LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED

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LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED JoAnn Guest May 15, 2005 18:21 PDT

 

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.. We are placed on the earth with the finest piece of machinery, our own

body, to be used as a vehicle for our spirit while we are in mortality.

This equipment is completely computerized and if taken care of properly

will last many, many more years than we normally expect it to in our

modern society.

 

Because of improper care and fueling of the human mechanism, our life

span is far shorter, even by hundreds of years, than was common in

Biblical times according to the ancient prophet and writer Isaiah. It is

often difficult for the average individual to make his three score and

ten let alone the hundred and ten years allotted mankind in Bible times

after the Great Flood.

 

Each organ in our body must do its job as efficiently as it was

originally meant to and designed for so that the other organs, will also

work smoothly. If any part of the body should say to another part, " I

have no need of you, " does this mean we need to pluck it out? No. In

order to have a wholesome (whole) body, each organ must run smoothly

contributing to overall performance.

 

The heart is an organ which is generally ignored or taken for granted

until an emergency arrives. Being computerized, it just keeps on beating

without our giving it any instructions and it will continue to work by

itself until it is stopped by our neglect--or our inability to cope with

its out-of-time or laboring problems.

 

" There is no evidence that stresses cause heart disease, " wrote Kurt

Aaron, M.D., in the November 14, 1959, issue of the Medical Journal of

Australia (East Brisbane). However, he went on to demonstrate that

stress of certain kinds can cause symptoms of heart disease in patients

whose hearts are perfectly normal.

 

From time immemorial we have associated the heart with our emotions.

Language is full of phrases like " heartfelt, lionhearted,

broken-hearted. " We know as well that the heart is closely associated

with the emotions of fear and its natural accompanying physical

preparedness. Physical response to danger requires increased blood

supply to the muscles, dilation of the small arteries that lead to the

muscles, the release of a glandular secretion, adrenalin and an increase

in the output of the heart. In other words the heart must beat harder or

faster or both.

 

Of course in earlier days danger meant for man the same thing it means

to an animal, he either fought or ran. These body preparations took

place to give him strength for fighting or swiftness for escape. It is

true that the clotting time of the blood is shortened when one feels

fear, anger or hostility. This means the blood tends to thicken thereby

adapting to protect a person if he is wounded so that he will bleed

less. Today most of us are removed from the actual danger of physical

wounds. Nevertheless fear and anger will still produce a thickening of

the blood. One easily sees, therefore, that chronic fear or anger may

lead to dangerous blood clotting.

 

It is also true, wrote Dr. Aaron, that recalling a past event that made

one fearful or angry will produce the same physiological reaction as if

the event were again taking place. An individual's heart beats faster,

or harder, he feels the rush of blood into the muscles and the

stimulation given by the adrenalin which moves swiftly to all parts of

the body readying for an emergency. Undoubtedly people with very vivid

imaginations experience almost the same sensations of fright as they

tell of or re-live a fearful event.

 

However, in Dr. Aaron's opinion, the normal individual who approaches a

doctor with complaints of heart pain symptoms is suffering from

something else. They have a neurosis. This does not mean that their

difficulty is imaginary. It's real enough all right, but it is the

result of something in their personalities, not in the physiology of

their heart. Some of the symptoms in this type of ailment are heart

palpitations, difficulty in breathing, pain in the chest area and

fatigue. Any one of these symptoms alone or in conjunction with other

symptoms such as frequent urination, indigestion or headache often

constitute the major complaints of a patient who has nothing wrong with

his heart.

 

Dr. Aaron goes on to describe these symptoms in more detail. His

description of what is commonly called heart palpitation is particularly

insightful. Heart palpitation, he explains, is the " consciousness of the

heart beating. " It is usually a painless, albeit disturbing, phenomena

and may be felt in the chest or over the heart. The heart often seems to

be pounding very hard and to the individual it may seem as if the

sensation is at some distance from where he believes his heart is

actually located. Heart beats may occur out of step with the preceding

or subsequent beats, or the heart may beat very rapidly. Palpitations

are often not felt in the moment of real stress or crisis but the

patient usually feels the palpitations while lying down recalling the

difficult situation.

