This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at his home on Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Virginia, this 27th day of August, 1934, in accordance with request made by the self - Mr. [644], new Active Member of the Ass'n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Mrs. [413], his sister-in-law.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Mr. [644], wife & son; Mrs. [413], Mrs. [585], Mildred Davis and L. B. Cayce.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the body here, [644].
2. Now, as we find, there are disturbing conditions to the better physical functioning of the body. These, as we find, have to do with the eliminations and the effects that have been produced in the body by same.
3. These, then, are the conditions as we find them with this body, [644] we are speaking of, present in this room:
4. First, in the BLOOD SUPPLY we find there have been for some time obstructions in the better equalization of the blood supply, produced by impingements in the cerebrospinal system. This has caused or produced a disturbance in the metabolism, or the blood circulation has been - even by the count of pulsation - two to three beats faster in the upper portion than the lower portion of the body.
5. Then, through this slow impulse that has been created, there came impactions in the caecum and the transverse and ascending colon; and we have had from this, minor disturbance at first, the acute conditions arising in the activity of the liver ducts, this again making a slower circulation with poor elimination through the alimentary canal. Also the pressure there has produced at periods the attempt of the kidneys to relieve the inflammation and pressure through an excess activity through the kidneys and bladder.
6. The greater pressure in the present, then, is not from the first cause in the 8th and 9th dorsal area, but from the sympathetic condition produced in the colon and in the caecum itself; the lower portion of the jejunum being involved, and a cold area may be found in a hand's breadth from the caecum proper - from the slowed circulation through that portion of the system.
7. In the NERVOUS SYSTEMS there has become rather a pressure in the ganglia, and the sympathetic system responding to same from the ganglia in the 8th and 9th dorsal area causes an activity in the MENTAL processes of the system to make for an aggravation to the general system; so that what is taken as diet or for the relief of the distresses in the system makes for a fullness in the pit of the stomach and slows up the digestion, and with an already congested area in the ducts of the liver makes for the tendency of the stomach to appear or feel full to overflowing.
8. In the ORGANS of the body themselves, as we find, there is little or no organic condition of the nature that might be said to be even aggravating; though the activity of the organs of the circulation - as the heart, the liver, the spleen - all are involved, but only sympathetically - as are REFLEXLY the organs of the hepatic circulation, or the kidneys and the liver become involved in the condition.
9. Then, in meeting the needs of these conditions, as we find, these may be had from more than one approach to correction; for applications to a disorder in the physical forces of the body that is produced from first impingements may be made through these directions or through relieving the conditions and thus producing in the system a relaxation that will allow the drainages and drosses of the system to be eliminated through their regular channels. This, of course, would be the slower process; or there may be made specific applications to the conditions that have been produced by the disorders and THEN the corrections made so as to maintain an equilibrium throughout the system.
10. First we would begin by taking internally small quantities of Olive Oil as a lubricant and as a food for the gastric juices of the intestinal system; half or quarter teaspoonful every two hours for three days.
11. Then begin with the applications of the Castor Oil packs over the caecum and the liver area, PRINCIPALLY over the caecum and the gall duct area; the heavy Castor Oil packs, applied three to four hours each day for three to four days. This will tend to reduce the inflammation and make for the system's producing within self sufficient activities to RELIEVE the distresses.
12. Then we would begin taking small doses of the Simmons Liver Regulator, that will increase the flow of the lymph that has been hindered by these pressures in the 8th and 9th dorsal area, and ALLOW the eliminations without producing irritation to the caecum or the ducts and glands that aid in gathering from the cavities in system the poisons that are allowed to escape through the thinning or the activity of the exterior portions of the system. Hence in operative forces for the appendicial area there is NEVER afterward the strength that is maintained by a body before such operative forces. The Regulator is the same compound of the Ragweed, you see, that will produce the eliminations. In the liquid, it would be taken a teaspoonful about three or four times a day, until there is the FULL elimination from the alimentary canal; not only just as the activity of the liver, but towards the last days of same - after taking for two or three days - it would be well to use high enemas to cleanse the colon.
