 is used in China as a blood tonic.
Hong hua (Carthamus
tinctorius, p. 184).  Known as safflower in the West, hong hua is used in China to induce menstruation and to help heal wounds.
White peony
(Paeonia lactiflora,  p. 117) helps menstrual complaints. In China, women who take the root regularly are thought to become as beautiful as the flower itself.
Huo xiang (Agastache
rugosa, p. 161) stimulates and warms the digestive tract.
Ephedra (Ephedra
sinica, p. 95) contains ephedrine, used in Western medicine  to treat asthma.
Chinese rhubarb
(Rheum palmatum, p. 126) is laxative in large doses  and constipating in  small ones.is the result of an excess of yin. The art of the Chinese herbal practitioner
is to restore harmony between yin and yang  both within the patient’s body
and between the patient and the world at large.
Chinese Herbs
Over the centuries, the number of medicinal herbs has grown, and the 1977 Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicinal Substances has 5,757
entries, the majority of which are herbs. The Communist Revolution in 1949 helped swell the number of plants used in TCM, because herbs that had previously only been employed in folk medicine were incorporated into the tradition. As the herbal tradition developed within TCM, the taste and other
characteristics of herbs became closely linked with their therapeutic uses. The Divine Husbandman’s Classic (Shen’nong Bencaojing, 1st century ce) lists 252 herbal medicines specifying their tastes and “temperatures,” and today, Chinese herbalists still relate the taste and temperature of an herb directly
to its therapeutic use. Sweet-tasting herbs such as ginseng (Panax ginseng, p. 118) are prescribed to tone, harmonize, and moisten, while bitter- tasting herbs such as dan shen ( Salvia
miltiorrhiza, p. 130) are employed  to drain and dry excess “dampness.” Hot-tasting herbs are used for treating “cold” conditions and vice versa. Together, an herb’s taste and temperature link it to specific types of illness. For example, Baical skullcap (Scutellaria baicalensis, p. 134), which
is bitter-tasting and “cold,” is a drying, cooling herb for conditions such as fever and irritability, brought on by patterns of excess heat.
Taking Medicines
The Chinese tradition relies heavily on formulas, which are set mixtures
of herbs that have proven effectiveness as tonics or remedies for specific illnesses. Many are available over the counter and are used by millions of people every day in China and around the world. Chinese herbalists often take a formula as a starting point and then add other herbs to the mixture. There are hundreds of formulas, one of the most famous being “Four Things Soup,” a tonic given to regulate the menstrual cycle and tone the reproductive system. It consists of dong quai ( Angelica sinensis,
p. 63), rehmannia (Rehmannia glutinosa, p. 125), chuang xiong ( Ligusticum
wallachii), and white peony (Paeonia lactiflora, p. 117).
 Chinese herbal medicine uses tinctures or alcoholic extracts of herbs, but only infrequently. Generally, patients are given mixtures of roots and bark to take as decoctions two or three times a day.
The Chinese Influence in Japan & Korea
Japan and Korea have been strongly influenced by Chinese medical
ideas and practices. Kampoh, traditional Japanese medicine, traces its
origins back to the 5th century ce, when Buddhist monks from Korea introduced their healing arts, largely derived from Chinese medicine, into Japan. In the following century, the Empress Suiko (592–628 ce) Goji berries
Goji berry plant bark
Ephedra tincture
Dried EphedraMany herbal preparations are available to Chinese
practitioners.
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sent envoys to China to study that country’s culture
and medicine. Direct Chinese influence on Japanese
medicine, which was practiced for the most
part by the monks, continued for 1,000
years. In the 16th century, Japan started
to assert its cultural identity, and kampoh
developed its own characteristic traits,
emphasizing the Japanese ideals of
simplicity and naturalness. However,
certain Chinese concepts, such as
yin and yang and ki (qi), continued
to have a central role.
 In 1868, the Japanese embraced
Western conventional medicine.
Formal training in kampoh  officially
ceased in 1885, but a few committed
practitioners passed their knowledge
on to younger generations, keeping
the tradition alive. In the last 40 years
the number of medical practitioners who use kampoh  within their
practice has greatly increased. Many Japanese medical schools now
include training in kampoh  as part of the curriculum.
 Korean herbal medicine is very similar to mainstream Chinese herbal
medicine, and almost all the Chinese herbs are used in Korea. Ginseng
(Panax  ginseng, p. 118) has been cultivated in Korea for home use and
export since 1300.
Importance of Chinese Herbal Medicine
Since 1949 when the Communists gained control, the herbal tradition
has flourished in China ( see p. 29) and today it is recognized as a valid
medical system, available to the Chinese on an equal footing with
conventional Western medicine. As is often the case elsewhere, herbs
seem to be used mainly for chronic conditions, while Western medicine
is more frequently employed for serious acute illness.
 Chinese herbal medicine, however, is not just of significance in China
and the surrounding regions, but is practiced by trained practitioners in
every continent and, in some countries, now has official government
recognition. For example, there has been a traditional Chinese medicine
hospital in Paris since 1996, and in 2013 the French government agreed
to open three new traditional Chinese medicine hospital centers. Herbal
medicine is now taught in 34 Chinese universities. This development (and
the massive input of resources involved) has helped revitalize herbal
medicine around the world over the past 30 to 40 years.
 The impact of these developments has not been confined solely
to those taking herbal medicines—whether in China or elsewhere.
In 2015 Dr. Tu Y ouyou, a researcher trained in traditional Chinese
medicine and conventional medicine, was awarded the Nobel Prize
for medicine for her lifelong study of sweet Annie ( Artemisia  annua,
p. 67) and its key active constituent artemisinin. From her base at the
Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing, she proved that
the herb (and its active constituent) had unusually potent antimalarial
activity. Artemisinin has now become the standard treatment for
acute malaria.The tai chi symbol (in the center of the silk material)
illustrates the harmony of yin and yang. An imbalance
of these principles leads to illness. Corydalis rhizome
Corydalis tincture
Lycium aerial partsJu hua
(Chrysanthemum  x
morifolium, p. 78) is
popular as a relaxing
infusion. It also
improves vision.
Corydalis
(Corydalis yanhusuo,
p. 86) has a potent
painkilling action.
Zhe bei mu  (Fritillaria
thunbergii ) is taken
in eastern China for
coughs and bronchitis.
Coptis (Coptis
chinensis, p. 195)
has been shown to
improve tuberculosis
in a clinical trial.
Fo ti
(Polygonum multiflorum,
p. 124) is thought
to concentrate qi
(vital spirit) in its
root, and is taken to
improve longevity.
Shan yao
(Dioscorea opposita )
is used in the “Pill of
Eight Ingredients,” a
traditional Chinese
remedy for diabetes.
Suan zhoa ren
(Ziziphus spinosa,
see Z. jujuba, p. 283)
is used in Chinese
medicine to “nourish
the heart and
cleanse the spirit.”
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44The developmenT  of herbal medicine
44Calumba (Jateorhiza
palmata, p. 224) is a bitter herb that is used as a digestive remedy and as a means to improve the appetite.
Buchu (Barosma betulina,
p. 71) has a diuretic and tonic effect within the urinary tract. It is infused in oil to make perfume.
Coffee (Coffea arabica,
p. 192). According to legend, an Islamic mullah discovered the stimulating effect of coffee by observing the frisky behavior of goats who had grazed on the beans. Coffee is used medicinally to treat headaches.
Visnaga (Ammi visnaga,
p. 62) is mentioned in  an Egyptian medical  text of c. 1500 bce
as an herb that rel


. The herb is
sometimes applied as a poultice or plaster for rheumatic and arthritic pains, or, as a decoction,  for ulcers and similar kinds of skin disorders.
 RCautions  Mandrake is toxic. Do not take
internally. Use externally only under professional supervision. The plant is subject to legal restrictions in some countries.
Manihot esculenta
(Euphorbiaceae)
Cassava,
Manioc
Description  Shrub growing to 61⁄2 ft (2 m).
Has fleshy roots, woody stems, large palm-shaped
leaves, and green flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Cassava is native to
tropical Central and South America. Possibly the most grown root crop in the world, bitter and sweet varieties are grown commercially throughout the tropics (Nigeria, Thailand, and Brazil being the foremost producers). The plant was first cultivated in Peru around 4,000 years ago. The root is unearthed 8 to 24 months after planting.
Part Used  Root.
Constituents  Cassava contains cyanogenic
glycosides (0.02–0.03% in the bitter varieties, 0.007% in the sweet) and starch.Mandragora officinarum
(Solanaceae)
Mandrake
Description  Perennial growing to 2 in (5 cm).
Has a deep branching root, a rosette of broad
floppy leaves, funnel-shaped white to purple flowers, and yellow fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to the
Mediterranean region of Europe, mandrake grows on dry riverbeds. Its leaves are picked in summer.
Part Used  Root.
Constituents  Mandrake contains 0.4% tropane
alkaloids (hyoscine and hyoscyamine).
History & Folklore  Legend held that the
mandrake, on being uprooted, emitted a scream that was so powerful it could kill the person harvesting the plant. Consequently, reported one classical authority, mandrake was pulled up by dogs that had the stems tied to their tails. The fantastic powers attributed to the plant were partly due  to the narcotic-like properties of the root. Also
US_224-245_Jasmine_Harmala.indd   232 26/02/16   12:47 pm233 Other medicinal plantsMedicago sativa
History & Folklore  Bitter cassava has large
quantities of highly toxic glycosides, and must be
carefully soaked and cooked before it is safe to eat.
(Sweet cassava is safe to eat without such processing.)
Tapioca  is a native Brazilian name for the processed
root, which is used in commercial food preparation
as a thickening agent. The Witoto of the Colombian
Amazon poison fish with the water used to wash
bitter cassava. The Makuna use the wash water
to treat scabies.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Cassava root is
easily digestible and makes a suitable, if low-protein,
food for convalescence. The bitter variety may
be used to treat scabies, diarrhea, and dysentery.
Cassava flour may be used to help dry weeping
skin. In China, a poultice is made of cassava, wheat
flour, and ginger ( Zingiber officinale, p. 155) to draw
out pus when infection is present.
Caution  Raw bitter cassava is toxic and has
caused many deaths. The root must be carefully
soaked and cooked before eating.
Maranta arundinacea
(Marantaceae)
Arrowroot
Description  Perennial growing to 61⁄2 ft (2 m).
Has a creeping rhizome, many long-stemmed oval
leaves, and flowering stems with clusters of creamy-
white flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to northern
South America and the Caribbean islands, arrowroot
is cultivated mostly on the island of St. Vincent. The
rhizome is unearthed 10 to 11 months after planting.
Part Used  Rhizome.
Constituents  Arrowroot contains 25–27%
neutral starch.History & Folklore  In Central America, the
Maya made the root into a poultice for smallpox
sores, and an infusion for urinary infections.
