please suggest energy exercise routine for blocked arteries.

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Hello friends,I am new to this forum. My father has blocked arteries(arteriosclerosis) . Doctor recommended surgery but we can afford it at present. I have Dona's video course and book. Please suggest an energy exercise routine for my father.

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<nitin1947 wrote:

>

> Hello friends,

>

> I am new to this forum. My father has blocked arteries

(arteriosclerosis) .

> Doctor recommended surgery but we can afford it at present. I have

Dona's video course and book. Please suggest an energy exercise

routine for my father.

 

(The following is from the Edgar Cayce Readings)

 

TREATMENT:

 

Therapy varied somewhat on an individual to individual basis, but

several approaches appeared consistently in the readings on coronary

heart disease. As noted earlier, these 54 readings were given for

individuals in all stages of this disease process. Interestingly,

reflecting the reading's contention that hydrotherapy and osteopathy

could help any situation, the treatments recommended were fairly

consistent regardless of the severity of the condition. What did

vary were the specifics of application and the care with which a

specific therapy needed to be given.

 

The Cayce reading's approach to coronary heart disease included

the following major areas:

 

1. DIET (78%)

 

The three most commonly suggested changes in the diet were the

elimination of red meat, fried foods, and fats. It is now clear from

numerous studies that these diet changes will lower one's total blood

cholesterol and also changes the ratio of the different lipids in the

blood. The role of 5 different types of cholesterol in the

bloodstream is becoming known, with LDL (Low density lipoprotein)

being recognized as the " worst actor. " In contrast, one of these five

HDL (high-density lipoprotein), is now known to bring fats back to

the liver for processing and elimination and is now considered

desirable. Traditional medicine currently considers it important to

look at the total cholesterol/HDL ratio, with a ratio of 4.5 and

higher being considered dangerous. Half of all American men and

women have ratios of 4.5 and higher. The vegetarians in the

Framingham Study were found to have an average ratio of 2.8 William

Castelli, M.D., director of the Framingham Study, cited 15 trials

using coronary artery angiography which showed that if an elevated

cholesterol level is not brought down, 80% of the atherosclerotic

plaques are worse in 2-10 years. However, if the cholesterol was

brought down below 200, 80% of these lesions showed no progression

over the same time span.2 Hence, it becomes obvious that a change in

diet would be beneficial at any stage of this disease process.

 

The Cayce readings do state that chicken and fish are not

prohibited. In one reading, he told the individual that the oils

from these and olive oil would be beneficial for him. This is

interesting, in light of research showing fish oil can raise one's

HDL thus improving one's total cholesterol HDL ratio. In addition,

monosaturated fats, (77% of the composition of olive oil) have now

been shown to not only lower total cholesterol and LDL (the " bad

actor " ) like polyunsaturated fats do, but also actually increase the

proportion of HDL cholesterol.3

 

Among the populations looked at in a seven country study, Crete,

Finland, the Netherlands, and the U.S. obtained 40% of their calories

from fat. The incidence of coronary heart disease and myocardial

infarction was highest among the seven nations in the latter three.

In Crete, where the fat consumed is primarily olive oil, the rate of

this disease is near zero.4

 

2. OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIONS (75%) - MASSAGE (23%)

 

Osteopathic manipulation and massages - These were often

recommended to help balance the sympathetic nervous system. If the

lesion corrected was in the mid-dorsals, this would impact on the

circulation between the heart, liver and lungs and on the heart

directly. Correction of lumbo-sacral lesions enhanced the

circulation around and functioning of the colon. Definitive research

on these corrections is still lacking. However, with angiography,

the contraction and relaxation of the coronary arteries has been

graphically visualized. This flux in size is mediated by the

sympathetic nervous system and may play a role in diminishing cardiac

blood flow during an attack.

 

The Edgar Cayce readings propose that adjustments would help

balance the circulation and play a role in lowering blood pressure,

both placing less strain on the heart.

 

In several readings, it was plainly stated that the manipulation

or massage would help relieve the burden on the central circulation.

One individual was told the adjustments would help distribute the

circulation " below the waistline. " Another person was told that

massages with cocoa butter in the evening would " help stimulate the

superficial circulation. "

 

The specific approach to a patient (manipulation vs. massage)

appeared to vary with the severity of their illness. In one younger

male, without any clinical problems, the readings advised deep

osteopathic manipulations, especially from the 9th thoracic vertebrae

up. In contrast, in another individual with angina, he was very

specific that manipulations should only be from the 9th thoracic

vertebrae and below so as not " to overstrain the heart and lung

activity " . Similarly, 3 individuals were instructed to

receive " osteopathic massages " , conveying the impression of a much

gentler mode of therapy. Certainly, the need for some professional

judgement in deciding what type and force of manipulations or massage

would be needed and appropriate in each case. As a general rule,

however, the further along the symptoms, the more gentle the

application.

