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Medicine for the People
By Harvey
Walks With Hawks Doyle
Arteriosclerosis or
Atherosclerosis
Arteriosclerosis is a term
applied to a pathological condition in which there is
thickening, hardening and loss of elasticity of the wall
of the blood vessels, especially the arteries. In other
words hardening of the arteries. It usually affects
persons of an older age but can also affect the young.
Atherosclerosis takes place when arteries are blocked
and the blood cannot pass through freely. Long before a
stroke or heart attack, the buildup in the arteries is
there. It builds up over the years and arteriosclerosis
is no longer a disease specific to senior citizens.
Young men in their 30’s or even younger show signs of
trouble.
Recently researchers found
clogged arteries in infants. Even women, who were
thought to have immunity to arteriosclerosis, suffer
more and more from this disease in their quest for life
changes or trying to take on more stress and
responsibilities of the household.
 What
causes this killing disease?
This is what the experts
say:
Too much fat intake.
Too many chemicals in food,
water and air.
Too many metals in food,
water and air.
Too much sodium fluoride
buildup.
Too much sugar (more than 6
tsp. at one time causes blood to coagulate, making tiny
blood clots).
Too much environmental
stress,
Too little exercise
Too much smoking, birth
control pills,
Too much
noise pollution is a
definite cause of arterial changes (Noise where you
work, loud screaming, loud radios and stereo in
vehicles).
How to test your own
arterial health.
This information is taken
from old books of knowledge that has been passed down to
this generation. Our ancestors did not always have
physicians or health care providers to assure them of
their health; they had to use the old remedies passed on
from others.
Foot Test: Walk
barefoot for 2 minutes outside in the grass, if
possible. Then lie on your back and stretch your legs
upwards. Ask someone to look at the soles of your
feet. If they show white spots, it could indicate that
your leg arteries are narrowed down and not enough blood
can reach your feet.
Fist Test:
1)
Lift both hands
above your head
2)
Make fists with firm
pressure.
3)
Open and close fists
10 times.
4)
Ask someone to h old
your wrists firmly.
5)
Open and close again
10 times.
6)
You helper should
release the grip on your wrists quickly.
In 4 seconds your hands should be really red. If not,
you may have arterial trouble in your upper torso.
Eye Test:
Look in a mirror. Around
the colored part of the eye you may will find a white
ring.
Ear Test:
Look at your ear lobes. A
crease in the left ear lobe or a star of wrinkles could
show arterial trouble around the heart.
Where
is supposed blockage:
You may be able to locate
the blockage.
Pain around hips and the
muscle you sit on becoming lame easily may indicate
plaque buildup on the aorta.
Pain in thigh may indicate
sclerotic buildup in midsection.
Pain in calves may indicate
arterial trouble in arteries leading to legs.
Pain in feet and toes may
indicate a plaque buildup of arteries supplying blood to
the feet.
 Here
is an old Seneca Cleansing Diet:
First Day: Eat only
fruits and all you want. Try apples, berries,
watermelon, pears, peaches, cherries, whole citrus
fruits and so forth, but no bananas.
Second Day: Drink
all the herbal teas you want, such as raspberry, hyssop,
chamomile or peppermint. You may sweeten the tea
slightly with honey or maple sugar.
Third Day: Eat all
the vegetables you want. Have them raw, steamed or
both.
Fourth Day: Make a
big pot of vegetable broth by boiling cauliflower,
cabbage, onion, green pepper, parsley or whatever you
have available. Season with sea salt or vegetable broth
cubes. Drink only this rich mineral broth all day long.
 This
diet has the following effect: The first day the colon
is cleansed (your wastebasket). The second day you
release toxins, salt and excessive calcium deposits in
the muscles, tissues and organs. The third day the
digestive tract is supplied with healthful, mineral rich
bulk. On the fourth day the blood, lymph and inner
organs are mineralized. Now doesn’t that make a lot of
sense from our ancestors?
Eating a diet rich in
fruits, vegetables and juices can extend your life span
for many years. Our ancestors were hunter and
gatherers. They ate in season and depended on Mother
Earth. Today we depend on Mother Earth; but some of us
have substituted other ways of correcting our health.
We need to take a long look at our physical bodies and
then ask ourselves if we could change. You are the one
to ask this question and I now leave it for you to
decide.
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