 

Breathlessness or labored breathing is another of the symptoms of an

ailing heart which may be misread:

 

The patient calls it shortness of breath and means two varieties. The

first is an increase in respiratory rate and the second is the feeling

of inability to take a deep breath, as if he could not get enough air in

the lungs. Yet this particular type of breathing is associated with deep

sighing respiration. It is a feeling of oppression as if something was

stopping the thoracic (chest) cage from expanding. I find it a

particularly useful symptom in favor of diagnosis of neurosis; of which

it is characteristic. It occurs at any time, has no relation to effort,

and is particularly prone to happen in association with recall of

fearful and unpleasant situations. It often occurs at night, waking the

patient in a panic.

 

Another symptom, chest pain, may cause problems in diagnoses for both

patient and doctor because of its similarity to the pain of angina

pectoris. This kind of pain, according to Dr. Aaron, does not occur as a

result of exertion on the patient's part, even though it may be

necessary for the patient to rest for several hours. One patient

explained to Dr. Aaron that he, the patient, would have to go to bed for

the rest of the day simply to get relief from the pain which he assumed

was caused by the visit to the doctor in the morning. It is hard to

describe this type of pain. For example, patients may have read accounts

of the sensations experienced by angina patients and then confuse their

own sort of pain with that which they have read about.

 

Of course then the real question is what causes these symptoms of heart

illness which we have described above? Recalling a situation that

frightened or angered us stimulates the same physical responses

throughout our body as if we were again frightened or angered.

 

Dr. Aaron states:

 

I have no doubt that most, if not all, patients suffering from anxiety

states have gone through prolonged periods of fear without relief in

action. An insecure childhood is the most common factor, particularly

mother-deprivation, a violent alcoholic father or over-strictness of

well-meaning parents. These histories are almost always found in the

history of these unfortunate persons. My conception of the etiology

(cause) of these disabilities is, the conditioning of prolonged anxiety

and insecurity as a rule in childhood up to the age of 18 years,

resulting in unduly violent emotional reactions to later stresses. These

may be everyday stresses of life, recall of difficult life situations,

dreams or new severe emotional upsets. The reaction remains the

same--stimulation of the automatic nervous system. If the fear of heart

disease is superimposed on this, the threat to life is added and a

vicious circle is established.

 

It is also possible for people with organic heart disease to have heart

symptoms that arise from anxiety neurosis. In such cases the doctor must

first treat the organic heart trouble, then if the symptoms persist

after the actual working of the heart has been corrected, the patient

must work to correct the emotional background that is causing them.

 

(This is an excerpt from The Encyclopedia of Common Diseases, by the

staff of Prevention Magazine, Rodale Press, Inc.)

 

Malfunctioning of the heart due to an organically caused condition is a

problem that should be corrected by attacking the very root of the

problem. Here is a fine explanation of the cause of breakdowns in the

circulatory system by Julius Gilbert White (Abundant Health, published

by the Health and Character Education Institute, Pine Mountain Valley,

Georgia).

 

The human body is the most marvelous thing in the world. It consists of

myriads of cells which are assembled into tissue, muscle, nerves,

glands, organs, bones, teeth, skin and hair.

 

Every cell has to be fed with oxygen, water and food. These supplies

must be of the right kinds, in balance and unfailing. If there be a

failure, the cells must suffer and then the organs suffer.

 

As each cell carries on its work, the foods are used, and their use

produces by-products which must be carried away from the cells without

delay or they will suffer or die from their wastes, which are poison.

 

Each cell is continually wearing out and being rebuilt. These cell

wastes are toxic and must be carried away as well as the by-products.

 

TWO SYSTEMS

 

To supply all of these necessities there are two systems in the body.

One system takes in oxygen, water and food, and delivers them to the

cells. The other begins at the cells and takes their wastes and

by-products by the lymph and blood to the elimination outlets-lungs,

pores and kidneys. If these toxic wastes are not efficiently removed,

the cells suffer and then the organs must suffer.

 

As the blood passes through the liver, one of its functions is to

convert certain toxic elements into the bile for elimination through the

colon.

 

A very fine balance has to be maintained between the operation of these

two systems.

 

They both are operated by the heart which is the principal means of

causing lymph and the blood to circulate, carrying the supplies in and

the wastes out.

