 similar interchanges take place in
reflexology practices today. The neighboring
Tomb of Khentika, dating from the same era,
includes similar pictographs with hieroglyphs
stating, “Make these pleasant, dear one, and I
shall act for your praise.”
 At the Temple of Amon at Karnak there is a
depiction of a healer tending the feet of soldiers
at the battle of Qadesh. This famous military
campaign of 1274 bce involved a long march
and, presumably, many footsore soldiers. The
hieroglyph carved on an obelisk commemorates
it as a military victory for Rameses II, who
reigned 1279—1213 bce, though in reality there
was no clear victory and Rameses failed to gain
the territory he wanted. The history of reflexology
From ancient times  to the present day, working the feet has been used by
humankind as a means of maintaining good health and well-being. Although
the exact principles and techniques of its early use are no longer known, artifacts
discovered by archeologists indicate that reflexology has been developed as an
aid to health by many societies around the globe, from South America to Egypt,
Japan, China, and throughout Asia.
14 the principles of reflexologyHistorians record that the Roman military leader
Mark Antony (83—30 bce) rubbed the
feet of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII (69—30
bce). Emperor Augustus (63—14 bce) writes of
Antony’s pathetic enslavement, “He even
massaged her feet at dinner parties.” To a
reflexologist, the image of Antony working on
his lover’s feet conjures up an image of one
person reaching out to another, bypassing words.
Ancient chinA
No such relics record the history of healing work
on the feet in ancient China. Some Chinese
practitioners, however, date Chinese reflexology
practices to the rule of the legendary Emperor
Huang Ti (2704—2596 bce) and his book The
Medical Classic of the Yellow Emperor.  The text is
said to include the “Examining Foot Method.”
During the Han Dynasty, which lasted from
206 bce to 220 ce, the “Examining Foot Method”
was investigated and systematized by
a famous physician and termed the “Tao of Foot “Among the world’s oldest depictions
of medical practices are pictographs
of hand and foot reflexology.“the history of reflexology 15Center” in the text Hua Tuo Mi Ji.  Reflexology
work reportedly flourished during the Tang
Dynasty (618-907 ce), at which time it also
spread to Japan.
 Further early history in China is sketchy, as
such work apparently fell out of favor over the
years−as did many other components of
traditional Chinese medicine. Failure to record
reflexology work in writing as well as the
destruction of those written works that did exist
added to the dearth of historic clues. However, it
is thought that this ancient precursor to modern
reflexology was continually practiced in rural
villages, thus keeping the tradition alive and
waiting for wider recognition that was to come
in the 20th century.JApAn
The earliest indication of healing via the feet in
Japan can be seen at the Yakushiji (Medicine
Teacher’s) Temple at Nara, constructed in 680 ce,
where the footprint is etched on the upraised
foot of the seated Buddha figure. Also in the
temple ground is the Bussokudo, a building
housing a famous stone, the Bus-soku-seki, with
Buddha’s footprint etched on its top surface. The
exact meanings of these prints are lost in history,
but interest in the foot in relation to health
continued; Samurai warriors of the 12th century
cut down sections of bamboo to walk on to
strengthen perseverance and fighting spirit. This
practice, known as takefumi, continues today.
other cultures
In diverse parts of the globe, the beliefs of many
ancient cultures illustrate the special role of the
foot in their societies. As Barbara Walker writes one of the eArliest  depictions of foot and hand
therapy as part of medical care is illustrated in a painted,
carved relief from the tomb of the physician in saqqara,
egypt, dating from 2330 Bce.in The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred
Objects (1988), “Egyptians, Babylonians, and other
ancient peoples considered it essential to step on
sacred ground with bare feet to absorb the holy
influences from Mother Earth.”
 Even now, a similar ancient belief persists
among the Kogi tribal people of Colombia, in
South America; they consider that footwear cuts
off their contact with Mother Earth. As a result,
they go barefoot. In Russia, the idea of walking
barefoot on natural surfaces to benefit the body
prevails, while many societies in Asia, Africa,
and India have customs that involve work on
the feet for health purposes. It appears that many
traditional societies see the foot as a conduit to
spirituality and wellness.
Western ideAs
In the West, the concept of reflexology as a
medical therapy began to emerge in the 19th
century, based on research into the nervous
system by scientists and medical practitioners.  One of the functions of the nervous system is
to detect and interpret information from the
outside world and initiate the body’s response to
it. As part of their work, medical researchers in
the mid to late 1800s studied the concept of the
reflex and determined it to be “an involuntary
response to a stimulus.” They then began to
explore the idea of “reflexes” and their effect on
the body’s state of health. Heat, cold, plasters,
and herbal poultices were applied to one part of
the body with the aim of influencing another
part. For example, a poultice applied to the skin
of the chest was demonstrated to influence
the lungs beneath. The concept of “zones of
influence,” in which an action performed on one
part of the body causes a reaction elsewhere,
explained such phenomena. British developments
In 1893, Sir Henry Head (1861–1940) made a
breakthrough in the understanding of the
nervous system. He discovered that areas of
skin on the surface of the body could become
abnormally sensitive as a result of a diseased
internal organ. The connection, he found, was
due to the fact that the internal organ and area
of skin were served by nerves emanating from
the same segment of the spinal cord. His model,
showing how the skin and various parts of the
body are linked, became known as “Head’s
Zones.” Further development of such ideas in
medicine was curtailed by the advent of new
drugs and more sophisticated surgery.
russiAn developments
Experiments by Nobel Prize winner Ivan Pavlov
(1849-1936) showed that the internal organs of
dogs could be conditioned to respond to certain
stimuli. This led Russian physicians of the early
1900s to form the hypothesis that health can be
affected in response to external stimuli. This
concept became known as “reflex therapy,” and
in 1917 physician Vladimir Bekhterev (1857-1927)
coined the term “reflexology.” Medical researchers
of the time believed that an organ experienced
illness because it received the wrong instructions
from the brain. According to this theory, by
interrupting such “bad” instruction, a reflex
therapist could prompt the body to behave in a
better manner and return to health. Influencing
health through reflex action is a concept that still
survives in some areas of medical practice today.
16 the principles of reflexologypetAls And coins  adorn a stone representation of the
Buddha’s footprints adjacent to the mahabodhi temple in
Bihar, india. footprints serve as a reminder to Buddhists of
both the presence and abundance of Buddha.the history of reflexology 1718 the principles of reflexologyHow reflexology works
Reflexologists apply pressure techniques to the hands and feet to stimulate
specific reflex areas with the intention of producing a beneficial response in
other parts of the body. Reflexology maps show the various reflex areas and
their corresponding body parts. The mirror image of the body in the feet and
hands helps both professional reflexologists and self-help practitioners to easily
target the correct part of foot or hand on which to work.
When the body is exposed to danger, an ancient
survival mechanism, called the “fight or flight”
response, is activated. During this response,
information gathered from the environment is
communicated instantly to the brain, internal
organs, and muscles so that they can prepare the
body for appropriate action. Both the feet and
hands participate in this response.
responsive feet
During the fight or flight response, the feet must
be prepared to participate in defending or fleeing.
They do this by processing environmental
information gathered through pressure sensors
in the soles, which helps the body determine
optimal fuel and oxygen levels.
 Running, for example, requires much more
oxygen than walking; feet that need to flee
require different levels of fuel and oxygen than
feet that need to stand firm and prepare to fight.
For this reason, pressure signals


piece or two if they are hungry. If you are getting a sandwich or a hamburger, try to get it on
sourdough bread. If the bread is not sourdough, consider eating only half of the bread served.
When you go out to eat while you are trying to heal your teeth, I would encourage you to skip the
sweet drinks, beer, wine and desserts on the menu; all of these items will affect your body chemistry
adversely. With a little bit of discipline you can convert your restaurant adventures into meals that
support or at least do not harm your efforts to heal your tooth decay.Advanced Tooth Decay Healing
This diet is good for people trying to turn around severe tooth problems. Every item in this diet is
designed to be the best of the best in terms of food nutrient density and in its ability to remineralize
teeth extremely fast. This regime also aims to capture elements of a diet that may be close to optimal
in maintaining health. Following these recommendations will make your teeth rock hard. Even if this
diet is not right for you, or if it seems unbalanced, you can take aspects from this framework and add
it to your personal tooth remineralizing diet. Please prepare the food or pick and choose items from
this list so that you feel your efforts are life-affirming based upon your belief systems and personal
goals. In this diet you want all your protein to be as fresh as possible. The highest quality proteins are
seafoods and meats that have never been frozen. In fact, if it so fresh that it has never been
refrigerated, then all the better.
Daily Food Intake

