not have the
potential of causing some untoward side effect. Although penicillin,
phenylbutazone, clofibrate, and even aspirin can cause death in some patients, no
one has suggested that these drugs be taken away from the people. “Adverse eye
findings” have been reported with
all
 of the arthritis drugs such as Anaprox,
Naprosyn, and Motrin (as per their package inserts). Yet, no one has suggested
that these minimally effective agents (about the same as aspirin) be taken off the
market because of these adverse eye findings.
Even if the Scherbel findings are verified, DMSO will still be one of the safest
and most important agents when it’s made available. If a person is dying from a
stroke or severe burn, it is unlikely that he or his loved ones will worry about
clinically insignificant lens changes.
Because of the question of eye changes, and in spite of many studies showing
that eye pathology does not occur, most physicians recommend, but do not insist
on, a slit-lamp eye examination every six months for patients using DMSO on a
continual basis.
I can only hope that this scientific and bureaucratic bungling doesn’t setDMSO therapeutics back another twenty years. It seems that the American people
are entitled to a better performance from everyone involved—the FDA, the
medical researchers, and the private business sector. In the interest of the patients
who are suffering and are full of anguish, we must have a quick, accurate, and
definitive approval of DMSO for general medical use, as it is, indeed, the new
healing power.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS CONFIRMING DMSO’S VALUE
FOR SCLERODERMA
In 1986, the German journal
Dermatologische Monatsschrift
 published a scientific
article that verified the value of dimethyl sulfoxide in the treatment of
scleroderma. The solvent was combined with dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, and
administered as a local treatment that worked well.
3
In 1983, the Dimexide brand of DMSO was applied to Russian patients for
counteracting their scleroderma. Good therapeutic results were reported as
circumscribed drug therapy.
4
Again in 1983, skin manifestations in the form of scleroderma were improved
by the patients receiving DMSO. The solvent is known to exert a palliative,
therapeutic effect on healing of cutaneous ulcers (ulcers on the skin) in systemic
sclerosis (scleroderma). In this study, which was described to the New York
Academy of Sciences, the therapeutic response was variable and, therefore, the
concentration of DMSO, as well as frequency and duration of treatments, were
individualized to obtain maximum healing effect with a minimum of adverse
reactions. There was no evidence of ocular (eye) toxicity or other serious toxicity
manifestations in this group of patients. They had been treated with topical DMSO
for one year or longer. Delayed improvement was observed in the untreated
extremity in the majority of patients studied. In no instance did improvement in the
untreated extremities exceed improvement in the other, treated limb. It is believed
by the investigators that this resulted from a systemic, carryover effect of DMSO
rather than spontaneous improvement in the disease course. “DMSO is a
worthwhile, supplemental, therapeutic agent providing the limitations of therapy
are understood,” said the investigator, Dr. A.L. Scherbel.
5
A prospective, randomized, double-blind trial was carried out in 1985 that
compared topical therapy with 0.85 percent normal saline (salt solution as a
placebo), 2 percent DMSO, and 70 percent DMSO for treatment of digital ulcersin 84 patients with systemic sclerosis. There were no statistically significant
differences among the three treatment groups in the improvement in the total
number of open ulcers, total surface area of open ulcers, average surface area per
open ulcer, number of infected ulcers, number of inflamed ulcers, or patient pain
assessment. While some patients improved during the study, improvement could
not be attributed to a specific treatment. Over one-quarter of the patients treated
with 70 percent DMSO were withdrawn from the study because of their
undergoing significant skin toxicity.
6
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS CONFIRMING DMSO’S VALUE
FOR INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS
Interstitial cystitis is not an infectious disease, but it shows clinical manifestations
of bladder inflammation and irritation. The condition
may be related to the
collagen diseases, may be an autoimmune disease or an allergic manifestation, or
be secondary to an infectious agent not identified. At any rate, it’s apparent that
medical science does not know its cause and thus has no viable treatment for
interstitial cystitis except the administration of dimethyl sulfoxide.