13. Then we would have three to four to six adjustments osteopathically in the dorsal, coordinating the cervical areas, that will relieve many of those minor pressures also; as in face, head and throat, that have at various periods given distress to this body.
14. Take these in this way and manner, being mindful of the diet throughout the period - that there are taken rather the semi-liquids and foods of the alkalin reacting nature; and we should have little or no trouble with this condition. With following all of these, with the final osteopathic corrections, the body should feel quite different.
15. (Q) Should the Olive Oil be resumed at any time?
    (A) Be well for everybody to take olive oil! Be well to be resumed that there be no reactions later; taken occasionally, that is consistently - two or three days, and then leave it off. Don't take it one day with only one dose and then be three or four days before taking another dose! Take it every two or three hours, the small quantities, for two or three days, then leave it off altogether for two or three days!
16. (Q) Have I any gallstones?
    (A) These are as secretions, and not as stones; they are only in the form of gravel as yet. These produce irritation; that is, SYMPATHETICALLY a disorder. These will be relieved by the application of these properties as given.
17. (Q) Is there any indication of a hernia?
    (A) The thinning of the walls of the folds of the intestinal cavity has been produced by the slowed circulation through the lower portion of the torso, or BELOW the diaphragm; but with the applications, the corrections, relieving the pressure, the NORMAL body's activity will be to strengthen all folds of the walls of the cavity.
18. (Q) Is the pain I am now suffering caused from appendicitis?
    (A) Caused rather from impactions; for as appendicitis indicates, it is inflammation of the vermiform appendix, and in this body it is only SYMPATHETICALLY irritated at present. So, with the removal of the pressures this condition will be removed and normalcy will occur. For the position of the appendix and the conditions in the right portion of the side are as the LACK of the lymph circulation and blood supply through the area, rather than from ACUTE inflammation; and, as we find, there is no body in the appendix to produce irritation.
19. (Q) What causes awful pain about heart and thru shoulder and left side?
    (A) This is from the sympathetic condition that has been indicated in the transverse colon, and the variation in the pulsation in the upper cycle of the circulation OVERFLOWS the heart in its activity. This aided by the pressure in the colon that makes for the tautening of the muscular forces about the diaphragm, and the area in the left side produces this heaviness. Shortness even of breath at times.
20. (Q) Should I have my top teeth taken out?
    (A) As we find, the tendencies for the poisons and accumulations in the system - even through head and through the throat, as indicated - would be materially aided by the producing of NORMAL eliminations through the system. If they would be treated locally, AFTER the suggested applications have been made, we would find that FEW of these would necessitate the removal of same; and he may be very sure that the natural are much better than those that may replace them. While they should not be kept as a detriment to the body, if the circulations are made in such a manner that the flow to the head and the face and the gums and the soft tissues of the face is near normal, there will not be the accumulations, nor will there be the distresses in the teeth.
21. (Q) What are the influences brought to bear that seem to cause appendicitis to come in epidemics?
    (A) These are both mental attitudes of individuals and the astrological influences, combined with the very nature of the elements that people take under certain seasons; or the lack of vitamins in that which grows in the products used as food. Hence are the combination of all of these. Some families, some groups, being more sympathetic than others are more easily affected by the conditions, both from the mental attitudes and the diets in that particular family or vicinity; for - as it will be seen in such epidemics - the diets of those individuals in certain territories or surroundings are lacking in the necessary vitamins; for with the making of many things used in the seasoning of foods, or in the applications for those things where synthetic conditions have brought about the making of things, they leave OUT the vitamins that NATURE has prepared - and does prepare - in all food values.
22. (Q) Is there any correction for this, generally?
    (A) If the most hated of the weeds were used as a portion of the diet, it would never occur - Ragweed.
23. (Q) How should this be prepared or taken?
    (A) Either taken as a medicine or as a portion of the diet.
24. We are through with this reading.

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REPORTS

1. Mr. [644] said the reading described his feeling and condition, existent for a long time, much better than he could have done himself. He would certainly follow the suggestions.
2. 4/16/46 Mr. [644] and his wife joined A.R.E. to help promote "the work".
3. 2/08/48 Wife's letter: "We have enjoyed every Bulletin. Your work is just wonderful... May God bless you all."
4. 4/22/59 Report by sister-in-law, Mrs. [413]: "[644] followed his reading and received 100% results. He did pass the gravel, just as the reading indicated, and the other symptoms disappeared just as predicted."
5. 2/06/64 Mr. [644] died at the age of 78.

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