½ teaspoon two or three times per day of Green Pasture’s™ Blue Ice™ Royal Blend
⅛ teaspoon two or three times per day Blue Ice™ fermented skate liver oil
2 ounces of grass-fed liver four or more days per week. Raw is preferred but cooked or seared
with onions is totally fine.
4-12 oysters, clams or mussels several times per week. Raw is preferred, cooked is acceptable.
1-2 tablespoons of bone marrow cooked or raw several times per week.
2-8 cups of fermented dairy per day such as kefir, yogurt, whey, buttermilk or clabber. 0-4
ounces of raw cheese depending on how much dairy you consume.
1-2 tablespoons of raw cream several times per week.
8 or more ounces of protein from grass-fed or wild sources per day. Proteins are to be consumed
raw, rare, or fermented such as ceviche, or as a stew.
Ideally your proteins should be a mix of land foods and sea foods.
1-2 cups of fish head soup per day. Otherwise use beef, chicken and so forth.
2-4 raw eggs. These can be consumed in smoothies with your soured milk. Alternatively have
your eggs soft boiled.
Fermented vegetables like sauerkraut
Cooked leafy green vegetables or vegetable soup. If you are a primal food eater then vegetable
juice is fine.
Bonus items to this diet include: Colostrum, fish eggs, crab and lobsters with the innards, spring and
summer yellow butter, organ meats like adrenal, thyroid and the brain, and animal blood. Eat the crab
and lobsters cooked, some of the glands are best raw and the brain should be cooked.
In this diet carbohydrates are obtained mostly from dairy products. If you are not trying to heal severe
cavities, and you are not on a low-carb program then you can add sourdough bread from unbleached
flour made from freshly ground and sifted grains (bran and germ removed). Alternatively you can
include sweet potatoes, yams, and other root vegetables. Souring or fermenting these vegetables will
enhance their digestibility.
If you do not have cavities, then an ideal diet can include moderate amounts of lacto-fermented drinksand homemade alcohols that do not contain malted grains or commercial yeasts such as sweet potato
beer, apple cider allowed to ferment, grapes allowed to ferment or homemade mead (honey wine).
People following this diet must strictly avoid all processed and denatured food. Generally the highest
quality ingredients are obtained directly from the farm, such as through buyers clubs or farmers’
markets.Healing Tooth Cavities on a Vegetarian Diet
I created the vegetarian program because it is possible to significantly improve your dental health as
a vegetarian. Even though I do not recommend anyone to choose vegetarianism as a way of life, I
want to respond to the many requests for help from vegetarians. I ask you to reflect on a few points
before continuing onto the vegetarian program. Just to be clear in this discussion, when I say meat, it
includes fish. If you want to avoid land animal food and only consume sea food, then you can use the
other protocols in this book and enjoy very gratifying results.
When I was a vegetarian I never completely thought through why I had chosen that lifestyle, although I
believed I did not want to contribute to the killing of animals. Instead I slowly and unknowingly
started to kill myself by consuming large amounts of tofu to satisfy my hunger. My two years of
vegetarianism ended when I was on a vision quest. High up on Mount Shasta in California I fasted for
two nights and three days. I could not finish the last night of the vision quest because I became
obsessed with one vision only: a turkey sandwich! I was starving and depleted and I resolved during
that fast to quit vegetarianism. I no longer am vegetarian and I do not encourage a vegetarian diet for
women who are pregnant or planning for pregnancy, or are breastfeeding. Neither do I encourage a
vegetarian diet for children.
Current commercial livestock practices around the world damage the environment, and the animals
are in general mistreated. But depriving ourselves of what we need by avoiding animal foods sends
out into the world the energy of impoverishment and deprivation. I did not realize that there was a
choice of animals humanely cared for. There are even some grass-fed farms that include prayers in a
ceremony before killing the animal. By choosing foods carefully, making certain that the animals are
well cared for and raised humanely, I personally feel it is good to satisfy my body's hunger by eating
meat.
In an idealized world, I probably would not eat meat because I honestly prefer not to kill things. Yet
until that idealized world becomes a reality, I do not have energy or vibrancy without eating some
type of animal protein with every meal. Healthy vegetarians still need animal fats and proteins; they
simply get them from dairy products and eggs. Before domestication of animals, humans hunted their
animal proteins. Nature’s design for humans, who are able to fashion tools, is clearly for us to hunt.
Humans would not be able to live in colder climates without making clothing from animal skins. Our
genetic and ancestral heritage is one of hunting and gathering.
Most people are vegetarian for religious purposes. Over the last millennium or two, certain groups
relied upon a meat-free diet to aid them on their spiritual path. Today many monks and spiritual
leaders eat some animal meat; they just do not kill it themselves. So until the wolf and the lamb feed
together and lions start eating only grass, I am going to continue to eat and recommend that people eat
some type of animal flesh.
There are healthy vegetarian societies in the world, but this is not a common finding. When Weston
Price did his field studies he could not locate even one traditional culture that was vegetarian.
However Dr. Price did not travel to India. Village people in certain parts of India, following a
carefully designed diet based upon ancient Ayurvedic knowledge, have what appears to be a low rate
of tooth decay. Each part of their diet is carefully orchestrated including planting and harvesting inharmony with the moon cycles, special soil fertility practices, special combinations of vegetables to
ensure mineral balance, absolutely no processed food of any sort, grains aged for one year and freshly
ground, aged sugar, special spices to enhance digestion, herbs and berries such as amalaki to enhance
the mineral content of diet, complete avoidance of all nightshades, and perhaps the most potent and
nutrient-dense dairy on the planet from the water-buffalo. The milk is also processed differently in
accordance with the season. A rare few deeply spiritual and traditionally rooted societies have found
ways to create enough mineral density in their diet to have a high resistance to tooth decay without
relying upon animal flesh. This type of diet is very difficult to recreate in the United States.
The key problem area for the vegetarian diet is fat-soluble vitamin D which is the most important fat-
soluble vitamin for remineralizing teeth. Even most grass-fed milk is low in fat-soluble vitamin D. It
is highly likely that special foods given to the water-buffalo and its ability to absorb and utilize
sunlight led to milk with fairly high vitamin D content. Since I know for certain that Green
Pasture’s™ X-Factor Gold™ high vitamin butter oil is rich in vitamin D, (most butters are not rich in
vitamin D, even many grass-fed variants) using this regularly is an essential key for a vegetarian plan
to work well. To purchase it go to:
codliveroilshop.com
The vegetarian plan relies heavily on minerals from vegetables. People who eat meat and fish can get
some missing dietary minerals from animal flesh. On the vegetarian plan there is not going to be that
extra measure of safety. Success will be partially dependent on the quality and freshness of the
vegetables that you use. The success of this diet also greatly hinges on the quality of the


 about 25% of head injury patients.
51,52 210 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
Trauma renders the brain more vulnerable to these secondary insults,52 and hypoxia
and hypotension are strongly associated with poor outcome.53
Consequently, the introduction of a prehospital system capable of normalizing
oxygenation and blood pressure has been associated with improved outcome.54,55 To
our knowledge however, only one randomized control led trial (RCT) has compared
physician and nonphysician teams in prehospital brain trauma management.55 This
single RCT supported the value of trained paramedical personnel able to perform bag-valve-mask ventilation, apply external compression for hemorrhage, intubate orally without adjuvant neuromuscular blockade, and establish IV lines to adminis -
ter crystalloid or other solutions.
56
Are there pharmacological treatments now clinically available that will stop and
reverse the pathology that follows a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury? In a word, no.
57
This grim conclusion is supported by the sobering fact that the best and worst
hospitals in the United States report similar morbidity and mortality rates of patients admitted with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injuries.
58 This finding stresses the
predictably poor outcome in this group of patients and the lack of an effective treat -
ment or intervention to control the catastrophic sequelae associated with this injury.
Lu et al.59 conducted a comprehensive literature review of RCTs in adults sustain -
ing a traumatic brain injury over the past 30 years. RCTs are the gold standard of clinical trials due to their rigorous way of determining whether a cause–effect rela -
tion exists between treatment and outcome.
Lu et al.
59 dramatically discovered that of 55 acute-phase trials of interventions
for traumatic brain injury, 40 showed either no effect or adverse effects when used on brain trauma patients. These acute-phase trials were defined as interventions that occurred within 24 h following injury to the brain.
59 The few trials with lim -
ited effectiveness in treating brain trauma patients were nonpharmacological and included early nutritional therapy, cognitive rehabilitation, and physical rehabili -
tation. Treatments such as decompressive craniotomy, hyperventilation, therapeu -
tic hypothermia, and osmotic pharmacotherapy led to either ineffective or mixed results.
59
For example, decompressive craniotomy, hyperosmotic therapy including manni -
tol or hypertonic saline, and hypothermia have shown inconsistent effects, with some studies reporting positive results
60,61 and others reporting negative or no results.62–64
Lu’s review59 of 32 RCTs examining drugs targeting neuronal excitotoxicity
such as magnesium, insulin, or corticosteroids and drugs blocking lipid peroxida -
tion either failed to show a positive treatment effect or led to adverse effects. Of the 32 clinical RCTs, only 3 drugs showed positive treatment effects for acute trau -
matic brain injury, including 1 involving methylphenidate, a dopamine agonist and psychostimulant.
65
However, a recent Cochrane Central Register analysis of 20 traumatic brain injury
RCTs using dopamine agonists including methylphenidate showed no trend toward
efficacy and safety when measures of cognitive and neuropsychological function
were applied.66 One major concern of these RCTs was the high risk of bias involved
in each investigation, which consisted mainly of selection reporting bias and the lack of information to determine the efficacy of randomization.
66 This search analysis of 211 DMSO in Clinical Neuroprotection
the relevant literature concluded that dopamine agonists such as methylphenidate,
amantadine, and bromocriptine cannot be recommended as part of the acute treat -
ment regimen to preserve cognitive function following traumatic brain injury.66
The other two drugs found to have efficacy in the review of Lu et al.59 of brain
trauma treatments were the calcium channel antagonist nimodipine and progester -
one, a reproductive hormone involved in pregnancy and the menstrual cycle. The activities of progesterone and DMSO in traumatic brain injury (TBI) are discussed in detail in the “DMSO Compared to Progesterone for Traumatic Brain Injury” sec -
tion. This section includes two most recent clinical trials reported in December 2014, showing no benefit to patients treated for TBI using progesterone.
As for the calcium channel blockers, Harders et al.
67 reported on a prospective, ran -
domized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of nimodipine on 123 patients to treat subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to traumatic brain injury and found that 6 months after this treatment, significantly less unfavorable results in terms of severe disability, vegetative state, or death resulted when compared to a placebo-treated group.
Again, however, a systematic review of RCTs using calcium channel blockers,
including nimodipine for acute traumatic head injury, showed considerable uncer -
tainty over its effects. The use of nimodipine after blunt head injury revealed an increase in adverse reactions suffered by the group receiving this treatment, a finding that implies the drug is harmful for some patients.
68
With regard to progesterone, two RCTs, reported in 2007–2008, showed positive
data for this drug. In the first trial, 159 randomized patients were randomized to receive progesterone (N = 82) or a placebo (N = 77) within 8 h of injury. All patients were evaluated after 3 and 6 months of follow-up. Improved neurological outcome and lower mortality rate were reported for the progesterone-treated group at both time points.
69
The second trial using progesterone was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-
controlled trial consisting of 100 adult brain trauma patients who were treated within 11 h of injury with a postresuscitation GCS of 4–12. After 30 days postinjury, only moderately injured patients (GCS 9–12) showed lower mortality rate than placebo and possible  signs of benefit when compared to the placebo group. The mortality
rate reduction was marginally significant when the treatment group was compared with placebo.
70 Stein et al.71 theorized that the possible mechanisms of progesterone
neuroprotection may lie in its ability to lower brain edema and downregulate the inflammatory cascade associated with traumatic-induced brain swelling.
More recently, a Cochrane Injuries Group’s Specialised Register analyzed 3 small
RCTs involving 315 people treated with progesterone or placebo for traumatic brain injury and concluded that progesterone may improve the neurologic outcome of patients with traumatic brain injury but cautioned that evidence for effectiveness remains insuf -
ficient.
72 This Cochrane analysis recommended that multicenter RCTs are needed to
examine whether any benefit for head injury is provided by progesterone therapy.72
DMSO IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Although much has been learned in the past 25  years about the cellular and molecular pathologies associated with traumatic brain injury, the hunt for effec -
tive treatments has been a historical disappointment. This failure to find an 212 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
effective treatment for traumatic brain injury may have more to do with choice of
the experimental model than with the choice of what end points may be relevant to the human injury.
For example, there are two major flaws in correlating the effectiveness of a ther -
apy for brain trauma using small animals as the injury model. The first flaw is that the animal models used to test potential treatments for head injury, such as rats, cats, rabbits, sheep, pigs, and mice,
73 all have cerebrovascular supplies that are inherently
dissimilar to humans or nonhuman primates and this dissimilarity creates a variable tolerance when trauma is applied to their brains.
Human and nonhuman primate brain is highly organized and lacks the col -
lateralization of cerebral vessels found in small mammals, so its vulnerability to brain trauma or ischemia is much greater than that of small mammals. The second major flaw may be an inherent ineffectiveness of the treatment being tested. These two experimental flaws may help explain why dramatic therapeutic responses often reported as breakthroughs in the head injury field using small animals sub -
jected to head injury later are shown to have almost zero correlation to the human counterpart.
Consequently, extrapolations relating the success of these therapies in small ani -
mal models to humans are at best uncertain and impossible to predict.
To complicate matters, traumatic brain injury in humans can result in focal
pathology due to the formation of hematomas and vessel infarction, or diffuse injury involving spreading edema, activation of inflammatory cytokines, release of excit -
atory neurotransmitters, and diffuse axonal injury.
74 Some but not all of the patho -
logical processes are easy to create in a small animal model but difficult to clinically assess posttrauma after a treatment is delivered due to the variability and tolerance associated with each animal species.
From this perspective, DMSO had a distinct advantage when it was first tested
for traumatic brain injury in the early 1970s because nonhuman primates were used. For reasons discussed in Chapter 8, using nonhuman primates, whose brains very closely resemble human brain, means that the injury will closely reflect the human injury and if the treatment works in the nonhuman primate, it is also likely to work in people.
75–78 The only caveat in the use of a nonhuman primate is that human trau -
matic brain injury is more complex than the controlled laboratory injury monkeys experience.
The results of these brain injury studies showed DMSO had a dramatic positive
effect on ICP, CPP


