Tip 152. Fasting to Relieve Leucoderma
In nature c
u
re, the trea
t
ment of leucoderma consists
o
f ad
o
ption of co
n
stitution
a
l measures to cleanse the
system of accumulated
toxins. This
enables the
healing po
w
er within the body to assert i
t
self,
and produce normalcy. To begin wi
t
h, the patie
n
t should un
d
ertake a fast
on
juices for
a
b
out a week. In this regi
m
en, he or s
h
e should take fruit or vegetable juices, diluted with water on 50: 50 basis every two
or three hours from 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. The bowels should be cleansed daily with warm
water during this period.
After the juice fast, the
p
atient may
a
dopt a restricted diet c
o
nsisting
of f
r
esh fruits, r
a
w or steamed v
e
getables a
n
d whole meal bread or chapattis. C
u
rd and milk may be ad
d
ed to this
diet after a
f
ew days. The patient may thereafter gradually embark upon a well-bala
n
ced diet of seeds, nuts
and grains,
vegetables and fruits.
T
he large pr
o
portion of t
h
e diet should consist of raw foods. Seeds and b
e
ans such
a
s alfalfa, mung and soyabeans can be sprouted.
T
his diet may be su
p
plemented with cold-p
r
essed vegetable oils,
h
o
ney and ye
as
t. Juice fas
t
ing may be
repeated at intervals of two months. The patient
should avoid tea, coffe
e
, alcoholic
b
everages
and all con
d
iments and highly flavoured dishes.
He or she should also
av
oid sugar, white flour products, d
e
natured ce
r
eals like polished rice a
n
d pearled b
a
rley, and tinned or bottl
e
d foods.
Tip 153. The Fasting Cure for Rh
e
umatism
In the case
of acute rh
e
umatism, the patient s
h
ould be put
on a short f
a
st of orange
juice and water for three or four days. While
f
asting, the
b
owels should be cleansed through a warm
water enema. After the juice fast,
th
e patient s
h
ould be placed on a res
t
ricted diet f
o
r 14 days.
In this regi
m
en, orange or grapefruit
may be ta
k
en for breakfast, lunch
may consist of a raw salad of any vegetables in season,
w
ith raisi
n
s,
p
runes, figs
o
r dates; and
for dinner,
o
ne or two steamed vegetables such
a
s
s
p
inach, cab
b
age, carrots,
turnips, ca
u
liflower, etc.,
and a
few nuts or some sweet fruit may be
taken. NO bread or potatoes or ot
h
er starchy food should
be taken; o
t
herwise the
effect of the
diet will be
l
ost. Therea
f
ter, the pati
e
nt may gra
d
ually commence
a well bala
n
ced diet of
t
hree basic
f
ood groups,
namely (i) seeds, nuts
a
nd grains
(ii)vegetables and (iii) fr
u
it.
Tip 154. The Safest, Most Effective, and Best Method of
Fasting
The best, s
a
fest and most effective
method of fasting is
juice fasting.
Although the old cl
a
ssic form of fasting was a pure water fast, most of the leading au
t
horities on fasting t
o
day agree that juice f
a
sting is far su
p
erior to a water fast.
According to Dr. Rangar Berg, the world -famous authority on nutrition,
"
D
uring fasting the
body burns
up and exc
r
etes huge
am
ounts of accu
m
ulated wastes. We
can help this cleansing process
b
y drinking alkaline juice i
n
stead of water while fasting.. Eli
m
ina
t
ion of uric
a
c
id and
other inorg
a
nic aci
d
s will be acceler
a
ted. And s
u
gars in juic
e
s
will streng
t
hen the he
a
rt.. juice fasting is, t
h
erefore, the best form
of
fasting
."
Vitamins, minerals, enz
y
mes and trace elements in
fresh, r
a
w vegetable and fruit juices are extreme
l
y
b
eneficial
in
n
ormalising
a
ll the body processes.
T
hey supply essential el
e
ments for
the body's own healing
activity and cell regene
r
ation and t
h
us speeding the recovery. All juices should be p
r
epared from fresh fruit immediate
l
y
before drinking. Canned or frozen juices
should not
b
e used.
A precauti
o
nary measure which must be observed in all cas
e
s of fasting is the complete emptying of
the bowels
at the begi
n
ning of the
f
ast by enema. This is d
o
ne so that t
h
e patient
is not bothe
r
ed by gas or decomposing matter formed from
t
he excrem
e
nts remaining in the body. Enemas should
b
e administered at least
ev
ery alterna
t
e day during the fasting
period. The patient
should get
a
s
much fresh air as possible and
s
h
ould drink plain lukewa
r
m water
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