DIAGNOSIS-REAL & IMAGINARY-TRADITIONAL & ALTERNATIVE

A lot of is made of 'DIAGNOSIS' in WESTERN MEDICINE under the assumption that naming a symptom or naming an illness, disease or condition,etc. is the first step in making any adjustments, treatments, cures, and the like..... Too many fall into this 'trap' which then fixes the emotional and intellectual aspects of the descriptions used or mentioned in the minds of the patients or the afflicted...... In the past, a number of conditions,usually incurable and dangerous or the like, were not mentioned to the patient having them but sometimes only to close family members...for example, cancer in a wife was mentioned by the physician to the husband only,etc....this early standard of 'privacy' often gave 'false hopes' to those doomed to death, no doubt.....However, more stringent policies of privacy today often obstruct and limit even a better understanding of one's conditions... WESTERN MEDICINE has placed a great emphasis on identifying the various diseases and conditions that the human body can be subjected to and also the possible treatments and approaches,such as drugs or surgery...all well and good and the 'modern marvels of medicine' have worked miracles in some instances it would seem, especially as the technological advances have shown.....but reliance on just lab tests and technology,which involves much screening, x-raying, mri's, and other things....have isolated the physician and the doctor and the healer from teh patient in many great respects... The FACTORY SYSTEM of treatment now operating in most places where the patient is one of many all seen at nearly the same time by a doctor, dentist, or other 'health provider' simply puts one patient in one room and then he or she is quickly shunted out of that room after a bried and usually cursory examination(which necessitates more visits and more tests as rule with some exceptions)and another patient enters and goes through the same approach....Doctors also charge by each and every motion they make in such examinations or treatments.... Insurance companies also determine certain health and medical procedures and medicines and the like and restrict doctors in many ways...although some doctors have their own policies and refuse certain insurance plans and the like...now some do this for 'medicare/medicaid'... Consequently, a more traditional approach to diagnosis is simply to find where the energies and blockages in the body are found and to begin from there,which means usually the determination of the various pulses of the body, the 'color' of the patient, and the discussion held with the patient plus the experience and training of the physician who begins this way...following a sort of 'classical' approach...... As I delve into this and attempt to describe these things as best I can under the circumstances, I find there is a vast body of things that anyone who either attempts to assist others in their personal healing of things or for themselves really need to know and to understand.....

BEYOND ACUPUNCTURE

I decided to title my TV Project: BEYOND ACUPUNCTURE, TONG REN 'THE BRONZE MAN' and have finished this and soon it will be broadcast.....I am then going to do one possibly titled: ACUPUNCTURE WITH NEEDLES....and then go on to other acupuncturists for a shor series on this and then to other areas of 'ancient and alternative' healing systems if possible and depending on the practitioners willingness to reveal themselves and their practice and arts....and to confront my questions and comments on things, which is often an irritation and aggravation and hurdle for some of them, no doubt....but I do not want to present things as if I am endorsing their views and their efforts beyond the obvious and informative, much as I might like what they do personally,etc.

TONG REN HEALING THERAPY

For some years now I have been aware of TONG REN THERAPY, a system of healing set up by TOM TAM, who has based his current methods on ACUPUNCTURE but who has dispensed with the use of needles and having to actually touch the person seeking remedies for various illnesses and maladies.....Simply put, this system heals by long distance, and is a sort of 'no-touch' or no physical contact except by means of vibrations and rhythm and certain energies........ My present TV project is an interview with two persons who are versed in this helaing system and who conduct "guinea pig classes' whereby the methods employed are utilized along with a most comprehensive book of 'points' and the 'Bronze' or GLASS/BRASS/COPPER MAN, a figure know to those in traditional TCM(Traditional Chinese Medicine) and,of course, in CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS...where 'delayed' death touches are legendary, as devotees of 'kungfu' movies will realize..... In recent years, interest in 'HEALING FROM A DISTANCE' as well as "DEATH FROM A DISTANCE' has increased, beyond the early interest in 'thought transference', 'mind reading' 'telepathy', telekinesis, and other psychic powers and influences and practices.....to where the military and clandestine forces,such as, the CIA,etc. have taken up some lines of research, study, development and the like,all of which have been sensationalized in the various media, from movies to books and magazine articles as well as courses offered by certain people and groups...... As intersting and fascinating as all this is for most of us who have some kind of interest in the occult and arcane, few of us wish to devote our waking hours to the pursuit of such, for obvious reasons that will escape most people who are 'power' hungry and who wish to influence others, usually againt the recipients' wills and so on.

TEENAGER SOLVES THE RIDDLE OF WHY ACUPUNCTURE WORKS???!!!!