Histologically, the bladder wall in interstitial cystitis shows a unifocal or
multifocal—single-site or multi-site—inflammatory infiltration with ulceration of
the bladder’s mucosa (lining). Scarring develops, which ultimately results in
contraction of the smooth muscle, diminished urinary capacity, and symptoms of
frequent, painful urination and hematuria (blood in the urine). Typically, middle-
aged women are affected.
To evaluate the effectiveness of dimethyl sulfoxide in the treatment of patients
with biopsies suggestive of interstitial cystitis, thirty-three patients underwent a
controlled crossover trial in 1988. The results were reported in the
Journal of
Urology.
 Patients were allocated randomly to receive 50 percent DMSO or salt
solution (saline) as placebo. The medication was administered intravesically every
two weeks for two sessions of four treatments each. Response was assessed
urodynamically (by checking urine) and symptomatically (by observing
symptoms). Thirty women and three men having an average age of 48 years and an
average duration of symptoms of 5.5 years were entered into the study. No
significant side effects to DMSO were noticed by the investigators. When
assessed subjectively by the patients, 53 percent of them felt markedly improved
compared to 18 percent on the placebo who felt improved. Of the dimethylsulfoxide group, 93 percent had objective improvement versus 35 percent of the
placebo group. Thus, DMSO proved to be superior to placebo


 back, we have to climb
uphill, pulse surpasses, one must relax. Well,
that in the mountains there is no heat and stuffiness, as in the city, clearly - I
would be in the city to pass such a hunger for what could not. Most
difficult period, certainly the day.
On the massage was just unconscious. No pain,
just relaxing. In the evening, she persuaded her friend to walk a little
- Also has to pass. Come to our place. Interestingly, at
Famine was called intuition, you start to feel the best
energy space, namely for the benefit of the organism. Goest
and you pull it to this place. Sit down to sleep - and immediately
becomes easier. Again otharknula piece of viscous, gray-green
sputum, breathing was easy, free. Probably my bronchitis
and incipient asthma came to an end. It certainly pleases and gives
stimulus. Phoned my husband, very my support, and encourages.
True, says, his voice has changed a lot and it was slow.
Of course, it is nice that it supports, after his talk was sorry
themselves, even the tears came. We must endure and suffer again, I must
come home healthy.
Seventh day of LFG. Pressure 100/70, pulse 55, weight 76.5 kg. Morning
they were all some slack, some have refused excursions
said that they would simply lie near the river, and read. At this time
we decided to go far from our base in the Botanical Gardens.
What I liked about this garden because it is the smell of herbs and a variety of
Altai herbal teas. We were invited for tours, but we
abandoned all together. Employees of the garden, of course, were amazed
our mind and thus the tourists. After the tour went to his
"Refrigerator", there has been a lot of our own. All just lie
talk to no one wants. My mouth unimaginably
330
330disgusting, viscous, foul. The most interesting thing that drinking has become
want less hunting just swim. But as they say
Sergei Ivanovich, the tougher the conditions the better the result. If
swim, then dry and thirsty several times increase. One
she bathed, yes, said first rush, but then much
worse. I wish I did not. I suffer. In principle, nothing
do not worry, though dry and there is, there is a thirst, weakness there, but
when you lay in a good cool place, then everything is tolerated. This
still better than to be patient and do the operation. Evening
Sergei Ivanovich said, probably the most joyful news ever
my life - "out in the morning!!! Of course, I tuned days
nine, but then we came on a double hunger, so that all
normal. Polpyatogo morning swim and we must start
drink V odicka, specially brought to us from St.
Silver source. Throughout the night, of course, none of us slept.
