ology; it
serves as a unique tool to maintain or establish
a link between individuals. The stress of growing,
the stress of injury, the stress of life−all can be
helped by applying reﬂexology techniques.
Reﬂexology can be used to ease and dissipate
the stresses of everyday life in a healthy way.
Healt Hful benefits
The use of reﬂexology’s natural touch helps you
to build healthy and caring relationships with
everyone you know. A loved one gains a sense
of worth and well-being, knowing that someone
cares and pays attention to his or her needs. As a
bonus, individuals learn healthful habits to apply
throughout life, from childhood on.
 There are many reasons why using reﬂexology
provides healthful beneﬁts for people of all
different ages. Throughout this book you will
read about stories of success using reﬂexology:
parents solving problems for their children,
spouses sharing a special quiet moment with
each other, and elderly people receiving the
valuable gift of touch. Although the problems
range from very trivial to the extremely serious,
they all serve as examples of signiﬁcant others
applying reﬂexology technique in a consistent
manner in order to get a result.
 In addition to the gift of touch for the
individual, reﬂexology provides a very real Introduction
Some 40 years  had passed since his mother had worked on his feet when he
went to bed every night, but my client had not forgotten. My reﬂexology work
on his feet would put him to sleep in seconds with a smile on his face. He slept
so soundly that only his own snoring would interrupt his slumber.
message for the body. Science has not yet
formulated a speciﬁc answer to the question
of what happens when you apply reﬂexology
technique to the foot or hand. It can be said,
however, that a message is sent within the
nervous system. A sensation of pressure is
reported to all parts of the body. What happens
next is that the message is acted upon. The brain
interprets the signal, formulates a suitable
response, and takes an appropriate action. This
activity takes place on an entirely subconscious
level, where there are really no words in which
to describe what is happening.

A dramatic illustration of what happens to our
bodies when pressure is applied to the soles of
the feet was illustrated to us one day during the
course of our practice. During a routine house
call, Kevin was working on the feet of the man of
the house. Suddenly from the bedroom came the
cry, “She’s quit breathing!” The lady of the house,
a 72-year-old who had been diagnosed with
multiple strokes and senile dementia, was being
cared for by her attendants when she had
unexpectedly stopped breathing.
 introduction“In addition to the gift of touch for
the individual, reflexology provides
a very real message for the body.” introduction a few Playful moments  with an
infant’s feet or hands can lead to a
lifetime of good results.The rescue unit was called. Kevin attempted
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, but with no
results. He commented, “I don’t know CPR
(cardiopulmonary resuscitation). What should I
do?” Barbara replied, “Do what you know. Go for
the feet.” Kevin applied pressure to the adrenal
reﬂex area and the pituitary reﬂex area. At that
point, the woman sat upright in the wheelchair
and began swinging her feet. As Kevin attempted
to get the foot pedals out of the way so she
would not injure herself, he asked, “Mrs. W, Mrs.
W, do you know who I am?” She replied, “Yes,
you’re a jackass.” The others started laughing.
They knew she was back; she always talked like
that. (Mrs. W lived another two years.)
(Note: The pituitary reﬂex area, the traditional
reﬂexology revival reﬂex area, is located in the
big toe. A primary neuron travels from the
big toe all the way to the brain stem, where it
synapses for the ﬁrst time in an area responsible
for autonomic control of movement, respiration,
and acceleration of heart rate.)
your  oPPortunity
While your reﬂexology work may never provide
the drama of the above story, it will offer you the
opportunity to interact with the body. The feet
and hands provide windows of opportunity to,
as it were, reach into the body and communicate
with the internal organs and muscular system.
The net result of reﬂexology application is a “Millions of people all over the
globe have used the techniques of
reflexology to make a difference to
the health and well-being of another.”
resetting of the body’s natural balancing act.
A systematic pattern of applying pressure
techniques to the hand or foot interrupts stress,
relieves conditions, and teaches the body how
to behave in a better, healthier manner. Reﬂexive
responses such as locomotion, alertness, and
body awareness can be inﬂuenced through the
application of reﬂexology technique.
 Millions of people all over the globe have
used the techniques of reﬂexology to make a
difference to the health and well-being of
another. The popularity of the technique is due
10 introductionreflexology can be fun  so making a game
of reflexology application is entertaining and
beneficial for adults and children alike.to the simple, straightforward method that it
provides for helping other people.
 The goal of this book is to give you the
information you need to make an impact on
well-being using the techniques of reflexology.
Although we can describe all sorts of things
to you, the particular role you choose for
reﬂexology to play in your life is up to you.
Whether your goal is to add reﬂexology to your
library of natural health tools or to apply
reﬂexology yourself, this book will guide you
through your use of reﬂexology to:
 work with the hands or feet
 impact stress or a health concern
 rejuvenate a tired hand or foot
 help yourself or another
 apply self-help hands-on techniques and
those that utilize toolstenets of reflexology
The basic tenets of reﬂexology are simple. In the
following chapters of this book, you will learn
about them in more detail. Reﬂexology zone and
referral maps will show you where to apply
techniques. Descriptions are included to guide
you through how to apply the techniques, how
long to apply them, and how often. We will
show you how to utilize patterns of techniques
to address health concerns. You will ﬁnd
information about special aspects of working
with infants, children, teenagers, men, women,
pregnant women, and elderly people.  It is perhaps the ultimate use of reﬂexology

to bring people together, working toward a
common health goal or as an act of friendship.
As you embark on your reﬂexology path,
remember that every journey starts with a single
step. We encourage you to take that ﬁrst step.
it only takes a moment  to get
started with reflexology and to enhance
your life, as well as someone else’s.
introduction    11In this chapter,  we focus on a whole range
of health concerns, from asthma to sore throat,
with illustrated techniques and reflex areas
appropriate to each. In-depth advice is presented to
show you how to address health targets with this
safe and convenient adjunct to medical treatment.Health concernsChapter 6Focusing your efforts  in reflexology will
help you to make any necessary improvements to
your own health or that of friends and relatives.
A targeted mini-session allows you to address a
specific health concern, promote relaxation, provide
comfort in a hospital setting, aid recovery from
injury, ease pain, or apply first aid. In this chapter,
you’ll learn how to maximize your time and effort
by using the best technique for your needs.Mini-sessions for
getting resultsChapter 4Reflexology is the application  of pressure
techniques to the hands and feet to affect another
part of the body. These techniques stimulate
pressure sensors, triggering relaxation response
throughout the body. Reflexology encourages good
health, promoting relaxation, easing pain,
preventing disease, and improving quality of life. In
this chapter you will find out about its history, its
principles, and how it works. The principles
of reflexologyChapter 1Ancient egypt
Among the world’s oldest depictions of medical
practices are the pictographs of hand and foot
reflexology dating from the 6th Dynasty that
were discovered at the Tomb of the Physician in
Saqqara. These detailed pictographs also show
other common medical practices of the time,
offering the clearest evidence of healing work on
the feet in ancient history. Most intriguing to
reflexologists is the translation of the hieroglyph,
“Do not let it be painful,” and “I do as you say,”
since


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Avoid white flour or denatured grain products including organically labeled ones:
crackers,
cookies, doughnuts, pies, breakfast cereals, granola, muffins, pastries, flour tortillas, bagels, noodles,
pasta, pizza, couscous, bread that is organic but not made from freshly ground and fermented grains,
and nearly every packaged product that contains grain products. Watch out for sprouted whole grain
products and gluten-free foods made with brown rice.
Avoid whole grains
 that are not soured according to guidelines presented in this chapter including
whole wheat, rye, kamut, spelt, brown rice, and quinoa.
Acceptable grains
 – Sourdough bread made with unbleached flour (bran and germ removed),
partially milled rice that is soaked with a starter (white rice is acceptable), grains properly soured
based upon indigenous preparation methods.
Avoid raw nuts and nut butters –
including all raw nuts, as well as peanut butter, raw almond butter
and raw tahini.
Acceptable nuts and butters
 – Nuts and nut butters should be roasted or otherwise cooked. Low
temperature dehydrated nuts and nut butters are acceptable in moderation.
Avoid hydrogenated oils
 – such as margarine or other butter substitutes.
Avoid low quality vegetable oils
 – such as vegetable, soybean, canola, corn and safflower oils.
Avoid potato chips, Crisco®, and any food not fried in a natural fat. Unfortunately most restaurants
use these cheap vegetable cooking oils which make their food unhealthy for regular consumption.
Acceptable fats
 – are all natural, organic and ideally from small producers. They include coconut
oil, palm oil, olive oil, butter, lard, tallow, chicken, duck and goose fat.Avoid pasteurized, homogenized or grain-fed milk and ice cream
. Also avoid low-fat dairy
products and powdered milk along with anything that contains it.
Avoid store-bought rice milk, soy milk and nut milks like hemp and almond.
Acceptable dairy products are raw and grass-fed from any type of ruminant
 and whole fat, not
skimmed.
When you have only grocery store options for dairy products
 – then choose pasteurized, but grass-
fed dairy products from smaller producers. Yogurt, butter and grass-fed cheese that are pasteurized
are the best of the pasteurized dairy products. There are some nice pasteurized grass-fed cheeses
from Australia, Ireland and New Zealand that are reasonable in cost.
Avoid table salt
 – Many foods have commercial, refined salt added. Table salt seems highly
irritating to the body.
Acceptable salts
 – Himalayan salt, Celtic Sea Salt®, and other sea salts are good to use. Celtic Sea
Salt® seems the best out of these options.
Avoid conventional fast foods and junk foods.
 – These foods are usually high in
trans
 fats, food
additives and sugar.
Avoid stimulants.
 – Do not drink coffee, sweetened drinks, sports drinks, or alcohol. Do not smoke
cigarettes. Reduce or avoid chocolate.
Avoid unfermented soy
 including isolated soy protein, tofu, soy / veggie burgers, soy “meat” and
soymilk.
Acceptable soy products are traditionally fermented.
 – You can have small amounts of
unpasteurized soy sauce, miso, and natto.
Avoid green powders
 – most green powder supplements have sugar added and contain questionable
ingredients. There are a few exceptions to this rule, which would be 100% food-based dried
powders with no sweeteners added.
Avoid factory farmed meat, fish, and eggs.
 These offer inferior quality proteins.
Acceptable proteins are grass-fed or wild
. These offer superior quality and bolster health.
Avoid too much fruit.
 Even though fruit is natural, people often eat too much. Be very careful with
sweet fruits like as oranges, bananas, grapes, peaches, blueberries and pineapple.
Avoid prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, and vaccines
. These alter your glandular
balance and many are causative factors in tooth decay.
Avoid food additives
 like MSG, nitrates, and nitrites.Avoid commercially processed foods, such as TV dinners and packaged sauce mixes.
Avoid synthetic vitamins and any foods containing them.The “One-Amazing-Meal-a-Day” Protocol
This is a useful introductory protocol for people who want to make a good dent against tooth decay
(pun intended), but who have difficulty instituting a complete dietary overhaul. How well your teeth
remineralize is a factor of the mineral and fat-soluble vitamin density of your diet, along with the
avoidance of foods that deplete your body of nutrients. This program is designed for someone who is
very busy, does not like to prepare his own food, or in other situations when it is too difficult to have
three or more solid meals per day. This program is not recommended for people who have severe
cavities, tooth infections, or who are trying to heal highly sensitive teeth. This program will not be as
effective as the balanced program discussed later on, but it will be effective for most people who
want to prevent cavities, or heal small cavities naturally. This program is based on Weston Price’s
one-good-meal-per-day diet for poor children that we described in chapter two. The goal of this
program is to get most of your daily supply of vitamins and minerals from one superlative meal. In the
other meals of the day you will need to watch out for the foods that cause the most havoc on your
teeth, but you will be able to eat a wide variety of foods that are convenient for you. Reduce to the
best of your ability other foods on the just-mentioned “avoid” list.
Food Intake Suggestions