Arrowroot was a staple food of the Arawak people
of the Caribbean. The plant reputedly gets its name
from its use to treat poisoned arrow wounds—
presumably as a drawing poultice.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Arrowroot is
used in herbal medicine in much the same manner
as slippery elm ( Ulmus rubra, p. 145), as a soothing
demulcent and a nutrient of benefit in convalescence
and for those with weak digestions. It helps to relieve
acidity, indigestion, and colic, and is mildly laxative.
It may be applied as an ointment or poultice mixed
with antiseptic herbs such as myrrh ( Commiphora
molmol, p. 85).
Self-help Use  Acidity & indigestion, p. 307.
Marrubium vulgare (Lamiaceae)
White Horehound
Description  Square-stemmed perennial
growing to about 20 in (50 cm). Has toothed,
downy leaves and double-lipped white flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to Europe,
white horehound is naturalized in North and
South America. It flourishes in dry, bare, or open
areas, and is gathered in spring.
Parts Used  Leaves.
Constituents  White horehound
contains the diterpenes marrubiin
(0.3–1.0%) and marrubenol,
tannins, and 0.06% volatile oil.
Marrubiin is thought to be
chiefly responsible for the
herb’s expectorant and bitter
activity. It also acts on the heart
to correct an irregular heartbeat.
History & Folklore  White
horehound has been a remedy for
chest problems since ancient times, perhaps
most frequently taken as a syrup made with
honey or sugar. The Greek physician Dioscorides
(40–90 ce ) recommended a decoction of white
horehound as a treatment for tuberculosis,
asthma, and coughs.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  White horehound
is helpful for wheeziness, bronchitis, bronchiectasis
(a damaged air passage within the lung), bronchial
asthma, non-productive coughs, and whooping
cough. The herb apparently causes the secretion
of a more fluid mucus, which is readily cleared
by coughing. As a bitter tonic, white horehound
increases the appetite and supports the function
of the stomach. It is widely used in Mexico to
help control type 2 diabetes. The herb may also
act to normalize heart rhythm, improving
its regularity.Marsdenia condurango
syn. gonolobus condurango
(Asclepiadaceae)
Condurango
Description  Climbing vine growing to 33 ft
(10 m). Has heart-shaped leaves and funnel-
shaped, white-green flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Condurango is native
to deciduous forests of the Andes in Peru and
Ecuador. It generally grows at altitudes between
3,300–6,600 ft (1,000–2,000 m). The bark is
collected year round.
Parts Used  Bark, latex.
Constituents  Condurango bark contains
glycosides (based on condurangogenins), a volatile
oil, and phytosterols.
History & Folklore  Early in the last century,
condurango was erroneously yet widely believed
to be a remedy for cancer.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  The bark’s
main effect is to stimulate stomach secretions.
It is often used in South American folk medicine
as a potent bitter and digestive tonic. Condurango
is a specific treatment for nervous indigestion
and anorexia nervosa, since its bitterness slowly
increases the appetite as well as the stomach’s
ability to process more food. The herb is also
thought to stimulate the liver and pancreas, and
may be taken for liver disorders. Condurango
also encourages menstruation. The caustic
white latex has been applied topically to
remove warts.
Research  The condurangogenins in
condurango may act to counter tumors.
The whole plant, however, does not seem
to impede cancer development.
Caution  The latex is poisonous and should not
be taken internally. Cassava  is a staple food in many tropical regions
of the world.
Dried herb
Medicago sativa (Fabaceae)
Alfalfa,
Lucerne
Description  Perennial herb growing to 32 in
(80 cm). Has 3-lobed leaves, flowers that range
in color from yellow to violet-blue, and spiraling
seed pods.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to Europe,
Asia, and North Africa, alfalfa is found in meadows
and in both open and cultivated areas. Grown as
a fodder crop in temperate climates, it is harvested
in summer.
Parts Used  Aerial parts, seeds, sprouting seeds.
Constituents  Alfalfa contains isoflavones,
cou


, Misplaced Ectopic Germ
Cell Set the Scene for Cancer
At this point the conditions are ripe for the sympt om cancer to develop. All that is needed is
something to stimulate the female sex hormone forma tion at the site of a misplaced ectopic germ
cell. This is most often done by scar formation cau sed by a blow, a bruise, a drop of tar in the
lung, a sun burn, an overdose of X-ray, or anything  else that can cause a normal scar formation
procedure to take place in the body — at the site o f a latent ectopic germ cell. This is normal
wear and tear of the body, which happens to each of  us every day; it is only when our protein
metabolism is deficient that the symptom cancer dev elops.
Now the ectopic germ cell mistakenly thinks it is t ime to have a baby and starts growing a
placenta (cancer) in preparation for a baby that ne ver develops. The only trouble is, without
proper amounts of pancreatic enzymes circulating in  our bloodstream to dissolve this abnormal
placenta, it keeps growing and does not stop. When the patient finally consults the physician the
condition of cancer is announced and surgery, radia tion and chemotherapy are recommended.
Fourth Law:
For Cancer To Be Cured There Must Be A Positive Cha nge In The Physiology Of The
Patient
If nothing changes in the physiology of the patient, the cancer grows until it destroys the body. If
something positive changes in the physiology of the  patient one of two things can happen:
1.  One person with cancer lasts a long time while anot her person with the same type of
cancer goes rapidly — and, before now, no one knew why.
2.  The right combination of circumstances occurs, and the cancer is dissolved or "cured."  This book answers the question: "What is the right combination of circumstances?"
Metabolic Medicine’s Cancer Cure Program
"Metabolic" pertains to metabolism: The chemical an d physical processes continuously going on
in living organisms and cells, comprising those by which assimilated food is built up (anabolism)
into protoplasm and those by which protoplasm is us ed and broken down (catabolism) into
simpler substances or waste matter, with the releas e of energy for all vital processes.
The person who has the metabolic malfunction should  be addressed, not the disease that has the
person. We call our system of addressing cancer "Me tabolic" because the total person and all of
his chemical and physical processes must be conside red, and new habits of health developed in
order to obtain a reasonable state of health.
We advise a very comprehensive program. It is extre mely effective and inexpensive when
compared to surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Th ose who are willing to faithfully and
tediously follow it will be successful. Those who f ollow it in part or haphazardly will be
completely unsuccessful.
Metabolic Medicine’s Cancer Cure Program is based o n the best scientific knowledge available
and has been condensed to a simple well-balanced sy stem. Metabolic Medicine’s Cancer Cure
Program can be compared to a fine watch; each part must be there and be working properly or it
does not work at all. Each step of Metabolic Medici ne’s Cancer Cure Program must be followed
exactly or there will not be any relief of the symp toms.
The Five Steps of Metabolic Medicine’s Cancer Cure Program:
1.  Metabolic Supplementation (Chapter III)
2.  Detoxification Of The Body (Chapter IV)
3.  Adequate, Proper, Well-Balanced Diet (Chapter V)
4.  Neurological Stimulation (Chapter VI)
5.  Spiritual Attitude (Chapter VII)
Step one, halting or stopping the malignant growth with the use of supplemental metabolic
nutrition, is relatively simple. The growth is usua lly stopped from within 3 hours to 12 days of
metabolic nutritional supplementation, depending up on the amount and method of
administration. This is usually noted by a sharp el evation of body temperature lasting about 3
days.
The clinical problem in treating a cancer patient i s step two, clearing the body of accumulated
toxins. This takes from 3 weeks to 12 months, depen ding upon the location and mass (amount) of
growth. Many cancer patients have had their tumors successfully treated only to die of toxic
poisons as the mass is dissolved and excreted from the body — in a case such as this the
clinician treated the disease and not the patient, or failed to treat "metabolically." We find that the rate of recovery is subject to ano ther law — that of blood supply. If the rate of
blood supply to an area is great, recovery is fast.  If the blood supply to an area is inadequate,
recovery is very slow. Thus, we find those with leu kemia respond quickly, while those with bone
afflictions have a much slower response. We have al so noted that in tumors of large diameter
(three or more inches) the outside diameter is quic kly dissolved, but the interior, where there is a
lack of blood supply, often takes several months to  dissolve. This is a very wonderful thing: the
body has time to detoxify and the death rate from t oxemia is greatly reduced.
The prognosis for a cancer patient is very good whe n the liver, kidney, and lung functions are at
least 50% of normal, and an optimistic spiritual at titude is maintained. Unfortunately, we have
found many people who have lost hope, or their next  of kin have lost hope, to the degree they
were resigned to death and refused to try our Cance r Cure Program.
Metabolic Cancer Defense
There are only two Physicians — the Almighty and yo ur own body
The pancreas is a complex organ and has many functi ons and purposes. We will briefly mention
three here:
A.  Carbohydrate (Sugar) Metabolism.
If this pancreatic function fails, the resulting di sease process is what we call diabetes.
B. Production of Digestive Enzymes:
1.  Amylase, which digests starches, glycogen and other carboh ydrates.
2.  Lipase, which digests fats.
3.  Protease, which digests proteins. If this pancreatic functi on fails, the resulting
disease process is called:
a.  Cystic Fibrosis (usually in children) and/or;
b.  Malnutrition, starvation, cachexia, wasting, or ema ciation (usually in adults).
C.  To Digest or Cannibalize:
1.  The intercellular metabolic waste and toxic metabol ic materials.
2.  The intracellular waste products and dead or dysfun ctional normal cells.
3.  The normal dormant pre-placenta cells as they becom e cancer cells.
When this pancreatic function fails we have the res ulting disease process we call cancer.
Metabolic Ignorance  There are many causes for the failure of our pancre atic metabolic function. Often more than one
cause exists simultaneously within the cancer patie nt. Listed below are some of these and all
must be considered as possible or ruled out as non- causative in each cancer patient:
1.  The pancreas fails to produce an adequate quantity of enzymes.
2.  We take  into our bodies such large quantities of foods, wh ich require pancreatic
enzymes for their digestion, that there are no enzy mes available for cancer
digestion.
3.  Diet:  Incorrect type, amount, and timing of nutritional intake.
4.  Nutritional Components are not available (vitamins, minerals, amino acids,  etc.)
that are necessary for normal metabolism within the  pancreas.
5.  We may fail  to take into our diet enough minerals, which are e ssential to release
theenzymes into activity.
6.  We may produce  enough enzymes but we fail to take into our diet e nough
coenzymes (vitamins) to make the enzymes work.
7.  Failure of the Small Intestine  to make adequate pancreatic activators.
8.  Obstruction of pancreatic secretion flow.
9.  Often  we produce enough enzymes, but the blood supply to  a cancer area is so
poor the enzymes we produce are not carried to the area.
10.  Proper pH Balance (acid/alkaline balance) within the intestinal tract  and/or
within the cancer tumor mass.
11.  Infection:  Bacterial or viral.
12.  Chemical Poisons  within the patient’s body from the environment, fo od chain,
drugs, metabolic wastes or medications.
