 the
morning. I realized that it was a real medical cri-
sis because cancer cells die at high temperatures.
Besides, she neither ate nor drank. When she
was re- examined, the cancer was gone.
In most cases, I get calls from people who have
cancer with metastases and who already
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had such pat ients, but I couldn’t cure anyone. I
only prolonged their lives. The difficulty of treat-
ing cancer patients is that in order to recover, it’s
necessary to:
• Completely change your lifestyle and diet,
fully cleanse the body.
• Change your place of residence, p referably re-
locating to environmentally friendly places to
relieve the immune system from the harsh ef-
fects of industrial poisons and toxins.
• If you are inclined towards fasting, do it before
chemotherapy or radiation, since chemother-
apy kills everything - not only cancer cells, but
also immune cells.
• It’s advisable to undergo a series of fasting
courses, drink anticancer herbs during the
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destroyed, or it will grow even faster.
• Even if you are cured after fasting, you will re-
quire preventative fasting courses for the rest
of your life. Unfortunately, this requirement is
unacceptable for 90% of patients. That’s why
we don’t let such patients fast and try to help
them with herbs. To prevent cancer, any type
of fasting can be invaluable after major surger-
ies, since the latter only eliminate the effect,
while the cause remains. If nothing is changed,
the risk of cancer recurrence is very high. As
I’ve already stated, the strongest and most via-
ble cells survive during dry fasting. Even short -
term dry fasting is a serious preventative meas-
ure against malignant tumors.

Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frHere is a letter from one of my patients’ wife:
“Dear Sergey Ivanovich! My name is Natalia
Mikhailovna, I called you about my husband's
disease last  week. He’s 47 years old. He under-
went laparotomy, proximal subtotal gastrec-
tomy in September 2005. He had massive intra -
abdominal bleeding on the 1st day of the postsur-
gical period. He had peritonitis on the 6th day of
the postsurgical period. As a result, he has a
transverse colostomy in the large intestine. At
his discharge: histology – moderately differenti-
ated tubular adenocarcinoma infiltrating the
stomach wall up to the muscle layer, no malig-
nant tumor was detected on resection margins,
hyperplasia i n the lymphatic node. Diagnosis:
cancer of the cardiac notch of stomach
T2NOMO, 3rd group. The transverse colostomy
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frwas routinely closed on December 4, 2006. At
present, his condition is stable, bowel and blad-
der functions are healthy. His weight is 59 kg (it
was 47 kg in September -October 2005). Overall
biochemical test results are within the normal
range. Ultrasound of internal organs: diffuse
changes in the liver and kidneys. Torsion of the
gallbladder, cholesterosis of gallbladder walls.
Anastomosis his tology was normal in February.
The lymph node in the groin is enlarged. The pa-
racentesis revealed nothing serious. These are all
the facts. Most importantly, if there is an oppor-
tunity, we want to come to you with my hus-
band, Victor Stepanovich, for treatm ent on May
1, 2006. I’m looking forward to your answer.”
Unfortunately, after a CT scan of lungs, a mi-
crofocal malignant growth was found, which
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They came to us in May. He underwent a 10 -day
dry fasting course.  When he was reexamined,
everything was fine. He comes to us for preven-
tative care twice a year. He takes anticancer
herbs between fasting courses. His weight is 64
kg now, his state of health is normal.

19.2.17. Dry Fasting against Skin Diseases
It’s well known that the skin reveals the state of
internal organs, especially the liver and intes-
tines. Once these organs start functioning
slightly worse than usual, the skin color and
tautness change, rashes and spots appear. The
skin is very sensitive to the e ffect of different tox-
ins, including those formed in intestines during
digestion and those that are produced during
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frmetabolism. Some doctors understand what
clues on the face indicate a particular disease. It’s
true that even minor health problems affect o ur
appearance. The facial skin is just like litmus pa-
per that reacts to the slightest malfunctions in
the body and reflects how the stomach, liver, in-
testines, pancreas, kidneys, and hormones func-
tion. The ability to see these signs allows people
to recognize health problems early. It’s scientifi-
cally proven that 95% of known human pathol-
ogies are linked to bowel and liver malfunction.
If the food is undigested within 24 -32 hours, it
starts rotting and turns into hardened deposits
on intestinal walls. The p oisons that accumulate
in unhealthy intestines spread throughout the
body via the blood, thus affecting the skin.
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frThe skin is nourished by blood, not by external
sources. Nothing but the blood nourishes the
skin, that’s why all the money spent on “skin -
nourishing” substances is a waste. Skin is a pro-
tective layer that comes into contact with many
harmful substances and is subjected to different
impacts. Fortunately, it has a very strong self -
healing ability so that only very harsh impacts
leave indelible ma rks.
Most skin disorders are associated with inter-
nal systemic diseases. Skin disorders are a sign of
an excretive crisis in the body. When the body
cannot remove unwanted substances in other
ways, it starts actively getting rid of them
through the skin, thus leading to its trauma and
various changes. Human skin is comparable
only to the liver and the brain in the number and
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blood vessels, glands, pigment cells, and fat –
this water and gas -resistant layer  covers the body
like an envelope, separating sensitive internal or-
gans from the external environment. It’s both a
radiator and an air conditioner for the body as it
regulates body temperature through sweating
and maintains its fluid balance through the sa me
process. The skin is a huge excretive organ. The
surface skin area is very large. The body elimi-
nated processed substances through it, just like
it does through lungs, intestines, and kidneys.
The diet plays an important role in all skin
rashes. It’s quite likely that a patient overeats.
Excessive daily intake of starches and sugar is
usually responsible for problems. In most cases,
food is taken in combinations that are
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ing starchy and high -protein foods in one meal
is enough to cause indigestion (metabolism
problems) and skin inflammation.
When taking medications, you have to take
into account that many of them may cause a
rash. Of course, a suitable diet should follow pre-
liminary fasting in patients with th is inflamma-
tion. I want to state right away that there are no
true skin disorders. There are bodily disorders
that lead to skin damage. Therefore, it’s neces-
sary to treat the whole body, not only the skin.
Medicine in its current state can’t cope with the
task. Topical


 for breakfast. These probably
averaged 250 fat calories. Lunch was usually a salad with one avocado (and t hat addictive lemon/oil/Bragg/garlic dressing).
Between my lunch and dinner salads, I would down ¼ cup of flax oil each and eve ry day … that’s 480 calories of pure fat right
there! I often ate a second avocado at dinner, the two of them probably totaling  about 450 fat calories. The nut/seed concoctions I
made for dinner (mock tuna, salmon nori, etc.), contributed another 400 calories  of fat. That’s 1,580 calories of overt fat in my day.
My total calories probably ran about 2,000 per day—which meant that I  was eating about 79% fat! WOW!!
My “healthy” eating was somewhat legendary within my own little  world. Goodness! The salads I would concoct in the
lunchroom at my Silicon V alley offices … It was the company joke. On the  way out to local restaurants for lunch each day, the
analysts I worked with would take a field trip past the lunchroom to see w hat “shrubbery” Laurie was eating today! They called my
salad bowl “the trough.” At 88 pounds and five feet tall (I’ve been t hat size since I was 14; it has nothing to do with raw food), I
could pound down a lot of salad. Or at least it looked that way to mainstream eater s.
I spent an ungodly amount of time in the kitchen each day, even buying a se cond food processor, blender, and juicer to keep
in my office so that I could now also whip up mock tuna and other such concocti ons for lunch if I wanted … which did nothing for
my caloronutrient ratio, let me tell you!
I enjoyed my food (who wouldn’t, with all that fat and salt), and I enjoyed the a ttention I received (“Where is a tiny person
like you putting all that FOOD!?”). But I had one problem: my longs tanding fatigue and lifelong recurring bronchial infections we re
NOT getting any better than they were when I ate cooked food. It was maddeni ng!
