Dr. John R.Christopher, CD ROM- Arthritis

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ARTHRITIS

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Definition

 

Inflammation of the joints. Arthritis is an ailment of the body that is an old

chronic condition. There are many forms: such as gout or rheumatoid arthritis

which are different from the common variety of arthritis.

 

The joints become enlarged and painful, being very tender to any movement or

pressure (the pain may be constant or intermittent). Often the hands draw back

or to one side, and in chronic conditions, the muscles shrink and will

eventually wither away. This affliction may have a decided effect on childbirth,

both to the mother and the newborn child. [sNH p.2]

 

Cause

 

Arthritis is caused by acids and waste matter in the body, which eventually

become solidified and lock the joint.

 

This condition is caused and aggravated by improper diet. Some of the worst

intakes are eggs, bread, milk, meat, salt, sugar, etc., because they cause

arthritic calcification.

 

The use of extremely hard water (generally of twelve or more grains in hardness)

will often accentuate an arthritic condition where softer water will help

relieve it. Sometimes an individual with a good inherent structure can throw off

the hardest water without arthritic effect. The weaker person may drink water

that is not very hard and absorb from it relatively larger quantities of the

inorganic minerals. [sNH p.2]

 

Herbal Aids

 

1. Bowels: For eliminating toxic substances from the bowels, one may use a high

enema of slippery elm or white oak bark tea. The system should be cleansed by a

daily sweat bath with pleurisy root; massage (except the inflamed joints) with

angelica, black cohosh, buckthorn bark, colombo, gentian root, skullcap, or

valerian root. One may use poultices such as cayenne, lobelia, mullein, slippery

elm for helping to promote the relief of pain of the swollen joints; liniments

of oils, such as cayenne, coconut, lobelia, origanum are also good. [sNH p.2]

 

2. Chaparral: Drink the tea (infusion for 3 weeks, after which the capsules or

tablets may be used. [sNH p.71]

 

3. Arthritis, Painful and Swollen Joints: Cover a small quantity of mullein with

boiling hot vinegar, cover closely and simmer for 20-30 minutes. Strain and add

a little tincture of cayenne (powerful stimulant and rubefacient) and a tincture

or fluid extract of lobelia (as a relaxant). Foment this on the affected area.

[sNH p.317]

 

4. Cayenne: It is an old standby and is used in modern medicine yet today. It is

used in counter-irritant ointments, for sore muscles, arthritis, etc.; in

liniments, back plasters and in many other ways. You will see it listed as

capsicum in the ingredients. [sNH p.408]

 

5. Apple Cider Vinegar: A fomentation of apple cider vinegar alone will often

take the pains out of arthritis, rheumatism and similar conditions. Soak a

Turkish towel or gauze or similar material in hot tea, lightly wring (just

enough that the water will not run off the body), and place as hot as possible

without causing blistering. Generally keep the fomentation moist and warm by

placing plastics, oilcloth, etc. over fomentation. [sNH p.485]

 

6. Eggs: These are one of the main contributors to arthritis. [sNH p.489]

 

7. Milk and Milk Products: These are harmful to many people, both adults and

infants. Milk is a contributing factor in constipation, chronic fatigue,

arthritis. [HHH p.14]

 

8. Dr. Christopher's Arthritis Formula: (Joint Formula) This combination

consists of hydrangea root, Brigham herb, yucca, chaparral, black walnut,

lobelia, burdock root, sarsaparilla, wild lettuce, valerian, wormwood, cayenne,

and black cohosh.

 

Here is a combination of herbs that detoxify; act as a solvent for the accepted

but not assimilated calcium deposits; herbs that relieve pain; herbs rich in new

acceptable organic calcium that can be assimilated and useful; herbs that kill

fungus and infection and that have the ability to give wonderful relief.

 

This relief is not immediate because here is a long rebuilding job--gradual

relief can come, and full healing, if the program is followed faithfully: a cup

two or three times a day (two tablets or capsules in Brigham tea or

steam-distilled water).

 

Use as a hot fomentation over extremely painful or crippled areas (in addition

to this formula), formula called Complete Tissue & Bone Formula. Even though one

uses these aids yet continues on with improper diet, one may get some help, but

not so much as going all the way. Remember the teachings for years have been --

" No healing in this condition. "

 

We are giving you hope if you will follow through with these formulas and the

mucusless diet. [HHH p.194]

 

9. Cayenne Ointment: This penetrating salve contains olive oil, cayenne, oil of

wintergreen, pure distilled mint crystals, and other herb oils, in a beeswax

base It is excellent for stiff necks, sore muscles, headaches, pain, stiff

joints, arthritis, etc. [HHH p.196]

 

10. Dr. Christopher's Herbal Calcium Formula: These are almost always prescribed

for muscle cramps and throughout pregnancy generally, yet calcium requires the

proper balance of phosphorus, silica and magnesium to be absorbed.

