This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 16th day of February, 1933, in accordance with request made by self through her mother, Mrs. [255], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

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

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1. EC: Yes. We have the body here; this we have had before.
2. As we find, the general physical conditions of the body are very good, and there needs only be those precautions as to the care for the developments of the various activities through the mental and physical forces of the body, for the developments in a normal way and manner.
3. Ready for questions.
4. To be sure, such precautions would take into consideration the physical attributes of the developing body with the expansion at those periods in its development through the mental attributes; so that all are taken into the considerations where there is kept an even balance or a coordination in a normal physical body with the proper mental developments that make the proper accounting for, or the proper valuations of, the necessity of the right manner of thinking, the right way of developments in the physical and the mental.
5. For, there must be to each developing body those answers from the IMPULSES that arise when passing through the developing periods, as this body is in the present.
6. (Q) Itemize diet for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
   (A) As this is given, it may be recognized that alterations may be made from time to time to meet the varying needs of the developing body. But, we would outline these:
   Mornings - citrus fruit juices, or orange juice and lemon mixed, but the grapefruit should be preferably with the pulp as well as the juice; followed with dry toast and any of the drinks that are satisfactory to the body.
   Occasionally this may be altered to any of the cereals, whether cooked or dry, which would also include - at periods - the whole grain or whole wheat, that is so necessary to carry the vitamins that are well for a body keeping in a normal balance, aiding in building up energies in the system.
   Also this may be altered at times to the stewed fruits, fresh fruits, or the like. Or any of these may be used with honey and rice cakes, or wheat cakes, or barley, or especially a combination of the wheat or buckwheat and corn; with butter.
   Noons - preferably juices of vegetables in broths, or broths from the STOCK of mutton, beef, chicken, or the like. At the same period there may be included (or these altered with) a whole green salad, that may carry any form of dressing that is palatable to the body.
   Evenings - a well-balanced whole vegetable diet, with meats to balance it for the proper amount of vitamins for the developing body.
7. (Q) What meats should I have?
   (A) Lamb or chicken, and OCCASIONALLY beef. Plenty of fish, of course, may be included in the meals at ANY of the periods.
8. (Q) What about sweets or desserts?
   (A) Occasionally.
9. (Q) What laxative is best for me?
   (A) For this particular body, figs or their compounds.
10. (Q) What oil should be used on scalp before washing?
    (A) As we find (and have given oft), the crude oils are the most satisfactory for stimulating the scalp, to prevent falling hair, to add lustre, and to stimulate the growth. Following the oil shampoo there should be the cleansing with alcohol; that is, one to twenty, but this should be preferably of the pure GRAIN, for any of the ingredients such as in pyro or those that make for the denaturing produce breaking and burning of the hair.
11. (Q) What soap should be used on hair for washing?
    (A) Preferably that carrying the tar content as its base, or Packer's Tar, or any that have a tar and glycerine content; or pear [?] soap is well.
12. (Q) What hair tonic would be good for my scalp?
    (A) Preferably the alcohol, that we have indicated, for this is the active principle in any of those tonics that are manufactured. So this in its perfect state, without the addition of any other oils, is well; followed, of course, with a gentle rub with the pure white vaseline.
13. (Q) What caused growth on foot, and what should be used if it repeats itself?
    (A) This was from irritation; and that best for the reduction of same, as we find, would be a massage with baking soda which has been dampened with spirits of camphor. This will be good for anyone having callous places or any attendant growths on feet; for it will remove them entirely! [See 276-4 Reports.]
14. (Q) Regarding mental and spiritual: What is my aura?
    (A) Blue, turning to shades of green - which shows a high mental, tending towards spiritual, development.
15. (Q) Any special directions for parents for the coming year?
    (A) Keep the answering for changes that naturally come with the developing of the body physically, and the answering for WHY impulses arise; and the source, the use, the supply, the demand!
16. We are through for the present.

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BACKGROUND

1. 6/26/30 She obtained Physical Reading 276-1 for irritability and general elimination problems due to adolescence. Life Readings 276-2 and 276-3 were given 2/20/31 and 11/20/31.
2. 2/07/33 Mother [255] submitted questions.

REPORTS

1. 5/01/33 She had 276-5 answering questions.
2. 3/14/50 Mrs. [2072] reported: "I have applied the Spirits of Camphor and Soda (as given in 276-4, Par. 13-A) for bruises.
   I placed the Soda in a bottle with Spirits of Camphor (half and half). Two or three times a day I shook the bottle and applied the solution. It cleared a tiny black and blue spot on my upper lip in six days. I applied it to bruised black and blue spots which had remained on my legs for many, many weeks, and they began to noticeably disappear in six days. The blueness was gone in another seven days. I still have some soreness from the bruise, however."
3. 6/15/50 A.R.E. issue of THE SEARCHLIGHT on HEALTH HINTS carried a quote of 276-4, Par. 13-A in re growth on foot.
4. 8/21/50 Louis Garrett, D.C. reported: "Three of my patients rigidly followed instructions in 276-4, Par. 13-A for callouses and bunions and were completely benefited. Average reduction came within two weeks."
5. 10/05/50 Mrs. Magda Fredericksen reported that in four cases of callouses on feet the callouses disappeared entirely in less than a week's time by using the Baking Soda and Spirits of Camphor. She cautioned: "Be careful not to touch other parts of skin, as it will be tender and break."
6. 11/27/50 Mrs. H. B. Harrell, Jr. reported: "I used Baking Soda which had been dampened with Spirits of Camphor [as in 276-4, Par. 13-A], about twice each week, at night, for several weeks. Callouses became tender and I massaged with Camphorice. After a few more weeks the callouses disappeared."
7. 8/27/58 Louise Colvin from A.R.E. Cleveland, Ohio group reported: "I used the 276-4, Par. 13-A treatment for bunion and callouses and it worked beautifully. Can now wear high heels in comfort which I had not been able to do before."
8. 7/17/73 Mrs. W. L. Major reported: "Last summer I learned of using soda and camphor for foot callouses. Within a month my feet were and still are 'like new'. I'd been going to an orthopedic M.D. off and on for years with little relief. It's wonderful to have good feet again. My husband is a dentist and he wouldn't have believed it had he not seen it..."

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