As a child, I recall having a cold at least once every two months. Without  fail, I’d get swollen glands a day or two before the
full-on bronchial affront would begin. Next, I’d get a croupy cough, a  sore throat, and sometimes earaches. I’d always hope that the
cold would stay in my head this time, but darned if it didn’t “go down to my lung s” every single time. These “colds” never lasted less
than 8 or 10 days.
I lived on antibiotics. Mom would have us stop them early when our sympt oms went away, so we could “save” some
antibiotics. That way, we would have some on hand and wouldn’t have to wait f or a doctor’s appointment the next time. At the
slightest indication of swollen glands, I’d pop the pills … “to nip it  in the bud,” you know? W e were smart consumers!
It’s a wonder I got through school at all. I was often absent a full week of s chool in a month. I’d do my schoolwork from
home, my bedroom desk stocked with antibiotics, throat lozenges, vitamin C, and ex pectorant cough syrup. I spent a good portion
of each winter “under the vaporizer,” as we called it. The bedroom wall s and windows would be wet with condensation from the
mentholated vaporizer steam mom used to try to keep me breathing.
Somehow, though, I managed never to manifest a diagnosable disease … main ly just those incessant chest colds. They
continued unabated through my young adult life. Chronically underslept  and overstressed, I worked ridiculously long hours at my
college studies and at my jobs, living on adrenaline and working right  through my ongoing illnesses. I’d come to work with no voice.
I’d take work home and work from bed. I’m quite sure I exhausted my body to a devas tating degree.
By 1990, newly married and still working crazy hours as operations manager a t a small electronics company, I was diagnosed
with Epstein-Barre virus. Regularly sick, and dragging myself to wor k each day, I continued the downward spiral of ignoring my
body and pushing through the colds, flus, episodes of strep throat and bronchitis, a nd occasional cases of pneumonia. I remember nearly falling asleep on the road driving home from work just about eve ry day that summer. Sometimes I’d pull over and nap for
awhile, but mostly I’d talk or sing or scream out loud, slap my own face, and blast the music while I drove, trying to push my
exhausted body another 20 minutes until I could get home.
In the eighties I worked for a wealthy stockbroker who took us on incentive bonus  trips to places like New Orleans, where
we would eat at five-star restaurants night after night. I learn ed to love rich, gourmet foods and ate more than my share of prime rib
and creamy risotto. After nine years of working for this broker and her hus band, I could no longer afford my own taste in food.
Always interested in what I believed to be health and nutrition, howeve r, I tended more toward grilled vegetables and fish,
rarely if ever eating fast food. I pored over magazines for “healthy”  recipes. At home I would broil oil-coated vegetables and pour
them over corkscrew pasta topped with pine nuts and herbs, sure that I was ea ting a supremely healthful meal.
Then at age 34 (1997), I learned about raw foods from Pam Masters, a light-fille d soul who taught hundreds of people in the
San Francisco Bay Area to eat raw food and heal their bodies as she had done h erself. Pam shared with us dozens of hand-written
recipes that she had learned to make at Hippocrates Health Institut e years before. W ow! This rich, salty, fatty “health food” was
right up my alley! I loved  what I was learning, and my taste buds loved it even more.
Yet it never added up: I ate all this healthy food but still had endless sev ere head colds. Instead of getting better, it seemed as
if my colds were coming more frequently and were increasingly more vi rulent. They never lasted less than three weeks, usually
dragging on a month or more at a time. I would lose my voice completely, every t ime. I would cough violently. I would still work
right through it all. In the late 1990s, it seemed I spent more of the year wi th a cold than I spent feeling good.
Finally one day in total desperation, I phoned Doug Graham in Florida. I still  have the audiotape of that phone conversation.
W e were friends by then, so he knew of my history of chest colds … but I had n ever asked him for help, so he hadn’t laid it on the
line to me. Now I was asking, and I was in tears. First, he asked me to list for h im what I ate on an average day. He listened
patiently, then he told me what he tells nearly every raw fooders who c onsults with him: “Laurie, you’re eating way too much fat and
not nearly  enough fruit.”
Never having had a weight problem, I had no concept of how many calorie s or how much fat was in the foods I ate. I didn’t
believe that my diet could be as full of fat as he claimed, but I started inv estigating. Over the past half-dozen years, I have delved
deeply into caloronutrient calculations, verifying for myself the t remendous amounts of fat that raw fooders are eating. I learned that
nuts and seeds average about 75% fat. (Who was the rocket scientist who told u s these were protein  foods?) This kind of
information gave me motivation to make some serious changes!
Now, I have learned to eat pretty darned close to an 80/10/10  diet (cooked and raw, not the rave version). A lot of people
fall over when they hear the quantity of fruit I eat each day. Togethe r with my partner, Tim Trader, I buy bananas by the case—we
go through about 250 a week. W e frequent farmer’s markets, and our kitchen coun ter is a beautiful cornucopia of dozens and
dozens of colorful fresh fruits at all times. I start every day with a 12- banana smoothie to which I add about a pound of one or two
other types of fruit: pears, strawberries, mangos, stone fruits … wh atever catches my eye. (Y es, all that plus a couple cups of
distilled water does  fit into one Vita-Mix container; it makes nearly three quarts.) Or I ’ll eat a banana/celery smoothie, sometimes
adding parsley or kale or cilantro or other greens to it. Most days I continue e ating fruit in the afternoon (grapes, mangos,
watermelon, nectarines, etc.) and then eat a salad for dinner, usually  with cooked vegetables as well. I am working on incorporating
more whole foods and fewer smoothies … but for now this is what works for me.
My fat consumption


 of chariots, close file!” He had seen where the enemy
front was exhausted and ready to buckle. A dozen more chariots pulled up
in advance of the infantry. Their metal-bound wheels clattered across the
hard ground. The charioteers had archers standing behind them who
unleashed arrows into the warlord’ s army.
“Make a moving wall,” Suddhodana shouted. “I want to crush their
line.”
His charioteers were experienced veterans; they were hard-faced,
merciless men. Suddhodana rode slowly before them, ignoring the strife
only a short distance away. He spoke quietly. “The gods command that
there can be only one king. But I swear that I am no better than a common
soldier today, and you are as good as kings. Each man here is part of me. So
what’ s left for the king to say? Only two words, but they are the two that
your hearts want to hear. Victory. And home! ” Then his command cracked
like a whip.
“All together—move!”
Both armies rushed screaming into the breach like opposing oceans.
Violence brought contentment to Suddhodana. His sword whirled as he split
a man’ s head with a single blow. His wall was advancing, and if the gods
willed it, as they had to will it, the enemy forces would open, one corpse ata time, until Suddhodana’ s infantry moved in, a tight wedge gliding forward
on enemy blood. The king would have scof fed at anyone who denied that he
was at the very center of the world.

AT THA T HOUR  Suddhodana’ s queen was being carried in a litter through the
depths of the forest. She was ten months pregnant, a sign, the astrologers
said, that the baby would be extraordinary. But in Queen Maya’ s mind
nothing was extraordinary except the anxiety that surrounded her. She had
decided, much too impetuously, to travel back to her mother ’s home to have
her baby.
Suddhodana hadn’ t wanted to let her go. It was the custom for new
mothers to go home to deliver, but he and Maya were inseparable. He was
tempted to refuse, until in her guileless way Maya asked his permission in
front of the assembled court. The king couldn’ t refuse his queen publicly,
despite the dangers involved.
“Who will accompany you?” he asked with an edge of harshness,
hoping to frighten her away from this foolhardy plan.
“My women.”
“Women?”
He raised his hand in grudging assent. “Y ou’ll have some men, whoever
can be spared.” Maya smiled and withdrew. Suddhodana didn’ t want to
argue, because in truth his wife mystified him. Making her afraid of danger
was futile. The physical world was like a thin membrane she glided over, as
a midge glides over the surface of a pond without breaking the water ’s skin.
Therefore, the world could touch Maya, move her, hurt her, but never
change her.