According to the latest SCIENCE ILLUSTRATED, the riddle of why acupuncture works,despite various studies and conjectures of the past, is that the needles apparently stimulate the flow of adenosine and further research is underway to determine ways to increase the benefits of standard methods of acupuncture, etc. The article raises many questions among healers who do not use needles or traditional acupuncture but base their methods on acupuncture and energy flows or energy flow theories and similar notions and WHO DO NOT ACTUALLY TOUCH THE BODY OF THE PATIENTS IN ANY WAY....so the question remains how do such treatments bring the benefits of acupuncture to the patients with not touch......this is an interesting question on many levels and which I hope to further study when I have time.....

'VIBRATIONAL' 'VOODOO' & HEALING METHODS

THE POWER OF SUGGESTION,whether self-inflicted or self-articulated, cannot be underestimated but it usually is. We tend to think of such in terms of "POWER'-SUGGESTIONS IMPOSED OR GIVEN US BY OTHER PEOPLE OR GROUPS TO WHICH WE BELONG or coming from 'people sopurces' as well as 'advertising' media and varous sublte 'cues' as via television,movies, and a lot of time from books, if we read them. Recorded audio discs or tapes can deliver 'suggestions' to us at various times, as in auto travel, bedtime listening, or in relaxed moods. RELAXATION and even BREATHING are also keys to the efficiencey of suggestionm, that is, entering or eperiencing a 'passive' state. Only a few 'active' systems of such exist and which involve body motion(s) of specific kinds, that is, those you might be able to use and understand on your own. SUGGESTION and MOTIVATION are closely linked and sometimes indistinguishable. For many, SUGGESTION IS 'THE POWER OF HYPNOTISM' which many fear and misunderstand and perhaps misuse. Notions of power and contgrol are 'suggested' to many when the hear the word 'hypnosis' mentioned.

THE ELIXER(S) OF LIFE

Mankind in its QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY has long sought out various elixers and herbs and a number of practices to enhance LONGEVITY,if not 'immortality'. DIET,BREATHING, & EXERCISE(effort) have long been considered as 'THE KEYS TO A LONG LIFE' if not 'immortality'. All this when viewed historically has led to various conclusions by both science and religion,which sometimes seem at great odds with each other, until we realize that scientific and religous dogmas are relative to actual experience and that theories and conjectures all demand actual proof. 'THE SECRETS OF IMMORTALITY' whether from a scientific,religous, or philosophical point of view are not easily attained since no one reaches 'immortality' as most conceive of such. Since worlds come and go and MOTION(S)seem evident,nothing can be seen as 'ETERNAL', since the UNIVERSE( word used to cover all kinds of phenomena)is moving, changing, as is the earth on which live humans who are concerned with 'immortality' and life prolongments, for themselves individually and selfishly mostly. 'THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH' is a special notion that many have come to believe in and attempt to seek on various levels and on smaller scales; some believing it can be achieved by degrees. It may have been that such a fountain-notion came about from drinking water in certain places and in this water was various minerals that seemed to help people,cure diseases of some kinds and when used for cooking as well as drinking, seemed to 'energize' them. Additons of herbs and plants alos may have led to the belief that concoctions of various items could leand eventually to 'panacea', universal cures and agents of longer living throughsuch consumption of these special concoctions. Others in their quest for immortality have looked to less material apsects and so developed a vast number of systems-which can be called 'spiritual', 'mystical', 'occult-esoteric', 'psychic',etc. But for the most part, another approach uses the body and its systems which have both elaborately complex descriptions as well as simpler ones, tgo achieve such a goal as 'immortality' or 'longevity'. IN THIS SENSE: the practices are 'INTERNAL'. So schools of 'external' and 'internal' existbut they are not the complete answer it would seem. THE 'EXTERNAL' & 'THE INTERNAL',which can be placed under other 'headings' like 'hot' & 'cold','wet' & 'dry', 'positive' & 'negative',etc.,all dualistic considerationsof course, need to be united and utilize a third aspect which may be called a 'CATALYST' or 'NEUTRAL FORCE' which few can perceive so they are really 'blind'.

MUSIC AFFECTS THE BRAIN!

