ayearforasmallnumberof
elitedoctors).Thechiefcomplaintsofthemostprominent
professionalspokesmenbytheendofthecenturywerethe
"surplus"ofdoctors,"low"incomes,andthelowsocialstatusof
theprofession.
Threeunderlyingproblemsplaguedmedicalreformerswho
triedtohealthesewounds.First,physicianslackedanagreed
upontechnicalbasisforsettlingamongthemselvesdisputes
betweenthesects.Withoutpublicconsensusontechnicalcriteria
ofeffectivenessandvalidity,allsectscompetedforbusinessinthe
medicalmarket.Butwithoutsufficientpublicconfidenceinthe
validityofanyonesect,nosectcouldwinamonopolyofmedical
practiceandtherebyeliminatethecompetition.
Second,theirlackofatechnicalbasisforestablishingpublic
supportputthemallinaweakpositiontoestablishpolitical
controloverentryintomedicalpractice.Earliereffortstouse
licensingendedinhumiliatingdefeatfortheregularprofession
becauseoforganizedoppositionfromothersectsandadistrustful
public.
Third,withinatleastthedominantsectdifferenteconomic
interestsdividedthosewhopracticedmedicinefromthosewho
trainedfuturepractitioners.Practitionerswantedtorestrictthe
supplyofphysicians,andpart-timefacultywantedtopreserve
institutionsthatwerelucrativeadditionstotheirownpractices.
INCOMPLETEPROFESSIONALIZATION
Withoutactuallyhavingpublicconfidenceintheirtechnical
ability,physiciansthroughoutthenineteenthcenturyandearlier
hadneverthelessproclaimednormstosupporttheirauthority
overthelaypublic.Demandsforrecognitionoftheregular
profession'stechnicalcompetence (inwhichtheyundoubtedly
68IScientificMedicineI
believed)werethemeansoflegitimatingtheirclaimstoprofes-
sionalauthority.Therecognitionofthatauthority,however,was
seenasnecessarytotheprofession'scontrollingtheeconomic
conditionsofitswork.Byproclaimingasetofnormsandvalues
associatedwiththeirwork,regularphysicianshopedtoendthe
competitivemarketformedicalservicesandtowinaregulated
marketforthemselves.
Thebasisofprofessionalstatusandpowerisstilldebatedby
sociologists,whotraditionallyhaveposedasetofessential
featuresthataresupposedtodistinguishprofessionsfromthe
generalrunofoccupations.In1928,A.M.Carr-Saunders, the
fatherofthesociologyofprofessions,definedaprofessionasan
occupation:(1)basedonspecializedintellectualtrainingorstudy,
(2)providingaskilledservicetoothers,and(3)inreturnforafee
orsalary.^^Thirtyyearslater,WilliamGoodestressedprolonged
specializedtraininginabodyofabstractknowledgeanda
collectivityorserviceorientationasthe"corecharacteristics" of
professions.^^Thelistofformalcharacteristicsofprofessionshas
beenextendedbyothersociologiststoincludeasystematicbody
oftheory,acceptanceoftheauthorityoftheprofessionalbyall
whocometohimorherasclients,protectionoftheprofessional's
authoritybythepoliticalcommunity,acodeofethicstoregulate
professionalrelations,andasetofvalues,normsandsymbols
thatbuildsolidarityamongtheprofession'smembers.^°
However,listsofformalcharacteristicsturnouttobefairly
uselessintherealworldindistinguishingprofessionsfromother
occupations.Evenworse,theytendtoglossoverthepoliticaland
economicdynamicsthatareessentialtotheprocessofprofes-
sionalization,makingprofessionalstatusandpowerappearan
inevitableanddesirablefeatureofmodernsocieties.Inreality,as
EliotFreidsonhasobserved,anyoccupationwishingprofessional
statuscreatesasystematicbodyoftheory,claimsexclusive
authorityofitspractitioners,adoptsacodeofethics,triestobuild
solidarityamongitspractitionersaroundformalvalues,norms,
andsymbols,andotherwisecloaksitselfwiththewell-known
medallionsofprofessionstosupportitsclaims."Ifthereisno
systematicbodyoftheory,"Freidsonargues,"itiscreatedforthe
purposeofbeingabletosaythereis."^^
Thecommitmenttoservice,arguesHaroldWilensky, is"the
pivotaroundwhichthemoralclaimtoprofessionalstatus
ScientificMedicineII69
revolves.""Likemanysuchprofessionalnorms,thereremains
noclearevidencethataserviceorientation isinfactstrongand
widespreadamongprofessionals. Inreviewingthesociological
literaturethatmakessuchclaims,Freidsonhasconcluded:"the
bluntfactisthatdiscussionsofprofessionsassumeorassertby
definitionandwithoutsupportingempiricalevidencethat'service
orientation' isespeciallycommonamongprofessionals."^^
Indeed,manyacademicsocialscientistshavebeenbeguiled
bytheirown(usuallyself-serving) beliefsin"science"and
"expertise"intoconfusingprofessionalnormswiththerealityof
professionalpracticeandmotivation.Codesofethicswere
acceptedbysomesociologistsasgenuineeffortsbytheprofession
toguaranteecompetenceandhonor.Carr-Saundersbelievedthat
"ifthefoundationsofthecodeswerebetterunderstood,they
wouldnotbegenerallyregardedwithhostility."^"^
Morerecently,somesociologistshaveapproachedprofession-
alnormsmorecritically.EverettHughes,forexample,argues
thatthewidespreadacceptanceofnorms,hketheprofessional
"shouldhavealmostcompletecontroloverwhathedoesforthe
client"and"onlytheprofessionalcansaywhenhiscolleague
makesamistake,"havebeenusedbyprofessionals tohide
mistakes.^^
Whatmuchofthesociologicalliteratureignoresinexamining
theprocessofprofessionalization ishowessentialpoliticalpower
isingainingandmaintainingprofessionalstatus.Asthehistoryof
themedicalprofessioninthenineteenthcenturydemonstrates,
withoutsufficientpoliticalpowertheprofessionremainedunable
tocontrolitseconomicandworkingconditions.Initialeffortsat
licensureweredefeatedbyapopularmovementoflayhealers
andotherJacksonian-era populists.Attemptstousemedical
educationasastrategyofreformwerethwartedbytheorganized
profession'slackofcontrolovermedicalschools.Theleading
reformersorganizedanationalprofessionalassociation,butthe
medicalschoolfacultieswerebeyondthereachoftheAmerican
MedicalAssociation.Ethicalcodes,articulatingprevaihngpro-
fessionalnorms,failedtowinpublicsupportfortheprofession
andcouldnotovercomeintraprofessional competition.Whatthe
medicalreformerssoughtwasthepowertoenforcetheinstru-
mentsofprofessionalism thatassurehighincomes,socialstatus,
andcontinuedprosperityfortheprofession.
70IScientificMedicineI
Freidsonisadamantinthisinterpretationofprofessionaliza-
tion."Nottrainingassuch,butonlytheissueofautonomyand
controlovertraininggrantedtheoccupationbyaneliteorpublic
persuadedofitsimportanceseemstobeabletodistinguishclearly
amongoccupations,"heargues."Andtheprocessdetermining
theoutcomeisessentiallypoHticalandsocialratherthantechni-
calincharacter—aprocessinwhichpowerandpersuasive
rhetoricareofgreaterimportancethantheobjectivecharacterof
knowledge,training,andwork."Thenatureoftraining,aswell
astheserviceideal,ethicalcode,andbodyofabstracttheory
constituteaprofession's"ideology,adeliberaterhetoricina
politicalprocessoflobbying,publicrelations,andotherformsof
persuasiontoattainadesirableend—fullcontroloverits
work."'^
Thehistoryofmedicine,fromthisperspective,canbe
understoodasapoliticalprocessinwhichthespecificreforms—
howevermuchtheymayincreasethetechnicaleffectivenessof
physicians—arealsoinstrumentsofpersuasionandsymbolsof
legitimacy.Thegoalsofreformleadersweretogaincollective
controlfortheprofessionoveritsworkingconditionsand
economicsinordertoestablishahierarchyofauthorityand
poweramonghealingoccupations,toassurethatphysiciansreign
firmlyatthetopofthehierarchy,andtoassurethemashigh
incomesaspossibleinanygivenhistoricalperiod.
Supportforsuchinterestswouldhavetocomefromoutside
theprofession.Whileeffortsweremadetowinthecredibilityof
"thepublic,"leadersoftheprofessiondidnotseetheirstruggle
asagrassrootscampaign.Seekingasocialandeconomicposition
abovethemajorityofthepopulation,theycouldatbesthopefor
theacquiescenceofthepeople.Activesupportwouldhaveto
comefromthealreadyhighersocialclasses.Intheeighteenth
century,pract


