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Here is a classic example of the overrated value of diagnostic labels and is one of my favorite true stories. A thirty-four-year-old laboratory scientist, [274] wrote to Mr. Cayce in March of 1933, listing all the symptoms and ailments that had plagued him since childhood:

As a child, jaundice; later erysipelas; then, from time to time, trouble of the following parts: liver, stomach, intestines, prostate, skin, throat, sinus, gums, hair falling rapidly, daily headaches, earaches, rheumatism or rheumatic aches, all of which have led me to a critical state of nervousness, of sexual weakness, of worrying, of depression affecting my mental efficiency (failing memory, restless mind and spiritual development, weak power of concentration) . . .

My weight decreasing all the time. I have followed diets, chiropractic treatments, healers, health foods and what not with little success, or none at all.

Keep in the mental attitude of being constructive in thought. Not any animosity nor any feeling sorry for self or because others are different and better in any respect, enjoying things that should be thine own. For in whatever state ye find thyself, that use to the glory of the Creative Force. (578-13)

The body must not lose courage to carry on, but working in patience know that all healing, all help must arise from constructive thinking, constructive application and most and first of all, constructive spiritual inspiration . . . Use [body] disturbances as stepping stones toward higher and better and greater understanding

(528-9)

Cayce’s diagnosis, consisting of one word, covered the entire range of complaints listed in the letter: “TOXEMIA!”

The Readings Covered a Range of Conditions

Cayce did not put medical diagnostic labels on the patients; they came from the doctors who had previously named their conditions. My referrals included the following ailments:

acidosis

edema

obesity

anemia

epilepsy

paralysis

arthritis

endocrine glands

Parkinson’s disease

asthenia

(incoordination)

pelvic disorders

angioneurotic edema

facial tics

phlebitis

aftereffects (of colds, operations, and accidents)

fibroids

poliomyelitis

gallbladder trouble

polymyositis

gallstones

pregnancy difficulties

back conditions

hay fever

prostatitis

blepharitis

head noises

psoriasis

blood pressure (high and low)

heart trouble

purpura

hemorrhoids

rheumatism

brain pressure

herpes

sciatica

bronchitis

hyperacidity

scoliosis

catarrh

kidney disorders

shock aftereffects

colic

(stones, malfunction, and incoordination)

stricture

sinusitis

colitis

congestions (all kinds)

sycosis barbae

colds

liver

tremors

diabetes

lupus erythematosus

tuberculosis

dermatitis

migraine headache

ulcers

eczema

neurasthenia

and many others

The man was referred to the Reilly Health Service for the following treatment, which cleaned out his system, and his many ailments disappeared. The Cayce prescription for treatment went like this:

Begin, then (under the existent conditions) and prepare this: To a gallon and a half of distilled water, add—in the order given—the following:

Wild Cherry Bark	1 ounce
Sarsaparilla Root	1 ounce
Yellow Dock Root	½ ounce
Burdock Root	½ ounce
Indian Turnip	10 grains
Mayweed	¼ ounce
Dogwood Bark	¼ ounce
Prickly Ash Bark	¼ ounce

Reduce this by slow boiling, until that strained off equals to 1 quart.

Cut 2 drams Balsam of Tolu into 3 ounces of grain alcohol and add to the solution, as a preservative and to stimulate the activity.

The dose of this would be half a teaspoonful 4 times each day, before each meal and before retiring.

After this has been taken for 3 to 5 days we will then find it necessary to use high enemas for the alleviating of distresses through the alimentary canal. These high enemas (which should be taken as colonic irrigations) should be taken (after the 5 days) at first, 2 the first week—see?—one, we would say, on Monday, the other on Saturday—see?

Then skip 2 weeks before 1 or more would be taken, but continuing to take the medicinal properties throughout this period—see?

