This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce in Meridian, Texas, this 9th day of April, 1923.

Present: Edgar Cayce; J. T. McConnell, Conductor; (?), Steno.

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1. JTM: Tell us why his back hurts, prescribe a treatment that will give him a permanent cure.
2. EC: Yes, we have the body here. Now, we find the abnormal conditions with this body have to do with portions of the physical body and were produced from exterior forces and the affect is to the nerve and ligaments of the lumbar and lower dorsal portion of the body. They also give an affect to the functioning of some of the organs. There are some minor conditions through other portions of the body.
3. These are conditions as we find them in this body, here, [117], we are speaking of: The blood supply through the system is very good. We find there are some of the bacilli carried in the blood produced by the strain to the system and the condition of the hepatic circulation leaving then this bacteria of bacillus, so that it has formed a condition that needs to be rid of. The number of red blood cells are normal. The number of the white blood forces are above the normal, the system producing same, see.
4. The nerve forces in this body are very good. The action of the cerebrospinal centers about the lower lumbar plexus show the distressed condition in portions of the body. The action of the sympathetic gives the forces that hinder the action of the functioning of the organs, properly, see. Now, we find there has been received to this body a strain of the muscle forces about the second and third lumbar and the last or twelfth dorsal. The ligaments give a pressure on the lumbar plexus and the condition should be corrected or else with the condition we find in the body as begins to show now in the condition of blood, would cause the taxation to the kidneys, that in the cycle of time would bring a very bad condition there, see. Stimulate the excretory forces of the liver without the inflammation being excited more in the kidneys, see.
5. We would to bring the normal forces and to hinder this reaction in the system, every second day, massage well into the lower dorsal and the whole length of the lumbar and sacral region, Balsam of Sulphur. Keep the body braced well and this will relieve the strain on the system. Take into the system to relieve the condition in the liver and to produce the excretory forces to act, this:

   Podophyllin...............1/2 gr.,
Leptandrin..................2 gr.,
Sanguinaria.................2 gr.

   These would be well mixed and divided in half and made in two small capsules. One would be taken in the evening, then after the third and fourth massage is begun so elimination takes place, the other is taken, you see. Do that. [117] in this room.
6. (Q) Mr. Cayce, is there anything further you have to say in regard to this treatment?
   (A) Do this as we have given. Balsam of Sulphur is a compound of the oil and sulphur boiled together, you see. This is massaged into the body.
7. (Q) How often should this massage be given, Mr. Cayce?
   (A) We have given it. Just look at that. We are through.

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