The queen departed from Kapilavastu a day before the army. Kumbira,
the eldest court lady, rode at the head of the procession as it moved through
the forest. It was a meager company, consisting of six soldiers too old to
serve in the war astride six nags too weak to char ge the enemy. After themcame four litter bearers, who had taken of f their shoes to negotiate the stony
path, shouldering the tasseled and beaded palanquin bearing the young
queen. Maya made no sound hidden behind the swaying silk drapes, except
for a stifled moan whenever a bearer stumbled and the litter took a sharp
jolt. Three young ladies-in-waiting, who grumbled in low voices about
having to walk, brought up the rear.
Gray-haired Kumbira kept her gaze moving, aware of the dangers that
lurked on both sides. This road, which was just a narrow cut in the granite
slope, had begun as a smuggler ’s trail when poached deer hides, spices, and
other contraband were traf ficked to Nepal; it was still favored by bandits.
Tigers were known to snatch their prey from terrified bands of travelers in
this area, even in the brightest hour of the day. To ward them of f, the
bearers wore masks facing backward on their heads, believing that a tiger
will only leap from the rear, never directly at a person who is looking at it.
Kumbira rode up the trail until she was abreast of Balgangadhar, the
head guard. The warrior regarded her stoically, wincing a little when the
queen cried out again.
“She can’ t hold out much longer,” Kumbira said.
“And I can’ t make the road any shorter,” Balgangadhar grumbled.
“What you can do is hurry,” she snapped. Kumbira knew he was
ashamed at not being with the king in battle, but Suddhodana wanted one
elite guard to honor his wife.
With the slightest bow from the shoulders that etiquette permitted, the
guard said, “I’ll scout up ahead for camp. The locals say there’ s a
woodcutter ’s clearing with some huts in it.”
“No, we move together,” Kumbira protested.
“There are other men here to protect you while I’m gone.”
“Really?” Kumbira cast a critical eye over her shoulder at the ragged
band. “And who will protect them, do you suppose?”
THEY WILL TELL YOU  that Maya Devi—the goddess Maya, as she became
known—arrived by moonlight in Lumbini Grove, one of the most sacred
sites in the kingdom. They will tell you that she did not give birth in the
forest by accident. Destiny guided her there. She expressly wanted to visit
the sacred grove because a huge tree stood there like a pillar to the mother
goddess. Maya’ s premonition had told her that this birth would be sacred.
In reality she was a frightened, fragile young woman who barely
escaped being lost in the wilderness. And the sacred tree? Maya clung to
the trunk of a lar ge sal tree because it was the closest and most common
tree in the clearing. Balgangadhar had found a sheltered place beside the
trail, and the royal palanquin arrived there only moments before Maya went
into the final stages of labor. The court ladies formed a close circle around
her. She held on tight, and deep in the night she was delivered of the son her
husband the king so desperately wanted.
Kumbira died long before the legends grew, so she is not pictured in
them, barking commands to the scurrying women, shooing away the men,
nearly scalding herself to bring a kettle of water on the run from the bonfire.
It was she who first held the baby. Tenderly she scrubbed the blood from his
tiny body, making the squalling newborn ready to show to Maya. The queen
lay quietly on the ground, almost listless. The first nursing, an important
ritual in the native custom, would come in the morning. Despite the baby’ s
apparent good health, Kumbira was worried, made anxious by every
nocturnal sound but most of all by Maya’ s labor, which had been too long
and painful.
“Now my husband can die happy,” Maya whispered in a tired, weak
voice. “And I will not be cursed when I am gone.” Kumbira started. How
could Maya think about death at that moment? Kumbira’ s eyes searched the
darkness surrounding their stranded camp. The younger court ladies were
full of praise for the brave new mother, relieved that the ordeal had come to
an end, buoyant at the prospect of returning home to their soft beds and
paramours. Their happiness increased when the full moon, an auspicious
omen, rose over the treetops.“Here, Y our Highness,” said Utpatti, one of the handmaidens, leaning
close. “There is something you must do.”
Before anyone could stop her, Utpatti opened Maya’ s robe and exposed
her breasts. Embarrassed and confused, Maya quickly pulled her robe
together again with one hand.
“What are you doing?” she demanded.
Utpatti drew back. “It will help with the milk, Y our Highness,” she
whispered, looking unsure of herself. She gave sidelong glances at the other
women. “Having moonlight on your breasts. Country women all know
that.”
“Are you from the country?” Maya asked.
The others tittered. Making a show of not being bothered by them,
Utpatti said, “Once.”
Maya leaned back again and exposed her full breasts to the moon. They
were heavy with milk already.
“I feel something,” she murmured. Her mood had changed; a note of
ecstasy was in her voice, clearing away the pain. If she wasn’ t a goddess
herself, she exulted in being touched by a goddess, the moon. She took her
infant and held him up.
“See how quiet he is now? He feels it too.” At that moment Maya
believed in her heart that her wishes had been fulfilled. There is a name in
Sanskrit that expresses this idea. She lifted the baby higher


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maps 26 • The skeleton and the foot 34
36  Benefits for life
Showing that you care 38 • The healing touch 40
• Reflexology as a stress-buster 42 • Building
physical awareness 44 • Aiming for healthy aging
46 • Self-help reflexology 48 • Creating natural
solutions 50 • The reflexology lifestyle 52
• Reflexology research 54 • Success stories 56 • Look
after your feet 58 • Look after your hands 62
66  Reflexology techniques
Preparing for a session 68 • Basic techniques 72
• Foot desserts 78 • Complete foot sequence 84
• Complete self-help foot sequence 108 • Hand
desserts 122 • Complete hand sequence 126 • Self-
help hand desserts 142 • Complete self-help hand
sequence 146 • Using self-help foot tools 162
• Using self-help hand tools 168 • Foot relaxation
exercises 178 • Hand relaxation exercises 180
182   Mini-sessions for
getting results
All about mini-sessions 184 • Recovering from
injury 186 • Easing pain 188 • First aid 190 • Health
concerns 192 • Relieving stress 194 • Providing
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every life stage
Reflexology for your baby 202 • Reflexology for
your child 208  • Reflexology for teenagers 216
• Reflexology for senior citizens 222 • Reflexology
for women 230 • Reflexology during pregnancy 238
• Reflexology for men 242
248  Health concerns
Using reflexology for health 250 • Common health
concerns 252 • The cardiovascular system 260 • The
digestive system 264 • The endocrine system 268
• The musculoskeletal system 272 • The nervous
system 276 • The respiratory system 280 • The
reproductive system 284 • The urinary system 286
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the hands 314 • Self-help for tired hands 320
• Hand concerns 326 330   Summary
treatment charts
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ear/ear 333 • Face/teeth 334 • neck/throat/thyroid/
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• Heart 335 • Shoulder 336 • Solar plexus 336 •
Liver/gallbladder 337 • Stomach/spleen 337 • Pancreas 338 • Adrenal glands 339 • kidneys 340 •
Colon/small intestine 339 • Bladder/lower back 340
• ovary/testicle 340 • Uterus/prostate 341 • knee/
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Lymph glands/fallopian tubes/groin 343 • Spine 343
344  Resources
346  Index
352  AcknowledgmentsReﬂexology for life … the phrase conjures up the
many possibilities of reﬂexology’s beneﬁts. It
connotes the potential to have an impact on
health and quality of life; one’s own, and that of
others. It suggests the use of reﬂexology’s
techniques throughout one’s life, from the earliest
days of infancy to the golden years of aging.
 As we look at our own use of reﬂexology over
the past 30 years, we see that we have indeed
used reﬂexology personally throughout our lives.
At the conclusion of one lecture, Barbara was
surprised to be asked, “Have you used
reﬂexology for your own health?” You see,
reﬂexology is not just a theoretical exercise. For
ourselves and quite literally millions of others
around the world and throughout history,
reﬂexology gives the sense of being able to do
something. At your ﬁngertips lies an ability that’s
always there. It empowers you to positively
address the challenges and stages of life.
 Reﬂexology for life  speaks to reﬂexology
applications for the different times of our lives.
