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AFRAID OF FRAYED NERVES?

 

The human body is an extremely intricate, divinely computerized and a highly

evolved vehicle. It is much like man-made vehicles in that it must be in perfect

running condition in order to get a " good performance. "

 

The nervous system consists of three major parts that must be in a healthy

condition in order to work smoothly together. First let's consider the brain -

as explained in New Gould Medical Dictionary, (Blakiston Co., 1949):

 

" Brain. The encephalon. That part of the central nervous system contained in the

cranial cavity, consisting of the cerebrum, cerebellum, pons and medulla

oblongata. "

 

" Cerebrum. The chief portion of the brain, occupying the whole upper part of the

cranium, and consisting of the right and left hemispheres; the endbrain;

telencephalon. "

 

" The Cerebellum. The inferior part of the brain lying below the cerebrum and

above the pons and medulla, consisting of two lateral lobes and a middle lobe. "

 

" Pons. A convex white eminence situated at the base of the brain. It consists of

fibers and nuclei which receive impulses from the cerebral cortex, and sends

fibers to the contralateral side of the cerebellum by way of the brachium

pontes. "

 

" Medulla oblongata. The upper, enlarged part of the spinal cord, extending from

the cord opposite the foramen magnum to the pons. "

 

The above gives a brief general description of the brain, showing where the

various sections lie in the cavity, but lets go in a little deeper to see how

the different sections of the brain work together. The following information is

taken from The New Modern Home Physician, (Wm. H. Wise and Co., Inc., 1947):

 

" The large masses of nervous tissue forming the brain has an average weight of

forty-nine ounces in a male adult. The structure of the brain shows

extraordinary complexity. The larger part consists of the cerebrum in the form

of two hemispheres, right and left, which are connected together by a broad band

of fibers running transversely, and known as the corpus callosum. Below this

come, in succession and on either side, masses of gray nervous matter, the optic

thalamus and corpus striatum, and a stalk, the crus, literally a limb. Then

there is the pons or bridge, and lastly the medulla oblongata or bulb which is

continuous with the spinal cord (q.v.). Behind and below the cerebral

hemispheres is the cerebellum, or little brain, which also consists of two

hemispheres. These are connected with each other by a central part called the

vermiform process and also through the pons.

 

Nervous matter is of two kinds, gray and white. The former consists of nerve

cells and their processes, and the latter of medullated nerve fibers, that is to

say, nerve fibers which have a protective white sheath. Both the fibers and the

cells are supported by a kind of connective tissue called neuroglia.

 

The outer surface of the cerebrum and of the cerebellum is composed of layers of

gray matter, and this is infolded, forming convolutions, affording thereby an

increase in the area of the brain surface. The optic thalamus, as stated, is

composed of gray matter, and besides this there are other masses in the base of

the brain, in the crus, the pons and the medulla. It is in the cells of the gray

matter that nerve energy originates. The nerve fibers of the white matter merely

transmit such energy.

 

Within the brain there is a series of cavities known as ventricles, which

communicate with each other and have a canal that runs down the center of the

spinal cord. These are filled with a watery fluid, called the cerebrospinal

fluid. The brain is covered by three membranes, the pia mater, in close contact

with the brain substance, the arachnoid and the dura mater. The last is in two

layers, one lining the interior of the skull, and the other supporting the brain

and sending folds into the deep fissures in the brain in order to accomplish

this.

 

The space beneath the arachnoid is filled with cerebrospinal fluid, which is in

communication with the fluid in the ventricles of the brain through certain

openings at the back of the medulla oblongata. This fact is of importance in

connection with the occurrence of hydrocephalus (q.v.). It will be appreciated

also that, as a preventive against injury, the brain has the advantage of

resting on a water cushion.

 

The deeper fissures seen on the surface of a cerebral hemisphere mark its

division into lobes. The fissure of Rolando (after the Italian anatomist, Lugi

Rolando), which, beginning a little behind the top of the head, runs obliquely

downwards and forwards, marks the boundary between the frontal lobe in front and

the parietal lobe behind. The occipital lobe lies behind the parietal, and below

these is the temporal lobe. The mention of these lobes simplifies reference to

the functions of the brain. The gray matter on its surface contains millions of

nerve cells, which are grouped according to the work they do. In front of the

fissures of Rolando is the area concerned with initiating voluntary movements,

subdividing into parts serving the leg, arm and face in this order from above

downwards. The left side of the brain serves the right side of the body,

however, and vice versa.