 microbicide. However, continue taking a maintenance amount of
about 100mg of borax daily. Alternatively,  with long -term use of high
amounts of borax stop taking it for one week each month.
Borax is rather alkaline and in higher concentrations has a soapy taste.
You may disguise this with lemon juice, vinegar or ascorbic acid. It is one
of the best remedies for vaginal thrush: fill and insert a gelatine capsules
at bedtime for one to two weeks; for more details see: The Borax
Conspiracy.
Fenbendazole
This is a veterinary product used to eliminate parasites and worms from
domestic animals, and it is also one of the best fungicides. It is generally
non-toxic for humans and has a bland taste as powder or liquid. In recent
years it came to prominence due t o effective cancer treatments and
positive research publications in prominent science journals. End -stage
lung cancer was cured within 3 months. I received similar success stories
from Australia, see: www.myca ncerstory.rocks    72
 Start taking about 250 mg as powder or ½ tsp of the liquid with food or
drink for three consecutive days each week and pause for the remaining
four days. Periodically you may increase this for several weeks to 500
mg or even 3 x 500 mg taken every day. The re do not seem to be any
common side -effects but if there is an increase in inflammations or pain
then return to the initial schedule. It is commonly sold as Panacur but in
Australia better as Fenbender 100 from www.ebay.com.au
Coconut Oil
The medium -chain saturated fatty acids in virgin coconut oil are potent
antimicrobial agents, effective against Candida and other fungi, viruses
and many bacteria. Gradually increase up to 70 ml or 5 tablespoons of
coconut oil spre ad out during the day mixed with food. Later reduce this
to a comfortable maintenance dose. I prefer coconut oil to monolaurin,
an isolated active component in coconut oil, or undecylenic acid, a
related fungicide.
Colloidal Silver
Colloidal silver has a long history in medicine as a natural anti -biotic.
Colloidal silver is commercially available. During acute conditions or as
systemic therapy use several tablespoons three times daily, and then
continue with a gradually reducing dose for several weeks long er. Store
colloidal silver in a brown glass bottle and in a dark and cool place as
light will precipitate the silver and make it ineffective.
Colloidal silver works best if applied directly to the site of infection, to
gargle, as vaginal douche, as coloni c, or for skin infections. Most of it is
ionic silver which forms ineffective silver chloride in the stomach when
swallowed. Nevertheless, the amount that does go into the blood can still
work. Newly developed remedies called Molecula Silver, Monoatomic
Silver, Covalent or Nano -silver and Biotic silver protein are claimed to be
much more effective than common colloidal silver and are not
precipitated in the stomach.

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 Oxygen Therapies
Hydrogen peroxide is suitable for getting microbial and especially fungal
overgrowth and "Leaky Gut Syndrome" in the intestines under control. It
is easy to obtain and may be used as a supplementary remedy. You may
dilute 35% hydrogen peroxide or  buy 3% o r 6% peroxide from a
supermarket or pharmacy. Best dilute peroxide for daily use to about 3%
by adding 1 part of 35% peroxide to 10 parts of water.
Start taking just a few drops in a glass of water. Gradually increase to 1
teaspoon or more four times dai ly before meals and at bedtime. If you
develop an aversion, decrease again to a more comfortable level.
Swallow quickly instead of slowly sipping. To disguise the strong
aftertaste, add aloe vera gel and fruit flavours, or herb tea, or water
flavoured with  cinnamon.
You may continue this for a month or two and then reduce the intake to
only once before breakfast. In addition, use hydrogen peroxide to rinse
your mouth, and gargle morning and evening. It helps with thrush and to
prevent colds and other infe ctions, and also tooth decay, and is better
than toothpaste.
To treat bowel cancer,  use colonics with the addition of hydrogen
peroxide. Gradually increase the amount of peroxide to the maximum
that you can hold for 5 – 10 minutes, for details see Hydrotherapy, Packs
& Colonics.
One teaspoon of 3% peroxide is equivalent to about 12 drops of 35%
peroxide. Be careful handling 35% hydrogen peroxide, f lush any
accidental spills on clothes or skin immediately with water or immerse in
water.
DMSO
DMSO is not only an excellent microbicide in its own right; it is also most
effective in carrying other microbicides into inaccessible places and
penetrating bi ofilms. It is especially effective against mycoplasmas.
Iodine dissolves easily in DMSO, and molecular iodine or Lugol's solution
is the perfect addition. Try several drops of Lugol's in a teaspoon of 74
 DMSO and take in a drink several times daily or rub ont o the skin over
infected areas. You may also mix it with magnesium chloride solution,
non-acidified MMS, hydrogen peroxide and other remedies, but not
kerosene, gum turpentine or essential oils.
For rubbing onto the skin over infected areas dilute DMSO to about 50 -
70%. This may quickly stop pain and eliminate microbes from skin, joints,
sinuses, inner ear, bones, infected roots of teeth, jawbones, cavitations,
and stop fungus -induced hair loss.
For tumour treatment also use a concentrated solution of MSM i n 50-
70% DMSO and apply frequently over the tumour area. For accessible
internal tumours, such as in stomach, pancreas or uterus, etc., try to
expose them frequently to this solution by assuming a position which
tends to pool the ingested or instilled solu tion around the tumour. Do not
use DMSO rectally as it may carry toxins into the blood.
The minimum purity of DMSO should be 99% and preferably higher,
medical/pharmaceutical grade is generally 99.9%. A suitable combined
oral and topical daily amount may be 20 to 30 ml in divided doses. Orally
it is good to take in a drink together with specific supplements to enhance
their absorption. Do not bring DMSO in contact with plastics or rubber as
is easily dissolves toxins from these. For further info rmation see : MSM
and DMSO.
Herbal Antimicrobials
Olive leaf is used as tea, powder or extract to kill all kinds of microbes.
The active ingredient is oleuropein. If using olive leaf as the main
antimicrobial therapy, use at least 500mg and preferably 1000mg of
oleuropein daily.
Dried olive leaf has about 30mg of o leuropein/gram; therefore use 20 -30
grams or 3 -5 heaped teaspoons per day. As the tea is bitter you may use
part of it as powder stirred in juice. Simmer dried leaves in 1 litre of water
for 1-2 hours, top up, strain, refrigerate, and drink 3 -5 cups daily.
 75
 It is now common to use olive leaf extract. If used in powder form stir half
a teaspoon in water or other non -protein liquid and possibly glycerine (to
improve the taste) two or three times daily and take before meals.
The normal retail form is as 500mg  capsules. In this case you may use10
capsules daily with a suitable liquid. Some liquid extracts contain only
4mg of oleuropein per ml but may have additional active ingredients.
Pau d’arco  (also called taheebo or lapacho) is beneficial for all types of
cancer. It has the advantage of tasting reasonably pleasant. Use it in high
amounts for several months or alternate with olive leaf. Use powdered
extract and take a teaspoonful in liquid (e.g. warm water) 3 times daily.
Powdered pau d’arco in capsules or c old water does not work, but it may
be extracted as tea. Because pau d’arco is not standardised and may be
of low quality I do not recommend it as a main therapy.
Wormwood has two commonly used forms: Artemisia absinthium and
Artemisia annua or Sweet Annie. Both herbs have different active
ingredients, and it may be good to use a mixture of both. A. absinthium
is more commonly used in Candida treatment, while Sweet Annie has
been shown to kill cancer cells.
The active ingredient in Sweet Annie (A. annua), artemisinin, is attracted
to the high iron stores in fast -dividing cancer cells and efficiently kills
these cells. Preferably combine this treatment with 10 -20 grams of
spirulina a day and periodically, for 4 weeks at a time, use high amounts


