Post by cougar on Jul 21, 2019 15:54:23 GMT
The word rheumatism is derived from the Greek word 'rheuma', which means a swelling. It refers to an acute or chronic illness characterised by pain and swelling of the muscles, ligaments and tendons or of the joints. It is a crippling disease that causes widespread invalidism, but seldom kills.
This disease affects men and women, both young and old. Quite often, it extends to the heart, where the valves and the lining of this vital organ become inflamed. It is the most common cause in 80 per cent of the cases of valvular organic diseases of the heart.
Rheumatism, perhaps, more than any other disease, although readily diagnosed, is never the same in any two individuals. There are too many variations in the development of this disease. Broadly speaking, however, rheumatism, which may be acute or chronic, can be roughly grouped into two classes. These are muscular rheumatism, which affects the muscles and articular rheumatism, which affects the joints. The muscular variety is, however, far less common than that affecting the joints. In the acute form, it is found among children and young people, but in the chronic form, it is generally confined to the adults.
Despite the individual character of rheumatism, one can generally recommend patients what to eat/drink and what to avoit to improve their situation or at least not worsen it.
After having been diagnosed with rheumatism, the patient should be put on a short fast of orange juice and water for three or four days. The procedure is to take the juice of an orange diluted in warm water, if desired, every two hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nothing else, whatsoever, should be taken, otherwise the purpose of the fast will be entirely lost. While fasting, the bowels should be cleansed through a warm water enema.
After the juice fast, the patient should be placed on a restricted diet for 14 days. In this regimen, orange or grape fruit may be taken for breakfast; lunch may consist of raw salad of any vegetables in season, with raisins, prunes, fit or dates; and for dinner, one or two steamed vegetables such as spinach, cabbage, carrots, turnips and cauliflower with a few nuts or some sweet fruit may be taken. No bread or potatoes or other starchy food should be taken, otherwise the effect of the diet will be lost. Thereafter, the patient may gradually commence a well-balanced diet of three basic food groups, namely seeds, nuts and grains, vegetables and fruits.
The patient should take ripe fruits and fresh vegetables in abundance. Lemons are valuable and the juice of two or three lemons may be taken each day. Lots of butter-milk should be taken. The foods which should be avoided are meat, fish, white bread, sugar, refined cereals, rich indigestible and highly seasoned foods, tea, coffee, alcohol, sauces, pickles and condiments.
Rheumatism is particularly responsive to raw vegetable juice. The alkaline action of raw juices dissolve the accumulation of deposits around the joints and in other tissues. The carrot juice combined with juices of red beet and cucumber is especially valuable. Three ounces of cucumber juice may be mixed in ten ounces of carrot juice in this combination.
This disease affects men and women, both young and old. Quite often, it extends to the heart, where the valves and the lining of this vital organ become inflamed. It is the most common cause in 80 per cent of the cases of valvular organic diseases of the heart.
Rheumatism, perhaps, more than any other disease, although readily diagnosed, is never the same in any two individuals. There are too many variations in the development of this disease. Broadly speaking, however, rheumatism, which may be acute or chronic, can be roughly grouped into two classes. These are muscular rheumatism, which affects the muscles and articular rheumatism, which affects the joints. The muscular variety is, however, far less common than that affecting the joints. In the acute form, it is found among children and young people, but in the chronic form, it is generally confined to the adults.
Despite the individual character of rheumatism, one can generally recommend patients what to eat/drink and what to avoit to improve their situation or at least not worsen it.
After having been diagnosed with rheumatism, the patient should be put on a short fast of orange juice and water for three or four days. The procedure is to take the juice of an orange diluted in warm water, if desired, every two hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nothing else, whatsoever, should be taken, otherwise the purpose of the fast will be entirely lost. While fasting, the bowels should be cleansed through a warm water enema.
After the juice fast, the patient should be placed on a restricted diet for 14 days. In this regimen, orange or grape fruit may be taken for breakfast; lunch may consist of raw salad of any vegetables in season, with raisins, prunes, fit or dates; and for dinner, one or two steamed vegetables such as spinach, cabbage, carrots, turnips and cauliflower with a few nuts or some sweet fruit may be taken. No bread or potatoes or other starchy food should be taken, otherwise the effect of the diet will be lost. Thereafter, the patient may gradually commence a well-balanced diet of three basic food groups, namely seeds, nuts and grains, vegetables and fruits.
The patient should take ripe fruits and fresh vegetables in abundance. Lemons are valuable and the juice of two or three lemons may be taken each day. Lots of butter-milk should be taken. The foods which should be avoided are meat, fish, white bread, sugar, refined cereals, rich indigestible and highly seasoned foods, tea, coffee, alcohol, sauces, pickles and condiments.
Rheumatism is particularly responsive to raw vegetable juice. The alkaline action of raw juices dissolve the accumulation of deposits around the joints and in other tissues. The carrot juice combined with juices of red beet and cucumber is especially valuable. Three ounces of cucumber juice may be mixed in ten ounces of carrot juice in this combination.
