This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach Va., this 18th day of December, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - [3523], new Associate Member of the Ass'n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by her daughter Mrs. [...].

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. (Notes read to and transcribed by Jeanette Fitch.)

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1. GC: You will go over this body carefully, examine it thoroughly, and tell me the conditions you find at the present time; giving the cause of the existing conditions, also suggestions for help and relief of this body; answering the questions, as I ask them:
2. EC: Yes, we have the body here, [3523].
3. As we find, there are disturbing conditions that are preventing the better physical functionings. These are rather a complication of disturbances, yet with the correction of the sources of the disturbance we should bring a much better physical condition to the body.
4. These, then, are conditions as we find them with this body:
5. The blood supply indicates that there has long been a disturbance in the liver and gall duct area. Hence toxic conditions exist that have tended to add to the weight of the body or there is a glandular reaction from the sources or natures of the suppressions and subluxations existent in the lumbar, the sacral, as well as the upper portion of the dorsals.
6. These slow up the actions, and we have sediments in the gall duct areas rather than so much of a gall bladder disturbance. Thus we have also, from the same pressures, a slowing of the return circulation in the lower limbs. This has tended to produce an engorging of the veins, or varicose veins along on the inside and on portions of the limbs.
7. The feet give the body a great deal of trouble when on them, and shortness of breath from the heaviness of body and the activities, and these produce aggravations to the respiratory system and make for an irregularity in the activities of the heart.
8. In making corrections, as we find:
9. We would apply hot Castor Oil Packs for an hour each day, three days in succession each week - the same three days each week. Use three to four thicknesses of flannel saturated with the Castor Oil, over the liver and gall duct area, covering with protective cloths - a piece of oil cloth, and then applying the electric pad.
10. After each pack is removed, sponge off the area with soda water.
11. At the end of the third day, take internally a tablespoonful of Olive Oil.
12. At the end of the second series of the Packs, take two tablespoonsful of Olive Oil.
13. Then begin (after the second series of the Packs) with osteopathic adjustments, with special reference to subluxations existing in the upper dorsal, the 9th and 10th dorsal and then stimulate the circulation through the lower dorsal and lumbars; to be sure, coordinating all through the stimulation to the 3rd cervical and the nerves and pressures that would be produced through the 1st and 2nd cervicals, the head and neck.
14. Do begin taking pure grape juice (as Welch's), two ounces of the grape juice and one ounce of plain water about thirty minutes before each meal and at bedtime.
15. It will be found that this will reduce the desire for foods.
16. Don't take pastries or pies, cake or such things, and very little or no sweets.
17. After these have been taken in this manner for several weeks, keeping up the osteopathic adjustments in the 1st series until at least fifteen have been taken, also the Packs for the gall duct area, then we would leave off the treatments for two or three weeks.
18. Then have the second series, and during the second series of osteopathic adjustments (not before) attempt to empty the gall duct osteopathically.
19. Over the areas of the varicose veins we would apply the Mullein stupes. If the dried Mullein is used, this may be used in a very strong Mullein water. Do not attempt to have these veins removed by surgery. For, when these have been reduced by the activities of the osteopathic adjustments, later - when Spring comes - there may be used the mullein Tea - made from the fresh tender leaves of the Mullein that will be very helpful in this respect; keeping up the Mullein stupes, however, about once a week along on the varicose veins.
20. Do use an equal combination of Olive Oil (heated) and Tincture of Myrrh to massage in knees, limbs and feet, right after these have been bathed in hot water. Massage these oils well into them.
21. Do these and we will find improvements for this body.
22. Ready for questions.
23. (Q) Why can't I sleep at night?
    (A) By removing the toxic conditions and pressures in the heart area.
24. (Q) Above all, what can I do for this itching or sticking sensation I have on my privates for months at a time?
    (A) This will be relieved by those properties that have been taken and that will be taken - especially the Mullein Tea, when this can be made from the fresh Mullein. Use douches of Glyco-Thymoline - this would be two tablespoonsful to a quart of water body temperature; not cold, not hot, but body temperature. Use only a fountain syringe.
25. (Q) What can I do about the swelling of limbs in daytime and face and heart areas at night?
    (A) As indicated, the circulation.
26. (Q) What causes the spot of blood on eyes?
    (A) The unbalanced circulation, and with these adjustments and treatments, by the second series this should disappear.
27. (Q) Any local application for the itching?
    (A) Glyco-Thymoline would be the best, or DDD may be used at times if this gives greater distress. But with the changing in the diet and with the reduction of those pressures, the body should be better. There will be periods of relapse, to be sure, but use the douches and the applications indicated - and these will aid.
    Do as given.
28. We are through with this reading.