13.  Man Made Biologicals : Viruses  or infectious agents.
14.  Emotional  instability and/or trauma.
15.  Non-Absorption of pancreatic secretions (pancreatin) from the inte stines into the
body due to scarring or damage to the small intesti ne from various diseases.
16.  Our bodies produce  anti-enzyme factors. These factors keep the enzyme s from
digesting our own bodies. Sometimes we produce an o ver-abundant supply of
these anti-enzyme factors.
17.  Balance:  Instability and weakness of the autonomic nervous system.
18.  Genetic:  Inheriting a very small, or weak or defective


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NOTICING THAT YOU’RE PERFECTLY NORMAL
Nice way to take care of yourself. Looking at what you’re doing —stopping and just
looking at what you’re doing —then actively deciding what you want to do nex t, is a
wonderful way to take care of yourself. You’ve done that just now, and that’s great. That’s a
good habit to get into.
Okay, so we’re talking about fear.
Fear is ubiquitous —and understandable. What we’re afraid of, after all, is the unknown.
That’s the biggest fear that most of us face. Fear of the unknown. And most change throws
us into the path of the unknown. Not all change, but most of it.  Some change takes us to a place to which we’ve been before —and that’s  what we fear.
But most change i s not that predictable. Most change leaves us in the Space of Unknowing
what will be. And so, we walk with apprehension. (That’s just a softer word for fear.)
Sometimes what change brings us is the fear that we will never get to where we wanted
to go; that  life will continue to do nothing but take away our hopes and our dreams, rob us
of our opportunities, kill our spirit, and strip us of raison d’être.
All of this is normal. It’s understandable that you would feel that way. After all, life has
done some of  these things. And always the damage has come in the form of something that
has changed.
So it’s good to be aware that a certain amount of fear is going to accompany every  change
in your life —a change for the worse or a change for the better. Knowing this can stop you
from moving into fear about change itself. If you start fearing change generically  you could
wind up shrinking from ever making any kind of change at all for the rest of your days —
even a change that obviously should  be made for your own good.
You’re not going to stop change from happening simply by not making any changes
yourself. All you’ll do is stop change from happening the way you want it to happen. The
world on this very day is evidence of that.
As is the case with Us,
I make, and You bre ak asunder
whatever comfort I had
constructed.
Never certain
what You want from Me;
believing all I am told
about how it is that
Life is supposed to be Our Unfolding Joy
I cower, sometimes
God
in the corner, like an animal
who doesn’t understand the thunde r;
who doesn’t understand the lightning.
Who doesn’t understand, Enlightening.
—‘I Cower’  © 2007 Em Claire  5.
IT’S JUMP TIME
IT MAY BE HELPFUL  to know that what’s going on with you in your personal life is going on
all over, in the collective life on this planet. That may make you feel a little bit less “picked
on” by the universe —and therefore a little bit less isolated.
Right now so much is changing for so many people. The world’s economies are
undergoing radical alterations, causing all of humanity to re align its basic life priorities.
The world’s politics have changed, and we are seeing things we never thought we’d see.
The world’s medicine and science and technology are uncovering amazing secrets that are
shifting our understanding of the very basics of  life itself. The world’s newest thoughts
about relationship and marriage have moved many people beyond their comfort zone. And
the way so many people are handling conflict today has brought sheer terror into our lives.
On a personal level, people are losi ng their jobs, their savings, even their homes. As a
larger and larger segment of the population grows older and older, more of us are watching
family members make the transition we call death. Marriages and partnerships are ending
more frequently, and ove r far less, than ever before. Between these last two developments,
we are losing loved ones from our lives at a frantic pace. Our approaches to parenting and
to education are shifting so dramatically that they are impacting the dynamics of interior
family relationships in ways of which we could not have dreamt just a short time ago.
All of this is part of a larger process now going on in the world. The whole of human
society is in the throes of reinventing itself. Yet most of us are doing it without a diagram,
without a road map, without any tools. That’s why what I’m sharing with you here can be
so helpful.
The point of my telling you all of this is not to depress you even more, but to help you get
clear that this is not something that is just happenin g to you. The good news is that there is a
way to grab the reins of this runaway stagecoach, at least on a personal level. There is a
way to control and alter your reaction to change —and, going on from there, to control,
direct, and create the changes them selves.
I’ve been setting the stage now for a bit, because I want you to have a context —a really
rich context —within which to hold all that we’re going to be looking at presently.
We are moving through what anthropologist and social scientist Jean Houston calls Jump
Time in her remarkable book by that title. Jump Time, Jean says, is a moment in the eternal
cycle of life when we monumentally shift every aspect of our experience, much as humanity
did during the 300 years of the Renaissance (a blink of an eye on the clock of eternity),
when everything from art to politics to culture to governance to commerce to education to
religion to human sexual experience to partnerships and parenting to how to eat, drink,
and talk, for heaven’s sake, changed so fundamental ly that nothing —literally nothing —was
ever the same again.
The heart -stopping characteristic of this, our new Renaissance, is that it is not taking
place over 300 years, but thirty. Yes, I said thirty years. This owes to that breathtaking tenfold increase in the width, breadth, scope, and speed of global intercultural
communication that I spoke of earlier.
We are already living on the edge of what I call The Time of Instaparency, when
everything is instantly known, transparently. Such moment -to-moment aware ness of all
that’s going on everywhere produces alterations in perspective that start dominoes falling
all over the place.
Humanity is not going to be able to deal with this —you’re  not going to be able to deal
with this —unless The Answer to Everything is revealed. That’s what we’re going to do
here. We’re going to unlock the secret. You and me. Right here, in Chapter Sixteen.
No, no, don’t jump ahead to that chapter now! We need to talk first about why the
changes in your life have been so painful. Then I’ll share with you that truly astonishing
truth, so that change never has to be painful again. Not even calamitous change —like losing
everything; like being out on the street. Yet un less you have the foundation that we’re
laying here, the secret itself will seem hollow, shallow.
So let’s rest here for a bit, if it feels good to do so, and contemplate the speed with which
you and your world are encountering change. Just... breathe i n and
Relax for a moment
Be right here, right now. Thinking about all that’s been said, try not to “do anything”
with it. Just “be” with it, breathe into it, and be grateful for this moment. Then...
... when you’re ready to go on, drop down to...
EVENTS VS. REALITY...
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
Look, I know that I’ve placed before myself a big task. I’m hoping to convince you that
the changes in your life right now do not have to be painful, and I’m clear that your life so
far has demonstrated to you  that change is painful. Yet the key to ending the pain is
knowing what causes  the pain, what causes  the hurt. The key is knowing why  you feel the
way you feel.
And here’s the news about that....
It is not the change itself. It’s not the losing of the j ob or the end of the relationship or the
sudden inability to pay the bills or whatever else is occurring in your outside world. It is
how you are thinking about it.
This is the same thing that causes sadness. This is the same thing that causes anger. It is
never an exterior event, it is always an interior process. An event and your reality about
that event are not the same thing.
Oh-oh, here we go again. That’s important enough to say twice.
An event and your reality about that event are not the same thing.
An event is one thing; your reality of it is another. Events are created by conditions and
occurrences outside you. Reality is created by conditions and occurrences inside  you—in your mind. It is here that events  are turned into data, which are turned int o truths, which
are turned into thoughts, which are turned into emotions, which are turned into
experiences, which form your reality.
Now if we could just change  one of those....
We are Light


 Only knowing wh at lies at
the heart of existence will work. Contrary to Hamlet, “To be, or not
to be” isn’t the question. “To be” is the question, all by itself. If you
ask it every day, your tru e self will hear and then present
fascinating, ever-changing answers. Engaged in finding out what it
means to be here, you tr ansform your mind from its old
conditioning into a vehicle  that can reach the beyond. The
conditioned mind has firmly decided what it means to exist, which
is how we became stuck in the first place.
To g et ourselves unstuck, onc e and for all, the direct path runs
into a practical problem, w hich has been described in ancient
Indian texts as “separating water from milk.” In other  words,
everyday reali ty mixes the real and the unreal so t hey are
inseparable. T his is obvious when you look at the brain, which
presents virtual reality only because the “real” reality makes us
conscious in the first place. The worst movie ever made is
projected on the screen with the same projector as a classic film
masterpiece. M any versions of the direct path teach that we are
like children watching shado w puppets on the wall. We believe in
these images so completely that the truth escapes us—shadows
can’t exist without the light that makes them visible. Virtual reality
only exists thanks to metareality.
To separate light from shadow sounds easy enough, and the
direct p ath proves it. All you need to do is bring the sense o f self to
your at tention. As a practical matter, nothing is easier or more
natural. At any moment in the day, simply shut your eyes, take a
few deep breaths to bring on a state of relaxation, and center your
attention on your heart (or on your breath). It sounds strange,given th e elaborate complexity of religion, that the entire spiritual
journey is only this: relax and be aware of yourself.
By doin g this, you subtly allow  the “pull of the self” to become a
real ex perience. If your intention is more serious, learning to
meditate or making a commitment to yoga intensifies the
experience of sensing the self—the mantras and yoga poses
( asanas ) w ere devised to give a differ ent flavor or coloration of the
self. We  are already outfitted for this process. As children grow up,
for example, they learn to identify the gradations of e motion.
Hostility, outrage, irritation, and hate. Once you connect those
labels with an inner feeling,  it comes naturally to say, “I’m not
angry, just frustrated” or “Don’t go near him—he’s a hater.”
Gradations in consciousness  can also be felt, but they don’t
have labels.
When you experience the sen se of self as directed above, you go
beyond the thoughts and feelings that can be labeled. None of
them, even the most loving thought and spiritual feelin g, is the
basis of  reality. Only the sens e of self is irreducible. You cannot go
beyond it or t urn it into something more basic. Mental activity
vanishes into a kind of nothingness—silent mind. Accordin g to the
direct path, this is the sour ce of everything “in here” a nd “out
there.” But here’s the tricky part. Is “everything” practical? If
someone show ed you a blan k piece of paper and said, “Here is
every b ook” or a blank canvas and said, “Here is every pa inting,”
such a statement would not  help you write a book or paint a
painting. Wha t you want is to write one book, not every book,
paint one painting and not every painting.
Likewise, it seems unhelpful to say that metareality is “always,
everything, and everywhere.” We are attuned to specifics. For
better or worse, we live our lives at this  mo ment, in this  location.
It may seem h opelessly vagu e to tell someone as I’ve been saying
to “Be here now.” Where else are we, on Mars? But a life based on
specifics is misguided, because the spell/dream/illusion contains
thousands of specific things,  so many that you cannot deal with
them all or esc ape their grip. As a child in India, I heard simple
versions of what it means to wake up to reality. In one tale, a fish
is fr antic with t hirst, rushing around to find a drink of wat er. Even
at four years ol d a child laugh s at the silly fish who doesn’t know itis surr ounded by water. Only when you grow up does the
seriousness of the paradox set in.
