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Pancreas Panacea

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Pancreas Panacea

 

The pancreas is an organ of the body that offers one of the best

examples we can give on the principle of " working on the cause " of

sickness and not on " the effect " only. The following description

comes from Nathaniel Kleitman, Bibliog.--B. P. Babkin, " Secretory

Mechanism of the Digestive Glands " (1944):

 

This is the principle digestive gland, whose secretion contains

enzymes capable of hydrolyzing proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. In

function the pancreas is a double glandular organ--

digestive and endocrine.

 

The pancreas is shaped like a fish fillet, the head end at the

duodenum, into which its principal duct (or ducts) opens, the body

following the lower line of the stomach, and the tail terminating

near the spleen.

 

In microscopic structure it is a compound alveolar gland, resembling

the salivary glands except for the clumps, or " islands, " of special

cells interspersed among the alveoli.

 

These, the " islands of Langerhans, " have no duct system but produce

the hormone insulin. The pancreas is innervated by the

parasympathetic vagus, and the sympathetic (splanchnic) divisions of

the autonomic nervous system.

 

Pancreatic juice is alkaline in reaction and contains a number of

inorganic and organic compounds in solution.

 

Its active principles are the protease (trypsin), the lipase

(steapsin),

and the amylase (amylopsin) (respectively protein-, fat-, and

carbohydrate-splitting enzymes).

 

The composition of pancreatic juice varies with the mode in which

the secretion is aroused as well as with the nature of the diet. Man

secretes 500-1000 cc, of pancreatic juice per 24 hours.

 

The fact that the flow of pancreatic juice, as determined by the

fistula method, coincides with the passage of chyme from the stomach

suggested

the existence of a nervous or humoral control of the secretary

activity of the pancreas.

 

In 1902 Bayliss and Starling, working on the supposition that the

acidity of the chyme is the causative agent, made an HCI extract of

the duodenal mucous membrane and, after neutralizing it, injected it

into the blood stream of an anesthetized dog, whose pancreatic duct

was prepared for collection of the secretion.

 

They obtained a copious flow of pancreatic juice by this method, and

named the humoral agent formed in the duodenal wall " secretin. "

 

In this connection they coined the term " hormone " to designate an

" arouser " , or chemical messenger, that is formed in one organ,

secreted

into the circulating blood, and carried to all parts of the body,

where it exerts a stimulating (as later shown, sometimes an

inhibiting) effect on another organ, group of organs, or the entire

body.

 

The idea of internal secretion, or endocrine control of the body

functions, as well known at the time (it was even known that the

pancreas itself produced an internal secretion), but the technical

term was lacking.

 

In this case, it might seem strange that the signal from the

duodenum to

its next door neighbor, the pancreas, had to be transmitted in such

a roundabout and biologically wasteful way.

 

It has since been shown that secretin is also formed in the portions

of the intestines that lie beyond the duodenum, and the humoral

effect of secretin is exerted not only on the pancreas but also on

the intestinal glands and the liver (in augmenting the secretion of

bile).

 

Stimulation of the nerves leading to the pancreas, especially the

vagus, also evokes secretion of pancreatic juice, but, compared

to " secretin " juice, " vagus " juice is scanty and very thick.

 

It appears that the humoral and nervous mechanisms of secretion are

complementary to each other, the former, designated by Babkin as

" hydrolytic " , being largely water and inorganic salts, while the

latter, called " echolic, " is rich in organic substances,

particularly enzymes.

 

There is even a " psychic " component of pancreatic secretion, as can

be shown in dogs by " sham feeding. "

Pancreatic juice plays an important part in the digestive activities

of the intestine. The adaption of the secretion to the composition

of the diet has been found to develop partly through the humoral and

partly

through the nervous mechanism. (Nathaniel Kleitman, Bibliog.--B.P.

Babkin, " Secretory Mechanism of the Digestive Glands, " 1944.)

 

Through this explanation of the well planned mechanism designed by

the Creator for preliminary digesting procedure of food in the body,

it can be seen why it is so important to keep the body parts in a

good clean working condition for perfect health.

 

If the body is loaded with toxic and heavy mucus materials, the

nervous system is not doing a good job, and the pancreas is in a

weak run down

condition, we can see the reason for poor operational procedures.

Because of faulty operation, the pancreas can cause low blood sugar

level (hypoglycemia), or diabetes (high blood sugar level).

 

It is at this point when we have to put forth our effort for

adjusting a bad condition, by either working on the effect (disease)

or getting to the cause by healing the pancreas so it can adjust the

problem of high or low blood sugar.