50%
reduction of tumors, there was also delay relapses,
rate of tumor growth in relapse is significantly reduced.
As far as possible the authors of ways to take a biopsy of tumors
effects of hibernation, during it and after hibernation. When
comparison of drugs they observed clear changes in the process
treatment. Thus, the tumors disappeared and narrowed blood
vessels after 48 hours of cold tumor cells poorly
stained, they swell, granulated protoplasm.
Observed destructive changes in hromofinnom apparatus.
However, as the authors determined the way, all these changes in tumors
were recurrent in nature, except for two cases where
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42two women with breast cancer, and tumors
and metastases disappeared completely.
Fay and Smith attributed the observed changes in their
malignant tumors due to the direct effects
them cold, but the current data on hypobiosis allow
change this view. Cold - it's just a way of introducing human
in hypobiosis, it may be another, and changes in tumor tissue
were caused by hypobiosis - the profound disintegration
organism to the level of cells, which occurs when hypobiosis.
Which allows to think so? The disintegration of the organism,
occurs at hypobiosis, in which each cell becomes
to itself, immediately put in an unequal healthy
and malignant cells, and in favor of the healthy. As shown
Research EG Gorozhanskoy and VS Shapot, VS Shapot rate
consumption of glucose as an energy source per unit time
malignant cells in 16 (!) times greater than the need
glucose in healthy cells. at full power
isolation cells at the advancing disintegration in hypobiosis,
cancer cells, left to itself, disconnected from the general
blood flow, which in bios supplier of glucose
at the expense of the whole organism, energy is being depleted and degraded
what is observed of American Pathologists. in their experience, difficult to
technical design, the biggest drawback was
short duration of continuous sleep, which ruled out a full
degradation of the tumor in one session and made it possible to fill
tumors in the intervals between hibernation. Nevertheless, two patients
still managed to get rid of the malignant tumors
with metastasis, which indicates the correctness of the chosen path
treatment of malignant neoplasms.
Thus, if we lengthen the period of artificial hibernation and make
its continuous patient suffering a malignant tumor,
You can achieve complete degradation of the main tumor and all
without exception, its metastases, wherever and in what quantities they may
are, because in hypobiosis energy isolation
for a cancer cell would maintain in any part of the body.
Ca. author. I have always been convinced that the simpler the treatment, so it
effective. in nature for every poison is the antidote. Seemed
would be if all our modern science has concentrated on
improving the mechanisms of hibernation and dry fasting in humans,
We have long been treated with cancer and other incurable diseases. Unfortunately,
We all efforts were directed at the chemistry, it's a lot of money.
It should be said that such a method of treating malignant tumors
Unlike all existing may be radical in its
sense, acceptable at all stages of the prevalence of
process for all types of cancers, not
will have no contraindications and can be applied
more than once - already with a view to prevention. Such a method of treatment
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43would be economically feasible, since it does not require
special conditions and expensive drugs, humane, because
when it is carrying out a patient will be in a state of deep
rest and do not need painkillers.
In the near future may be of practical interest
hypobiosis use (and even suspended animation!) in a person's long-term
space flight. Some of our scientists without due reason
had started in criticizing the U.S. campaign to "burial alive" to
the best times of some wealthy volunteers who suffered under
life of incurable diseases - with the hope to "wake up" when
These diseases will learn to heal. Freezing and further
the content of such people was carried out at low temperatures
in liquid nitrogen, before the "funeral" was produced all the blood (such
way invoked deep hypobiosis!), which replaces
polyhydric alcohol - glycerol. It is known that in insects,
undergoing a period of hibernation deep cooling,
in the blood also appears glycerol, which prevents the formation of
ice crystals in the supercooling and thus protects
cells from mechanical damage. Detected in the glycerol and
human blood. Can I put to sleep this way people
awaken at any time in the future? If we proceed from the concept of
profound disintegration of the organism occurs at a deeper
hypobiosis - is possible. The fact that the state of the organism,
in which each cell is "in itself", the question is not
is about the safety of entire systems and mezhorgannyh relations, complex
functions - ie, to preserve the integrity of the organism, the question is
in principle to maintain the viability of the cells, let them even
not one but many billions - that's not the quantity. And this problem
preservation of the viability of cells is solved, even in practice:
already come into the practice of using artificial
insemination of cattle semen vysokoporodnyh bulls, which
Conserve this way - quick freezing
in liquid nitrogen. Then, returning to life, the body restores itself
their intercellular communication and mezhorgannye. Interestingly, in the region
preservation and storage of bull semen taken a step further:
successfully completed studies on the drying of the conservation
viability in a vacuum bull semen, pre-
frozen in liquid nitrogen, a cellular material can be
stored indefinitely in a simple sealed ampoule.
If a person is a way to enter into suspended animation, will be possible
very long and extremely long space flight with a man on
board, and the man himself will be virtually assured of immortality.
I CAN T DO YOGA Falling Tb in Anab H?
It is known that yogizm, one of the most ancient cultural heritages
India emerged in IV-II century. BC. er. Mention of it found
in the ancient Vedas (books of hymns and prayer books early
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44Indo-Aryans). All forms of yoga and exercise aims to
mobilize the "latent, potential power of the body" to merge
with a "world power." Proved that the applied Hata yoga technique
- Holding the body in certain postures and breath control
- Can lead a person to complete some samoovladeniyu
autonomous functions of the body.
Yoga in Sanskrit means "unity, communication."
in the Hindu religious sense of the word meaning
communication, the merging of the individual soul of man which
considered a "spark of the soul world, with the Ecumenical spirit. Most
complete the merger carried out in a state called samadhi
who coached yoga sought by resorting to an ancient
Indian technique of mental self-hypnosis. According to the Hindus,
"Spirit is buried in deep thought, and the body - in a deep sleep." Indians
believe that in the spirit of this state, located in the body, fully
connects with the spirit of the universe. Historians believe that the first
Yoga appeared somewhere in the highlands of Tibet and on the slopes of the Himalayas.
For the alpine climate is characterized by lack of oxygen, which
beginning to be felt at a height of 2 thousand meters Oxygen deficiency
usually leads to an increase in the volume of air passing through
lungs, ie, to enhance ventilation. Arbitrarily decreasing
ventilation residents highlands of Tibet were able to accelerate
adaptability of the body, getting used to the lack of oxygen
at the level of tissues. Quite often, write and speak about what
Yoga own hibernation, typically refer to the fact that
by regulating the breath, they can manage some
vital processes. According to Soviet physiologists
NA Aghajanian and AJ Katkov, the mystery of hibernation hide Yogi
in the total effect of the three physiological effects on the body
factors: dose of fasting, relaxation of muscles
and slow breathing (oxygen deficiency).
Try and understand this and start with slow breathing.
In this regard, great progress has been made not only the Masters. More
In 1930 an American physiologist, ES Schneider conducted a survey
two pilots. One of them, breathing pure oxygen, then managed
stop breathing at 14, and another - 15 min. Pearl diver
Californian, Robert Forster, after breathing oxygen
within half an hour, could remain underwater without scuba gear for
13 min. But he was not able to dive into a hypnotic
state, like the yogis. In this regard, the nature of serious
benefits are some species, such as seals.
They, like people, breathe easy. To be able to for a long
time to remain under water, they have developed an evolutionary path
the ability to muscle relaxation. due to the fact that under water
muscle tone decreases, the demand for oxygen is reduced
1 / 3, and because the body's need for oxygen is the main
criterion level of activity. Not by chance in all species
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45animals, falling into hibernation, the muscles are relaxed, the heart
barely beating, breathing is shallow and very rare. But lower
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 their lives. Senna is probably one
of the best known herbal medicines, not least because it
is still widely used in conventional medicine. It is a very
efficient laxative and is a particularly useful remedy for
the occasional bout of constipation. It has a slightly bitter,
nauseating taste, and is therefore generally mixed with
other herbs.
Habitat & Cultivation
Senna is native to tropical Africa and
is now cultivated throughout that
continent. It is grown from seed in
spring or from cuttings in early summer
and requires plenty of sun. The leaves
may be picked before or while the plant
is in flower, and the pods are collected
when they are ripe in autumn.
Related Species
There are over 400 species of Cassia.
Tinnevelly senna ( C. angustifolia ) is
grown in the Indian subcontinent and
has the same therapeutic properties
as C. senna. In Ayurvedic medicine,
it is used for skin problems, jaundice,
bronchitis, and anemia, as well as for
constipation. Jue ming zi  (C. obtusifolia )
is used in traditional Chinese medicine
for “liver fire” patterns, constipation,
and atherosclerosis.
Key Constituents
■ Anthraquinone glycosides
 (sennosides)
■ Naphthalene glycosides
■ Mucilage■ Flavonoids
■ Volatile oil
Key Actions
■ Stimulant
■ Laxative
■ Cathartic
Research
■ Sennosides  Extensive research
during the last 50 years has led to
a clear understanding of senna’s
action. The sennosides irritate the
lining of the large intestine, causing
the muscles to contract strongly,
resulting in a bowel movement about
10 hours after the dose is taken.
The sennosides also stop fluid being
absorbed from the large intestine,
helping to keep the stool soft.
Traditional &
Current Uses
■ Early records  The herb was
first used medicinally by Arabian
physicians in the 9th century ce.
■ Constipation  Senna has always
been specifically used for constipation.
It is particularly appropriate when a
soft stool is required, for example in
cases of anal fissure. Senna is a good
short-term laxative but should not
be taken for more than 10 days as
this leads to weakening of the large
intestine muscles.
■ Cathartic  As a cathartic (very
strong laxative), senna can cause
cramping and colic, and is therefore
normally taken with aromatic,
carminative herbs that relax the
intestinal muscles.
Self-help Use
■ Constipation, p. 307. Senna
A small perennial
shrub growing to
3 ft (1 m), with a
straight, woody stem
and yellow flowers.
Senna  shrubs have pairs of lance-
shaped leaflets arranged on either side
of a central stem.Parts Used
Key Preparations & Their UsesDried leaves
Fresh leaves
Pods  are milder in effect than
the leaves. They are made into
tablets and other preparations.Leaves are stronger
in action than the
pods and are not
as commonly used.
Dried pods Fresh pods
GingerClovesDecoction  For constipation,
steep 3 –6 senna pods and 1 g
fresh ginger in 3⁄4 cup (150 ml)
freshly boiled water for
6 –12 hours. Strain and drink.Tablets  are the standard senna
preparation and are convenient.
T ake for occasional constipation.
Infusion  For mild constipation,
infuse 1–2 senna pods, 1 g fresh
ginger, and 1–2 cloves in 3⁄4 cup
(150 ml) freshly boiled water for
15 minutes. Strain and drink. QCautions Do not give to children under 12. Do not take for more than 10 days
at a time. Do not take if suffering from colitis. During pregnancy, take on advice
of your health care practitioner.
Tincture is prescribed by herbalists to treat short-term constipation.
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key medicinal plantsCentella asiatiC a
Paste made from powder.
Mix 2 tsp powder with 5 tsp
(25 ml) water and apply to
patches of eczema. Powder  is an important Ayurvedic
remedy. T ake 1–2 g a day with
water as a general tonic.In India, fresh leaves are
eaten as a tonic herb in saladsCentella asiatica syn. Hydrocotyle asiatica (Apiaceae)
Gotu Kola (Hindi), Indian PennywortGotu kola
A perennial, herbaceous creeper, growing to 20 in (50 cm), with fan-shaped leaves.
Gotu kola is found growing wild
throughout India.
Habitat & Cultivation
Gotu kola is native to India and the
southern U.S. It also grows in tropical and subtropical parts of Australia, southern Africa, and South America. It prefers marshy areas and riverbanks. Though usually gathered wild, gotu kola can be cultivated from
Parts Used Key Preparations & Their Uses
Aerial parts have
valuable tonic and cleansing properties.Research
■ Wound healing Gotu kola has
an established ability to promote
wound healing and tissue repair, making it useful as a cosmetic agent, in skin disorders such as psoriasis,  and in arthritis. Asiaticoside, in particular, has been shown to speed up collagen formation and the laying down of new blood vessels. This healing effect extends to the blood vessels, so that gotu kola extracts aid venous repair, notably in chronic venous insufficiency, a condition that includes symptoms such as leg swelling and varicose veins. Recent U.S. research has investigated the effectiveness of high-strength extracts to help in diabetic neuropathy (nerve pain due to poor circulation) with signs of positive benefit.
■ Brain function In the last 10
years, research has focused on gotu kola’s ability to relieve anxiety and support healthy brain function.  A Thai clinical trial in 2008 found that gotu kola extract improved attention, working memory, alertness, and mood in 28 healthy volunteers with an average age of 65. Another small study found that gotu kola eased
the symptoms of anxiety.Traditional &
Current Uses
■ Wound healing Gotu kola’s main
traditional use lies in treating wounds
and skin problems. In Ayurveda, it is used specifically to promote healing in skin ulcers and serious skin problems, as well as to prevent scarring. The herb may be applied directly to the skin, or taken internally, where it appears to promote tissue repair throughout the body. It supports peripheral circulation and can be taken to strengthen blood vessels, e.g. varicose veins. Many people swear by gotu kola’s ability to prevent and relieve arthritis and rheumatic problems.
■ T onic The herb has a longstanding
reputation in India and southern  Asia as a “rejuvenator,” aiding concentration and memory, particularly in the elderly. In Western herbal medicine, it is understood to be an adaptogen and can be taken long-term to help support healthy brain function, slow aging, and calm anxiety. It is also thought to have a tonic effect on digestion.
Self-help Uses
■ Eczema, p. 300.
■ Maintaining vitality, p. 319.
Dried aerial partsFresh
aerial partsGotu kola is an ancient Ayurvedic remedy that is now used
extensively in the West. It is a useful tonic and cleansing herb for skin problems and digestive disorders. In India,
it is used to treat a variety of conditions, including leprosy, but it is valued chiefly as a revitalizing herb that strengthens nervous function and memory. It has a bittersweet, acrid taste, and in India it is sometimes used in salads and as
a vegetable.
 QCautions Can occasionally cause sensitivity to sunlight. Restricted
herb in some countries. May cause allergic reactions in rare cases.
Infusion (to make, p. 291). For
rheumatism, take 7 tsp twice a day.seed in spring. The aerial parts are
harvested throughout the year.
Related Species
Marsh pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris) is a related European species, but, unlike gotu kola, has no known therapeutic uses.
Key Constituents
■ Triterpenoid saponins (asiaticoside,
 brahmoside, thankuniside)
■ Alkaloids (hydrocotyline)
■ Bitter principles (vellarin)
Key Actions
■ Wound healer
■ Tonic
■ Anti-inflammatory
■ Sedative
■ Peripheral vasodilator
Tincture (to make, p. 292). For poor memory and concentration,
take 40 drops with water 3 times a day.
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Making infusion  with flower heads
(see p. 291). For a good night’s sleep,
drink 3⁄4 cup (150 ml) before bed.Flower heads  may be used fresh


