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Monday, October 30, 2017

Chapter 3. Overview of E-Tao Self-Healing Methods


E-TAO self-healing methods” are derived from Classical Chinese Medicine (CCM) and they differ from therapies of modern Chinese medicine. For better comprehension, I’ll use plain language to explain the relationship between CCM and “E-Tao self-healing methods”, where the understanding of several specific terms is of utmost importance.

Forget the disease name.

This is the primary term we use to interpret E-Tao self-healing methods”, and it is also one of the secrets to the success of self-healing we advocate.

Regardless of what disease one has, he/she must first forget its name. Please note that it is the name that should be forgotten, not the disease itself. A disease name is just the tip of an iceberg; there are likely other, more severe underlying diseases that even doctors and patients themselves are unaware of. 
Disease names are only labels affixed by doctors and drug producers based on known pathological indicators and statistics, yet these labels do not necessarily identify the actual diseases. A set of symptoms, or a disease with a particular name, may have different contributing causes. Dispensing prescriptions based solely on a disease name with no regard to its causes may worsen the condition.

Disease names can be very misleading. Here, I’ll use two very common ones — hypertension and diabetes to exemplify my point.

To doctors and patients of hypertension, it is natural that anti-hypertensive drugs should be taken to control blood pressure. The relationship between blood pressure and the heart, liver, spleen and other organs are simply overlooked. As a result, the body’s internal organs are often damaged by drugs taken.

Almost all anti-hypertensive drugs are diuretics that could do damage to the functions of the kidney. This will firstly lead to lowered libido, declined sexual function, prostate disorders and a variety of urinary system disorders such as frequent or involuntary urination, etc.; Secondly, it will lead to insomnia, bone loss, Alzheimer’s disease, hair loss, tinnitus, hearing loss, and shortened lifespan; in addition, Western medicine is considered acidic from the perspective of Chinese medicine, and the acidity will destroy the tissues of blood vessel walls, causing blood vessel ruptures that could lead to stroke and heart diseases.

The cause and effect mentioned above could be hard to grasp with only knowledge of Western medicine; however, it is clearly stated in the theory of Chinese medicine that “the kidney governs the bones, its health is shown in the hair, it opens at the ears, and it controls memory, the urinary and defecating functions, and governs natural lifespan.” Hence, without intake of anti-hypertensive drugs, as long as the Kidney, Heart, Spleen and Liver Meridians (energy channels in the body that are connected to their respective organs) are cleansed, blood pressure will naturally return to normal.


In effect, there is no definitive standard for “normal” blood pressure; it relates to one’s age, physique, mood, and many other factors. It also changes from day to day, and fluctuates with one’s mood and activities. Doctors and drug producers set standards and label diseases to establish benchmarks for reference and to boost drug sales. Taking antihypertensive drugs inevitably induces more disorders, such as liver, kidney, stomach and eye problems, and even more drugs will be needed to treat those new diseases. Many hypertensive patients die after years of medication, yet it is found that their deaths are not caused by high blood pressure. In this sense, the name “hypertension” is quite misleading.

Another good example is diabetes, whose name is also misleading due to the use of blood sugar indicators. Your doctor tells you that you are diabetic and should take hypoglycemic drugs, and then tells you if your blood sugar is not under control, it will easily lead to heart problems, even glaucoma (an eye disease) in severe cases. This is the kind of knowledge taught in medical schools all along. Without knowing it, doctors are brainwashed by drug producers to act as salespersons for their drugs.

Unfortunately, this has turned the causality upside down. By practicing Paida and Lajin, we’ve learned that in all diabetics, Sha (toxic waste that comes out during Paida) will appear when the Pericardium and Heart Meridians on the inner elbows are slapped. This signals that they already have heart problems but are unaware. When these people practice Lajin, they will feel pain at the back of the knees and also the root of thighs, which indicates that the Urinary Bladder, Liver, Kidney, and Spleen Meridians are all blocked, i.e. these organs all have problems. Problems with these organs are the real cause of high blood sugar levels. Further investigation reveals that all diabetics suffer from emotional problems, to varying degrees, such as tension, anxiety, depression and other mental disorders; such emotional turmoil can lead to endocrine disorders. Let alone adults, most teenage students are stressed out before sitting a major exam, thus suffering endocrine disorders or abnormal blood sugar levels.

In short, diabetes is caused by endocrine disorders, which is related to the heart, i.e. a condition due to emotional problems. Some people are overly obsessed with money, power, social status or their children, and these obsessions make them tense and anxious all the time. Naturally, the endocrine system will not function properly. Some people find relaxation and pleasure solely in dining, and they end up eating and drinking too well, too much, burdening the endocrine system. If hypoglycemic drugs are taken without taking into account the causes, it will only further damage the functions of the heart, kidney, liver, spleen and pancreas.

As a matter of fact, doctors and patients themselves are aware of the negative effects of medication. Drug descriptions clearly state that they are damaging to the kidney, liver, spleen, heart and other internal organs. Once the internal organs are damaged, the sensory organs and limbs will also be damaged. In effect, the term “diabetes” implies that there is an underlying group of other diseases,and this phenomenon is referred to as “complex disease”. According to Chinese medicine, the liver opens at the eyes. Thus, as long as the liver is functioning normally, the eyes will be healthy as well. This has nothing to do with blood sugar levels. Taking drugs or injecting insulin will damage the liver and lead to such eye problems as glaucoma and retinal detachment. Many diabetics take medicine as prescribed and end up with internal organ and eye problems. When the condition worsens, their feet will ulcerate and they could even end up being amputated. Therefore, to cure diabetes, one must not be misled by its name, but should instead identify the actual causes. Diabetics should first be happy and self-assured, and learn to let go; and practice Paida and Lajin to cleanse the Heart, Liver, Kidney, Spleen and Urinary Bladder Meridians. When the internal organs are functioning properly, the blood sugar levels will naturally return to normal.


This is why in Classical Chinese Medicine, regulating the heart” is the foremost, external treatment measures are used primarily, and medicine is taken as the last resort. “Forget the disease name” reminds us that there are many diseases behind one particularly labeled disease. “All diseases are complex diseases”, i.e. a complex of many diseases. Diseases indicate the blockage of many meridians, and their causes are also varied, hence, we should be cautious not to leave out any, or be misled by particular disease names or indicators; instead, we should focus on holistic health enhancement. We should try to cleanse all blocked meridians and not just one of them. Therefore, Paida and Lajin should be practiced on all parts of the body in a “carpet bombing” manner, so as to activate our internal “anti -virus software”, i.e. self-healing power, to clear away all diseases in the body.

In view of this, everyone should learn up some common sense knowledge of Chinese medicine. For instance, tinnitus, deafness, hair loss, backache, leg pain, declined sexual function, etc. are all associated with the kidney; failing vision, floaters, cataracts, Jin-Suo (contraction of tendons), etc. signal problems with the liver; in the same manner of deduction, if one gets too fat or too thin, the problem is related to the spleen which governs our muscles.

