Tip 27. H
y
d
rocele, The Common But Little-Kno
w
n Condition of Men's Mature Years
Hydrocele is the painful
swelling of
t
he testes. It
can be painlessly relieved.
Tapping (r
e
moving fluid with a long
needle)
is
t
he method usually resor
t
ed to for removal of the fluid in
hy
drocele. This, however, does not r
e
move the c
a
use of the t
r
ouble but o
n
ly its
effects. The
correct way in which the
condition
c
a
n be really dealt with successfully is
t
hrough constitu
t
io
n
al treatment. Such a treatment should aim at removing the
underlying toxicity of the system wh
ic
h is at the
root of the trouble.
The sufferer
from hydro
c
ele should
b
egin with an exclusive fresh fruit diet
for seven to ten days. In this regi
m
en, he should have three meals a day of fresh juicy fruits, such as apples,
pears, grapes, gr
a
pe-fruit, or
a
nges, pine
a
pple, peac
h
es, melon or any other juicy fruit in s
e
ason but no bananas or
dried, stew
e
d or tinned
f
ruit, and no
other foods
t
uff whatever. For drinks,
lemon water unsweetened or water either hot or cold
may be tak
e
n.
If constipa
t
ion is habit
u
al, all s
t
eps
should be t
a
ken for its e
r
adication.
D
uring this p
e
riod the bowels sho
u
ld be clea
n
sed daily with a warm wa
t
er enema.
Tip 28. Ind
i
gestion may be caus
e
d
b
y
how
y
ou neat, not just
w
hat
y
ou eat.
The feelings of discomf
o
rt and distr
e
ss in the a
b
domen are often caus
e
d by overea
t
ing, eating too rapidly or not chewi
n
g properly. Overeating
or eating fr
e
quently produces a feverish state
in
the system and overtaxes the digestive organs. It produces
excessive acid and ca
u
s
es the gastric mucus membra
n
e to become congested.
Hyperacidity is usually the result.
Overeating
makes the work of st
om
ach, liver, kidneys and bowels ha
r
der. When this food putrefies, i
t
s poisons are absorbed
b
ack into the
blood and consequently, the whole system is poisoned. Many people gulp their f
o
od due to st
r
ess or hurry. When food is swallow
e
d in large chunks, the
stomach has to work h
a
rder and more hydrochloride is s
e
cr
e
ted.
Eating too
f
ast also
ca
u
s
es one to swallow air. These bad h
a
bits force
s
o
me of the digestive fluids in
t
o t
h
e oesopha
g
us, causing
burning, a s
t
inging se
ns
ation or a s
o
ur taste, giving an illus
i
on
of
s
t
omach
acid.
Tip 29. Infl
u
enza is more than a viral infection.
Influenza, like all other
a
c
ute dise
as
es, is a nat
u
ral attempt at self-cle
a
nsing and if ri
g
htly
treated in a
natural way, immense
g
ood can ensue so far as
the future
h
ealth of the
patient is
concerned.
I
n the acute
stage of influenza, a pa
t
ient should
abstain from all solid fo
o
ds and only drink fruit a
n
d vegetable juices
d
ilut
e
d with water, 50- 50 for
f
irst three to
f
ive days, depending on the severity of the disease. The j
u
ice fast
sh
o
uld be continued until t
h
e temperature comes down to normal. The warm water e
n
ema should be taken daily during this period to cleanse the bowels.
After fever subsides the
patient may
adopt an all
-
fruit diet for
t
wo or three days. In this regimen, the patient should take
t
hree meals a day of fresh juicy fruits
such as ap
p
les, pears,
g
rapes, oranges, pi
n
eapple, pe
a
ches and melons at fiv
e
-hourly intervals. Bananas or dried,
stewed or tinned fruits
however, should not be
t
aken. No other food stu
f
f should be
added to the fruit meals, otherwise the value of the tr
e
atment will be lost. Th
i
s
may be followed by a further two or three days on fruits and
milk diet. T
h
ereafter, the patient may adopt a well-balanced
d
iet of three basic food
g
roups namely, (i) seeds,
nuts and gr
a
ins, (ii) veg
e
tables, and
(
iii) frui
t
s. Spices and
condiments,
and pickles,
which make food more palatal and lead to overeating, must be av
o
ided. Lemon juice may be used in s
a
lad dressin
g
. Alcohol, t
o
bacco, stro
n
g tea and coffee, highly seasoned meats, over-boiled milk,
pulses,
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