The latest 'conclusions' by various modern 'experimenters' ARE THAT MUSIC INFLUENCES THE BRAIN,SOMETHING KNOWN, REALILZED, AND USED BY MANY 'NON-SCIENTISTS' or 'BRAIN WORKERS'! It has to do not only with 'education' and 'music appreciation'(as ineffective as they are in modern institutions of learning from preschool to universities)but with PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES through auditory sensations which are 'VIBRATIONAL'-sounds stimulating 'the nervous system' that releases or stimulates 'brain secretions' or cause certain 'physio-chemical' reactions. It is more than a mere 'bell-ringing' exercise,though TIBETAN SINGING BOWLS and similar chiming,ringing metals have been known to have 'effects on the brain'! One wonders,then, what powerful and inaudible sounds(to the HUMAN ear) can have as an effect on all human behaviour,including mere 'ringing in the ears'(tinnitis?) and how it affects healing and health... The human 'psyche' seems to be affected by music or that which passes for such,whether atonal or dissonant, as well as other sounds that are 'non-musical' or what are actually 'rhythm and vibrations' of any kind.... The brain waves of the human brain can also be detected and controlled to some extent. Commercial devices that emit sounds to keep away mice, rodents, deer, cats, dogs,skunks, insects,etc. come to mind. I personally do not want such around my house b ut my neighbor next door has one he shwoed me recently and is going to set up. If I want any such device, I WANT ONE THAT KEEPS PEOPLE AWAY! Maybe that is why I like skunks to roam about my place.....

TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE & TECHNIQUES (TCM)

Many persons are turning to various alternative healing and health practices which include many from Asian sources, as well as some from indigenous peoples or tribes in South America, Africa, etc. which include shamans.... Nowadays, this 'wisdom from the East' has penetrated into areas once reserved for 'traditional' medicine of the West.....and now Western Medicine is considering the possilbe value and function of such in various ways, even to the extent of acknowledging some of them have an effect,whether helpful or not, curative or not...and perhaps in their wake, the pharmaceutical companies have seen such as a boon and boost to their 'industry' and so forth... Many methods of the ancient world and the past were considered inferior to that of the official medicine of the day.....and some still are.....but people are turning to alternative cures and medicines and systems or practices for things they cannot receive otherwise from Western Medicine.... Therefore, I have placed a few indications of what can be looked at by those interested in 'becoming their own best physicians' and who want to work out their own cures, if any, in their own 'laboratories' which are, of course, their bodies, which can and may undergo a 'transformation' if not a 'transmutation' .....depending on what they do or follow.... At any rate a discussion of things old and new, far and wide, ancient and modern, with a lot thrown in between,is what I plan to do on this blog until t he government, as it has for some in the past, shuts me down......if it does.....

MEDICAL HISTORY

Over the years people build up in some cases what can be termed,' MEDICAL HISTORY' of which numerous items are entered into this system, which often consists of laboratory reports, office visits to various medicos, hospitalization, diseases, immunizations, blood giving/letting, and a vast array of information that one usually does not understand or keep track of, until something happens to disrupt what might be termed 'a normal state of health and well-being',etc. The role of the medical history, whatever it might be in indiviudual cases or instances, may be most important, but frequently it has become, in my experience for several reasons that I hope to discuss, a mere ritual and rite that doctors hopsitals and insurance companies of all kinds require...which means that one has to undergo this process of 'initiation' in nearly every visit and examination,etc. before entering the hallowed halls of medical practitioners nowadays termed 'PROVIDERS'..... PRIVACY CONCERNS also enter in all of this process....... Currently, I do not have a 'personal care provider' or a personal physician or a personal doctor, and those I once had in my childhood are now dead, both lying in their graves and no longer lying to clients and patients or other medical groups.... The various physicians who write columns and maintain websites and send out various newsletters are a growing phenomenon simply because health care and medicine and insurance for such is too expensive, complicated, and controlled by various bureauracies and this means people who have any type of illness, disease, symptoms(real or imaginary)and the like are seeking alternative methods and treatments and also diagnosis.... FREQUENTLY, all of these electronic/media/column writers are non-practicing physicians or,if they are,attempt to fill the gap between actual treatment and theoretical treatment, sometimes steering patients to the right direction(s) in their quest for health and treatment(s) or 'cures' which may or may not exist.... Rather than restrict or ignore these dedicated physicians with a literary, informative bent and talent who present factual and interesting details especially to honest,needed, and sometimes misdiagnosed concerns on health, they do provide a service that often invites criticism and the like from their colleagues and others....and I, myself, have sometimes challenged their statements in the past and sometimes added some things to their presentations, though very limited..... However,many of these physicians make this statement: CONSULT YOUR OWN PERSONAL PHYSICIAN OR MEDICAL CARE PROVIDER WHO KNOWS YOUR MEDICAL HISTORY BETTER....something I think does not really apply unless you are seeing such each and every day....as few read the charts/check lists you fill out and present on each and every visit or treatment or examination and some of them merely assume it's the same old thing bothering you or there is no cure,etc. or they hand you some pills they indicate may prove helpful to you,especially if you take them for years and years....and the pharmaceutical companies do appreciate your business.... My point is that YOU ARE YOUR OWN BEST PHYSICIAN...just as you are YOUR OWN BEST TIME KEEPER! No doctor memorizes my history nor does he or she know my actual state of health and they only wait to find out when you report to them,usually aching and ailing and complaining of things termed 'symptoms' etc. These 'historical' documents termed 'Medical Histories' may serve some purpose,of course, even if to take up file space,either in actual cabinets or virtual, electronic cabinets,etc. and the latter will assume a greater importance as medical treatments, diagnoses,etc. go on line more and more, despite privacy concerns.....the software that analyzes the date present via this way will render seeing some real,alive doctor in person and solve the medical problems or suggest course of action possible for such...all without leaving your computer or home,etc. More on this another time.