½ teaspoon two or three times per day of Green Pasture’s™ Blue Ice™ Royal Blend
2 cups of grass-fed, whole-fat raw milk, kefir, clabber, or yogurt or 4 ounces of raw grass-fed
cheese. For non-dairy alternatives you will need about 3 cups of a variety of cooked green
vegetables.
Nourishing meat and/or fish stew made with a gelatin-rich broth prepared by simmering animal
bones. Many of the ingredients listed below can be included in your stew.
2-8 ounces of high-quality land or sea protein.
Vitamin C-rich foods such as broccoli, cauliflower, bell peppers, mustard greens, cabbage,
sauerkraut, kohlrabi, liver and adrenal glands.
Plenty of other vegetables.
Twice per week choose one shellfish or other organ of land animals to include with your meals.
Examples:
Oysters, clams, crab or lobster (consumed with innards), whole crayfish
Fish eggs
Bone marrow added to your soup, or liver, animal tongue or kidneys from any animal
If you cannot have a meat or fish stew, you will want to have a cup gelatin-rich bone broth on the side
with tender cuts of your favorite meats, or rich seafoods. Have plenty of healthy fats with your meals.
During your other meals you will need to avoid foods that are especially harmful to your teeth
including highly sweetened drinks, foods with high fructose corn syrup or other high intensity
sweeteners, whole grains that are not thoroughly soured, oatmeal, breakfast cereals and soy products.
If you choose to eat bread, make it sourdough whenever possible. Choose white rice (or white rice
products), or partially milled rice over brown rice (or brown rice products) in this introductory
program since brown rice takes more care to disable the substantial amounts of phytic acid itcontains. Consider replacing sweetened desserts with fruit.Tips for Going out to Eat
Many of us go out to eat, especially those of you who are busy and will be following the one-
amazing-meal-a-day plan. The minimal goal of restaurant eating is to enjoy nourishing and tasty foods
that will not set you back in your tooth or gum healing process. The restaurants that are thoroughly
engaged in whole-food, nutrient-dense cooking with high quality ingredients tend to be the most
expensive. The style of their cuisine typically has at least some inspiration from traditional French
cooking. These restaurants do not use excess grains to fill you up with low-cost calories, and you can
expect local ingredients, grass-fed meats, and wild caught fish. Many of them understand the value of
organ meats and serve sweetbreads, liver, oysters and clams. Expect to pay $20-30 or considerably
more per adult. I recommend that you avoid pasta or grain-based dishes from these restaurants. If you
are the type of person who can afford to dine this way regularly, why not take care of yourself and
give your body what it needs by eating at the best restaurants?
Before going to restaurants I usually look at the menu to see if there is some type of high-quality
protein such as a wild caught fish, or grass-fed meat. Restaurants offering catfish, tilapia, shrimp, and
salmon are usually serving the farm-raised variety. Most of the other types of fish in restaurants are
usually wild caught. We also call restaurants in advance to see what type of cooking oil they use.
Some restaurants cook food by smoking or grilling, in which case the cooking oil becomes much less
of an issue. Depending on the dish or restaurant you might be able to request that your food be fried in
butter or lard, as compared with the unhealthy vegetable oil too many restaurants use. We avoid deep
fried dishes fried in vegetable oil. Do not be afraid to sneak your favorite butter into the restaurant.
Many restaurants try to fill you up on bread. I generally avoid this bread although my family will eat a


000 deaths.
23 The majority of these injuries are minor
bumps on the head that require no treatment, but even mild head injuries can lead to lifelong disability or even death. Beyond the effects of acute injury, troubling new 207 DMSO in Clinical Neuroprotection
findings indicate that even minor brain injury can predispose to neurodegeneration
and dementia in later life.24
American involvement in recent wars indicates that as many as 320,000 U.S.
troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have suffered head injuries mostly from improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
25 Many of these blast injuries, while not immediately life
threatening, can have a long-term impact that fosters personality changes, impulse-control problems, and dementia in later life.
25 It may also explain the high incidence
of suicide among veterans returning home from combat.26
HEAD INJURY IN CHILDREN
Head injury occurs frequently in children and accounts for approximately 500,000 emergency department visits annually in the United States. Nearly 75% of these inju -
ries are ultimately diagnosed as mild in severity, and the vast majority of cases will have no long-term neurological sequelae. However, even mild head injuries will sus -
tain intracranial damage and long-term consequences.
27 Although it is a challenge to
triage children with a mild head injury with respect to possible intracerebral lesions on CT scanning, several indices such as admission GCS score, focal neurological deficits, and fractures detected by skull radiography have been found reliable predic -
tors of positive findings when CT is performed.
28
Diagnosing severe traumatic brain injury in children is most important because
long-term neurodisability and death can quickly follow and early neurosurgical intervention and/or pharmacotherapy may improve the outcome.
29 Children who sur -
vive severe traumatic brain injury are at high risk for problems in behavior, adaptive functioning, and educational performance.
30
COST AND CONSEQUENCES OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
According to the World Health Organization, traumatic brain injury is a problem that affects 10 million people annually worldwide.
31 Among these, 5.3 million Americans
live with long-term disabilities related to traumatic brain injury.32
In the United States, traumatic brain injury–associated direct and indirect costs
have been estimated to be more than 76.5 billion dollars a year.33 This cost does
not include 11  years of warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan, where, according to a Congressional Research Service report into military casualty statistics, approxi -
mately 300,000 troops have experienced some form of brain trauma.
25
Aside from cognitive and physical disability problems encountered by most peo -
ple with traumatic brain injury, this injury is believed to be a risk factor in the devel -
opment of Alzheimer’s disease, sometimes occurring decades after the trauma.34 It
is now clear that a history of brain trauma predisposes the individual 2–4 times to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease when compared to individuals with no history of brain trauma.
35
The long-term neuropathologic process evolving after single traumatic brain event
of sufficient severity to produce LOC is poorly understood, but it has been specu -
lated that chronic cerebral hypoperfusion may play a major role.36 This conclusion 208 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
is supported by arterial spin-labeling magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of people
with a prior moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury who showed cerebral hypo -
perfusion in regions of the brain such as the posterior cingulate cortex, later asso -
ciated with neuropathological changes, characteristic of Alzheimer’s dementia.37
Reduced CBF during aging is known to be a marker for cognitive impairment prior to the onset of Alzheimer’s dementia.
38,39
CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY
Boxers who have had repeated blows to the head for years were shown to have cere -
bral hemodynamic impairment affecting cerebral perfusion, and these changes were associated with a higher incidence of neurocognitive dysfunction corresponding to a lack of sustained attention, difficulty concentrating on tasks at hand, disorientation, and not remembering newly learned material when compared to a similar group without a history of brain trauma.
40 Originally, this type of injury was described as
punch drunk  by Martland in 1927 and later given the more descriptive term demen -
tia pugilistica by Millspaugh.41
The realization was slow in coming that the same repetitive type of head knock -
ing in boxers could also occur in players of other contact sports such as football, soccer, lacrosse, rugby, and hockey. This brain injury is now known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). At the beginning, CTE may be asymptomatic or start slowly with symptoms initially involving problems in memory and concentra -
tion. Months and years after the initial symptoms of concussion have faded, new symptoms occur as gradual degeneration of brain function occurs with episodes of disorientation, confusion, dizziness, severe neurocognitive disturbances, and dementia.
Although early diagnosis of CTE is often difficult due to an absence of bleeding
or major structural abnormalities on a CT scan, grossly, CTE in the final stages is characterized by the enlargement of the ventricles and atrophy of the hippocampus, amygdala, and frontal, temporal, parietal, and entorhinal cortices.
42 Histologically,
there is significant neuronal loss and increase of reactive glial cells usually accom -
panied by neurofibrillary tangle formation in the hippocampus and entorhinal cor -
tex, two regions associated with learning and memory and the primary targets for Alzheimer’s disease pathologic lesions.
42,43
These findings suggest that structural brain lesions, both focal and diffuse, are
the primary contributors to the abnormal cerebral perfusion changes seen in chronic traumatic brain injury and CTE and that CBF quantitation may serve as an early marker to assess the degree of damage to neurons and their synapses.
Besides neuroimaging measurements of CBF, neurocognitive tests designed
to assess mental status are now used to complement any structural or physiologi -
cal brain abnormality in people at risk of CTE. These tests can evaluate decision-making ability, reaction time, attention, and memory of an athlete after sustaining
a concussion or following repetitive knocks to the head from the participation of
sports-related activities. The goal of these measures is to identify and prevent further damage to the brain in athletes from the particular sport activity before it becomes irreversible if head pounding is continued or ignored.209 DMSO in Clinical Neuroprotection
TREATING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
The initial focus of managing an acute traumatic brain injury is to stabilize the
injured person in order to minimize complications from secondary damage. This approach generally follows the clinical guidelines outlined in Figure 9.1.
Mild traumatic brain injuries usually require no treatment other than rest and
over-the-counter pain relievers to treat a headache. However, it is estimated that up to 3% of mild head injuries progress to more serious consequence, so careful evaluation of the injury and its potential to worsen is mandatory. Most mild head injuries may not require hospitalization and can be closely monitored at home by a responsible caretaker given written instructions for any persistent worsening of initial symptoms or new symptoms.
For moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injuries, the general rule is to stabilize the
patient to minimize secondary damage such as the development of plateau waves. Plateau waves during traumatic brain injury are abrupt increases of ICP above 40 mmHg that can be due to lower CBF, cardiac output, and brain tissue oxygen -
ation. These plateau waves can be controlled when CPP and oxygenation can be restored in head-injured patients.
44
This can be done initially with intravenous (IV) fluids to maintain the patient in
a state of euvolemia or mild hypervolemia.45 Fluid resuscitation has replaced the old
rule of fluid restriction since hypovolemia has been shown to reduce cardiac output. When cardiac output is decreased following brain trauma, there is often a reduction in cerebral perfusion that may cause an increase in cerebral edema and ICP.
36 Thus,
fluid restriction is contraindicated in patients with raised ICP and brain edema. The brain trauma patient may also require sedation to prevent agitation as well as pain medication as required.
The preferred treatment for increased ICP is currently the use of osmotherapy,
such as mannitol and hypertonic saline.
46 This treatment however is problematic
especially when it is extended for long periods of time since it has been shown to promote electrolyte abnormalities, especially hypernatremia.
47 Other adverse effects
after osmotherapy are associated with cardiac failure, bleeding diathesis, and phle -
bitis. No benefits of small-volume resuscitation with hypertonic saline have been shown in patients with traumatic brain injury.
48
Consequently, in adults, there is insufficient evidence to support the use of hyper -
tonic saline or mannitol for managing ICP because of the risks of severe hypernatre -
mia, and caution has been advised with the combined use of mannitol and hypertonic saline.
49 Careful control of fluid balance, electrolyte status, and serum osmolarity
(<320 mmol/L) is mandatory when hypertonic agents are used.
Many prehospital care systems use advanced-level prehospital care providers in
the belief that prevention or early correction of these insults will improve patient outcomes.
The main goal of prehospital management is to prevent hypoxia and hypotension,
because these systemic insults are prone to induce secondary brain damage.
50 When
patient status was recorded by trained paramedics at the scene of injury before hospital admission, oxygen saturation below 90% was found in half of all cases reviewed and hypotension was present in