Once you have the experien ce of sensing yourself, which is
available to each of us in our calmer moments, you can use inner
silence to transform your wor ld, one day at a time. This is done by
looking at your mistaken notions about reality and rejecting them.
Like a physicist sorting through all the objects in the subatomic
world t hat aren’t the irreducible building blocks of the u niverse,
you exa mine yo ur bedrock beliefs and sort them out on the way to
arriving at your true source.
This task is made easy by two invaluable qualities of mind—
insight and intuition. They are reliable guides when rational
thought falls short. They are reliable even when emotions fall
short. When people speak of “aha” moments, insight and intuition
have cut through a tangled pr oblem and gone directly to th e truth.
At such  moments, when the light suddenly dawns, we exclaim, “I
knew it, I just knew it was th is way.” The beauty of an insight is
that it is self-justifying. You just know.
The sen se of self is quiet and so subtle that few people both er to
notice it, but within the self are things we just know. The direct
path as ks us to ferret out the se bits of knowledge, so that they can
be appreciated. The befuddled hero in a romantic comedy typically
quarrels with the lady in his life until he knows—as she k new all
along—that he loves her. We’ve seen this plot a hundred times, but
it still delights us because insight, the moment of “Now I get it,”
brings clarity, and delight often follows.
Having insights about a relationship or a tough mathematical
problem or the next chapter in a book you’re writing is quite
specific. Asking for insight into how life works is as nonspecific as
it gets.  The direct path comes to our aid by simplifying the
mistaken beliefs we must see past in order to wake up. In fact,
there are only a small handful to consider:
MIST AKEN BELIEF:  I am separate and alone.
REALITY :  The separate self is just a mental construct.
MIST AKEN BELIEF:  This is my body.REALITY :  The body is part of the play of consciousness, which
is universal, not personal.
MIST AKEN BELIEF:  The physical world is the basis of reality.
REALITY :  The physical world is one appearance that the play
of consciousness takes.
MIST AKEN BELIEF:  My life is bounded by time and space.
REALITY :  Everyone lives in the eternal now, which is
boundless.
At this point in the book, no ne of these mistakes comes as a
surprise. Now we only need to get over them, which leads to a
sorting-out procedure, as foll ows: At any moment when you have
an e xperience worth noticing, pause and say to yourself, “This is
the play  of consciousness.” So  that the statement sinks in, it is best
to h ave a sense of self along with it. But that part isn’t ne cessary.
Nobody can separate milk from water (even a centrifuge only
separates out the solids from  the liquid), so they must be allowed
to separate themselves.
This is a simple, effortless process, but one that requires
patience. By reminding yours elf that any experience is the play of
consciousness, you bring rea lity to mind. You don’t arg ue with
yourself (or anyone else); you  don’t try to be good or wise or better
than ot her people. You neither surrender nor strive. Instead, you
sit f or a  mome nt at the inters ection of awareness and reality, in a
moment of reflection. The experience at hand is life at this
moment, in this  pla ce. By consciously reminding yourself of what
is actually true, you allow the “pull of the self” to bring you home.
Because we couldn’t stand  to be wrenched out of  the
conditioned mind all at once, the play of consciousness doesn’t
insist on anything. Life mov es on like a river between its banks.
When you say, “This is the play of consciousness,” you aren’t
stopping the river or trying to steer it. You are sitting on the bank
appreciating h ow the river flows. I hesitate to mention t hat this
stance is known as witnessing, because once they hear the word,
many people try to witness o r get frustrated because they aren’twitnessing when they want to. I sympathize. It


	on	both
fronts	would	suffer.	It’s	just	not	possible	to	do	two	things	really	well	at	the	same
time.	Focusing	your	energy	and	attention	on	one	task	at	a	time	is	the	best	way
to	be	really	successful	at	anything,	and	this	also	applies	to	your	body’s	energy.
Allow	it	to	be	used	maximally	either	for	digestion	or	exercise.
Space	your
meals	and	workouts	out	so	you	have	energy	for	your	beauty-
building	movement	practices.	Ideally,	heavy	foods	should	be	consumed	at	least
2	hours	before	exercise	to	allow	for	enough	energy	to	break	them	down,
although	as	discussed	previously,	a	gentle	15-minute	walk	after	eating	is	highlyrecommended.	Here	are	some	specific	tips	for	workouts	at	various	times	of	the
day.
MORNING	WORKOUTS
BEFORE:
	Depending	on	how	early	your	workout	is,	it	might	feel	better	on	an
empty	stomach	(especially	for	a	yoga	practice).	Or,	if	you	need	something	in
your	stomach,	a	banana,	some	berries,	or	a
Glowing	Green	Smoothie	(see	recipe
on
this	page
)	are	light	choices	that	digest	well.	Fruit,	an	easy-to-digest	carb,
consumed	prior	to	exercise	could	be	beneficial	and	would	not	limit
fat
burning.
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AVOID:
	Anything	very	heavy	like	a	big	breakfast	of	eggs	and	bacon	right
before	a	workout	requires	a	great	deal	of	energy	to	digest.	You’ll	have	a	less-
than-efficient	workout	and	less-than-efficient	digestion.	Beauty-wise,	you	lose
out	on	both	sides.
AFTERWARD:
	If	you	didn’t	have	it	before	working	out,	this	is	a	great	time	for
your	Glowing	Green	Smoothie.	If	you’re	still	hungry	after	the	GGS,	follow	it
with	some	oatmeal	or	a
Power	Protein	Smoothie	(see
kimberlysnyder.
com
	for
recipe).	If	you	did	a	high-resistance	workout	and	are	interested	specifically	in
building	lean	muscle	tone,	follow	your	GGS	with	a	simple	mix	of	coconut
water,	banana,	and	spirulina.	This	is	low	in	fat	but	provides	the	carbs	and
amino	acid	spectrum	needed	for	recovery.	Since	spirulina	is	an	algae	that	breaks
down	and	digests	easily,	you	could	also	add	spirulina	to	your	Glowing	Green
Smoothie	(though	concentrated	protein	powders	are	not	recommended	in	your
GGS;	save	them	for	shakes	later	in	the	day).
AFTERNOON/EVENING	WORKOUTS
BEFORE:
	Get	fuel	in	the	form	of	carbohydrates	and	protein	during	the	day.
There	is	research	indicating	the	importance	of	consuming	amino	acids	and
carbohydrates	before	resistance	exercise	to	help	build	muscle.
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	Try	having
some	quinoa	for	the	carbs	and	protein	at	lunch	or	some	mushrooms	or	baked
veggies,	an	avocado	or	sunflower	seed	kale	salad,	soup,	or	a	protein	shake,	or
chia	seed	pudding	so	you’ll	be	fueled	up	and	ready	to	go	a	couple	hours	later.
The	Glowing	Green	Smoothie	would	also	fill	this	need	as	a	snack,	as	greens	are
high	in	amino	acids	and	the	banana	and	other	fruit	in	the	recipe	supply	some
carbs.
AVOID:
	Eating	heavy	foods	within	2	hours	of	your	workout,	whatever	time
that	might	be.	If	you	end	up	getting	really	hungry	and	needing	something,	a
banana	or	another	Glowing	Green	Smoothie	are	two	good	ideas.AFTERWARD:
	If	you	are	hungry	before	dinner,	a	banana	can	also	be	good
post-
workout,	as	it	has	complex	carbs,	potassium,	and	fiber.	Having	some	protein	is
important	to	rebuild	your
muscles	after	a	strengthening	workout,	so	a
Power
Protein	Smoothie,	veggies	and	hummus,	nuts,	seeds	(chia	seeds	are	especially
beneficial),	protein-rich	veggies	such	as	Brussels	sprouts,	or	some	legumes	like
lentils	are	good	choices,	if	eaten	3	to	4	hours	before	bed.
AVOID:
	Don’t	eat	a	late,	heavy	dinner	at	all	costs.	If	you	do	have	to	exercise	in
the	evening,	a	light	kale	salad	with	some	avocado	(remember,	greens	have
protein,	too)	or	a	smoothie	are	two	great	choices.
ALL	DAY:
	Hydrate	well	before	and	after	exercising	to	prevent
de
hydration.
Drink	adequate	liquids	between	meals	so	you	aren’t	tempted	to	drink	a	lot
during	meals,	which	would	dilute	your	digestive	enzymes.	If	you	sweat	a	lot
during	your	workouts,	coconut	water	is	a	great	natural	sports	drink.
DO	YOU	NEED	MORE	PROTEIN	TO	BUILD	MUSCLE?
There’s	a	general	belief	that	if	you	are	an	athlete	or	even	someone	who	wants	to
increase	strength	and	muscle	tone,	you	need	to	eat	more	protein.	Is	this	true?	And
when	exactly	should	you	consume	it?
Research	from	the
Journal	of	Sports	Sciences
	shows	that	even	elite	athletes	in
training	need	only	about	0.59	to	0.82	grams	of	protein	per	pound	(or	1.3	to	1.8
kilograms)	of	body	weight	for	optimum	performance.
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	So	a	male	weighing	180
pounds	in	training	would	not	need	much	more	than	106	grams	of	protein	a	day
(remember	more	protein	is
not
	necessarily	better;	see
this	page
).	This	amount	is
easily	obtainable	with	a	vegan	protein	shake,	nuts	or	seeds,	and	a	moderate
protein-containing	meal,	plus	a	variety	of	other	whole	foods	during	the	day—and	of
course	if	you	are	not	an	elite	athlete	and	weigh	less	you	would	need	less.	If	you	are
a	woman	and	are	not	an	elite	athlete	in	training,	40	to	60	grams	of	protein	a	day
should	be	plenty	for	your	daily	needs	and	keeping	toned.	This	can	easily	be
acquired	from	a	plant-based	diet	that	includes	some	seeds,	nuts,	legumes,	lots	of
veggies,	especially	green	veggies,	and	protein	shakes.
PROTEIN	INTAKE	IN	A	DAY	(IN	GRAMS)	WITH	A	PLANT-BASED	DIET
With	these	two	sample	meal	plans,	you	can	see	how	easy	it	is	to	get	the	average
daily	protein	requirements	for	women	with	a	plant-based	diet.	For	men,	larger
portion	sizes	or	some	extra	nuts	and	seeds	would	also	easily	fulfill	protein
requirements.
(Approximate/estimated	grams	of	protein	for	foods	listed;	some	variations	may
occur.)
