Edgar Cayce Readings, 1419-5

(Physical Suggestion)

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EC: (In undertone: "Three and five-eighths north by west -")
Yes, we have the body, [1419].
As we find, while conditions are very much improved in many ways, there are still those weaknesses in the areas as has been indicated, and the tendencies at times for a reverting to inflammatory conditions in those portions of the digestive system that have been disturbed.
While there needs to be more strength and more vitality, there also needs to be more precaution as to the activity. The body should not as yet undertake to overtax itself, or to tax itself sufficiently to deplete those replenishing and building forces for the body.
For a few weeks as yet take things rather easily. Do not overtax the body.
Use these as we would find for the diets in the present. While these are still close to the liquid and the semi-liquid diets, these changes as we find would be most beneficial:
Mornings - alternate between these various things; not all of them at once but one day one, and another day the next, dependent upon the tastes of the body and their reaction with the body: Orange juice about a glassful, with half a lemon in same at one time and at another time half a lime; at another time half of the orange juice and half of the grape fruit juice. The fresh fruit of all of these is preferable. Crushed or whole wheat well-cooked, this is very well if it is WELL cooked; this means cooking for three to four hours - cracked or crushed wheat. This would be at another time, you see, and not when the juices are taken. At another time use oatmeal, but the steel cut oats - NOT the rolled oats. The rolled oats make for too much acidity. The steel cut oats would be well. Then at another time use a combination of dates, figs and almonds; these would be cut or ground together; these may be warm or these may be cold; and they may be taken with a little milk - this combination would not be given so often, but it will be found to be most beneficial as an aid to better eliminations.
Each day take at least two to three tablespoonsful of the beef juice, but let this be beef JUICE, not just beef broth! This may be taken at the noon meal; that is, a tablespoonful or two tablespoonsful with Graham or Whole Wheat Crackers; but taken very slowly. Also use at this meal the leafy vegetables that are well cooked in their OWN salts, or cooked in Patapar Paper and retaining the juices of same for the salts of same. Such vegetables may be included in this meal as red cabbage, the white cabbage, the celery cabbage or the like, or mustard, or beans, or any of the leafy vegetables - not too much of these.
In the evening meal, these may be also varied: Combination of the juices of vegetables with Whole Wheat Krumbles (Crumbles?), or with Grape Nut Krumbles (Crumbles?), or toast at times. Not at the same meal but at times half a glass or a glass of NEW buttermilk (not that that is too old) may be taken; with which there may also be included the crumbs of whole wheat bread or of such natures, or the whole wheat crackers.
These as we find for the next month or six weeks should be the principal diet for the body.
Now for the activities: DO NOT attempt to lift or sweep or pull - as making beds and the like. These activities are too heavy on the body and will make for a disturbance again in the areas as has been outlined. Sewing or working around the house is very well, but not too much of that taken as in the others indicated.
Every other day at least, or a little each day, we would have a massage of the Oil over the abdomen and the liver and the gall duct area.
We would still keep occasionally the periods of one or two or three treatments Osteopathically. Take these for two to three weeks, leave off for two to three weeks, and we will find the body responding better to these if given in and under such natures.
Do that.
Ready for questions.
(Q) Should anything else be taken at breakfast when the citrous fruit juices are taken?
(A) Preferably not. At times at breakfast, or at times in the evening meal, a coddled egg may be included - but not WITH the others; make rather a meal of same in itself, with the whole wheat or milk toast.
We are through with this Reading.
Copy to [826] - Wired also
Copy to Ass'n file

BACKGROUND

See 1419-4.
9/27/37 P.M. Brother [826] phoned for a fifth Physical Rdg.; phoned again requesting that diet instructions be wired to him.

REPORTS

9/30/37 Brother [826]'s letter from Wash. D.C.: "Dear Mr. Cayce: I been so busy with hearings, the market, and [1419] that this is my first opportunity to send you that $10 for the reading. It has not arrived yet, but it stated one thing especially which I believe is quite important. That was the implication that her backsets were caused or would be caused by activity such as sweeping, making beds, etc. She was getting along fine until we took her home to the farm. Immediately she started doing various kinds of work each day, and then her trouble began. We are going to take steps to put her where she can't work or do anything, and have hopes she will now get all right. [816] has now found the reading. It went to his office at the ... instead of my office, and he was away."
10/06/37 Brother [816]'s letter: "Don't know as yet how the Sister will come out. Her osteopath [Ernest L. Wood, D.O., with the Wood Osteopathic Hospital in Bethany, Mo.?] left town for a time, which may have been responsible for a little setback, in part, but think she may eventually get all right."
1/38 Mr. [826] reported verbally that Mrs. [1419] died last fall. He wasn't there to follow the treatment; they wired they were going to operate, so he felt "What's the use?"