 spores on the underside.
Habitat & Cultivation  Hartstongue is found
throughout much of Europe, North Africa, East Asia, and North America. It prefers shaded sites  in woodlands and on banks and walls. The fronds are gathered throughout the summer.
Parts Used  Fronds.Selenicereus grandiflorus
(Cactaceae)
Night-blooming
Cereus
Description  Climbing multibranched perennial
cactus with upright cylindrical stems and aerial
roots. Produces large flowerbuds opening into night-blooming white flowers that grow to 8 in  (20 cm) across, and red oval fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to Mexico
and Central America, night-blooming cereus is now rarely found in the wild. It is cultivated both as an ornamental and a medicinal plant. The flowers and young stems are gathered in summer.
Parts Used  Flowers, young stems.
Constituents  Night-blooming cereus contains
alkaloids (including cactine), flavonoids (isorhamnetin), and a pigment. Cactine’s cardiotonic effect is considered similar to that of cardiac glycosides (see
foxglove, Digitalis species, p. 202).
Medicinal Actions & Uses As it is in short
supply, night-blooming cereus is little used at present, but it is a valuable remedy for the heart.  It stimulates the action of the heart, increasing the strength of contractions while slowing heart rate. It is prescribed as a treatment for various conditions,
US_266-283_Sanguinaria_Ziziphus_jujuba.indd   268 26/02/16   12:48 pm269 other medicinal plantsSeSamum indicum
Habitat & Cultivation  The herb is native
to central and southern Europe and now grows
wild in northern Europe, North Africa, and
western Asia, preferring sandy dry soil. Houseleek
is widely cultivated as a garden plant. The leaves
are picked in summer.
Parts Used  Leaves, leaf juice.
Constituents  Houseleek contains polyphenols,
including procyanidins and mucilage.
History & Folklore  The Frankish King
Charlemagne (742–814 ce) told his subjects
to plant houseleek on their roofs, as the plant
reputedly warded off lightning and fire.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Houseleek
leaves and their juice are used for their cooling
and astringent effect, being applied externally
to soothe many skin conditions, including burns,
wounds, boils, and corns. As with many other
remedies that are both astringent and soothing,
houseleek simultaneously tightens and softens
the skin. Traditionally, the leaves have been
chewed to relieve toothache, and the juice
has been sniffed to stop nosebleeds. Houseleek
is still used externally, but internal use of this
herb is not advised because in large doses it
will induce vomiting.
Caution  Do not take houseleek internally.Night-blooming cereus  has spectacular flowers that open
at dusk and close at dawn.
Houseleek’s  succulent leaves contain tannins and mucilage,
both soothing to the skin.including angina and low blood pressure, and is
often given as a tonic during recovery from a heart
attack. In the Caribbean, the juice of the whole
plant is used to expel worms, and the stems and
flowers are used in the treatment of rheumatism.
 QCautions  T ake only under professional
supervision. Excessive doses may cause stomach
upset and hallucinations.Related Species  Ragwort ( S. jacobaea )
has traditionally been used as a poultice or
lotion to relieve rheumatic aches and pains.
Cautions  Do not take life root internally.
The plant is subject to legal restrictions in
some countries.
Sesamum indicum (Pedaliaceae )
Sesame,
Hei Zhi Ma
Description  Erect annual growing to 61⁄2 ft
(2 m). Has lance-shaped to oval leaves, white, pink,
or mauve flowers, and oblong seed capsules
bearing many small gray seeds.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to Africa,
sesame is cultivated in tropical and subtropical
areas around the world. The root is unearthed in
summer; the seeds are collected after the seed
capsules have turned brown-black.
Sesame seeds  are a rich source of unsaturated fatty acids
and calcium.Sempervivum tectorum
(Crassulaceae)
Houseleek
Description  Succulent perennial growing to
4 in (10 cm). Has round rosettes of leaves, and
flowering stems bearing clusters of bell-shaped
red flowers.Senecio aureus  syn. Packera aurea
Life Root,
Squaw Weed
Description  Upright perennial growing to
3 ft (1 m). Has lance-shaped leaves and clusters
of yellow daisy-type flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to eastern
North America, life root is found in marshes, and
on damp ground and riverbanks. The aerial parts
are gathered in summer.
Parts Used  Aerial parts.
Constituents  Life root contains a volatile
oil, pyrrolizidine alkaloids (including senecine,
senecionine, and otosenine), tannins, and resin.
In isolation, the pyrrolizidine alkaloids are highly
toxic to the liver.
History & Folklore  The North American
Catawba people used life root to treat
gynecological problems in general, and
to relieve labor pains in particular.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Until
recently, life root was employed in Anglo-
American herbalism much as it was in earlier
times—as a means to induce menstrual periods
and to bring relief to menopausal complaints.
Today, the plant is recommended only for
external use, as a douche for excessive
vaginal discharge.Parts Used  Seeds, seed oil, root.
Constituents  The seeds are highly nutritious
and contain about 55% oil (mainly polyunsaturated
fats), about 20% protein, lignans (notably sesamin
and sesamolin), vitamins B3 and E, and minerals.
The lignans are thought to lower blood cholesterol
levels and blood pressure.
History & Folklore  Sesame was one of
the plants found in the tomb of Tutankhamun
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other medicinal plants
Solanum melongena (Solanaceae)
Eggplant,
Aubergine
Description  An erect, herbaceous perennial
growing to 28 in (70 cm). Has slightly woolly leaves,
violet flowers, and large purple fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to India and
Southeast Asia, the eggplant is now cultivated in many tropical areas and also grown under glass  in cooler climates. The fruit is gathered when ripe  in summer or autumn.
Parts Used  Fruit, fruit juice, leaves.
Constituents  Eggplant contains proteins,
carbohydrates, and vitamins A, B1, B2,
and C.
History & Folklore  Eggplant has been
cultivated as a food in southern and eastern Asia since ancient times.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Eggplant fruit
helps to lower blood cholesterol levels and is suitable as part of a diet to help regulate high blood pressure. The fruit can be applied fresh  as a poultice for hemorrhoids, but it is more commonly used in the form of an oil or ointment. The fruit and its juice are effective diuretics. A soothing, emollient poultice for the treatment of burns, abscesses, cold sores, and similar conditions Smilax spp. (Liliaceae)
Sarsaparilla
Description  Perennial woody climber growing
to 16 ft (5 m). Has broadly ovate leaves, tendrils, and small greenish flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Sarsaparilla species
are found in tropical rainforests and in temperate regions in Asia and Australia. The root is gathered throughout the year.
Part Used  Root.
Constituents  Sarsaparilla
contains 1–3% steroidal saponins, phytosterols (including beta- and e-sitosterol), about 50% starch, resin, sarsapic acid, and minerals. Despite the herb’s reputation for being testosterogenic, the steroidal saponins and sterols are estrogenic and anti-inflammatory. The saponins also have antibiotic activity.
History & Folklore  Brought from
the New World to Spain in 1563, sarsaparilla was heralded as a cure
for syphilis, reportedly having been used in the Caribbean with some success. The claims, however, were grossly inflated and the herb’s popularity
soon waned. In Mexico, sarsaparilla has traditionally been used to treat a variety of skin problems. Before it was replaced by artificial agents, sarsaparilla root was the original flavoring for root beer.Smilax Spp.
(1370–1352 bce). In ancient Egypt, the