 

This circulatory system which keeps the body clean within, is very

efficient. It is said that if the cells were bathed in two hundred

thousand quarts of water, the water would have to be changed every few

days to avoid the cells from being poisoned by their own wastes; but the

blood does this work with about seven quarts of fluid in conjunction

with coordinated facilities.

 

Suppose an automobile could earn and secure its own supplies, feed

itself with gas, oil, water, and oxygen, and drive itself; and suppose

the supplies it gives to itself would replace all of the losses so that

no part would wear out in less than one hundred years; and if a fender

were broken or a tire injured, these supplies would mend the injuries;

and that it would gradually renew its coat of paint as it goes over the

highways so it will always look new--what a wonder it would be! That is

a crude illustration of the human body.

 

Degenerative diseases are caused by putting in the wrong " fuel " and

failure to keep the cells and blood stream of the body clean.

 

THERE IS NO ARGUMENT

 

In order to go deeper into our subject we must understand the effects of

poisons on cells and consequently on the organs. There is no argument

over the fact that cells must be nourished. Likewise, there is no

argument over the fact that poisons injure them. Let us see what

happens.

 

THE KIDNEYS

 

These magic filters handle nearly a quart of blood every minute, and in

seven minutes handle an amount equal to all of that in the body; at

least 600 quarts of blood pass through the normal kidneys every

twenty-four hours for certain wastes to be removed; all the blood of the

body passes through the kidneys many times each day.

 

The wastes are removed by the action of the selective cells in the

circular-shaped glomeruli in the tubules which together constitute one

unit of filter mechanism of which there are said to be two million in

each kidney (some say four million), each composed of cells, many of

which have the power of selection akin to intelligence. The glomeruli

drain into the tubules, which are so small each one can handle a fourth

of an ounce in sixty years. The glomeruli extract about sixty quarts of

fluid from the blood in twenty-four hours, and pour it into the tubules,

which put back into the blood, all except about two quarts, which are

eliminated as urine, and in which are the wastes that have been

extracted. The kidneys thus use one quart of water to extract forty-five

grams of waste. If there is a deficiency of water in the body, the urine

is too concentrated and the kidneys are handicapped in the elimination

of wastes.

 

The kidney mechanism and functions bear witness to an infinite Mind

which designed their structures, and an infinite Being who continues to

maintain their exigency and Who supervises their functions. To suggest

that such an organ could originate of itself without a Designer and

Creator is so foolish that no scientist or schoolboy would even consider

applying the same argument to an automobile. Why not be consistent?

 

POISONING THE ARTERIES

 

The blood containing these poisons is flowing through the arterial

system-nearly a thousand miles of arteries and veins, besides many more

thousand miles of capillaries. Wherever blood vessels are, it goes with

its poisons--into organs, glands, tissue, brain, etc. The walls of the

arteries consist of cells which are subject to the same injury from

poisons as the cells in the kidneys. Therefore, the arteries degenerate

at the same time as do the kidneys and from the same causes. There are

various types of degeneracy, but that does not matter so far as our

objectives in this lesson are concerned.

 

The inner, middle, and outer layers of cells in the artery walls may

develop differing pathology, but the point is they are being injured and

their ability to function is decreasing.

 

As the cells degenerate, the walls thicken and harden. Now it is called

" hardening of the arteries, " or " arteriosclerosis. " As they harden they

become more brittle--easier to burst under pressure.

 

As the walls thicken, the passageway through them diminishes in size so

that more pressure from the heart is required to maintain the proper

circulation. Now it is called " high blood pressure. " It is true that an

increase in blood pressure can be caused by an accelerated heart-beat,

or by anxiety, or by " nerves, " but that is not the dangerous type of

blood pressure under consideration just now.

 

As the hole through the arteries grows smaller and the pressure

increases and the walls become more brittle, a little extra pressure at

some time from any cause may result in the rupture of a blood vessel.

The most delicate ones are in the brain and consequently such an

accident often happens there. That is called a hemorrhage. A blood clot

forms. If it is fatal, it is called apoplexy; if not fatal, a stroke of

paralysis. Ninety thousand Americans die that way each year.

 

POISONING OF THE HEART

 

The blood which carries the poisons which injure the cells of the

kidneys and the arteries is surging through the cavities of the heart

which push it on its never-ending journey throughout the body as long as

life lasts. But more; the heart has its own circulatory system by which

its own muscle and nerve cells are fed, so that the injury to the

arteries of the body extends throughout the heart as a part of the body.