 

To work on the effect (disease) with high blood sugar level, we have

been taught for years to use insulin, because the pancreas is not

supplying an adequate amount.

 

With the insulin being supplied, the organ created to do the job

eventually stops making insulin and becomes dormant.

 

We can say, " Well, instead of using insulin from the pharmacy, lets

use natural herbs such as juniper berries, golden seal root, devil's

claw bark, licorice, etc., etc. "

 

We are still using a crutch to assist the effect, as these are

supplying some natural insulin, but they still do not work on the

cause, i.e.,

a lazy inactive pancreas and its associating and participating

glands (pineal, pituitary, adrenal, etc.).

 

I had been concerned for years about how to get to the cause, in

this condition, and get the pancreas, and other assisting glands, to

become healthy and again make its own insulin and

control the high or low blood sugar on its own, or as was

originally intended.

 

The breakthrough came a number of years ago by accident (divine

providence, I believe).

A patient came to me with the problem of " having trouble in voiding

his urine. " This was years ago when I would mix my formulas, as

needed, in my own herb laboratory.

 

As I was in a hurry that day and did not have time to mix up a

regular diuretic formula for him, I told him to use some juniper

berries, and, if they were fresh to chew them, or make them into a

tea.

His response was that he had some growing in his own backyard and

would use them.

 

Weeks later he returned and said the juniper berries were not giving

him much help in voiding his urine.

Knowing how efficient they really were in doing this, I asked him to

let me see the juniper berries he was using. He took some from his

pocket (as he carried them around, chewing on them during each day)

and showed them to me.

 

I laughed and said those are not what I meant. The true juniper

berry I

had recommended to him would have five or seven small stones in each

berry, but the ones he had been using had only one.

 

It was actually of the juniper family but was a " Utah monostone "

cedar berry (Juniperus monosperma). It grows in the West such as in

Arizona,

Nevada, Utah, Texas, and in the national cedar forests but entirely

different from our regular juniper berry (Juniperus communis;

Pinaceae).

 

 

When I told him about the " mistake, " I gave him some juniper berries

which eventually worked and did the job.

 

I was astounded about his reply because after thanking me, he stated

he would continue using the cedar berries anyhow.

 

When I asked him why, he said, " Well, since using what you call

cedar berries, I have been able to cut down on my insulin as I am a

diabetic.

 

I wasn't sure I heard him right (after looking for something like

this for years) and asked him to repeat what he had said.

Upon his verification of what I hoped he had said, I was very

excited

and asked him to increase the amount he was using and keep in touch.

 

He did so, and in a few months his pancreas, which had found the

right food (cedar berries), was healed and producing its own

insulin.

 

I then tried it on a number of my patients, who were diabetic, with

great results! One of them was a lady using about eighty-five units

of insulin a day. She was put on the mucusless diet, given the Lower

Bowel Formula, and told to use at least six cedar berries three or

more times a day. She was instructed to continue on using her

insulin but to watch the litmus paper carefully and taper her

insulin intake gradually as the litmus paper would act as a gauge.

 

So she had gradually tapered off her insulin and by the end of the

year was not using any more. Her own body (pancreas) was supplying

it as she required its use. She had no reoccurrence, but of course

she stayed on the mucusless diet, because a faulty diet is the cause

of pancreas malfunction.

 

We have had remarkable success over the years with diabetes, using

this system. One day a middle-aged man and his sister came in to see

me. They

were from a family with a " weak pancreas background. " He had

advanced low-blood-sugar (hypoglycemia) and she had high blood sugar

(diabetes).

 

They were both put on the same program and within six months his

blood sugar, because of having a " healed " pancreas (a malfunctioning

one is

the cause) was adjusted and he went to his family physician, had a

glucose tolerance test and passed with a clean bill of health.

 

His sister within the year had dropped from around ninety units of

insulin a day to none.

 

Both were on the same program--using the Pancreas Formula to rebuild

the

faulty pancreas (the cause) instead of working only on the effect

(disease) (using a crutch such as insulin).

 

As time went on, we found that some of our ailing pancreas patients,

though the sugar and insulin problem was adjusted, would have

problems

with the pituitary, pineal or adrenal glands.

 

We had not, at this time, taken the thought into our mind that the

pancreas doesn't work alone, but is assisted by other glands.

 

When the pancreas was healed, toxic burdens centered more, now, into

the other glands. This was the time we added additional herbs to

take care

of these other glands--and since then they all are rejuvenated and

healed together.