On a personal note, it seems that reﬂexology has
been there with us to calm and to cope, to ease
and to help. From one bride’s prewedding jitters
to another’s postwedding tired feet; from one
niece’s pregnancy to another’s sports injury,
reﬂexology has smoothed the way, lending a
helping hand to people special to us.  The ability to use reﬂexology has helped in
challenging times as well. The opportunity to
do something to help lessen that feeling of
powerlessness when contending with a loved
one in distress. It can help a newborn infant and You can change your life
with reﬂexology…
 Prefacea 96-year-old, as well as address allergies,
menstruation, constipation, colic, kidney stones,
heart problems, pregnancy, accident injury, ﬂesh-
eating bacteria, swollen ankles, back and foot
problems… we could go on and on.  As you apply reﬂexology in your own life,
you’ll ﬁnd that one success leads to another, and
another, and another. Then you’ll see the
inﬂuence of your work well beyond your hands-
on application. As one niece observed, “I grew up
with this stuff. I’ll bring it out and use it when I
need it. And, I’ve shown others how to do it.”
You enable others to address the moments of
their lives with healthy, natural solutions.  As professionals, we’ve spent hours, days,
weeks, months, and years researching the tides of
history, issues of professionalism, legislative ins-
and-outs, and physiological effects of reﬂexology.
However, we always come back to reﬂect on the
hands-on work; our own and that of the
reﬂexologists we’ve met around the world. The
common thread that runs through us all is the
sense of possibility, that yes, you can change
your life with reﬂexology. Even more, you can
change the lives of others. While French author
Antoine de Sainte-Exupery once noted “...there is
no gardener for man,” we tend to think he never
met a reflexologist.
Preface “At your fingertips lies an ability
that’s always there. It empowers you
to positively address the challenges
of life at all its different stages.”There’s something special about reﬂex


 modern diet. Our bodies are not designed to eat grains
in their raw form so grains require us to use our intelligence to predigest the grains through the
process of fermentation and then cooking. In the absence of careful grain preparation including
fermentation, a host of diseases appear.
The famous professor and doctor Edward Mellanby wrote that "oatmeal and grain embryo
interfere most strongly" with the building of healthy teeth. He called the effect of the germ of grains on
teeth "baneful." He also found that a diet high in grain germ or embryo led to nervous system
problems in his dogs such as leg weakness and uncoordinated movements. Dr. Mellanby concluded
that most cereals contain a toxic substance that can affect the nervous system.
4b
 He pointed out the
connection of grains and legumes to pellagra, a niacin deficiency, lathyrism, which is immobility
caused by bean toxins in the lathyrus family such as a certain type of sweet pea, and pernicious
anemia which is related to a vitamin B 12 deficiency. Each one of these diseases is most effectively
treated with animal liver. And each one of these diseases can be produced in laboratory conditions by
feeding whole grains.
The Anti-Scorbutic Vitamin and Your Teeth and Gums
Scurvy was made famous as a common disease among sailors. It occurred after long sea voyages
when sailors had to subsist on dried foods including dried grain products such as hard tack. The
symptoms of scurvy include soft and spongy gums which eventually lead to tooth loss, slow woundhealing, poor bone formation, severe weakness, nausea and eventually death. Gum disease is a major
factor in tooth loss as we age. We learned from dentist W.D. Miller that healthy gums protect teeth
from tooth decay. Since tooth loss from gum disease is a symptom of scurvy, it is feasible that what
causes and cures scurvy might cause and cure gum problems as well.
Researchers were excited to discover an animal model with which to practice scurvy
experiments. Guinea pigs fed a high grain diet developed a condition that appears to be exactly the
same as scurvy in humans.
5b
 To cause scurvy, guinea pigs were fed mostly bran and oats. Another
scurvy-producing diet consisted of whole grains like oats, barley, maize, and soy bean flour. An
exclusive oatmeal diet would kill a guinea pig in 24 days from scurvy. This very same scurvy-
inducing diet produced severe tooth and gum problems in guinea pigs as well.
That whole grains are the cause of scurvy sheds light on the severity of plant toxins found
naturally in grains. Guinea pigs fed germinated oats and barley did not contract scurvy.
6b
 This reveals
that the sprouting process may disable anti-nutrients that cause scurvy. Research on scurvy eventually
led to the discovery of the anti-scorbutic (anti-scurvy) vitamin which we know as vitamin C.
Reintroducing vitamin C in the diet of guinea pigs with raw cabbage (sauerkraut would work for
humans) or orange juice resolves the disease.
Some scurvy researchers suspected that the lack of vitamin C was not the essential cause of
scurvy. Rather they believed that vitamin C protected against some injurious factor in the diet. Since a
scurvy-inducing diet largely consisted of whole grains, perhaps the injurious factor is something in
the grains. Today we know that grains contain numerous plant toxins and anti-nutrients including
lectins and phytic acid.
Phytic acid is the principal storage form of phosphorus in many plant tissues, especially the bran
portion of grains and other seeds. It is found in significant amounts in grains, nuts, beans, seeds, and
some tubers. Phytic acid contains the mineral phosphorus tightly bound in a snowflake-like molecule.
In humans and animals with one stomach, the phosphorus is not readily bioavailable. In addition to
blocking phosphorus availability, the “arms” of the phytic acid molecule readily bind with other
minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc, making them unavailable as well. Yet the
negative effects of phytic acid can be significantly reduced with vitamin C. Adding vitamin C to the
diet can significantly counteract phytic acid’s iron absorption blocking effect.
7b
 This leaves us with
compelling evidence that the symptoms of scurvy like soft and spongy gums leading to tooth loss are
the result of a lack of vitamin C, and too many grains, or other phytic acid-rich foods. Perhaps vitamin
C’s remarkable ability to heal and prevent scurvy is because of its ability to aid in iron absorption
which was disturbed by too many improperly prepared grains rich in phytic acid.
Giving rats and dogs a scurvy-producing diet did not lead to scurvy, it led to another disease,
rickets. Rickets is a disease that is known for producing severely bowed legs in children. Other
rickets symptoms include muscle weakness, bone pain or tenderness, skeletal problems and tooth
decay. To produce rickets in the laboratory, dogs were fed oatmeal. Professor Edward Mellanby
describes his findings of decades of research:
[M]ore severe rickets developed when the diet consisted mainly of oatmeal,maize or whole
wheat flour than when these substances were replaced by equalamounts of either white
flour or rice, in spite of the fact that the former cerealscontained more calcium and
phosphorus than the latter.
8b
The most severe rickets-producing diet was a mostly whole grain diet which included whole
wheat, whole corn, and wheat gluten.
9b
 Rickets has been identified as a disease of calcium,phosphorous and vitamin D metabolism.
10b
 In one study, hospital cases of rickets fell greatly in
June.
11b
 As previously mentioned, Activator X-rich butter was shown to prevent rickets. This is
because Activator X would appear in high quantities in June grass-fed butter. Germination of oats
itself did not reduce the rickets- producing effect of whole oats. But germination together with
fermentation of whole grains greatly reduced the severity of rickets.
12b
 On the rickets-producing diet,
teeth become abnormal. There is a known impairment of the ability for teeth to mineralize that is
associated with rickets. In rare cases of rickets, some children’s teeth do not erupt. Rickets is cured
or prevented by having adequate fat-soluble vitamin D in the diet. This is because vitamin D
increases the utilization of phosphorous and calcium in diets with phytic acid, and without phytic
acid.
Scurvy and rickets are both produced in laboratory experiments in different animals using a diet
consisting largely of whole grains. The connection between scurvy and rickets is not a random
coincidence; it has also been observed in humans. Dr. Thomas Barlow of England carefully studied
rickets cases in children, and published a report in 1883 suggesting that scurvy and rickets are closely
related.
13b
 Infantile scurvy is also known as Barlow’s Disease. Both scurvy and rickets are connected
to serious problems with teeth and/or gums. It seems both possible and reasonable that whole grains
can cause scurvy in the absence of vitamin C, and rickets in the absence of vitamin D.