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They	want	to	feel	safe
.	This	means	living	without	fear	and	knowing	that	you
are	accepted.
They	want	to	expand
.	This	means	feeling	more	free,	not	having	that
suffocating	feeling	of	being	trapped	or	closed	in.They	want	to	be	inspired	to	do	great	and	wondrous	deeds
.	I	don’t	have	to
explain	this—why	else	does	Hollywood	make	billions	of	dollars	a	year?	Even
the	fantasy	of	great	and	wondrous	deeds	makes	us	go	back	for	more.
As	you	look	at	yourself	right	now	can	you	create	these	changes?	Nobody	can,
not	on	their	own	just	by	thinking.	You	need	true	alchemy.	You	must	release
the	same	flow	of	love	that	was	given	to	the	rabbits.	Baba	taught	me	that
alchemy	comes	from	inside.	People	spend	a	lot	of	time	looking	for	all	kinds
of	outside	solutions.	They	move,	they
	change	jobs	and	get	new	friends,	they
forget	their	troubles	with	games	and	sports	and	movies.	They	aren’t	thinking
about	love,	however;	the	supreme	power	in	the	universe	has	been	overlooked.
The	first	thing	Baba	wanted	me	to	know	is	that	I	should	never	overlook	love
again.The	Boy	Who	Needed	Love
B
aba	had	been	standing	still	when	suddenly,	true	to	his	habit,	he	moved
quickly	out	the	cabin	door,	heading	straight	for	the	road.	I	ran	after	him,
thinking	he	was	going	to	the	village,	but	after	a	few	moments	he	stopped.	We
had	come	across	some	boys	up	ahead.
“Take	a	look,”	he	said.
I	knew	them	all.	Four	boys	from	school	who	were	kicking	down	the	road	on	a
summer	day.	They	needed	diversion,	and	at	that	moment	they’d	found
something	promising,	because	one	of	the	boys	was	shouting,	“No	way!	Go
home,	Stinky.”
“What	are	we	looking	at?”	I	asked.	Baba	was	paying	close	attention	to	the
boy	they	were	picking	on.
“Someone	in	dire	need	of	an	alchemist,”	he	said.
Jimmy	Stinky?
	I	thought.	His	real	name	was	Jimmy	Starkey	which	made	him
unpopular	to	begin	with	because	he	had	an	Indian	mother	and	a	British	father.
He	was	the	kid	who	forever	got	teased.	Jimmy	was	wiry	and	small	for
	his	age.
Somebody—probably	his	dad—had	told	him	that	he	had	to	try	and	fit	in.	So
every	Saturday,	like	clockwork,	Jimmy	showed	up	to	give	it	another	try.	This
time	he	held	out	a	new	cricket	ball.	Indian	boys	are	probably	even	more	crazy
for	cricket	than	for	soccer.
“Where’d	you	get	that	ball?”	one	of	the	other	boys	said.	“Hand	it	over.”
Jimmy	hesitated.	“What’s	wrong,	you	afraid	we’ll	take	it?”
“We	just	want	to	see	your	ball,	Stinky.	What’s	wrong	with	that?”	another	boy
chimed	in.
“Okay,”	Jimmy	said	doubtfully.	He	handed	the	ball	to	the	first	boy,	who
started	tossing	it	up	and	down.	“My	dad	bought	it,	for	all	of	us,”	Jimmy	said.
He	was	actually	sounding	hopeful.
“Please,	Baba,	let’s	go,”	I	said.	It	made	me	uncomfortable	to	watch;	I	had
been	one	of	Jimmy’s	tormentors,	and	if	Baba	hadn’t	been	there,	my	attitudewould	have	been	just	like	his	present	tormentors’.	But	Baba	wouldn’t	budge.
I	don’t	have	to	tell	you	how	this	scene	was	playing	out.	After	they	began
tossing	his	ball	around,	the	three	boys	wouldn’t	throw	it	to	Jimmy;	then	he
wanted	it	back,	but	they	wouldn’t	give	it	to	him;	then	they	threw	it	into	a	ditch
and	walked	away	laughing.
“I’m	watching	him,”	said	Baba.	“I’m	feeling	his	misery,	but	I	can	also	feel	his
tormentors,	who	are	happy	and	satisfied	with	how	they	treated	him.	It’s	a	little
drama	about	human	nature,	isn’t	it?”	Jimmy	was	now	in	the	ditch
	by	the	side
of	the	road	trying	to	find	his	lost	ball	in	the	weeds.
I	didn’t	want	to	get	involved	at	all.	Jimmy	found	his	ball	in	the	muddy	ditch,
and	when	we	passed	him,	he	hung	his	head	while	I	looked	the	other	way.
Baba	let	me	walk	down	the	road	at	my	own	slow	pace.	I	couldn’t	get	Jimmy
out	of	my	mind,	and	more	than	once	I	wanted	to	turn	and	run	after	him.
“And	what	would	you	do	if	you	caught	up	with	him?”	Baba	asked.
“I’d	tell	him	I	was	sorry,”	I	said.
“What	if	he	didn’t	want	to	listen?”	Baba	asked.
“I’d	try	and	convince	him.”
“How?”
I	didn’t	like	being	interrogated.	I	had	stood	by	and	watched	while	Jimmy	was
ragged	without	mercy.	There	was	no	good	reason	why	he	should	trust	me.	I
did	have	an	idea,	though.	“I’d	ask	him	if	he	wanted	to	practice	pitching	and
batting	with	me.	He’s	really	lousy	at	cricket,”	I	said.
Baba	shook	his	head.	“Once	a	dog’s	been	beaten,	it’s	hard	to	make	him	see
your	hand	holding	anything	but	a	stick.”
Baba	had	never	talked	so	grimly	before,	and	I	wondered	why	he	was	trying	to
make	me	feel	even	guiltier.
“Guilt	is	pointless,”	he	said	impatiently	“It	adds	more
	pain	when	what	you
want	is	less.	There	are	subtle	ways	to	show	Jimmy	that	you’ve	changed
inside.	Let	me	show	you.”Baba	would	have	made	a	great	actor,	because	in	an	instant	he	changed	before
my	eyes.	He	stiffened	and	crossed	his	arms	like	a	policeman	confronting	a
guilty	criminal.	His	eyes	looked	right	through	me,	and	his	body	tightened	into
a	rigid	pillar.	“How	do	I	look?”	he	said.
“Pretty	scary.”
“And	how	do	I	look	now?”
Without	so	much	as	a	moment’s	hesitation	he	changed	again.	His	body
softened,	the	sternness	in	his	face	melted,	and	I	saw	myself	reflected	in	his
eyes	just	as	I	did	in	my	mother’s	when	I	came	home	from	boarding	school.
“That’s	amazing,”	I	said.
“The	soul	finds	many	ways	to	express	what	is	true	about	you,”	said	Baba.
“Through	your	body	language,	your	tone	of	voice,	the	look	in	your	eyes,	the
whole	sense	you	give	off	of	being	tense	or	relaxed.”
“I	never	notice	those	things,”	I	said.
“Oh,	we	all	notice,	but	we	pretend	not	to,”	said	Baba.	“That’s	what	is	so
amazing	about	this	particular	secret	weapon.	It’s	out	in	plain	sight,	yet	it	still
remains	a	secret.”
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 concerned with “the whole planet. ”  It seems the least we can do for the planet which gave birth to us and will sooner or later recycle our bodies.  As of 2018, I think a realistic view leans toward “sooner. ”  However, let us remember our great capacity for awakening, understanding, transformation, and love-in-action.  Why not do all we can to nourish these possibilities?  Let us each realize that we truly do reap what we sow!
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The #1 mistake humankind makes several times every day is eating foods which we are
not designed to eat, that is, foods which are not suitable to our biological and physi -
ological constitution and which poison and destroy the body and mind, causing virtually every disease condition humans fac e
. We are not omnivores!  Omnivorous diets that are
high in grains and their byproducts and/or meat and animal byproducts are acidifying, toxifying, and deficient in nutrients.  They destroy human health, causing physical and mental degeneration, low fertility, most disease conditions from A to Z, stunted longev -
ity and they greatly contribute to the pollution of the world’s environment and the de -
cline of global societies.
Just as ker osene fouls up an automobile or air plane eng
ine, which was not designed for
it, so too will foods foul up human bodies if they are not designed to handle them.  If
you are not physiologically adapted to a diet, it will be repulsive to you in its raw natural state—you cannot relish the food nor sustain yourself on it in good health.  When you eat an unnatural diet by artifice, that is, by denaturing it by cooking and modifying and camouflaging its taste with condiments and so on, you are doing the following:
1.  Deranging and destroying most or all of the nutrients within the food.    2.  Deranging your taste buds through excitation with toxic substances to make the
unpalatable food acceptable.  3.  Potentially inflaming your or
gans.  All poisonous substances, including alcohol, pun -
gent spices, vinegars, salts, onions, garlic, chili peppers, hot sauces, and charred meat,
are harsh irritan ts tha
t can cause inflammation and impose insurmountable burdens 25
Fruiticultureupon the body’s defense system and organs of
purification and elimination.  A host of diseases results from their habitual use.
4.  Causing nutrient deficiencies by eating a par -
tially or wholly nutrient deranged “food. ”5.  Causing protein malnutr ition.  C
ooking de -
stroys proteins and amino acids.  Once oxidized
and destr oyed b y c
ooking, you can no longer de -
rive any benefit from proteinaceous substances other than, per haps “empt y calor
ies, ” that is, nu-
trient-bereft fuel.  Once oxidized, proteins are soil (food) for bact er
ia which putrefy (rot) it.  Bacterial
putrefactive byproducts are highly toxic and car -
cinogenic. These byproducts are methane gas (the source for smelly gas emissions when y ou ea
t
beans, for instance), hydrogen sulfide and mer -
captans (which yield the rotten egg smell when carried out by the methane gas), cada v
erine, putrescine, ammonias, indoles, skatoles,
leukomaines and a profusion of other toxic and carcinogenic substances.
6.  Laying the groundwork for putrefactive bacterial flora that will vitiate your intestinal
tract.  Eaters of cooked foods and wrong foods have about two pounds of bacterial flora up and down their digestive tracts.  Raw food eaters have only a few ounces.
7.  Laying the groundwork for alcohol and vinegar poisoning.  Heated sugars and carbo -
hydrates are readily fermented by fungi and bacteria with, first, alcohol as a byproduct
and then vinegar which is dozens of times more t o
xic than alcohol.
8.  Intoxicating your body with the toxic debris (deranged nutrients) of what once had nutrient value. Instead of materials your body can use, you have toxins that put the body into a frenzy and, if overwhelmed by the toxic load, into a pathological state.
9.  Overstimulating your nervous and endocrine systems, which in some people sends
their sex drive into overdrive, which is a prime cause of the world’s overpopulation.
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Fruiticulture10.  Deranging our brain chemistry, resulting in reduced cognition and disconnection
from our elegant bio-spiritual nature, instigating aberrant behaviors and, consequently, worldwide turmoil.  This new study helps make the point:  “Intake of Raw Fruits and Vegetables Is Associated With Better Mental Health, ” from Frontiers in Psychology maga -
zine: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5902672/.
As you can see, c ooked f
oods and condiments are a curse to our well-being.
There are many toxic substances that are commonly eaten.  For instance, all cooked oils
and fats, as in fried foods, meats, nuts and seeds, contain deadly carcinogens.  Their aerated fumes are worse in the lungs than tobacco smoke!  For the bare truth about cooking, refer to the landmark report Diet, Nutrition and Cancer (1983) that was commis -
sioned by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (https://www.nap.edu/catalog/371/diet-nutrition-and-cancer).
T
he list of toxifying pseudo-foods seems endless!  We Americans poison ourselves so
much that we have more health problems per capita than any other country on earth.  More than 16% of our national wealth goes down the disease rat hole.  Humanity must wake up to the fact that virtually all discomforts, illnesses and suffering are abnormal, unnatural and unnecessary.
f
Slabs of carcinogens27
FruiticultureIs Cooked Food Good for Us?
by Dr. T. C. Fry
In nature all animals eat living foods as yielded up by na-
ture. Only humans cook their foods and only humans suffer widespread sicknesses and ailments.
Those humans who
eat mostly living foods are more alert, think clearer, sharper and more logically and become more active. Best of all, live food eaters become virtually sickness-free!
Cooking is a process of food destruction from the moment
heat is applied to the foodstuff. Long before dry ashes re -
sults, food values are totally destroyed. If you put your hand just for a moment into boil-ing water or on a hot stove, that should forever persuade you just how destructive heat is. Food is usually subject ed t
o these destructive temperatures for perhaps half an hour
or more. What was living substance becomes totally dead very rapidly with exposure to heat!
Cooking renders food toxic! The toxicity of the deranged debris of cooking is confirmed
by the doubling and tripling of white blood cells after eating a cooked food meal. The white blood cells are the first line of defense and are, collectively, popularly called “the immune system. ”
As confirmed by hundreds of researches cited in the prestigious National Academy of
Science’s National Research Council’s book, Diet, Nutrition and Cancer, all cooking quickly generates mutagens and carcinogens in foods.
Proteins begin coagulating and deaminating at temperatures commonly applied in cook -
ing, and are devoid of nutritive value.Vitamins are ra ther quick
ly destroyed by cooking.
Minerals quickly lose their organic context and are returned to their native state as they
occur in soil, seawater and rocks, metals and so on.  In such a state they are unusable and the body often shunts them aside where they may combine with saturated fats and cho -
lesterol in the circulatory system, thus clogging it up with cement-like plaque.
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FruiticultureHeated fats are especially damaging because they are altered to form acroleins, free radi -
cals and other mutagens and carcinogens as confirmed in Diet, Nutrition and Cancer.
Thus you can see that dead f oods make dull
, low vitality, and diseased people.
f
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FruiticultureCooked Food Effects
by Wes Peterson, N.D.
During the past few decades there has been much research done in the area of nutri -
tion. Some of this research casts light on some important insights regarding the foods
Mother Nature off ers t
o us in its whole, raw state, and what happens when we tamper
with them.
What exactly happens to food when it is cooked?  What happens to the body if we eat
cooked food? Some key points are covered in this article.
Key Points Regarding the Effects of Cooking on Food and Health•  The food’s life force is greatly depleted or destroyed. The bioelectrical (energy) field is
altered and greatly depleted (as is graphically demonstrated