Gathered all of us, somewhere about four o'clock. But what does this buzz -
swim in our pond! Refrigeration does not feel the body
like thousands of needles pierced. After bathing, we started to drink
hot silver waters. At first it seemed to me bitter,
with bread taste (due to drug Linex), and bitterness, as he said
Sergei Ivanovich, due to plaque in the mouth. But then we have cleaned
teeth, rinse your mouth, the water became sweet. But what a delicious
a compote of dried apricots, who cooked us a Valentine's Day. All of us
the eyes have become transformed, eyes lit up, sparkled,
appeared pink blush on the cheeks. We drank slowly, savoring
every sip. in the evening we all already drunk, slept, slept
as children. On Valentine's dinner we cooked a delicious vegetable
broth. In the evening, just went to bed - and immediately fell asleep. Morning
We waited for sparse, in the form of soup, buckwheat. All day
went nowhere, just relax and enjoy the well-fed life.
In the evening Andrew cooked us a fish broth - I like that in life
ate. Output, of course, flying overnight. All we have prepared
Valentine was a very, very tasty. I liked it very,
as we went to Lake Teletskoe - is a mini-Baikal. Honestly
to say, I was afraid the second hunger - if I can again go through
such tests. But surprisingly, the second hunger was twice as
easier to dryness and thirst only appeared on the sixth day, the weakness
generally been tolerant. The second hunger I had for eight days.
The only thing on the night of the seventh to the eighth day I was
very high fever all night, had to sleep on the street. If, after
first hunger in the toilet normally, I went on the third day,
after the second hunger - on the second day, and intestines began to work
as a clock. My weight at the time of departure - 70 kg, the A / D - 120/80. Tomorrow
already home to a lot of energy, hunting all turn. Of course, not
want to leave after such a wonderful nature in the stuffy,
dirty city, but at home waiting for beloved husband and work.
331
331CONCLUSION
My dear reader, this book is written with the sole purpose of:
help people regain their lost health. and although the book
devoted to the seemingly dry subject of a relatively narrow therapeutic
starvation, the reader, I hope, could make sure that when it
talking about the human body, the conversation naturally grows narrow
framework of the chosen topic. I would like you to also thoroughly
wondered why a man overcomes illness. By and large, your
disease - a result of your wrong actions. Desire to get rid
from the disease - your battle with unreasonable habits which lead to
wrong actions, deeds, queries. Indeed, the purchase
disease is much easier than its cure. But if treated reasonably, it forces
and means (and this is important in these difficult times) will be allocated to
less. The main thing: not to panic after a doctor put you
diagnosis, and as soon as possible to act. Because the disease is better
treated until it is smarter and hid deeper. Any treatment
will be successful, including the method of dry fasting, when it is applied
time, and people set up to fight for his health to complete victory.
Even if the results of treatment are not visible at first, in no case
Do not give up, do not give up. Without faith in the healing you can not
will help neither the doctor nor the healer or sorcerer - none. Only
full confidence that you are cured, can bring you health.
And most importantly - that you believe in the best of their ability. in fact
that from any state of the disease, showing the will and perseverance of
any state of mind can go, at worst to get out
or crawl, turn 180 degrees and go in the opposite
side. This is - never too late. Weak and sick people to become
only when he agrees to be named. Installing "I am strong",
backed efforts to promote health, able to turn
the patient in a healthy and weak - a strong one. You can become much
stronger, younger and healthier than they were twenty years old, and to make this transition,
The transition is easy. And then you will want to preserve the newfound status. Thousands
people cope with it. You are not worse than them. they are now more
quality of life. Minor work to maintain their standards are not a burden - it
bears no comparison with the costs of illness. On this, perhaps,
possible and finish the book. I must admit, very much hope that you will find in it
something useful that will help you not only recover, but not sick
and maybe even write me or call on his comments
and proposals.
Thank you in advance.
With love and respect, Filonov Sergei Ivanovich.
Wellness Center Sinegorye "
Tel: 8 (3852) 424278, honeycomb. 8-903 911 2659
E-mail: sergey@filonov.net
Internet site: www. filonov.net.
Prior to the meeting and be healthy!
