TYPES OF THERAPY

In the privacy of your home, there are several types of therapy that deserve particular attention. Naturally, it is our instinctive tendency to look for the simplest way of getting well. Often people resort to drugs in an attempt to cure themselves, only to find that the drug has changed the form and location the disease, producing new symptoms or complications that might even be worse than the original disease. Furthermore, the expense of drugs, together with their long term risk are reason for great caution in their use by the home health practitioner.
Diet is an extremely important type of home treatment. In case of illness, the patient’s diet should be simpler than is usually eaten. Sometimes a fruit fast for a few days will help a person recover without a grain of medicine.
Juices have a more limited place. Sometimes skipping a meal and drinking water or fruit juice will allow nature a chance to build up defenses against the invader. This should be done at mealtimes, not drinking juices all through the day.
Herb teas have a valued place in healing. Hence, a special chapter is being devoted to their use. Medicinal teas are usually prepared by mixing one teaspoon of the herb in a cup of boiling water and allowing it to steep for three to five minutes, until the tea is ready. The herb is strained out before drinking. Other herbal beverages made with parsley or comfrey, create the so called “green drink,” which is popular in health food stores today. There are many common symptoms that can be treated safely with herbs, making it unnecessary to consult a physician nearly as often as we do these days.
Hydrotherapy seems to be the most neglected home remedy. These treatments involve the use of water, and include such remedies as the hot half bath, cold shower, cold mitten friction, contrast bath, the heating compress, and other therapies discussed in chapters devoted to the specific treatments. Hydrotherapy offers a powerful technique of shifting the circulation in your
body. Its purpose is to decongest certain areas, then improve the ability of an organ to fight infection and overcome any invasion of germs. Perfect health depends upon perfect circulation. Water therapy is one of the most valuable ways to achieve this goal.
Exercise is also a valuable remedy in the treatment of many diseases, particularly those of degenerative nature. The chapters on heart disease, vascular disease, respiratory problems, and nervous disorders will particularly contain advice in regard to therapeutic exercise.
Sunlight, fresh air, abstinence from harmful substances, rest, and the mind healing influence of trusting in Divine power are also powerful remedies that one can use in the home to combat disease and restore right conditions within the system. We will apply these in the next chapter to approach the subject of pain, one of the most common symptoms that afflicts mankind.

Vegetable and Fruit Juices Contain Mother Nature’s Distilled Water

No new water has been put on the face of Mother Earth since it was originally formed. Just as the same energy is formed and re-formed, so the same water is used and re-used over and over again by the miracle of Mother Nature. Waters of the earth are purified by distillation. The sun evaporates the water which is collected into clouds. When the clouds become full we have rain and dew – pure, perfectly clean, distilled water, free of all harmful inorganic substances, until polluted! Years ago, when the late Douglas Fairbanks, Senior, and Dad were close friends, they roamed the South Sea Islands for several months. During that trip Dad came upon an island inhabited by beautiful, healthy Polynesians who drank only distilled water because the island was surrounded by the Pacific Ocean. Their island was based on porous coral which could not hold water – so they would only drink rain water or the fresh, clear, clean water of the green coconut. Dad had never seen any finer specimens of humanity than these native South Sea Islanders. There were several doctors on the yacht who thoroughly examined the most mature people on these islands. One heart doctor stated that he had never in his life examined such healthy, well-preserved people. You may have noted we said only the most mature people were examined by the doctors. They were so completely unaware of age that no such word existed in their language! They never celebrated birthdays, so they were forever young – gloriously ageless, not only in years but in body. These older men performed as well in the vigorous native dances as the younger men. They were all beautiful human specimens because they lived their lengthy lives drinking only pure distilled water, eating natural foods and enjoying a healthy lifestyle.