 

Otherwise the free-radical calcium flows through the bloodstream, sometimes

depositing in the forms of cysts and calcium deposits.

 

Often people who suffer from arthritis and related problems, arteriosclerosis

and calcium deposits, are taking plenty of calcium supplements, but their bodies

cannot assimilate the calcium in this form.

 

The best calcium supplement you can take, other than calcium-rich foods, is Dr.

Christopher's Calc Tea formula, which contains exactly the right proportion of

silica because of the horsetail grass.

 

Carrot juice is a good source of calcium, and green leafy vegetables contain

lots of it. The darker the green, the more calcium it contains. Turnip greens

and kale--though not everyone's favorite, it is true--contain several times the

calcium contained in milk. [EWH p.48]

 

11. Alfalfa: Some people wishing to treat arthritis or rheumatism take a tea

made of the Alfalfa seeds, but we consider this a waste of the germinating power

of the seeds. It is better to sprout them and eat the sprouts. Alfalfa tea made

from leaves purchased in the health food stores may have an insipid taste or

even taste like nothing at all. If you wish to obtain the best results from

Alfalfa leaf tea, you should go and gather your own from the very common plants

all around. [uW-Alfalfa]

 

13. Yucca: Among the Southwestern Indians, Yucca fibers were used to ease many

illnesses. A patient with a cold, rheumatism, or a wound would crush Yucca

leaves into fibers. Then he would enter the sweathouse where he induced vomiting

to expel the poisons by inhaling large quantities of steam and chewing the leaf

fibers (Ibid.).

 

In recent times the Yucca saponin, which is extracted from the root, has been

used to treat arthritis. At the National Arthritis Medical Clinic in Desert Hot

Springs, California, many patients have found relief from arthritis symptoms by

taking the tablets. The doctors made no therapeutic claims in the tests on the

herb, only asking patients to test it to see if it would have any beneficial

effects along with other treatments including diet and vitamin therapy.

 

About 20 percent of the patients, chiefly those with joint pains alone or joint

pains and minimal swelling and inflammation, showed complete remission of

symptoms. About 30 percent showed improvement and relief of some of their joint

pain, stiffness and swelling.

 

About 50 percent said they could not detect any change in their arthritic

symptoms from taking Yucca extract but this included many who tried it for only

two weeks.

The patients most helped seemed to be those who had early symptoms of arthritis

or rheumatism in their joints, with pain, stiffness and swelling which had been

present for less than one year. Patients with symptoms from one year or longer

seemed to have less response. Patients with stiffness alone, enlarged joints and

limitation of motion but without much pain and inflammation did not seem to

notice any benefit from the product (Let's Live, February, 1975, p.63).

 

The director of the clinic, Dr. Robert Bingham, said that Yucca works by

purifying the intestinal tract, improving the bacterial digestion and absorption

of foods with a reduction in the production of inflammatory toxins.

 

These inflammatory toxins from certain types of bacteria are the cause and

aggravating agents in certain types of arthritis, particularly those related to

and including rheumatoid arthritis.

 

The saponins improve circulation by lubricating the joints, which gives them

greater flexibility.

 

Although the herb has had many industrial uses,...it was first used for health

in industrialized society when a few years ago, race-horse owners began using it

to limber up their animals before races. Then someone thought it if it works on

horses, it should also work on humans.

 

Officials of several pharmaceutical companies began using Yucca to treat friends

and relatives suffering from arthritis, finding the herb amazingly effective at

reducing joint inflammation. Dr. George Michel, a chemist at Truett Laboratories

in Azusa, California, says, " We have put a lot of research into Yucca, and have

great success in reducing inflammation, especially that caused by rheumatoid

arthritis " . But he adds that lack of money is holding back further research and

manufacture of Yucca tablets.

 

Because the extract is classified as only a food supplement by government

regulations, it can only be manufactured and distributed by smaller drug

companies and sold to health-food stores.

 

If it were reclassified as a drug, doctors would be encouraged to prescribe it.

However, because it is not a high-paying drug, the large firms have not been

interested in investigating it. [uW-Yucca]

 

14. Eliminating Arthritis: This comes from a question and answer section in Dr.

Christopher's Newsletters: Can something be done besides just working on the

effect of arthritis? Can't something be done to eliminate arthritis instead of

just bringing temporary relief of pain?

 

Answer: Yes. Many people have had permanent relief from arthritis, not just

temporary. When we speak of arthritis we speak of a general term. Actually there

are over forty different forms of this disease.

 

They all stem back to a toxic condition of the body.