Complex diseases

This term relates to “forget-the-disease-name” concept. People seldom have only a single disease; there are always a number of other diseases behind a known one. Moreover, these diseases are interrelated; they are the causes and effects of other diseases, and are thus called “complex diseases”. In effect, all diseases are complex diseases.

All diseases with known names are so labelled according to identification and classification of modern medicine based on known standards, using known measures. However, no matter how accurate the diagnosis of Chinese medicine, Western medicine or medical appliances is, there are still realms of the complex human body where their diagnosis and treatments are yet to cover holistically. Thus, the key to curing a disease is not in knowing the name, but rather in locating the root causes. 


“Complex diseases” imply that there are still many unseen, undetected or undetectable pathological changes. That is to say, behind a known illness, there could be many more known and unknown ones, and the best way to tackle it is to have a thorough search, diagnosis and treatment in a manner similar to “carpet bombing” in military operations. This will trigger the body’s internal “precision bombing” to cleanse the meridians, similar to when an “anti-virus software” (i.e. the body’s self-healing power) is activated. Thus, “carpet bombing” and “precision bombing” work hand in hand to holistically cleanse meridians and expel toxic waste.

Out of the numerous practices of Chinese medicine, I have specially chosen Paida and Lajin to promote worldwide not only because they are simple to practice and produce quick effects, but also because they are universally applicable, i.e. when one practices Paida and Lajin, almost all “complex diseases” are targeted and treated. This is because from diagnosis to treatment, Paida and Lajin act holistically and not partially. People may find it quite a challenge to directly and accurately locate meridians and acupoints that is why many tend to give up on self-healing. Paida and Lajin may appear simple, yet they are more effective on complex diseases compared to mainstream medical practices. Many diseases that doctors find hard to treat are cured by ordinary folks using these two unbelievably simple methods. Treating complex diseases with simple methods is as people always put it, The truest way (Tao) is the simplest. This is indeed an accurate and concrete interpretation of the “way (Tao)”.

On top of that, through self-diagnosis and treatment of complex diseases, people will gain fresh insights into health and life. They will naturally go on to explore the lasting truths of Classical Chinese Medicine (CCM), hence changing their lives through health improvement. They will move from physical healing to spiritual healing, and from health management to life management. Persistent Paida and Lajin makes people healthier, more joyous and at ease.

Unfortunately, some only pay attention to their health when they are seriously ill. They are very concerned with maintenance and care of their cars and pets, but do not care much about preservation of their own health. They are only interested in “overhauls” or treatment of critical illnesses. Maybe this is the so-called “fate”.

“Carpet bombing” and “anti-virus software”

Huang Di Nei Jing states that all diseases are caused by blocked meridians, thus cleansing meridians cures diseases.

However, when one gets sick, the primary concern could be to find out exactly which meridians are blocked. Here, I will let you in on a big secret: There are 12 standard meridians in the body, and together with the Ren and Du Meridians along the middle of the front and back torso, these 14 meridians, when blocked, become the root causes of all diseases. That is to say, from minute inflammations of mosquito bites to tumor growth, whether insomnia or constipation, all diseases occur due to one, often several, of these 14 meridians being blocked. Therefore, no matter what diseases one suffers from, cleansing these 14 meridians will invariably cure all of them. The four general parts (elbows, hands, knees and feet) are specially chosen for Paida to clear the 14 said meridians.

“Carpet bombing” is originally a military term, which means thorough bombing of each and every inch of land. Using Paida and Lajin in a “carpet bombing” manner cleanses the body’s 14 meridians from all directions. This eliminates all known and unknown diseases holistically, instead of treating them according to divisions of medicine. Paida and Lajin act as both diagnosis and treatment of diseases: Sha (toxic waste) appearing during Paida indicates that meridians corresponding to the slapped areas are blocked, and the appearance of Sha means detoxification has begun; in Lajin, the pain felt during stretching indicates body parts where Jin-Suo occurs, and restoring flexibility of the Jin through further stretching will cure the diseases.

To enable people of the modern age familiar with computers to grasp the concept of “self-healing power”, I’ll use the term “anti-virus software”. Our body has an innate “anti-virus software” as part of our self-healing power, and its wisdom, sensitivity and sophistication go beyond human comprehension and imagination. It runs in the body’s meridians in the form of invisible “Qi (vital life energy)”. Once this “anti-virus software” is activated through Paida and/or Lajin, it will start to scan the entire body. When Qi finds a blockage or a problem area, it will lock-in the target and clear it, diseases or pain are thus alleviated or thoroughly cured. This process is as if launching missiles in “precision bombing” and the “anti-virus software” is the devise that sets off this process.

The number of meridians cleansed through Paida and Lajin is not one but many; the effect is not only localized but in all known and unknown systems of the body. The activated Qi and blood flow will act as the “anti-virus software”; not only does it locate the “viruses”, it automatically stimulates the body to produce antibodies against them. More specifically, this refers to the automatic endocrine secretions of insulin, stem cells, enkephalin, adrenaline, etc., needed to fight different diseases. Practicing Paida and Lajin is like an all-round mobilization of software and hardware systems in the entire body, and that is why it is described as “carpet bombing” and “complete virus removal”.

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Of all Lajin positions, stretching in “reclining position” (see picture above) delivers the most thorough effects: all the meridians are being cleared, though at varying degrees .

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Paida works by radiating out from specific points: Paida the hands and elbows cleanses the six meridians along the arms and hands; Paida both knees and feet cleanses the six meridians along the legs and feet; the Ren and Du Meridians are also cleansed at relevant joints. Hands are holographic reflex zones of all the organs in the body ; hence, when the hands are used for Paida, they are being slapped as well. This creates a new round of “carpet bombing”. 

Sunday, July 9, 2017

Thirst and hydration: Physiology and consequences of dysfunction

The constant supply of oxygen and nutriments to cells (especially neurons) is the role of the cardiovascular system. The constant supply of water (and sodium) for cardiovascular function is the role of thirst and sodium appetite and kidney function. This physiological regulation ensures that plasma volume and osmolality are maintained within set limits by initiating behaviour and release of hormones necessary to ingest and conserve water and sodium within the body. This regulation is separated into 2 parts; intracellular and extracellular (blood). An increased osmolality draws water from cells into the blood thus dehydrating specific brain osmoreceptors that stimulate drinking and release of anti diuretic hormone (ADH or vasopressin). ADH reduces water loss via lowered urine volume. Extracellular dehydration (hypovolaemia) stimulates specific vascular receptors that signal brain centres to initiate drinking and ADH release. Baro/volume receptors in the kidney participate in stimulating the release of the enzyme renin that starts a cascade of events to produce angiotensin II (AngII), which initiates also drinking and ADH release. This stimulates also aldosterone release which reduces kidney loss of urine sodium. Both AngII and ADH are vasoactive hormones that could work to reduce blood vessel diameter around the remaining blood. All these events work in concert so that the cardiovascular system can maintain a constant perfusion pressure, especially to the brain. Even if drinking does not take place ADH, AngII and aldosterone are still released. Furthermore, it has been observed that treatment of hypertension, obesity, diabetes and cancer can involve renin–AngII antagonists which could suggest that, in humans at least, there may be dysfunction of the thirst regulatory mechanism.