 to feed
by intravenous injection and remove their waste. Hair
and the nails will not cease to grow, and deep sleep does not stop aging.
in the nature of these problems, avoid a bear.
Breakthrough in study of the human "sleep" is extremely important for
science in general and medicine in particular: because it will
possible return to the lives of people who drowned in the icy
water. It will also provide more opportunities for treatment
severe wounds and will revive someone whose heart stopped beating
several hours.
Hence, at certain moments and in humans, like hibernating,
may "trigger" mechanisms to remove thermogenesis? Here are just a
what are these mechanisms?
M. Buyanov, commenting on the famous case of lethargic
sleep for 20 years to a woman, concluded that
lethargy - the same thing as hibernation, however,
stipulating that a person is - always pathological.
Analyzing these cases are described by journalists (in the scientific
literature published about them can not be found), you can catch
definite regularity - a man able to live while
without breathing and cardiac activity, ie in a state of clinical
death is much more critical of those 5-6 minutes, after which
irreversible changes occur in the brain, if you will be met
the following conditions:
• if the victim is immobile;
• if his body will be refrigerated;
• If this state will be preceded by a shock or a
or other stress.
39
39As we analyze the case all these conditions are present: a girl got on
frost in the unconscious; shock with a reflex stop
Breathing was a boy (or he just drowned to water);
severe trauma preceded lethargic
sleeping women, as they say, the yogis are able to arouse a shock
artificially. All of them were motionless, all observed
significant reduction in body temperature.
Is it really should be categorically determine a person's ability
fall into a state of hibernation (hypobiosis) as pathological?
Some scientists believe that the fall in the state and even hypobiosis
hibernation - the inalienable right of all life on Earth, including
plants and all animals, but man it can not be realized by
its specific evolution. "Not implemented", and we see - realized it!
However, until now, we do not know how, thanks to some mechanism
implemented a universal property of living matter specifically
in humans, but this, as they say, is another question.
In clinical medicine in the fifties and sixties
with a light hand and Laborie Gyugenara appeared craze
Artificial hibernation (hibernatio - hibernation), especially
in surgery of heart and large vessels. Now this fascination has passed
but something useful from this extract failed. For example,
revealed that the patient's body temperature decrease by only 1 °
reduced metabolic rate him at 5-6%, thus lowering
patient's body temperature by 20 °, can be done to reduce
exchange in the 100 (!) times, but in practice this means that a person in such
state could survive without food and water for 1-2 days, and at least 100
days, ie more than 3 months. At the same time until the temperature optimum,
inherent hibernating during hibernation (about +5 ° C) persisted
would be a significant time interval, which could allow for lower
exchange rate to tenths and even hundredths of one, thereby bringing
the possibility of human hibernation for several months hibernating hibernating.
However revealed something else: the main and still irresistible
obstacle to dive into a state of artificial human
hibernation is a muscular thermogenesis, especially tremor.
It occurs whenever an attempt to lower body temperature
below 28 ° C, even if it were applied relaxants and anesthesia.
Tremor occurred warmed by the body, but if the cooling is still
continued, there came the energy depletion of the body, with
warming of shivering was not, but the patient often perished. As
Studies have shown that in muscle, even completely denervated,
cooling it to 28 ° tremor occurs spontaneously - perhaps a
struggle with the cold in the muscle of genetically programmed.
Nevertheless, there are moments even in humans, when this barrier is at 28 ° C
becomes impossible to overcome when people cold, even below
this critical temperature, is able to return to normal
life - we see it in the above cases!
If we talk only about the temperature of the body, then the person are
40
40states in which the body temperature begins to uncontrollably
fall to the lowest, if not critical, digits: this crisis
state of severe infectious diseases, and deep
shock or profound hypoglycemia. Especially in this respect
indicative of septic and burn shock.
What's the matter? Perhaps, in the case of deep shock or
hypoglycemia trigger the same mechanisms as the confluence
into hibernation in hibernating? Maybe the shock - the same blank protection
nezimospyaschego for the extreme conditions that hibernation - for
zimospyaschego? In principle, the cold and dry hunger for hibernating -
too extreme conditions!
Having mastered the way to cause people hypobiosis (dormant)
artificial way, you can get into the hands of a powerful arsenal
means to combat the most severe pathological conditions
and diseases, many of which are now eliminated or
difficult or impossible.
- So, the experiment proved the feasibility of a hibernating
radical deliverance only sleep (!) of such serious
diseases such as syphilis, tripanosomnaya disease. There is every reason
assume that this method could be to fight sepsis
and even AIDS, since there is evidence of the successful struggle
using hibernation and viral diseases.
- Total disintegration of the body, observed at hibernation,
can contribute to saving lives tyazheloobozhzhennym and
also affected with extensive crush and compression
tissue, if applied to the deploying hypobiosis toxemia - so
thus be excluded major pathological factor in injury
and prevented the development and deepening of the secondary necrosis and wound
infection. This category of victims is now the most difficult (and
expensive!) for resuscitation.
- Known immunity to lethal doses of hibernating
bacterial and chemical poisons, and ionizing radiation
The same insensitivity observed in the experiment and with the
close-to-human animals - monkeys, which were irradiated
sesquioxide lethal dose of ionizing radiation in the state
clinical death, ie, the same hypobiosis. All control
animals were killed, all the experimental (clinical death
caused by blood-letting) - survived, with no radiation sickness
one of them did not develop.
- Full body denervation by deep hypobiosis,
can safely stop the heart and respiration, lack of
appropriate anesthetic for most
improved anesthesia in surgery can make an entire revolution:
become perhaps the most sophisticated ("unthinkable") operations
in the most dangerous areas, for example, in the depths of the brain in many
organs and tissues at the same time - all without the usual large
surgery drama, without the risk of bleeding and no hard
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41time limit. True, this will require surgery and other
technique, other approaches, especially the fact that reparations hypobiosis no
but all of these obstacles can be completely overcome and they are nothing
compared with the enormous profits to be gained Surgery
the use of artificial hibernation.
- Total disintegration of the body at the cellular level
with deep hypobiosis bring about a new treat patients
suffering from malignant neoplasms. Established
that the hibernating during hibernation can not be called by
carcinogens develop tumors, although able to
wakefulness is easily possible, and noted the degradation of the tumor
in hibernating during hibernation, if the tumor existed
the animal during the waking state. In 1938 the American
pathologists Fay and Smith for the first time in world practice offered
method for the treatment of malignant tumors in humans using
artificial hibernation caused by cold. Clinical trials
were performed on 38 patients suffering from common
malignant tumors with metastases, including brain,
in many patients with pain were measured only with large doses of morphine.
These patients after the administration of sleeping in the nude condition
obkladyvali rubber bladder filled with ice and for 5
days, maintains body temperature in the range 32,2-29,4 ° C, however,
in one case was a failure of temperature to 27,7 ° C, but without any
consequences. during hibernation in patients with no urinary,
discontinued operations intestine, virtually ceased
respiratory and cardiac activity, is completely absent
consciousness. Then the patient awakened, warmed, gave strong
hot coffee, and after 2-4 days sick again plunged into hibernation.
- In total, each patient was in hibernation on average 40
days. About stay in hibernation patients had complete amnesia for
waking up they did not feel any discomfort,
Conversely, decreased or completely disappeared pain caused by
tumor, overall, the patients had
weight gain, appetite appeared, and in those cases where the brain
was struck metastases showed improvement of mental
activities. It was also noted a significant, sometimes up to


