This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 10th day of March, 1938, in accordance with request made by the self - Miss [243], Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.

TEXT

1. EC: Yes, we have those conditions which have disturbed and do disturb this body, [243].
2. As we find, there is a weakness in the resistances of the system, owing to cold and the natural result of congestion produced in the liver, the alimentary canal and through the lower hepatic circulation.
3. But these conditions should soon be eliminated from the system if there are the proper precautions and the keeping of the activities in such manners as to not regenerate the cold-influence.
4. First, be mindful of the diet. Keep away from too great quantity of starches. Build with beef juices. And once or twice or three times a week a good rare steak - not too great a quantity; but this regularly, as well as the beef juice - will make for strength. Take the beef juice especially before the evening meal, or after resting a few minutes when returning from the labors.
5. As a cough medicine, an expectorant, and for a healing through the whole system, prepare:
6. Put 2 ounces of Strained Pure Honey in 2 ounces of Water and let come to a boil. Skim off the refuse, then add 1 ounce of Grain Alcohol. To this as the carrier, then, add - in the order named:

   Syrup of Wild Cherry Bark.................1 ounce,
Syrup of Horehound......................1/2 ounce,
Syrup of Rhubarb........................1/2 ounce,
Elixir of Wild Ginger...................1/2 ounce.

7. Shake well the solution before the dose is taken, which would be about a teaspoonful - and this may be taken as close together as every hour. It will allay the cough, HEAL those disturbing forces through the bronchi and larynx, and make for better conditions through the eliminations.
8. Be very mindful of the eliminations. At least once a week, or oftener if necessary, take a good enema to eliminate the conditions through the colon where the tendency is for infections to arise.
9. The manipulations should be had at least once or twice a week until the strength returns and there is no temperature, and until there is no aching through the shoulders and the small of the back.
10. Ready for questions.
11. We are through for the present.

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BACKGROUND

1. 10/29/37 She obtained Ck. Physical Rdg. 243-28.
2. 3/10/38 She requested 243-29 for a cold that kept hanging on, also cough. Sister [482] wrote: "She has had a time, but would keep going. [340] could not keep her in bed."

REPORTS

1. 5/06/38 She obtained 243-30.
2. 7/20/48 Frank A. Moeser, D.C., reported: "The cough syrup given in 243-29 has been used in five cases in our own group with excellent results, both in relieving spasms of coughing and as an expectorant, and with some success in causing better elimination. We had some difficulty in getting the Elixir of Wild Ginger but succeeded in getting it from Nature's Herb Co., San Francisco. We had to use grape brandy instead of grain alcohol, as we could not obtain the latter without prescription and we could not get that easily at the time we most needed it."
3. 3/21/49 Mrs. [5211] wrote: "Thanks for having the cough remedy sent to me [from Meredith Drug Co.]. I had recovered from the severe cold I was experiencing before receiving it. But recently, my mother was quite ill with flu and threatened with a lung condition. I had her use the remedy, and she recovered remarkably soon. She is eighty-two years old."
4. 7/19/68 Mrs. Ann Milano, 11 Montclair Rd., Yonkers, N.Y., wrote to Dr. H. J. Reilly: "You can't know how happy it makes me to write this letter telling of the great improvement in my family's health. Without you, your therapy and the Cayce remedies we would still be struggling along praying for a way out of sickness and pain.
   "My son, now twelve, caught a cold last July. Coupled with a nasal drip, strep throat and infected sinuses developed a hacking cough. I gave him the medicines the doctor prescribed plus bed rest. It seemed to clear up for a while and then would start all over again. He also got an upset stomach from the drugs. This went on all summer and into the fall. It was a vicious cycle. We finally took him to you and the improvement began. Between the exercises, the indispensable 'black book' [Individual Reference File] from which we obtained the formula for the Cayce remedy [243-29] [I.R.F. page 61], 3/10/38, and the Atomidine for gargling, it all cleared up. When you told me to get the cough remedy made up, I thought it would be so easy, since they are all natural ingredients, but it's easier said than done... You came through again and recommended the Kiehl Pharmacy at 109 Third Ave., N.Y.C. - we had it within two days."
5. 6/05/70 GD's note: The cough syrup has been used by many others with good results.

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