 

Sensation is to some extent served by this area, but more by the parietal lobe.

Tactile sensations and those of pain and temperature are, however, appreciated

by the optic thalamus; but this is under the control of the cerebral cortex or

outer surface, and if this control is lost pleasing sensations become more

pleasing and painful more painful. In the optic thalamus, also, it would appear

that movements expressive of emotion originate, smiling, for example, or

grimacing from pain.

 

The center for hearing is in the temporal lobe, and the smell seems to be

related to a part of the brain at the anterior extremity of this lobe. The

centers for vision are in the occipital lobe. The speech centers appear to be in

the lower frontal and parietal lobes on the left side for a right-handed person.

The cerebellum is of importance in preserving equilibrium, and in coordinating

the movements of muscles so as to permit the performance of complicated actions.

 

From the brain comes twelve pairs of nerves, whose names and actions are as

follows: (1) olfactory, subserving smell; (2) optic, nerve of vision; (3)

oculomotor, supplying most of the muscles which move the eyeball and the muscle

which contracts the pupil; (4) nerve supplying the muscle which turns the

eyeball downwards and outward; (5) trigeminal, nerve supplying sensation to the

face, etc., and to the muscles of mastication; (6) nerve supplying the muscle

which turns the eyeball outward; (7) facial, nerve supplying the muscles of the

face; ( auditory, subserving hearing; (9) glossopharyngeal, a nerve of taste,

also supplying sensation to the inside of the throat and activating some muscles

there; (10) vagus, or wandering nerve, supplying the heart, lungs, stomach and

other viscera, etc., (11) spinal accessory, supplying muscles in the neck; (12)

hypoglossal, supplying the muscles moving the tongue.

 

The blood supply of the brain is derived from the internal carotid and the

vertebral arteries. The venous blood and cerebrospinal fluid drain into the

large venous channels, known as sinuses, which, in turn, pour their contents

mainly into the internal jugular vein. At various points on the surface of the

skull these sinuses are connected with external veins, which, if they become

infected, may communicate infection to the veins within. One of the sinuses, the

sigmoid, lies on the inner side of the mastoid process, and not infrequently

becomes infected in suppurative disease of the middle ear.

 

 

Injuries and Disease of the Brain

 

An injury to the head may cause concussion, a condition characterized by

transitory, or rarely, more prolonged loss of consciousness without evidence of

gross damage to the brain. In its mildest form it is little more than the

sensation of being stunned after a blow to the head. When the injury is more

severe and causes bleeding into the brain or over its surface, or if skull

fracture results with secondary pressure on the brain by a spicule of bone or by

a depressed bone fragment, there results a proportionate loss of brain function,

as for example, paralysis, impairment in mental faculties, visual disturbances,

etc. There are certain late complications of head injury which may be of serious

import. Of these the most frequent are the occurrence of late bleeding,

meningitis and brain abscess. In the case of bleeding and abscess many of the

symptoms may be the result of brain compression.

 

Concussions may give rise to nothing more than the sensation of giddiness and

slight headache of short duration. The patient may, when recovering from a

stunning blow, feel nauseated and vomit. Persistent vomiting after a head injury

is always a serious sign. Likewise the degree of alertness which the patient

shows after the accident is an important sign. Prolonged drowsiness with

difficulty in arousing the patient is a danger signal. Concussion, itself, is

usually recovered from completely. In some cases, however, there are persistent

symptoms in the form of memory defects, headaches, irritability, inability to

concentrate, etc. Since there are centers for motor and sensory functions in the

brain the residual symptoms of injury depend on the amount and position of brain

tissue affected. If, for example, the centers for movement are irritated,

convulsions occur which may be limited to a single limb, or be generalized and

involve all four limbs, in which case consciousness is

generally lost. Laceration of the brain may result in a prolonged state of

semi-consciousness or alternating states of wakefulness and drowsiness. Not

infrequently these patients exhibit states of irritability and excitement

characterized by confusion and disorientation. Should meningitis or brain

abscess develop the patient shows a temperature rise. In meningitis the headache

is intense and the patient is often sensitive to light. Compression of the brain

results in the profound unconsciousness known as coma. The breathing is slow and

stertorous, though later it may become rapid and irregular. There may be

paralysis of the limbs on one side of the body, or in the later stages both

sides may be affected.