 

The treatment of this condition must be from the point of reversing the cause by

rebuilding the entire body to a higher non-toxic condition, as mentioned in the

article on rebuilding and cleaning the bowel.

 

It is inevitable that when an arthritic is badly constipated, the stiffness and

pain are worse. The procedure is: (1) clean the bowel with Lower Bowel Formula,

and (2) detoxify the body by clearing the blood stream of poor blood with the

Blood Stream Formula, and have a good powerful flow of healthy blood coursing

through the body to deliver food to the area and carry off toxic waste. Use our

arthritis formula [Joint Formula].

 

Cayenne should be used six days a week, each week of program. This herb is, as

are the others, a food and not a drug. Work up to a teaspoon of Cayenne three

times a day.

 

Apple cider vinegar and blackstrap molasses are also beneficial. Use a

tablespoon of each in a glass of distilled water three times each day. Take a

tablespoon or more of wheat germ oil three times a day.

 

Remember to drink no less than one gallon of pure steam-distilled water for a

person 130 lbs. or over, every day (less or more, one ounce of distilled water

to each pound the person weighs).

 

For severe and painful joints or areas, the use of Complete Tissue & Bone

Formula is useful.... The reaction on arthritis is this: the Oak Bark is an

astringent and tones up the area, and it is also high in Potassium Chloride to

keep the fibrin in motion and not allow further deposit accumulations.

 

The Mullein and Lobelia work on the glands and lymph system to keep the area

clear and ready to carry off unwanted debris; Wormwood relieves pain; the

Scullcap keeps the spinal cord alert and working smoothly to assist in body

motion; Comfrey Root is a cell proliferant, causing the good cells to grow

rapidly and push off the dead cells and unwanted accumulations;

 

Walnut Bark is high in iodide and is one of the few plants specific in clearing

fungus and is extremely high in Potassium Chloride for the blood and lymph,

Potassium Sulfate for skin and mucous membrane, and Potassium Phosphate for the

brain and nerve food. The Gravel Root is a solvent to leach off the inorganic

calcification (from tap water and processed foods, etc.) and make place for the

organic calcium derived from the Comfrey, Oak Bark, and some of the other herbs

used in this combination.

 

We use this formula Complete Tissue & Bone Formula as a fomentation over the

painful areas, and if the case is severe, follow the fomentation procedure

mentioned in the Incurables. Some of this tea, a cup or more daily, is taken

internally with good results.

 

To make the fomentation stronger simmer the strained tea down to 1/2 its

original amount (called 3 power) or simmer down to 1/4 its original amount

(called 7 power). If you wish to drink some of the concentrated tea, dilute it

with distilled water. Drink a cup or more of this tea each day.

 

There are many other aids to help, but space does not allow more to be given to

this subject. Never use dry heat for arthritis, always use moist heat such as a

hot water bottle wrapped with a damp towel, fomentations, etc. Dry heat

solidifies the inorganic minerals into place, while moist heat aids in

dispersing them. [NL 1-1]

 

15. Cervical Arthritis: From question and answer section of Dr. Christopher's

Newsletters: What could be done in a case where cervical arthritis is present,

where X-rays show a narrowing of the interspace between C-5, C-6 and C-7, and

where anterior and posterior spurs, heading for spondylosis, are present? Is

there any way whereby the calcium deposits can be removed, extracted or

eliminated to free the body from its painful burden?

 

Answer: We have seen numerous cases of the condition described in this question

in most areas of the spine all the way from the Atlas Axis down to the tail

base. After beginning the therapy with cleaning and mucusless dieting, they

followed this procedure: make a fomentation of a tea combination which we call

Complete Tissue & Bone Formula .

It consists of six parts oak bark, three parts marshmallow root, three parts

mullein herb, two parts wormwood, one part lobelia, one part scullcap, six parts

comfrey root, three parts black walnut bark or leaves and three parts gravel

root. Soak the combined teas in distilled water at a rate of one pint of

distilled water to one ounce of combined herbs.

 

Continue the soaking from four to six hours and then simmer the preparation for

thirty minutes followed by a straining. After the straining, simmer the tea down

to one half of its volume. If desired, a volume of natural vegetable glycerine

equivalent to one fourth the volume of the tea may then be added. For example,

if there is a gallon of the tea after the straining, simmer it down to two

quarts and add one pint of the vegetable glycerine.

 

Soak some flannel, cotton or other material except for synthetics which should

never be used and wrap the soaked cloth fomentations around the malfunctioning

area and then cover with plastic, oil paper or oiled silk. In turn cover the

area with toweling and leave on all night.