Angiotensin, thirst, and sodium appetite.

Abstract

Angiotensin (ANG) II is a powerful and phylogenetically widespread stimulus to thirst and sodium appetite. When it is injected directly into sensitive areas of the brain, it causes an immediate increase in water intake followed by a slower increase in NaCl intake. Drinking is vigorous, highly motivated, and rapidly completed. The amounts of water taken within 15 min or so of injection can exceed what the animal would spontaneously drink in the course of its normal activities over 24 h. The increase in NaCl intake is slower in onset, more persistent, and affected by experience. Increases in circulating ANG II have similar effects on drinking, although these may be partly obscured by accompanying rises in blood pressure. The circumventricular organs, median preoptic nucleus, and tissue surrounding the anteroventral third ventricle in the lamina terminalis (AV3V region) provide the neuroanatomic focus for thirst, sodium appetite, and cardiovascular control, making extensive connections with the hypothalamus, limbic system, and brain stem. The AV3V region is well provided with angiotensinergic nerve endings and angiotensin AT1 receptors, the receptor type responsible for acute responses to ANG II, and it responds vigorously to the dipsogenic action of ANG II. The nucleus tractus solitarius and other structures in the brain stem form part of a negative-feedback system for blood volume control, responding to baroreceptor and volume receptor information from the circulation and sending ascending noradrenergic and other projections to the AV3V region. The subfornical organ, organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis and area postrema contain ANG II-sensitive receptors that allow circulating ANG II to interact with central nervous structures involved in hypovolemic thirst and sodium appetite and blood pressure control. Angiotensin peptides generated inside the blood-brain barrier may act as conventional neurotransmitters or, in view of the many instances of anatomic separation between sites of production and receptors, they may act as paracrine agents at a distance from their point of release. An attractive speculation is that some are responsible for long-term changes in neuronal organization, especially of sodium appetite. Anatomic mismatches between sites of production and receptors are less evident in limbic and brain stem structures responsible for body fluid homeostasis and blood pressure control. Limbic structures are rich in other neuroactive peptides, some of which have powerful effects on drinking, and they and many of the classical nonpeptide neurotransmitters may interact with ANG II to augment or inhibit drinking behavior. Because ANG II immunoreactivity and binding are so widely distributed in the central nervous system, brain ANG II is unlikely to have a role as circumscribed as that of circulating ANG II. Angiotensin peptides generated from brain precursors may also be involved in functions that have little immediate effect on body fluid homeostasis and blood pressure control, such as cell differentiation, regeneration and remodeling, or learning and memory. Analysis of the mechanisms of increased drinking caused by drugs and experimental procedures that activate the renal renin-angiotensin system, and clinical conditions in which renal renin secretion is increased, have provided evidence that endogenously released renal renin can generate enough circulating ANG II to stimulate drinking. But it is also certain that other mechanisms of thirst and sodium appetite still operate when the effects of circulating ANG II are blocked or absent, although it is not known whether this is also true for angiotensin peptides formed in the brain. Whether ANG II should be regarded primarily as a hormone released in hypovolemia helping to defend the blood volume, a neurotransmitter or paracrine agent with a privileged role in the neural pathways for thirst and sodium appetite of all kinds, a neural organizer especially in sodium appetite.

Role of brain angiotensin II in thirst and sodium appetite of sheep.

The contribution of brain angiotensin II (ANG II) to thirst and Na+ appetite of sheep was evaluated. Thirst was stimulated by water deprivation, intracarotid or intracerebroventricular infusion of ANG II, or intracarotid or intracerebroventricular infusion of hypertonic solution. Intracerebroventricular infusion, over 1-3 h, of the ANG II type 1 (AT1) receptor antagonist, losartan, decreased or abolished water intake caused by all of the stimuli tested. Intracerebroventricular infusion of ZD-7155, another AT1-receptor antagonist, blocked ANG II-induced water intake. Neither losartan nor ZD-7155 infused intracerebroventricularly altered the Na+ appetite of Na(+)-depleted sheep. Intracerebroventricular infusion of losartan over 3 h, however, did block the increase in water intake and the decrease in Na+ intake caused by intracerebroventricular infusion of hypertonic NaCl in Na(+)-depleted sheep. Intracerebroventricular infusion of the ANG II type 2 (AT2) receptor antagonist, PD-123319, over 1-3 h, did not alter ANG II-induced water intake or Na+ depletion-induced Na+ intake. These results are consistent with the proposition that brain ANG II, working via AT1 receptors, is involved in the neural system controlling some aspects of physiological thirst and Na+ appetite. A role for AT2 receptors in physiological thirst or Na+ appetite is not supported by the present results.


Conditions for secretion of vasopressin in pressor amounts in water-replete rats. By Iriuchijima J.
Abstract

Conditions for secretion of pressor amounts of vasopressin were sought in conscious, water-replete rats. The characteristic lowering of arterial pressure on injection of a vasopressin antagonist was used to detect vasopressin secretion in pressor amounts. The absence or marked abatement of both baroreceptor impulses and adrenomedullary secretion were found necessary for secretion of vasopressin in pressor amounts: the vasopressin antagonist lowered arterial pressure in rats with sinoaortic denervation and ganglion blockade or adrenalectomy. Besides baroreceptor activity and adrenomedullary secretion, anesthetics were also found inhibitory on vasopressin release in pressor amounts. The adrenomedullary hormone signaling the presence of adrenomedullary activity to the vasopressin releasing mechanism was identified as noradrenaline and not adrenaline. It is suggested that the vasopressin pressor mechanism is recruited to sustain arterial pressure when the sympathoadrenal system fails.

[Role of vasopressin in arterial hypertension].
[Article in French]
Thibonnier M, Sassano P, Daufresne S, Menard J.
Abstract

On isolated arteriole preparations vasopressin behaves as an extremely potent vasoconstrictor. In healthy animals and man its pressor effect is counteracted by several compensatory mechanisms, including stimulation of the baroreceptor reflex with reduction of sympathetic activity, decrease in renin secretion, sodium loss and reduction of vascular response to vasopressor agents. Alterations of these mechanisms unmask the hypertensive effect of vasopressin as shown by several experimental hypertension models in animals. In human pathology vasopressin has been shown to be a good indicator of the severity pf arterial hypertension, but its role in that disease will only be determined when vascular antagonists of vasopressin devoid of paryial agonistic activity become available.