■ Urinary antiseptic
■ Diuretic■ Stimulant
■ Uterine stimulant
Traditional &
Current Uses
■ Traditional remedy  Buchu is
a traditional remedy of the Khoisan
people of South Africa. It is used as
a general stimulant and a diuretic.
Strongly aromatic, it is taken as a
carminative, helping to relieve gas
and bloating.
■ Early Western uses  The herb
was first exported to Britain in
1790 and became an official medicine
in 1821, being listed in the British
Pharmacopoeia  as an effective
remedy for “cystitis, urethritis,
nephritis, and catarrh of the bladder.”
■ Modern urinary treatment
Broadly speaking, buchu is used today
in Western herbal medicine for the
same type of urinary complaints as
in the 19th century. It is commonly
prescribed for urinary tract infections,
often proving effective in curing acute
cystitis when combined with other
herbs such as cornsilk ( Zea mays,
p. 154) and juniper ( Juniperus
communis, p. 224). T aken regularly, it
can help to prevent recurrent attacks
of chronic cystitis or urethritis. It is
also taken for prostatitis and irritable
bladder, often in combination with
herbs such as uva-ursi ( Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi, p. 170) and cornsilk. The key
active constituent diosphenol has a
diuretic action, and may partly
account for the herb’s antiseptic
effect on the urinary system.
■ Gynecological uses  Buchu
infusion or tincture is useful in
treatments for cystitis and urethritis,
especially when they are related to a Buchu
A bushy shrub growing
to 61⁄2 ft (2 m), with
stemless, slightly
leathery leaves dotted
with oil glands.
pre-existing Candida  problem, such as
yeast infections. The infusion is generally
preferable to the tincture, particularly
when onset of infection is sudden. The
infusion is also used as a douche for
leukorrhea (white vaginal discharge),
and occasionally for yeast infections.
The herb is a uterine stimulant and
contains pulegone, which is also present Buchu  is grown commercially and used to
enhance the black-currant flavor of cassis.Parts Used
Key Preparations & Their UsesLeaves  are harvested
in summer and used
in preparations for
urinary infections.
in large quantities in pennyroyal
(Mentha pulegium, p. 235). Pulegone
is an abortifacient and a powerful
emmenagogue (stimulates menstrual
flow). Buchu should not, therefore,
be taken during pregnancy.
Self-help Use
■ Urinary infections, p. 314.  QCautions  During pregnancy take only on advice of your health care practitioner.
Potentially toxic at excessive dosage.Leaves contain
volatile oil, which
is antiseptic
Dried leavesBarosma betulina syn. agathosma betulina  (Rutaceae)
Buchu
A traditional South African remedy, buchu is taken as a
stimulant, a diuretic, and to relieve digestive complaints.
In Western herbal medicine, it is valued as a urinary
antiseptic and diuretic, and is used specifically to treat
cystitis and other infections of the urinary tract. Buchu
has a strongly distinctive aroma and taste, reminiscent
of black currant but described by some as a mixture
between rosemary and peppermint.
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Key medicinal plantsBupleurum chinense
Bupleurum chinense syn. B. scorzoneraefolium (Apiaceae)
Bupleurum, Hare’s Ear Root, Chai Hu (Chinese)Bupleurum
A perennial growing  to 3 ft (1 m) high, with sickle-shaped leaves and clusters of small yellow flowers.
Bupleurum is commonly on sale in medicinal
herb shops in China. It is widely taken as  a liver tonic.
Habitat & Cultivation
Bupleurum grows in China and is
cultivated throughout the central
and eastern parts of that country.
It is also found in other parts of
Asia and in Europe. Bupleurum is propagated from seed in spring
or by root division in autumn and requires well-drained soil and plenty of sun. The root is unearthed  in spring and autumn.
Key Constituents
■ Triterpenoid saponins—saikosides
 (saikosaponins)
■ Flavonoids
■ Polysaccharides
Key Actions
■ Protects liver
■ Anti-inflammatory
■ Tonic
■ Induces sweating
Research
■ Saikosides Research in Japan from
the 1960s onward into the Bupleurum
genus has revealed that the saikosides are potent medicines. They appear  to protect the liver from toxicity,  and strengthen liver function, even  in people with immune system disorders. Following this discovery, clinical trials during the 1980s in Japan showed that the root is effective in the treatment of hepatitis and other chronic liver problems. Saikosides also have antitumor activity.
■ Anti-inflammatory The
saikosides stimulate the body’s production of corticosteroids
as well as increasing their anti-inflammatory effect.
Traditional
& Current Uses
■ Ancient Chinese remedy
Bupleurum has been taken in China
for over 2,000 years as a liver tonic. It is traditionally believed to strengthen liver qi and to have a tonic action on the spleen and stomach. In Chinese medicine, bupleurum is used to treat “disharmony” between the liver and the spleen, a condition that manifests itself in problems of the digestive system such as abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, and indigestion.
■ Liver problems In common
with milk thistle (Carduus marianus,  p. 75) and members of the Glycyrrhiza
genus, for example licorice (G. glabra, p. 103), bupleurum is an excellent remedy for a poorly functioning
or compromised liver. Its anti-inflammatory action may contribute to its overall use in the treatment
of liver disease.
■ Fever  In China, bupleurum is
taken to treat fevers, flu, and colds, especially where accompanied by a bitter taste in the mouth, irritability, and either vomiting and abdominal pain, or dizziness and vertigo.
■ Modern Japanese remedy
The traditional uses of bupleurum and scientific research accord so well that many Japanese doctors practic-ing conventional Western medicine Parts Used
Key Preparations
& Their UsesRoot is harvested in spring and
autumn, when it contains the  most nutrients. It is used to  make a valuable liver tonic.
now use extracts of bupleurum root
to treat patients with liver problems.
■ Other uses Bupleurum is
sometimes useful in the treatment  of hemorrhoids, and of prolapsed tissue in the pelvis, such as a prolapse of the uterus.Remedy To improve liver function, decoct
15 g bupleurum, 5 g licorice, and 3 cups
(750 ml) water (see p. 291). T ake in 3 doses
during a 24-hour period.Decoction (to make,
p. 291). To stimulate sweating
and so reduce fever, drink
3⁄4 cup (150 ml) 3 times a day.First mentioned in texts from the 1st century bce,
bupleurum is one of China’s “harmony” herbs, balancing different organs and energies within the body. It is used as a tonic, strengthening the action of the digestive tract, improving liver function, and helping to push blood to  the surface of the body. Recent research in Japan has endorsed traditional use, showing that bupleurum protects the liver.
 QCautions Do not exceed the dose. Can occasionally cause nausea or vomiting.
LiquoriceBupleurumSliced dried
root
US_072-073_Bupleurum_Calendula.indd   72 07/04/16   4:37 pm73 Key medicinal plantsCalendula offi Cinalis
Cream  is easy to make ( see p. 296).
Apply to cuts and grazes.
Ointment  (to make,
p. 295). For minor burns,
apply up to 3 times a day.Infusion (to make, p. 291). For chronic
fungal infections, such as ringworm
or thrush, drink 3⁄4 cup (150 ml)
3 times a day.Calendula officinalis  (Asteraceae)
Calendula, Pot Marigold, English Marigold
Calendula is one of the most well known and versatile
herbs in Western herbal medicine. The bright orange
petals are an excellent remedy for inflamed and angry
skin, their antiseptic and healing properties helping to
prevent the spread of infection and speed up the rate
of repair. Calendula is also a cleansing and detoxifying
herb, and the infusion and tincture are used to treat
chronic infections.


of thyme ( Thymus vulgaris, p. 143).
Medicinal Actions & Uses
Winter savory is most often used in
cooking, but it also has marked medicinal benefits.
It settles gas and stimulates digestion, helping to
alleviate flatulence and colic. It is warming and has
been taken for chest infections and bronchitis.
The essential oil is strongly antibacterial and
may be used to treat candidiasis and other
fungal conditions.
Related Species  Summer savory ( S. hortensis )
is a similar herb that has a milder essential oil.
Calamint ( Calamintha ascendens, p. 181) is another
close relative.
Cautions  Do not take the essential oil internally
without professional supervision. Do not take
winter savory during pregnancy.
Saussurea lappa
syn. S. costus  (Asteraceae)
Kuth
Description  Upright perennial herb growing
to 10 ft (3 m). Has heart-shaped leaves and
blue-black flowerheads.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to the Indian
subcontinent, kuth is most commonly found in
mountainous areas of Kashmir. The root is
gathered in autumn.
Parts Used  Root, essential oil.
Constituents  Kuth contains a volatile oil
(consisting of terpenes, sesquiterpenes, and
aplotaxene), an alkaloid (saussarine), and a resin.
Saussarine depresses the parasympathetic
nervous system.Saponaria officinalis
(Caryophyllaceae)
Soapwort
Description  Perennial growing to a height of
3 ft (1 m). Soapwort has lance-shaped leaves and
clusters of delicate pink 5-petaled tubular flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to temperate
regions of Europe, Asia, and North America,
soapwort thrives in open woodland areas and
on railroad embankments. It has been widely
cultivated as a garden plant. The herb is gathered
while in flower in summer; the root is unearthed
in autumn.
Parts Used  Root, aerial parts.
Constituents  All parts of soapwort contain
saponins (around 5%), resin, and a small quantity
of volatile oil.
History & Folklore  Soapwort has mostly
been used as a substitute for soap, especially in
washing clothes. Boerhaave (1668–1738), a Dutch
physician, recommended soapwort as a treatment
for jaundice.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Soapwort’s
main internal use is as an expectorant. Its strongly
irritant action within the gut is thought to stimulate
the cough reflex and increase the production of a
more fluid mucus within the respiratory passages.
Consequently, the plant is prescribed for bronchitis,
coughs, and some cases of asthma. Soapwort may
be taken for other problems, including rheumatic Soapwort  is an expectorant
plant used to relieve
bronchitis and coughs.Winter savory  helps
to alleviate flatulence,
indigestion, and colic.
Satureja montana  (Lamiaceae)
Winter Savory
Description  Semi-evergreen aromatic herb
growing to 16 in (40 cm). Has lance-shaped leaves
and white-pink flowers appearing in clusters.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to southern
Europe, winter savory thrives in sunny, well-drained
sites. It is commonly cultivated as a garden herb.
The flowering tops are collected in summer.
Parts Used  Flowering tops, essential oil.
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other medicinal plantsSchizonepeta tenuifolia
History & Folklore  Kuth root has been used
in Indian medicine for at least 2,500 years. It has
also been exported to China and the Middle East. The fragrant root is often used in perfumery. In India, it is valued as an aphrodisiac and for its reputed ability to prevent gray hair.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Kuth is used in
the Ayurvedic and Unani Tibb traditions in India  for its tonic, stimulant, and antiseptic properties.  The root is commonly taken, in combination with other herbs, for respiratory system problems such as bronchitis, asthma, and coughs. It is also used to treat cholera.
Related species S. amara is used in Mongolian
herbal medicine to treat bacterial infections and gallbladder disease.
Caution  Do not take kuth essential oil internally.nodes of the neck, infected with tuberculosis, swell to form hard protruding lumps beneath the skin. Figwort root resembles these swollen glands and therefore, according to the Doctrine of Signatures (which holds that a plant’s appearance indicates  the ailments it treats), the herb was considered  to be an appropriate remedy for treating scrofula. Indeed, in the 16th and 17th centuries, figwort was esteemed as the best medicinal plant to help relieve all manner of swellings and tumors.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Figwort is an
herb that supports detoxification of the body  and may be used as a treatment for various types of skin conditions. T aken internally as an infusion  or applied externally, figwort is of value in treating chronic skin diseases such as eczema and psoriasis. Applied externally, it will also help speed the healing of burns, wounds, hemorrhoids, and ulcers. The traditional use of figwort as a treatment for swellings and tumors continues in Europe to this day. The herb is also mildly diuretic, and it is reputed to be effective when used to expel worms.
Related Species Water figwort (S. aquatica),
another plant that is native to Europe, has similar properties, as does the American S. marylandica.  In China, S. ningopoensis is used to treat infections  and to clear toxicity.
Caution  Do not take figwort if suffering from
a heart condition.Hartstongue is found growing in shady woodland sites across
the northern hemisphere.
Constituents Hartstongue contains tannins,
mucilage, and flavonoids (including leucodelphidin).
History & Folklore  Hartstongue has been
prescribed as a treatment for diarrhea and
dysentery for at least 2,000 years. In Wales and  the Scottish Highlands, it was traditionally used as  a poultice for wounds, scalds, and burns, and as an ointment for hemorrhoids. In Japan, the fronds were smoked by the Ainu people.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Hartstongue was
valued in the past for its ability to heal wounds, but today it is employed chiefly as a mild astringent. It  is sometimes used in the treatment of diarrhea  and IBS, and it may be of benefit to the liver and spleen. Hartstongue appears to have expectorant properties, and it is also mildly diuretic.
Scrophularia nodosa
(Scrophulariaceae)
Figwort
Description  Upright perennial herb growing
to 3 ft (1 m). Has a square stem, oval leaves, small
round brown flowers in clusters, and green  seed capsules.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to Europe,
Central Asia, and North America, figwort thrives  in wet or damp places, in open woodland, on riverbanks, and alongside ditches. The herb is gathered in the summer while in flower.
Parts Used  Aerial parts.
Constituents  Figwort contains iridoids
(including aucubin, harpagoside, and acetyl  harpagide), flavonoids, cardioactive glycosides,  and phenolic acids. Harpagoside and harpagide  are thought to account for its antiarthritic activity.
History & Folklore  Figwort’s genus name,
Scrophularia, alludes to the plant’s age-old use as a treatment for scrofula. In this condition, the lymph Schizonepeta tenuifolia
(Lamiaceae)
Jing Jie
Description  Perennial plant growing to 26 ft
(8 m) with upright square stems, lance-shaped
leaves, and whorls of small flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to the Far East,
jing jie is widely cultivated in eastern China. The aerial parts of the plant are gathered in autumn.
Parts Used  Aerial parts.
Constituents  Jing jie contains a volatile oil,
the main constituents of which are menthone  and limonene.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  In the Chinese
tradition, jing jie is valued as an aromatic and warming herb. It is taken to alleviate skin conditions such as boils and itchiness. Jing jie also induces sweating and is used to treat fever and chills, and  as a remedy for measles. It is often combined with bo he (Mentha haplocalyx, p. 234).
Research  Chinese studies have confirmed jing jie’s
ability to increase blood flow in the vessels just beneath the skin.
Scolopendrium vulgare
(Polypodiaceae)
Hartstongue
Description  Evergreen fern growing to 2 ft
(60 cm). Has long, tongue-shaped fronds with twin
rows of