    Two copies to Self - (one for the osteopath - Please let us have the name and address of the one you choose.)
    Copy to Ass'n file
    (See directions [which were enclosed] for preparing Castor Oil Packs.)

BACKGROUND

1. 10/24/43 My questions (via daughter):
   1. What can I eat that will not cause me to bloat and hurt my right side? 2. How can I keep from getting so fat? 3. Why can't I sleep at night? I get so sleepy in the day time and just as soon as I get in bed then I can't sleep. 4. What can I do about this swelling? It is in my limbs in the day and goes to my face and around my heart at night. 5. What should I do with the large veins in my legs and on the inside of my thighs? 6. What can I do for this itching sensation I have on my privates? I have it for months at a time then it will be gone for a few weeks and then returns as bad as ever; it is more of a sticking sensation than itching. 7. I also have an itching on my right shoulder or back that has been there for years: just a small place about the size of your hand; they tell me they can't see anything on my back but I tear my dress up scratching it. I am very nervous. 8. There may not be anything wrong with my heart, but it seems to be...sometimes. 9. Spot of blood on her eye. 10. What foods should she eat?
   Thank you, Gladys

REPORTS

1. 7/12/44 Daughter's letter: "I will never forget what you have done for my darling mother. She writes me quite often, telling me how wonderful she is feeling, and asks about you each time. I do hope you are well."
2. 2/26/54 Reply to Questionnaire: ...Now getting to the point, mother is much too nervous to write you. She has had some operations starting 3 years ago for cancerous tumors of the bladder. We girls prayed hard for her life to be spared a few years, as we take great pride in our mother, you know, and a year ago when she visited my sister in Denver, she got there in time for her 3 months' checkup (and operation, as always, a horrid painful thing), so my brother-in-law wrote the Crile Clinic in Cleveland where she had always gone, for them to recommend a doctor in Denver where she could be checked. So she went to this doctor (my sister had to drag her there, she hates to go to them), and she gave him her history, going back to the itching "in the reading", then shingles in 1950 caused from the poison from the tumor in the bladder. She went to a specialist who was to remove this big tumor, but he burst it, and wherever the fluid lights new ones grow. The doctor looked at her in amazement and exclaimed that he just couldn't believe any of it, that her bladder is like a baby's absolutely perfect. Before that I had read in the Bible of healings and heard of such things in tent meetings, etc., but why does it take something like that to make us realize that when we accept Christ as our personal Savior those miracles are for us. I know, too that the devil performs miracles, but the difference is "fruit of the spirit."
   Mother followed the reading precisely, and she told me that it helped her get over the "itching" that she'd had for 20 years caused from poison from gall bladder, as long as she went to the osteopath and followed it. I guess it was a lot of work to stick to it, so she only had a few months of relief. The condition reoccurs frequently when she is nervous and upset over something, or a long trip (which unnerves me, too). But always when she stays home alone and rests she's o.k. The drs. at the Crile told her she had bad gall stones, which a second reading might have revealed. She stuck to her diet, too, and I'd give anything if Dr. Cayce was still here, he certainly did a lot of good. Do you think there will ever be anyone who can do the same work? Didn't he say that other people with assistance could do it if accompanied by someone? Do you know of anyone?...

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