[Cardiovascular effect of the antidiuretic hormone arginine vasopressin].
[Article in German]
Rascher W.
Abstract

The two major biological actions of vasopressin are antidiuresis and vasoconstriction. The antidiuretic action of low concentrations of vasopressin is well established and concentrations 10 to 100 times above those required for antidiuresis elevate arterial blood pressure. Antidiuresis is mediated by V2-receptors at the kidney, whereas vasopressin constricts arterioles by binding at V1-receptors. Pharmacological effects of specific antagonists of the vasoconstrictor activity of vasopressin (vascular or V1-receptor antagonists) are presented. Low concentrations of vasopressin do have significant hemodynamic effects. Physiological concentrations of vasopressin cause vasoconstriction and elevate systemic vascular resistance. In subjects with intact cardiovascular reflex activity, however, cardiac output falls concomitantly and blood pressure therefore does not change. In animals with baroreceptor deafferentation or in patients with blunted baroreceptor reflexes (autonomic insufficiency) a rise in plasma vasopressin causes vasoconstriction and an increase in blood pressure, because cardiac output does not fall under these conditions. Vasopressin contributes substantially via increase in systemic vascular resistance to maintain blood pressure during water deprivation. During hemorrhage and hypotension vasopressin has a major role to restore blood pressure. In experimental hypertension vasopressin contributes to the development and maintenance of high blood pressure in DOCA, but not in genetic hypertensive rats. The role of vasopressin in human hypertension is not yet clear. Vasopressin in extrahypothalamic areas of the brain affects circulatory regulation by interaction with central cardiovascular control centers. The exact mechanism of how vasopressin is involved in central regulation of blood pressure remains to be established. In contrast to our previous opinion vasopressin is a vasoactive hormone also at low plasma concentrations. Its cardiovascular action is more complex than previously assumed.


PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Founding Editor, MATTHEW J. WAYNER

Editorial Advisory Board
MICHAEL BAUM, Boston University, Boston, MA
TIMOTHY J. BARTNESS, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
GARY K. BEAUCHAMP, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA
LARRY L. BELLINGER, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX
D. CAROLINE BLANCHARD, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, HI
RICHARD J. BODNAR, Queens College of the City University of New York,
Flushing, NY
THOMAS W. CASTONGUAY, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
LIQUE M. COOLEN, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
WIM E. CRUSIO, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, Talence, France
SIETSE F. DE BOER, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
JUAN M. DOMINGUEZ, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
DAVID A. EDWARDS, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
D.P. FIGLEWICZ LATTEMANN, VA Puget Sound Health Care System,
Seattle, WA
CHERYL A. FRYE, SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY
RONALD J. JANDACEK, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
ROBIN B. KANAREK, Tufts University, Medford, MA
KEITH KENDRICK, AFRC Babraham Institute, Cambridge, England
SARAH F. LEIBOWITZ, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
BRUCE S. McEWEN, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
MARILYN Y. McGINNIS, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
KLAUS A. MICZEK, Tufts University, Medford, MA
GUY MITTLEMAN, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
PIERRE MORMEDE, University de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
RANDY J. NELSON, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
MELLY S. OITZL, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research and Leiden
University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
JAMES G. PFAUS, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
SUSAN RITTER, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
ROBERT J. RODGERS, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
NEIL E. ROWLAND, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
PAUL A. RUSHING, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Münster, Germany
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ANDREA SGOIFO, University of Parma Via Usberti, Parma, Italy
GERARD P. SMITH, The New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center,
White Plains, NY
WILLIAM P. SMOTHERMAN, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY
VOLKER STEFANSKI, Dept. of Animal Physiology, Universitätsstr. 30, 95440
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URSULA STOCKHORST, Institute of Psychology, Osnabrueck, Germany
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ZOE S. WARWICK, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
RICHARD S. WEISINGER, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
MARGRIET S. WESTERTERP-PLANTENGA, Maastricht University, Maastricht,
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STEPHEN WOODS, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Water, Salt , Sleep

Salt on your Tongue?


OK, so this sounds like the story my parents used to tell me that if you can put salt on the tail of a bird you can catch it…. now they’re saying if you put salt on your tongue (with a drink of water) you can sleep.

What?

A friend recently referred me to a book Water for Health, for Healing, for Life by F. Batmanghedlidj, MD.

Here’s an excerpt from it:
“Salt is vital for sleep regulation. It is a natural hypnotic. If you drink a full glass of water, then put a few grains of salt on your tongue and let it stay there, you will fall into a natural, deep sleep. Don’t use salt on your tongue unless you also drink water. Repeated use of salt by itself might cause nosebleeds. Routine intake of water and the addition of some salt to the diet will regulate sleep pattern.”

And then I noticed the following article on Dr Mercola’s site… citing salt as a natural antidepressant. Interesting.

Knowing that depression and insomnia have a link too… I think it’s worth a try.

Don’t forget to use a good quality unrefined sea salt… where the minerals balance is good.

And I’d love to hear some feedback on this. My friend says she has tried it, and it worked… but I’d like to see a lot more responses.
Write back and tell me how you go, both good and bad, please!
And is it like sleeping at the beach? Crashing waves? Salty sea? Just kidding.
Elizabeth

jamie
I read about this in Women’s Day and it is true it really works… I have tried to tell friends and family to try it but they won’t they think I am crazy… But it really works well…
 
tim
I've recently had mouth sores while simultaneously having headaches. All ive done differently was rinsing my mouth with salt water, before going to bed. and i sleep like a rock with no headaches and the best sleep ever.
 
Nada
I’ve never tried it but will give it a go. I have read however that salt helps with the Serotonin levels, those that are low in serotonin will usually crave salt to help with the balance but it is vital to drink water! I find that when i am really run down I crave a lot of salty foods or just a pinch of salt.
If you think about it according to the above theory it works to the opposite of sugar… Now that makes sense.
 
Shanita
I received the tip from an app on my phone & tested it out. I was sleep within a few mins!! It was the best sleep I had in a long time.
 
Sripal Jain
I read this in one of the app and try it out on myself, I was amazed and I as in a deep s leep
 
brock
got this tip out of the who knew book. got a few questions. seemed to work night before last but not tonight. how much salt do you put on your tongue? do you swallow it? water before or after or both? also what kind of salt – plain ole morton – sea – kosher? could using this on a long-term basis raise blood pressure. (salting food raises blood pressure) even though this is much less. thanks for any input. i really need help sleeping. hey it worked once!
 
sripal jain
Same tip i was reading on iphone app and tried it out and it works best for me, its like a hypnotic sleep and i get refreshed and energetic in the mornning
 
pipinay
The salt cure works often for me but not always. About four out of five times. Not bad! I also suppressed laughter when i heard about it the first time but what have i to lose. Now i am the one that gets the incredulous looks when i talk about my experience with salt and sleeplessness.
 
Dimitri
It works. Glas of water before bed and and suck on some salt grains and I fall asleep in no time.
 
MikeAugust
This works. It’s amazing that we have become so conditioned as “consumers” to trust almost anything we see/hear in commercials, which convince us to buy medicines, and we scoff at the notion that the body’s basic needs can be easily treated with things like proper nutrition and hydration. I read Dr. Batmanghelidj’s book, “Your Body’s Many Cries For Water: You’re Not Sick, You’re Thirsty — Don’t Treat Thirst With Medication” and every sentence in that book makes complete sense.
 
The body’s most basic requirement is water, salt and potassium to maintain proper hydration. While we can last several weeks without food, if need be, we will die within only several days without water. Drugs are chemicals, and the side-effects of many of them can be shocking and downright life-threatening.
 