SAMPLE	MEAL	DAY	#1
MORNINGHot	water	with	lemon:	0	grams
16	ounces
Glowing	Green	Smoothie	(
this	page
):	6	grams
Steel-cut	oatmeal	(¼	cup	dry)	made	with	water:	4	grams
LUNCH
Large	kale	salad	topped	with	¼	cup	sunflower	seeds:	13	grams
Collard	green	wraps	with	nut	pâté	(see
this	page
):	11	grams
SNACK
Chia	pudding	(
this	page
):	5	grams
DINNER
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 which presents
clear, electro-physiological evidence of the existence of the
network of chakras and nadis which form the infra-structure
of the subtle energies existing in the pranic and psychic
dimensions, which underlie and activate the physical,
material body of man.
Dr. Motoyama's experiments successfully integrate the
subjective and objective dimensions of knowledge, and will
serve as guideposts and blueprints for experiments in the
years ahead. If secrets of the universe are to be revealed, the
spiritual dimension must first be breached and science must
emerge from its present limitations of the material dimen
sion.
In this respect, Dr. Motoyama's experiments are uniquely
valuable. The awakenipg of kundalini is the most monu
mental experience an individual can undergo in life, which
brings into operation another dimension of awareness. At
the physical level, kundalini manifests as a higher voltage of
energy conducted through the nervous system, resulting in a
wider range of activity of the various systems of the physical
body, and heightened awareness and capabilities.
The altered states of physiological functioning associated
with awakening of each chakra are quite distinct from
disease conditions, although they may produce a variety of
physical and mental symptoms which may temporarily im
itate them. This fact must become clear to physicians, scien
tists, and healers. Dr. Motoyama has himself experienced the
awakening of kundalini and has presented an analytical
record of that transition in the state of awareness. Further
more, he has devised laboratory equipment so as to
demonstrate the psycho-physiological parameters of an
awakened kundalini in experimental subjects, thus paving
the way for scientists of the future.
The awakening of kundalini is an experience which ac
celerates an individual toward the conscious fulfillment of 9
his purpose and role in life. Through scientific means, Dr.
Motoyama has clarified the knowledge and experience of
kundalini so that others may be able to understand. His
remarkable contribution elevates the status of kundalini
from that of a religious or mystical myth into a psychological
and electro-physiological event which can be demonstrated
and recorded by scientific evaluation. Scientists, and
humanity as a whole, are indeed fortunate that he has under
taken such a formidable task.
I believe this present work to be the most revolutionary
scientific discovery since the relativity theory superseded
Newton's model of the universe. Due to the genius of an
enlightened mystic of science, Dr. Albert Einstein, the world
has entered the nuclear era. Dr. Einstein projected his
awareness into the subjective realms in order to conduct his
famous "thought experiments" on the nature of light, and as
a result, the orthodox model of the universe was modified
and revised. At that time, as scientists strained to grasp the
implications unlocked by the equation E = mc2, a fantastic
vision of the transformation of matter and the liberation of
energy which underlies the manifested created world was
awakened. Yet today the same concepts of nuclear fission
and fusion are grasped by children of ten or twelve years of
age in their elementary science classes at school. What better
example can be cited as evidence of the evolving awareness
or consciousness of man?
Man now stands at the doorway of the spiritual dimension.
Within the next few years many scientists will validate the
theory of kundalini and the chakras. Dr. Motoyama is a vi
sionary scientist of Einstein's calibre. Just as Einstein
unlocked the vision of the pranic dimension to reveal the
energy underlying material creation, so too Dr. Motoyama's
investigations have clarified the next step in the evolutionary
transformation of the awareness of mankind as a whole. In
sight into the dimension of spiritual energy is now only a 10
step away from scientists who already can detect the activity
of kundalini through their laboratory experiments and in
struments, due to Dr. Motoyama's far-reaching contribution.
Entering the spiritual dimension
The kundalini is awakening in man and it is imperative
that the scientists recognize and record this transformation
in the structure and function of the human nervous system.
The awakening of the higher human faculties and capacities
can no longer be denied or disregarded by scientific or
thodoxy. Man is standing in the upper echelon of the evolu
tionary pyramid. Those at the pinnacle possess an array of
"supernormal" mental and psychic capacities of which the
average man has little or no comprehension. They are
devoting themselves to hastening the evolution of humanity
which is suffering from physical, mental, and psychic ills. It
is the destiny of mankind in the cosmic scheme to take the
leap into the spiritual dimension, just as it was once the
destiny of primitive life forms to emerge from the ocean onto
the earth's surface. Our predecessors - animals - are simi
larly destined to rise up and assume an upright posture.
Without that tremendous evolutionary step, man could never
have become a cultivator or herdsman, he could have never
mastered fire or language, and he would never have acquired
color vision.
A similar situation exists today, and we have to reconsider
human evolution in this light. Darwin's evolutionary theory
is sound, but why aren't its logical conclusions recognized
today? We have yet to become the'supermen' of tomorrow,
but unless we know how to speed up the process it can still
take very many more lifetimes and maybe a few million more
years. In the past, man's vision was clouded by the restric
tive religious, cultural, and social concepts. Even today, this
conditioning continues to influence our ideas of what we are
and the role we play in hastening our evolutionary destiny. 11
Irrespective of their academic standing, scientists,
psychologists, and physiologists have no more idea about
their ultimate purpose or destiny, nor do they know how to
realize it. As a whole, mankind as yet remains virtually
unaware of its evolutionary potentials and possibilities.
Within each one of us there exists an animal, a human, and
a divine being; these are the three dimensions of our ex
istence. Our present state is not the ultimate one; we stand at
an intermediate stage or platform. For centuries man has
been living in one restricted frame of mind and because of
this limitation evolution came virtually to a standstill. Only
now are the Western cultures emerging from an extended
period of darkness in which their men of vision and genius
were executed or persecuted for heretical religious or
political reasons, and in that climate of distrust, fear, and
violence the spiritual knowledge was suppressed. Now the
veil is lifting and man is once again exploring the
possibilities of expanding his consciousness. The climate is
changing, and mankind has become more receptive to new
ideas.
Although at the present time we may not really know
which way to go, as a whole, we are now definitely aware of
something that is existing beyond the mind. Although we
may not know how to realize or develop that perception, yet
we have reached the conclusion that this mind cannot be the
ultimate vehicle of knowledge. One thing is clear - man has
to make a transition. We are not the first, nor are we the last
expression in the evolutionary process. Perhaps we are stand
ing at the crossroads. Perhaps this human life cycle can be
made to serve as a springboard for the leap out of the evolu
tionary cycle. Today there are great scholars, but their
statements are limited by their finite minds. There are
brilliant philosophers, but their philosophy is subject to the
limitations of their minds.
If man can jump over his mind, he will experience an ab
solutely new dimension of existence and his thinking about 12
creation, the purpose of life, and so on. What appear to be
true definitions today may be challenged in the future and
fall in the light of newer discoveries. What is the assurance
that we know the truth today? How can we know that our
present concepts of man and creation are correct? If our vi
sion is to be complete and truthful, we must have the re
quisite eyes - the eyes of intuition, of higher consciousness.
There are faculties in man which he has not been able to ex
press as yet; yet, these potentials lie dormant in every person.
How can they be awakened? For an ignorant man, the mind
is ultimate; but for a wise man, mind is a stage between and
it is possible to transcend mind altogether and simultaneous
ly give forth the finest expression of his creative energy. Man
can exist without a mind, provided he has discovered
another mind behind this mind.
Not only in this century, but for ages past man has been ex
ploring the possibilities of expanding the frontiers of his con
sciousness. Not everyone is aware of the limitations of the
personal mind, and there are millions of people even today
who are not at all aware. Nevertheless, there have always
been those who have tried to go beyond its confines. That
process, that experience, has always been with man and is
known in India as tantra.
In order to understand tantra, the concept of mind has to
be defined. In everyday life, mind has


 the
present Governor of Tamil Nadu. Dr. Paragjibhai desires to start a
research hospital of about ten beds if monetary donations come
forward. He has already moved the matter with Sate Government
Dr. Sal aria's silent and steady work cannot be forgotten while the
follow-up work after Shri Raojibhai is being described. He has his
own humble hospital at Ahmedabad but he tries urine therapy on
willing patients only. He is very enthusiastic about this therapy and
does silent but concrete work in the propagation of this therapy.
Similarly Shri Hansraj 'Hans' too is a silent worker who has great
faith in urine therapy and has translated Shri Raojibhai's book
Manav Mutra into Hindi with a devotional spirit. He naturally does
his best in the propagation of this therapy among friends and
acquaintances.
Bharat Sevak Samaj (Gujarat Branch), its President Shri Pannala
Zaveri and his associates are doing splendid work in the
propagation of urine therapy. They gudie by correspondence the
patients who ask for instructions. They publish. books on urine
therapy and the. present book too is an outcome of their efforts and
good~will. CHAPTERV
HUMAN URINE AND IMPORTANCE OF DIETING
By Bapalal Vaidya
In the Water of Life, armstrong has described his own
experiments and that is the reason why it deserves special attention.
The author claims that drinking of urine is a perfect cure of all
diseases. The present book opens a new gateway to health and this
is a matter of great importance.
Ayurved describes properties of urine of eight types of animals,
viz. sheep, goat, cow, buffalo, female elephant, camel, horse and
donkey. The properties of every type of urine have been specified.
Some of the common properties deserve attention which indicate
that during the period.of Charak the system of urine therapy was
considerable developed.
Common Properties of Urine : It is useful in rubbing the body, as
massage liquid along with restorative douche, as a laxative, as a
perspirative, and as an anti-poison. It is advised for poultice,
. formentation and local baths. Every type of urine increases digestion;
it is an anti-poison and a germicide. It is extremely useful for the
patients of anaemia. (Charak prescribes it emphatically in the. case
of jaundice.) The drinking of urine eliminates phlegm, checks gas
formation and lowers bile formation. Sushrut states that human urine
is an anti-poison.
The author of Ashtang Sangrah describes it (human urine) as salty
in taste; because it contains alkalies and salts, as a curer of itching
and eczema and an anti-poison.
Bhavamishra also considers it as an anti-poison. Its drinking has
the effect of a tonic. It eliminaes eczema and itching. It is salti'sh, as
it contains salts and minerals.
A reference of urine comes on Yoga-Ratnaker. It states that the
calamine should be soaked in human urine for 21 days and them
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dried up in the sun. After that it should be mixed up with black
pepper. The medicine known as Laghu-Vasant-Malti could thus be
prepared. Thus, we see that the use of human urine in medicinal
preparation was in vogue in those days.
In short, Ayurveda has prescribed human urine abundantly and
stated it as an anit-poison. Here the word 'poison' inclueds all types
of unhealthy elements, i.e. toxins which are the products of
degeneration. Viruses are also inculed in it.
In spite of such recommnedation of wide use of human urine in
Ayurveda, it is surprising that we do not have any independent
treatise on urine therapy,.