Sometimes this injury to the arteries becomes pronounced in the heart

first; but in either case, the heart is now degenerating.

 

At the same time it is being weakened, it is required to work harder

than normal to maintain normal circulation through a thousand miles of

arteries with thick walls and a small opening. This extra work plus the

weakened condition of the heart handicap the owner and sooner or later

bring disaster - heart failure.

 

A great flood of light has been shed upon this subject by a notable

experiment made in the Rockefeller Institute under the direction of Dr.

Alexis Carrel who placed a living section of a chicken's heart in a

bottle in 1912. He fed its cells scientifically and removed the wastes,

and cells lived and continued to grow for 34 years. Although a chicken

does not live over twelve years as a rule. Dr. Carrel said that so far

as he can see the cells are " immortal " so long as they receive the

proper nourishment and have their wastes removed. The experiment was

abandoned in 1946.

 

If a man would take as good care of his heart from youth up as Dr.

Carrel and his associates did with the chicken heart, it would never

degenerate; and if the same man would take as good care of his other

organs, they would never degenerate, and the heart would not wear out,

he would some day quietly die of old age all at once like the Deacon's

One-Hoss Shay.

 

CARE FOR THE HEART

 

Being so perfectly computerized and scientifically formed, the body

should receive more respect than is given it by the average individual

today. We should never allow toxic and mucus producing materials to

enter the body, whether liquid or solid. All foods should be unprocessed

and used in their freshest most wholesome ripened form. Fruits,

vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds should be used either raw or low

heated only, well below the hundred and ninety degree point. This can be

done be steaming and using double broilers or thermos type containers.

The edibles listed above are all of the herb family and the true

herbalist who believes in wholistic healing will never use toxic, poison

or habit forming food. For more information on the mucusless diet, see

The Three Day Cleanse and Mucusless Diet (Dr. J.R. Christopher, P.O. Box

352, Provo, Utah 84601).

 

We also wish to mention in this article more about the body's need for

water which is extremely important. Juice, as an example, is a

nutritious liquid, but is not a fast solvent like distilled water. Each

day an individual should consume one ounce of distilled water to each

pound of body weight. A person of one hundred thirty pounds, for

example, would use one hundred thirty ounces or approximately one gallon

of water. This person would want to use two quarts in the morning and

two quarts in the afternoon. By drinking a glass or two at a time, the

water will be gone before you know it. Distilled water leaches out the

inorganic salts and minerals that cause hardening of the arteries but

this same distilled water will not leach out the live organic

assimilable minerals.

 

To keep the system clear of toxins and mucus, begin by keeping the

bowels clean. After a period of strict adherence to the mucusless diet,

the bowels will automatically take care of themselves. Up to that point

however, the average individual needs an herbal aid to keep the system

clear. For this we use the herbal bowel formula (Fen LB) given in Volume

1, Number 1 of our Newsletter. Use this formula according to need,

starting with one teaspoon of the combined herbs three times each day,

or two or three of the capsules or tablets, in either form as you prefer

it, three times each day. Increase or decrease the amount according to

the initial results. The bowels should be regulated so there are three

or more good, free bowel movements each day.

 

 

 

FOOD FOR THE HEART

Cayenne is one of the finest foods for the feeding of the heart and for

keeping the veins and arteries in good youthful condition. It is best to

begin using cayenne in small amounts and increase the volume gradually.

For example, start with 1/3 teaspoonful of cayenne in a little water

three times a day. Continue taking cayenne in these amounts for three or

four days and then add another third of a teaspoonful to the original

third each time it is taken. Again after three or four days increase the

amount of cayenne by another third of a teaspoonful until you can take

at least a teaspoonful three times each day. This herb is not a drug. It

is merely an excellent food, high in calcium, Vitamin C, etc. Even

though one senses heat and slight discomfort at first, this is due only

to a stepping up of the circulation and can do no harm to the body.

 

The herb cayenne is a great food for the entire circulatory system

because it feeds the necessary elements into the cell structures of

arteries, veins, and capillaries throughout the body so that these

structures regain the elasticity of youth again and blood pressure

adjusts itself to normal. Cayenne rebuilds the tissue in the stomach and

will heal stomach and intestinal ulcers. By equalizing blood

circulation, cayenne produces natural warmth and by stimulating the

peristaltic motion of the veins, arteries and intestines it aids in

assimilation and elimination.