	waiting	for.	The	biggest	event	in	anyone’s	life	is
when	you	make	the	cosmic	connection,	and	Baba	was	about	to	show	me	just
how	it’s	done.Day	Three
:
What	Is	the	Supreme	Force	in
the	Universe?Alchemy
F
or	a	long	time	I	didn’t	see	Baba	again.	I	looked	for	him	under	his	favorite
tree,	but	weeks	passed	and	he	wasn’t	there.	I	knew	he	was	a	wanderer.	He
didn’t	actually	live	under	the	tree	but	only	rested	until	he	felt	the	urge	to
roam.	Summer	came,	and	I	gave	up	looking.	I	found	myself	thinking	a	lot.	I
would	retreat	to	the	cabin	that	Baba	had	found	during	the	storm.	It	was
perfectly	hidden	in	the	green	gloom	of	the	woods	by	its	thick	layer	of	vines.
I	arrived	one	day	to	hear	somebody	laughing	inside.	And	the	laugh	sounded
like	it	could	be	only	one	person’s.
“Baba!”	When	I	threw	open	the	door,	he	was	standing	in	the	middle	of	the
cramped	little	hut	dressed	in	his	immaculate	white	clothes,	exactly	as	before.
“What	were	you	laughing	about?”	I	asked.
“A	cosmic	joke,	which	I’ll	tell	you	later,”	he	said.	Whatever	that	meant,	I	had
a	lot	to	tell	him	and	a	lot	to	ask,	but	Baba	didn’t	let	me	do	either.	“So	your
third	day	begins,”	he	announced.
“Perhaps	I	forgot	to	tell	you,	but	I	practice	alchemy,	the	science	of	changing
lead	to	gold.	Only,	that’s	too	easy	I	prefer	the	real	alchemy,	the	kind	that	will
work	on	people.”
“Does	that	exist?”	I	asked.
“It	must.	It’s	working	on	you,”	he	said.	“You’re	changing	before	my	eyes,	and
no	wonder:	I’ve	unleashed	a	force,	the	supreme	force	in	the	universe,	in	fact.”
“And	what	is	that?”	I	asked.
“Love.”
I	could	feel	myself	blushing;	I	didn’t	know	what	to	say.	Baba	didn’t	laugh	at
my	embarrassment,	but	said,	“If	I	just	loved	you	like	a	grandfather	or	a
favorite	uncle,	you	would	flourish.	Love	is	like	fertilizer	to	the	heart—it
makes	it	grow	and	reach	for	the	sun.	But	I	am	talking	about	something
cosmic,	a	force	that	is	much	more	powerful	than	family	love	or	even	romantic
love.“This	reminds	me	of	a	story	I	heard	when	I	was	your	age,”	said	Baba,	who
then	told	me	the	following	tale:
Once	there	was	a	man	who	loved	God	so	much	that	he	left	home	to	live	inside
a	temple.	In	India,	God	can	be	either	father	or	mother.	This	man	loved	the
Mother	God	more	than	anything	else	in	the	world,	and	so	he	spent	every	day
arranging	flowers	on	her	altar	and	praying	to	her	statue.	He	always	went
around	wearing	a	dreamy	smile,	and	people	used	to	argue	behind	his	back,
some	claiming	that	he	was	amazingly	devoted,	and	others
	scoffing	that	he	was
more	than	a	bit	touched	in	the	head.
One	day	the	highest	priest	in	that	part	of	the	country	stopped	by	the	temple,
which	was	on	the	banks	of	a	river.	Stepping	off	his	boat,	he	stumbled	across
the	devotee.	“You	are	said	to	worship	the	Divine	Mother	every	day,”	said	the
priest.
“Yes,”	said	the	devotee,	who	was	nervous	and	shy	before	such	a	great	man.
“Do	you	know	the	proper	prayers?”	the	priest	sternly	asked.
“No,	I	sing	to	Mother	with	the	words	that	are	in	my	heart,”	the	devotee	said.
The	priest	frowned.	“Do	you	know	the	proper	rituals	and	sacrifices?”
“No,	I	was	never	taught	them,”	admitted	the	devotee,	who	was	getting	more
nervous	by	the	minute.
The	high	priest	said,	“I	am	worried	about	you.	Sit	with	me	and	I	will	teach
you	the	proper	way	to	worship	God.”
So	they	sat	together,	and	even	though	the	devotee	was	slow	and	uneducated,
after	a	while	the	priest	was	satisfied	that	he	had	taught	him	the	correct	way	to
worship.	The	day	ended,	and	the	priest	got	into	his	boat	to	sail	back	down	the
river.	He	was	a	hundred	yards	from	shore	when	he	heard	the	whole	crew
shouting.
“What’s	the	commotion?”	the	priest	said	irritably.
Then	he	saw	the	devotee,	who	was	walking	over	the	water	toward	the	boat.
He	came	up	to	it,	and	in	a	humble
	voice	he	said,	“I’m	so	sorry,	but	could	you
teach	me	the	right	way	to	pray	again?	I	think	I	forgot.”But	the	high	priest	had	fallen	to	his	knees	in	awe	before	a	true	lover	of	God.
“That	story	is	about	what	love	can	do	when	it	is	a	cosmic	force,”	said	Baba.
“Nothing	in	the	universe	is	more	powerful,	and	yet	if	you	look	inside,	the
same	force	is	within	you	at	this	very	moment.”
W
HAT
	I	L
EARNED
Can	love	really	transform	human	nature,	the	way	the	ancient	alchemists	tried
to	turn	lead	into	gold?	Baba	wanted	to	prove	that	it	could.	For	him,	love	is	a
force	that	flows	through	everyone	and	everything.	Many	years	later	I	came
across	a	wonderful	experiment	that	applies	here.	It	involved	a	group	of	rabbits
in	a	laboratory.	They	were	kept	in	cages,	and	instead	of	eating	lettuce	and
carrots,	these	rabbits	were	fed	an	extremely	unhealthy	diet	to	see	if	they
would	develop	high	cholesterol	and	hardened	arteries,	just	as	human	subjects
do	when	their	diet	is	extremely	unhealthy.
In	time	the	rabbits	became	sick,	as	the	researchers	had	expected—all	but	one
group,	and	no	one	could	understand	why,	because	this	group	was	eating	the
same	diet	as	all	the	others.	Then	it	was	discovered	that	something	different
was	happening	to	them.	One	of	the	college	students	assigned	to	feed	this
group	of	rabbits	used
	to	stroke	and	cuddle	them	before	they	were	fed.	The
experimenters	were	forced	to	see	that	love,	in	the	form	of	touching	and
caring,	can	actually	change	the	body’s	chemistry.
I’ve	never	forgotten	this	experiment,	but	as	a	child	I	already	knew	a	saying,
“If	you	give	nectar	to	an	angry	man,	he	will	turn	it	into	poison,	and	if	you
give	poison	to	an	enlightened	man,	he	will	turn	it	into	nectar.”	So	it	wasn’t
hard	for	me	to	believe	Baba	when	he	said	that	love	is	more	than	a	feeling.
Love	has	the	power	to	create	change.	What	is	it	that	people	really	want	to
change?
They	want	to	be	healed
.	This	means	in	both	mind	and	body,	because	life	hurts
us	in	both


ivorous nature than to create cruelty-free, abundant fruit forests in every open space available.  Who needs a grass lawn anyway?  Can you imagine a society where you can walk and freely pick your lunch from the trees that line the streets and fill the public parks and places?  Fruit trees create fertility, abundance, and health.
We have a naturally symbiotic relationship with fruit trees.  They tempt us with their
sweet, tangy edibles so that we, in return, will spread their seeds to sustain their spe -
cies.  No life is lost in Veganic Fruiticulture—there is only a perpetuation of fertility, life,
15
Fruiticulturehealth and abundance.  That is a life in harmony with nature—the foundational design
element for all human systems, integrated harmoniously with the planet’s ecology.  That is Veganic Fruiticulture!
n
To watch the video, Raw Fruitarian Permaculture on Maui with Jesse Krebs, Ph.D., by Dr.
David Klein and Shakta Edmunds, click here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrxy5WCTM
f
Fruiticulture food forest, Maui, Hawaii16
FruiticultureUnderstanding & Meeting Our True Human & Planetary Needs
by Don Weaver
My primary passion is for “the causes of health” and see -
ing humanity awaken to these causes and go beyond mis-
guided preoccupation with disease, destruction and death.  It is time to transf or
m our relationship to ourselves, Nature
and the Earth by understanding and meeting true human and planetary needs.  Clearly, such understanding and suf -
ficient “applied love” can swiftly restore and regenerate our now largely degenera t
e species on our interdependently
degraded and depleted Earth Biosphere.  This total Earth Regeneration requires that we free ourselves from the psy -
chic and physical addictions of our false little fear-driven
egos which futilely a ttempt to fill the v oids mean
t to be filled to overflowing with the
natural expressions of human love, wisdom, goodness and compassionate action. These expressions are generally smothered by the false beliefs and miseducational systems de -
signed to produce competitive, conforming consumers who passively accept the health-and- earth-destruc tiv
e mass media images of “how to live in the modern world. ”
If our passion is for knowing how to live sanely, healthfully and constructively in symbi -
otic (not parasitic) relationship with each other and our home planet, then we will dis -
cover, and remember, those wise ways.  Will they include living lightly, planting gardens and orchards, g iving back c
ompost and rock dust to the soil which gave us our body, em -
bracing living nutrition and health?  Surely it’s our degree of passion-compassion-love of life and gra titude f
or Life which energizes us to muddle or fly toward realization of truth -
ful answers.  As more and more of us rise up on our human/angel wings, the total world consciousness will rise up with us.
Possibly the h
ypnotic spell imprisoning much of natural human consciousness can be
broken as enough of us live a life demonstrating healthy love between people, animals, plants, trees and all Creation.  Perhaps the wise, responsible and compassionate thing to do is for each of us to assume it is our passion that will determine the fate of humanity
17
Fruiticulture
Fruit tree planting in India by Naandi Foundationand Earth. Each may say:  “If I am Life then I must pass-Life-on to this and future genera -
tions. ”  This is another way to feel the truth of “pass-i-on. ”  Life is our birthright; it is defi-
nitely our adult opportunity!
n
“When the truth is buried deep“When the truth is buried deep
Beneath a thousand years of sleepBeneath a thousand years of sleep
Time demands a turn aroundTime demands a turn around
And once again the truth is found”And once again the truth is found”
-George Harrison (a verse given to Donovan for his classic song, Hurdy Gurdy Man)-George Harrison (a verse given to Donovan for his classic song, Hurdy Gurdy Man)