There is a book in Gujarati entitled Akhut )ivan Dori
(lnexh~ustive Life Thread). It was published by Yugantar Karyalaya,
surat, m 1923 but is no longer available. Shri Chandulal Lalubhai
Govardhandas is its author. Shri Ratilal Tanna of Yugantar Karyalay
told me that the book contained a couple of pages on urine
treatment. I have not come across the book as yet. Shri Tanna also
told me that the author of the book used to drink auto-urine
regularly. This fact was also supported by Shri Natavarlal Malvi of
Gandiv Press. The said author lived a long life and continued
ur~ne-dri~king till his death. I am also told that it was drinking of
unne wh1ch bestowed on him such a long life. Shri Tanna also said
that Shri Chandulal had written the book by the inspiration of
Poliglott-a Norwegian hermit who knew many languages.
The _author of Siddha-bheshaj-mani-mala states the following on
the basis of his own experience which deserves attention:
11The application of urine on a wound or burn is still in practice.
A wound is readily healed if washed with urine.11
I would like to write a personal experience of urine. Once the
stump of a tree struck in the chest of my mare and there was a
deep wound. At that time, an experienced elderly person advised ·
me to collect the urine of all the family members and mix some
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with a cloth tied at the end of stick. I did accordingly and the
wound was healed within a short time. I think it would have taken
months to cure that wound in a veterinary hospital.
In childhood we used to pass urine on wounds in order to heal
them. It hardly needs mention ti"lat such a wound never became
septic. In Europe also the practice of urination on a wound was
prewalent.
The Vaidyas pr~scribe rubbing of cow's urine for eczema and
itches. ~ubbing of cow's urine mixed with salt and dried ginger
removes eczema and itching. Human urine also is useful in skin
diseases.
The mere thought of drinking urine makes one to hesitate. But
this reluctance disappears once urine is taken somehow. The English
author rightly describes it as the •magic fluid.'
Dieting : A treatment, however, efficacious it may be, fails to
produce the desired result without proper diet control. The efficacy
of urine treatment has already been proved. Yet diet control is
necessary along with it. It means, a regularity in diet as wen as in
living habits according to seasanal changes is essential. All the
diseases are caused by the disorder of Vat (Gas), Pitta (Bile) and
Cough (Phlegm). Before breaking out in the form of a disease, they
are gradually accumulated. If accumulation is stopped and drained
out, the disease is checked. The phlegm is accumulated in autumn
and becomes acute in spring season. The best remedy for phlegm is
vomiting. The phlegm therefore will not cause any disease if it is
·drained out in autumn through vomiting. The diet in this season
should be free from fats. Bile is accumulated uring the rains and it
breaks out during winter. Care should be taken in monsoon to keep
away the bad effects of bile. As soon as the rains start, the excess of
bile should be purged by laxatives. Bile-increasing diet should be
avoided at all costs during rains. Diet should be sweet, juicy, liquid
and cool. Etables friend in oil, spiced and condimented food-stuffs
\ increase bile. Gases begin to accumulate during summer and breaks
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out in monsoon. If enema is taken in the beginning of rains the
tr~u~le from Vat is eliminated. Sweet, sour, saltish and juicy' diet
elt_rmnates gas trouble, and is therefore preferable to stringent and
spiced food. In short, a life regulated by the laws of Ayurveda
keeps_ one h~al_thy and free from diseaes. Even if there is an attack of
any d1sease, 1t 1s extremely mild.
B~y-purifi~ation at.the Time of Seasonal Change : The
regulation of diet and daily life along with a dress according to
se~ are essential for health. The purification of body is not given
due Importance nowadays and its value is not understood as it
should be. The allopathic treatment is mainly suppressive. In this
treatment, the causes of disorders are not eliminated but are
suppresse? and thes: suppsessed ailments appear again in a form of
a new dls_ease. It IS, th~refore, advisable to mould the daily and
seasonal life ~s suggested in Ayurveda. The preventive cure is not
confined to diet only but includes living habits and good and


 content. My next feeling was simply remembering the many wonderful
and loving people who were and still are my teachers. Now that I am not
sitting down with them for several hours each week, I miss them, and
rereading their stories really brought that home to me.
So many religions and philosophies tell us how to find our way or path.
What they are all trying to tell us is to pay attention to our feelings and let
them guide us. If you ignore your body and its messages, at some point you
will suf fer the consequences. Two of Christ’ s messages sum it up very well.
“He who seeks to save his life will lose it, and he who is willing to lose his
life will save it.” I interpret this to mean that we lose our authentic lifewhen we give in to the demands of others, or we become something others
want us to be in order to gain their love or simply continue to be cared for.
When we awaken to our mortality, we refuse to live the life that is killing us
and start living and being our true selves. On a practical level it may mean
changing occupations, moving, healing or ending relationships and bringing
meaning and a new attitude into life and working for the right Lord.
Your life is stored in your body. Christ’ s second message is, “If you do
not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy
you. If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save
you.” He is talking about our feelings and body memories, and is quite
correct.
The earliest spiritual writings tell us to sit quietly and listen. The
Kabbalah gives specific instructions on how to hear the voice of God and be
enlightened so that your wisdom can be used to help others. Survivors take
time to be still and listen. You may call it meditation, imagery, relaxation or
journal writing but it all amounts to finding time to be still and listen to the
voice within you and the voice which will come to you. I often have this
experience when I am out jogging or bicycling by myself with nothing to
distract me. Take the time to listen. If you listen, you will learn your
purpose here and be able to die joyfully, knowing that you have served in
your way and fulfilled the reasons for your creation. Survivors deal with the
spiritual, existential and emotional aspects of their lives. When we commit
ourselves to egoless, unconditional love, true healing begins. We are then
not devoted to changing people but devoted to the people. Love itself is a
miraculous healing force. In a sense it is the miracle and the reason for
being. So ask yourself what lesson you are here to learn and learn that
lesson by the way you distribute your love to the world. Remember the
blindness of love does great things to obliterate the wounds of the world.
We say love is blind because it helps us to see the world in a way that is
significant for survival. Love’ s blindness is therapeutic because it allows us
to function without storing the images of life’ s difficulties within us. I tell
people, “If you can’ t love at least develop amnesia so you can live a more
peaceful life, unable to remember all the things people did to upset you. I
am here to help you survive and so is our creator.” If God weren’ t
intelligent, loving ener gy then none of us would be here today. The ability
to heal has been built into us and into all living things. God doesn’ t play
favorites. We get upset when bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, butnot by our ability to become resistant to disease. They are both survival
mechanisms put there by our creator to sustain life in a balanced way.
Do not live a role. Live an authentic life. Many people die when they
can’t work anymore due to their illness. They do not see relationships as
providing another reason for living. On the other hand a mother of nine may
not die because of her children but the year after they leave home she dies.
Find your life and live it. Do not live a role.
Please remember that information doesn’ t change anyone. Inspiration
does. Find your reason to live. Be inspired by it and under go revelation and
transformation. I have found only one bit of information that could help
change you. It is that you are mortal and will die some day. Therefore, don’ t
do things to not die but do things to enhance the quality of your life and you
may be surprised by how long you do live. Accept that you will die and
make decisions about how you want to spend the limited amount of time
you have. Then you won’ t need to go into therapy in Heaven to deal with
the bitterness and resentment over all the things you did and then died
anyway.
Learn from the wisdom of others and enjoy your life experience.
Remember the Bible ends in Revelations, not Conclusions, and graduations
are commencements not terminations. Please let this book be a revelation to
you and let me be your guide to transformation and a life of peace, love and
healing. Begin now.

Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.
OceanofPDF.comThe fact that the mind rules the body is, in spite of its neglect by biology
and medicine, the most fundamental fact which we know about the pr ocess
of life.
—F RANZ  ALEXANDER, M.D.
OceanofPDF.comIntr oduction
Several years ago a group of nurses at a nearby hospital asked me to talk to
Jonathan, a physician who had just been diagnosed as having lung cancer.
He had been admitted in good physical condition and was in good humor,
joking with all the nurses. When he learned his diagnosis, however, he
became terribly depressed and withdrawn.
I talked with him about the relationship between attitude and disease. I
discussed Norman Cousins’ s experience with suspected tuberculosis as he
described it in Anatomy of an Illness:

My first experience in coping with a bleak medical diagnosis came at
the age of ten, when I was sent to a tuberculosis sanitarium. I was terribly
frail and underweight, and it seemed logical to suppose that I was in the
grip of a serious malady. Later it was discovered that the doctors had
mistakenly interpreted normal calcification as TB markings. X-rays at that
time were not yet a totally reliable basis for complex diagnosis. In any case,
I spent six months at the sanitarium.
What was most interesting to me about that early experience was that
patients divided themselves into two groups: those who were confident they
would beat back the disease and be able to resume normal lives, and those
who resigned themselves to a prolonged and even fatal illness. Those of us
who held to the optimistic view became good friends, involved ourselves in
creative activities, and had little to do with the patients who had resigned
themselves to the worst. When newcomers arrived at the hospital, we did
our best to recruit them before the bleak brigade went to work.
I couldn’ t help being impressed with the fact that the boys in my group
had a far higher percentage of “dischar ged as cured” outcomes than the kids
in the other group. Even at the age of ten, I was being philosophically
conditioned; I became aware of the power of the mind in overcoming
disease. The lessons I learned about hope at that time played an important
part in my complete recovery and in the feelings I have had since about the
preciousness of life.
 Jonathan told me, “I know about that. I had tuberculosis myself and was
told I’d be in the sanatorium for two years. I said, ‘No, I’ll be home for
Christmas with my family.’ And in fact, in six months, on December 23, I
was dischar ged.”
I assured him, “Y ou can do the same thing with cancer,” but in two
weeks he was dead. His wife thanked me for my ef forts and explained that
her husband hadn’ t wanted to fight for recovery because his life and work
had lost all meaning.
Sir William Osler, the brilliant Canadian physician and medical
historian, said that the outcome of tuberculosis had more to do with what
went on in the patient’ s mind than what went on in his lungs. He was
echoing Hippocrates, who said he would rather know what sort of person
has a disease than what sort of disease a person has. Louis Pasteur and
Claude Bernard, two of the giants of nineteenth-century biology, argued all
their lives whether the most important factor in disease was the “soil”—the
human body—or the germ. On his deathbed, Pasteur admitted that Bernard
had been right, declaring, “It is the soil.”
Despite the insights of these eminent doctors, medicine still focuses on
disease, giving it a failure orientation. Its practitioners still act as though
disease catches people, rather than understanding that people catch disease
by becoming susceptible to the seeds of illness to which we are all
constantly exposed. Although the best physicians have always known
better, medicine as a whole has rarely studied the people who don’t get sick.
Most doctors seldom consider how a patient’ s attitude towards life shapes
that life’ s quantity and quality.
Patients vary enormously. Some will do almost anything rather than
alter their lives to increase their chances for a cure. When I of fer them a
choice between an operation and a change in lifestyle, eight out of ten say,
“Operate. It hurts less.