 

The most efficacious single measure to be taken for patients who have suffered a

head injury is to put them completely at rest. They should be kept in bed until

further medical advice can be given. While awaiting the doctor an attempt may be

made to lessen the shock by putting hot-water bottles to the feet and the sides.

The room should be darkened and quiet. Alcoholic stimulants should never be

given.

 

Inflammation of the brain substance is called encephalitis (q.v.). Occasionally

the term polio-encephalitis is used when the gray matter is especially involved.

The latter condition is similar to the inflammation of the gray matter of the

spinal cord, which results in infantile paralysis. Convulsions, fevers, visual

disturbances, sleep disturbances are common symptoms in encephalitis.

 

When the blood supply of a part of the brain is cut off, as, for example, by an

embolus, the tissue dies and undergoes liquefaction or softening. In old people

hardening of the arteries may produce such areas of softening in the brain, and,

as a consequence, some degree of mental deterioration. In mild cases the only

sign may be a disturbance in memory for recent events. It is characteristic in

these cases that the memory for the remote past remains intact.

 

The most common tumors of the brain are the meningiomas, derived from the

coverings of the brain, and the gliomas. Sarcomas and cancers do occur but are

almost always derived from tumors in other parts of the body, for example, the

breast and the bowel. Tumors of any size and duration produce certain general

symptoms indicative of an increase in the intra cranial pressure, namely,

headache, vomiting and optic neuritis or swelling of the optic nerve just as it

enters the eyeball. Dizziness is another common symptom, and in the late stages

mental changes may occur. In tumors of the frontal lobe mental changes are

sometimes the earliest indication of the disease process. Tumors of the temporal

lobe often produce a dreamy state, sometimes associated with hallucinations of

smell. The position of the tumor may often be determined by noting the muscular

and sensory abnormalities of various parts of the body and correlating the

findings with what is known regarding the localization of

function in the brain. "

 

The brain must be properly nourished and kept free of inorganic materials that

can cause this tremendous organ to malfunction.

 

Processed foods, stale refined foods, etc., minerals in hard water (which

minerals can be accepted into the body, but never assimilated) - these materials

are accumulated and cause hardening of the arteries known as arteriosclerosis.

This is explained in The New Modern Home Physician (Wm. H. Wise and Co., Inc.,

1947):

 

" Arteriosclerosis. " The literal meaning of arteriosclerosis is hardening of the

arteries, and this is what happens in the disease. Degenerative changes occur in

the walls of the vessels which impair their elasticity, and a deposit occurs in

the inner coat which narrows the lumen of the vessel. The vessels are weaker

also and tend to rupture when exposed to strain, thus giving rise to aneurysm or

hemorrhage. A change of the kind is apt to appear in the arteries after middle

life, and in old age they may be more or less rigid tubes. In some people, as a

part of their physical inheritance the arteries may harden at an unusually early

age. Increase in blood pressure is an important cause, and unfortunately, the

blood pressure may be abnormally high for a long time without giving any marked

hint of its presence. Lead poisoning, syphilis and kidney disease are among

other causes which should be mentioned. Arteriosclerosis may also give rise to

kidney disease, and it may result in

enlargement of the heart.

 

It gives rise to a large variety of symptoms, depending to some extent on the

site of vessels affected. Some of these are: giddiness, especially on altering

one's position; headache; impairment of the power of attention; weakness or

paralysis of muscles; coldness of the hands and feet; insomnia; noises in the

head; shortness of breath and pain over the heart. The possibility of its

occurrence should be borne in mind by those who have passed middle life and

especially by those who live freely. " (p. 56)

 

One vulnerable area in the human body for this " hardening of the arteries " is

found in the brain. Regardless of how intelligent an individual has been in the

past, when the arteries in the brain area become hardened there is a resulting

slowness in thinking, loss of memory, headaches, dizziness, dimming eyesight,

paralysis, and one of the saddest conditions of all - senility.

