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Coffee Foot Bath

Foot baths are one of the most useful and easily applied hydrotherapies. Requiring only a minimal amount of equipment, the foot bath can be accomplished while seated on a chair, a sofa, or on the edge of the bathtub. A foot tub may be purchased, but one may use any basin or pan that is waterproof and encloses the feet comfortably.

Eleven individuals were given this very specific kind of foot bath: it is made with used coffee grounds that are boiled just prior to the bath, letting the solution cool a bit before soaking the feet in the warm mixture. This mild tannic acid solution, derived from coffee, has beneficial effects, according to the readings, when applied externally.

Tannin or tannic acid is a yellowish astringent solution whose designation is generic for a wide assortment of vegetable products that are used to tan raw hides, converting them into leather—hence its name. Tannic acid is responsible for coffee’s sharp, bitter taste, as well as for causing stained teeth and cups. When drunk, it has been recognized for its harmful effects such as inhibiting the body’s absorption of calcium and B vitamins, causing heartburn, acid reflux, and indigestion, interacting with a wide range of medications—reducing their effectiveness—and in large doses causing cancer in animals. Yet its application externally, as mentioned previously, has important and useful benefits.

INDICATIONS

Cold and congestion; heaviness in throat, head, and feet; need for better rest; peeling skin on feet; poor circulation; poor eliminations; tiredness; weak foot arches; OK to apply during menstrual flow

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Check heat tolerance; diabetics or people with poor circulation in feet need to be cautious of water temperature

MATERIALS NEEDED

Small tub, wide bucket, or large pan—to place feet in

Used coffee grounds (not over a day old)—amounts range from 1 to 6 teacups

Pot to boil the used coffee grounds; ratio of amount of grounds to amount of water: 1 teacup of grounds: ½ gallon water; 1 cup: 1 or 1½ gallons; 2 cups: 1 to 1½ gallons; 2 to 3 cups: 1 to 1½ gallons; 6 cups: “ . . . sufficient water for a good foot bath . . . ” (2268-1); “ . . . sufficient {grounds} that the water is colored well from the hardboiled coffee grounds.” (243-33)

Towels (optional)—to place around tub to protect floor from drips

Bath towel (optional)—to dry off feet after soaking

FREQUENCY OF APPLICATION

Occasionally; daily; each evening before retiring; 1, 2, 3, or 4 times a week; until the cold dissipates

LENGTH OF TIME TO BOIL GROUNDS

Two to 2½ minutes, 10 minutes, 20 to 30 minutes, some readings mention no time length

LENGTH OF TIME OF APPLICATION

Five to 10 minutes, 20 minutes, no time frame given in most readings

LOCATION OF APPLICATION

Lower limbs—feet and ankles; heels, arches, toes, and bottoms of the feet; you can bathe and massage limbs up to the knees with the solution while feet are soaking

EXPECTED EFFECTS/PURPOSES

Enhances circulation

Relieves cold and congestion

Improves functioning of feet

DIRECTIONS

Collect the used coffee grounds from your coffee pot or filter. The grounds should be rather fresh—not over a day old. The amount of coffee grounds ranges from 1 teacup up to 6 cups. Boil the grounds in water from 2 minutes up to 20 to 30 minutes. The amount of water to be boiled ranges from ½ gallon to 1½ gallons. (For the recommended ratio of grounds to amount of water see Materials Needed section.)

After the water has been boiling for the specified length of time, allow it to cool somewhat, until it reaches a warm enough temperature (not hot or tepid), so that the feet and lower limbs can be comfortably placed in the water. The grounds may be kept in the water, and the whole solution poured into the foot tub. (Some readings say to strain or remove the grounds; others say not to.) Bathe and massage the feet and lower limbs, using both the water and the grounds (if not strained) as a lubricant, from five to twenty minutes. To do a thorough job, the limbs and knees may be continuously massaged—as well as the heels, arches, toes, and bottoms of the feet—while the feet are soaking. Then dry off the feet and limbs with a towel.

DIRECTIONS FROM THE READINGS

For a twenty-year-old woman who questioned what could be done for the weak arches in her feet (reading given on October 25, 1933):

. . . Each evening before retiring, bathe the feet and limbs to the knees in a very mild tannic acid, which may best be made (for such conditions) from coffee grounds. When they are ready to be thrown out, put on a cupful to a gallon and a half of water. Let boil for ten minutes, pour off and allow to cool sufficiently so that the lower limbs may be bathed in it. Massage the limbs and the feet, especially the heels and the arches and toes, all the time they are in the solution, see? The whole quantity being used, of course; drain the dregs off, or the grounds; and keep the limbs and feet in same for twenty minutes . . .