 possible. A lot of cleaning around
the house can be done with just water and a bit of vinegar or lemon juice,
bicarbonate of soda and olive oil. You can clean your wood floors with
strong tea. You can polish your furniture with a mixture of 1 cup of olive oil
with 7a cup of white vinegar. You can pour white wine on red wine spills on
your carpet to remove the stain.
It is wise not to re-decorate the house or install new carpets or furniture
while the patient is trying to detoxify. Paints, many building materials, new
carpets, new furniture outgas a plethora of extremely toxic chemicals
which we absorb through our lungs, skin and mucous membranes. New
carpet can outgas considerable amounts of highly carcinogenic formalde
hyde for a few years. New furniture is full of fire retardants, which are great
contributors of antimony (a toxic heavy metal) in our systems. Fresh
household paints outgas dozens of extremely toxic chemicals into the air of
the house for at least six months. Just recently I had a phone call from a
parent of an autistic child who, apart from severe autism, had epilepsy.
After implementing the GAPS nutritional protocol the seizures disap
peared completely and the child was doing very well. Then, unfortunately,
the parents decided to paint the walls in the house. The day the painter
started work the child had a major epileptic fit. Epilepsy in a majority of
cases, particularly in children, is caused by toxicity. Obviously, this child's
detoxification system was not ready to take an onslaught of the extremely
toxic chemicals which we can breathe in from paints.
Very important contributors to the general toxic overload in the body are
cosmetics, toiletries, perfumes and other personal care products. The per
sonal care products industry is generally not regulated. More than a thou
sand of various carcinogenic and toxic chemicals are widely used in formu
lation of shampoos, soaps, toothpaste, cosmetics, perfumes, creams, etc.
The old opinion that our skin is a barrier and does not let toxins in has
proven to be completely wrong. Human skin absorbs most things from the
environment very efficiently, in some cases even better than our digestive
system. Toxins, which go into the body through the digestive system, have
to pass through the liver, where most of them get broken down and ren
dered benign. That is why the pharmaceutical industry recently started
producing more and more drugs which are applied to the skin as patches,
because the skin absorbs them better than the digestive system and they
get straight into the bloodstream without passing the test of the liver. The
wide use of personal care products is a major contributor to our cancer
epidemic. Children, women and men are unknowingly exposing themselves to huge amounts of carcinogenic substances, which they apply
to their skin. A good example is breast cancer. Cells removed from a can
cerous breast in many cases are full of aluminium - a toxic heavy metal.
Where does all this aluminium come from? Probably from not far away -
from the deodorants, absorbed through the skin in the woman's armpits.
Recent research into heavy metals showed that when a pregnant animal is
exposed to them they accumulate in large amounts in the foetus. That is
why it is particularly important for a pregnant or breast-feeding mother to
be careful what personal products and cosmetics she puts on her skin, face
and hair. In this book we cannot go into the details of all toxins present in
our toiletries and cosmetics. But let us list some of the most common ones.
• Talc or talcum powder can cause ovarian cancer. Do not use it, partic
ularly on babies!
• Sodium Lauryl (Laureth) Sulfate (SLS) - highly toxic detergent and is
present in most shampoos, soaps and toothpaste.
• Fluoride - a terrible poison for every system in the body. Widespread
in toothpaste and other dental care products. It is added to some
water supplies and given to babies as drops. If you are not familiar
with its toxicity I would strongly advise you to learn more about it and
avoid it like the plague.
• Titanium Dioxide - carcinogenic.
• Triethanolamine (TEA) and Diethanolamine (DEA) form carcinogenic
nitrosamines.
• Lanolin, itself a non-toxic natural substance is often contaminated
with DDT and other carcinogenic pesticides.
• Dioxanes are inhaled and absorbed through skin - highly carcino
genic.
• Saccharin - carcinogenic.
• Formaldehyde - a toxic and carcinogenic substance.
• Propylene Glycol - carcinogenic.
• Lead, aluminium and other heavy metals are present in many per
sonal care products, particularly in deodorants and make-up.
In patients with GAP syndrome use of personal care products should be
reduced to an absolute minimum. The body does not need washing with
soaps, shower gels or bubble baths. They not only contribute to the general
toxic overload, but they also wash off important oils, which protect the skin
from infections and drying out. Washing with water and a sponge should
be quite enough. A child does not need any personal care products apart from natural
toothpaste. There are number of companies who produce safe personal
care products without harmful substances, listed above.
To assist elimination of toxins through the skin, give your child a bath
every night before bed. Instead of bath soaps, add a cup of cider vinegar to
the bath, it will help to normalise the pH of the skin and encourage appro
priate skin flora, as well as assisting the detoxification process. On alter
nate days add a cup of Epsom Salt to the bath, which will also assist in the
detoxification process. Air your house regularly and let your child spend as
much time as possible in the fresh air.
Swimming pools are very toxic places. People generally believe that
going to the swimming pool is a healthy exercise. This cannot be further
from the truth. Apart from a few rare pools in the world, sterilised with
ozone, the rest of them use chlorine-based chemicals for sterilising the
water. Chlorine is a poison, which affects every system in the body, partic
ularly the immune system and liver. It absorbs quite well through the skin.
But apart from that a thick layer of chlorine gas is floating above the swim
ming pool water, which children and adults inhale while swimming.
Inhaled chlorine absorbs extremely well through the lungs into the blood
stream. GAPS patients are already very toxic. Swimming in a chlorinated
pool would add to that toxicity.
GAPS people should swim in the natural waters of lakes, rivers and sea
instead of the toxic chemical soup of swimming pools. Natural waters are
full of life, biological energy from plants and different creatures, minerals,
enzymes and many other beneficial substances. Swimming in natural
living waters has been prized as a therapy for many health problems for
centuries. Obviously, you have to make sure that the water you swim in is
as far as possible from any source of industrial pollution.
Washing powders and liquids all stay in the fabric of our clothes,
bedding and towels and also contribute to the toxic overload. Try to look
for safer ecologically friendly alternatives.
Houseplants are our great friends when it comes to keeping our houses
toxin free. They consume the toxic gases and replace them with oxygen and
other beneficial substances. Fill your house with geraniums, ivies, spider
plants, Aloe Vera, ficuses and many other varieties of houseplants. The
more the merrier, particularly in your bedrooms! Keep your houseplants
healthy, don't let them become mouldy, as some GAPS people may react to
moulds. Detoxification and reducing exposure to environmental toxins has to be
an important part of the treatment of GAP Syndrome. Normalising gut
ilora, appropriate nourishing diet, clean water, juicing and avoiding expo
sure to toxins are the natural measures which work very well and without
any side effects!
A healthy body is clean inside!
Happy cleaning! PART THREE:
DIFFERENT ISSUES
i. EAR INFECTIONS
AND GLUE EAR
Ear infections and glue ear are the most common reasons why GAPS chil
dren are prescribed so many antibiotics in their first years of life. But if we
look at ear infections and glue ear on their own, we will see another epi
demic. Ear infections account for more than a third of all visits to GPs.
Around two-thirds of all children in the western world have ear infections
at some time every year, with one-third having more than four ear infec
tions a year.
Why do we have this epidemic? Why do so many children finish up with
ear grommets after endless courses of antibiotics for acute ear infections?
To understand this phenomenon we have to look at the structure of the
ear.
Ear infections happen in the middle ear, which is quite a small enclosed
space - its volume is about 1 cubic cm. Its main function is to pass the
sound from the eardrum to the inner ear, which it does very efficiently with
a system of three interconnected tiny bones. The middle ear is filled with
air and is separated from the outer ear canal by the eard