I am 63. After almost 20 years of believing I had allergies and wasting hundreds and hundreds of dollars and more on allergy meds that didn’t do anything – some common drugs like decongestants and antihistamines were actually making the problem WORSE – Dr. Batmaghelidj’s book convinced me I was severely dehydrated. I now take NO MEDICATION WHATSOEVER and all my “allergy” symptoms are gone.
 
Placing on the tongue a few grains of unrefined sea salt (recommended because it has all the natural minerals that are removed from common table salt) after drinking a glass of water will make you sleep very soundly.
 
I highly recommend the book.
 
Elizabeth Shannon reply August 10, 2016 at 6:18 pm
Thanks Mike for your comments. The salt suggestion was a bit left of field, and it is interesting to know that you have both tried the method and found it helpful. Hydration is very important. Yes, often the basics are what we are not doing, thinking instead that complicated solutions are required. Thanks for your suggestion and book recommendation.

 Many people consume too much salt, but new research may have uncovered one reason people crave it -- it might lead to a better mood.
 
Researchers found that when rats are deficient in sodium chloride (common table salt), they shy away from activities they normally enjoy. A loss of pleasure in normally pleasing activities is one of the most important features of psychological depression.

If salt is a natural mood-elevating substance, it could help explain why so many are tempted to over-ingest it, even though it's known to contribute to high blood pressure, heart disease and other health problems.



Dr. Mercola's Comments:

Most processed foods and restaurant meals contain very high levels of sodium from refined salt, and account for about 77 percent of Americans’ total salt intake. (90 percent of the money most Americans spend on food is for processed foods, and every one of these foods is loaded with unnatural highly processed salt).
 
One 2007 study, featured on BBC News found that the amount of salt consumed in just one Pizza Hut meal is more than twice the recommended daily limit for an adult and four times the daily limit of a six year old.
 
However, the vilification of salt is similar to the issue of saturated fat, which is in fact a healthy type of fat, but is typically consumed in many fast foods that also contain large amounts of trans fats, which can cause a number of health problems. Similarly, whereas natural salt is a healthy ingredient, processed table salt can be a problem.
 
Natural salt is in fact essential for life and play a key role in:
  • allowing fluids to pass in and out of your cells
  • helping carry nutrients to your cells
  • helping nerve cells in your brain and body to transfer information
  • various metabolic reactions in your body
  • regulating blood pressure
An adequate intake of sodium is also required for optimal growth of fat, bone and muscle tissues. According to the study above, severe sodium restriction may negatively affect your glucose metabolism and disturb normal blood viscosity. They also found that sodium deficiency can induce behavioral changes such as reduced motivation, fatigue, and feelings of depression.
 
However, it’s important to understand that the salt used in processed foods is the highly processed variety, and NOT at all the same as the natural salt your body actually craves to perform these vital functions, including the maintenance of proper brain function.
 
Personally I seek to avoid all processed foods whenever possible and rarely consume regular table salt. I like the taste of Himalayan salt so much I carry it with me when I travel, and as many who have dined with me know, I typically put it on the table and offer others to try it and they just love it.
 
Of course I warn them that Himalayan salt tastes so good, many who try it like it so much they refuse to use regular table salt again.
 

Mood Changes May Signal Sodium Deficiency

In the scientific review above, the researchers discovered that sodium taste as well as certain motivational/affective processes converge at sites in your limbic forebrain, suggesting that taste and motivational processes overlap, and because they are related to your sodium homeostasis, changes in sodium levels can influence your behavior both in terms of mood and taste cravings.
In fact, changes in mood are frequently among the first signs of a nutritional deficiency in your diet.
 
For example, people who work day-to-day in extremely hot environments and lose large amounts of sodium through sweating commonly complain of fatigue, headache, difficulty concentrating, and sleep disturbances — symptoms that are often associated with psychological depression.
 
In a classic study in 1936, they showed that it took about seven days to make subjects sodium deficient when consuming sodium-free diets and sweating.

Mood-related symptoms reported by the subjects included:
  • loss of appetite
  • loss of capacity to experience pleasure and joy
  • difficulty concentrating
  • excessive fatigue
  • general sense of exhaustion
Since they did not detect any changes in blood pressure or pulse rate, and none of the subjects experienced cramps, it was determined that the deficiency did not initially disturb physiological functioning to any noticeable degree.
 
Interestingly, the researchers believed it is possible that changes in mood and appetite are among the first noticeable manifestations of sodium deficiency.

Salt actually becomes more palatable as a consequence of sodium loss, so when you become deficient in sodium, your taste buds play a fundamental role in restoring the balance.
 
People suffering from sodium deficiency typically report having a peculiar sensation in their mouth that is more commonly associated with thirst than with craving salt. People with weak adrenals usually report that they crave salty types of foods.
 
How Much Salt Does Your Body Need?

Normally, the homeostasis of your body fluids is corrected primarily by your kidneys, and proper renal handling of sodium is necessary for normal cardiovascular function. Given that your survival and normal physical development are dependent on adequate sodium intake and retention, the central question is – how much salt do you really need?
 
Previous research has shown that the worldwide average for salt intake per person is about 10 grams per day. Meanwhile, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommend a maximum of 2.4 grams per person, which still may be more than double what your body really needs.
 
As an example, the New Guinea Highlanders average daily salt intake is around 0.5 g/day, and there is no evidence they are unhealthy. In fact they show far less cardiovascular disease than populations that consume the worldwide norm.
 
A strictly vegetarian diet contains about 0.75 grams of salt per day, and it’s been estimated that the Paleolithic diet contained about 1 to 1.5 grams, which was clearly sufficient for survival, even though it falls far below the FDA recommended amount.
 
I believe it’s clear that most Americans consume FAR too much processed salt that offers minimal health benefits. But if you want to find out whether you’re eating the proper amount of salt for your body, a fasting chemistry profile that shows your serum sodium level can give you a good idea, so that you can modify your diet accordingly.
 
Your ideal sodium level is 139, with an optimal range of 136 to 142.

If it is much lower, you probably need to eat more salt; if it is higher, you’ll likely want to restrict your salt intake.
 
Keep in mind that if you have weak adrenals you will lose sodium and need to eat more natural salt to compensate.
 
Why You Should Avoid Regular Table Salt

As I mentioned earlier, there’s a big difference between standard, refined table salt and natural health-promoting salt.
 
Your table salt is actually 97.5 percent sodium chloride and 2.5 percent chemicals such as moisture absorbents and iodine. This salt is dried at an excessively high temperature -- over 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit -- that actually negatively alters the natural ionic physical structure of the salt.
 
Virtually all of the naturally occurring minerals that are typically in the salt have been processed out. Additionally, the processing imparts unhealthy vibrational frequencies into the salt, somewhat like a harmful homeopathic.

Moreover, when your body attempts to eliminate the excess processed salt, water molecules surround the sodium chloride to break it up into sodium and chloride ions in order to help your body neutralize these ions.
 
To accomplish this, water is taken from your cells, which tends to compromise the fluid balance in your cells.

