CORRECTION TO: Comprehending the Duality of Certain Symptoms (WAS: Menses in the Context of Physiological Cleansing)

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I typed: " a very healthy man or woman might have a white blood cell count in

the neighborhood of 200-2500 "

 

I meant 2000, not 200. Sorry!

Elchanan

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Elchanan

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 7:34 PM

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[Raw Food] Comprehending the Duality of Certain Symptoms (WAS:

Menses in the Context of Physiological Cleansing)

 

 

Hi Caron, Thanks for these great questions. I'll respond briefly here to #1

and #3 and ask you to clarify #2, if you wish, before I respond.

 

#1: I've mentioned in a few other posts that certain symptoms of excellent

health are also symptoms of terrible health, but for different reasons. For

example, a very healthy man or woman might have a white blood cell count in

the neighborhood of 200-2500; the medical world considers this a potential

sign of AIDS and other frightening diagnoses that they sell. They believe

that a " normal " white blood cell count is in the range 5000-10,000.

 

Let's explore what's behind this example, then apply that thinking to your

question #1, below.

 

In a very healthy person, vitality is high, and the body cleanses itself

with great efficiency and ease. Foreign matter is swept out quickly and

safely, and therefore there is little need for a large standing army of

white blood cells. In contrast, in a very sick person, vitality is so low

that the body literally CANNOT cleanse itself of many substances. In this

instance, naturally, we observe no symptoms of cleansing, because cleansing

is not happening. So from a certain perspective, we see how the same

symptom can have two diametrically opposite meanings, in different

circumstances.

 

Now let's apply this thinking to your question. In a very healthy woman,

vitality is high. Her body cleanses itself with great efficiency and ease,

and foreign matter is swept out quickly and safely THROUGH THE BIOLOGICALLY

NORMAL PRIMARY CHANNELS FOR METABOLIC ELIMINATION, which are the kidneys and

the lungs. (Digestive elimination is contained in and largely confined to

the digestive tube only.) In contrast, in a very sick woman, vitality can

become so low that her body literally CANNOT cleanse itself of many

substances; there is simply not enough energy available to bring overload

avenues of elimination online. In this instance, periods diminish or even

vanish. Once again, we see that the same symptom can have two diametrically

opposite meanings.

 

And beneath this explanation lies some of the bedrock upon which our science

rests: Nature uses and reuses the same general patterns, the same general

solutions, throughout the set of existence we call " life " . The people who

write about how we are all different (e.g., the discussion about Ayurveda

during the past couple of days) are missing this most fundamental construct

about how Nature works. We are all one species, we all function in the same

general AND specific ways. Whenever we change the environmental signals

(our experiences), we produce different details, and in this way we all

achieve unique expression WHILE REMAINING THE SAME. If this were not true,

then NO systematic approach to any health issue would be conceivable at all,

much less implementable.

 

#3: Again, there can be different causes underlying what you describe here.

But before going on, I wish to correct a core misconception your language

suggests. You use " a lack of periods after childbirth " . With respect to

vaginal/menstrual bleeding, there should be NO periods ever. That is

health, that is the natural condition of a very healthy woman. And this

awareness frames and informs the remainder of my response here.

 

A woman expends considerable resources carrying and birthing a child.

Following childbirth, the " correct " way for the rest of us to treat a new

mother is with gentleness and support, that she may rest, otherwise care for

herself, bond with and feed her new baby, and free herself from much else.

And in general, we do not do this ... not even close. So most mothers of

newborns are exhausted, 24x7, even beyond their own awareness of their own

exhaustion. Borrowing from our thinking above, It is not at all surprising

that some such women's bodies simply lack the energy to create overflow

avenues of cleansing; in such women, no period would occur for awhile. When

the child begins to wean, the demand on the mother's system begins to drop,

dramatically in fact, and sufficient energy may be freed up so that overflow

cleansing is resumed.

 

Hope this all makes sense!

 

Best, Elchanan