This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his office, 115 West 35th Street, Virginia Beach, Va., this 9th day of January, 1928, in accordance with request made by self - Mrs. [464].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Mrs. Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. L. B. Cayce.

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1. GC: You will have before you the body and the enquiring mind of Mrs. [464], of 1605 E. ..., ..., Ohio. You will give the physical condition of this body at this time, with suggestions for the relief and improvement of same. You will answer the questions also which I will ask you regarding this body.
2. EC: We have the body here - this we have had before, you see.
3. Now, we find with the physical forces of this body many conditions show much improvement, others some aggravations, and the conditions that produce them have not been corrected along with the building up of the system. Hence we find the conditions are such as to have the appearance of shifting from time to time. The taking of the gold with Violet Ray has assisted the system in that the glands of the system are now functioning near normal; yet we find that with the condition existing in the cerebrospinal system some of the organs direct are causing disturbances, by the activities produced in system through subluxations still existent. This especially do we find in the lower dorsal and lumbar region. Hence the pressure caused through the mesenteric system and especially the tendency of the system to produce overactivity through the kidneys, and especially the bladder.
4. Now, to meet the needs of these conditions, we would not discontinue the gold and the Violet Ray altogether, but gradually reduce the doses being taken - not the time, but gradually reduce - drop by drop - the doses being taken. Then at the same period have these manipulations, osteopathically given (see, we are reverting to the same condition as has been given, yet we would follow these very specifically if we would bring the better conditions for the body), have the manipulations deep in the lower dorsal and lumbar region, until we are able to remove the pressure from the region where the pancreas and the mesenteric system are over-active - from the pressure caused to nerve centers in the region of the hypogastric and pneumogastric plexus - these, as we see, from the 9th dorsal to the WHOLE of the sacral, see? We would apply heat to the body before the manipulations are given. Either that of direct rays from lamp or from wet heat - packs - so that the body is relaxed.
5. Beware in the diet! While this is as a hardship to the body, yet no meats - and not any sugars. Very little of potatoes or of such. Rather those of foods or vegetables that grow above the ground - though lettuce and those of salsify and asparagus and celery may be included in the diet, see? Liver as a meat may be taken in small quantities; preferably calf liver. This should not be fried hard - rather made as stew than as with grease.
6. Ready for questions.
7. (Q) What is it that we have not reached as yet with our treatments?
   (A) The correction of the conditions existent in 9th, 10th dorsal, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th lumbar.
8. (Q) First one organ then another becomes overcharged - what can we do for that?
   (A) Having the condition corrected so that the functioning of organs through the gland forces of the body may come about, and the relieving of the pressure, should bring about the better conditions of the body. Have these corrections made osteopathically, keeping up those other conditions, and with the diet we will find we will bring better conditions for this body.
9. (Q) Can I use too much of the Gold and injure my stomach?
   (A) We are giving to reduce the gold. The gold was not an injury. Of course too much CAN be taken, but this in the quantity as has been taken not injurious; rather as the invigoration; for, as has been given afore, the lack of proper eliminations - or a balanced elimination - the greater trouble with the body. Now, since we have a pressure producing over-activity in pancreas and pressure on the mesenteric system - that produces over strain in kidneys - we find these conditions existent. Hence to EQUALIZE this elimination by the sweats, or by the application of the heat, and by the changing in the diet from this, that or the other as is found to agree with the system, and by the manipulation, we should bring about the better adjustments for this body. Do that.
10. (Q) What is the action of the gold in the body?
    (A) As given.
11. (Q) When my system seems to back up, my face gets yellow, my head aches, I get light headed and my legs too weak to hold me up, is there some way of discharging this toxin from my system and relieving that distress?
    (A) By equalizing the circulation and the pressure as is produced on the body in the eliminating centers. Hence the sweats or the hot packs and the light for the back or spine, so that the perspiration is brought to the capillary circulation, so that the liver is aroused, so that the body is kept in the proper condition. We would add too, for the elimination, these properties:
    Take four [4] ounces ambrosia weed, or ragweed, in sixteen [16] ounces of water - distilled water. Reduce by simmering (not boiling) to one-half [1/2] the quantity. Strain while warm and add four [4] ounces of beet sugar first dissolved in (do not use cane sugar) two [2] ounces of water - hot water, with two [2] ounces eighty-five percent [85%] alcohol - grain alcohol, with twenty [20] minims Oil of Sassafras.
    The dose would be teaspoonful at bedtime, teaspoonful before breakfast. Eat the breakfast! which should consist principally of fruit or gruel. Do not eat apples, however. Citrous fruit is very good if not too much sugar is used. In the place of sugar there may be used on the fruits that of the active principle of sugar, in small quantities, or a little beet sugar - not the cane sugar.
12. (Q) Why is it that when I get benefit in one way it causes trouble in another?
    (A) The unequalized condition in the system from pressure in the cerebrospinal system. This about the 9th to the 11th dorsal, where pressure is radiated to the solar plexus and to the mesenteric system. This prevents the coordination. Hence this relief must be brought about for the FULL correction of conditions.
13. (Q) How long should I keep on with the gold?
    (A) Until the quantity is reduced to the one drop at the dose, and then there will be given other suggestions for the correction, or for the condition as it has reached in the body at that time; for the changes will be regulated by the manner and the way the system responds to those corrections in the lower dorsal and lumbar and sacral regions.
14. (Q) What should be done to get at the bottom of this trouble?
    (A) Relieve those conditions in the cerebrospinal nerve system.
15. We are through with this reading.