 

When there has been a severe condition of stroke, or a long-standing case of

senility, autopsy will often show a brain that has practically " turned to

stone. " So it is obvious that even the most brilliant scholar can become senile

if he allows such a condition to occur in his body, i.e., clogged or hardened

arteries.

 

Arteriosclerosis can be reversed if one will reverse the cause and the " cause "

is the use of inorganic, dead, stale, processed and overcooked foods. Use

fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds, and as many of these " raw " or

" wholesome " as possible. Also, low-heated foods, such as grains, lentils,

potatoes, etc., can be used.

 

Eliminate all sugar and flour products, and change from processed foods to live

foods, and healthful drinks such as raw vegetable juices.

 

Another part of the " reversing program " of overcoming hardening of the arteries

is the principle of flushing the system with steam distilled water. The amount

used should be one ounce of steam distilled water for each pound of body weight

per day. As an example, a person of 130 pounds of weight should drink no less

than 130 ounces or approximately one gallon of this water each 24 hours. This

(steam distilled) water is pure and can do miracles for a person who will drink

it faithfully.

 

Ponce de Leon journeyed to the New World in search of the Fountain of Youth,

whose water would give eternal life to the one fortunate enough to drink of it.

 

Gilgamesh, who had lived through the ancient civilizations of Sumer and Akkad,

was recorded by the Babylonians as searching the world over for supplies of

special water that give him virtual immortality.

 

Many legends tell of magic water which would sustain life forever for those

fortunate enough to find them and keep drinking them. Even Christ used the

simile of the Water of Life.

 

WHO, The World Health Organization, a division of the United Nations, has

reported that people living in areas of the Middle East, where the main source

of water consists of trapped and stored rain water, live an average of 11%

longer than their neighbors who have well and river water.

 

You can, you know - the secret that the ancients, Gilgamesh and Ponce de Leon,

were seeking was pure water - water which did not add to the inorganic mineral

burden of the body; water which can purify the cellular system; water which can

remove inorganic toxins rather than add to them.

 

This water is to be used alone and not in the form of tea, or used to dilute

juice. This is a pure flush and cleanser that also washed out the dead,

inorganic salts and minerals. These dead minerals are accumulative and collect

in injured or weakened areas of the body. After a period of time these can cause

side effects, after effects, and disease. As an example, hard water and finely

processed foods can cause kidney stones, gall stones, arthritis, hardening of

the arteries, cataracts, etc. Steam distilled water will clean these inorganic

minerals out of the body by a " leaching " process. The same water that leaches

away the " inorganics " will not vibrate to the live organic minerals, and so

leaves the live ones in the body to be assimilated and " put to good use " in

repairing and building new cell structure.

 

When steam distilled water is used alone, the cleansing is far superior and far

more efficient than when mixed with food or juices. When used with other liquids

or solid foods, the body is working hard on a digestive program and has not time

for the cleanse. It would be wise to follow the Three-day Cleanse Program

regularly on a monthly basis (Dr. C.). Many find great help in using various

yoga postures, especially the shoulder stand, and we would recommend them, at

least, the daily use of the slant board.

 

The blood stream delivers to the cells nutrients and carries off waste, as well

as feeding and rebuilding the very cells in the circulatory system and to assist

in this process the distilled water is doing its job of leaching off the

inorganic minerals, cholesterol, etc., that had put a lining inside the vein and

artery walls. We now will add a circulatory formula.

 

This formula is given to assist blood purifying teas to work more efficiently

and to also aid the clearing up of allergies, etc. This group of herbs feeds

cayenne (a stimulant) and ginger (stimulant) into the circulatory system where

the cayenne works from the bloodstream to the heart and arteries, out into the

veins. The other herbs in the formula assist these two herbs and work together

to equalize the blood pressure (whether high or low) and to bring it to a good

systolic over the diastolic reading. Blood flow is life itself. The Blood

Circulation Formula blood circulatory combination consists of ginger, cayenne,

golden seal, ginseng, parsley and garlic.

 

As we notice here, the cayenne, a stimulant, is working in the blood stream to

the heart, then to the arteries, veins and capillaries in a continuous circuit.

