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Milder measures for non-malignancy
In order to round out this presentation, it would be well to briefly mention how the Gerson therapy is modified in working with non-malignant conditions. Cancer is so devastating to the body, that it requires special care. But a number of other conditions can be alleviated with a somewhat milder Gerson therapy.
However, it should be kept in mind that, for all physical problems the Gerson therapy deals with, the strictest program will always accomplish the best results, and more quickly.
"With the `strictest cancer diet,' other chronic diseases respond more rapidly than with the less intensive treatment."
Charlotte Gerson, Appendix I,
A Cancer Therapy, p. 398.
WHAT OTHER CONDITIONS CAN THE GERSON THERAPY HELP? - It is remarkable how many conditions can be helped by the Gerson method. Consider this:
"Initial evidence of the healing process brought about by the Gerson therapy takes various forms. For instance, edemas go down with astonishing rapidity; skin afflictions recede and heal quickly; in areas of old scars, adhesions, lumps, or bone deformations, `healing' often begins as a hyperemia, i.e., the body produces dilated blood vessels with redness and tenderness in the affected area. The newly oxygenated blood, now freshly supplied with enzymes and other healing substances, is brought into the damaged or sick areas."
Charlotte Gerson, Appendix I,
A Cancer Therapy, pp. 394-395.
By 1932, Max Gerson was able to list over 30 different diseases that his less-intensive therapy was alleviating! (In the following quotation, italics are ours.)
"My results with the Gerson Therapy [that] have been very satisfactory is arthritis deformans. X-ray examination shows that the structure of the diseased bones changes with the use of the Gerson diet. The compacta becomes denser and more sharply outlined. Subjectively, the patients' symptoms improve, their motility and ability to work returns. In these cases, it is particularly important to restrict protein intake."
" Epilepsy reacts very favorably. Previously in 1900 the two French scientists, Toulouse and Richet, used the saltless diet in cases of epilepsy with good results. With the addition of phosphorus-enriched cod-liver oil and strictly limited protein intake, healing was speeded visibly. Mental disease was helped. Neurasthenia was greatly improved. Even in cases of neurasthenia with male impotence, potency returned. On the other hand, patients with unusually strong libido returned to a more normal condition."
"In the tremendously extensive area of skin diseases, the saltless therapy is extremely valuable - i.e., in acne, eczema, urticaria, prurigo, pemphigus, etc., as already stressed by Luithlen. However, the use of the Gerson therapy in lupus vulgaris and psoriasis is a first and is extremely effective, even in severe cases with already partial sclerodermy. It is particularly interesting to note the scar-dissolving effect of the treatment in old scars and adhesions as well as in cases of Keloid acne."
" Multiple sclerosis responds well. The ulcerations or scar tissue are absorbed and healed. However, where there is destruction of nerve tissue, obviously this cannot be restored. `Many other chronic diseases respond extremely well to the Gerson therapy even though in many cases their origin is obscure or unknown. Exophthalmic goiter (Grave's disease) responds well. However patients must be given proteins after about four weeks or weakness and loss of weight may result."
" Dysmenorrhea, vaginal discharge, atypical menstrual periods (of 21 days or 5 to 6 weeks) return gradually to normal cycles of 28 days."
"The use of the therapy in kidney disorders should be obvious. It is also important to note that diseases of the respiratory organs, such as asthma, respond very well. Bronchiectasis, also chronic cases, react well without exception."
"One important field of application of the therapy is in heart and circulatory diseases where the results are excellent, also in arteriosclerosis and connected kidney diseases. In these cases, it is important to limit protein intake."
"It is interesting to note here that in almost all cases of serious migraine the presence of paradentosis was noted. This always disappeared together with the migraine. I found later that the presence of paradentosis was often true in cases of severe arthritis deformans too ..."
Max Gerson, A Cancer Therapy, pp. 395-397.
CONDITIONS WHICH MUST BE TREATED USING THE INTENSIVE CANCER THERAPY - It is important to keep in mind that some diseases require the intensive Gerson therapy used for cancer!
"An intensive Gerson Therapy is indicated in cases of serious degeneration or intoxication (including previous long term [medicinal or street] drug usage) ... (1) Intoxication during pregnancy, (2) tuberculosis, (3) osteoarthritis, (4) mental disease and bodily asthenias, (5) spastic conditions, especially angina pectoris, (6) asthma, (7) malignancies, (8) spinal cord degenerative changes."
Charlotte Gerson, Appendix I,
A Cancer Therapy, p. 401.
TREATMENT FOR NON-MALIGNANT CONDITIONS - Here, very briefly, is an overview of how to treat non-cancerous diseases.
Medicinal drugs: Other drugs, currently being taken, will have to be discontinued.
"With the start of the Gerson therapy, all of the usual drugs have to be discontinued. This includes not only the highly toxic pain killers often administered to terminal cancer patients but also chemotherapeutic agents, cytotoxins, blood thinners vasodilators, cortisone, antihistamines and others too numerous to mention. These drugs are materials foreign to the body. They place an additional burden on the liver which must eliminate foreign materials. Also these drugs contribute nothing positive toward rebuilding the diseased organs. The purpose of the therapy is to reduce and eliminate the load of toxic materials which have accumulated. Obviously one must not add to this load."
Max Gerson, A Cancer Therapy, pp. 396-397.