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For a thirteen-year-old girl experiencing peeling of the skin on her heels, ankles, and soles of feet (reading given on November 12, 1941):

. . . Bathe them {the feet} occasionally in weak coffee made from old coffee grounds; coffee that has been used, see? Save the old coffee grounds, not until they are soured, but boil and then bathe the feet and lower limbs in same; massaging them with same. Use about a teacup of coffee grounds to half a gallon of water, see? It is the tannic forces from these that has the beneficial effect . . .

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TESTIMONIALS/RESULTS

A twenty-three-year-old woman who received a total of fifteen readings had anemia, tuberculosis tendencies, and was susceptible to colds. A number of family members also received readings. On October 24, 1933, five days after getting her eighth reading, [421]’s aunt [340] wrote this report on her niece:

“ . . . The reading is excellent, and she needed it very badly. Her mother rubbed her feet and legs as you suggested, last night, and sister [243] said that [421] slept more peacefully than any night for the last three weeks . . . Isn’t that coffee grounds suggestion a new one? I’m sure I never heard {of} it before, but it does the work.”

421-8, Report #2

Report from A.R.E. member, Vincent C. Belton, in Seaford, N.Y., on October 9, 1978, which was placed as a supplement to reading 944-1:

“ . . . In May I sent for the {Circulating} File on cancer and phlebitis. Why phlebitis? One week after receiving the Circulating File my mother, seventy-nine years young, came down with phlebitis. We proceeded to make up the mullein tea and old coffee grounds extract to apply to her leg. {She also took a Sal Hepatica series as an intestinal cleanser, as well as 2,000 mg. of vitamin C, 25 mg. of B-6, and 100 mg. of pantothenic acid every two hours.} Six weeks later her phlebitis was gone along with most of her varicose veins that she has had for as long as I can remember.”

944-1, Report #1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

After taking the coffee grounds foot bath, instead of immediately drying off the feet, several readings suggested an additional treatment. One sixty-year-old woman was told to follow up her foot bath with a peanut oil massage to her knees, lower legs, and feet. She had complained of being unsteady on her feet and asked for suggestions to relieve her sore, tender feet. Her reading stated that “ . . . if this is done consistently, we will relieve these tensions.” (243-33)

A thirty-four-year-old woman, suffering from dysmenorrhea, was advised after her foot bath to “ . . . massage the cerebrospinal system with an equal combination of Mutton Tallow, Spirits of Turpentine and Spirits of Camphor—perhaps a tablespoonful of the Mutton Tallow (melted), and a tablespoonful of each of the other ingredients, mixed thoroughly together . . . ” (2268-1) It could be made fresh each time or a quantity could be made for several uses.

Why should one use coffee grounds that have already been used? Cayce clarified what he meant by fresh, yet used grounds:

. . . a solution {is} made from used coffee grounds; not soured grounds, but fresh—that is, not over a day old after being first used, see? Not the fresh coffee; it is preferable to use the grounds, that have the more tannin in same. Consequently the used grounds are preferable . . . The quantity of tannic acid from this source is preferable to using tannic acid in other solutions to massage. And the massaging with this solution, with the grounds in same, will stimulate the circulation . . .

2315-1

OTHER USES FOR COFFEE GROUNDS

Massaging the scalp with old coffee grounds not only “ . . . would keep the hair colored but it would be effective to make same grow.” (2301-5) This information was given to a thirty-one-year-old man who was having his fifth reading on August 27, 1943.

An insurance agent, a thirty-seven-year-old male, on October 31, 1942, had a similar request: “How may I promote the growth of new hair on my head? . . . ” The reading advised: “ . . . Eat more shell fish; and rub same with a few coffee grounds occasionally.” (2533-6)

For a sixteen-year-old girl receiving her seventh reading from Cayce on April 14, 1934, who asked, “What is the best formula that will make my skin brown from the sun?” this reply was offered:

. . . Sun tan for some is good. But for those that have a certain amount of pigment in the skin, as indicated in this body, to make for variations as to the effect of weather or sun upon exposed portions of the body—made up of the atomic vibrations to which the circulation in various portions of the body is reactive—to get a sun tan would not be well for this body; for it would burn tissue before it would tan. That which would be more effective (if the body is insistent that it desires the tan) would be the use of vinegar and olive oil (not vinegar made from acetic acid, or synthetic vinegar, but the use of that made from the apples) combined with coffee made from resteaming or re-vaporing used coffee grounds. The tannin in each of these, and the acids combined, would become very effective. But it will wear off, of course, in a very short time even—if used.

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