 and balancing our inner sub-
tle energy fields, not at acting out with our bodies the same basic
sexual impulse again and again. Promiscuity is not the effortless
grace of the Tao, but a superficial use of spiritual philosophy to
justify dilettantish tendencies and erotic fantasies. The excuse of
needing many partners often masks a fear of deeper intimacy with
oneself and one's lover. Spiritually, it can block the alchemical
union of ching, chi, and shien. The process of transformation re-
quires a certain stability of the lower physical forces that are upset
by wild, erratic, or excessive sexual behavior.
While the Taoist philosophy on sex requires a totally non-
possessive attitude toward the energies being exchanged, it does
not imply acting irresponsibly towards other people. The neutral
mind of Wu Wei implies a balanced wisdom in spontaneously
choosing the middle course at every moment. This would apply to
questions of committment in a relationship as well. The perfect
middle choice would naturally balance the virtue of stability in a
relationship with the need for freedom to nourish one's subtle en-
ergy. These are difficult questions, but there is no ancient Taoist
sage who can answer them for you. You and your lover must
cultivate your own energy and become subtle beings wise enough
to know the truth of your own modern situation. In short, you must
become the sage, moment by moment, over the course of your
lifetime.CHAPTER 12
COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT
SEMEN RETENTION
1. I've had a vasectomy. Will that affect my ability to do the
Big Draw?
Chia: The effects of vasectomy upon one's sexual life and
general health warrant consideration. It is well-recognized that
there prevails among vasectomized men a normal level of physical
and mental health. Most individuals surveyed after vasectomy
have considered their health good to excellent. Many wives
thought their husbands' distinctly more virile.
Improved sexual performance may be readily accounted for:
sperm is no longer discharged and its energies are no longer
wasted. The body reabsorbs active principles of the sperm cells via
the blood stream. However, those secretions not formed in the
testes are ejaculated.
These benefits and far greater ones are enjoyed by Taoist
lovers. They retain not only the sperm but the entire volume of
seminal fluid, each part of which bursts with enzymes, vitamins,
proteins, trace elements, and electrical energies. Yet this is not the
most important advantage.
Secretion of the vasectomized male's testes lessens over a
period of time. The volume of hormones available for reabsorption
gradually declines. While the vasectomized man never more loses
sperm, he ordinarily does not stimulate hormonal production.194 Taoist Secrets Of Love
The Big Draw Method increases hormonal secretion. First,
one focuses energy on the genitals to directly stimulate them. Sec-
ond, the transformation of sex energy to a higher level produces
higher quality hormones.
Fortunately, a vasectomized man may use the Big Draw to
"steam" the seminal energies up to the head and vital organs.
Moreover, with this method every man, vasectomized or not, may
exchange fortifying energies with his love partner.
2. I thought yin energy is supposed to be cool, and yang
warm. Why does a woman feel so warm when you have sex with
her?
Chia: Relative to the male, however, the woman remains
more yin in her basic polarity. Some men may have very yin,
female-like qualities that they have cultivated and some women
may be very aggressive and yang in their personality. Such a cou-
ple would exchange their excess energy to achieve balance. But
this doesn't change the polarity at its most primordial, pure level.
In this practice you will eventually get to the point where you
experience the woman's energy as cool. This happens normally in
the resting stage, during the yin/yang exchange. You will feel a cool
fluid running up the spine to the top of your head. It will move up
the spine in stages, as if climbing a ladder. When you learn to
surrender your fiery hot yang male energy you will feel this cool,
soothing yin female within you. At the higher level of practice you
can get this effect by simple meditating alone on the yin pole of
your yang energy.
3. How long do the Taoists take to make love? It sounds like a
very long affair.
Chia: Intercourse lasts as long as both lovers desire and
should depend on the quality of the energy being exchanged. Don't
force extra orgasms, or if you haven't mastered the method, extra
ejaculations. Once you begin feeling deep satisfaction, you won't
feel the need to have sex as frequently so when you do have it don't
rush. Sometimes perfect polarity can be achieved quickly, but usu-
ally when you make love the Taoist way, it is no casual affair.
From the beginning foreplay to the final quiet embrace may involve
two hours or all day. The Taoist classics suggest one thousand
loving strokes to satisfy a woman. You may rest several times and
renew more active loving. Allow an appropriate length of time
without distraction. Take the phone off the hook, and get rid of the
kids!Commonly Asked Questions 195
4.1 believe that if you ejaculate, the woman can gain a lot of
yang energy directly from the sperm. What's the difference be-
tween giving it to her this way versus giving her yang energy and
yin/yang exchange?
Chia: So long as you keep the male fluid, you may give her
energy and quickly recharge yourself. If you give her the fluid, you
lose the means of re-charging for a long time. Give her much en-
ergy, but don't give away the whole battery. Unless she is an
advanced yogini who has developed the meditative ability to really
draw the full power of sperm into herself, she can't use it and you
will lose the power to give more. Even an advanced yogini will be
limited in the amount she can absorb from physical sperm. Ul-
timately, she is much better off if her yogi conserves and trans-
mutes his seed. Give her baskets of peaches: don't uproot the tree
and send her shaggy roots.
5. When I do the yin/yang exchange, I sometimes feel a mini-
orgasm in my genitals. How do I know if I am losing fluid?
Chia: During exhalation and relaxation, the penis will often
"jump" as though you were ejaculating. In fact, no seminal fluid
pours from the body. The prostate gland and seminal vesicles can
also "pop" periodically, yielding great pleasure. The Taoist
Method provides this orgasmic pleasure yet keeps the fluid inside
the body.
Make sure at first there is no loss of fluid in the popping.
When you keep every drop, the method is properly performed. If
there should occasionally be some loss, immediately use the Hard
Contractions and the Three Finger External Locking together to
prevent further waste of seed. You must also distinguish between
losing "milk" and "water". Milk is thick and whitish sperm fluid
and is the secret elixir Taoists seek to conserve. Water is clear and
thin runny seminal fluid that the prostate produces to help deliver
the sperm. It is possible to leak some water without ejaculating any
milk. If you are at this level you shouldn't rely solely on the
method as a means of birth-control, as it only takes one sperm cell
in the watery semen fluid to impregnate a woman.
6. I'm just beginning to learn the Big Draw. Will it harm my
effort if I fail and ejaculate?
Chia: Don't make it an issue of your failing or not. Nobody
expects you to hit a home run the first time you swing a bat. You
hit some singles, then a double, eventually you run to third base.196 Taoist Secrets Of Love
When you've got full control you can hit a home run almost at will.
The main thing in learning something new is to keep a positive
attitude.
When you begin to practice seminal conservation, try to
ejaculate no more than once per week. As you improve keep the
loss down to once or twice per month. Continuing to progress, you
will lose less and less fluid. Don't worry about losing the seed,
simply learn to harbor it for increasing periods of time. Taoists
accept what is natural, they never force any sudden change on their
body. If you lose your seed, enjoy it and send it lovingly to your
partner who will absorb at least a part of its yang essence into her
body. Likewise, never force yourself to ejaculate to please yourself
or your lover. This is a gradual process: you will spend the rest of
your life increasing in knowledge and perfecting the Tao of love.
7. What is the relationship between the strength of the buttock
and pelvic muscles and sex? I thought having sex strengthened
them, since you get a lot of exercise in your lower body.
Chia: A moderate amount of sex is healthy for your body in
many ways; your glands are exercised, especially the prostate, and
more chi runs through your meridians. But a lot of these benefits
leak out the anus and buttocks because so many men with office
jobs develop a fat ass. You wouldn't believe how much chi


Whenever you experience less bliss, no bliss, or actual pain and suffering,
only one thing changes: how close you are to the light. This concept defines
the entire Yoga system, no matter how complex its traditions are in India.
There are literally thousands of Yoga commentaries, and their intricacy can
be mind -bending. But we can cut through the complexity by focusing on
just one thing: living in the light.
It is vital to understand what the ideal life is, according to Royal Yoga.
What makes its approach so natural is that nothing achieved through Royal
Yoga is mystical or otherworldly. The self you experience today owes its
most valued experiences to your true self, which is already whole and
perfect.
The Ideal Life: The Gifts of Royal Yoga1. Existence becomes blissful. You experience a joyful, energetic body; a loving,
compassionate heart; an alert, vibrant mind; and lightness of being.
2. You control your mental activity. You can generate thoughts, feelings, and
impulses that are evolutionary. You are the one who gives them meaning, and
therefore the whole world as you perceive it has meaning.
3. You see everyday life as a lucid dream, incredibly vivid but an illusion. You can
improve the dream without getting trapped in it.
4. Joy becomes the only measure of success because your essential nature is joy. It
is the beginning and endpoint of every journey.
5. You understand what it means to thrive. You savor the diversity of life, which
brings richness to your unfolding story.
6. You recognize that the point of arrival is always now. You can’t move to where
you are already standing—this is the experience of timelessness.
7. You recognize that you have no ﬁxed identity. Your identity is unique but always
evolving. It is your karmic story, but you don’t need to be bound by it.
8. You recognize gratitude as the sanest response to existence. It is insanity to
believe that existence is a problem.
9. You recognize that existence is lavish and abundant.
10. Grace becomes an everyday experience. It reveals itself by the perfect way that
every experience ﬁts together. Instead of brief glimpses of synchronicity, you
live in total synchronicity.
Before we go any further, I’d like you to assess your experience s of the
light. Nothing is more important than knowing how much the light has
affected your life. Take the following self-assessment, and you will begin to
know yourself much better than most people do.
Ten Ways to Be in the Light
Yoga asks you to identify entirely with the
light, which doesn’t happen all at once. The
light is glimpsed, to begin with, in memorable
experiences. Everyone has had them at one
time or another. The list on the following
pages includes the most important kinds of
experiences.
To assess where you are right now, look at
each statement and circle the response thatapplies to you. The time frame isn’t critical—
some experiences might be very recent;
others very far back. The point is to recognize
moments of heightened experience. There are
no right or wrong responses. Just assess your
experience as objectively as you can. When in
doubt, choose the answer that ﬁrst comes to
mind.
1. I have experienced bliss. (Examples: a
peak experience of a joyful, energetic
body; a loving, compassionate heart; an
alert, vibrant mind; lightness of being.)
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Frequently
Don’t know
2. I feel in control of my mental experience—I
can have positive, creative thoughts
whenever I want.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Frequently
Don’t know
3. Life can feel like a dream, with something
hidden from sight that is very real and yet
mysterious.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
FrequentlyDon’t know
4. Much more than material success, I
measure my life by my level of happiness
and joy.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Frequently
Don’t know
5. I welcome a wide diversity of experiences
—they give my life real richness.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Frequently
Don’t know
6. I live in the present moment, without
reliving the past or anticipating the future.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Frequently
Don’t know
7. I experience myself in the ﬂow, adapting
easily to new situations.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Frequently
Don’t know
8. I experience gratitude.Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Frequently
Don’t know
9. I look upon life as abundant, offering
untold possibilities for fulﬁllment.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Frequently
Don’t know
10. I experience meaningful coincidences—
they tell me that everything happens for a
reason.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Frequently
Don’t know
ASSESSING YOUR ANSWERS
This questionnaire is about seeing yourself
according to the quality of your inner life.
Being in the light is what ties together these
ten experiences. If you have a rich inner life,
you will likely mark “Frequently” more than half
the time. On the other hand, if you often
answered “Never” or “Rarely,” your inner life
isn’t fulﬁlling. The light has become blocked or
obscured. Most people will fall somewhere in
between the light and the dark. They areaware of their inner life, but don’t turn to it as a
great source of fulﬁllment.
For most of us, positive experiences come
and go at will; we have little control over them.
Fears, regrets, and painful memories seem to
have a life of their own. Yoga teaches us to
change the situation through the following
steps, which will become second nature as the
book unfolds:
You pay more attention to what is going on
inside you.
You notice any experience of being in the
light.
You value that experience.
You begin to focus more and more on the
light, increasing it in your life.
Living in the light is the most natural way to
live. It is easier to live more consciously than to
continue experiencing things unconsciously,
driven by habit, routine, old conditioning, and
denial. The habit of being more conscious will
emerge effortlessly and without pain and
discomfort if you keep in mind that the best
experiences in your life indicate that you have
been living in the light all along, while
struggling to get there.
THIRTY DAYS OF ROYAL YOGALiving in the light can begin anytime you choose. The principles taught
in Royal Yoga are not difficult to learn, and over the next thirty days we can
cover all the major areas you need to understand. Traditionally, these areas
are called the eight limbs, or ashtangas, of Yoga. We are going to treat them
as eight stages of transformation.
Here is how a map of the journey looks. Our thirty-day journey is
divided into six weeks, and each week gives you five days of participation
—the weekend is your time off, to reflect upon and absorb everything you
have learned.
I give the traditi onal Sanskrit names for the eight limbs, but you don’t
need to memori ze them. What is important is the theme for each week,
beginning with Social Intelligence in Week 1, Emotional Intelligence in
Week 2, and so on. Living in the light involves awakening awareness, layer
by layer, until you reach your source, the true self, which is the light of pure
awareness.
Here’ s the whole program at a glance.
Week 1: Social Intelligence
(Stage of Transformation—Yama)
In the first week, you learn to find the light in your social world of
family, work, and relationships. Royal Yoga considers this the outer shell of
existence. You move through it with your own habits, rituals, likes, and
dislikes. Your personality is your identity, which has been adapted from
input and pressure from society. By bringing light and lightn ess to your
social self, you prepare the way for the later stages of the journey.
Week 2: Emotional Intelligence
(Stage of Transformation—Niyama)
In the second week, you learn to bring light and lightness to your
emotional life. Royal Yoga considers this stage to be more personal than the
outer or social sphere, yet you are still involved with other peop le and yourfeelings toward them. When these feelings are purified, or brought into the
light, you are not dependent on other people to trigger negative emotions in
you. Victimhood and codependency are no longer the pitfalls they once
were.
Week 3: Bringing the Light to Your Body
(Stage of Transformation—Asana)
In the third week, you learn to apply awareness to your body, bringing
light and lightness to how you sense your body. Yoga considers the body to
be a vehicle for consciousness. Just as a boat carries you acros s the ocean,
your body carries you across the ocean of experience. Everyone is already
on that journey. But, at a subtler level, your body is carry ing you to
wholeness and your true self. Royal Yoga teaches you to appreciate this
aspect, which unites body and mind in a mutual relationship, the bodymind.
Week 4: Vital Energy
(Stage of Transformation—Pranayama)
In the fourth week, you learn to connect your breath with every  state of
the body mind. Royal Yoga considers the