It also is supplying calcium phosphorous, potassium, magnesium, iron, Vitamin A,

thiamin, riboflavin, capsacutin, and Vitamin C (ascorbic acid). These not only

assist in leaching, but feed the circulatory cells, renewing them with

elasticity for expansion and contraction. This is the herb that changes the

circulatory system from an " old rubber hose type " (that breaks with varicosity)

to strong new type veins that can take the extra pressure.

 

Ginger is another stimulant, but it goes from the blood stream into the

capillaries. Plugged up capillaries are the beginning of " constipation of the

circulatory system " (where it has difficulty in ridding the blood stream of

waste materials). This fine herb is high in sulfur, potassium, chlorine, calcium

and phosphorous.

 

Besides having Vitamin A, thiamin and riboflavin, it is high in niacin. Lack of

niacin is one of the causes of schizophrenia (one of our most ignored sources of

niacin is whole wheat and most other whole grains). Here we see that ginger has

many values in it to aid the circulatory system.

 

Golden seal is an anti-infectious herb. Ginseng is the tonic of tonics to aid

the entire area. Parsley is a diuretic to aid in urine and waste elimination.

Garlic is one of the great antihistamines and has an amazing healing effect on

the cells. It has much organic sulfur, allyl propyl disulfide, fluorine,

pyridoxine, iron, phosphorous and calcium. These are healing and rebuilding

substances.

 

We have discussed the amazing, computerized brain, which, if used at its best,

can think clearly, remember well, have perfect recall, and can tune into the

great Universal Mind. " God will not dwell in an unclean tabernacle. " Messages

being carried to the brain needing solutions or answers must have connection to

every part of the body (messages coming to and going from the brain).

 

The second part of the nervous system to consider is the spinal cord. We need a

large cable type (and in good condition) carrier of messages to and from the

brain. Then there are hundreds of thousands of small lines (or nerves) from all

over the body connecting the cable (spinal cord) which will be able to send

" messages " to the brain (body controller).

 

The brain is of no good to an individual unless the messages can be transferred

from it to various parts of the body, where and when needed. We quote again from

New Modern Home Physician, (Wm. H. Wise and Co., Inc., 1948):

 

 

Spinal Cord

 

" Spinal Cord. " The medulla spinalis, or spinal cord, occupies the canal formed

by the arches of the superimposed vertebrae of the spine. It is continuous above

with the medulla, or bulb, the lowest part of the brain, and extends downwards

as far as the lower border of the first lumbar vertebrae, where it ends in a

blunt point, called the conus medullaris. Its average length in the male adult

is about 18 inches and its thickness about that of the little finger. Prolonged

downwards from the conus medullaris is a cord, known as the filum terminate,

which is attached at its lowest ends to the first coccygeal vertebrae.

 

The membranes of the brain are prolonged through the foramen magnum, the large

opening in the base of the skull, and the outermost, the dura mater, lines the

spinal canal. Within this is the arachnoid, and around the cord, the pia mater,

a band of which passes across on either side attaching the cord to the inner

surface of the dura; as this attachment is by means of a series of tooth-like

processes, the band is called the ligamentum denticulatum.

 

The cord is cylindrical in shape, but somewhat flattened in front and behind,

and presents two enlargements, one in the cervical regions, from which the

nerves to the arms go out, and another in the lower dorsal region, from which

are supplied the nerves to the legs. There are thirty-one pairs of spinal

nerves, namely, eight cervical, twelve dorsal or thoracic, five lumbar, five

sacral and one coccygeal. The first cervical passes out above the topmost

vertebrae, the axis, the others pass between adjoining vertebrae. Each nerve has

an anterior motor root, its fibers actuating muscles, and a posterior sensory

root bearing sensations. On the latter is a swelling formed by the posterior

root ganglion.

 

As the cord itself reaches no lower than the first lumbar vertebrae, the lumbar,

sacral and coccygeal nerves pass downwards in a bunch, somewhat resembling a

horse's tail, and so called the cauda equina. The bag formed by the dura mater

extends as far down as the middle of the sacrum, however. This bag contains

cerebrospinal fluid.

