"Only God and nature cures."

Minerals are essential to keep our chemistry in balance and to supply our bones, blood and tissues with the elements necessary for normal function and growth. Dr. Julius Hensel called attention to this fact long ago, when he wrote his book, Bread from Stones. He was the first pioneer in this field and, as an expert chemist, he laid a good chemical foundation for nutritionists and doctors to follow. Later, the Biochemic remedies of Dr. Schussler followed the same pattern in the Homeopathic field.

To give just one explanation and example of Dr. Hensel's philosophy and application of mineral value in the lymph stream, he quoted the terrible epidemic of smallpox in northern Canada, which wiped out whole villages. The cause was the lack of minerals in the bloodstream, because of a lack of foods which contain them. Dr. Hensel said that the excessive use of meat and white flour combinations was the cause of this disease, which implies that the diet was lacking in the necessary vitamins and minerals.

In smallpox, the lymph gets so thick that it cannot flow, because of the lack of minerals needed for its circulation. Iron is necessary in the bloodstream to enable it to convey oxygen to the tissues, and this cannot be done without the iron in the red cells. As a result, the thick lymph is pushed out as pox, and the disease is called smallpox.

Minerals are needed in the tissues for tone and as conductors of electromagnetic light waves, which link the chromosomes of the cells to the finer energies of Nature. Without these basic conductors, the molecular energy has no field in which to operate. The quality of tissue and its elasticity depends upon the full nourishment needed by the cell and supplied by the foods that are alive with vitamins, enzymes and minerals as well as proteins, starches, sweets and fats, besides the bulk. These may or may not contain what the cells need in energy-conducting factors or mineral building blocks.

All vegetables and fruits are rich in minerals, as are grasses and grains, when properly prepared as food. The juices of vegetables and fruits have been used as juice-therapy, for better health, by many ailing persons as well as by healthy people to maintain good health. The juices are extracted from fresh fruits and vegetables, and used at once so that they do not oxidize and ferment when exposed to air.

Nature puts a vacuum seal in all her fruits, and juices in the fibres of the fruits and vegetables. To extract this by crushing the fibers makes that juice available in its natural state, with all its mineral contents, and has proven most helpful to many run-down constitutions when other means had failed. It is a means of simple health-building with better building blocks than were used before.

Fresh celery juice is rich in sodium and has many uses. It is one of the best vegetables for juicing as it covers so many of the body's needs. It also has a pleasant flavour and is helpful to the nerves and a good night's sleep if taken before retiring.

Carrots are rich in natural vitamin A and are used most freely by juice advocates, in combination with celery, cabbage, parsley, beets, kale, string beans, brussels sprouts, spinach, or any one of the green vegetables. Even garlic has been used with some of these vegetable juices, especially for high blood pressure.

For diabetes, carrot, celery, string beans and brussels sprouts have been employed successfully as a juice, used daily, by sipping about a glassful three times daily. The juices of beets, parsley and watercress are very concentrated and should not be used too freely. About four ounces per day, mixed with other juices, is plenty.

For asthma, bronchitis and all catarrhal conditions, carrot and radish juice has been recommended as well as total abstinence from cream, ice cream, starches, sugars and eggs. And to open up the sinuses and air passages, use horseradish and lemon juice. Grate four ounces of horseradish, and two ounces of lemon juice, one teaspoonful of garlic juice and one tablespoonful of honey. Mix and take a teaspoonful or more of this mixture four times daily.

Sesame seed makes a very fine drink when ground fine and mixed with water, with a little honey and lemon added. Sesame seed contains vitamin T, which is a new discovery for prevention of internal bleeding of capillaries. During the War it was discovered that the Turkish flyers had superior eyesight, which was traced to their extensive use of "Tahini," the name given to finely ground, hulled sesame seed. Although it is classed with the "fiery" foods, it does not cause or irritate piles as is commonly supposed. The Turkish flyers did not find it so. Improved oxidation is the real factor here, under the Fire Principle, rather than an internal heating effect which Ayurveda has taught. The discovery of vitamin T proves this fact in the sesame seed, which has a tonic effect on capillaries and vessels to stop the bleeding.

When raw potatoes or mushrooms are added to the raw alfalfa sprouts, the combination makes a complete food for enzyme, vitamin and mineral content. That is a perfect food in all elements needed for health. Even tuberculosis has been arrested by the use of raw potato juice. Grate the potatoes or put them through a juicer, allow the starch to settle, then pour off the juice. Combine one-half glass of this clear juice with one-half glass of raw carrot juice. To this add a teaspoonful of olive or almond oil and a teaspoonful or so of honey. Beat this until it foams; drink three glassfuls of this mixture daily and eat plenty of alfalfa and fenugreek seed sprouts every day.

• In stomach and intestinal ulcers, a combination of carrot and cabbage juice is used daily, plus the sesame seed drink previously mentioned.

• For nervous conditions, neurasthenia, and for cerebral tension of epilepsy, celery, carrot and lettuce juice is used freely -- three or more glassfuls daily.

• For varicose veins, carrot, spinach and turnip juice is recommended.

• For low blood pressure, carrot, beet and dandelion juice is used.

• For gall bladder trouble and gall stones, as well as kidney stones, carrot, beet and cucumber juice is taken.

• For constipation: A combination of cabbage, spinach, celery and lemon juice.

• For skin conditions, boils, pimples, carbuncles: Carrot, beet and celery juice.

• Arthritis: Carrot, celery and cabbage.

• Anemia: Carrot, dandelion, parsley, spinach and beets.

• Adenoids and tonsils: Carrot, beet and tomato juice.

• Poor circulation and heart: The juice of carrots and beets.

• Goiter: A combination of carrot and watercress juice.

• Gastritis (inflammation of the stomach): Carrot, celery and cabbage juice.

• Hemorrhoids: Carrot and parsley juice.

• High blood pressure and phlebitis (inflammation of a vein): Celery, beet and carrot juice.

In using greens for juices for their mineral and vitamin contents as fresh building blocks for the system, one must make sure that none of these greens are sprayed for insects or disease. Whenever sprays have been used on the greens, that makes them totally unfit for juice and as a food. Very few persons can tolerate food that has been sprayed with insecticides, and food that has been contaminated by these sprays cannot be recommended. The only other alternative is the sprouts, which you can raise yourself and know that they are not sprayed.

This article is excerpted from:

Health Building
by Dr. Randolph Stone, D.O., D.C.

Reprinted with permission of CRCS Publications, Sebastopol, California 95472.

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About The Author

Dr. Randolph Stone is the founder of Polarity Therapy. He emigrated to America as a youngster around 1898. He completed his primary medical certifications in the early 1920s, including DO, DC and ND. Dr. Stone maintained a medical practice for over 50 years in Chicago and developed a reputation for his willingness to work with "hopeless cases" who often responded to his unconventional approaches which incorporated techniques from around the world. Dr. Stone retired in 1974, at the age of 84. He moved to India where he lived in a meditation community and offered free services in a public clinic. He gradually withdrew from public life, eventually passing on peacefully in December 1981 at age 91, of natural causes.