332
332CONTENTS
From the author................................................................................................ 3
Preface.......................................................................................... 7
Dry starvation in nature.................................................................. 12
- Why in the nature of many animal and plant
organisms fall into a different state of suspended animation...................... 12
- Hibernation amphibians............................................................ 15
- Do birds running into hibernation?............................... 20
- What are mammals fall into hibernation?....................... 22
- Is there a estivation in the animal world?............................ 27
- Uniqueness of the body camel.................................................. 30
- Natural and artificial hypobiosis man..................... 34
- Can yoga fall into suspended animation?.................................................... 43
- On the phenomenon of somatic.......................................................................... 56
Historical information about dry limotherapy......................... 60
- Secrets of the Japanese monks................................................................. 66
- Fasting and spiritual practices of the New Age................................ 69
- Interesting facts about dry fasting........................................ 82
- A woman who does not eat.................................................................. 86


ine, theophylline, and up to 16% tannins. The high tannin content means that maté should not be consumed with meals, as tannins impair the absorption of nutrients.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Maté is a
Maté makes a pleasant-tasting tea that has a stimulant,
mildly analgesic, and diuretic effect.It prefers sunny, dry sites and is a common garden
herb. The flowering tops are harvested when  the plant is in flower in summer.
Parts Used Flowering tops, essential oil.
Constituents Contains terpenes (including
marubiin, a diterpene), a volatile oil (consisting mainly of camphor, pinocamphone, and beta-pinene), flavonoids, tannins, and resin. Marubiin is a strong expectorant. Pinocamphone is toxic, and the volatile oil can cause epileptic seizures.
History & Folklore In the past, hyssop
was so highly esteemed it was regarded as a  virtual cure-all. An old saying went, “Whoever rivals hyssop’s virtues, knows too much.” In the  1st century ce, Dioscorides recommended  a recipe containing a mixture of hyssop, figs  (Ficus carica, p. 211), rue (Ruta graveolens,  p. 265), honey, and water for treating a
number of conditions, including pleurisy,
asthma, tight-chestedness, respiratory congestion,  and chronic coughs.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Currently
an undervalued medicinal herb, hyssop is potentially useful as it is both calming and tonic.  It has a positive effect when used to treat bronchitis and respiratory infections, especially where there is excessive mucus production. Hyssop appears to encourage the production  of a more liquid mucus, and at the same time gently stimulates expectoration. This combined action clears thick and congested phlegm. Hyssop can irritate the mucous membranes, so it is best given after an infection has peaked, when the herb’s tonic action encourages a general recovery. As a sedative, hyssop is a useful remedy against asthma in both children and adults, especially where the condition is exacerbated by mucus congestion. Like many herbs with a strong
volatile oil, it soothes the digestive tract and can  be an effective remedy against indigestion, gas, bloating, and colic.
Cautions Hyssop essential oil can induce
epileptic seizures. It should only be used under professional supervision. Hyssop essential oil is subject to legal restrictions in some countries.
Hyssop has a positive effect on respiratory infections.traditional South American tea that increases short-term physical and mental energy levels. It
is taken as a fortifying beverage in much the same way as tea (Camellia sinensis, p. 181) is consumed throughout Asia and Europe. Maté has properties similar to those of tea and coffee (Coffea arabica,  p. 192). It stimulates the nervous system and is mildly analgesic and diuretic. As a medicinal herb, maté is used to treat headaches, migraine, neuralgic and rheumatic pain, fatigue, and mild depression. It has also been used in the treatment of diabetes.
Related Species I. guayusa, from Ecuador, is
used in much the same way as maté but is also employed medicinally to treat malaria, liver pain, and syphilis. It is thought to aid digestion and cleanse the digestive tract.
illicium verum (Schisandaceae)
Star Anise,
Ba Jiao Hui Xian (Chinese)
Description Evergreen tree growing to 59 ft
(18 m). Has tapering leaves, pale greenish-yellow flowers and star-shaped segmented fruit (seed pods).
Habitat & Cultivation Native to China, India
and Vietnam, star anise grows in tropical regions across the world. The fruit is harvested when ripe.