 

It will be seen that one important function of the cord is to serve as a

conducting cable, as it were, between the brain and other parts of the body, the

nerve fibers being grouped together in bundles, or tracts, according to their

function and the parts they supply. The other function of the cord is to act as

a reflex center. Some of the afferent fibers pass forward in the gray matter to

arborize round motor cells in the anterior horn, thus completing a reflex arc -

sensory nerve endings in the skin or elsewhere, afferent fibers, nerve centers

in the cord, efferent fibers, and muscles whereby the reflex action is produced.

 

The spinal nerves have a segmental distribution which is most clearly seen in

the thoracic nerves, each of which passes round beneath a rib, thus supplying a

ring of the body tissues. Below the seventh rib the terminations of the

intercostal nerves are in the anterior abdominal wall, that of the tenth, for

example, being in the region of the umbilicus. This explains why a pain in the

abdomen, which may be thought to indicate appendicitis, or some other abdominal

lesion, may actually be due to pleurisy. The budding-out of the limbs rather

obscures the segmental distribution of some of the nerves, but it is quite easy

to map out the distribution of any spinal nerve, and when symptoms of disease

affect the area of this distribution, inflammation of the nerve root or

radiculitis, or of its main stem, is indicated.

 

In three regions spinal nerves form a plexus, or network, from which branches

are supplied to various parts. Thus, there is the cervical, the brachial and the

lumbosacral plexus.

 

Diseases of the Spinal Cord. A severe jarring of the body may cause concussion

of the spinal cord, the result of which is paralysis of the parts supplied by

the affected parts of the cord. This will probably clear up, however, with

complete rest. The continuity of the cord may be interrupted more or less by

myelitis (q.v.), caused by pressure from disease or dislocation of the spine,

tumors or hemorrhages of the spinal canal or cord, etc. In the disease known as

syringomyelia (q.v.), cavities form in the gray matter interrupting the fibers

conducting impulses of temperature and pain, and interfering with the nutrition

of parts supplied by the affected portion of the cord.

 

Interruption of tracts in the cord may be caused by a hardening process in the

nervous tissue described as sclerosis (q.v.). Inflammation in the gray matter is

called poliomyelitis, or Infantile Paralysis (q.v.).

 

Spinal meningitis may be caused by extension from the meninges of the brain, as

in cerebrospinal fever, or occur independently, when the cause may be a

penetrating or other injury, or infection. Tuberculous infection, for example,

may extend to the spinal meninges from the vertebrae, in Port's disease. Among

the symptoms are pain, rigidity of the spine, paralysis and wasting of various

muscles, loss of sensation, and so on. (The New Modern Home Physician, pp.

737-739)

 

We can see that if the spinal cord is not kept in good condition, much damage

can be afflicted upon the body. In cases where the spinal cord, even though

protected by the spine, has been severed, it leaves paralysis from the severed

area down through the rest of the body. In cases where the spinal vertebrae has

slipped and pinched the cord, paralysis would also result from this impingement.

 

Over the years we have worked with many damaged " backs " - some from slipped

disc, hump back, curvature of the spine, broken backs, and severed spinal cords.

We have seen remarkable recoveries by using the principles of wholistic

procedures.

 

We have used various herbal aids as well as therapy. One herbal formula we have

used for years, that has performed " miracles " , is called Complete Tissue & Bone

Formula for " bone, flesh and cartilage. " This combination of herbs has brought

curvature of the spine and other types of back and bone injuries to a healed,

normal condition once more. (See Complete Tissue & Bone Formula Newsletter)

 

Complete Tissue & Bone Formula (comfrey combination fomentation) is an aid for

malfunction in bone, flesh, sinews, etc. Make a tea of the following herbs: oak

bark, marshmallow root, mullein herb, wormwood, lobelia, scullcap, comfrey root,

walnut bark (or leaves), gravel root. Soak the combined teas in distilled water

(at the rate of one ounce of combined herbs to a pint of distilled water), then

soaking four to six hours, simmer thirty minutes, strain and then simmer the

liquid down to 1/2 its volume and add 1/4 vegetable glycerine (if desired).

Example: One gallon of tea simmered (not boiled) down to two quarts and add one

pint of glycerine.

 

Soak flannel, cotton, or any white material other than synthetics, never use

synthetics. Wrap the fomentation (soaked cloth) around the malfunction area and

cover with plastic to keep it from drying out. Leave it on all night, six nights

a week, week after week, until relief appears.