Scurvy still occurs in modern times, and the cause is still the same. In one previously healthy
individual, strictly following a macrobiotic diet nearly caused death from scurvy within one year. Her
diet consisted mostly of whole brown rice and other freshly ground whole grains.
14b
The Effect of Oats on Children’s Teeth
It is not just in animal experiments that teeth disintegrate from consumption of whole grains. Dr.
May Mellanby published several articles in the prestigious
British Medical Journal
 about food and
tooth decay from 1924-1932. Multiple investigations were done to show the effect of oatmeal and fat-
soluble vitamins on children’s teeth. The children studied already had numerous cavities. A grain-
free diet high in fat-soluble vitamins A and D from cod liver oil produced the best results, with
essentially no new cavities forming. These grain-free children also showed signs of their decayed
teeth remineralizing. The tooth-healing diet included milk, meat, eggs, butter, potatoes and cod liver
oil.
15b
By accident medical doctor J.D. Boyd healed diabetic children’s decayed teeth by designing a
grain-free diet. The diet meant to control diabetes not only stopped cavities it turned soft tooth enamel
hard and glossy. These findings were published in 1928 in the
Journal of the American Medical
Association
. Dr. Boyd’s diet consisted of milk, cream, butter, eggs, meat, cod liver oil, vegetables
and fruit. Please note that both Dr. Mellanby’s and Dr. Boyd’s tooth-remineralizing diet came from a
time when milk, butter and cream were raw, farm-fresh and grass-fed.
Meanwhile in two other feeding experiments by Dr. Mellanby a low fat-soluble vitamin A and D
diet with the addition of ½ to 1 cup of oatmeal per day produced an average of six new cavities per
child during the trial period. Their preexisting cavities did not heal in any way. A diet with less
oatmeal and some fat-soluble vitamins produced an average of four and a half new cav


 synaptic vesicles in dexamethasone- and saline-treated monkeys, but much lesser after DMSO treatment, implies impairment of synaptic neurotransmission and dys -
function of sensory-motor pathways.
47
The reduction of focal brain edema by DMSO was confirmed in a study using
ferric chloride injection into rat brain to induce the formation of lipid peroxidation and free radicals.
211 DMSO caused a decreased formation of brain peroxidation at
the injection site, as measured by the formation of NMDA, and a significant reduc -
tion of tissue edema of the injured cortex when given with or without the antioxidant tocopherol.
211
Another brief study using baboons subjected to MCA occlusion and treated
with DMSO or DMSO-barbiturate coma appeared less definitive in its conclu -
sions.213 Four baboons underwent 6  h of temporary MCA occlusion and were
treated with 1 g/kg of intravenous DMSO 30 min and 2 h after occlusion. DMSO infusion was continued for the next 8 h at 1 g/kg. The same DMSO-treated ani -
mals additionally received pentobarbital at a loading of 30 mg/kg begun 4 h after MCA occlusion.
Continuous barbiturate infusion was titrated to maintain an isoelectric EEG while
not allowing a reduction of arterial blood pressure of more than 15%.
212 This group
was compared to a DMSO-only group of four baboons given similar doses but without pentobarbital therapy. A neurological score was used to assess each of the four baboons treated with DMSO–pentobarbital and DMSO alone resulted in only one baboon of four (25%) with a good survival and few deficits for DMSO alone and with good sur -
vival with mild deficits for one of four baboons given DMSO–pentobarbital.
212 All
untreated baboons had a high mortality rate and suffered severe neurologic deficits. This study pointed out the success of DMSO in only 1 of 4 baboons subjected to MCA occlusion. Possible reasons for the difference in findings from those using rhesus mon-keys could be the DMSO dose that was twice that used (2.5 g/kg vs. 1 g/kg) and speed of delivery (bolus vs. slow infusion) in the baboon study, as well as the fact that primate brains differ considerably in their vascular anatomy and physiology, including those of baboons and rhesus monkeys.
213
One major difference between baboons and macaque monkeys is the higher vul -
nerability of baboons to MCA occlusion producing marked edema and high risk of death.
214,215 This conclusion is supported by the fact that MCA occlusion in the baboon
study using DMSO resulted in a 75% mortality regardless of treatment used and 100% mortality or severely poor outcome in 8 untreated baboons.
213 Consequently,
it is likely that the MCA lesion in this baboon study may have been too severe to adequately test the value of DMSO or any other treatment.
A second ischemic stroke study using DMSO was carried out by the de la Torre
team
48,64 in 45 squirrel monkeys. Survival rate was used to evaluate the efficacy of
each treatment at the end of 7 days. The left MCA was accessed via a retro-orbital craniectomy and occluded with a small Mayfield clip for 4  h. The animals were 168 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
randomly separated into groups of 5 animals/group except for DMSO only, which
included 10 animals. The following treatments were given intravenously: Group 1, physiological saline; Group 2, DMSO 1 g/kg in a 50% solution; Group 3, hemodilu-tion (HD) with 6% dextran solution to reduce hematocrit by 50%; Group 4, hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) 2 atmospheres pressure for 4 h; Group 5, DMSO + HBO; Group 6, DMSO + HD. This study was prompted by controversial findings regarding the use -
fulness of HBO and HD in experimental stroke.
The results of this study confirmed the potential value of DMSO in cerebral
infarction. Seven days after each treatment, 8 of 10 DMSO-treated animals were alive with 2 animals showing mild paresis of the contralateral side. Animals treated with DMSO–HD or DMSO–HBO had 50% and 75% survival rate, respec -
tively, with mild-to-moderate neurologic deficits. Animals given single HD or HBO showed 34% and 75% survival rates, respectively, but neurological outcome ranged from moderate-to-severe deficits involving hemiparesis, lethargy, and lack of alerteness.
48,64 Combining DMSO to HBO or to HD did not appear to improve
neurologic outcome after MCA occlusion when animals were examined at the end of 7 days.
Using only HBO or HD suggested that these therapies by themselves were not
helpful in providing neuroprotection to the brain tissue after infarction of the MCA. The lack of neuroprotection by these agents was evident despite the increased oxy -
genation to brain cells presumably offered by HBO and increased cerebral blood flow ostensibly provided by HD as suggested by previous studies.
We now know that while HBO is known to increase oxygen to tissues includ -
ing brain, it reduces CBF by reducing the powerful vasodilator nitric oxide while increasing hyperoxic vasoconstriction.
212a Conversely, HD increases CBF but reduces
oxygen delivery to brain by lowering the number of red cells in the circulation.212b
In the early 1980s when the squirrel monkey study was performed,64 HD was a
technique believed to be beneficial as a treatment for acute ischemic stroke. It con -
sisted mainly of administering low-molecular-weight dextran in order to increase cerebral blood flow by dropping the hematocrit and hemoglobin levels by about 25%–50%. However, randomized multicenter studies have since shown no benefit for this approach when applied to ischemic stroke in humans.
216 Similarly, HBO was
theorized to be beneficial in stroke patients whose blood supply was compromised by the ischemic injury, and consequently, it was thought that increasing the sup -
ply of oxygen would reduce the extent of damage to the brain by limiting hypoxia. However, a systematic review of the evidence now indicates that this technique has not been shown to be of benefit in stroke patients.
217
These findings suggest that a subtle balance between CBF and oxygenation is
critically required of an agent to counteract hypoxia and ischemia seen after a stroke. That balance between CBF and oxygenation of organ tissue may be provided by DMSO, which is reported to increase both CBF and oxygen delivery.
41,118,137,136,209
It is not surprising therefore, in reviewing the use of DMSO combined with HD
or with HBO, that no synergism was observed when these combined treatments were compared to DMSO given alone following MCA occlusion in squirrel monkeys.
