This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Virginia, this 15th day of July, 1944, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [5345], new Associate Member of the Association for Research & Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Mrs. [3407] and the book, THERE IS A RIVER.

Present: Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Jeanette Fitch, Stenos.

TEXT

1. EC: Yes, we have the body here [5345].
2. As we find, there are conditions here which with care, with precautions as to diet, and with the corrections to be made, we may bring much better conditions and reactions in this body.
3. As we find, here there is a subluxation which has been caused from a strain many years ago and has gradually been a great pressure which has caused overactivity in the pancrean and spleen area, and thus the creating in the body of too much sugar. These reflect upon the activity of the kidneys and bladder, as well as the general nervous system and the incoordination in the areas of the brachials, just a little higher up, which caused distresses to organs of sensory system, general nervous system and the glandular forces of the body.
4. These produce at times inability for the body to have any great activity without much fatigue. And when there is applied those elements even in the form of vitamins alone they are against the activities of the liver, the spleen, especially the pancreas, as related to conditions.
5. There would be begun and taken a series of treatments osteopathically administered until we remove this disruption in the 6th dorsal center. This forms a pressure in the segments below and above. Thus we would make corrections in the 6th, 5th and 7th, coordinating the organs which are supplied from the lumbar and lower dorsal centers and the 3rd cervicals and those upward with same. These would be the better if they were taken rather in series. Take the corrections and coordinating of the centers, six to eight treatments. Rest a week or two and then again, and repeat this five or six times if we would have the removal of the pressure.
6. Begin with the use of Jerusalem artichoke when the treatments have begun, instead of insulin which may be gradually diminished. Use the artichoke cooked in Patapar paper. Have in the beginning about three of these each week, about the size of an hen egg. These would be cooked well, but the juices in and from same mixed with the pulp as they are prepared. Season to suit the taste of the body. Do not use too much salt and do use, in all the vegetables cooked, the kelp or health salt and not the regular sodium chloride as purified.
7. Do refrain from any red meats. A little fish or fowl but not too much of these. Great quantities of leafy vegetables and little or none of pod variety. Very little of those which grow under the ground except occasionally the oyster plant, carrots, and beets and the beet tops prepared together. These we would take, but yams or white potatoes, no. Not a great quantity of onions but the top of these may be prepared with raw salads if these are palatable for the body.
8. Not too great an amount of exercise in the beginning and after some ten to fifteen weeks, we would give further instructions. But these begin with for this period and we will bring better conditions for the body.
9. Ready for questions.
10. (Q) What should be done for the vaginal discharge?
    (A) The regular diets will be most beneficial as indicated. But for the conditions itself, use alternately the douches, one time using Glyco-Thymoline, a tablespoonful to a quart of water, and the next period using one-half teaspoonful of Atomidine in a quart of body temperature water. Use this in a Fountain Syringe. The corrections indicated through the lumbar axis are to have their part in aiding this condition. These are tied with the reflexes from the 6th, 7th and 5th dorsals.
11. (Q) What will aid my gums?
    (A) Equal portions of soda and salt as a massage. Use the kelp salt here also.
12. (Q) Would you suggest a tonic or something to build up the system, especially the nails and hair?
    (A) We are taking it here, with not only the douches, but the massage, and the corrections which will add to this, but occasionally, about three times a week, we would take for three days together (but use the same days regularly) one drop of Atomidine in half a glass of water, mornings before any meal is taken.
13. (Q) What doctor in the area of ..., Connecticut should I consult?
    (A) You need a doctor only for the correction, and use the osteopath.
14. (Q) Any further advice?
    (A) Keep the attitude of constructive thinking. Be good for something, as well as being just physically or mentally good. Do a good deed each day. Go out of the way to help someone else, it'll be the greater help for self.
15. 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
    Two for indexing

BACKGROUND

1. 6/18/44 Friend [3407]'s letter: "She for some time has been suffering with sugar diabetes, no help from M.D.'s. I feel she is deserving. She's read the book THERE IS A RIVER and is ready to accept and follow anything that may come through the reading."
2. 7/05/44 She submitted questions, including: "Is the sugar condition hereditary or due to other ailments?"

REPORTS

1. 8/03/44 Letter indicated she had started treatment with a local chiropractor [Justin M. Barber, D.C.] who seemed much interested in EC's work; she was having trouble locating the Jerusalem artichoke and kelp salt.
2. 8/15/44 GD wrote: "The Jerusalem artichoke may be obtained for a few cents a pound from The John A. Salzer Seed Co., LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
   "Kelp Salt may be secured from almost any health store counter - in department stores, or may be ordered direct from: Health Food Center, 140 N. E. 2nd St., Miami, Florida."
3. 5/27/46 Address unknown.
4. 8/30/47 GD requested report from the osteopath.
5. 3/29/49 GD requested report from [3407] and received 5/03/49 as follows: "She died in a coma 11/06/44. I saw her in 1944 and feel sure that she was doing nothing that the reading said for her to do. She occasionally mentioned the effort to get Jerusalem artichokes. Her husband was overseas and she was working and having an accelerated social life - that took a great deal of her strength. My information is very sketchy about her after '44, but I feel that she did very little that the reading told her to do."
6. 7/13/49 A.R.E. member Samuel E. Benesch [6201 Hartford Rd., Baltimore, Md.] reported:
   "About once a year, in the spring, I use the Atomidine to purify glands. I take it as directed in [5345] except I take 3 drops [instead of 1 drop] each morning before breakfast for 3 days, then leave off 3 days, take 3 days again, and so on, for three complete series. At the same time I practice meditation for purification. There results a general pepping up of system. After taking the Atomidine and practicing meditation, following the first series, I noticed great increase in growth of hair and nails. Skull size increased 3/8 inch in circumference."

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