 

All cases: Drink 1/4 cup of finished concentrated tea with 3/4 cup of distilled

water three times a day.

 

By using this formula faithfully and following a proper diet week after week,

the body is able to rebuild its malformed areas. There are no two people alike,

some heal faster than others, so just use patience and be happy with the

results.

 

In this combination we have oak bark. (This may be white oak, scarlet, red,

black, scrub, oak inner bark from any of the Quercus alba, Rubra and Tinctoria,

Beech Family). This herb is a powerful astringent, tonic and antiseptic. It has

in it calcium, phosphorous, potassium, sodium, magnesium, manganese and copper,

gallic acid, gallotannic, allagic and tannic acid, etc. This herb aids in

feeding calcium into the bones, muscles, nerve sheaths, etc. It is an amazing

tonic and has natural protein and fiber to assist the building process.

 

Marshmallow root is anti-gangrenous, an emollient and demulcent, and is an

extremely nourishing food for wasted and deformed areas.

 

Mullein herb is a glandular herb to assist in keeping the lymph system efficient

and in removing waste materials. Wormwood acts in two capacities. One is to

relieve pain and the other is to act as a vermifuge to aid in eliminating worms.

Lobelia is our catalyst and an accentuating herb - our great " thinking herb " .

Scullcap is to aid in rehabilitating the spinal cord, to clean, repair and

rebuild the master trunkline. Comfrey root is a cell proliferant, causing the

good cells to grow rapidly, and discarding the malfunctioning and dead ones.

Comfrey is very high in the substance of allantoin, the healing and rebuilding

" power " . Black walnut bark is an antifungus herb - it's high in iodine, sulfur,

manganese, potassium chlorine, magnesium and cellulose. These minerals are only

a small part of this outstanding herb. Our final herb in this group is gravel

root - one of our fine solvents. This herb aids the body to leach out and remove

inorganic minerals that are slowing the healing

process.

 

These God-given herbs are credited with the healing and rebuilding many parts of

the body that have either been severed by accidents, eaten away with cancer of

the bone, injured or damaged kneecaps, hip and many other joints that have

deteriorated or otherwise injured or badly mashed, mangled bones. We have seen

so many broken and deformed bodies rebuilt and made whole with this formula. It

is very gratifying to be privileged to work in this field of teaching. I say

" Teaching " because as Edison once said, " The day will come when doctors will be

replaced with 'teachers'. " This day is very near at hand - -Praise the Lord.

 

When the medulla oblongata, at the base of the skull and into the first and

second vertebrae has been damaged, or has deteriorated from improper eating

routine (arthritis, etc.), and in some cases because of weak inherent conditions

handed down from generation to generation, we have trouble in body motion and

movement. This area, when in malfunction, is the inability of the body to

control itself, as it should.

 

This condition displays itself in many ways, as dizziness, lightheadedness, loss

of control over locomotion - epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy,

stroke, etc.

 

The " number one " part of the body that then needs help in these type of

conditions is the motor nerve area, at the medulla.

 

We have a special formula that we first used with our epileptic patients years

ago. This formula came as an answer to a prayer, when help was needed in a

severe epileptic case. The Nerve formula is made up of blue cohosh, black

cohosh, blue vervain, scullcap and lobelia in a regular " ninety proof " tincture

form.

 

There are approximately three million, five hundred thousand herbs, and we do

not know of any two herbs on earth that will do the job of rebuilding the motor

nerve as well as do blue cohosh and black cohosh. I am glad the good Lord was

kind enough to locate them for us; I could never have gone through that many

herbs to locate these specific herbs for a specific job.

 

He also showed the use of scullcap in the formula for the use of rehabilitating

and renewing the spinal cord, so it could again relay its messages from the

motor nerve area to the parts of the body that required help and guidance.

Lobelia is an antispasmodic, to act as a nervine and to discontinue spasms that

were cutting off or slowing down the messages being sent.

 

These five herbs put into a formula, as they have been, have given thousands of

people a new lease of life, by cleaning a fouled up message and delivery system

and getting it into a smooth and natural response, instead of seizures and

contortions as before.

 

Now is the time to consider the third section of the " message circuit program "

of the human body.