 

3. COLONICS (68%)

 

Colonic irrigation of the colon was recommended for 27

individuals in all stages of this disease process. The role of this

cleansing was to improve the eliminations and help remove " poisons "

from the bloodstream. Also, for those individuals experiencing

clinical symptoms like angina pectoris, reducing the " pressures in

the colon " would directly relieve the strain on the heart and would

also lower the blood pressure. Very little research has ever been

done with colonics, and to my knowledge, none is available to support

or contradict this concept.

 

The method for giving these colonics was fairly well specified.

First, especially with advanced disease, it was emphasized that these

should be given " professionally and scientifically " in a positive but

gentle manner. The individual giving the colonic was instructed to

watch the pulse closely and to make sure too great a strain was not

placed on the body. The colonic water itself was to be body

temperature with a level tablespoon of salt and a level teaspoon of

soda added to each gallon of water. The final rinse waters were to

contain glyco-thymoline. Colonics were to be spaced approximately

every ten days apart and were to continue as long as there was an

indication of mucous in the colon. Again, it was emphasized that

these were not to place a strain on the body, and so individuals were

warned not to completely empty the colon the first time. Instead,

this was to be done gradually over several treatments.

 

4. REST (43%)

 

Rest - The recommendation to rest, both physically and

emotionally, was given 17 times by the Cayce readings to individuals

who were experiencing clinical symptoms of ischemic heart disease.

This advice is logical, as activity or excitement of any kind places

a stress on the heart, and thereby causes the heart muscle to require

more oxygen. The readings indicated that as the condition improved,

activity could be gradually increased again. He was so adamant about

this, that he told one individual to continue taking sedatives

(something the readings generally deplored) if that was necessary to

help her rest. Often, combined with the recommendation to rest, was

the suggestion to spend more time outdoors (13%). In contrast with

this, for one individual with only early pre-symptomatic disease,

exercise was recommended as being useful.

 

5. RADIO-ACTIVE [RADIAL] APPLIANCE (25%)

 

The readings recommended the use of the radio-active appliance

(also called the radial appliance and impedance device) to 10

individuals. This device, which essentially consists of a capacitor

and a resistor in parallel, was stated to use the body's own

electrical force to help equalize the circulation. It was also seen

as being helpful " to quiet and ease the body without disturbing the

other portions of the system " . Some basic research done on this

device has found no currents or voltages in the wires connected to an

individual. However, preliminary findings showed that the appliance

did reduce the small electrical potential differences which exist

externally between different portions of the body. In a series of

experiments done at Duke University in the 1950's, it was observed

that a drop in these potential differences was associated with an

increased sense of well-being.5 Research on how the impedance device

might help balance an individuals circulation is still needed.

 

6. ABDOMINAL PACKS

 

Five different types of abdominal packs were recommended for

seven different individuals. The purpose of these varied from

helping the liver to function properly again to assisting in

cleansing the colon.

 

7. MEDICATION (23%)

 

Advice regarding medication - The Cayce readings presented a

fairly balanced perspective on the use of medication with ischemic

heart disease. Explaining that the available medications were

palliative only, he recommended one individual gradually taper their

use. He did instruct another 5 people, however, to continue their

medicine to help them through acute clinical conditions until the

other suggested therapies could be of some benefit. The specific

medication suggestions he made were in regard to the use of several

forms of digitalis, which was used at that time to help individuals

with heart disease. Numerous other drugs are now available and

digitalis is no longer used in this capacity.

 

8. DRAW CIRCULATION TO LEGS (13%)

 

A variety of recommendations were made to increase the

circulation in the extremities in an attempt to help relieve the

strain on the sluggish deep circulation. Suggestions included

massage, manipulations, applying a combination of olive oil and

tincture of benzoin, and simply keeping the feet warm.

 

9. A number of therapies were recommended in less than 10% of the 40

cases. All of these appear to fall into the category of

individualized suggestions and probably should not be considered in

the general treatment of coronary heart disease.

 

CONCLUSION:

 

In review, the therapies suggested by the Cayce Readings appear

intended to accomplish two main objectives. First, through the use

of colonics, adjustments, rest, and the radio-active [radial]

appliance, the circulation was to be balanced and the strain on the

heart to be relieved. Second, through changes in the diet and

improved eliminations, together with the improved circulation, the

poisons in the system were to be eliminated and the progression of

the disease was to be impeded.

 

Traditional medical science is beginning to examine some drugless

therapies. One study of note involved a group of patients with

angina who were placed in an intensive program of stress management

and dietary change. For twenty four days, the subjects lived in a

rural setting on a vegetarian diet, and were made to meditate and

exercise for five hours a day. The incidence of anginal attacks fell

from an average of ten a day to one; exercise capacity improved by

forty-four percent; blood cholesterol fell by twenty percent; heart

muscle function improved; and many patients had either to stop or

reduce their dose of blood pressure medicine.6

 

Hopefully, in the next several years, further studies will be

performed to either confirm or contradict the model of the etiology

and treatment of coronary artery disease as presented in the Edgar

Cayce readings.