This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 18th day of January, 1939, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [641], Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

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

TEXT

1. GC: You will give the physical condition of this body at the present time, with suggestions for further corrective measures; answering the questions which may be submitted, as I ask them:
2. EC: Yes, we have the body, [641].
3. As we find, conditions are not so well with this body in the present.
4. There is too great an inclination for the thinning of the walls of the intestinal system, that may turn in many disturbing directions unless some corrections are made.
5. First there is the inclination for too great an acidity.
6. Hence, sweets of most every nature should be eliminated from the system; as well as those of any carbonated drinks.
7. More of a milk diet would be well, provided it is more of MALTED than of raw milk.
8. Yeast would be advisable for these disturbances.
9. And we would purify or cleanse the system with a mild laxative, such as Fletcher's Castoria taken for a day; and do not attempt to work in the open, but REST during the day this is taken. Take this in small doses, - that is, half a teaspoonful every thirty minutes, - until the body is THOROUGHLY cleansed.
10. Follow same - the next day after taking the Castoria, you see - with a teaspoonful of Milk of Bismuth stirred in a full glass of water, in which there would also be put nine to ten drops of Elixir of Lactated Pepsin.
11. If after the taking of the Castoria or the flushing of the system, and the taking of the Bismuth tends to cramp, then use a high enema to cleanse or flush the colon; so that the absorptive activities of the Bismuth may be better taken through the system.
12. If there is the continuation of the itching and the tendency for the breaking out [psoriasis follicularis? 8/29/40 See 641-5 Par. 12-A indicating that it is a psoriasis condition.], then repeat the dose - after a few days; that is, both the Castoria and the Bismuth. If it is necessary to take more than one dose of the Bismuth, very well - until we change those activities through the alimentary canal.
13. Keep to more of an alkalin-reacting diet; though bread should form a great part or basis of the diet, see? but WHOLE WHEAT.
14. And cereals should be of whole wheat or Maltex. Citrus fruits of a morning are well, but not those combined - or at the same meal with the cereals, see? At least two or three mornings a week use the whole wheat cereal, then two or three mornings the citrus fruit.
15. Fish, fowl or lamb should be the meats.
16. No fried foods.
17. The Yeast would be taken one cake of a morning OR noon, and one of evening - about half an hour before the meal.
18. Some adjustments through the whole of the cerebrospinal system are also indicated as needed.
19. Do these and, as we find, we may bring the better forces and influences for this body.
20. Ready for questions.
21. (Q) Would Dr. Thompson [D. Carl Thompson, D.C.] in ... be able to give the adjustments?
    (A) Be very well.
22. (Q) Any specific directions for these?
    (A) As indicated, the whole of the system needs some attention.
23. (Q) Am having some trouble with my gums.
    (A) This is from the acidity; and the use of soda and salt as a massage would be most helpful. Two-thirds salt, one-third soda.
24. We are through with this Reading.

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BACKGROUND

1. See 641-3 on 8/22/34 and previous rdgs. indicating digestive weakness.
2. 11/06/38 "I had a spell with my stomach a few days ago and I am just getting over it. It must have been a combination of things that I ate that caused poisons in my stomach and made me sick. That is the first time I have been sick like that in a long time tho. From now on I will try to be more careful than I have been in my eating."
3. 1/10/39 "I have been having trouble lately with my gums and a skin trouble that I haven't been able to deal with effectively. It may be due to my diet and some trouble in my digestive system. I would like to ask in the rdg. for a definite diet program to follow."

REPORTS

1. 2/04/39 "I got the reading and have been following its instructions the best that I can. I do feel much better already, although I am still having trouble getting my diet just right. There are still places on my gums that are awfully sore some times in spite of the massages with salt and soda. It will probably take some time to get rid of the condition entirely."
2. 2/24/39 "I am feeling much better now, physically, thanks to the reading. I am still having trouble with my gums. I'll be glad when I get them well."
3. 8/29/40 He was present for 641-5.

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