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	it’s	possible	to	learn
from	relationships	after	they	are	over.
My	oldest	son	Richard	died	when	he	was	nine,	and	I’m	so	very	grateful	that	I
know	that	each	soul	chooses	its	Earth	School	experiences,	including	the
manner	and	time	of	departure	from	the	Earth	plane.	In	Reality,	there	is	no
death;	the	soul	is	ageless	and	eternal,	and	love	knows	no	barriers	of	time	or
space.	My	second	son	Robert	nearly	died	when	he	was	two	and	suffered	brain
damage	as	a	result	of	the	illness.	I	am	grateful	that	I	know	that	Robert	chose
this	Earth	School	lesson,	and	as	his	mother,	that	I	chose	the	experience	with
him.	I’ve	felt	much	pain	watching	him	struggle	with	life,	but	he	has
demanded	from	me,	and	thus	has	taught	me,	unconditional	love.	Such	a	great
gift!
Looking	back	over	my	life,	I	can	see	the	beauty	that	the	windstorms	have
carved.	I	trust	current	and	future	challenges	to	facilitate	additional	soul
growth.	My	heart	is	filled	with	gratitude	for	all	the	people	and	events	in	my
life	because	I	now	understand	their	Higher	Purpose.	My	heart	overflows	with
gratitude	for	the	Divine	Love	that	enfolds,	guides,	protects,	and	sustains	us
all!
Gratitude:	One	of	Life’s	Most	Important	Lessons
Kimberly	Lockwood
Kimberly	Lockwood

is	a	traveler	on	the	spiritual	path	whose	sunny,	positive
outlook	on	life	makes	her	an	inspiration	and	role	model	for	her	family	and
friends.	She	is	most	grateful	for	her	role	as	wife	and	mother	to	Barry	and
Brittany	Lockwood,	respectively.	She	credits	her	family,	and	the	Church	of
Religious	Science	as	important	catalysts	for	her	own	growth	process.	She	is	a
resident	of	La	Costa,	California.
Gratitude	is	one	of	life’s	most	important	lessons.	It	can	also	be	one	of	the
simplest,	if	we	learn	it	the	first	time	around.
As	a	child,	when	I	said	thank	you,	I	was	saying	what	my	parents	had	taught
me	to	say.	I	did	not	have	that	true	feeling	of	gratefulness.	It	was	just
something	I	did;	it	was	what	my	parents	called	“good	manners.”
As	I	grew,	this	practice	just	became	a	good	habit:	“Always	be	polite,	always
respect	your	elders;	always	say	’Please’	and	’Thank	you.”’
As	an	adult,	I	began	to	appreciate	the	things	around	me—how	beautiful	the
mountains	are	in	the	fall,	the	snow-capped	peaks	in	winter,	the	vibrant	colors
of	spring	flowers,	and	how	fresh	and	clean	the	air	smells	after	it	has	rained.	I
started	to	see	the	beauty	in	the	world	around	me.	Was	this	gratitude	I	was
feeling?
Time	went	on,	and	I	enjoyed	life	and	what	it	had	to	offer.	I	found	the	most
wonderful	partner.	We	became	friends	and	then	grew	to	love	each	other.	We
went	through	some	tough	times,	but	we	grew	stronger	as	a	couple	as	a	result.
A	year	or	so	later,	we	were	married.
Everything	was	wonderful!	It	was	now	time	to	settle	down	and	start	our	life
together.	But	instead,	we	went	a	little	crazy	for	a	while,	just	doing	whatever
we	wanted,	whenever	we	wanted.	If	we	wanted	something,	we	bought	it.	Itdidn’t	matter	whether	we	had	the	cash	or	not;	we	simply	charged	it.
After	a	while,	we	stopped	and	looked	at	what	we	were	doing	to	ourselves.	It
was	not	a	pretty	sight!	Where	did	our	gratitude	go?	We	were	taking	things	for
granted,	not	appreciating	what	we	had.	Just	wanting	more,	more,	more.
Okay,	time	to	straighten	ourselves	out.	We	started	a	savings	account,	only
paid	cash	for	things,	and	stopped	going	overboard	with	gifts.	Family	and
friends	will	love	us	no	matter	how	much	we	spend	on	them,	we	realized.
Times	were	very	tough	while	we	dug	ourselves	out	of	our	financial	hole.	So,	I
can	tell	you	that	I	am	really	excited	to	have	a	little	cash	in	my	wallet	these
days!
As	time	went	by,	I	became	pregnant—a	wonderful	surprise	to	my	husband
and	me.	As	the	months	passed	and	that	little	life	grew	inside	of	me,	so	did	our
gratitude.	Being	able	to	experience	this	miracle	was	the	greatest	gift	we	had
ever	been	given.
On	the	day	our	daughter	was	born	and	she	was	handed	to	my	husband,	I	have
to	say	that	watching	his	face	was	incredible—his	eyes	filled	with	tears	of	joy.
You	could	see	the	love	he	was	feeling.	Then,	he	placed	her	in	my	arms,	and
all	I	could	say	was,	“Thank	you,	God!”	Tears	streamed	down	our	faces.	We
had	truly	been	blessed.	As	I	looked	into	my	daughter’s	eyes,	I	was	completely
overwhelmed	with	love	and	gratitude.	She	was	an	angel	from	God.
I	finally	got	it—the	ultimate	feeling	of	gratitude.	I	carry	that	feeling	with	me
every	day.	Gratitude	is	a	special	gift.	Don’t	take	anything	for	granted.	Love
and	appreciate	everything	in	your	life.	It’s	there	for	a	reason—learn	from	it.
And	remember,	when	you	say	thank	you,	really	feel	thankful.	I	do!
So	Many	Blessings
Sir	John	Mason
Sir	John	Mason

was	born	in	Manchester,	England,	in	1927.	He	was	educated
at	Manchester	Grammar	School	and	Cambridge,	where	he	graduated	with	a
Master	of	Arts	in	history.	He	served	in	the	British	Army	during	World	War	II
and	the	Korean	War,	where	he	reached	the	rank	of	Captain,	John	served	in	the
British	Foreign	Service	from	1952	to	1984,	serving	in	Rome,	Warsaw,
Damascus,	and	New	York.	From	1976	to	1980,	he	was	British	Ambassador	to
Israel;	and	from	1980	to	1984,	he	was	British	High	Commissioner	to
Australia.	He	retired	in	1984	and	settled	in	Australia,	where	he	has	been
chairman	of	many	large	companies.	He	is	a	dual	British-American	citizen.	In
1954,	he	married	Margaret	Newton,	and	they	have	a	grown	son	and	daughter.
John	was	knighted	in	1980.
I	am	68	years	old,	and	I	have	nothing	in	my	life	not	to	be	grateful	about.	I’m
grateful	to	all	the	people	who	have	given	me	so	many	reasons	to	be	grateful.	I
have	so	many	blessings	that	I	lose	count	of	them.
I	will	first	try	to	count	some	of	my	personal	blessings	and	then	those	that	I
share	with	others	in	the	world.
Personal	Blessings
My	parents	gave	me	high	intelligence,	motivation,	and	a	secure	and	happy
home.	They	encouraged	me	to	win	the	scholarships,	which,	thanks	to
excellent