15 ml of fresh juice of leaves is added with 3–5 grams of sugar and
10–15 ml of fresh juice of Durva (Cynodon dactylon Linn.)
is juice mix is administered in a dose of 15 ml, 2 times a day. It
relieves burning urination and diﬃculty in passing the urine.
Leaf Paste with Raisins in Constipation and Repeated Distension
of Abdomen
5–10 Grams of henna leaves and 5–10 grams of raisins are taken and
ne paste is made.
is is administered during at night, after food in a dose of 10–20
grams.
is helps to pass the bowel freely and to relieve distension of
abdomen. In burping and gurgling, half a teaspoonful of fennel and
cumin seeds are added to this and taken at night.
Henna and Triphala Powder for Silky and Lustrous Dark Hair
Equal amount of Triphala and henna are taken and ne powder is
made.
is is administered orally in a dose of 3–5 grams, once or twice a
day. is helps to achieve lustrous silky hair and bright eyes.
Liquorice and Henna Powder Hair Wash for Boils, Itching of Scalp
and Splitting of Hair6.
7.50 Grams of each of liquorice and henna are taken and soaked in 2
litres of cold water. Next morning, this is macerated well and ltered
gently. is is used to rinse the hair. It is found to be very eﬀective in
case of boils or blisters of scalp, itching of scalp and splitting of the
hair.
Henna and Phyllanthus (Phyllanthus indica or Phyllanthus
amarus) Whole Plant Juice for Jaundice
1 Fistful of each of Henna and Phyllanthus indica are taken and
pounded with 10 grams of cumin seeds. is helps to mask the
peculiar smell. Fresh juice is extracted and ltered. is, in a dose of 1–
15 ml, is administered along with sweet buttermilk in the morning, on
empty stomach. is remedy acts as a carminative, digestive and
cholagogue. It relieves jaundice.
Traditional Oil for Hair Care Using Henna
10 Grams each of Fenugreek seeds, Gunja (Abrus precatorius – leaves),
amla (Emblica oﬃcinalis – dried fruit rind) and 30 grams of henna
(fresh leaf) are taken together and cooked with 200 m l of sesame oil, in
mild intensity of heat.
is oil can be applied over scalp regularly. is is a traditional hair
oil used since several decades in our family.1.
2.
3.114. 7 Table Salt Remedies
for Sore Throat, Heel Pain,
Toothache
By Dr. M.S. Krishnamurthy MD (Ayu), Ph.D.
Y
Ayurveda prescribes Saindhava lavana (rock salt) for daily usage in cooking.
But sea salt or table salt is commonly seen in cooking these days. Both these
salts have their own specic health benets.
Tonsillitis, Sore roat, Anorexia – Mouth Gargling with Salt
Water
is practice is well known in most parts of the world. Half a teaspoon
of salt, 2 pinches of turmeric powder or tulsi seed powder (holy basil)
is added to a cup of hot water and it is used for gargling – 3–4 times in
a day, preferably after food.
Gargling for Anorexia, Tongue Coating
In anorexia and thick tongue coating, a tablespoon of lemon juice is
added with half a teaspoon of salt and water and used for gargling.
In Heel Pain, Calcaneal Spur, Numbness of the Sole etc
Fomentation with Salt
5–10 teaspoon of table salt is taken on a cotton cloth and 1–2
teaspoon of sesame oil is sprinkled over it. It is warmed over a pan and
applied over painful joints/numb skin areas for 3–5 m inutes.4.
5.
6.
7.Fatigue Due to Swimming, Back Ache, Stiﬀness of the Hip Joint etc
Management with Salt Water Fomentation
e person is asked to lie down. A big cotton bath towel is taken and it
is dipped in salt dissolved hot water. en the cloth is made into 2–3
folds and with this gradually and gently fomentation is given to the
relative area of pain or stiﬀness. is can be repeated 2–3 times in a
day.
It is very useful in frequent leg cramps seen in swimmers.
Toothache Management with Salt
Salt is slightly warmed and placed near the aﬀected teeth where the
toothache is caused. is reduces severity of the pain.
Insect Entry Into the Ear – Management with Salt Water
In case of insect or y enters inside ear, salt water is instilled into the
ear. is forces the insect out of the ear.
Management of Nasal Congestion with Salt Water Instillation
5 Grams of salt is dissolved in 40 ml of water and ltered. is is used
to instil to the nostrils in the condition of nasal congestion. is is also
useful in headache.115. 8 Black Gram
Remedies for Vigor,
Stamina, Head Lice, Joint
Pain
By Dr. M.S. Krishnamurthy MD (Ayu), Ph.D.
Y
Black gram (seeds of Vigna mungo) is a rich source of iron, calcium,
phosphorous, potassium, and magnesium. Regular consumption of certain
amount of black gram in various forms of food certainly boosts the energy and
it fulls the body’s iron and protein demand.
Ayurveda refers black gram as Masha and it is considered as a good food for
weight gain. Also pulses of they – husked black gram improve digestion (even
though it is heavy for digesting food) due to its rich ber content. In addition,
due to its rich bre content it acts as laxative.
Black gram is one of the highest used pulses in Asian subcontinent area.
Mostly in Dosa, Idly, Vada, Dhokla, Daal, Chakli etc it is used as the base
material. Black gram is appreciated for its rich nutritional benets and being a
rich source of energy.
Charaka Samhita contributed separate chapter in its name (Mashaparna
bhriteeya adhyayaya) – one among the Rasayana (rejuvenation way) method is
explained where the cows are fed with the whole and fresh plants of Black
gram and patient is asked to drink such cow’s milk for health and longevity.1.Also, in Shraddha karma/Pitru karma (funeral ceremonies) the dishes
prepared out of black gram are mandatory.
e pulses are rich with phosphorus content which is nearly 8–10 times
more than any other pulses. Protein and carbohydrate s are also rich in black
gram. As the black gram possesses a special kind of protein it helps in the
strengthening of the muscle bres.
As per Ayurveda, black gram is heavy – unctuous and motile in nature. Also,
it is sweet in taste and bio-transformation (Vipaka).
Due to these qualities black gram stabilizes body, eases bowel movements,
urination, provides body with nutrition, improves qualities of semen, acts as
aphrodisiac, promotes lactation and balances Vata Dosha.
e texts recommend black gram in the cases like haemorroids,
constipation, facial paralysis/paralysis, asthma, pain in the anks etc.
Many Ayurvedic oils with black gram as main ingredient promote muscle
and joint strength. ese oils are used for treating muscle wasting and
paralysis.
Eg: Mahamasha taila, Masha taila.
Black Gram Home Remedies
Fine Powder of Black Gram, Sesame and Jaggery
Equal quantity of black gram and black sesame seeds are taken and
dried well or fried a little. is is made into ne powder and mixed
thoroughly.
2–3 Grams of this powder is mixed with a teaspoon of jaggery and
taken daily along with milk, after food.
is acts as a very good energiser. It is traditionally used as a tonic to
improve libido.2.
3.
4.
5.is remedy can be continued for a period of 4–6 weeks time and is
not suitable for diabetic patients.
Oil Prepared Out of Black Gram
30 Grams of black gram seeds are taken and oil is cooked with 100 ml
sesame oil and 30 ml of water. is oil is used to apply over the scalp in
cases like head lice.
is is used for applying over joints in cases


s and sebaceous glands also benefit
greatly from the use of this juice.
In combination with carrot juice, in the proportion of one-quarter
to one-half of green pepper juice to the rest of carrot juice, it is an
excellent aid in clearing up skin blemishes, particularly if colonic
irrigations and enemas are taken with sufficient regularity to remove
waste matter from the colon while the cleansing processes within the
body are progressing.
50 Those bothered with gas or wind in the alimentary canal, and
those suffering from colic or flatulence, have found significant relief
from drinking one pint of this juice combination every day. In addition,
one should also drink a pint of carrot and spinach juice per day as
well. Of course, these juices need not be taken at one time. In fact,
drinking them at the rate of one tumblerful at a time with intervals of
one, two, or three hours in between, have given better results. We
prefer to drink them before and between meals.
POTATO JUICE
The raw potato contains easily digestible natural sugars which,
upon cooking, are converted into starch. Potatoes should be omitted
from the diet of those suffering from venereal diseases and those
afflicted with aphrodisiac tendencies. The combination of cooked meat
and potatoes intensifies the solanine poison of the potato (an alkaloid
poison more particularly prevalent in potatoes too green in color),
which has an affinity for the nerves controlling the sexual organs;
this, together with presence of uric acid crystals resulting from the
ingestion of meat, may cause excessive irritation of these organs.
The juice of raw potatoes, however, has proved very beneficial in
clearing up skin blemishes. This cleansing is due to the high content
of potassium, sulphur, phosphorus, and chlorine in the potato. These
elements, however, are only of value when the potato is raw, in which
state they are composed of live organic atoms. When the potato is
cooked, these are converted into inorganic atoms and, as such, they
are of little or no value for constructive purposes.
Fresh-raw organically grown potatoes are very palatable to eat,
many people do like them and they are unquestionably a good food.
Raw potato juice has proved to be a healthy cleanser of the system
and to be very beneficial, particularly in combination with carrot
juice.
The juice of raw potatoes, combined with that of carrot and celery,
is a boon to those suffering from gastric, nerve, and muscle
disturbances, such as gout and sciatica. In such cases, one pint of this
combination in addition to one pint of carrot, beet, and cucumber
juice daily, has often given complete relief from these discomforts in
a surprisingly short time, provided that meat, fowl, and fish were
eliminated completely from the diet.
Some emphysema victims have been helped and found relief in
using a combination of carrot, parsley and raw potato juices.
51 SWEET POTATO, botanically, is not in any way related to the
ordinary or "Irish" potato. It contains one-third more carbohydrate;
in the form of natural sugars than the Irish potato, three times as
much calcium, twice as much sodium, more than twice as much
silicon, and more than four times as much chlorine.
The juice of sweet potatoes has, therefore, more general beneficial
value than that of the Irish potato. Care must be exercised in choosing
them, as they are more readily spoiled by bruises and decayed spots,
which quickly affect the whole tuber, than the Irish potatoes, which
will stand rougher and careless handling with impunity.
RADISH JUICE
This juice is extracted from the leaves and the roots, but should
never be taken alone, as it is too strong in its reaction if taken by
itself. In conjunction with carrot juice, the combined elements help
to restore the tone of the mucous membranes in the body. It is used
most effectively about one hour after taking horseradish as described
in the section covering that subject. It has had the effect of soothing
and healing the membranes and cleansing the body of the mucus which
the horseradish sauce has dissolved. It has at the same time helped to
regenerate and restore the mucous membranes to their normal state.
Nearly one-third of the natural content of radishes is potassium,
while of the remaining two-thirds, more than one-third is sodium.
The iron and magnesium content are both high, and it is from these
that the healing and soothing qualities to the mucous membranes have
been found.