 

The formula we have used for years, with success in all age groups

from children to old aged patients and contains the following:

 

Cedar berries, golden seal root, uva ursi, cayenne, licorice root

and mullein.

 

The mullein is a specific herb for the glandular system and cleans

and rebuilds all the glands mentioned in this article.

 

Mullein is high in chlorophyll, a free phosphoric acid

uncrystallizable sugar, mineral salts composed of potassium

phosphate, calcium phosphate

and a mucilaginous saponitic substance, an anodyne principle and

other beneficial ingredients.

 

Another great glandular aid is the herb golden seal. It is also

noted

for its ability to clear up infection. An alterative for the mucous

membranes and glands, an antiseptic a deobstruent, for glandular

system and many other attributes.

 

Uva ursi or bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi: Ericaceae) is an

excellent herb for the adrenal, for diabetes, Bright's disease, and

assists in controlling kidney and bladder congestion.

 

Licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra). This herb was used from before

the time of Hippocrates, prescribed by early physicians in cases of

dropsy and diabetes, to prevent thirst.

This herb is another glandular food and cleanser, being an

emollient, demulcent, pectoral and laxative.

 

Licorice root has 6-8 percent glycyrrhizin; a sweet white

crystalline powder, consisting of the calcium and potassium salts of

glycyrrhizic acid, sugar, starch, gum, protein, fat, resin,

asparagine, and etc. All

of the glands can be cleansed and nourished with this herb.

 

The cedar berry is a food to the pancreas as is cascara sagrada a

food

to build the peristaltic muscles in the intestines, or the hawthorn

berry a specific food to rebuild the heart. This is an herb of many

attributes, but yet has not been listed in any herbal catalogue we

have ever found, up until the time we have used it as a pancreatic

help.

 

Cayenne is a great herb in aiding the digestive system, pancreas,

etc., to have smoother performance and working in cooperation with

the other organs and the circulatory system.

 

Cayenne (Capsicum minimum; C. fastigiatum) has the following

therapeutic action:

 

stimulant, tonic, carminative, sialagogue, stomachic, rubefacient,

pungent, alterative, astringent, sudorific, emetic, antiseptic,

condiment, antirheumatic. Cayenne is a medicinal and nutritional

herb.

It is the purest and most certain stimulant.

 

This herb is a great food for the circulatory system in that it

feeds the necessary elements into the cell structure of the

arteries, veins

and capillaries so that these regain the elasticity of youth again

and the blood pressure adjusts itself to normal.

 

It rebuilds the tissues in the stomach and heals stomach and

intestinal

ulcers; in equalizing the blood circulation, cayenne produces

natural warmth; and in stimulating the peristaltic motion of the

intestines, it aids in assimilation and elimination.

 

When the venous structure becomes loaded with sticky mucus, the

blood

has a harder time circulating; therefore, higher pressure forces the

liquid through.

 

Cayenne regulates the flow of blood from the head to the feet so

that it is equalized; it influences the heart immediately, then

gradually extends its effects to the arteries, capillaries, and

nerves (the

frequency of the pulse is not increased, but is given more power).

 

We have a group of herbs, then, in this formula that works well

together

and accomplishes what it is intended to do--go to the cause and

heal--not work on the effect alone to just pacify and give temporary

relief from discomfort.

 

It is becoming increasingly certain that dietary manganese

deficiency is one of the causes of pancreas problems.

 

Although a new idea to medical science, it is one well known to folk

medicine.

 

The use of " wholesome " (unprocessed) foods high in manganese has

been a fact known and used in our field for a long time.

 

Using such foods high in this element (manganese) such as

blueberries,

onions, cabbage, whole wheat, oatmeal, buckwheat and rye

(these grains yield three to five milligrams per one hundred grams),

dried peas, lentils and beans (one or two milligrams per 100

milligrams), nuts, etc.

 

 

Sulphur

 

No one is exactly sure of all the functions performed by sulphur in

the

body, but we do know that it is contained in certain hormones--that

is, substances given off by body glands--such as insulin, the

hormone of the pancreas, and the anti-pituitary hormone.

 

This lets us know that we do need good " organic " assimilable sulphur

for this, as well as to help keep infection down in the body.

 

The following are foods rich in sulphur:

 

cauliflower, cabbage, brussels sprouts, dried beans, grains, garlic,

onions, horse radish, dry mustard, nuts, peas (dried), swiss chard

and watercress.

 

We take the following from " The Complete Book of Minerals for

Health " (Rodale Books, Inc., Emmaus, Pennsylvania 18049):

 

Now a note from the lore of folk medicine: For centuries, all over

the world, innumerable vegetable substances, often in the form of

powders or teas, have been used as a popular remedy for diabetes.