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 Index
A
Amino Acids  132-133
Apple Cider Vinegar  53
Arteries 33, 80-81, 116-118,
120, 129, 146
Arthritis 39, 57, 60, 64, 73, 79
145-146, 158
B
Backache 61, 78-79
Beet - Veggie soup  93
Beverages  13, 112, 145
Birth Defects, Miscarriages 141
Bladder 51, 54
Blood 9, 29, 34, 57, 65,
67, 86-87, 92, 117-118, 144
Body temperature 6
Bones 22, 62-63, 74, 82
Bragg Health Books 174-175
Bragg Healthy Lifestyle 1, 27,
34, 47-49, 60, 82, 88, 101,
107-108, 110, 112, 122,130
Brain 34-35, 64, 66-68, 88, 144
Bursitis 60
C
Calcif ication  74-75, 79, 116-119
Calcif ied Nails  77
Calcium 22, 71,76, 82, 103, 130,
146-147
Cancer 111, 124, 140-142
Capillaries 65, 80, 90
Chemicals IV,  12, 141-142
Chlorination 80, 124, 137, 139-143
Circulation 80-81, 87-88, 129
Cirrhosis 30, 100
Clogging 8, 27, 80-81, 101, 126
Constipation 145
D
Dehydr ation  1, 6, 8, 32, 78,
98, 101, 124, 138, 145
Diets 59, 65, 71, 74, 103, 109,
111, 119, 129, 147
Digesti ve System  32, 142
Distilled W ater 43,115-116,125,
145-147, 154-159,170 E
171
Ears 67, 84-85
Ecology 131-135
Endocrine glands 66
Endurance 13, 102,


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www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 18
Adapting the Therapy for Chemo-Pretreated
and Severely Weakened Patients
PLEASE NOTE: the same modifications apply for both categories
Chemotherapy drugs were just beginning to be introduced during Dr. Gerson’s years of
practice, and their effects were largely unknown. This explains why no reference to chemotherapy
can be found in his classic book, A Cancer Therapy—Results of 50 Cases.  The large-scale use of
this treatment, based on the theory that strong poisons administered to the cancer patient would
kill the malignant cells but allow the healthy cells to recover, only built up in the years following
Dr. Gerson’s death; by now it is used almost universally all over the world. Sometimes it is applied
as an adjuvant treatment, in combination with other modalities; in other cases it is prescribed
for patients prior to surgery, to shrink their tumor, more often than not in terminal cases. Many
doctors, if questioned, admit that at best chemotherapy can only extend life expectancy by a few
months, and certainly does not promise a “cure.”
Our aim here is not to discuss the positive or negative results of chemotherapy, which are
amply described by Ralph Moss, Ph.D. ( The Cancer Industry, revised edition of the original
The Cancer Syndrome,  1989; ISBN#1-55778-075-7, Paragon House, NY) and many others.(see
Chapter 20, pg. 142 ) We are solely concerned with the changes that need to be made to the Gerson
protocol for patients who have previously been treated with toxic chemicals.
When the Therapy was first practiced 18 years after Dr. Gerson’s death in the first Mexican
Gerson hospital, the doctors were reluctant to admit patients who had received chemotherapy.
There was no mention of it in A Cancer Therapy, which served as their exclusive guide. Later, as
they became more familiar with the treatment and saw its positive effects, they cautiously accepted
two chemo-pre-treated patients who begged for their help. At that time, realizing the additional
damage caused by the highly toxic chemo drugs, the doctors assumed that these patients should
also undergo the regular detoxifying treatment, to remove the accumulated poisons from their
bodies.
Accordingly, they administered the strict intensive protocol, including the castor oil treatment,
and were shocked to see that the castor oil began to remove those poisons too rapidly, releasing
them into the blood stream, actually causing the patients to suffer from an overdose of chemo
drugs. They had to be transferred to intensive care; fortunately both survived. This incident
quickly taught the doctors not to give chemo-pre-treated patients any castor oil, moreover to
work out a somewhat reduced treatment program for them, in order not to over-stress the liver or
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Since then we have seen a number of such patients making satisfactory long-term recoveries.
But the results are achieved more slowly. Also, since the body is much more toxic owing to its
load of synthetic chemicals, the results are also somewhat less reliable. (see Chapter 27  for the
stories of patients who were unsuccessfully treated with chemo before being sent home to die—
yet recovered on the Gerson program).
Chemo-pretreated patients also produce healing reactions (see Chapter 16.) These vary in
intensity during the first few months. However, as a rule a major chemo healing reaction occurs
approximately after six months on the Therapy, which is different from the standard flare-ups
experienced by chemo-free patients. The chemo-burdened patient excretes the toxic drugs still
stored in his or her organism and suffers disturbances that are similar, though less severe, than the
ones caused by the chemotherapy. They include some hair loss, nausea, mouth sores, pain, drop
in red- and white blood corpuscle counts, weakness, and changes in the test results. Some patients
can actually smell the chemicals being excreted through their skin. Often the enema returns also
smell of chemicals. Such a six-month chemo reaction can last up to three weeks, after which time
the patient is much improved. The chemo-caused symptoms clear, the blood picture improves
once again, the tumors regress more rapidly, hair re-grows and energy returns.
After this major clear-out, one important procedure, namely the Castor Oil Treatment  can
cautiously be added to the protocol. The patient is started on the castor oil enema only. Instead
of the usual amount, (see Chapter 13, pg. 113 ) only two teaspoonfuls are added to the coffee
enema for 2-3 weeks, up to twice weekly. If the patient does not react too violently, this amount
is increased to four teaspoonfuls for another three weeks. Again, if this addition is well tolerated,
the patient should be given one teaspoonful  of castor oil orally, followed by the usual cup of hot
sweetened coffee; then, 5 hours later, by the castor oil enema—twice a week. After this again
slowly the amounts are gradually increased, together with the number of coffee enemas, until the
patient is able to take the complete regular castor oil treatment and restore the reduced Therapy to
its full intensive level, as used by regular patients.
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www.thegersonway.comHere are the details of the modified treatment for chemo-pretreated
and/or severely damaged patients :
A typical hourly schedule*
Enema MealFlax-
seed
OilAcidoll
CapsulesJuicePotassium
CompoundLugol’s
Solution
1/2 strengthThyroid NaicinLiver
Caps.Pan-
creatin
TabletsInjection
Liver &
B12
6:00
am
8:00
am 2Orange 2 tsp. 1 drop 1 gram 50mg2 3
9:00
am Coffee2 tsp.
9:30
am
10:00
amCarrot/
Apple2 tsp. 1 drop 1 gram 50mg
11:00
amCarrot NO21 daily
12
noonGreen 2 tsp.
1:00
pm1 Tbsp. 2Carrot/
Apple2 tsp. 1 drop 1 gram 50mg3
2:00
pmCoffee Green 2 tsp.
3:00
pm
4:00
pm
5:00
pmCarrot/
Apple2 tsp. 1 drop 50mg3
6:00
pmCoffee Green 2 tsp.
7:00
pmDinner 1 Tbsp. 2Carrot/
Apple2 tsp. 1 drop 1 gram 50mg3
10:00
pm
Make a blank schedule to be filled in later as the medications change and the frequency of enemas and liver with B-12
injections is reduced.
Castor oil enemas: NO CASTOR OIL TREATMENTS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
*The exact treatment, specifying the number of juices, enemas, medications, etc. needs to be
adjusted by a Gerson trained practitioner.
For easy reference, here is a summary of the items contained in the schedule:
10 glasses of 8 oz. each of a variety of juices (apple/carrot, carrot, green, orange) reduced in
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www.thegersonway.comseverely damaged patients to eight glasses; or to 10 containing four to six ounces each.  For
such patients up to two ounces of strained oatmeal gruel can be added to each glass of juice to
ease digestion. (see Chapter 16, pg. 127 )
20 teaspoons of potassium compound (2 tsp. in each of 10 glasses)
11⁄2  to 3 grains thyroid
5 drops 1⁄2 strength Lugol’s solution
5 tablets of 50 mg. Niacin (omit if bleeding is present)
6 capsules Acidol Pepsin
6 capsules of