It is usually unnecessary in most cases to undergo surgical
operations for the removal of the mucus which causes sinus troubles.
While such operations remove some of the mucus, the aftereffects
eventually may be devastating. The horseradish sauce on the other
hand, has repeatedly given lasting benefits. Mucus is the result of
drinking too much milk and eating concentrated starches, bread, and
cereals in excess.
RHUBARB JUICE
Rhubarb is probably responsible for more kidney trouble among
children than any other single factor. Few if any other plants have
such a high concentration of oxalic acid as rhubarb. When cooked,
this acid is converted into an inorganic chemical which, when eaten,
deposits vast amounts of oxalic acid crystals in the body.
52 Innumerable cases of rheumatism and rheumatic fever could be
traced to the ingestion of cooked rhubarb. No example could be more
vivid than this to prove the fallacy of eating sor°a food or food product
because of certain individual particular merit without regard to the
disastrous effect of other elements it may contain. Because of its
supposedly laxative properties, rhubarb is used extensively for children
as well as by adults. Because the laxative results are more or less
immediately apparent, no further thought is given to the other end
product—the oxalic acid crystals deposited in the body. As these
deposits do not cause immediate irritation and their effect is insidious
and slow in manifesting, the consequences are rarely if ever attributed
to the proper cause—the eating of rhubarb.
The subject of oxalic acid is so very important that we have covered
it fairly extensively in a separate chapter under that heading.
Some benefit can be derived from fresh-raw rhubarb juice,
provided that it is used sparingly, and only in combination with other
juices such as carrot, celery, or fruit, and their combinations. In this
manner it can help stimulate the peristaltic action of the intestines.
Never sweeten rhubarb with sugar, use honey.
SAUERKRAUT JUICE
Sauerkraut is a preparation of pickled cabbage, finely cut and
fermented in brine composed of a great deal of salt. This pickling and
fermentation is exceedingly injurious to the mucous membranes of
the alimentary canal and affects adversely the texture of the skin,
tending to coarsen it. Its stimulating effect on the digestive organs is
very detrimental because of the presence of so much inorganic salt
solution.
SORREL JUICE
The juice of the broad-leafed French Sorrel is excellent in helping
the sluggish and prolapsed intestines to reestablish their normal
functions, when such necessary steps as colonic irrigations and enemas
are taken to eliminate the accumulation of waste matter collected
therein.
This vegetable is rich in potassium oxalate which is valuable for
the human system only in its vital organic raw state. It should never
be eaten when cooked.
It contains a particularly large percentage of iron and magnesium
which the blood needs constantly, and vast amounts of the cleansing
53 elements phosphorus, sulphur, and silicon which are used by every
part of the system from head to foot.
The combination of these rich elements makes this juice most
valuable for nourishing all the glands in the body.
SPINACH JUICE
Spinach is the most vital food for the entire digestive tract, both
the alimentary section of the body (the stomach, duodenum, and small
intestines) and for the large intestine or colon, and it has been so
recognized from time immemorial.
In raw spinach, Nature has furnished man with the finest organic
material for the cleansing, reconstruction, and regeneration of the
intestinal tract. Raw spinach juice properly prepared, taken at the rate
of about one pint daily, has often corrected the most aggravated case
of constipation within a few days or weeks.
Unfortunately, the use of purgatives for the cleansing of the
intestinal tract is practiced without an understanding of exactly what
takes place. Every manufactured chemical, inorganic purgative or
laxative acts as an irritant, stimulating the muscles of the intestines to
expel it. With the expulsion of this irritant, other matter lodged therein
may also be expelled. It is obvious and in practice it is proved to be a
fact, that the habit of taking laxatives necessitates stronger and stronger
irritants. The result is not a cure for constipation, but a chronic
condition of inactivity of the local tissues, muscles, and nerves.
Cathartics are merely irritants and while they remove some of the
waste matter, they cannot possibly cause anything other than
progressive degeneration of the intestines.
Furthermore, such methods


 use of recreational drugs
that were massively consumed in the gay scene, primarily poppers, or in medical
jargon "nitrite inhalants."83
"Inhalants" is used because these drugs are normally sniffed from a small bottle,
and like the customary "poppers" expression the term can be traced back to the-mid
19'h century. In 1859, the vasodilatory effect that follows inhalation of amyl nitrite
was described. This led to its first therapeutic use in 1867 as muscle relaxants for
(cardiac disease) patients suffering from angina pectoris (chest pain). The original
form of the drug was glass ampules enclosed in mesh: they were called pearls. When
crushed between the fingers, they made a popping sound; hence, the colloquialism
"poppers" evolved.84
The US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) dates their use as recreational
drugs from 1963.85 From then on, the drug experienced a proper boom, assisted by
the fact that in industrialized countries like the USA, drug consumption in general
sharply increased in and since the 1960s and 1970s, the years of sexual and political
revolution (between 1981 and 1993, alone the number of cocaine overdose victims
delivered to hospitals jumped from 3,000 to 120,000, a 4,000% increase).86
The gay scene made use of poppers' well-known muscle relaxant property. Taking
poppers enables "the passive partner in anal intercourse to relax the anal musculature
and thereby facilitate the introduction of the penis," according to a 1975 report in
the journal Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality.87 Poppers also helped prolong
erection and orgasm. 88 The substance was (and is) easy to make at home, and it is
very cheap to buy (a few dollars per vial). 89 At the same time, poppers were massively
advertised in popular gay media.9 0 91 And for promotional purposes, the drugs even
had their own comic strip spokesperson -a handsome blond hunk who promoted the
(in truth, irrational) idea that poppers make you strong and that every homosexual
simply had to take them. 92
NIDA reported that sales of in just one US state added up to $50 million in 1976
(at $3 per vial, that equals more than 16 million bottles).93 "By 1977, poppers had
permeated every angle of gay life," writes Harry Haverkos, who joined the CDC in
1981 and the American drug authorities NIDA in 1984 and was the leading AIDS
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Poppers can be bought in approximately 5 em (2 inches) high bottles. They're sold as "room
odorizer," as "liquid aroma" or "RUSH-liquid incense"; warnings like "highly flammable" or "may
be fatal if swallowed" are emblazoned on the brightly-colored vials.
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official for both institutions. "And in 1979, more than five million people consumed
poppers more than once a week. "94
Poppers can severely damage the immune system, genes, lungs, liver, heart, or
the brain; they can produce neural damage similar to that of multiple sclerosis, can
have carcinogenic effects, and can lead to "sudden sniffing death."95 96 Even the
drug's label warns it is "highly flammable; may be fatal if swallow ed."97 And the ·
medical establishment knew about its various dangers. In the 1970s, the first popper
warnings appeared in scientific literature. In 1978, for instance, L.T. Sigell wrote in
the American Journal of Psychiatry that the inhaled nitrites produced nitrosamine,
known for its carcinogenic effects98-a warning which Thomas Haley of the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) likewise articulat ed.99
In 1981, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), one of the world's most
significant medical journals, published several articles at the same time singling out
the so-called fast -lane lifestyle as a possible cause of AIDS.100 101 102 This lifestyle is
characterized by an extremely poor diet and long-term intake of antibiotics and
antifungal substances, which damage the mitochondria, the cells' powerhouses (plus
numerous other medicines, later primarily chemoth erapy-like antiviral AIDS
preparations including AZT, ddC, d4T, aciclovir and ganci clovir).
Besides poppers, many other, likewise highly toxic, drugs were on the menu,
including crystal meth (methampheta mine), cocaine, crack, barbiturates, ecstasy
(XTC), heroin, librium, LSD, mandrex, MDA, MOM, mescaline, mushrooms, purple
haze, Seconal, special K, tuinol, THC, PCP, STP, DMT, LDK, WOW, window pane,
blotter, orange, sunshine, sweet pea, sky blue, Christmas tree, dtist, Benzedrine,
Dexedrine, Dexamyl, Desoxyn, clogidal, nesperan, tytch, nestex, black beaut y, certyn,
preludin with B 12, zayl, quaalude, tuinal, Nembutal, amytal, phenobarbital, elavil,
valiurn, darvon, mandrax, opium, stidyl, halidax, caldfyn, optimil, and drayl.103
David Durack asked the (still relevant) question in his lead article in the December
1981 NEJM: how can AIDS be so evidently new, when viruses and homosexuality
are as old as history? lifestyle drugs, according to Durack, should be considered as
causes. "So-called'recreational' drugs are one possibilit y. They are widely used in
the large cities where most of these cases have occurred. Perhaps one or more of
these recreational drugs is an immunos uppressive agent. The leading candida tes are
the nitrites [nitrite inhalants, poppers ], which are now commonly inhaled to intensifY
orgasm."
American author and AIDS chronicler Randy Shilts addresses this issue in his
famous 1987 work The Band Played On: "[The poppers-A IDS starting point] would
explain why the disease appeared limited to just three cities-to New York, Los
Angeles and San Francisco, the three centers of the gay communit y,"104 a conspicuous
feature also described in the CDC's MMWR from 24 September, 1982.105
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\t!liUSNUH HOMfP;iCi£
QUEER ADVER TISING
From Poppers to Prol•••• tnhlbltOB
By John Lauritsen
�n I use tha word.. qu�er". as m "Q<Jeer at1vert1 smg". u IS
Intended to be negative My leading theSIS IS that II IS
queer •• odd and deplorebl6 -·!hat •n the past 30 years
much of ltle acil'ertiSlng m ostensibly QF1>f publications has
been for poppers, ALf or the protease inhibitor "cock'latls"
I shall argve that lhese dlugs are harmful. they heM� been
and connnue to be the cause of SlJffenng and death lor tens
or hundreds or thOusands of 9£11 mel\ D<ar.Mag>.onocertO<m l•2e.S�ollW l!l<ilJ POJI2
("Goeo!l")(lt'd.l("'I'>POI'I>O'Illll!I!""C<lmmg i�.eSoool
sa il<"'\"""" wel geune toweii'J
Frotn a btochemJcal S!andpoint lt\EtVOJa�le or�kyl nttrites (arrr,'l-.bu¥-. isobUtyl-,
propyi·, and otiW r•lntes) are �rtul o,Jdi'Zing agents W SPtlled on the sl<'tn. tr.ey
causil severa bums. The hQuid ts highly flammable, one of the worst hres 1n San
Francisco htstOIY occooed....000 a poppers factory explOded.
"Poop9rs·ltw Co."!ftt<..*ed C� 0t,Je(ry �.iiS... (,IJIICof'TlX
No 0 """'"' I!W>.87 (I.,.ISdJE<l <)I''A()S")!'roorc"""
For gay men v.flo came out m!he '70s, poppe-rs appeared to be as much e pen of!he g� clone fe5tyte as
mustaches or flalln shtrts Accessories were marl<eted. for lealt!er queans. there wee a liltle metaltnlla rs on
leatller thongs One mag-