64
In fact, the combination of DMSO with HBO or HD may have fallen a notch or two from the effectiveness of DMSO given alone. Nevertheless, the treated animals 169 DMSO in Basic Neuroprotection
showed less paresis when compared to untreated animals and were more alert follow -
ing recovery from stroke but only when DMSO was added to either HBO or HD.63,64
The Mongolian gerbil is an animal that has been used in ischemic stroke research
because it lacks a posterior communicating artery in the brain that makes up part
of the circle of Willis. The function of the circle of Willis is to supply blood to the brain and surrounding structures by creating a loose ring of collaterals to the cerebral circulation from the two ICAs and one basilar artery. Lacking the pos -
terior communicating artery means that unilateral ligation of a common carotid artery can result in an ipsilateral brain infarction of the entire hemisphere. About 300 of these gerbils were used to test whether DMSO could protect the brain from ischemic infarction following ligation of the common carotid artery. The results of this immense study showed that DMSO treatment significantly lowered the cerebral infarct volume as revealed by trypan blue staining when compared to saline-treated controls.
218
Reduction of infarct volume following DMSO treatment was confirmed by
Shimizu and his colleagues219 using the filament occlusion method for the MCA to
create a focal brain infarction. DMSO at doses of 0.1–1.0 mL injected intraperitone -
ally 30 min prior to infarction resulted in significantly less infarction volume than untreated controls.
219
Further support for reduced infarct volume with DMSO therapy was obtained in
rats by Bardutzky and his colleagues.220 This study was unique in the sense that it
examined different time points of drug administration relative to ischemia onset in the same experimental setting. Moreover, it determined whether DMSO increases cerebral blood flow to prevent injury after focal brain ischemia. It then evaluated the surviving rats for neurological status in treated and untreated animals. Thus, the study evaluated the effects of DMSO on the spatiotemporal evolution of the ischemic lesion using quantitative perfusion and MRI and examined the influence of DMSO on cerebral blood flow mechanics.
220


 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
41
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


or dried. They should be picked on
the day they open, when the active
constituents are at their strongest.
Essential oil  For diaper rash,
combine 5 drops with 1 tbsp
carrier oil and apply.Cream  (to make,
p. 296). Rub on to
sore or itchy skin.Flower heads
contain volatile
oil, which has
antiallergenic
compoundsChamomilla recutita syn. matricaria recutita  (Asteraceae)
German Chamomile
Habitat & Cultivation
German chamomile grows in much
of Europe and other temperate
regions. The seeds are sown in spring
or autumn and the flower heads are
picked in full bloom, in summer.
Key Constituents
■ Volatile oil (proazulenes, farnesine,
 alpha-bisabolol, spiroether)
■ Flavonoids
■ Bitter glycosides (anthemic acid)
■ Coumarins
Key Actions
■ Anti-inflammatory
■ Antiallergenic
■ Antispasmodic
■ Relaxant
■ Carminative
Research
■ Trials in Germany  A cream
made from German chamomile
was tested in 1987 for its ability to
heal wounds. The results produced
were very positive. In 1993, another
trial using German chamomile and
four other herbs showed them
to be most effective at easing
infantile colic. ■ Premenstrual syndrome
An Iranian clinical trial compared
chamomile with mefenamic acid for
relief of premenstrual syndrome
symptoms. Both were found effective
in relieving the physical symptoms
of premenstrual syndrome, but
chamomile proved better in
relieving emotional symptoms.
Traditional &
Current Uses
■ Digestive problems German
chamomile has been taken for
digestive problems since at least
the 1st century ce. Gentle and
efficacious, it is very suitable for
children. The herb is valuable for
pain, indigestion, acidity, gastritis, gas,
bloating, and colic. It is also
used for hiatal hernia, peptic ulcer,
Crohn’s disease, and irritable
bowel syndrome.
■ Relaxation  German chamomile,
which contains spiroether, a strong
antispasmodic, eases tense muscles
and period pain. It is known that
women in ancient Rome commonly
took chamomile to relieve menstrual
cramps. Chamomile flowers also
reduce irritability and promote
sleep—especially helpful for children.
■ Irritation  The herb is useful
for hay fever and asthma. On steam
distillation, the pro azulenes produce
chamazulene, which is markedly
antiallergenic. Externally, it can be
applied to sore, itchy skin, sore
nipples, and eczema. It also relieves
eyestrain. A poultice can be applied
to sore breasts.
Self-help Uses
■ Bites & stings, p. 303.German chamomile
A sweetly aromatic
annual growing to
2 ft (60 cm), with finely
cut leaves and white
flower heads.
■ Congestion & hay fever, p. 312.
■ Colic, p. 318.
■ Eczema, p. 300.
■ Indigestion, p. 307.
■ Insomnia, p. 309.German chamomile  is a useful herb to
cultivate for home use.Parts Used
Key Preparations & Their UsesDried
 flower headsFresh flower
headsGerman chamomile’s aromatic, slightly bitter taste,
reminiscent of apples, is familiar to herbal tea drinkers.
The herb’s varied medicinal uses, however, are not as
well known. It is an excellent herb for many digestive
disorders and for nervous tension and irritability.
Externally, it is used for sore skin and eczema. Roman
chamomile ( Chamaemelum nobile, p. 187) is a close
relation, used in a similar way.
 QCautions  The fresh plant can cause dermatitis. Do not take the essential oil
internally except under professional supervision.T ake only on professional advice if
using blood-thinning medication. Do not use the oil externally during pregnancy.
Infusion To relax irritable and overtired children, infuse 4 tsp dried herb
in 2 cups (500 ml) water ( see p. 291) and strain into a bath.
Ointment (to make, p. 295). Rub onto sore or inflamed skin.
Tincture (to make, p. 292). For irritable bowel syndrome, take 1 tsp diluted
with 1⁄2 cup (100 ml) water 3 times a day.
■ Mild asthma, p. 301.
■ Morning sickness, p. 317.
■ Sore & tired eyes, p. 310.
■ Sore nipples, p. 315.
■ Stomach spasm, p. 305.
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key medicinal plantsChrysanthemum x morifolium
Poultice (to make, p. 295). For eyestrain,
steep flower heads in hot water for 10
minutes and place them on closed eyes.Infusion of flower heads (p. 291).
For tension headaches, drink
3⁄4 cup (150 ml) at hourly intervals.Chrysanthemum x morifolium (Asteraceae)
Ju Hua (Chinese), Florists’ ChrysanthemumJu hua
A perennial growing to about 5 ft (1.5 m), with flower heads composed of yellow ray florets.
Ju hua flowers are colorful and have
been used medicinally in China since  the 1st century ce.
Habitat & Cultivation
Ju hua is native to China. Today, it is
mostly cultivated, and is propagated from cuttings in spring or early summer. The flower heads are gathered in autumn when fully open. They are usually dried in the sun, which can take a long time.
Related Species
Wild chrysanthemum, ye hu hua  (C. indicum), has a similar use in
Chinese herbal medicine.
Many other closely related species have an established therapeutic value, for example tansy (Tanacetum vulgare, p. 274) and feverfew  (T. parthenium, p. 140).
Key Constituents
■ Alkaloids, including stachydrine
■ Volatile oil
■ Sesquiterpene lactones
■ Flavonoids, including apigenin
■ Betaine & choline
■ Vitamin B1
Parts Used Key Preparations & Their Uses
Flower heads are gathered in late
autumn. In China, they are steamed before drying to reduce bitterness.Key Actions
■ Increases sweating
■ Antiseptic
■ Lowers blood pressure
■ Cooling
■ Reduces fever
Research
■ Blood pressure A number of
Chinese and Japanese clinical trials
during the 1970s showed that ju hua is most effective at lowering blood pressure and relieving associated symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, and insomnia. In these  trials, ju hua was mixed with jin yin hua (Lonicera spp., p. 229).
■ Other research Ju hua has
proven to be helpful in the treatment of angina, and to have an antibiotic effect against a range of pathogens. In laboratory studies, some of  the flavonoids were found to have anti-HIV activity. Extracts of the flowers reduce inflammation.
Traditional &
Current Uses
■ Long-standing remedy
Ju hua has been taken in China
as a medicine and as a beverage  for thousands of years. It was  first categorized in the Divine Husbandman’s Classic (Shen’nong Bencaojing), written in the  1st century ce.