Parts Used Fruit and seeds.ilex paraguariensis
syn. i. paraguensis (Aquifoliaceae)
Maté
Description Evergreen shrub or small tree
growing to 20 ft (6 m). Has large leaves, white
flowers, and small reddish fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation Maté grows wild
in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and southern Brazil, and is widely cultivated in Argentina, Spain, and Portugal. The leaves are picked when the berries are ripe, heated over a
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Constituents Star anise contains a volatile
oil (mostly anethole), sesquiterpenoids, and
flavonoids, including quercetin. Anethole calms
the digestive system and relieves gas. The
sesquiterpenoids have analgesic activity. Shikimic
acid, found in the seed pods, was until recently
used as the main source for the production of
T amiflu, a prescribed anti-viral medicine.
History & Folklore Due to its high anethole
content, star anise has a similar taste to anise
(Pipinella anisum, p. 248), and both are used
principally as spices. The herb’s Chinese name,
ba jiao hui xian, means “8-horned fennel.”
Medicinal Actions & Uses Used in
Chinese herbal medicine as a remedy for
rheumaism, back pain, and hernias, star anise
has stimulant, diuretic, and digestive properties.
It makes an effective remedy for gas and
indigestion—especially colic—and can safely
be given to children. To treat hernias of the
intestine or bladder, star anise is often mixed
with fennel ( Foeniculum vulgare, p. 212). Both
herbs help to relax the organ’s muscles and
relieve spasm. Star anise is also used for toothache.
Caution Japanese star anise ( Illicium anisatum ),
which is very similar to star anise, contains a toxic
compound and can cause serious side effects.
Imperatoria ostruthium, syn.
Peucedanum ostruthium
Masterwort
Description Perennial growing to 2 ft (60 cm)
with green leaves divided into 3 leaflets with 3 lobes,
white flowers on large umbels, and winged seeds.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to central and
southern Europe and Asia, most often found in the
wild. The root is unearthed in autumn or spring.
Part Used Root.
Constituents Masterwort contains a
camphoraceous volatile oil (including limonene,
phellandrene, alpha-pinene, and a sesquiterpene),
peucadanin, oxipeucadanin, and ostrutol.
History & Folklore From the late Middle
Ages onward, masterwort was held in high regard by herbalists. Pierandrea Matteoli’s Materia
Medica  of 1548 explains: “Masterwort powerfully
resolves all flatulence in the body, stimulates
urine and menstruation, is an admirable remedy
for paralysis and cold conditions of the brain, and
helps against pestilence and the bites of rabid
dogs.” A century later, Nicholas Culpeper was
no less fulsome in recommending masterwort
for rheumatic conditions, shortness of breath,
kidney and bladder stones, water retention,
“falling sickness,” and wounds.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Masterwort
is little used today, but it may well be an herb that
bears further investigation. The root is aromatic,
warms central areas of the body, and is a bitter
tonic. It has a strong action within the stomach
and gut, settling indigestion and relieving gas
and cramping. Masterwort is also beneficial for
chest conditions, and is used for colds, asthma,
and bronchitis. It can also be helpful for
menstrual problems.
Caution If applied to the skin, masterwort
may cause an allergic reaction to sunlight.Dried star anise fruit is
a digestive, stimulant,
and diuretic remedy.
Blue flag was very widely used by Native Americans
to treat wounds and sores.Iris versicolor (Iridaceae)
Blue Flag,
Wild Iris
Description Perennial growing to about 3 ft
(1 m). Has erect stems and long sword-shaped
leaves. Each stem bears 3–5 resplendent blue
to violet flowers with white-veined areas on
the petals.
Habitat & Cultivation Blue flag is native to
North America. Preferring damp and marshy areas
in the wild, it is also widely cultivated as a garden
plant. The rhizome is unearthed in autumn.
Part Used Rhizome.
Constituents Blue flag contains triterpenoids,
salicylic, and isophthalic acids, a very small amount
of volatile oil, starch, resin, an oleoresin, and tannins.
