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MAIDENHAIR TREE (GINKGO BILOBA) – EYESIGHT

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:57:57 +0000

A nursery-school teacher recently told me that her eyesight had deteriorated so that she could no longer read even when wearing her glasses. Several months earlier she had started taking Ginkgo biloba regularly, about thirty drops every morning and night. When she tried her old pair of glasses again she was amazed that her sight had actually improved. I asked myself why this might be so and came to the conclusion that Ginkgo biloba had had a regenerative effect on her eyes because it promotes good blood circulation even to the capillaries, thus also improving the supply of oxygen. In fact, I would be glad to hear from anyone whose eyesight had improved after taking Ginkgo biloba for some time. Incidentally, it stimulates other sensory functions too, for example the hearing.

Another patient said: ‘I began to notice an improvement in my circulation after taking 15-20 drops daily for about a month. The feeling of heaviness in my left foot and leg has almost gone and the migraine headaches are now less frequent.’

A further effect is highlighted in the following letter:

‘A little while ago I began to drink Ginkgo tea and I must say that its effect is outstanding. Blood supply to the head has improved. Every night my nostrils seemed to be blocked, but now this is better. What is even more important, I’m not as forgetful as I used to be, and if I do forget something I find it easier to recall what it was. Another thing, before I began to take Ginkgo biloba my right arm tended to go numb while I was asleep and I had to shake and massage it several times to get the circulation going again. Now I no longer suffer from this.’

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HOW A GOOD HERBAL REMEDY IS DEVELOPED – COMBINING REMEDIES (CONCLUSION)

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:50:47 +0000

To combine just any kind of herb or extract with another, hoping that eventually one may be lucky and suddenly invent something outstanding, is clearly the wrong thing to do. There are certain herbs and other natural remedies which, when combined, tend to harm rather than benefit the system. To ascertain the overall effects and be able to combine them correctly requires the gift and powers of accurate observation and a certain amount of intuition, a flair that comes from experience and training. Moreover, it is not always possible to judge the material components alone, for there are many substances and factors which have yet to be discovered but nevertheless play a part in the total effect. For this reason it is necessary to reckon with unknown as well as known factors.

Consider, for example, certain combinations of remedies that were used in the Middle Ages and are still as effective today as they were then. This is undoubtedly because of their rich content of vitamins and enzymes. Even though such factors were unknown when these remedies were originated, the skilled observers became aware of their effects and a new remedy was found and from then on employed in curing sickness. Practical experience in such circumstances is just as valuable, if not more so, than scientific knowledge of the exact chemical composition.

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THE SKIN – WHEN THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN ARE IMPAIRED (INTRODUCTION)

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:43:50 +0000

It is understandable that the indigenous peoples of, for example, Africa, South America and the South Sea islands enjoy a better skin function than people who have to wear thick clothing all the time; the native people in hot climates often walk around wearing very little clothing, if any, and their bodies are in constant contact with the air, sunlight and often with muddy water, thus promoting a more efficient skin function. Since in colder regions of the earth it would be impossible to do this, the people living in northern Europe must have followed a healthy instinctive desire to stimulate their bodies by taking regular saunas and improving the effect even further by cooling down afterwards in cold water or by rolling in the snow, for these customs also keep the functions of the skin in good order and, in turn, benefit the whole body. For the same reason some people with a healthy instinct like to go hiking or swimming. They practise such a sport on a reasonable scale, and if they ski it is done in a sensible way, climbing up the mountain slope instead of using a ski-lift. Other people find greater pleasure and advantage in massaging the body or having it massaged regularly. They use an effective oil that stimulates the functions of the skin, keeping it healthy and in top condition.

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NATURE DOCTOR – LOSS OF IMMUNITY

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:25:33 +0000

We are no longer absolutely in the dark when it comes to treating cancer. There are some biological means that help to normalise the body’s weakened defence system without causing undesirable side effects. It is now understood that cancer, the disease, is not restricted to a tumour, that is, a localised problem; rather, it is a chronic ailment affecting the body as a whole. For this reason measures must be taken to detoxify the body. How do we do this? First, we stimulate the liver, the organ whose role it is to filter out toxins. Then there is the need to regularise the intestinal flora. Next, the body must get plenty of oxygen. Finally, the patient requires a natural wholefood diet, with plenty of raw food, brown rice and lactic acid products. In this way we can fight cancer or do much to prevent it. At no time should we consider it an inevitable blow of fate.

With viruses the situation is similar, although less simple, because they usually attack the immune system. Where the body’s resistance has been damaged by the sum total of pathogenic effects and an inherited weakness in the immune system, a viral attack is able to destroy what is left of the existing regenerative forces. In such a case, not just one battle but the whole war will have been lost.

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ARTHRITIS AND GOUT – KNOWN CAUSES (AVITAMINOSIS AND METABOLIC DISORDERS)

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:16:45 +0000

Avitaminosis, as well as a deficiency of other vital substances, seem to be strongly implicated in the development of cancer, but research in this area is still inconclusive.

Metabolic disorders, for example chronic constipation and constant fermentations in the intestines as a result of dysbac-teria, are also very damaging.

Lack of oxygen plays a decisive part in the development of

cancer. Experience has shown that people who take plenty of

exercise in fresh, clean air are less at risk than those who engage

in mental work or have to work in closed rooms. It would therefore be advisable to walk more rather than go everywhere by car, to spend one’s free time walking in the woods and meadows instead of sitting in a pub or bar talking politics, or wasting one’s time in front of the television set or in the pursuit of similar pleasures.

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