■ Eye problems In China, the
infused flower heads are popular  as a remedy for red, sore eyes, especially after long periods of close work, such as reading or working at a computer. The warm flower heads are placed on closed eyes and then replaced when cool. Ju hua infusion is taken in China as a remedy to improve eyesight.
■ Cooling & antiseptic Ju hua
infusion is used to reduce fever, to counter infection, and to detoxify
the body. It relieves mild fevers
and tension headaches, soothes
a dry mouth or throat, and treats
bad breath.
■ Skin complaints The fresh
leaves make an antiseptic poultice for acne, pimples, boils, and sores.
■ High blood pressure
Symptoms often associated with high blood pressure, such as dizziness, headaches, and tinnitus,
are treated with ju hua.
Self-help Use
■ Sore & tired eyes, p. 310.
Dried flowerheadsJu hua is known in the West as florists’ chrysanthemum
and is valued for its ornamental qualities. In China, however, it is a popular medicinal herb and it is also commonly drunk as a refreshing tisane. Ju hua is used
to improve vision and soothe sore eyes, to relieve headaches, and to counter infections such as colds
and flu. Furthermore


 nutritionally valuable seeds were eaten and also pressed to yield oil, which was burned in lamps and used to make ointments. Sesame has long been considered to have magical powers, and the phrase “Open sesame!”, from the Arabian Nights, remains a well-known magical
command. The Middle Eastern confection halvah is made from crushed and sweetened sesame seeds.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Sesame is
principally used as a food and flavoring agent in China, but it is also taken to redress “states of deficiency,” especially those affecting the liver and kidneys. The seeds are prescribed for problems such as dizziness, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), and blurred vision (when due to anemia). Owing to their lubricating effect within the digestive tract, the seeds are also considered a remedy for “dry” constipation. The seeds have a marked ability to stimulate the production of breast milk. Sesame seed oil benefits the skin and is used as a base for cosmetics. It can be used to treat fungal skin problems such as athlete’s foot.
Research  Research suggests that sesame
seeds have antibacterial and antifungal activity.  They also lower cholesterol and support levels  of “good cholesterol” (HDL).Medicinal Actions & Uses  Sarsaparilla is
anti-inflammatory and cleansing, and the herb  can bring relief to skin problems such as eczema, psoriasis, and general itchiness, and help treat rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, and gout. Its estrogenic action makes it beneficial in premenstrual problems, and menopausal conditions such as debility and depression. Native Amazonian peoples take sarsaparilla to improve virility and to treat menopausal problems. In Mexico, the root is still frequently consumed for its reputed tonic and aphrodisiac properties.
Research  Some of the steroidal saponins have
been shown to bind to toxins within the gut, reducing their absorption into the bloodstream. This may account for sarsaparilla’s usefulness in autoimmune conditions such as psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and ulcerative colitis, which can be associated with this sort of toxicity. Clinical research in China suggests that sarsaparilla might hold potential in the treatment of leptospirosis,  a rare disease transmitted to humans by rats, and the acute stage of syphilis.
Solanum dulcamara (Solanaceae)
Common Nightshade
Description  Slender-stemmed, woody climber
growing to 13 ft (4 m). Has deeply lobed oval leaves, dark purple flowers with yellow anthers,  and scarlet oval berries.Habitat & Cultivation  Native to Europe,
North Africa, and northern Asia, this herb has been naturalized in North America. A common wayside plant, it flourishes in open areas. The twigs are collected in spring or autumn, and the root bark in autumn.
Parts Used Twigs, root bark.
Constituents  Common nightshade contains
steroidal alkaloids (including solasodine and soldulcamaridine), steroidal saponins, and about 10% tannins.
History & Folklore  The Swedish botanist
Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778) considered the herb to be a valuable remedy for fever and inflammatory disorders. The herb is also called bittersweet, perhaps referring to the initial bitter taste of the berries, followed by a sweet aftertaste.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  This plant has
stimulant, expectorant, diuretic, detoxifying, and antirheumatic properties. It appears to be most effective taken internally to treat skin problems such as eczema, itchiness, psoriasis, and warts.
A decoction of the twigs, applied as a wash,
may also help to lessen the severity of these conditions. The herb may also be taken to relieve asthma, chronic bronchitis, and rheumatic conditions, including gout.
 QCaution  Common nightshade is toxic in
excess. T ake only under professional supervision.
Common nightshade
treats skin problems
and bronchitis.
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can be made from eggplant leaves. The mashed
fruit can also be applied to sunburn.
Research  German research (published in 1975)
indicates that eggplant helps to prevent the
accumulation of fatty deposits within arteries.
Caution  Eggplant leaves are toxic and should
only be used externally.
Solanum tuberosum (Solanaceae)
Potato
Description  Perennial growing to 3 ft (1 m).
Has branching stems with compound leaves,
white or purple flowers, green berries, and swollen
tubers (potatoes).
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to Chile,
Bolivia, and Peru, the potato plant with its many
varieties is cultivated around the world. The tuber
is normally unearthed from autumn to early spring.
Part Used  Tuber.
Constituents  Potato contains starch, large
amounts of vitamins A, B1, B2, C, and K, minerals
(especially potassium), and very small quantities of
atropine alkaloids. One property of these alkaloids
is the reduction of digestive secretions, including
acids produced in the stomach.
History & Folklore  Many different potato
species and varieties were cultivated by the
Quechua and Aymara peoples of the central
Andes. In the early 16th century, the potato
was introduced into Europe by Spanish voyagers
returning from the New World. It was not until
the 18th century that the potato became a staple
ingredient in the European diet.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Taken in
moderation, potato juice can be helpful in the
treatment of peptic ulcers, bringing relief from  Constituents  Goldenrod contains saponins,
diterpenes, phenolic glucosides, acetylenes,
cinnamates, flavonoids, tannins, hydroxybenzoates,
and inulin. The saponins are antifungal.
History & Folklore  The herbalist John Gerard
commented wryly in 1597 that “goldenrod has in
times past been had in greater estimation and regard
than in these days: for within my remembrance,
I have known the dry herb which came from
beyond the seas, sold … for half a crown an
ounce. But since it was found in Hampstead
wood [London] … no man will give half a
crown for an hundredweight of it: which plainly
setteth forth our inconstancy and sudden
mutability, esteeming no longer of any thing
(how precious soever it may be) than whilst
it is strange and rare.” Four hundred years on,
one can only agree.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Antioxidant,
diuretic, and astringent, goldenrod is a valuable
remedy for urinary tract disorders. It is used both
for serious ailments such as nephritis, and for more
common problems like cystitis. The herb also has
a reputation for helping to flush out kidney and
bladder stones. Goldenrod’s saponins act
specifically against the Candida  fungus, the cause
of vaginal yeast infection and oral thrush. The herb
can also be taken for conditions such as sore
throats, chronic nasal congestion, and diarrhea.
Due to its mild action, goldenrod is used to treat
gastroenteritis in children. Externally, it may be
used as a mouthwash or douche for thrush.
Related Species  Various Solidago  species are
used medicinally in North America. Several species,
including Canadian goldenrod ( S. canadensis ), have
been taken to relieve colds, fevers, and chest pain.
Sweet-scented goldenrod ( S. odora ) was listed
as a stimulant, carminative, and diaphoretic
(sweat-inducer) in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia
from 1820 to 1882.
Self-help Uses  Allergic rhinitis with
congestion, p. 300; Urinary infections, p. 314.
Sorbus aucuparia (Rosaceae)
Eastern Mountain Ash
Description  Deciduous tree growing to
12 m (39 ft). Has reddish bark, compound leaves,
clusters of small white flowers, and clusters of round
red-orange fruit (berries). Also known as Rowan.
Habitat & Cultivation  Mountain ash grows in
woodlands throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
It is also cultivated as an ornamental tree.
Part Used  Fruit.