BACKGROUND

1. See 464-5 and subsequent Reports.
2. 1/05/28 She submitted questions.

REPORTS

1. 1/16/28 Letter from [464]: "...I received the reading and I am very much pleased with it. I will follow directions as near as possible... Yes, you said a mouthful that the diet would be a real hardship on the body, not saying a thing about the mind. If I can't make a go of it here, then I will go to Virginia Beach, for I am determined to put this through. What else is there for me? I can feel an improvement when I stand. I feel differently - seem a little more solid on my feet..."
2. 1/26/28 [464]'s letter to EC: "...I received your letter this A.M. It is two weeks Saturday since I had your reading and I have not been able to get that prescription filled yet. I have just written to our doctor to get an order for the alcohol. I couldn't get him on the phone, and I cannot get it without an order. [2144] and her father went out Sunday afternoon in the machine to hunt for the ragweed. I could not get it but got the address of a place in Carolina where they grow all this stuff for the markets. We wrote for it last Sunday and have not heard yet. So I called up a drugstore and asked him to get it here in 5 days. He said he would try. We searched all over for beet sugar and no one had that. That is one heck of a prescription to get filled. I was wondering if rock candy would take the place of beet sugar. My osteopath doctor is taking a great interest in me now. He has given me 3 vigorous treatments. He read my first and last reading and was very much interested after reading the last one. He said 'I will give you another treatment'. He had just got through with me. He is the best osteopath in the city. Dr. Forquer [James W. Forquer, D.O.] is his name. He helps me other ways too. He sat up and took notice when he read my reading. As to the diet, - I am still alive and doing the very best I know how; hate it like poison but I can see it is the best for me - who wants gruel when there is nice berry pie in sight. Well, I am good. I have cut out sugars, starches and almost all fats.
   "I do not believe I will need the doctor's advice until the next reading and if there is anything in that that we are not sure of we will ask him about it then. Of course I do not feel much different. How can I? Suddenly taking away so much food. I will write again soon..."
3. 2/18/28 [464]'s letter to EC: "...I have just had one terrible, awful time trying to get that prescription filled. It is just 3 weeks today since I had my reading. I have had 6 osteopathic treatments and I should have had the medicine. I could get the ragweed from your address in New York. I wrote and got an answer saying they had it but the girls ordered it from a drugstore here. It is about 8 days since they put the order in, he said he could get it for them and it is not here yet. I could have had it from New York by now. I wrote to my doctor for the order for the alcohol and I was so long hearing from him that I began to think that it was queer, when I had a letter from his wife - he has been dead a year. It was such a shock, it made me sick and I had a visitor all the same afternoon and she told me all the morgue stories she knew of. The result was that when I went to take my bath before my treatment - I was expecting the doctor that afternoon to give me the osteopathic treatment - that I went down on my knees, but I came out of it after the treatment. I kept very quiet and went to bed early. If that woman ever shows her face around this house again and I see her first, she won't get in - darn empty-headed busybodies.
   "I can get my order for the alcohol now. I can't get the beet sugar. I will use honey as it is a natural sweet. It is the ragweed that has held me up so long. Am I supposed to keep those osteopathic treatments up indefinitely? I will be finding myself on the road to the poorhouse one of these days.