 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frrecommendation to eat more plant fo ods. The
so-called microcrystalline cellulose is also pro-
duced from plant fiber. But, of course, specially
developed preparations produce the greatest ef-
fect. It can be either ordinary activated charcoal
sold at the drug store, or ‘advanced’ enter-
osorbents  based on apple and citrus pectin with
addition of different plant extracts and healthy
bacteria, which have a cholagogic and general
health -improving effect on both the digestive
tract and the whole organism. Such sorbents in-
clude Toxfighter, Polyphepanum  and others.
The main indicator of an enterosorbent’s effi-
ciency is its ability to create an absorbing surface.
The simplest enterosorbents, such as activated
charcoal (Carbolen), create an absorbing surface
of 200 -300 square meters per 1 gram of sorbent.
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frThere are more powerful granulated charcoal -
based enterosorbents and coal -fiber materials
(Vaulen, Aktilen, ‘Dnepr’). They have the power
of a 1000 (!) and more square meters per gram.
If you’re going to use ordinary activated char-
coal, then the daily dos age should be about 5 -7
grams. However, to achieve the greatest effect,
plant- based enterosorbents can be taken in dos-
ages 2 -3 times higher than indicated. The treat-
ment can be carried out over the course of a
month.  It is crucial to know that enterosorbe nts
are taken on an empty stomach (you may take
them 30 -60 minutes before meals). We recom-
mend you to dissolve a portion of the product in
water (or wash it down with water) in an amount
of 100 -200 grams. It’s good to increase the total
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the enterosorption course.
Enterosorbents used nowadays can be com-
bined into several groups:
• Carbon adsorbents based on activated
charcoal (Carbolen, Carboktin, Gastro-
sorb), granulated charcoal and coal -fiber
materials (Vaulen, Aktilen, ‘Dnepr’);
• Ion- exchange materials or resins (Cayex-
ilit, Cholisteramin);
• Lignin- based enterosorbents (Polyphepa-
num, Lignosorb);
• Polyvinylpyrrolidone derivatives
(Enterodesum, Enterosorbum);
• Others (Argil, aluminium hydroxide, Al-
magel, Gastal, Sucralfa tum, silica gels, ze-
olites);
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lose, aliginates (detoxal), pectins (P oly-
sorbovit 50, Polysorbovit 95, Hitozan).
We use POLYSORB MP in our practice. It is
inorganic, non -selective, multifunctional intes-
tinal sorbent  (enterosorbent) composed of  finely
dispersed SiO2.

9.2. Methods of use of enterosorbents
Enterosorption may be carried out in different
ways.  There are three main methods of use of
enterosorbents:
1. single intake of a full dose of an enter-
osorbent;
2. a treatment course of an enterosorbent (7 -10
days);
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Depending on your well -being, mood and
wishes, you can use different methods of enter-
osorption and different  enterosorbents. Every
person chooses the method of detoxification
that they think is the most effective and accepta-
ble. For example, one -time intakes outside the
house; sorbent cleansing of the large intestine as
a part of a health resort treatment; or diffe rent
season -specific methods, etc.
Moreover, it’s possible to combine various
methods of enterosorption. For example, you
can carry out a sorbent intake course and end it
with intestinal sorbent cleansing, and combine
sorbent cleansing of the large intesti ne with oral
sorbent intake.
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frIn our opinion, the best way to make your or-
ganism healthier is simultaneous or consecutive
combination of different methods of influencing
the organs and systems of the body. It’s expedi-
ent to use various methods of herbal tre atment,
psychotherapy, exercise therapy, fasting, etc.
during and before enterosorption. Not only
aren’t such combinations contraindicated, in
fact, they strengthen the health benefits of enter-
osorption.

Single intake of a full dose of an enter-
osorbent
This method is used when there’s an increased
load on the detoxifying organs of the human
body. It helps the organism deal with the types
of poisoning that most frequently occur in
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the bodily condition after drinking alcohol, food
poisonings and their prophylaxis, light diarrhea,
working with toxic substances (paints and lac-
quers, glass cleaners, inhaling fumes of combus-
tibles and lubricants, etc.). A single intake is car-
ried out in the following manner.
Stir 8  tbsp. of sorbent  in 1 glass of water or use
2 tbsp. 4 times a day every 3 hours. Drink this
solution. It’s best to take the sorbent on an
empty stomach.
Of course, this method doesn’t provide a steady
and deep detoxifying effect on the organism, as
no sig nificant reorganization of the work of the
digestive tract structures and the detoxifying
systems is possible in such a short period of time.
The main aim of a single intake of a sorbent is
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tasks. In this way, we help the organism to get rid
of toxic substances faster and more effectively.
Depending on whether or not the desired result
was achieved, you can repeat the intake 2 -3
times.
You can use this method on an as -needed basis.

 Course intake of an enterosor bent
In this case, the intake course of an enter-
osorbent is as follows. Take 1 tbsp. of an enter-
osorbent for 7- 10 days 3 times a day.

9.3. Intestinal sorbent cleansing procedure

Preparation for the cleansing (with salt solution)
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dosage (3 tablespoons during the day between
meals) 24 hours before the procedure day. On
the next day, take 3 more tablespoons in an arbi-
trary manner on an empty stomach, but manda-
torily prior to any fluid intake. A crucial con di-
tion for a successful intestinal sorbent cleansing
is prior fasting for a period of 8 -10 hours (you
can fast for longer — up to 20 hours, but no less
than 8 hours). Failure to observe this condition
abruptly changes the course of physiological
processes in the gastrointestinal tract.
When you eat, the mechanisms of intestinal ab-
sorption are immediately activated by the body.
They will be active until the organism fully as-
similates the digested food. And if the absorp-
tion mechanisms are active, and some
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the organism will start to assimilate them imme-
diately. Consequently, you won’t be able to hold
the salt solution in.


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The avalanche of negative effects of a processed food diet on your body includes
elevated insulin levels and, ultimately, insulin resistance – the hallmark of
metabolic syndrome and nearly every chronic disease known to humans.
If you want to avoid the consequences of a “convenient” diet and truly optimize
your health, then it’s imperative for you to give up processed foods entirely and
commit to the war against the toxic, the synthetic, and the overcooked and
overprocessed.
Brace yourself for an exciting journey into discovering tasty, nourishing food in its
unprocessed state – the world of raw, organic, biodynamic foods grown locally
and sustainably, and with a high regard for how nature designed you to eat.
The challenge is you can destroy most of the nutrition of even the highest -quality
foods simply by cooking them. This is why I personally try to eat about 85 percent
of my food raw, including raw eggs and the freshest salads and sprouts I can lay
my hands on.
Cooking your  food, especially at high temperatures, also destroys naturally
occurring enzymes, which are necessary for your body to function properly.
If you are used to a consuming a processed food diet, it is normal to feel deprived
if you are not able to get your  hands on your favorite junk food. But remember
that the sooner you switch to healthy eating habits, the sooner will enjoy the
benefits – increased energy,  better mood, improved weight, and better health
overall.
To avoid falling back into your old habit s, make the changes to your diet gradually.
Start with one raw meal a day, and then increas e from there.
Consider this guide your headstart to a raw food diet and their life -changing
benefits. The war against processed diets has begun, and it’s your turn to take up
arms in the name of your health and longevity.