You may be surprised to learn that for every gram of sodium chloride that your body cannot get rid of, your body uses 23 times the amount of water to neutralize the salt. Eating common table salt therefore causes excess fluid in your body tissue, which can contribute to:
  • Unsightly cellulite
  • Rheumatism, arthritis, and gout
  • Kidney and gall bladder stones
 
Considering the fact that the average American eats 40 to 60 grams of salt each day this is really a pervasive issue. One reason for this overconsumption (other than the fact that it’s in virtually every type of processed food you buy) is that salt appears to be addictive, in a manner similar to that seen after regular consumption of coffee or nicotine.

Your Body Needs Salt – Choose Unprocesed Salt!
Considering the many biological functions facilitated by salt, it would be a mistake to eliminate it entirely. However, it’s important to make sure you’re consuming the right kind of salt – the kind of salt your body can actually process and use.

I believe it’s perfectly fine and beneficial to use a pure, natural salt, such as Celtic or Himalayan salt, to add flavor to your food. (Personally, I far prefer the pink Himalayan salt, but either one will do as they are unprocessed salts and are not associated with most of the problems of commercial salts.)

Natural salt is dried naturally, and is not chemically processed so it contains minerals that your body actually needs to function normally.

If you are following the advice in Take Control of Your Health and have already eliminated processed foods from your diet, then your salt consumption will automatically be very low, as the only salt you’ll be consuming is what you personally add to your meals.

If your sodium levels are too high and you need to avoid salt, you can use lemon, garlic and other fresh herbs as replacements that will give your food added flavor and a healthy kick.


Friday, April 21, 2017

What Is Five Point Touch Therapy or Psycho-Bio-Acupressure (PBA)

14+What Is Five Point Touch Therapy or Psycho-Bio-Acupressure (PBA) 

  In the beginning, I was inspired by a "five point acupuncture" technique, which is taught in Australia and in different parts of the world. In France, Doctor Patrick Veret was a precursor in this field. Rather than considering the energy of an isolated acupuncture point, the initial reasoning was to to stimulate five points at the same time, so as to produce a printed circuit on the human body. Derived from the original energy that circulates within the meridians, a specific energy would start flowing within the circuit. Each specific circuit ( constituted of five points) was seen to correspond to a particular issue.

  I was taught this particular technique about eighteen years ago (i.e.,since 1995) , and I decided to use it in my practice. I learned certain circuits through Dr. Veret's writings and others from other sources. My purpose at that time was to use the circuits in order to deal with physical disorders such as hypertension, sinusitis, or sciatica. 

  Hypertension (HTN or HT), also known as high blood pressure (HBP), is a long term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated.High blood pressure usually does not cause symptoms. Long term high blood pressure, however, is a major risk factor for coronary artery disease, stroke, heart failure, peripheral vascular disease, vision loss, and chronic kidney disease. Sinusitis or sinus infection is inflammation of the air cavities within the passages of the nose. Sciatica describes leg pain, numbness or weakness that starts in the low back and travels down the sciatic nerve in the leg causing sciatica pain.

  However, the results I obtained were a bit surprising. My patients did not seem to draw any benefit from the circuits, at least not on the physical level. Unexpectedly , their psychological reactions proved unanimous: they reported feeling better, more relaxed, with their usual stress gone. 

  After giving this a lot of thought, I carefully experimented for a long time. Eventually I could not help but draw the unanticipated yet crystal-clear conclusion that those circuits produced an unknown psychological impact. Let me now try to explain it to you in simple terms and by using a comparison. Certain aspects of our human brain and of our human body (which depends on our brain) share similarities with a computer; if the computer is not connected to the right voltage, or if its battery is low, certain programs just stop working. The same happens with our human brain: as soon as it ceases to be correctly fed, certain "programs"stop working, making us unable to handle the situations at hand that come our way. This comparison with a computer is obviously just a useful metaphor ( for the human brain is not a moronic-machine, but is a very intelligent organism), but this metaphor makes the whole process easy to understand. 

  The energy that goes to our brain and feeds it originates in large part from our thoughts. Thought is pure energy: the full meaning of this concept as well as its implications is very important to understanding five point touch therapy or psycho-bio-acupressure. Thought is an energetic phenomenon and its impact is not to be underestimated. This is a concept made familiar by quantum physics. 

  Quantum physics is  the branch of physics concerned with quantum theory. "quantum physics allows for particles to be in two states at the same time". Quantum mechanics (QM; also known as quantum physics or quantum theory), including quantum field theory, is a branch of physics which is the fundamental theory of nature at small scales and low energy levels of atoms and subatomic particles.

 Of course, we receive energies from our metabolism (hence the importance of trace elements), as well as from our cosmic and telluric environment. A telluric current (from Latin tellūs, "earth"), or Earth current, is an electric current which moves underground or through the sea. Telluric currents result from both natural causes and human activity, and the discrete currents interact in a complex pattern. However, the thought-induced energies are the ones that have a major impact on our human brain ( and are liable to disturb it), This is also an observable reality. Each of us experience a glimpse of this every day.

  Just observing the way we feel when we are speaking with an angry person makes us aware that we are dealing with fields of energy: whatever efforts that person makes to conceal his strong feelings of anger, we just know it, we feel the energy that emanates from that angry person; that energy originates from his/her thoughts and radiates powerfully. However hard the angry person endeavors to appear collected, we pick up on that energy of anger. On the contrary, the energy of love coming from a person in love with you is warm, powerful, and beautiful. 

  Unsurprisingly, each time we charge our brain with negativity, our "voltage" decreases, and this is what makes us unable to cope with our challenges. The more we are charged with negative energies, the more we disturb the way we function, util we finally switch to different energetic systems, which can be systems of depression or panic. The particular incident that triggers our destructive emotion might be so unbearable that it makes us lose control or "blow our fuses," and this is how a "scar" is produced in our energetic system. Such "scars" have enduring effects on our future.

  To come back to our comparison with electricity, let us just say that if a number of fuses, which have blown in your home, are not fixed, the small appliances that correspond tot hem fuses will just stop working.  This situation will last forever if nothing is done. This much is very clear. The same process occurs with our human brain. However, just as we can repair the electrical blown fuses in our homes, we have the possibility of restoring balance to our energies. 

  This is where five point touch therapy comes in. By stimulating certain specific Psycho-Bio-Acupressure(PBA) circuits, an energy antidote will start flowing ; in a matter of minutes, our energy will be restored; relief will be  instantaneous.

The Birth of Five Point Touch Therapy.
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Application Technique.
Let's suppose, for example, that you want to stimulate point 4 of the circuit against depression.

Separate you left thumb from your left index finger. Place you right thumb right into the angle that has been produced. Press firmly. Slowly rotate clockwise till you hit a more sensitive zone: here is the acupressure point you want. Remember this special sensitivity: this is what you will be looking from when searching for any of the other acupressure points detailed in this blog. 