   "I have been very careful about my diet, keeping as close to the reading as I know how. At first the diet made me very uncomfortable but that passed away. Now I do not mind it at all. I have vegetable soup 'thick' every day, orange juice and gruel, and some tea. I take the tea later on. I find some improvement in the locomotories but the digestive organs are not working right yet. Of course, weakness from a full diet to such a strenuous one. However, I am still hoping. I wish that weed would hurry up and get here. Still have trouble with my head. A tight, drawn feeling in my head and eyes. You said aplenty when you said this trouble of mine is hard to deal with. It sure is. I don't despair though.
   "I DO feel STEADIER on my feet. Osteopath doctor does give me a good treatment just fine.
   "I hope everything is working out to your satisfaction along your lines. I don't care how slow the treatment is so long as it is sure.
   "I must close with best wishes..."
4. 2/25/28 [464]'s letter to GD: "...Is Mr. Cayce home yet? I will be wanting another reading soon. Let me know, will you, please?..."
5. 3/07/28 [464]'s letter to EC: "...I received your letter and you take it from me that I want a reading the very first opportunity you have, and if the good doctor can throw any light on the subject, I am ready for all suggestions for I surely am having one heck of trouble - while one thing is better, some others go on the rampage. I really think now that it is my stomach, kidneys and bladder almost entirely. In your last reading you said there was a pressure below the 9th dorsal that was affecting the kidneys and bladder. I have had an osteopathic doctor to take care of that as suggested in the reading. I do not know if that has been removed or not. My bladder still is over-active. I took a bath in hot water and I laid in the bathtub to get the hot water on my back, then I went downstairs and sat with my back to the gas grate and heated my back through and through 'til the osteopath arrived for the treatment. He said I surely was warm - he could feel the heat on his hands from my back. He is greatly interested in my case. I have paid strict attention to the diet but I find that liquid foods and drinks of all kinds, except water in small quantities, do not agree with me. I am trying to overcome a lifelong habit of tea but my heart is so effected that I really need a stimulant of some kind to take its place; the doctor will understand that. I cannot throw it away altogether - all at once - without serious trouble such as splitting headaches and a weak heart. I would be flat on my back in bed. I think the tea has had a great deal to do with the nervous indigestion but I am not sure. I think it is a crime for parents to give children tea or coffee. I did not raise my girls on either one but they have acquired the habit in later years and I am always preaching against it. It is wrong, Mr. Cayce.
   "I feel confident that [if] we can overcome the stomach troubles, kidney and bladder, that things will right themselves shortly. I hope you had a successful trip South - no doubt you had a taste of early spring while there.
   "There has been a doctor here, Ryley by name, [Joe Shelby Riley, M.D., D.O., D.C.] who has been teaching the zone system - no doubt you have heard of it. My osteopathic doctor has been attending the lectures and learning how to use the concussioner for the spine. Dr. Ryley said it reached parts deeper in than the osteopath or the kiropractic [chiropractic] can with their methods, so my doctor wants to use it on my spine to remove the pressure, stimulate the nerves and increase circulation. But not until I heard from my next reading. It said something about sweats. I have had no sweats except the little while heating my back for the osteopath. If they are necessary when, and how? I have taken the ragweed almost 3 weeks. It is an astringent, but not altogether in my case, with a teaspoonful dose. I will be glad to have the doctors advice when necessary..."
6. 3/21/28 See 464-7.

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