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I believe that consuming a mostly raw food diet – composed of whole, organic
foods in their natural or unadulterated stat e – is one of the most powerful
changes you can do to improve your health.
As mentioned before, I personally strive to eat at least 85 percent of my foods
raw,i as cooking can have many negative effects  on the quality of your food. There
are actually a few instances when cooking improves your food’s health profile,
such as cooking tomatoes, which increases their lycopene content.ii But generally,
cooking and processing greatly adulterates your food and:iii
 Depletes and alters nutrients.  The molecu les are deranged, degraded, and
broken down. For example, cooking transforms fiber into a soft, passive
substance that has no intestine -cleansing ability.
 Destroys food enzymes, which are proteins that speed up and facilitate
reactions in your body. Withou t these enzymes, some biochemical
reactions in your body may not even occur.
 Creates toxic substances and byproducts.  The more you increase the
cooking temperature, the higher the amount of toxins created.
 Burdens, overworks, and exhausts your pancreas a nd other organs.
 Decreases and alters the natural structure of the water in the food.
What’s more, cooked food lack biophotons – also called “sun energy,” these are
the smallest physical unit of light that are stored in and used by all biological
organisms, including humans. Biophotons contain crucial bio -information that
control, order, and regulate complex processes in your body, elevating your
vitality and wellbeing.
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Biophotons enter your body via the food you eat,
particularly naturally grown fruit s and vegetables. In
fact, the more light energy that a food stores (when
it’s in its raw, natural state), the more nutritious it is.
This diverse mix of healthy and biologically live
nutrients, enzymes, and biophotons in raw foods
makes them a truly wholesome addition to have in
your diet.
But what are the radical changes that raw foods can
do for your health? Medical News Todayiv summarizes
some of the benefits of eating raw foods :
 Improved digestion. Raw food is digested easily by your body and pa sses
through your digestive tract in a half to a third of the time it takes for
cooked food. The natural enzymes in the food also aid in digestion,
becoming active as soon as eating starts.v
 Higher energy levels. Your body spends more time digesting cooked  foods
than raw foods. By consuming mostly raw foods, your digestion time, which
is the main energy drainer for many people, will be cut short, allowing you
to experience more pure, real energy.vi
 A clearer complexion. Consuming healthy raw foods that do no t bombard
your body with toxins helps cleanse you internally. This shows in your
complexion, leaving your skin looking young and healthy. You will also
notice shinier hair, brighter eyes, and stronger nails.vii
 Lower risk of cardiovascular diseases. Accordin g to a report published in
the October 2012 issue of Food Technology, plant -based diets either helped
reduce or eliminate people’s genetic propensity to developing diabetes,
heart disease, cancer, and other chronic diseases.viii
 Better weight management. When  you eat a high amount of cooked and
processed foods, you are consuming toxins faster than your body can
remove them, causing them to back up and disrupt your body's delicate
acid/alkaline balance, which is a major cause of excess weight. By switching
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to m ostly raw food, you’re consuming food in its natural composition,
loaded with digestion -promoting enzymes that help promote a healthy
weight.
Other notable benefits of raw foods, particularly raw fruits, leafy green vegetables
and sprouts, include:ix
 Reducing inflammation and eliminating carcinog ens
 Getting rid of old cells and maintaining healthy DNA
 Having a lower risk of stroke, high blood pressure, eye diseases, and
Alzheimer’s disease
 Reduced risk of bone loss and kidney stones
 Having higher antioxidant levels
 Improved cognitive function
 Having lower biomarkers for oxidative stress
By making these superfoods a significant part of your diet, you can achieve a
whole level of health, experience healing (in case you are suffering from certain
health issues), and even extend your longevity.
Please note that I do not advocate consuming an all -raw food diet, and most
definitely not a vegan or vegetarian diet, as you still need to get high -quality
animal protein (preferably from raw, organic gr ass-fed meats and dairy, such as
raw milk and raw butter) and healthy fats to stay in top shape. Your body needs
saturated fats  from both animal and vegetable sources, as they:x
 Provide building blocks for cell membranes, hormones, and hormone -like
substances
 Work a s antiviral agents
 Help lower your cholesterol levels
 Act as carriers for fat -soluble nutrients like vitamins A, D, E, and K
 Help convert carotene to vitamin A
 Modulate genetic regulation and help prevent cancer
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I also recommend getting some amounts of fermented foods  such as organic
yogurt, kefir, natto, and fermented vegetables, as they are potent chelato rs that
help break down and eliminate heavy metals and other toxins from your body.
Fermented  foods also contain high amounts of probiotics that can help optimize
your gut flora. Eighty percent of your immune system is found in your gut, and the
probiotic s in fermented foods help aid in your production of antibodies to
pathogens, to help boost your immunity.  If you are a beginner, take fermented
foods in small portions and gradually work your way up, so as to avoid a “healing
crisis” from these potent det oxifiers.
For more about the benefits of fermented foods, check out my article “ Fermented
Foods: How to ‘C ulture’ Your Way to Optimal Health.”
In the next section, I will elaborate on how to
choose healthy, wholesome raw and organic
foods and help you develop a comprehensive
and wholesome nutrition plan.

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Now that you’re aware of the benefits of eating your food uncooked and with its
nutrients intact, the next step is to know what foods you should be eating.
When it comes to diet and nutrition, it is only smart to beware what mainstream
media and h ealth agencies promote. While the new dietary guidelinesxi highlight
the importance of vegetables, grains (which are metabolized as sugar in your
body) continue to dominate health recommendations. Healthy fats are minimally
promoted – in fact, fat -free or low-fat dairy products are widely favored.
To get started on your raw food diet, be guided by the right amount and types of
these foods:
Carbohydrates
The worst kind of diet is rich in processed foods laden with sugars and
grains.xii Overindulging in thes e can rewire your metabolism and cause
leptin and insulin resistance, which can


 lay down on the floor and prepared to breathe while the other half,
the sitters, watched over them. I volunteered to be a sitter for a man named
Kerry, who wore Armani glasses and asked me not to touch him during the
session because he feared any contact might burn his skin.
The music started, a predictable mix of thumping techno with
reverberating lutes and Arabic maqam yodels. What happened next was
predictable, too. The business folks breathed heavily and wiggled around on
their mats but mostly kept calm and to themselves. Meanwhile, the natural
healers in the group went apeshit.
After just a few minutes of breathing, a big man named Ben, who lived
of f the grid in a cabin a few miles up the mountain, sat up and stared in awe
at the palms of his hands as if he were holding a magic Hobbit stone. A few
more breaths and Ben began snorting and scratching his crotch. He growled
and howled like a wolf, then took of f around the room on all fours. The
therapists running the session snuck up behind Ben and wrestled him to the
floor. They sat on him until he transmogrified back into a human.Behind Ben, a woman named Mary jabbed her eyes with her knuckles
and screamed for her mother. “I want my mommy. I hate you, Mommy.  I
want my mommy. I hate you, Mommy,” she sobbed in an alternating devil-
and-baby voice. She wormed to a corner and curled up like an abused dog.
This went on for two hours.
I couldn’ t help but notice that neither Mary nor Ben were breathing any
faster or deeper than anyone else; they weren’ t breathing any faster than
me, and I was just sitting there calmly watching this scene unravel.
—
By afternoon, the group switched positions and it was my turn to walk
through the dark night of the soul. I’ll admit, I was pretty dubious at this
point, but I gave it my all, breathing as hard as I could for as long as I
could. I felt really hot and sweated, then felt very cold and sweated. My
legs went numb, and my fingers uncontrollably coiled into claws, a
common muscle-contraction side ef fect of hyperventilation called tetany.
My mind wandered, and I was convinced I’d entered into some waking
dream state, where the sounds, music, and sensations of my surroundings
mingled freely with subconscious thoughts and images.
Sometime later, the hollow electric drums, fake cymbal crashes, and
keyboard lutes faded back into my consciousness, and it was over. The
group was invited to sit around a table and draw mandalas with crayons on
what they’d just experienced. I walked outside into the perfumed evening
air and drank a warm beer alone in the passenger seat of my car.
On one hand, Holotropic Breathwork was transformative for Ben and
Mary, and hundreds of thousands of others who’d experienced it. On the
other, there was obviously some psychosomatic influence going on there. I
couldn’ t help wondering how much of its curative ef fects were the result of
the environment, of the “set and setting,” and how much might be a
measurable, physical response to breathing so heavily for so long.
Grof believed that at least some visual and introspective experiences
were triggered by having less oxygen in the brain.
—
During rest, about 750 milliliters of blood—enough to fill a full wine bottle
—flows through the brain every minute. Blood flow can increase a littleduring exercise just as it does in other parts of the body, but it will usually
stay consistent.
That changes when we breathe heavily. Whenever the body is forced to
take in more air than it needs, we’ll exhale too much carbon dioxide, which
will narrow the blood vessels and decrease circulation, especially in the
brain. W ith just a few minutes, or even seconds, of overbreathing, brain
blood flow can decrease by 40 percent, an incredible amount.
The areas most af fected by this are the brain’ s hippocampus and frontal,
occipital, and parieto-occipital cortices, which, together, govern functions
such as visual processing, body sensory information, memory, the
experience of time, and the sense of self. Disturbances in these areas can
elicit powerful hallucinations, which include out-of-body experiences and
waking dreams. If we keep breathing a little faster and deeper, more blood
will drain from the brain, and the visual and auditory hallucinations will
become more profound.
In addition, the sustained pH imbalance in the blood sends distress
signals throughout the body, specifically to the limbic system, which
controls emotions, arousal, and other instincts. Consciously sustaining these
stress signals long enough may trick the more primitive limbic system into
thinking the body is dying. This could explain why so many people
experience sensations of death and rebirth during Holotropic Breathwork.
They have consciously driven their bodies into a state that it perceives as
potentially lethal, and then lulled it back out by conscious breathing.
Grof admitted that researchers were a long way from really
understanding the full picture. He was OK with that; he just knew
Holotropic Breathwork of fered a heavy shove that so many patients needed
but weren’ t getting with other therapies. Heavy breathing alone did for them
what nothing else could do.Nine
HOLD IT
In 1968, Dr. Arthur Kling left his of fice at the University of Illinois Medical
College and caught a flight to Cayo Santiago, a wild and unpopulated island
on Puerto Rico’ s southeast coast. He grabbed some traps, captured a group
of wild monkeys, then took the animals back to the lab to conduct a bizarre
and cruel experiment. Kling began by opening the monkey’ s skulls and
removed a dollop of brain from each side. He let the monkeys recover, then
released them back into the jungle.
Beyond a few scars on their heads, the monkeys looked normal, but
something was wrong inside their brains. They had trouble navigating the
world. Some starved to death. Others drowned. A few were quickly
devoured by other animals. W ithin two weeks, all of Kling’ s monkeys were
dead.
A couple years later, Kling traveled to Zambia, just upstream from
V ictoria Falls, and repeated the experiment. W ithin seven hours of releasing
the altered monkeys back into the wild, all had disappeared.
The monkeys all died because they couldn’ t recognize which animals
were prey and which were predators. They didn’ t sense the danger of
wading into a rushing river, swinging from a thin branch, or approaching a
rival troop. The animals had no sense of fear, because Kling had removed
fear from their brains.
Specifically, Kling had clipped out the monkeys’ amygdalae, two
almond-size nodes at the center of the temporal lobes. The amygdalae help
monkeys, humans, and other high-order vertebrates remember, make
decisions, and process emotions. These nodes are also believed to be the
alarm circuit of fear, signaling threats and initiating a reaction to fight orrun away. W ithout the amygdalae, Kling wrote, all the monkeys “appeared
retarded in their ability to foresee and avoid dangerous confrontations.”
W ithout fear, survival was impossible, or, at minimum, extremely
precarious.
—
Back in the United States, a girl whom psychologists would name S. M.
was born around this time with a rare genetic condition called Urbach-
W iethe disease. The condition caused cell mutations and a buildup of fatty
material throughout her body, giving her skin a lumpy and puf fy appearance
and making her voice hoarse. When S. M. was ten, the deposits had spread
into her brain. For reasons nobody understands, the disease left most
regions unharmed, but destroyed her amygdalae.
S. M. could see, feel, hear, think, and taste just like anyone else. She had
a normal IQ, memory, and perception. But as S. M. entered her late teenage
years, her sense of fear diminished. She would approach total strangers,
stand a few inches from their faces, and describe her most intimate sexual
secrets, never afraid of embarrassment or rejection. She’d walk outside in a
violent thunderstorm to chat with a neighbor, never worrying she’d be
battered by debris. She’d eat food if it was around, but wouldn’ t bother
stocking up if the cupboards were bare. S. M. had no fear of growing
hungry.
She even lost the ability to recognize fear in the faces of those around
her. S. M. could easily register happiness, confusion, or the sadness of
friends and family, but didn’ t have a clue when someone was scared or
threatened. W orries, stress, and anxiety all dissolved along with her
amygdalae.
One day, when S. M. was in her 40s, a man in a pickup truck pulled up
and asked her to go on a date. She got in, and the man drove her to an
abandoned barn, threw her on the ground, and tore of f her clothes.
Suddenly, a dog ran into the barn, and the man became nervous that people
might be close behind. He zipped up his pants and dusted himself