ice of 1 orange
apple cider vinegar
maple syrup
Shred the red cabbage and slice the apple.  Place layers of red cabbage and apple in a casserole
dish.  Pour over the orange juice, apple cider vinegar and maple syrup. Cover with a tight-fitting
lid and bake at  350° F (180° C) for about 1-1/2 hours, or until tender.  Stir and serve.  Almost
better as a reheated leftover!
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www.thegersonway.comRed Kuri Squash with Vegetables
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2-4
1 red kuri squash
1 tbsp. water
1 small sweet potato, cooked
1 small zucchini, cooked
1 red (or green) bell pepper, cooked
1 tomato, peeled
onion (or garlic) powder
fresh herbs
Cut the red kuri squash in half. This is easily done with a very sharp, pointed knife.  Scoop out
the seeds, leaving the rest of the red flesh intact.  Stand upright in a heat-proof dish to whi ch
the water  has been added.  Cover and bake at 300-350 ° F (149-177° C)  until cooked (about 30
minutes; test by inserting a knife into the flesh).  If there is enough room, the other vegetables
could be cooked in the same dish.  Otherwise, bake them in a separate dish in the same way,
or cook them gently on top of the stove  in a saucepan.  When cooked, pile the vegetables into
the squash halves.  Sprinkle with onion (or garlic) powder or fresh herbs.  Serve with a colorful
mixed salad.
Roasted Zucchini  and Pepper Salad
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2
1 lb. small zucchini
2 red bell peppers, seeded and quartered
thick yogurt
3 tbsp. mint, roughly chopped
Dressing:
2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 cloves garlic, crushed
flaxseed oil
Cut the ends off the zucchini and cut in half lengthwise.  Seed the peppers and cut into quarters.
Put the zucchini  and peppers skin-side up on a baking tray.  Bake in oven  at 325° F (170° C)  for
about 1/2 hour.  When cooked and tender, cool slightly and cut into 1 -inch lengths.  Put into a
serving dish, pour on the dressing and add the chopped mint.  Serve with a smattering of cottage
cheese.
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www.thegersonway.comRolled Chard Parcels
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
chard leaves
green  onions
snow peas
asparagus
broccoli
julienne of carrots
red chard stems
Set aside the chard leaves. Gently cook the green onions, snow peas, asparagus, broccoli,
carrots and red chard stems in very little water and then chop them.  Blanch the chard leaves.
Fill with the cooked vegetable medley and form into “packets.”  Cook briefly in the oven at 300-
350° F (149-177 ° C) for a few minutes until heated through.  Serve hot or cold.
Root Vegetable Rosti
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves 2
1 small onion, thinly sliced
8 oz. potatoes
4 oz. carrots
4 oz. swede (rutabaga)
dill
Thinly slice the onion and cook by “sweating” in a little water.  Meanwhile, gently cook the
potatoes, carrots and swede.  Drain thoroughly and, when cool enough to handle, co arsely
grate into a bowl.  Stir in the softened onion and dill.  Put the mixture into an oven-proof dish.
Bake for about 1/2 hour in the top of the oven at 350 ° F (180° C), or until cooked and slightly
browning.  Serve immediately.
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www.thegersonway.comSauté of Sweet Potatoes
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves 2-4
4 medium sweet potatoes
juice of 1 orange
little sugar
flaxseed oil
Cook the sweet potatoes in their skins until just cooked.  Allow to cool slightly, then cut into
cubes. Put orange juice and sugar into a saucepan with the sweet potatoes.  Heat gently but don’t
let the mixture boil.  Put into a serving dish and allow to cool a little. Then add the flaxseed oil,
toss and serve imm ediately with fresh parsley (or chives) and a green salad.
Scalloped Potatoes ( Without Yogurt)
1 onion
potatoes, sliced
tomato, sliced
marjoram and/or thyme
Place a whole chopped onion in bottom of a glass baking dish. Slice potatoes and place one
layer on top of the onion. Add a layer of sliced tomato on top, then another layer of sliced or
chopped onion. Sprinkle with a dash of marjoram and/or thyme and bake in a low oven at 300°
F (149° C) for 1 to 2 hours or until done.
Scalloped Potatoes (With Yogurt)
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 to 1-1/2 hours
Serves 2
1 lb. potatoes
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
yogurt
Cook the potatoes gently until just cooked but firm.  Slice thinly.  Finely chop the onion and
garlic.  Arrange the slices of potato, layered with onion and garlic, in a pie dish.  Pour over the
yogurt and bake at 350 ° F (180° C) for 1 to 1-1/2 hours,  or until well cooked and beginning to
brown on top.
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www.thegersonway.comSpinach
spinach
onions, chopped
After cutting off roots, wash spinach 3 to 4 times. Put in large, tightly covered pot that has a
layer of chopped onions on the bottom of the pan. Do not add water. Stew over a low flame until
spinach wilts. Pour off excess juice. Serve chopped with slice of lemon.
Spinach or Chard with Tomato Sauce
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
spinach (or chard)
lemon  grass
sprig of rosemary
allspice (optional)
Cook the spinach (or chard) with some lemon  grass and a sprig of rosemary (and a pinch of
allspice, if desired).  Thinly cut the ribs of the spinach (or chard) and cook the leaves.  Serve with
tomato sauce.
Stuffed Eggplant
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves 2
1 eggplant
4 oz. tomatoes
1 medium onion
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tbsp. fresh chopped parsley
Place the whole eggplant  in a large saucepan and cover with boiling water.  Let stand for 10
minutes, then plunge into cold water.  Meanwhile, in another saucepan, very gently cook the
tomatoes for 5 minutes. Press through s ieve to get rid of the skins; set aside the pulp.  Cut the
cooled eggplant s in half lengthwise.  Scoop out the pulp, leaving a 1/2-inch thick outer shell.
Chop the eggplant  pulp and set aside.  Place the eggplant  shells in a shallow baking dish with
just a little water in the bottom to prevent sticking.  Bake for 30 minutes at 350° F (180° C).
Sauté the onion and crushed garlic in a very little boiling water until tender. Stir in the parsley.
Add the sieved tomato pulp and the chopped eggplant  pulp, and cook for 20 minutes on
moderate heat until it thickens.  Spoon this mixture into the cooked eggplant  shells.  Keep warm
in the oven until serving, or leave to cool and serve cold.
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and
also
after
frequent
consumption
of
several
concentrated
foods
at
once.
Based
on
your
own
urine,
you
will
immediately
understand,
without
any
theory
or
dietetics,
what
foods
you
should
eat
and
how
to
combine
or
prepare
them.
Without
using
thisfeedback,
it
is
useless
to
explain
anything
to
people
about
proper
nutrition.
In
Indian
ashrams
-
hermitages
of
Hindu
penitents,
where
urine
therapy
is
practiced,
the
following
products
are
eaten:
rice
cakes,
boiled
vegetables,
a
small
amount
of
legumes,
sometimes
raw
fruits
and
raw
vegetables.
With
such
a
diet,
urine
will
have
a
pleasant
taste.
Changes
in
the
menu
are
made
in
accordance
with
the
individual
needs,
body
structure
and
diseases
that
the
person
in
question
suffers
from.
They
are
also
mostly
related
to
his
individual
body
structure.
For
example,
in
the
treatment
of
hepatitis
(inflammation
of
the
liver)
and
gallbladder
problems,
as
much
sweet
fruit
as
possible,
boiled
water
and
especially
dried
apple
compote
are
used.
So
for
the
winter,
it's
a
good
idea
to
dry
up
as
much
as
possible,
and
in
the
spring
you'll
be
like
little
fish.
There
is
also
another
moment
when
using
different
treatment
products.
For
example,
by
using
a
decoction
of
wormwood
(preferably
as
an
enema),
its
dissolving
and
bactericidal
abilities
affect
the
entire
organism.
After
passing
through
your
body,
the
substances
of
wormwood,
together
with
dissolved
waste
and
destroyed
bacteria,
create
a
completely
new
substance,
which,
when
repeatedly
introduced
into
the
body,
will
have
a
selective
and
very
sensitive
effect
on
the
pathology
from
which
it
arose.
This
is
nothing
but
a
method
of
treating
nosodes,
when
the
disease
is
in
a
passive
stage
or
is
"encapsulated"
in
the
organism.
However,
the
effect
of
repeated
introduction
of
urine
into
the
body
by
drinking,
enema,
rubbing
into
the
skin
is
much
deeper
and
more
targeted
than
the
mentioned
example
with
wormwood.
Urine
is
excellent
when
a
person
eats
only
sprouted
grain
bread
for
three
or
more
days
without
side
dishes
and
ingredients,
without
meat,
salt,
pepper,
etc.
The
healing
abilities
of
such
urine
will
increase
considerably
and
it
can
also
be
used
to
treat
other
people.
If
you
mix
such
urine
with
honey,
hardly
anyone
will
recognize
that
it
is
urine
and
not
a
decoction
of
herbs.
Unique
urine
is
formed
during
starvation.
Because
there
is
a
massive
excretion
of
waste
products
and
the
urine
is
saturated
with
them,
then
drinking
such
urine
(daily
only)
helps
strong
dissolution
deposits
and
waste
matter
and
treatment
of
hidden
foci
of
infection
in
accordance
with
homeopathy
principle
-
like
affects
like.
The
longer
such
starvation
lasts,
the
better
the
organism
gets
rid
of
harmful
substances,
deeper
and
deeper
deposits,
all
the
way
to
the
bone
marrow.
Thanks
to
this
effect
alone,
the
author
gained
up
to
50
the
mobility
and
flexibility
of
a
real
yogi.
The
taste
of
such
urine
is
sharper,
but
all
the
better
it
dissolves
and
expels
various
pathologies
from
the
body.
At
the
same
time,
the
urine
becomes
so
saturated
with
waste,
salts
and
other
substances
that
it
begins
to
be
excreted
through
the
anus
and
in
this
way
cleans
the
large
intestine
in
a
natural
way.
However,
when
the
deep
cleansing
is
completed
(this
is
in
about
20
days
if
you
have
under gone
a
colon
and
liver
cleanse
before),
the
urine
regains
its
normal
taste
properties.
Therefore,
depending
on
the
taste
of
the
urine,
the
time
of
the
end
of
the
fast
can
be
determined
quite
accurately.
However,
this
indicator
is
very
individual
and
everything
depends
only
on
the
fasting
person.
Also,
the
frequent
removal
of
dissolved
pollutants
with
an
enema
significantly
changes
the
quality
of
urine.
In
order
to
understand
the
importance
of
the
influence
of
thinking,
emotions
and
body
structure
on
our
health,
we
need
to
penetrate
deeper
into
the
human
organism.
According
to
the
latest
physics
research,
the
main
structural
level
today
is
not
a
molecule
or
an
atom,
but
a
quantum,
which
is
a
basic
unit
of
matter
or
energy
up
to
a
hundred
million
times
smaller
than
an
atom.
At
this
quantum
level,
matter
and
energy
become
interchangeable.
According
to
Vedic
philosophy,
the
polar
essence
of
man
is
formed
in
the
beginning,
which,
thanks
to
its
strong
but
invisible
vibrations,
forces
the
quanta
to
combine
into
atoms,
molecules
and
particles.
Current
research
at
the
Maharishi
Ayurveda
Institute
has
confirmed
these
claims
of
ancient
Indian
books.
The
polar
level
of
the
human
being
is
governed
by
thoughts,
feelings
and
moods.
At
the
quantum
level,
every
thought
creates
quantum
fluctuations,
waves,
which
eventually
transform
into
materialsubstances.
For
example,
fear
leads
to
the
release
of
adrenaline,
joy
to
the
creation
of
endorphins,
internal
opiates.
All
these
substances
have
different
effects
on
human
physiology.
They
also
naturally
enter
the
urine,
which
thereby
becomes
medicinal
or
"poisonous".
Practice
has
shown
that
harmful
substances
are
created
under
the
influence
of
worry,
anger
and
other
negative
emotions.
Urine
saturated
with
such
substances
can
cause
a
certain
degree
of
poisoning
when
reabsorbed.
A
happy
mood
saturates
urine
with
beneficial
substances,
and
therefore
its
repeated
intake
is
a
real
balm
for
body
and
soul.
It
is
no
coincidence
that
in
Shivambukalpa
all
those
interested
in
urine
therapy
are
advised
to
control
their
emotions.
When
you
attune
your
consciousness
to