 

When the venous structure becomes loaded with sticky mucus, the heart

has a harder time circulating the blood and therefore higher blood

pressure is required to force the substance through the veins. Cayenne

regulates and equalizes the flow of blood from the head to the feet

which immediately relieves the heart and gradually extends its effects

to the arteries, capillaries and nerves. The frequency of the pulse

though not increased is given more power.

 

Because of my own experiences I must tell you that I am a firm believer

in the use of cayenne for the circulatory. I suffered ill health in my

youth and from my middle twenties to the middle thirties it was

impossible for me to purchase life insurance, even a thousand dollar

policy. This was due in part to the hardening of the arteries and a

disposition to high blood pressure which I suffered from.

 

During my middle forties I tried again for a substantially large policy

of life insurance. Because of the amount of the insurance I had

requested, I was required to see two different doctors, each of whom

gave me an examination. After one examination the doctor exclaimed that

he was astounded at my blood pressure which resembled that of a healthy

teenager though I was forty-five years old. The second doctor measured

my blood pressure five times, in each instance shaking his head and

repeatedly scrutinizing my case history chart. I was becoming irritated

and asked him if his equipment was broken, seeing that he had repeated

the reading over and over. He told me that the equipment had been used

without trouble for some time, but since my age was forty-five and I had

a perfect systolic over diastolic pressure he had to wonder if the

reading was correct. I assured him that it was and related what the

other doctor had said. I got an O.K. for the policy from both

practitioners.

 

Last year as I neared seventy years of age I told this story to a class

I was instructing. One of the pre-medicine students asked if my blood

pressure was still as good as it had been then. So I gave him permission

to take my blood pressure. Amazingly, the group saw the blood pressure

reading of a healthy young man and not the average reading of a

seventy-year-old individual. This was very gratifying to me to say the

least. The main reason for this good blood pressure of mine, besides my

close adherence to the mucusless diet, was the use of cayenne as a food

each day. I take one to three teaspoons or more of cayenne every day of

my life and the resulting healthy blood pressure is what I call a good

pay-off for a total effort.

 

In more than thirty-five years of practice we have never lost a case

when called to help a heart attack victim because we always use cayenne.

After propping up the patient and pouring down a cup of hot cayenne tea,

which is one teaspoon of cayenne in a cup of hot water, relief comes

quickly. One will find a great blessing if this herb is used as a daily

food, six days a week, throughout life.

 

Certainly one of the major causes for the increased incidence of heart

problems in the world has been a general change of diet, especially

since the turn of the century. In the book Vitamin E: Your Key to a

Healthy Heart (Herbert Bailey, New York: Arc Books, Inc.), we find some

facts on the subject of the Vitamin E deficiency in our country.

According to the author's extensive research, about twelve million

Americans are suffering from an outright deficiency of Vitamin E. He

says:

 

There are undoubtedly many more millions of others who do not show an

outright deficiency but are on the " borderline " in the so-called

pre-clinical stage of deficiency. Remember, we are speaking of

deficiencies, not of the amount of Vitamin E it takes to prevent and/or

treat heart and circulatory disorders. The 12,000,000 figure is

strangely reminiscent of the 12,000,000 heart disease sufferers in the

U.S. We must emphasize that there have been no objective clinical tests

of this correlation, but there should be.

 

Thus the findings of our foremost Vitamin E researchers suggest that a

good part of our mounting heart disease, particularly as it is

manifested in America and other " civilized " countries, is due to the

ever increasing processing-out of the all-important Vitamin E which is

essential to a healthy heart and circulatory system; heart troubles seem

to have advanced in direct proportion to the decrease in Vitamin E

(alpha tocopherol) in the contemporary diet. In 1896, at approximately

the same time that Vitamin E and other vitamins were beginning to be

processed out of bread and other cereal grains, an autopsy revealed the

first identification of coronary thrombosis, one of the biggest killers

among the myriad of troubles afflicting the heart today. (It was not

until 1926 that coronary thrombosis was identified as the actual cause

of death among persons who were previously considered normal and

healthy.)