mers ar e long and warm. Crystallized or candied ginger and stem
ginger in  syrup ar e generally ea sy to find and stor e. Stem ginger is the term
for t he pink, ten der stem gr owing out of the r oot; if available, u se it for this
r ecipe. If, like me, you can only find the woodier fr esh gingerr oot, use only
the flesh  ar ound  the fibr ous cor e. In the r ecipe, I am assuming that you will
be using  fr esh gingerr oot, but if  you ar e using stem ginger packed in syrup
or c rystallized ginger or cand ied ginger, measur e 1–1/4 cups (300 mL)
chopped and pr oceed to step 2.
MAKES 4 CUPS (1 L)
1 lb (500 g) fr esh gingerr oot, peeled
4 cups (1 L) fr esh or fr ozen blackberries
1/2 cup (125 mL) fr eshly squeezed lemon juice
4 cups (1 L) granulated sugar
1 pouch (3 oz/85 mL) liquid pectin

1. G rate enough of the tender outer layer of the gingerroot to obtain 1 to 1-
1/4 cups  (250 to 300 mL), ligh tly packed. In a saucepan, com bine ginger
with 4 cups (1 L) water and bring to a boil over high heat. Boil for 5
minutes; drain and return ginge r to the saucepan. Cover with 4 cups (1 L)
cold fres h water and repeat the boiling and draining twice so tha t the ginger
has been boiled a total of 3 times. Drain well after final boiling.2. In  a Maslin pan or saucepan, combine ginger with 4 cups ( 1 L) water.
Bring to  a boil o ver high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer gen tly until the
shreds of ginger are tender and translucent, about 1 hour.
3. Meanwhile, in a bowl, mash the blackberries using a potato masher. Press
through a cone sieve or coarse sieve lined with cheesecloth to remove the
seeds, allowing the juice to collect in a non-reactive bowl or pan. Squeeze
the cheesecloth to remove as much liquid as possible; discard cheesecloth
and seeds. Y ou should have about 1-1/3 cups (325 mL) blackberry juice.
4. Heat four 1-cup (250 mL) jar s in boiling water, and scald the lids, lifter,
funnel and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ).
5. When the ginger is tender and translucent, drain well and add the
blackberry juice and lemon juice and bring to a boil. Stir in sugar, 1 cup
(250 mL) at a time, stirring until dissolved before adding the next cup.
Bring to a hard  boil and stir in the pectin. Boil, stirring cons tantly, for 1
minute.
6. S kim of f and discard any foam. Fill hot jars, leaving a 1/4-i nch (5 mm)
headspace. Run a thin non-metallic utensil around the inside of the jar to
allow ai r to escape. Add more hot marmalade, if necessary, to leave a 1/4-
inch (5 mm) headspace. W ipe r ims, top with flat lids and screw on metal
rings. Return jars to the hot water bath, topping up with h ot water if
necessary. Bring  to a full rolling boil and process jars for 10 minutes
( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ).
7. Remo ve cann er lid and wait 5 minutes before removing jars t o a towel or
rack to cool com pletely. Check seals, label and store in a cool place for up
to 1 year.
Use: I like this purple-black marmalade with savoury meats and on both
savoury and sweet breads. It ca n also be used as a topping for puddings,
ices and other desserts. It is especially delicious with cheesecake and
yogurt, or mixed with fresh fruits.
Fr eezing BlackberriesSee detailed freezing  information.
1. Select Equipment:  Se lect suitable-size freezer c ontainers, bags or
Mason jars ( Freezing ).
2. Dry-Pack
a) F reeze Individual Berries: A rrange washed, completely dry berries in a
single la yer, without touching each other, on a cookie sheet. Fast-freeze for
1 hour. Pack int o freezer containers (no need to leave headspace). Squeeze
out air; seal, label and return to freezer.
OR
b) Fill pint (2 -cup/500 mL) or quart (1 L) freezer containers with
blackberries to within 3 to 4 i nches (7 to 10 cm) of the to p. Pour dry
granulated suga r over top; use 1/2 cup (125 mL) sugar per quart (1 L) of
prepared fruit. Squeeze out air; l eave 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace. Seal, label
and freeze.
OR
Pack in Syrup:  In a saucepan, combine 2-1/2 cups (625 mL) granulated
sugar and 4 cups (1 L) water. Bring to a gentle boil over high heat, stirring
frequently. Redu ce heat and gen tly boil for 3 minutes. Let cool. Fill pint (2-
cup/500 mL) or quart (1 L) free zer containers with blackberries  to within 3
to 4 inches (7 to 10 cm) of the to p of the container. Pour syrup over top; use
1 cu p (250 mL)  syrup per 1 quart (1 L) of prepared fruit. Squeeze out air;
leave 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace. Seal, label and freeze.
OR
Crush:  Using a potato masher, crush blackberries in a non-reactive bowl, or
for seedless purée, press through a fine sieve into a non-reactive bowl. For
every quart (1 L) of crushed blackberries, add 1 cup (250 mL) granulated
sugar. Stir until the sugar is diss olved. Pack into freezer containers, leaving
a 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace. Seal, label and freeze.B l u e b e r r i e s
THE LO WBUSH BLUEBERR Y (V ACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM)  is
a n ative  North American species found in eastern and central Canada and
the northeastern United States. Its small, dark blue berries are firm and tart-
sweet—excellent for preserving. First Nations peoples dried blueberries,
currants, elderberries and cranberries for use during the winter. V accinium
is the genus of bilberry and cranberry.
Good Pr eserving V arieties
Lowbush bluebe rry plants rise up only to 18 inches (45 cm) and appear
more lik e a ground cover than a  bush or tree. They are often ca lled “wild”
because the plants are manage d and encouraged from wild stock. W ild
(lowbush) blueb erries are excellent for preserving because they are smaller,
firmer a nd more fragrant than t he highbush or rabbiteye species. Lowbush
blueberries are not available until early summer to midsummer.
Highbush (over 6 feet/1.8 m) blueberry species (V accinium corymbosum)
are t he most widely known bec ause they have been commercially bred for
over 100 years and appear almo st exclusively in supermarkets. Earliblue  is
an e arly-ripenin g variety (from early in June) with a lar ge berry  with good
flavour. Berkeley  and Bluecr op  are midsummer  varieties that are firm and
full-flavour. Dixi, Darr ow  and Bluegold  a re excellent- tasting, firm
varieties that are available later in the season.Half-high specie s blueberries are a cross between highbush a nd lowbush
varieties and are popular in northern areas because they are hardy to Zone
3. Northblue, St. Cloud, Northland, Polaris  and Chippewa  have lar ge
fruit and are popular in northern locations.
Rabbiteye blueberries (V accinium ashei)  are  more comm on in the sou th
(Zone 7 through  9). The plants grow to 10 feet (30 m). Alapaha,  named for
the Alapaha River in Geor gia, is a new hybrid that is medium in size and
excellent in flavour. Ochlockonee  (after the Ochlockonee River, Geor gia) is
a lar ge-fruit, late-season rabbiteye blueberry.
Pur chasing/Storing
• 1 lb (500 g) yields about 2-1/2 cups (625 mL) blueberries.
• Y ou will need about 1-1/2 lb (750 g) for each quart (1 L) jar.
Smaller, firmer and more flavourful blueberries are