 

After the message either to or from the brain is made and in motion, it must go

through a complex nervous system of many miles of connected nerve cells. These

nerve cells can become damaged by malnutrition, injuries, etc., but they can be

rebuilt and renewed. It would, for our continuing education, help to learn a

little about the nervous system of the human body and then learn how to

reestablish or rebuild a worn out one.

 

The nervous system we have been studying is so very powerful and wonderful that

when it is healthy, it can perform miraculous feats; but when tired, hungry and

worn out, it is a pussycat turned " ferocious lion. " A good example is a highly

nervous person, whose nerves are worn to a ragged edge and literally screams,

" Stay your distance! "

 

When a nerve is impinged as in a vertebrae impingement there is pain and

discomfort hard to " stand " or describe. Sometimes a simple adjustment of the

spine is all that is necessary, relocating the vertebrae in its normal place; or

by massage or reflexology (foot therapy). Adjustments of these types can often

give quick and blessed relief. But if the offending area will not stay in place,

it needs, instead of just therapy, also feeding of the muscle and nerves to help

them attain their relaxed state and they can readjust the impingement on their

own.

 

We have seen this happen many times by using the Complete Tissue & Bone Formula

as was described above and through the proper feeding program.

 

In addition, we have used for our nervous friends, a great " nerve food " . This

nerve formula consists of nine efficient and life giving herbal foods.

 

Nerve herbal food combination. Here is a formula we have used with great success

for well over thirty years and is used for relieving nerve tension and insomnia.

It is mildly stimulating and yet lessens the irritability and excitement of the

nervous system, and also lessons or reduces pain. This formula contains herbs

that feed and revitalize the motor nerve at the base of the skull (medulla area

and upper cervical), and also herbs that help rebuild or feed the spinal cord.

This group of herbs will also rebuild the frayed nerve sheath, the nerve itself,

and its capillaries. The following herbs in the Relax-Eze combination are food

for your valuable, and in many cases shattered, nerves; black cohosh, capsicum,

hops flowers, lobelia, scullcap, valerian, wood betony and mistletoe. The

suggested amount for an adult's use would be one to three cups of the tea, or

two or three capsules or tablets three times in a day, taken with a cup of

celery juice or steam-distilled water.

 

The various herbs in this formula each have their own job to do. Black cohosh is

one of the herbs we mentioned before as a special aid for the motor nerve. It is

astringent, diuretic, emmenagogue and alterative; it's high in fiber,

cimicifugin, isofirulic acid, phosphates and other organic salts.

 

Capsicum, a stimulant, tonic, rubefacient; it is high in calcium, sodium,

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid), niacin, riboflavin, thiamin and Vitamin A.

 

Hops flowers, a tonic, anodyne, diuretic. It has calcium, phosphorous,

potassium, copper, trace of arsenic and also has humulene, etc.

 

Lobelia, antispasmodic, nervine, expectorant, emetic, diaphoretic and

antispasmodic. It also has potassium, calcium, and phosphorous.

 

We remember scullcap as the special food for our spinal cord. This herb has high

fiber, calcium, phosphorous, potassium, sodium, chlorine, iron and magnesium.

 

Valerian in an anodyne, antispasmodic and nervine. Here we are supplied with

sulfur, copper, manganese, phosphorous, calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium,

valenanic acid, tannic acid, acetic acid, and many others. This herb is almost

'pure nervine " .

 

Wood betony is one of the top herbs in calcium and phosphorous. It is a nervine,

aromatic, astringent and alterative. It features potassium, calcium and

phosphorous.

 

The last of this nerve herb formula is mistletoe. It is a nervine,

antispasmodic, tonic and narcotic. It has calcium, phosphorous, potassium,

sodium, magnesium, visine and many other trace minerals.

 

If you will notice, most of the nervine herbs in the formula are well supplied

with calcium, phosphorous (which work well together), and these two are for the

worn nerve sheath. They also have potassium, sodium, and trace minerals to

rebuild worn parts.

 

We have seen many nervous people use this rich nerve tea and find that their

nervous system has calmed down and showed a great needed change and a " better

disposition. "

 

To be continued next month.

 

Used by permission, Dr. Christopher's Newsletters - Volume 2 Number 1

 

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