Relieving pain: The Gerson enemas - given as often as every 2 hours, - do an outstanding job of pain reduction. However, the "pain triad," mentioned earlier [one tablet of aspirin (5 gr.), one Vitamin C (100 mg.) and one Niacin (50 mg.) up to four times in the course of the first 24 hours], is used to help initially reduce pain. But soon the cleansing effect of the enemas takes effect and the pain is reduced.
Spasms and edema are eliminated through large doses of potassium given right away at the start of the detoxification.
Diabetes: Insulin intake should be continued. Careful monitoring of blood and urine will reveal when the pancreas begins functioning normally again. The insulin dosage can often be cut in half with the first 10 days of therapy, and generally eliminated entirely within a month.
"Dietary adjustments made for diabetic patients were to reduce the number of baked potatoes given from two to one a day, to use grapefruit juice for breakfast instead of orange juice, and to give more green juice than apple and carrot juice."
Charlotte Gerson, Appendix I,
A Cancer Therapy, p. 397.
Circulatory conditions: It is important that a total of 3 tbsp. of flaxseed oil be included in the diet. (This is the amount in the regular cancer therapy.) In combination with the rest of the therapy, this will eliminate the danger of clotting - even though regular medications (blood thinners and capillary dilators) have been discontinued. Gerson used flaxseed oil to reduce the high cholesterol level in cancer and arteriosclerosis patients. In cancer patients it also speeded up the reduction and absorption of the tumors.
Multiple sclerosis: Egg yolks are used early in the treatment; whereas, in cancer therapy, they should not given for over a year.
Arthritis: Protein must be kept to a minimum for a lengthy period of time.
Goiter: Protein must be added after only 3-4 weeks.
Muscular dystrophy: It is important that sufficient amounts of iodine and thyroid be given, to reestablish the iodine metabolism by the thyroid.
THE STRICT THERAPY IS ALWAYS BETTER - Charlotte Gerson advises that it is best to go on the strict, cancer-reduction program, not a milder version. We will quote her statement once more:
"With the `strictest cancer diet', other chronic diseases respond more rapidly than with the less intensive treatment."
Charlotte Gerson, Appendix I,
A Cancer Therapy, p. 398.
THE MILDER THERAPY - Here are several aspects of this milder program:
Permitted and forbidden foods remain the same, except that fresh berries can be used. The number of juices and enemas can be reduced, and the patient can return to work sooner.
- Foods: Forbidden foods and stimulants cannot be introduced into the diet with the exception of some fresh berries and safflower oil. [Our note: It is better if only flax oil is used.]
- Enemas: Detoxification must be carried on regularly, although 2 to 3 coffee enemas a day are sufficient.
- Juices: The amount of fresh juices can be reduced to 4 or 5 glasses a day plus one glass of citrus juice (always freshly prepared just before drinking). Also, carrot and apple juice may be mixed in the course of preparation with the green leaf juice, and a centrifugal juicer type may be used. In order to speed up healing, more juices and presstype juicers are recommended.
- Soup and vegetables: The special soup and menus should be adhered to. After initial improvement, usually the patient can go back to work and adjust his lunch to include soup (brought from home in a vacuum bottle), fresh juice a baked potato, fresh mixed salad, and fruit. Much fresh fruit should be eaten during the day."
Charlotte Gerson, Appendix I,
A Cancer Therapy, pp. 398-399.
Toxic substances forbidden: It is extremely important that all types of poisonous substances, in food, air, and water supplies be avoided. This includes fluorides in both drinking water and tooth-paste. Other toxic substances such as insect sprays, paint sprays, underarm deodorants, and toxic or pore clogging grooming substances must be avoided.
Centrifugal juicer permitted: A centrifugal type juicer may be used, instead of the press type. Juice may be made of a combination of carrots, apples, green leaves, etc., - instead of the carrot-and-apple juice and green-leaf juices made separately.
Remain on strict medications: The medications on pp 400-401 of A Cancer Therapy have been omitted from the latest editions of this publication, so it would be best to adhere to those in the stricter version of the therapy.
Here are two other statements gleaned from Max Gerson's comments on treating non-malignant conditions:
Question: "Would not detoxification be advisable in the majority of illnesses? Is this not comparable to what is called "a cleansing program?"
Answer: "We have to detoxify the body in all degenerative diseases, in acute diseases too. But not to the extent as is required in cancer. Even most of the arthritis cases are not so toxic. I found that almost all of the arthritis cases have a weak liver or damaged liver. This is also true of coronary disease."
Max Gerson, A Cancer Therapy, p. 415.Question: "Can fibroid tumors be dissolved in the same manner?"
Answer: "Fibroid tumors are mostly benign. Benign tumors take 10 to 20 times as much time to absorb as malignant tumors. This goes for adhesions and scars. Fibroid and benign tumors are dissolved only very slowly because they are not abnormal. It is difficult for the parenteral system to bring its digestive powers to bear on these benign tumors. But when they turn malignant, then they are quickly dissolved."
Max Gerson, A Cancer Therapy, p. 413.
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"I see in Gerson one of the most eminent medical geniuses in the history of medicine." -Dr. Albert Schweitzer, the missionary physician to
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THE AUTHOR of this book, Vance Ferrell, is not a medical doctor.
THE BOOK is written for the benefit of those dying of cancer.
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