History & Folklore Blue flag was one of the
medicinal plants most frequently used by Native
Americans. Different tribes made use of it variously
as an emetic, cathartic, and diuretic, to treat wounds,
and for colds, earache,


 is only a symptom. Although these measures
often afford some temporary relief, they serve, in the end, to aggravate greatly the condition.
All colitis sufferers complain of indigestion, both gastric and intestinal, and of rumbling of gas
in the intestines, with more or less pain, sometimes of a colicy nature. They have a sense of
fullness and uneasiness. Commonly there is a dull and constant or sharp and intermittent headache.
Many of these patients complain of a feeling of stiffness and tension, even pain, in the muscles of
the neck, often with pain just below the juncture of the neck and the head.
Frequently they describe their symptoms as a “drawing sensation.” Most of these cases appear
anemic and dysemic. They are thin and undernourished, as a rule, although colitis is by no means
115confined to the poorly nourished. The tongue is commonly coated, the taste unpleasant, and the
breath offensive.
There may be a feeling of extreme exhaustion, with a lack of enterprise and ambition. Nausea
may develop immediately upon the expulsion from the colon of a large accumulation of mucus.
Invariably this is followed by a feeling of great relief.
In colitis the facial expression is one of dejection and misery, frequently combined with anxiety,
although many try bravely to repress their feelings,
 while others appear to be in a constant state of
unconcealed apathy. The patient may become very nervous, irritable, excitable, even border on
melancholia and hysteria.
Not only a trial to themselves, they become a trial to everyone about them. In severe and long
standing cases, the patient’s whole thinking centers on his physical state. Few conditions can
compete with colitis in engineering obsessions.
Many colitis sufferers become habituated to the taking of drugs. They try everything that is
advertised as a remedy. They exhaust the list of laxatives, cathartics, tonics and digestants. They
go from one physician to another, studying their symptoms and confusing their feelings. Enemas,
cascades, irrigations, different methods of dieting, and psychiatrists are all tried in vain. Some
study anatomy, physiology and foods and acquire an extensive technical vocabulary, often quite
meaningless.
It has been suggested more than once that the milder types of insanity often have their origin in
colonic irritation. At least mental diseases requiring restraint have evolved in colitiis sufferers.
Such cases at least make it clear that the mental
reactions
 to colitis are real and not mere fancies.
One man of great prominence gives as his opinion that a chronically diseased colon forms the
basis of more mental and physical troubles than any other single functional abnormality.
Most important in caring for the sufferer with colitis is to ignore symptoms and the acute
exacerbations, and to recognize and remove the cause of the suffering. We are fully convinced that
the development of colitis is concomitant with the retention of toxic waste and its accumulation in
the blood and lymph. Whatever will free the body of its accumulated toxic load will prove
adequate care for the colitis sufferer.
The mind of the patient and the mind of the one who cares for him must both be freed from the
tyranny of local symptoms. The discomforts must be persistently minimized for the reason that the
mucus, the gas, the rumbling, the spasticity, the constipation, and the nervous irritability, are
neither singly nor collectively the cause of the trouble.
Recovery cannot be expected without complete and prolonged rest, away from friends and
relatives and away from the enervating environmental factors. Physical rest means going to bed
and remaining there. It means ceasing physical activities and relaxing. Mental rest requires poise.
It means the elimination of worry, fear, anxiety, and depressing emotions. Sensory rest requires
quiet and freedom from sensory excitement. Physiological rest can be obtained only by going
without all food. Fasting soon results in a relaxation of the spastic bowel and stomach.
Instead of bulk-free diets, a fast is indicated. Fasting speeds up that part of metabolism that
eliminates waste and rejuvenates fatigued nerve and cell structure. It permits the body to establish
a normal blood chemistry in its own inimitable manner. No man understands how to establish a
normal
blood chemistry. No one can either duplicate or imitate the ways of the body in re-
establishing its normal blood chemistry.
