This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce in Hopkinsville, Ky., this 19th day of October, 1909.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; (?), Conductor; (?), Steno.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading Unknown. ..., Texas.
1. (?): We have before us [5707], ..., Texas, go over him carefully, and tell us what the trouble is.
2. EC: The body has wasted away a good deal since we had him before [Previous readings are not in E.C.F. files], he is very thin; the blood is right thin. The building properties of the blood are rather below normal. The white blood is in the supremacy, and is different from what we had before, but the building tissue in the blood, which goes with the white and red blood both, is very weak, and we find the effects of it more through the lungs and through the larynx. Also find the lower parts of the right lung very much involved; have a choking up of the tissue of the cells of the lung, but find no broken tissue there, though there are tubercular cells in two places. We find those through the throat, in the larynx, very much better.
3. We find still the irritation from the effect that we have had heretofore, but the account of the irritant produces the cough, thence the irritation of the throat itself. We find from the treatment we are giving, not enough oxygen for the body; it is consuming the whole system.
4. All of the left lung is very good, and find nothing from that that is of any form or seat of trouble, except a partial choking of the cells, through the sympathetics; you see, we have the sympathetics through the lungs the same as we have any part of the body, and from these sympathetic nerves, we have the counter-irritation of the larynx, also a choking up at times, where we have a special coughing fit, or spasm of the lung, which is caused from congestion, this producing a choking up of the left lung at times.
5. We find of course, an increase of fever, that is the temperature of the body, caused from an increase of circulation at this time, the body attempting to throw off all the refuse matter from the system has choked up the whole respiratory system a good deal, so that we have a clogging up of the glands in the capillaries, producing at times an itching sensation that we have over the whole body, especially at any time when water strikes the body; if this were thrown off more, it would not cause this congestion in
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the left lung, or to the capillary system either.
6. The body itself, the whole body, is not in as good condition to rebuild as we have had before, because we find the carbon of the body, or the storage battery of the body, which we have of course in the nerve tissue in the gray and white matter, is below par and below normal, hence, the body is in a good deal worse condition than we have had.
7. (Q) What would you suggest now, to relieve the conditions you have described? (A) This expansion of the lungs that we have in the treatment before is not good, because it is an irritant of the whole body, and the digestive organ of the body is not in a proper condition to assimilate thoroughly, that is why we have this ejection from the stomach of the medicine that is taken to rebuild the lungs. We have the whole body in this, and to reach any trouble in any part of the system, it is to go through the digestive organ, or through the blood or nerve force to be taken up, unless, of course, it is absorbed from the outside. This is taken in the stomach as it is made from the blood, and if not assimilated in the stomach, then we have here a counter-irritant to the blood, and poison, or an irritation of the whole digestive system from the bowel and stomach; just as we have here in this oil, if it were assimilated in the stomach it would be a building property to the body, but as it is, it is not. You will have to get more life into the body to retain the life that we have, because it is just wearing itself out. We have here, the assimilation of matters in the stomach that will have to be changed; also in the lung, a filling up of the cells, which is gradually destroying the cells and the right part of the lungs, that will have to be checked or destroyed. We have too, the broken down nervous system, or the lack of confidence in self, which will have to be changed, through the nervous system. Now, for the first, we will have to get the digestive organ in proper shape to have assimilations from the body; we will have to change from this we have taken into the stomach, and take more of a stimulant in the whole body, and not so much to be digested from the stomach, because it is not doing anything at all. To assist the stomach in its digestive functions, we must use Clary Water, because it is a compound which will
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increase the digestive powers, and the appetite. We have in the compound of Clary Water, a composition of the Armidris [Ambergris?], Gin, Sugar, and Sage, which will be a toning for the whole body, and for the digestive organ, then, the stomach will be able to take into it enough to assist the blood to build up the body, but it cannot as long as it won't digest anything. We must have more oxygen, so that the lungs will throw off the carbon from the body. To get this must have a higher altitude, but lower temperature; have the altitude but not the temperature here. We have the lungs filled, but ought to be colder. We get more oxygen, and more iodide from a colder atmosphere, as of the mountains. He should be more out doors, and take more bodily exercise; have more employment of the mind, to get it off of self, or to do something that will relax the body, not enough of course to wear it out, causing congestion - then the body will rebuild.
8. (Q) Now, what place would you suggest, that he might get the conditions spoken of, the proper temperature and altitude? (A) Any place that is in a higher altitude, any place in the mountains. We have places both above and below here, and have it here if it was higher. What we must have more for this [5707], is employment of the mind and body, not enough to relax the whole body and produce a chill from congestion afterward, but enough to keep the blood in circulation, but, we must have assimilations of the stomach before we could do that either; better not move from where he is. The higher altitude from the present conditions of the stomach, it would not be able to retain anything. Get this in good condition from the use of Clary Water first.
9. (Q) How should this Clary Water be taken? (A) It should be taken into the stomach, and taken in quantities, like we take water, but do not use very much at the time. Take about three (3) gills at the time, or an ordinary wine glass, and take it about five, six or eight times a day, until we stimulate the whole system. From the Armidris [Ambergris?], we have a new lining; from the Gin, a stimulation of the blood, and from the sugar and sage, from the sugar, we have assimilation for both the blood system and nerve tissue, and from the sage, we have a sedative. When we get the stomach and the digestive organ in better shape, then we can hope to have some body, and we need to put the blood into circulation, to kill the bacteria in the lungs, because, unless we do, we will not have anything better.
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A good electrical treatment, or an osteopathic treatment, will accelerate the blood, and will reduce this bacteria, and aid the assimilation, and you will find that this will reduce this counter-irritant from the blood. It won't hurt to keep up this stimulant, nor this tonic, for a time, when we can tell better as to what to do with it, after we get the assimilation here in the stomach, but that is not bad for the rest of the body. We have the body living on itself, and not building any more or carrying on any blood; we have the muscles, the nerves, the fleshy part of the body, and all of the bone and tissue of the body becoming dilapidated and flabby, and of course, when we have that sort of condition, we have the lungs weaker and weaker, and the tissue is being torn further in the lungs.
10. (Q) Suggest what diet he should take? (A) Whatever he wants, and whenever he wants it. It is better for the body to eat oftener instead of in large quantities. He should not eat so much of a starch, but more of a property that will produce carbon to the body, so that it will not burn itself out.