 

As recounted in an article in the " Journal of the American Medical

Association " (November 5, 1927), two professors from the University

of

Vienna were so impressed by the benefits of one such decoction made

from

blueberry leaves by the Alpine peasantry that they analyzed the

chemistry of the foliage and isolated the anti-glycemic agent, a

substance they dubbed myrtillin.

 

Myrtillin is found in all green plants but most abundantly in

blueberry or huckleberry leaves and various myrtles.

 

It is also present in yeast and oatmeal.

 

Here's how the JAMA article, by Dr. Frederick M. Allen, describes

mystillin's beneficial role: " Mystillin was found to reduce

alimentary

glycosuria and hyperglycemia in normal dogs, to reduce glycosuria

and prolong life in depancreatized patients ...

 

Our experiments to date indicate that myrtillin tends to stabilize

the blood sugar, which otherwise fluctuates widely, and that it

spares insulin . . .

 

It never causes hypoglycemia;

in other words, unlike injected insulin,

this plant product presents no threat of lowering the blood sugar to

dangerous levels.

 

It is surely significant that the American Indians, who brewed

decoctions from countless green plants which they drank to treat and

prevent a variety of ailments, are believed to have been completely

free

of diabetes in the days before European contact (American Indian

Medicine, University of Oklahoma Press).

 

Because the disease was unknown to them, they may have insured their

protection against diabetes through the mystillin they ingested.

 

Here is a pointer not only for diabetics but for everyone seeking a

healthful beverage in place of coffee--tea made from blueberry or

huckleberry leaves, gathered from your own garden or fields or

purchased

in dry form from your health store.

 

Despite all the research that has been done on diabetes over the

past

half century, scientists are still confounded by the mystery of the

disease.

 

It almost seems that the more we learn, the deeper the puzzle.

 

Certainly it is obvious from so-called " degenerative complications "

of

diabetes that when carbohydrates metabolism goes wrong, so does the

body's handling of fats.

 

In diabetics, blood fat level tends to be high with consequent

vascular

damage, and from this stems damage to the small vessels of the

kidneys

and retina (diabetic retinitis, often causing blindness), poor

circulation, gangrene and death from heart disease.

 

Such " complications, " it is now suspected by many investigators, may

actually be as basic to the diabetic condition as elevated sugar

level

itself.

 

Thus the oral antidiabetic drugs, which seem so wonderful at first

because they indeed bring down blood sugar levels,

were nevertheless completely useless

 

in reducing the death rate from vascular degeneration, and in fact

seemed to promote this fatal development.

 

Just to round out the whole dismal picture of our diabetic-inducing

diet, the eating of fresh green vegetables has plummeted as

carbohydrate intake has soared.

 

So, along with stripped vitamins and trace minerals, the American

public

has also lost the protection of myrtillin, nature's anti-diabetic

agent so rich in blueberry leaves but also present is green plants

everywhere.

 

 

Can we wonder that the American public is diabetes prone? Or that

this often fatal disease now afflicts some 8,000,000 men, women and

children?

 

 

As we have said before, " We dig our graves with our teeth! "

 

If you use the amazing formula we have given you here in this

article,

and yet still counteract it with a foolishly planned

" taste-bud-teasing-carbohydrate " diet, the results will not be as

good as if the formula is used with a proper diet and you follow the

advice given in the booklet " Three Day Cleanse and Mucusless Diet " .

 

When starting on this program, the first three days are on juices

(fresh raw juice, no sugar).

 

This of course frightens most diabetics and hypoglycemics because of

their fear of " sugar-reaction. "

 

There is no need to be alarmed for the principle is to hold each

mouthful of " fresh " juice in the mouth, swish it back and forth, mix

it

thoroughly with saliva and the juice can be easily assimilated

without any bad reaction.

 

After the three days you now follow our mucusless diet, which gives

you fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, and seeds.

 

By following this program, you will find that extra weight can be

eliminated (overweight is an " aid " in causing or aiding the

development of diabetes).

 

Let's stay alive and be " diabetes and hypoglycemia free " by going

back

to " wholesome " (unprocessed) foods, plenty of pure distilled water,

and " faith " that, with proper diet, good health is ours!

 

Used by permission. Volume 1 Number 6

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serious

health problem, we recommend that you consult a competent health

practitioner.

 

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not

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created them to cure these disorders. We are merely reporting that

people have used the product to aid these conditions.

 

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