Then we would begin with the thorough manipulations, or the massage that would follow sweat baths which—preferably—would be medicated, see? or, as this:

Before the body goes into the cabinet for the sweat bath, massage into the body those properties of olive oil, tincture of myrrh and sassafras oil—equal parts (heating the olive oil and adding the other ingredients). This would be massaged all over the body, and especially along the cerebro-spinal system, through the shoulders over the head, and all portions of the body.

Do not raise the temperature of the cabinet other than that which creates the general perspiration, see?

The bath would be followed by a general rubdown, with the stimulation of those oils or properties combined in this manner:

Russian White Oil	1 pint
Rub Alcohol	1 pint
Witch Hazel	½ pint

This would be massaged thoroughly into all portions of the body, arms, neck, torso, legs, feet, hands—all over the body, see?

Then there should be the general rubdown following same.

These sweat baths would only be taken once a week, in the manner outlined; continuing, of course, with the medicinal properties throughout the period.

Follow this, then, for this time—and after the fifth of such treatments we would give further instructions in this direction.

During this period there shall be, of course—and especially when the baths are taken, or the sweats—plenty of water taken at all times! Drink at least six to ten glasses of water each day! This doesn’t mean beer, or other things—but water! If other drinks are desired they would not be harmful—if taken with meals, but not at other times!

The diet—let this be as an outline, which may be altered or changed to suit the tastes; but this may be used as a general outline:

Mornings—first a little tea or coffee may be taken; a very small quantity, as a demitasse.

Twenty to thirty minutes later there may be taken citrus fruits or stewed fruits, or cereals; but when fruits or cereals are taken do not take the citrus fruit juices. Citrus fruit juices are preferable to the other two.

Following this there may be taken small cakes or dried toast (rice cakes, buckwheat cakes, or the like) with a little honey—see?

Or, occasionally, there may be taken an egg with some very crisp bacon.

Alter these, to be sure.

This meal should be taken by seven-thirty or eight o’clock in the morning, or before.

By nine-thirty or ten o’clock take a malted milk, with egg in same—see? To it may be added a few drops of rum or of spirits frumenti, but not too much; just sufficient to take away the taste of the egg. Do not include the white of the egg in this, only the yolk, see?

Noons—preferably meat juices, or vegetable juices. With these there may be altered from time to time the whole wheat, rye, or any of the whole wheat crackers, wafers, or the like. Not those that carry white bread, nor white crackers, with this particular meal—especially.

Evenings—the whole vegetable dinners, which would include meats; and, at least three times each week, include among the meats those of calf’s liver or of tripe—and pig knuckle. These may be altered, you see. At least three times each week these should be among, or on, the menu—in the evenings. (274-2)

Case 274 wrote to Mr. Cayce on July 8, 1933, that he was delighted and enthusiastic with his reading: “I am keeping up the suggestions, adding some light exercises under the care of Dr. Reilly. I’ll be glad to let you know how I am getting along.”

In the same reading he asked: “Are any laxatives necessary; if so, what special ones are best for me?”

Mr. Cayce answered, “We are preparing the system so that these will not be necessary. The laxatives will be within those properties taken as the general tonic, or for the toning of the system; with the food values and the enemas, for the time being . . . Let’s do this first, and then we may ask more questions.” (274-2)

I should like to comment on two aspects of this reading. Note that in the diet, Cayce specified that in adding the egg to the malted milk only the yolk be included—not the white. This is quite remarkable, for at the time the reading was given in 1933, research had not yet established that raw egg white destroys biotin, an important component of vitamin B, and this in turn affects the entire B chain of nutrition.

In answering the question on laxatives, there is a decided parallel between the Cayce reply and the opinions of Dr. Bircher-Benner, which I quoted in the previous chapter, and general medical opinion today, which decries the use of laxatives as a palliative rather than a curative measure.

We had our failures, too. Most of the patients, as I have mentioned, had tried orthodox methods without finding relief; thus we could not expect 100 percent success. In some cases, the individuals would not take the advice given in the readings or persist with the therapy.