Constituents  The fruit contains tannins,
sorbitol, malic and sorbic acids, sugars, and
vitamin C. The seeds contain cyanogenic
glycosides, which, in a reaction upon  Goldenrod is a
valuable remedy for
urethritis, nephritis,
cystitis, and other
ailments of the
urinary tract.Potato  can be helpful in relieving the painful symptoms of
a gastric ulcer.pain and acidity. The juice or the mashed pulp
may be used externally to soothe painful joints,
headache, backache, skin rashes, and hemorrhoids.
Potato skins are used in India to treat swollen gums


	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


ply (salivary amylase) would be speedily exhausted.   This would amply prove to you that we were not starch ea
ters in nature when we had not mastered fire.  Instead of being a
palate-tingling delight, starches are a torturesome affair.
When humans can freely eat starchy roots, grains and tubers such as cassava, taro, po -
tatoes and wheat in their raw state to satiation and proclaim the experience a gourmet
treat, then both y ou and I migh
t accede that we’re starch eaters.
Are We Omnivores, That is, All of the Foregoing?
Of course, humans are
omnivores in practice with the aid of condi -
ments, taste excitants, dena turalization b y

cooking, camouflag -
ing seasonings, spices and so on.  But, in Natur e
, we could not
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Fruiticulturedo more than eat foods in season, and we’d have to eat them in the raw state on their
own merits with our tastebuds. In nature we were frugivores only.
Humans & Fruit: Symbiotic Partners in LifeWhile few biology books proclaim symbiosis and none that I’ve encountered pro -
claim our own symbiotic role in nature, we are symbionts as are thousands of species.
Symbiosis is coopera tion bet
ween dissimilar organisms for mutual benefit.  Symbionts
are cooperators in symbiotic living.  While the word symbi -
ont is supposed to apply only to the lesser of two c ooper
at-
ing organisms, I prefer to call both of the c omplementary
c
ooperators symbionts for
that is the only nomencla -
ture that makes sense.  Let’s obser ve this phenomenon in
natur
e.
We see flowers bloom and put forth tons upon tons of pollen for fertilizing the ovaries of female flowers.  Both male and female flowers secrete nectar at their inner base to at -
tract consumption by bees and other insects. In taking such a large reward the bees and insec ts become con tamina
ted with pollen in the male flowers only to have it removed
when they take the nectar of female flowers.  The ovaries of female flowers secrete a sticky substance which the bee or insect must come in contact with in taking their nec -
tars.  Instances of symbiosis abound in nature.
The above is cit ed t
o demonstrate natural cooperativeness or symbiosis.  In this case we
see that the flowers of plants, both woody and nonwoody, attracted bees and insects to
take the free meals provided.  This is the way that plants uncannily solved the problem of fertilization, attesting to a high order of intelligence in plant life (which is perceived by few).
Humans do not collect nectar.  Even if they did, it would be a very poor food though it
sustains bees and insects well.  Fertilization in this manner is necessary to certain forms
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Fruiticultureof plant life to insure that seeds be created with which to propagate the species.  As we
know, plant life is stationary.  Once it has created its seed progeny, a new problem arises, that of scattering the seeds so they will flourish. How did this uncanny wisdom in nature accomplish this?
Among the many solutions was that of creating yet another food around the seed or
seeds.  In attracting consumption of this food by mobile creature, there was the inci -
dental distribution of its seeds to areas where they would not compete for space and raw mat er
ials with the parent plant.  Of course, that same immense wisdom dictated
the creation of seeds that were unappetizing so they would be discarded rather than consumed.
But the greatest wisdom of all, perhaps, was that which created the food package to pro -
portionately meet the precise needs of its eaters:  Those creatures which, in taking and
bec oming dependent on these foods, became the fruit plan
t’s biological symbiont.  That
this method of seed distribution was successful is evidenced by the thousands of kinds
of fruits created around seeds in nature.  Fruits attract human senses in nature and are gourmet delights in their natural ripened state, which ensures their sur -
vival.  Also, fruits contain no poisons in the fresh ripened state wher
eas almost
all plants and seeds contain components which we cannot metabolize, hence are toxic directly or indirectly.
Fruits in nature are in a predigested form when they ripen.  Fruits ripen when their seeds are at a mature stage ready for reproduction. When fruits ripen, they change to brilliant colors and emit seductive fragrances to attract consumption from a biological symbiont.  The tree, stalk or vine is rewarded in that its seeds are distributed, thus perpetuating its kind.  They are beautiful to behold and emit captivating aromas and fragrances.  This makes them irresistibly attractive to their biological symbionts. If all the water and fiber are removed from most of these fruits, the predigested carbohydrates are almost all the same, about 350 calories per 100 grams on average, more than enough to meet the en -
ergy needs of biological symbionts.  This is about 88% of solids.
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FruiticultureIn like manner, fruits supply from 4 to 8 grams of amino acids per 100 grams, almost ev -
ery one of them with all the essential amino acids in about the proportions that humans
require, plus, of c
ourse, other amino acids.  The average amino acid content is about the
same as mother’s milk for a growing baby.  The average is about 6% of solids.  When suf -
ficient calories have been consumed to meet caloric needs, intake is almost double our actual daily amino acid shortfall from r ec
ycling.
Furthermore, the fatty acids from almost all fruits other than avocados and olives consti -
tute about 1% to 5% of solids other than fiber. These fatty acids are liberal in their supply of the essential fatty acids.
The average fatty acid content of fruits is about 2%.
But, importantly, fruits are rich in mineral matter in the most utilizable form in all Nature!  Of its solids, about 3% are minerals including, of course, ample calcium to meet our needs if we do not eat more than 20% acid-forming foods and if we do not cook and derange fruit nutrients.
Of the labeled macronutrients, there are vitamins
which are really micronutrients; so little as not to be ordinarily measurable.  A year of the RDIs for vita -
mins would not fill a sewing thimble! Yet fruits sup -
ply many multiples of the RDIs of vitamins in almost every instance. F
or instance, vitamin C in fruits suffi-
cient to meet our caloric needs is about ten times as much, on a verage, as the RDI f
or it.
Those on the fruit diet have 60% to 70% less need for water than those on the conven -
tional diet, primarily because pathogens require inordinate amounts of water to hold them in suspension and carry them out of the body. Fruits supply ample w
ater in its pur -
est form to meet our needs.  Fruitarians do not normally drink water but make as many trips to the urinal as an y
one.
As a last consideration, fruits are alkaline in their metabolic end-products.  The body readily excretes excess alkalis whereas it must neutralize objectionable acids and excrete them if able. (Arthritis, bursitis, rheumatism, gout and yet other problems are caused by
69
Fruiticulturethe body’s inability to excrete base salts from acid neutralization, usually calcium salts.
For instance the uric acid of meats are neutralized into calcium urate crystals because we do not secrete the enzyme, uricase, as carnivores do.  These salts have an affinity for cartilage in joints. Also having this affinity are the acid end-products of grains, oxalic ac -
ids in vegetables like spinach, chard, beets and lamb’s quarter, most cooked foods, and mea ts.)
Are w
e a species of fruit eaters?  I’m sure that you will agree through your own senses
that fruits would be your primary food in a state of nature.  Would you, in nature, rel -
ish ripe grapes, peaches, melons, bananas, apples, plums, oranges, mangoes, avocados, tomatoes, figs
, berries and the thousands of other fruits?  Would fruits attract your eye,
tantalize your sense of smell, and be a gustatory delight in their raw natural ripe state?  Would you prefer anything that occurs in nature to a juicy sweet watermelon?  Man has always had a love affair going with fruits.  Even through all his perversions, he has con -
tinued to relish fruits.
Fruits are the natur al f
ood of humans and the
only food category ideally suited to all their faculties. This does not mean we should eat fruits totally and exclusively in our present circumstances, but it does mean that, in na -
ture, that’s all we ate as attested to by anthro -
pological evidence scientists have uncovered, notably Dr. Alan W alker of Johns Hopk
ins
University.
Fruits really have it all; all that it took to make
us into superb human beings; all that is re -
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