This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the Tutwiler Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama, this 17th day of December, 1922.

Present: Edgar Cayce; (?), Conductor; (?), Steno.

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1. EC: Yes, we have the body here. Now, the abnormal condition as we find in this body has to do with the imperfect elimination and the effect this has produced on the ligaments and nerve tissue with the muscular forces over the body, especially, to the extremities and the locomotory nerve centers, see.
2. Now, these are conditions as we find them in this body here, [3847], we are speaking of, ..., Alabama: The blood supplying forces in the physical body have been carried in the system, for times back, some of the bacilli that has impaired the rebuilding centers or cells through some of the portions of the body and has allowed these impurities in attempting to be eliminated through the capillary circulation to become enmeshed in the emunctory and lymphatic centers in the various portions of the body until the effect comes to the body in its action through physical forces. The number of red blood cells are deficient, the number in the white have become intermingled with much of the lymph cells and show in the distribution through organs as well as through the tissue of the body. Now, we see the body is not always as sick or in distress in the physical being as it is at other times, you see. Through the nerve centers we find the body in the brain action to be physically good. There has been impression to the brain centers that has made the body to some individuals, rather estranged to them, you see. These have more to do with the spiritual and soul elements than of the physical or all of the branches of the nerve ends have become enmeshed with the condition, so we find these are more governed by the contraction of the muscular forces by the action of the lymphatic circulation, than by the nerve conditions themselves, for the condition is produced by the contraction rather than from the nerve condition. The nerve condition then becoming the effect rather than the cause of the conditions. The sensory organism of the body, we find acts reflexly to the conditions in the system.
3. The functioning of the organs as organs we find some are very good while others show the effect, especially, in the emunctory forces in their organs of the condition existing. Especially, do we see this through the digestive tract and through the liver and hepatic circulation. The body has suffered, and does at times yet suffer, from the condition as produced through the lower end of the colon, see, so that inflammation is at times brought to the body, but the flow of blood and the lack of elimination through this over-amount of circulation going into these portions of the body and through which much of the poisons are absorbed in the system. This we find through the perineurial plexus, hence the effect that this produces to the bladder and the kidneys at times, an excess we find in the specific gravity of the urine, also excess of some of the make-up of the secretions as thrown off by these forming uric acid in the system.
4. Now, to give the relief necessary to bring the body to its normal forces, we would give that in the system that would first clarify the blood forces that, that would give the correct incentives to the functioning of the eliminating organs and then that to the body that would give the correct vibrations to the physical forces, for we find each system in the system, that is, the spiritual and soul forces and the physical force in all bodies produce an individual vibration, but they must co-ordinate to keep balance in the physical force, see. Give this then in the system:
5. To one gallon of rain water, add:

   Sarsaparilla Root....2 ounces,
Wild Cherry Bark.....2 ounces,
Mandrake Root.......15 grains,
Sassafras Root.......2 ounces,
Buchu Leaves........10 grains.

   This would be simmered, not boiled, until reduced to one quart, strain, while warm add two ounces of cane sugar dissolved first in warm water, four ounces grain alcohol with three drams of Balsam of Tolu dissolved in it. The dose would be teaspoonful four times each day, taken before meals and before retiring. Let the diet be no meats, only cereals and fresh vegetable matter as much as possible - none of the night shade variety of vegetable, however. After this is taken into the system, that is, this whole quantity, then we would give Chloride of Gold, fifteen grains dissolved in fifteen ounces of water, distilled water, and eight grains of Bromide of Soda. The dose would be fifteen drops, in half glass of water twice each day. This would be taken, preferably, at nine in the morning and three in the evening [afternoon] and use the electric vibrations to the extremities along the sciatic nerves, across the small of the back and across the shoulders, the brachial plexus and the sacral plexus for five minutes each day. This would be used with the ultra violet ray, see. This should be given preferably about thirty minutes after the gold is taken in the system. Do that, [3847], ..., Alabama.
6. (Q) Mr. Cayce, these treatments you have recommended for this body, how much time will be required to have the body in a normal condition?
   (A) Depending on the persistency which they are carried out with the action of the other forces.
7. (Q) Does the sciatic condition of this body affect both of the lower extremities?
   (A) ... [It does?] in the ... where it affects across the sacral plexus. The effect is from both of these, but one, more than the other. Do as we have given if we would relieve this body. We are through.

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