ertain	drug	compounds	with	the	help	of
specific	enzymes.	One	of	the	liver’s	most	ingenious	feats	is	to	remove	the	nitrogenous
portion	of	amino	acids,	since	nitrogen	is	not	required	for	the	formation	of	new	protein.	It
forms
urea
	from	this	waste	product.	The	urea	ends	up	in	the	bloodstream	and	is	excreted
in	the	urine.	The	liver	also	breaks	down	the	nucleoprotein	(nucleus)	of	worn-out	cells	of
the	body.	The	byproduct	of	this	process	is
uric	acid,
	which	is	excreted	with	the	urine	as
well.

The	liver	filters	more	than	one	quart	of	blood	per	minute,	leaving	only	the	acidic	carbon
dioxide	for	elimination	through	the	lungs	(see
Figure	7
).

After	it	is	purified	in	the	liver,	the	blood	passes	through	the
hepatic	vein
	into	the
inferior	vena	cava,
	which	takes	it	straight	into	the	right	side	of	the	heart.	From	there	the
venous	blood	is	carried	to	the	lungs,	where	the	interchange	of	gases	takes	place:	Carbon
dioxide	is	excreted	and	oxygen	absorbed.	After	leaving	the	lungs,	the	oxygenated	blood
passes	into	the	left	side	of	the	heart.	From	there	it	is	pumped	into	the
aorta,
	which	supplies
all	body	tissues	with	oxygenated	blood.
	Figure	7
:	The	way	the	liver	filters	blood

Gallstones	in	the	bile	ducts	of	the	liver	distort	the	basic	framework	of	the	lobules.
Consequently,	the	blood	vessels	supplying	these	liver	units	develop	kinks,	which	greatly
reduces	internal	blood	supply.	Liver	cells	become	damaged,	and	harmful	cellular	debris
begins	to	enter	the	bloodstream.	This	further	weakens	the	liver’s	ability	to	detoxify	the
blood.	As	a	result,	more	and	more	harmful	substances	are	retained	both	in	the	liver	and	in
the	blood.	A	congested	liver	can	obstruct	the	venous	blood	flow	to	the	heart,	leading	to
heart	palpitations	or	even	heart	attacks.	It	is	obvious	that	toxins	that	are	not	neutralized	by
the	liver	end	up	damaging	the	heart	and	blood	vessel	network.

Another	consequence	of	this	development	is	that	proteins	from	dead	cells	(about	30
billion	cells	per	day)	and	unused	food	proteins	are	not	sufficiently	broken	down,	which,	in
turn,	raises	protein	concentrations	in	the	blood.	As	a	result,	the	body	tries	to	store	these
proteins	in	the	basal	membranes	of	the	blood	vessel	walls	(further	explanation	of	this
scenario	is	provided	below).	Once	the	body’s	storage	capacity	for	protein	is	exhausted,
any	new	proteins	taken	up	by	the	blood	remain	trapped	in	the	bloodstream.	This	can	cause
the	number	of	red	blood	cells	to	increase,	which	raises	the	packed	cell	volume	of	the
blood,	called
hemocrit,
	to	abnormal	levels.	At	the	same	time,	the	concentration	of
hemoglobin
	in	the	blood	begins	to	increase,	which	may	give	rise	to	a	red	complexion	of
the	skin,	particularly	in	the	face	and	chest.	(
Note:
	Hemoglobin	is	a	complex	protein	that
combines	with	oxygen	in	the	lungs	and	transports	it	to	all	body	cells.)	As	a	result,	the	red
blood	cells	become	enlarged	and	are,	therefore,	too	big	to	pass	through	the	tiny	vessels	of
the	capillary	network.	Evidently,	this	causes	the	blood	to	become	too	thick	and	slow-
moving,	thereby	increasing	its	tendency	toward	clotting	(platelets	sticking	together).

The	formation	of	blood	clots	is	considered	to	be	the	main	risk	factor	for
heart	attack
	or
stroke.
	Since	fat	has	no	clotting	ability,	this	risk	stems	mainly	from	the	high	concentrationof	protein	in	the	blood.	Researchers	have	discovered	that	the	sulphur-containing	amino
acid
homocysteine
	(HC)	promotes	the	tiny	clots	that	initiate	arterial	damage	and	the
catastrophic	ones	that	precipitate	most	heart	attacks	and	strokes	(
Ann	Clin	&	Lab	Sci
1991;
Lancet
	1981).	Be	aware	that	HC	is	up	to	forty	times	more	predictive	than
cholesterol	in	assessing	cardiovascular	disease	risk.	HC	results	from	the	normal
metabolism	of	the	amino	acid
methionine
—which	is	abundant	in	red	meat,	milk,	and	dairy
products.	High	concentrations	of	protein	in	the	blood	hinder	the	continuously	required
distribution	of	important	nutrients,	especially	water,	glucose,	and	oxygen,	to	the	cells.
Excessive	amounts	of	proteins	in	the	blood	are	also	responsible	for	blood	dehydration,	that
is	blood	thickening—one	of	the	leading	causes	of	high	blood	pressure	and	heart	disease.
Furthermore,	these	proteins	undermine	complete	elimination	of	basic	metabolic	waste
products	(see	section	below	on
poor	circulation
).	All	these	factors	combined	coerce	the
body	to	raise	its	blood	pressure.	This	condition,	which	is	commonly	known	as
hypertension,
	reduces	the	life-endangering	effect	of	blood	thickening,	to	some	extent.	It
also	permits	enough	nutrient-rich	blood	to	circulate	through	the	congested	body.	However,
this	life-saving	response	to	a	life-threatening	situation	unduly	stresses	and	damages	the
blood	vessels.	This	may	still	be	a	better	scenario,	though,	than	the	one	that	occurs	when
the	blood	pressure	is	lowered	through	medication.	Leading	health	experts	now	recognize
hypertensive	drugs	to	be	a	major	cause	of	congestive	heart	failure	and	other	debilitating
illnesses.	Congestive	heart	failure	is	a	progressive	condition	of	“dying	very	slowly,”
whereby	every	small	movement,	every	breath	taken,	and	every	word	uttered	take	huge
efforts,	and	the	body	becomes	unable	to	perform	even	the	simplest	of	tasks.

One	of	the	body’s	first	and	most	efficient	approaches	for	avoiding	the	danger	of	an
imminent	heart	attack	is	to	take	excessive	proteins	out	of	the	bloodstream	and	store	them
elsewhere,	for	the	time	being	(see
Figure	8
).

The	only	place	where	protein	can	be	accommodated	in	large	quantities	is	the	blood
vessel	network.	The	capillary	walls	are	able	to	absorb	most	of	the	excessive,	unused,	or
unusable	protein.	The	body	converts	the	soluble	protein	into
collagen	fiber,
	which	is	100
percent	protein,	and	stores	it	in	the
basal	membrane
	of	the	blood	vessel	walls.	The	basal
membrane	has	the	capacity	to	increase	its	thickness	by	eight	to	ten	times	before	its	storage
capacity	for	protein	is	exhausted.	Storing	proteins	in	the	blood	vessel	walls	also	means
that	the	body	can	no	longer	pass	adequate	amounts	of	oxygen,	glucose,	and	other	essential
nutrients	to	the	cells.	The	cells	affected	by	such	a	“famine”	may	include	those	that	make
up	the	heart	muscle.	The	result	is
heart	muscle	weakness
	and	reduced	performance	of	the
heart.	This,	in	turn,	contributes	to	degenerative	illnesses,	including	diabetes,	fibromyalgia,
arthritis,	and	cancer.	Whenever	the	heart	is