The continual irritation of the bowels by drugging can only add to the suffering of the patient, as
this makes the condition worse. Medicated enemas are highly irritating. Enemas containing
116soapsuds, molasses and other such substances are also to be condemned.
It is important to know that colitis is but a part of a general irritation and inflammation of the
mucous surfaces of the body (it would have been called but a few years ago, a general catarrh) and
that whatever frees the patient of his colitis will, at the same time, free him of his other
itises
 in
other regions—in the nose and throat, in the womb or in the bladder, to name a few local mucous
membrane inflammations.
The common condition called diarrhea is simply a colitis of short duration. Not serious in the
average case, and lasting but a day or two (to a few days) it is the rule of many to neglect the state
of the colon and resort to means of suppressing the diarrhea. Often the condition is nothing more
than a temporary irritation of the bowels by unsuitable or fermenting food. This is especially true
when it develops in children. But repeated crises of this kind tend to evolve chronic colitis.
As long ago as 1918, Richard C. Cabot, M.D., of Harvard University Medical School and the
Massachusetts General Hospital, wrote in his book for social workers,
A Layman’s Handbook of
Medicine:
 “Simple diarrhea or acute colitis of adults gets well as a rule in a week or ten days.
The important remedies are rest and warmth and starvation.” He indicates that this same care is
best for infants and children, although he thought that a purge at the outset of the diarrhea should
help. The impotant thing for us to note, however, is the recognition of the value of the fast in
diarrhea. I think it should be added that a week to ten days constitutes more time than is required
for most cases of diarrhea to come to an end if fasting is instituted at the first sign of diarrhea.
Often two or three days are enough.
Amoebic dysentery is a form of colitis that is said to be caused by an amoeba. It is quite
common in many parts of the world and I have had opportunity to handle a number of cases coming
to me from Mexico and South America. I do not think that the dysentery is caused by the amoeba,
but I am convinced that the amoeba and the medication aimed at this microbe tend to perpetuate a
disease that, initially is but a simple inflammation of the bowel. The disease would “run its
course” in a week to ten days in almost all cases, if not complicated by feeding and drugging.
When the true cause of the disease is understood and removed a speedy return to health follows,
but if these cases are treated in the usual manner, the disease may last for years and end in death.
Drugs to kill the amoeba, medicated enemas to kill parasites—these build ulcerative colitis and
proctitis. The fact is that the war that is supposed to be made on the amoeba too often kills the
patient before the
disease is controlled
. Some day amoebicides,
parasiticides and germicides will
be given up as they tend to kill the patient.
Instead of making war on the amoeba, the fast provides an opportunity for the body to cast off its
nutritive redundancy and its toxic load and the diarrhea comes to an end. Whatever part the
amoeba plays in the causation of the disease, it cannot be specific nor can it be primary, as this
microbe ceases to annoy when the fast has progressed for a few days.
Two lovely young girls of the same family, citizens of this country, but living with their parents
in Mexico City, where the father was stationed, developed a sickness diagnosed as amoebic
dysentery, a disease very common in Mexico.
They had been treated in the regular manner: Drugs to kill the amoeba and plenty of “good
nourishing food.” In spite of the drugs, perhaps because of them, the dysentery persisted; in spite of
the nourishing food, they continued to lose both weight and strength. Their parents began to despair
of their lives. They knew of deaths in the disease in Mexico and began to fear that they were going
to lose both of their daughters.
Then a New Yorker visited the family. He told them of
Hygiene
 and urged them to give it a
117chance to restore the health of the two girls. The mother brought them to this country, where they
were given a fast of only one week each.
The diarrhea ceased, they became more alert and developed a demand for food. The sisters
were fed on a diet of fresh fruits, non-starchy vegetables and minimum quantities of proteins and
carbohydrates. Their recovery was rapid and they put on weight on a diet that would not ordinarily
sustain weight. Now after the passage of more than fifteen years, these two young ladies are still
enjoying excellent health.
Ulcerative colitis is but a further evolution of muc