 

Very few researchers question the value of exercise, a well-balanced

diet, and a fairly relaxed mental attitude. We have shown that

cardiovascular disease is not caused by any single factor which can be

applied to all societies, to all cultures, or to all individuals.

Indeed, we have shown that all current hypotheses which plead " special

causes " can be torn asunder. Yet no one would be so rash as to say that

any one of the proposed hypotheses is absolutely invalid. For instance,

should a deficiency of Vitamin E be recognized as the major factor in

the increase of cardiovascular disease in recent years, it would still

be necessary to exercise and eat properly and to avoid excessive weight

and heavy stress.

 

There seems to be little doubt that one of the factors which plays a

prominent role in the origin and treatment of most forms of heart

disease is exercise--properly regulated, of course. Dr. Paul Dudley

White, probably the best known heart specialist today because of his

successful treatment of former President Eisenhower, is a vigorous

proponent of exercise. His latest views were stated in an article in the

Atlantic Monthly for October, 1963.

 

However, neither food (as eaten in the U.S., Great Britain, and other

" civilized " countries) nor exercise seems to offer absolutely definitive

answers to the riddle of heart disease. We have more heart disease not

because there are more people who are old but because it claims more and

more victims in the middle-age and younger brackets. It is this rising

proportion of deaths among the young and middle-aged persons which has

so alarmed the authorities.

 

All of the Romans mentioned by Pliny who died suddenly were well-born

and wealthy; Dr. White thinks that luxurious living was a major factor

in their mysterious deaths and that most probably the cause of death was

from cardiovascular disease. He points out that almost every case of

sudden death today-excluding violent actions--when autopsied, reveals

significant degrees of coronary atherosclerosis.

 

If the thesis advanced by Dr. Shute and others holds true, i.e., that a

Vitamin E deficiency is responsible for many coronaries or strokes, we

can understand why the rich Romans did not enjoy good health: they ate

too much, drank too much, exercised too little; very likely they did not

eat the " plebeian " coarse bread which was a major source of Vitamin E.

We know with almost certainty that most heart disasters result from

atherosclerosis or arteriosclerosis. This is true, whether our victim is

a citizen of Imperial Rome, a modern American, Briton, or Russian, or

whether it is a rat, gorilla, guinea pig, or chicken.

 

Mr. Bailey goes on to tell us that in many foreign countries like

Russia, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Austria, etc., Vitamin E

has been successfully administered long before we in this country were

allowed to do so in the open.

 

I remember an incident well over twenty years ago when I was called upon

to visit a home in Idaho to see a patient who was lying helplessly in a

bed with a severe heart condition. He was not even allowed to get out of

bed to use the bathroom and how he hated that bedpan! His family had

been informed that he would live a few days because of his heart and

they were also told that another attack might suddenly take him at any

time. This gentlemen was from the old school of eating--a meat, potato

and gravy man. He ridiculed the idea of a mucusless diet, a cleanse

program and the use of cayenne, saying, " I love eating the way I have

always eaten and would rather die early with a belly full of steak than

live your way. " Knowing that he was a cattle man I asked him what he did

for his sick cattle. He explained that experience had taught him that

the best medicine for sick cattle was wheat germ oil and he purchased it

in large drums to supply his herds. I asked him if there was any reason,

seeing that the wheat germ oil was good enough for his prize stock, why

he himself could not use the same procedure. He was then instructed to

use three to six tablespoons of the wheat germ oil each day.

 

One day two years later as I was waiting in the lobby of a Salt Lake

City hotel I saw a man run up the front steps in great haste and into

the lobby where I was sitting. When he saw me he came to a screeching

halt, yelled my name, and vigorously extended his hand to me.

 

" Bet you don't remember me, " he said. " I am that 'dying' heart patient

in Idaho you saw a couple of years ago. I took that 'cow oil' (wheat

germ oil) and in a few days was up and around; in a few weeks I was out

on a little business and in six months was out with the cattle, doing a

hard day's work. Boy, am I a ball of fire today. Thanks Doc. "

 

His thanks meant much more to me than any money I had been paid to make

that house call.

 

Many people would rather take Vitamin E capsules than the oil as it is

more concentrated and much more pleasant to swallow. Depending on

whether it is to be used as a preventive or as a remedy after heart

attack, one may take from 20 to 50 IU of Vitamin E daily, even up to 300

IU per day if necessary.