f18
FruiticultureGenerosity Towards the Earth Can Swiftly Reverse Our Soil-Food-
Health Degeneration
by Don Weaver
An unknown author—perhaps it was “the human soul”—proposed that: “Unhappiness
is the hunger to get. Happiness is the hunger to give. ”  I think we can see a lot of truth in this as we observe our individual and collective lives.  Have you ever felt completely well-nourished, healthy and whole, in no particular need for “more?”  Isn’t that when we’re most likely to feel spontaneously grateful to be alive, with Love in our hearts, and naturally wanting our friends, fellow humans and all life to share this simple, natural happiness?
Is there any good reason why humanity and the Earth can’t move into an awakened
consciousness of health and happiness, where our primary motivations are giving and sharing “simply abundant” life on a rejuvenated planet?  We’ve dragged some of the heavy, obsolete, “bad” reasons into the new century, e.g. our hyper-competitive, separa -
tive, egocentric systems in every field, creating a mental climate that encourages the horrendous exploita tion of humanit
y, animals and the whole crying Earth.  While we
are greedily getting and getting and sucking dry our generously giving Mother Nature, we’ve neglected our critical role as givers and replenishers.  Now in 2018, while we’ve so far miraculously managed to avoid nuclear self-destruction, it is clear that Nature’s finite reserves of quality soil-water-vegetation-air-climate-and-beauty are being severely de -
pleted worldwide.  Therefore, a future in which we and Earth are alive and healthy clearly depends on a dr amatic flow er
ing of our true, generous minds and hearts to enable the
essential symbiotic human-Earth regeneration.
Psychologist Abraham Maslow (The Farthest Reaches of Human Nature) wrote that we
have a “hierarchy of needs” and, until our primary survival needs of adequate food, wa -
ter, shelter and security are met, our “higher” needs or aspirations to share in conscious evolution and giving from our deepest na tur
e of Intelligence and Love cannot be real -
ized. Ecologist John Hamaker (The Survival of Civilization) wrote that most of us are more or less deficien t in multiple essential nutrien ts
, thanks to the “efficiency” of modern
agribusiness, based on mining and poisoning the soil and ignoring “the Law of Return, ”  19
Fruiticulture
Fruit tree planting, Kauai, Hawaii  among others. Add the many toxic byproducts of diets based on cooked and “refined” an -
imal and vegetable conglomerations, the alcohol, tobacco and other drugs used to sup -
press pain and “stimulate” vitality, and we see a human race in deep trouble: a naturally
beautiful, intelligent, inspired and aspiring human race largely “on hold, ” having yet to meet even its primary need for natural, fresh, pure mineral-vitamin-protein-enzyme-rich foods. Consider very deeply how much this can explain the manifestations of a global sickness—including the worldwide epidemic of “the hunger to get” and the relative scar -
city of “a happy mind in a healthy body” and “the hunger to give. ”
Since neither the U.S. Department of Soil Fertility Mining nor the profit-driven Medical
Symptom Suppressing (usually body-destroying) Business nor the largely “corporate-20
Fruiticulturesponsored” governments appear ready to eliminate the causes of disease and support
the causes of health, I suggest we each let our own lives be meaningful in leading the way toward personal and planetary Regeneration.  Since the “health care” bill is up to $3.3 trillion per year in the U.S. alone, 1 of every 2.15 people is expected to develop can -
cer, and soil depletion worsens annually, obviously it is time we each respond fully and wisely.
Let us start with the soil as our f ounda
tional life-support system, and establish a new,
consciously symbiotic garden-culture relationship with the Earth via soil, food, air, sun -
light, trees and vegetation.  Where else would one start?!  If enough individuals, families and local communities consume produc e fr
om organic, remineralized and composted
soil while extending their garden, orchard and farm land, and embracing the beautiful principles of the ever-more comprehensively described Natural Hygiene, I think we’ll see a Global Health and Earth Regeneration Revolution quickly underway.  What is the cur -
rent percentage of people who’d choose to trade their present quality of life and health for a life of human-and-planetary health-building w or
k and play in conscious coopera -
tion with friends, family and the Natural World?
While the addictive aspec ts of the
“rat-race” can be difficult to shake, those who have
seen the potentials of the Natural Design, encompassing health, sanity, meaningful work,
creativity, love, and joy, will surely opt for the “human race” to create Paradise on Earth. Losing this race due to lack of inspired responsibility could soon bring us to starvation in an impoverished Biosphere with very harsh climates.
Just as wholistic doctors (“teachers”) try to consider “the whole person, ” it is obviously
time to strive to become wholistic ecologists


 a very high absorption rate for a supplement the natural way. It
also has good chelating properties for heavy metals. Soil bacteria in
your probiotic will provide your gut with this acid.
• Keep supplements to an absolute minimum! DETOXIFICATION FOR
PEOPLE WITH GAP SYNDROME
Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
Erma Bombeck
We live in a polluted world. Every day we breath in car fumes and industrial
wastes. We eat foods containing pesticides, herbicides and other agricul
tural chemicals. We drink milk and eat meat from animals which are rou
tinely given antibiotics, steroids and other drugs. We eat a countless
number of various chemicals in processed foods. We use personal care
products full of various chemicals shown to be carcinogenic and generally
toxic for humans. Our modem energy-conserving homes and offices have
become toxic places. Modern building materials, insulation, paints,
domestic cleaning chemicals and fire retardants all outgas toxic sub
stances which we breathe day in and day out. For example, chemical anal
ysis on outgassing of common carpets and carpet adhesives in modern
homes found considerable amounts of toxic substances such as formalde
hyde, toluene, xylene, benzene, methacrylate, tetrachloroethylene, methyl
naphthalene, phthalates and styrene. All these chemicals are known toxins
for a human and we breathe them in large quantities all the time we are at
home. Hospitals and shopping centres have even higher amounts of toxic
substances in the air, that is why many people feel so tired and drained
after a shopping trip or a long visit to a hospital. And as if all that is not
enough, we routinely take prescription drugs, drink alcohol and smoke
tobacco.
So, how do we survive? How do we manage to live our lives, go to work,
have children, without just dropping dead after our first breath of traffic-
jam air in the morning?
We survive thanks to a very important system in our bodies. A system
which until recently we did not know much about - a DETOXIFICATION
SYSTEM.
It is a system, which is like a cleaner in the body. It constantly cleans out
all the toxins, produced as a result of normal body metabolism, and toxins
arriving from the outside. It has got its headquarters in the liver and
departments in every cell of the body. The sophistication and complexity
of this system is staggering to even the most knowledgeable biochemists and there is a lot we still don't know about how it works so efficiently. But
what we do know is that this system, in order to function well, has to have a
constant supply of certain nutrients: zinc, magnesium, selenium, molyb
denum and other minerals and trace elements, hundreds of enzymes,
many amino acids and essential fats - all the substances which our GAPS
children and adults are deficient in. Due to these deficiencies the detoxifi
cation system cannot function at an optimum level in a GAPS person. At
the same time this system is overloaded with work, because GAPS patients
are very toxic people. Imagine a worker, who is being starved of food and
drink, and at the same time is being given more and more work to do. How
is he going to cope? He is going to put most of this work into a backlog,
hoping for easier times when he would be able to attend to it. That is
exactly what the detoxification system does in a GAPS patient - it stores
various toxic substances in different tissues in the body in order to deal
with them later. That is why when these patients are tested for heavy
metals, petrochemicals and other toxins they always test positive.
Unfortunately, a lot of these chemicals have affinity for fats and therefore
get stored in body fats. A human brain and the rest of the nervous system
have a very high proportion of fats in its tissues and become a storage site
for these toxins. A brain clogged with toxicity cannot develop or function
well. We see this very clearly in GAPS patients.
So, what do we do? How do we lift off this toxic load from our GAPS chil
dren's and adult's bodies to allow them to develop and function properly?
The first and most obvious thing to do is to remove the main source of
toxicity, which means cleaning up and healing the gut.
However, removing the major source of toxicity is not enough. What do
we do with all the toxins stored over the years in these patient's bodies?
What do we do with all the heavy metals, which GAPS children and adults
test positive for?
In recent years a new treatment has emerged - chelation of heavy
metals with chelating drugs, mainly DMSA (Dimercapto Succinic Acid)
and Alfa-Lipoic Acid. It is a group of drugs initially used in the army for
treating acute exposure to heavy metals and other toxic substances. It is a
hot topic at the moment within the circles of parent groups of autistic chil
dren. There are a number of practitioners, mainly in the USA, who will
administer these drugs to autistic children and who claim benefits for this
treatment. We hear stories from parents who feel that chelation has helped
their child. However, there are a number of issues here, which a lot of people, including me, do not feel comfortable about. Chelating drugs are
drugs. Like any drug they come with side effects and complications. These
are not benign substances. I have great concerns at the idea of using these
drugs without direct local medical supervision, let alone without regular
blood monitoring. Let's have a look at some known problems.
1. DMSA and other chelating drugs cause dose-related bone marrow
suppression, which manifests as neutropenia and thrombocytopenia,
which can affect blood clotting and blood immune response to infec
tions and other toxins. Patients, who are on a chelation programme
have to have their blood composition monitored on a regular basis. In
some children and adults this reaction is serious enough to discon
tinue chelation.
2. Chelating drugs cause an explosion of pathological fungal and bacte
rial growth in the gut, probably due to the immune system suppres
sion. That is why doctors who practice chelation advise their patients
to deal with their gut dysbiosis first before trying to chelate. Anybody
who has any experience with treating gut dysbiosis knows how diffi
cult it is to deal with it. GAPS patients have gut dysbiosis as their most
basic and primary pathology and with all the experience in treating it
we still cannot say whether you can completely get rid of it.
3. Apart from taking out heavy metals chelating drugs bind essential
minerals as well and take them out of the body. They chelate zinc, for
example, that is why zinc has to be supplemented in very high doses
prior and during chelation. However, doctors who have an experience
with supplementing zinc know that it has a very complex absorption
mechanism, which requires normal stomach acidity. GAPS patients
do not have normal stomach acidity, which impairs absorption of sup
plemented zinc. On top of that we know that GAPS patients are
already deficient in this essential mineral quite severely. Apart from
zinc, chelating drugs chelate other essential minerals, which these
patients are already deficient in, like magnesium, molybdenum and
others. That is why chelation protocols include very heavy supple
mentation with a large number of different nutrients.
4. Patients on chelating drugs show high amounts of enzymes called
transaminases in their blood, which is an indication of liver damage,
specifically damage to hepatocytes (liver cells).
5. Chelating drugs are contraindicated in people with any renal prob
lems because they have a damaging effect on kidneys. Kidney function as well as liver function has to be regularly monitored during
chelation.
6. During chelation a long list of side effects are reported by the parents
of autistic children: regression in autistic symptoms, anorexia, fatigue,
irritability, nausea, sleep disturbances, diarrhoea, flatulence, macu-
lar-papular skin rash. In some cases such serious complications were
observed by doctors as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (severe toxic reac
tion with high fever, diarrhoea, polyarthritis, erosive skin rash,
myalgia, pneumonitis - usually treated with steroid medication),
hemolysis (red blood cells destruction), as mentioned above, serious
neutropenia (low count of blood cells, called neutrophils, which are
involved in immune response) and thrombocytopenia (low count of
thrombocytes, which are blood cells mainly responsible for blood
clotting).
7. A number of autistic children are reported to be better while taking
chelation drugs, but regress back to the previous state as soon as
chelation stops. One explanation for this phenomenon may be that
these children just re-accumulate heavy metals from the environment
as soon as the chelation stops, because their own detox system is
unable to deal with these metals.
There is no hard or soft data available yet