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  Nonetheless, if you don't find this sensitive zone, do not worry
too much, as it is possible that this specific area does not feel particularly special on you. Just press your finger on the point as shown on the diagram and apply a firm pressure. You can't go wrong because the surface of your finger largely covers the area you want to target. 

  Don't forget that a firm pressure does not mean a painful one: press firmly, dig deep to make sure you find this special sensitivity; the elasticity of your skin allows you to do that. It is of the utmost important that, after you have pressed upon the five points and closed your eyes to mentally check on them, you still feel the pressure lingering in each of the five points: the five points have to remain activated together for a few seconds for the circuit to start working and become effective.

  Also do not forget to remove your watch (because of the batteries) and to empty your pockets of items such as mobile phones, remote controls, and magnetic bracelets or necklaces, as these objects could interfere with the action of PBA.  In the same way, if you are working , doing PBA on somebody else, ensure that they remove all such items, too. 

  When you are working on someone else it is also important to mentally build a "mental shield", see the Fourth Golden Rule, to protect yourself against negative energies, and to wash your hands carefully once the session is over. It does not serve anyone if you become charged with energies that are not your own. Click here to learn Fourth Golden Rule for Retaining Energy Balance and continue learning.


Saturday, February 11, 2017

Minerals In The Body

Why We Have Minerals In The Body

Next to water, minerals are the backbone of cell physiology.  Although they are represented in the blood to a lesser extent, potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, selenium, chromium, copper, manganese, boron, vanadium, silicon, and some others maintain life inside the cells of the body.  There are more of them inside the cells than there are in the blood.  The first thing they do is osmotically hold on to water and regulate the plum-like volume and structure of the cells from inside.  They also regulate the acid-alkaline balance inside the cell.

When these elements are adequately present in the cell interiors, they osmotically and naturally pull and keep water in the cell.  When these elements are less than adequately available, the method of water delivery into the cells is by forced injection through “showerheads,” which are formed in the cell membrane to let only water in.  To do this, added pressure-injection pressure-is needed.

Proportionate to the level of mineral deficiency in the cell interior, injection pressure is adjusted to do the work.  At a certain level, the rise in injection pressure becomes significant and is called hypertension.  Hypertension denotes mineral deficiency in the interior of the cells of the body-a state of general mineral deficiency.  Once this deficiency is corrected, and in conjunction with adequate salt intake, the blood pressure becomes normal once again.  The more functionally important intracellular minerals are:  Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc and Selinium.

High Blood Pressure Testimonials

On 8/20/2015 2:34 PM, 
Mark Kupfer wrote: 

Hi Bob, Excuse me for the belated response. I will try to keep this brief and spare you from all the boring details. Prior to my starting the water cure, I had been suffering from gout, dangerously high blood pressure and a whole slew of problems. 

After taking a blood and urine test the doctor stated, "Mr. Kupfer you've got serious kidney damage among other issues." He wrote a prescription. I remember walking into the pharmacy, about to pick up medication. 4 sets of drugs. Holy smokes, I thought to myself. There has got to be a better way. I simply excused myself walked out without taking the medicine. 

Yes a dangerous move. I do take the bp medication. Searching for alternatives, not wanting to drastically alter my lifestyle, I discovered the watercure. Starting the process January 2014. Over the course of 6 month's my lab workup improved substantially. I can safely state there was a 80% improvement. I eradicated the gout, lowered but not yet normalized my bp. Kidney functions are normal. Lost weight. Many other readings are normal. 

Bear in mind. During that 6 month period I had an intensive blood and urine test each month. I told the doctor, "check off everything, even the pregnancy test!" Lol. That's how serious and firm I was. 

After 6 months as doc reviewed the progress, he was amazed. He asked, "Did you become a vegetarian?" "Vegan? No way!" I said. I showed him the watercure. Doc was in denial. I said my lab work is proof. This ain't quackery. I must state while watercure allowed my health to improve, 85% of the issues are now gone. But, some exercise and dietary changes must be incorporated into your daily lifestyle. 

I promote the watercure to everyone I talk to. My family already knows I will talk "watercure" where ever we go. I tell people "I am living testimony". Feel free to publish my name and contact info. 

Sincerely, Mark Kupfer

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Excerpt On High Blood Pressure

From the soon to be released book
'Goof Proof Health'
by Jim Bolen and Jim Rising

High Blood Pressure

14 years ago my blood pressure was 265 over 120…..Besides being sky high what do those numbers mean. Well, simply put, the top number is the pressure in your arteries and the bottom number is how hard the heart (pump-muscle) is working to create the top number. The accepted normal blood pressure range is 90 over 60 to 130 over 90.

If the top number stays at 160 or goes even higher for a long period of time it can cause a stroke, because the thin veins and arteries in your brain are not designed to handle high blood pressure for long periods of time. 

If the bottom number stays at 95 or even higher for a long period of time (years), it will cause the heart (pump muscle) to enlarge. As the heart gets bigger and bigger it will stretch or pull apart the heart valves causing leaks or heart failure. 

*High blood pressure can cause:
Strokes
Heart failure
Heart attack
Hardening of the arteries
Kidney damage
Retina damage in the eyes

Temporary high blood pressure is required by our body to get us out of bed, climb stairs or go running. When we get scared our blood pressure goes way up in case we need to react to an emergency. This high blood pressure is required to supply the oxygen and other chemistry to the body.

Blood pressure is measured "at rest", meaning your pulse (heart beat) should be some where around 60-65 beats per minute. If the pulse rate is above 65, then the blood pressure will not be the true "at rest" reading. 

Dr Batman talks about a flaw when you or your doctor takes your blood pressure. The compressing of the arteries in the arm causes a temporary blockage (stopping the flow of blood). In a healthy system this tells the brain you have no flow of blood in the arm. Your brain will increase the blood pressure to try to remove the blockage. This can give you a false reading.

Dr Batman suggests several readings should be taken one after another (no waiting in between). It can take up to 5 tries to get an accurate reading. When you get two readings the same, then the brain knows you were only doing a test. Try this yourself and you will see the numbers go down with each reading. Remember, if the pulse is higher than 65 then the reading will not be your true "at rest" reading.

If your blood pressure is up all the time you should go on medication to lower it until you can find the cause and fix it.

The main cause of high blood pressure, according to Dr Batman, is being low on water. Our blood is 94% water. When your blood is low on water, then your heart must pump the lower volume of blood harder thru the constricted (tightened up) veins and arteries.

You should slowly increase your water intake by adding just one, 8 oz glass of plain water (250ml) each day while stopping any commercial beverage's like alcohol, coffee, soda, tea and ginseng until you reach the required amount. Juices don't replace the need for plain water, but a couple glasses per day are okay.

You need half your weight in ounces of plain water every day. You need at least 1/8 tsp (3/4 gram) of salt (sodium chloride) for every 16 oz (500ml-half a liter) of water. Unrefined sea salt is the best to use because it contains over 80 trace minerals that are not in your everyday brand of table salt. It also tastes better.

Please read "Important Tips to Know Before Starting the Water Cure Program" on page 120. This information is CRITICAL for you to be able to use the water & salt program properly.