 

HEART FOOD DELUXE: THE HAWTHORN BERRY

 

For well over 30 years we have seen patients rebuild their hearts and

eliminate the pain and misery of a diseased heart with diet, herbs,

exercise and especially by changing their attitude. A positive attitude

will help the individual abandon the negative and harmful opinion that a

malfunctioning heart is incurable.

 

One of the greatest herbs of all for rebuilding the heart and venous

system is the hawthorn berry (Crataegus oxyacantha). Potter's

Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations (Potter and Clarke,

Ltd., 60 Artillery Lane, London, England) is considered one of the

outstanding volumes on herbal information. In this book the value of the

hawthorn fruit (berry) is described as a cardiac tonic. I think this

term is quite self explanatory.

 

Moldenke (Plants of the Bible, New York: The Ronald Press Co.) gives

information on the hawthorn, stating that it grows in Herman, Bashan,

Galilee and also on the tablelands of Palestine. As far back as Biblical

days the hawthorn berry has been known and used.

 

In lesson material from one of my teachers, the renowned Dr. Edward E.

Shook, I copy the following:

 

An herb which has won the admiration of herbalists of the present day,

and can be traced back hundreds of years, is hawthorn. It is mentioned

in Grieve's articles on folklore; and as Grieve quaintly says, 'This

hawthorn is the badge of the Ogilvies and gets one of its commonest

popular names from blooming in May (Mayblossom). Many country villagers

believe that hawthorn flowers still bear the smell of the Great Plague

of London. The tree was formerly regarded as sacred, probably from a

tradition that it furnished the crown of thorns. The device of the

hawthorne bush was chosen by Henry VII, because a small crown from the

helmet of Richard III was discovered hanging on it, after the battle of

Bosworth. Hawthorn is called Crataegus Oxyacantha from the Greek,

Kratos, meaning hardness (of the wood), oxus (sharp) and akantha

(thorn). Throughout all Europe, it is known as a very fine cardiac

tonic, curative for organic and functional heart disorders, such as

dyspnea, rapid and feeble heart action, hypertrophy, valvular

insufficiency, and heart oppression.

 

Hawthorn berry may be taken as an herbal tea. Use one teaspoon of

powdered or granulated herb to a cup of hot water. Steep the mixture for

twenty minutes and then strain. One half to one full cup of the tea

should be taken in the morning and again in the evening or even three

times in a day. If desired two or more capsules or tablets may be taken

each day which is the same dosage we have suggested for the tea.

 

When I graduated from the Dominion Herbal College in Vancouver, British

Columbia, Dr. Nowell made me a present. It is one of the most valuable

presents I have ever received. It was the formula for a hawthorn berry

heart tonic that had been given to him by an old English teacher. The

man who had given the formula to Dr. Nowell had used it in his practice

for over forty years. As he gave it to me Dr. Nowell told me that he had

used it in his own practice for about forty years with phenomenal

success. He gave it to me in 1946 and I have also used it with great

success since that time.

 

He gave this formula to me with certain stipulations. I could make it up

and use it for my patients but I was not to give the formula to anyone

until after Dr. Nowell's death and then it was mine to use in any way I

saw fit. While he was still alive we made up the formula and aided many

patients with both organic and functional heart problems helping them to

rebuild a new and healthy structure. Since his death the formula and the

instructions for making it have been given to a number of students who

in turn have helped many, many people. We would now like to give to you

the instructions for making this tonic:

 

Fill a container (never use aluminum) to within approximately two inches

of the top with ripe whole hawthorn berries. If dried berries are used

first, reconstitute them with distilled water until they are plumped up

to their former natural size. Next, pour distilled water over the

berries so that they are covered with one inch of water. Simmer the

water and berries for twenty minutes but never boil them. Afterwards set

the mixture to one side in a warm place and steep for twenty minutes.

Next strain off the liquid and transfer it to a clean container and set

it aside. Now mash the simmered and strained berries with a potato

masher or some similar utensil. Again cover the mashed berries with

fresh steam distilled water covering them with about one inch of water.

Simmer these mashed berries and water slowly for twenty minutes, steep

the mixture for twenty minutes and again strain off the liquid. Mix this

liquid with the liquid from the first straining which was previously set

aside. Now measure the amount of liquid you have. This mixture of the

liquids from the two strainings must now be simmered down slowly to one

fourth of its original amount. One gallon, for example, will be simmered

down to one quart.