: 1 hour
Serves 2
2 tomatoes, skinned
2 red bell peppers, halved and seeded
2 cloves garlic, sliced
herbs
Skin the tomatoes.  Halve the peppers and remove the seeds (but not the stalks).  Place the
peppers skin-side down in a baking dish.  Place slices of garlic inside each pepper half and top
each with half a skinned tomato.  Bake covered at 3 50° F  (180° C) until tender and sweet  (about
1 hour ). Serve hot or cold, sprinkled with herbs.
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www.thegersonway.comPotato and Celery Root Lyonnaise
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 1-1/2 to 2 hours
Serves 2
1 small to medium onion, thinly sliced
similar amount of celery root, scrubbed (and, if necessary, peeled) and thinly sliced
1 medium potato, scrubbed and thinly sliced
water
Slice all the ingredients thinly. Arrange in layers (onion, celery root and, potato) in a small
soufflé dish. Add a very little amount of water. Bake for 1-1/2 to 2 hours at 325° F (170° C).
The top layer will get crisp while the lower layers should be soft. Serve with green vegetable of
your choice and a salad.
Potato Cakes
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2-4
1 lb. potatoes
1 large carrot, thinly cut
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 stick of celery, chopped
oats
Parboil the potatoes in their skins until they are hot through  and just beginning to soften.  Put
through the food  mill. (This will also get rid of the skin.) Cut carrot into thin matchsticks.  Chop
the green pepper and celery.  Add these to the potato purée and form into small cakes.  Coat with
oats and bake in the oven  at 325° F (170° C) on a baking sheet sprinkled with oats to prevent
sticking.
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www.thegersonway.comPotatoes and Carrots, Westphalian Style
6-8 small (or 4-5 large carrots) carrots, sliced
3 medium (or 2 large) potatoes, peeled and sliced
1 large onion, chopped
3-4 tbsp. of soup stock
Slice carrots into pan. Peel and slice potatoes and chop onion. Add all together in pan with soup
stock (see “‘ Special Soup’ or ‘Hippocrates Soup ’” in Chapter 12, “Preparing Food and Juices—
The Basic Rules,” p. 106). Let simmer until done, adding a bit more soup stock, if necessary.
When done, no liquid should remain in pan.
Potatoes Anna
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 1 to 1-1/2 hours
Serves 2
onion, cooked
1 lb. potatoes, very thinly sliced
garlic, crushed
yogurt
parsley, finely chopped
Using a 10 -inch flan (or quiche) tin with  at least 1-inch sides, place a layer of cooked onions
(sweated by the Gerson® method, which is done in a covered saucepan over very low heat for
approximately 1 hour) on the bottom of the flan dish   Sprinkle with a little water to stop the
onions from sticking.  Very thinly slice the potatoes and layer them in the dish on top of the
onions.  Sprinkle with crushed garlic and some of the yogurt.  Add an additional two layers, again
sprinkling with garlic and yogurt.  Press down each layer and make sure the potatoes overlap
each other very slightly so there are no spaces.  Cover the dish (e.g., by using a base from a
larger loose-bottomed cake tin).  Bake at 350° F ( 180° C) for about 1 to 1 to 1-1/2 hours or  until
the potatoes feel soft when pierced with a knife.  Check the potatoes while cooking; if they look
too dry, add a little more yogurt.  To serve, turn the potato cake out of its dish and sprinkle with
finely chopped parsley.
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www.thegersonway.comPotato Puffs
baking potato
Take a baking potato and cut it into thin (1/2-inch) slices. Place the slices on the oven rack and,
without any addition, bake at high heat (425° F (218° C)) to puf f. Turn over and lower heat to
325° F (163° C) with oven door cracked open. Bake for another 20 minutes. The slices puff up
and become crisp and tasty, almost like fried potatoes. Done when shiny brown on both sides.
This is marginal food, so eat it occasionally.
Potato Salad
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves 2
1 lb. small new potatoes
large sprig of mint
1 tbsp. fresh parsley
Dressing:
4 oz. yogurt
little flaxseed oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed
Scrub the potatoes and put in a saucepan with a little water.  Gently simmer until cooked but
still firm.  While the potatoes are still hot, slice them and put into a warm dish.  Pour over the
dressing. Finish by sprinkling fresh chopped mint and parsley.
Quick Bake Potatoes
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
potatoes
flaxseed oil
Cut potatoes in half lengthwise and score cut surfaces with diagonal lines crossing each other
(like lattice work).  They will cook in about half the time in the oven at 300-350 ° F (149-177 °
C); when cool enough,  the surfaces can be coated with flaxseed oil.
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Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2
2 medium tomatoes, sliced
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/4 to 1/2 tsp. sugar (optional)
1 medium zucchini, sliced
Slice the tomatoes and place in the bottom of a saucepan,  along with the crushed garlic and
sugar (if using).  Slice the zucchini  and place on top.  Set on a gentle heat.  When the tomatoes
begin to cook, stir, cover and cook for about 20 minutes.
Ratatouille
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves 2-4
8 oz. onions, sliced
8 oz. green/red/yellow bell peppers, seeded and thinly sliced
8 oz. eggplant
4 tomatoes, chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
2 tsp. apple cider vinegar
marjoram
Slice the onions and place in a baking dish.  Seed  and thinly slice the peppers. Add to the dish.
Cut the eggplant s in quarters lengthwise and then into 1/4 -inch slices, and add.  Chop the
tomatoes and finely chop the garlic clove. Add to the dish together with the apple cider vinegar.
Cook very gently in the oven at 3 25° F ( 170° C) until well done.  Can also be cooked on top of
the stove.
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www.thegersonway.comRed Cabbage
1/2 red cabbage, shredded
3 tsp. vinegar
3 large onions, chopped
2 bay leaves
a little soup stock
3 apples, peeled and grated
1 tsp. sugar
Combine cabbage, vinegar, onions, bay leaves and soup stock (see “‘Special Soup’ or
‘Hippocrates Soup’” in Chapter 12, “Preparing Food and Juices—The Basic Rules,” p. X) in a
pan. Stew over low heat for approximately 1 hour. At the 1/2-hour mark, add apples and sugar.
Red Cabbage and Apple Casserole
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1-1/2 hours
Serves 2
medium red cabbage, shredded
apples (cook ing or green), sliced
ju