 

Repeat this for six nights a week until relief is accomplished and the calcified

deposits disappear. Also, drink 1/4 cup of the finished tea, with or without the

glycerine, but diluted with 3/4 cup of distilled water. This should be done

three times a day for six days of each week until relief occurs. [NL 1-3]

 

16. Juices: These help arthritis: Celery & cucumber, carrot, endive, apple. [NL

3-5]

 

Testimonials

 

1. Young Man with Arthritis and Polio Out of Wheelchair in One Year: Using the

Incurables program, we are able to relate the following story. In Mesa, Arizona,

a young man in his middle twenties was brought into our lecture hall in a wheel

chair. He was badly crippled with a combination of polio and arthritis. He was

lifted out of his chair and placed on a pile of pillows. I would glance over at

times and could see the severe pain he was suffering.

 

During the lecture we discussed the program we have just outlined. After the

lecture he said he would like to try it. A practical nurse from another town

offered to take him to her home and help him get well.

 

They followed the routine accurately and one year later we saw him again. Just

before the lecture started, in the same hall as the year before, a young man

walked down the aisle to the front of the hall and asked to speak. We granted

him the permission. In his short talk he advised the people to listen to the

lectures and put them to use. He told how he had listened one year before as he

sat on the pillows in the hall and had the desire to start on this natural

program. Prior to this night he had been told he would never be out of the

wheelchair, unless it was to be in a hospital bed, the rest of his days.

 

With the help of the kindly nurse, he was now able to walk so well that he was

traveling on foot, house to house, selling, to try and pay off his large

hospital and doctor bills. As he walked back to his seat he had tears of

gratitude in his eyes.

 

There are many outstanding cases but these two can give you a picture of what

can be done with the good, wholistic program. Use it carefully and accurately

for complete, long-lasting health. [HHH p.93]

 

2. Yucca: The following people took the Yucca saponin mentioned in # 13 above: A

forty-six-year-old woman who had had arthritic pain in her hands and knees for

several years took two tablets twice a day for two weeks. The pain was relieved

after one week, with no side effects.

 

A 57 year old man had had bursitis for six months in both elbows; he was a

tennis player and the pain became severe after playing tennis. He took one

tablet per day for three weeks, then a half tablet per day for four months, then

one tablet per day thereafter. Within three days he had a slight reduction in

pain. The pain was completely eliminated after 21 days. The pain returned when

the Yucca was discontinued for two days, and left within 24 hours when it was

resumed. After five months use was stopped, the symptoms did not return for two

weeks. There were no side effects.

 

A female who had had arthritis for nine years, with enlarged joints in her

hands, which she couldn't close, had to take aspirin every day for the pain. She

was 75 years old. She began to take a half tablet twice a day for 70 days. After

30 days, the pain left, and she was able to close both hands except for one

finger. The swelling reduced, and she had no side effects.

 

A 75-year-old male had had arthritis for many years, with pain in the joints of

the legs, especially the right knee. He took one tablet twice a day in coffee

for one month. There was a slow reduction in pain and stiffness. Both gradually

returned when the use of Yucca was stopped. However, some people who had had

arthritis for many years took two to four tablets a day for months, and received

no effects on the arthritis, though no side effects, either.

 

As Moore says, " Arthritis being such an idiosyncratic disorder no single

treatment will help more than a percentage of people, but if Yucca tea is

effective, it can relieve pain for several days afterward " (Moore:170). In the

research reported above, many more people who took Yucca were helped than those

who were not (Let's Live, February 1975, page 64). [uW-Yucca]

 

3. From a Letter to Dr. Christopher's Newsletter: " We like the herbs very much,

the oil of garlic has done wonders for arthritis in the knees. " [NL 1-8]

 

4. From a Letter to Dr. Christopher's Newsletter: " I have a friend who had had

eight major surgeries. She lived in constant pain, very seldom was she able to

go places and her physician had told her their was nothing more they could do.

 

" She went on Dr. Christopher's Three Day Cleanse and Mucusless Diet. She started

on herbs to cleanse the colon, [Lower Bowel Formula] the blood [blood Stream

Formula.] Cayenne, Herbal Calcium Formula, Joint Formula, Complete Tissue & Bone

Formula etc. In a matter of about three weeks, her pain was gone. She was able

to start living again. In about 3 or 4 months her arthritis left her. [NL 1-1]

 

5. From a Letter to Dr. Christopher's Newsletter: " I have tried your comfrey

herb combination (Complete Tissue & Bone Formula) for dissolving calcified bone

spurs (caused by arthritis when a teenager). My metatarsal arch in left foot was

in such bad shape, it had become very painful to walk. The herb began bringing

results immediately. " [NL 3-7]

 

Used by permission, taken from The Complete Writings of Dr. John R. Christopher,

CD ROM

 

 

 

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