Doctors suggest we should stay away from salt and sugar because we get too much in our food. All that flies out the door when you have a medical emergency and go to the hospital. What do they do there…they will give you an IV of saline (salt water) and an IV of dextrose (sugar water). They may also give you an IV of vitamins and minerals. 

Why, when you leave the hospital and go to your doctor's for a follow-up, at some point he will tell you to stay away from salt and sugar once again?

Putting salt on your tongue will:

Clear up any congestion in your lungs or sinuses
Stop a runny nose (antihistamine)
Stop muscle cramps. 
Possibly improve your vision temporarily 

By following Dr Batman's program I was able to lower my blood pressure from 265 over 120 down to 120 over 80. That was 14 years ago and it is still the same today. 

Dr Batman's complete program simplified is:

Drinking plain water
Getting the required amount of salt
Taking supplements 
Eating foods to supply the body with amino acids 
Walking each day 

You must read the chapters on water, salt, food and exercise to better understand the complete program. This chapter on high blood pressure is to educate the reader and point you in the right direction.

If you are having problems with drinking the water or taking the salt then go to the trouble-shooting chapter on page 115. 

This is suggested information only to educate a person on what we have learned and experienced from following Dr Batman's published books. Try it at your own risk.

Note: About 1 in 150,000 people that are either drinking water or taking salt for the first time in a long time may see their blood pressure go up for 1 to 2 days. If this is you, consider yourself special, go out and buy a lottery ticket. Your cells are adjusting to the water and salt you have been taking. When they are done your blood pressure will come down.

If you become light headed, dizzy or weak after either drinking water or taking salt for the first time, get some ice and place it on the right side of your neck until you can't stand it anymore. Then place the ice on your left side of the neck, again until you can't stand it. Keep repeating this and you will slowly start to bring your self out of this sensation.

Now, when you begin the program again, you must start drinking water and taking the salt at a slower pace. See page 116 for information on how to do this.

* Texas Heart Institute @ St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital website

My name is Stephen Knight. I am 58 years old and live in Lake Ariel Pa. My girlfriend told me about the water cure after it cured her high blood pressure but I was very, very skeptical. I suffered with dangerously high blood pressure and the thought of “consuming salt” is unheard of . After talking with Bob Butts and constant nagging from my girlfriend I decided I’d d try it for 2 days (just to shut her up)! The very first night I slept without interruption. That’s something I haven’t done in years. The next day my BP was 146/85, I couldn’t believe it! I lost my medical insurance and cant afford to go to a doctor. The only thing he’d do is prescribe medication that I cant afford anyway. I’ve been on the water cure for 2 weeks and the affects are phenomenal. Not only is my BP at normal levels but, I have more energy, I’m more alert, have a better appetite, sleep much better and it goes on and on. For a skeptic like myself to participate in something like this is shocking in itself. I cant dispute these results and I am very excited about them. So why aren’t we told about this? 
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From: Michael V. Krol 
            R.R. #2 Box 1645 
           Honesdale PA. 10431
           (570) 253-2259

To: Bob Butts 
       Cee-Kay Auto
       4949 Birney Ave.
       Moosic, PA. 18507
My life changed after two months on the "Water Cure." As the result of an accident on Oct. 5,1954, I suffered a broken back, dislocated shoulder, dislocated knees, a smashed foot and a fractured skull. I've had severe pain and discomfort ever since. I was taking Lasix, a diuretic for edema of both legs. I also took atenolol and lisinopril for high blood pressure and was told to use no salt. I was a heavy consumer of alcohol most of my life. It got to where I was drinking one or two six-packs of beer each day and sometimes as much as a full case. I prayed to God to help me stop drinking. 

I first heard about the "Water Cure" on "Positive Press on the Air." My wife and daughter went to Cee-Kay Auto and spoke to Bob Butts about the "Water Cure." I sat in the car. It wasn't easy for me to come in. I read the literature and it made sense to me, so I tried the "Water Cure." The day I started drinking a gallon of water a day while using sea salt liberally, I quit drinking alcohol. I've had no desire for any since, even when in the company of others drinking alcohol. My pain is diminished to the point that I don't park in handicap spots. I am now off all pain medication. The edema in my ankles disappeared in two days. In two weeks my blood pressure returned to normal and I've been off the medication since. Before going on medication my pressure was 166 over 126. On medication it would be about 156 over 83. Now it is 141 over 78. My energy also greatly improved. It's incredible how much my life changed for the better in just two months. 

I recommended the "Water Cure" to my daughter Kelly, who was suffering from compacted bowels. In five days she was restored to health. Her complexion also greatly improved. She had very severe blemishes and skin texture that was so bad it resembled alligator hide. It returned to almost normal in five days. She now feels like a million dollars Feel free to share my success with your listeners and readers. You may use my name, address and telephone number. Our E-mail address is Mike_Krol@onebox.com
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Amazing Results With Salt Baths

I have personally seen my blood pressure drop to normal virtually every time in 5 to 15 minutes after being in a salt bath consisting of 2.5 cups (2 cups for our large tub, 1 cup is fine for a regular size tub) of salt (unprocessed sea salt is best, but even junk table salt is very helpful) and about 1/2 cup of baking soda. Keep the water temperature at 98.6 or lower so your body isn't isn't being stressed trying to maintain the proper temperature. My problem is that even though I drink a lot of water & use plenty of salt, there are times when I get dehydrated. Rather than drink enough salt & water, I started researching the salt baths and the results were amazing. This is great for people whose MD tells them not to use salt & you can bet he/she would have no problem if you swam in the salt water in the ocean. That's why dehydrated people feel much better when they swim in the ocean. Incidentally, the salinity of the ocean and the water environment of a an unborn baby is exactly the same according to Dr. Batmanghelidj.

Bob Butts

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Why We Have Minerals In The Body

The Cause & Cure of HBP

Next to water, minerals are the backbone of cell physiology. Although they are represented in the blood to a lesser extent, potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, selenium, chromium, copper, manganese, boron, vanadium, silicon, and some others maintain life inside the cells of the body. There are more of them inside the cells than there are in the blood. The first thing they do is osmotically hold on to water and regulate the plum-like volume and structure of the cells from inside. They also regulate the acid-alkaline balance inside the cell.

When these elements are adequately present in the cell interiors, they osmotically and naturally pull and keep water in the cell. When these elements are less than adequately available, the method of water delivery into the cells is by forced injection through “showerheads,” which are formed in the cell membrane to let only water in. To do this, added pressure-injection pressure-is needed.


Proportionate to the level of mineral deficiency in the cell interior, injection pressure is adjusted to do the work. At a certain level, the rise in injection pressure becomes significant and is called hypertension. Hypertension denotes mineral deficiency in the interior of the cells of the body-a state of general mineral deficiency. Once this deficiency is corrected, and in conjunction with adequate salt intake, the blood pressure becomes normal once again. The more functionally important intracellular minerals are: Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc and Selenium. More info on page 202 to 209 in Dr. Batgmanghelidj's book, Obesity, Cancer and Depression, their common cause and natural cure,