try
activation,
which
is
carried
out
in
homeopathy
-
the
so-called
potentiation.
The
essence
of
this
method
is
that
by
gradually
diluting
the
substance,
the
substance
itself
practically
disappears
and
only
its
principle
remains
at
the
polar
level.
For
example,
drugs
dissolved
in
distilled
water
in
a
ratio
of
1:1,000
or
1:100,000
retain
their
medicinal
properties.
It
even
turned
out
that
by
increasing
the
degree
of
dilution,
the
effect
of
the
drug
began
to
increase,
potentiate.
After
dilution
to
10
-23
not
a
single
original
molecule
remains
in
the
substance,
while
the
healing
effect
becomes
more
and
more
powerful.
So
for
urine,
your
experiment
with
homeopathy
will
look
like
this:
add
1
drop
of
quarter
urine
to
100
grams
of
distilled
water.
That's
one
dilution.
Then
shake
the
flask
with
the
liquid
10
times.
Next,
you
add
one
drop
from
this
flask
to
another
100
grams
of
distilled
water
as
in
the
first
dilution.
Shake
ten
times.
You
repeat
the
dilution
several
more
times.
If
we
are
to
believe
homeopathy,
the
result
will
be
a
liquid
identical
in
its
properties
to
a
biological
stimulator,
which
simultaneously
acts
on
all
organs
and
very
effectively.
It
is
necessary
to
start
from
small
dilution
multiples
and
gradually
reach
high
multiples.
At
the
same
time,
you
have
to
listen
to
your
body
and
monitor
the
changes
that
take
place
in
it
thanks
to
urinotherapy.
14)
Morning,
daytime,
evening
and
nighttime
urineIt
turns
out
that
there
are
significant
differences
between
these
types
of
urine.
a)
From
3
a.m.
to
3
p.m.,
the
acidic
phase
predominates
in
our
body,
and
from
3
p.m.
to
3
p.m.,
the
alkaline
phase.
That
is
why
the
first
urine
best
heals
various
wounds,
dissolves
tumors,
and
normalizes
the
body's
pH.
b)
Morning
urine
is
most
effective
because
it
is
saturated
with
hormones.
Two
hours
before
waking
up,
the
hypothalamus
is
activated,
followed
by
the
pituitary
gland
and
then
the
other
glands.
The
peaks
of
secretion
of
adrenal,
glycocorticoid,
thyroid,
pancreatic
and
gonad
juices
occur
in
the
early
morning
hours,
and
therefore
morning
urine
is
most
useful.
Never
miss
an
opportunity
take
advantage
of
this
fantastic
"hormonal
cocktail".
Morning
urine
is
especially
effective
in
women's
diseases
(drinking,
tampons),
because
it
relieves
pain
and
the
damaged
mucous
membrane
of
the
genital
organs
heals
better
after
it.
c)
In
the
second
half
of
the
day
and
in
the
evening,
urine
is
saturated
with
substances
from
food,
products
of
daily
metabolism.
It
can
therefore
be
used
as
nutrition.
At
night,
urine
is
excreted
from
your
diseases
(even
potential
ones)
and
you
should
take
it
in
the
morning,
an
odd
number
of
sips.
d)
Kidney
activity
changes
differently
during
the
day.
For
example,
water,
electrolytes,
nitrogen
exchange
products
are
excreted
in
the
morning
and
afternoon,
and
titrated
acids,
ammonia,
and
hydrogen
ions
are
excreted
at
night.
This
example
once
again
proves
that
night
urine,
which
is
secreted
immediately
after
waking
up,
is
best
suited
for
acidifying
the
body.
We
use
this
urine
in
all
cases,
both
for
the
treatment
of
diseases
and
for
prevention
and
strengthening
of
the
organism.
e)
Since
the
gradual
activation
of
individual
organs
takes
place
in
our
body,
the
quantity
and
quality
of
substances
contained
in
urine
also
change.
If,
for
example,
the
liver
is
active,
then
at
that
time
there
will
be
more
substances
produced
by
the
liver
(their
metabolites)
in
the
urine.
If
the
pancreas
is
in
action,
then
most
of
the
substances
produced
by
it
are
in
the
urine.
Therefore,
in
an
effort
to
normalize
and
heal
a
certain
organ,
we
must
know
the
time
of
its
activity,
collect
urine
at
that
time,
activate
it
in
one
of
the
mentioned
ways
and
use
it
during
the
functioning
of
the
relevant
organ.
Let's
say
you
have
a
stomachache
that
is
active
from
7
to
9
o'clock.
You
put
the
urine
collected
at
this
time
in
the
refrigerator
for
3-4
days
and
then
drink
it
warmed
to
body
temperature
or
use
it
for
poultices
again
from
7
to
9
o'clock.
This
is
how
you
cure
your
sick
stomach.
You
can
do
the
same
for
other
organs
as
well,
until
you
reach
100%
recovery.
15)
The
influence
of
diet,
thinking,
emotions
and
individual
body
structure
on
the
composition
of
urine
If
we
eat
more
protein-rich
food,
a
large
amount
of
urea
and
nitrogenous
substances
are
formed,
which
break
down
into
ammonia
and
give
the
urine
a
specific
smell,
in
this
case
rather
an
odor.
Therefore,
the
composition
of
the
food
is
the
most
important
factor
determining
the
taste
and
smell
can.
Food
containing
hemoglobin,
especially
meat,
darkens
a
person's
mind,
makes
it
his
character
explosive,
furious
like
a
predator.
The
author
has
tried
all
variants
of
a
diverse
diet
on
himself,
because
for
several
years
he
has
been
using
his
own
urine,
which
is
the
best
indicator
of
what
we
have
eaten.
The
most
healing
is
urine
after
consuming
natural,
unprocessed
products
such
as
fruits,
vegetables,
various
porridges,
nuts,
honey,
herbal
teas.
In
small
quantities,
in
the
right
combination,
you
can
also
eat
meat,
eggs,
potatoes
or
cottage
cheese.
That
is,
follow
the
principles
of
a
separate
diet.
The
worst
is
the
urine
of
the
refined,
salted,
unnatural
products


ic	sphincter
	and	has	a
length	of	16-19	feet.	It	leads	into	the	large	intestine,	which	is	about	3.5-5	feet	long.	The
small	intestine	secretes	intestinal	juice	to	complete	the	digestion	of	carbohydrates,
proteins,	and	fats.	It	also	absorbs	nutrient	materials	necessary	for	nourishing	and
maintaining	the	body	and	protects	it	against	infection	by	microbes	that	have	survived	the
antimicrobial	action	of	hydrochloric	acid	in	the	stomach.

When	acid	food	(
chyme
)	from	the	stomach	enters	the	duodenum,	it	combines	first	with
bile	and	pancreatic	juice,	and	then	with	intestinal	juice.	Gallstones	in	the	liver	and
gallbladder	drastically	reduce	the	secretion	of	bile,	which	weakens	the	ability	of
pancreatic	enzymes
	to	digest	carbohydrates,	proteins,	and	fats.	This,	in	turn,	prevents	the
small	intestine	from	properly	absorbing	the	nutrient	components	of	these	foods	(such	as
monosaccharides
	from	carbohydrates,
amino	acids
	from	protein,	and
fatty	acids
	and
glycerol
	from	fats).	This	incomplete	absorption	can	lead	to	malnourishment	and	food
cravings.

Since	the	presence	of	bile	in	the	intestines	is	essential	for	the	absorption	of	life-essential
fats,	calcium,	and	vitamin	K,	gallstones	can	lead	to	life-threatening	diseases,	such	as
heart
disease,	osteoporosis,
	and
cancer.
	The	liver	uses	the	fat-soluble	vitamin	K	to	produce	the
compounds	responsible	for	the	clotting	of	blood.	In	case	of	poor	vitamin	K	absorption,
hemorrhagic	disease
	may	result.	The	body	cannot	fully	absorb	this	vitamin	when	a
problem	with	the	digestion	of	fat	exists.	The	main	cause	of	inadequate	vitamin	K
absorption	is	an	insufficient	supply	of	bile,	pancreatic	lipase,	and	pancreatic	fat.	It	stands
to	reason	that	following	a	lowfat	or	no-fat	diet	can	actually	endanger	your	life.

Calcium	is	essential	for	the	hardening	of	bone	and	teeth,	the	coagulation	of	blood,	and
the	mechanism	of	muscle	contraction.	Poor	bile	secretion	can,	therefore,	undermine	the
uptake	of	calcium,	a	mineral	the	body	requires	for	some	of	its	most	vital	activities.

What	applies	to	vitamin	K	also	applies	to	all	other	fat-soluble	vitamins,	including
vitamins	A,	E,	and	D.	The	small	intestine	can	only	absorb	vitamin	A	and	carotene
sufficiently	if	fat	absorption	is	normal.	If	vitamin	A	absorption	is	insufficient,	the
epithelial	cells
	become	damaged.	These	cells	form	an	essential	part	of	all	the	organs,
blood	vessels,	lymph	vessels,	and	so	on	in	the	body.	Vitamin	A	is	also	necessary	to
maintain	healthy	eyes	and	protect	against	or	reduce	microbial	infection.	Vitamin	D	is
essential	for	calcification	of	bones	and	teeth.
5
	It	is	of	great	importance	to	realize	that
supplementing	these	vitamins	does	not	resolve	the	problem	of	deficiency.
6
	To	sum	up,	without	normal	bile	secretions,	the	body	cannot	digest	and	absorb	enough	of
these	vitamins,	which,	in	turn,	can	cause	considerable	damage	to	the	circulatory,
lymphatic,	and	urinary	systems.

Inadequately	digested	foods	tend	to	ferment	and	putrefy	in	the	small	and	large
intestines.	They	attract	a	vast	number	of	bacteria	to	help	speed	up	the	process	of
decomposition.	The	breakdown	products	are	often	very	toxic,	and	so	are	the	excretions
produced	by	the	bacteria.	All	of	this	strongly	irritates	the	mucus	lining,	which	is	one	of	the
body’s	foremost	defense	lines	against	disease-causing	agents.	Regular	exposure	to	these
toxins	impairs	the	body’s	immune	system,	60	percent	of	which	is	located	in	the	intestines.
Overburdened	by	a	constant	invasion	of	toxins,	the	small	and	large	intestines	may	be
afflicted	with	a	number	of	disorders,	including
diarrhea,	constipation,	abdominal	gas,
Crohn’s	disease,	ulcerative	colitis,	diverticular	disease,	hernias,	polyps,	dysentery,
appendicitis,	volvulus,
	and
intussusceptions,
	as	well	as	both
benign
	and
malignant
tumors.

Ample	bile	flow	maintains	good	digestion	and	absorption	of	food	and	has	a	strong
cleansing	action	throughout	the	intestinal	tract.	Every	part	of	the	body	depends	on	the
basic	nutrients	made	available	through	the	digestive	system,	as	well	as	the	efficient
removal	of	waste	products	from	that	system.	Gallstones	in	the	liver	and	gallbladder
considerably	disrupt	both	these	vital	processes.	Therefore,	they	can	be	held	accountable
for	most,	if	not	all,	of	the	different	kinds	of	ailments	that	can	afflict	the	body.	Removal	of
gallstones	helps	to	normalize	the	digestive	and	eliminative	functions,	improve	cell
metabolism,	and	maintain	balance	throughout	the	body.
	Disorders	of	the	Circulatory	System

For	descriptive	reasons,	I	have	divided	the
circulatory	system
	into	two	main	parts,	the
blood	circulatory	system
	and	the
lymphatic	system
.	The	blood	circulatory	system	consists
of	the	heart,	which	acts	as	a	pump,	and	the	blood	vessels,	through	which	the	blood
circulates.

The	lymphatic	system	consists	of	lymph	nodes	and	lymph	vessels,	through	which
colorless
lymph
	flows.	The	body	contains	three	times	more	lymph	fluid	than	blood.	Lymph
takes	up	waste	products	from	the	cells,	as	well	as	cellular	debris,	and	removes	these	from
the	body.

The	lymphatic	system	is	the	primary	circulatory	system	used	by	all	immunological
cells:	macrophages,	T-cells,	B-cells,	lymphocytes,	and	so	forth.	An	obstruction-free
lymphatic	system	is	necessary	to	maintain	strong	immunity	and	homeostasis.
	Coronary	Heart	Disease

Heart	attacks	take	more	American	lives	than	any	other	cause.	Although	it	occurs	suddenly,
a	heart	attack	is	actually	the	final	stage	of	an	insidious	disorder	that	has	been	years	in	the
making.	This	disorder	is	known	as	coronary	heart	disease.	Since	the	disease	plunders
mostly	prosperous	nations	and	rarely	killed	anyone	before	1900,	we	have	to	hold	our
modern	lifestyle,	unnatural	foods,	and	unbalanced	eating	habits	responsible	for	today’s
literally	heartsick	society.	However,	long	before	the	heart	begins	to	malfunction,	the	liver
loses	much	of	its	major	vitality	and	efficiency.

The	liver	influences	the	entire	circulatory	system,	including	the	heart.	In	fact,	the	liver
is	the	greatest	protector	of	the	heart.	Under	normal	conditions,	the	liver	thoroughly
detoxifies	and	purifies	venous	blood	that	arrives	via	the	portal	vein	from	the	abdominal
part	of	the	digestive	system,	the	spleen,	and	the	pancreas.	In	addition	to	breaking	down
alcohol,	the	liver	detoxifies	noxious	substances,	such	as	toxins	produced	by	microbes.	It
also	kills	bacteria	and	parasites	and	neutralizes	c