 

During the time this liquid is being simmered down, it must be stirred

frequently so it will not stick to the bottom of the container and burn.

Again please remember not to boil this liquid. Even if hours are

required to reduce the liquid to one fourth of the original amount, only

simmer slowly to do the job correctly.

 

When the simmering is finished, measure the now concentrated liquid

carefully and then add to it one fourth of its own volume of pure

vegetable glycerine and also one fourth of its own volume of a good

quality grape brandy (Christian Brothers or some comparable brand name).

As an example, if the liquid concentrate after simmering measures one

quart, then add one cup of the glycerine and one cup of the brandy. Mix

the concentrate, the glycerine and the brandy together and pour it into

dark brown or green tinted glass bottles such as prescription or vitamin

bottles. Do not use plastic containers if glass is available. When the

bottle is tightly sealed or corked, it is a good precaution to turn the

bottle upside down and dip the top in melted sealing wax.

 

This formula does not have to be refrigerated and will keep for years at

household temperature. The dosage of this tonic is one half teaspoonful

three times a day or more if desired. One half teaspoonful three times

per day, however, is adequate for an adult sized heart.

 

A few years back a lady came to me to have her eyes read (iridology) and

was told that among other things she had a heart weakness. It was

suggested that she use one half teaspoon of the hawthorn berry formula

three times a day. She was told this on a Tuesday morning and began

using the tonic that day. Before the week was even over she had

experienced a dramatic improvement in her condition.

 

In another instance, during one of our evening lectures, a young man

asked if he could relate an experience of his mother's. The young

gentleman stated that his mother had had edema in the ankles and they

had been swollen so badly over the last four years that the ankle bones

had not been visible. Many remedies prescribed by various doctors had

been used but the swelling would not go down. The young man then asked

his mother to come up to the front of the lecture hall and to stand on a

chair, so the entire audience could see her feet. She now had well

defined ankle bones showing after less than a week of the tonic's use.

Of course we encouraged the lady to continue using the proper mucusless

diet and distilled water as well as the tonic. All of these procedures

would help her, as they would anyone else, to maintain general good

health.

 

This heart tonic is a very special food for the heart and circulatory

systems. In hundreds of cases we have had wonderful results with this

heart formula in people all the way from small infants to youth and to

adults of all ages. Let me recall an experience we had with my own

father-in-law who was in his sixties at the time and who had had heart

trouble since birth. He was born with a leakage of the heart and was

carried around on a pillow as an infant. He worked hard all of his life

on the farm but never could he take a job where a physical examination

was required for he would always be turned down because of the heart

condition.

 

During the years of the Second World War he had been accepted at a large

chemical depot. The firm had hired him because of the war-time manpower

shortage. They had placed Mr. W. in their construction division without

a physical examination when he was sixty-two years of age, and he had

worked for them until he was sixty-five years old. He had begun using

this heart tonic when he was sixty years old and had used it faithfully

from then on because, according to him, 'it tasted good.' Now he was

sixty-five years old and the war came to an end. He was called into the

company's main office where they complimented his work record and asked

him if he would remain there as an employee. First they would have to

send him in for a physical examination and, of course, this was what he

had feared most. Nonetheless, he agreed to take the examination. You may

imagine his surprise when he found that he had been given a clean bill

of health. He then asked the doctor, " What about my heart leakage? " The

doctor replied, " I wish I had a heart as good as yours. You should never

worry about dying from a heart attack; in fact, if you don't get hit by

a truck or lightning you will probably die quietly in your sleep from

old age and won't even muss up the covers. " Mr. W. worked for several

more years at the plant, retired and then lived on until he was in his

eighties. On a July evening in 1970, he went to the rodeo with his

family and enjoyed the evening like a kid as he watched his son ride and

perform with the rodeo group. The next morning one of his sons came to

his home and found his father lying peacefully in bed. He had passed

away with his hands folded over his chest and, just as the doctor had

predicted, the covers were 'not mussed up.' No heart attack-just the

final sleep of old age.

 

Good friends, we are hoping that you will always have a good strong

heart and a long life and we also hope that you will help others enjoy

living in health and happiness.

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