यू अरे यौर ओवन बेस्ट PHYSICIAN

I have purused over the years the various columns of 'literary' physicians, those who write for popular publications and sometimes are syndicated, having also some correspondence with them at various times,sometimes to question their assumptions and contradictions.......I will mention some of them in future posts perhaps if I feel these are relevant.....The current newspaper physician I am following is DR. GOTT whose columns are most informative as a rule and openly honest, with an appeal to many who are dissatisfied, as I am, with the health care situation in the United States and the many issue involved in this, which are often political as well as economic, and demand some kind of reform beyond the usual ones now offered or touted and which need to get down to the people who need such more than those who can afford the high costs of such and who also receive certain benefits denied to others who need healing..... In most of the columns I read reference is always made to YOUR PERSONAL PHYSICIAN and YOUR PERSONAL CARE GIVER OR PROVIDER, and elevated into an 'authority' figure and assumed to exist, as a way to avoid any responsibility by the writers for their information usually that they give. At my age, many of my early 'personal' doctors are now dead and I have given up on the last batch I consulted for the reasons that may become obvious as I write more on this subject but which everyone can readily guess as their complaints and observations are similar in many respects to mine..... Consequently,I have no personal doctor at the moment but I do have a skin doctor(who skins us with fees, tests,etc. as part and parcel of the insurance focus) and a dentist whom I prefer even though he operates beyond the 'preferred' status of an insurance company or plan that I have......that has doubled since retirement and which I hardly use... Of course, surgeons are another matter and that I will discuss another time. the further assumption and contention is that 'your personal physician knows your medical history better than anyone else' which,in my case is nonsense' since they seldom talked with me, only took info I gave them and filed all tests and so forth without really reading them or discussing them too much with me......

BLOOD & GUTS-KILLING & CURING

Recently some discussion of the killing arts, combat, and martial arts have appeared on FACEBOOK and so I have added some things to the discussion on my blogs. In this blog, the emphasis is on KAPPO-SAPPO: KILL OR CURE. The martial arts and combat arts all have these dual aspects to be sure and methods of accomplishing both will differ and some will have trends and vogues as is expected in a changing field.... While many may focus on either the lethal,deadly aspects other will focus on the healing, health issues and topics....and a very rare few will focus and study and practice both arts...... The ethical aspects of healing and curing and those of killing and injury are only considered when someone is involved in such but society and culture have placed certain demands,rules and regulations, and restrictions, as well as organizing methods and places for treatment or war,etc. although anything can happen at nearly any time as we well know. Injuries that lead to death are many and involve the three components of the physical body which may be roughly described as: BLOOD,GUTS & BONE....and when weapons are employed the attack on one of more can be deadly.....but if more than one is attacked and if all three are attacked at the same time, death can easily occur and usually does if no cure or healing or medical procedures are available.....combat situations and war always come to mind etc. but such things are not wholly confined to those situations...

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A WONDERFUL MORNING DRINK

There is nothing like a wonderful morning drink to start off one's day and its health promoting qualities were recommended years ago by 'a seventh son of a seventh son of a seventh son,etc.,etc.) that lived in a town not from from me when I was taken to him as a child for a 'cure' which I will discuss either here at some time or under blogs. Simple ingredients make up the best 'elixirs' and 'tonics' and 'medicines' and 'morning drinks'. This one is easy to prepare and here it is: each morning dissolve a teaspoon of CREAM OF TARTAR in a cup of hot water and stir and then drink. This marvelous morning ritual is said to purify but not necessarliy purge your stomach and bowels,etc. as well as doing other intangible 'miracles'. DO IT EVERY DAY.

A 'GOOD' DIET

Here are some 'combos' that fastidious dieters and health enthusiasts might enjoy for their daily repasts: ORANGES & SPINACH;MILK & HONEY; PEPPERS & GARLIC; TOMATOES & BROCCOLI; GREEN TEA & LEMON; APPLES & BLUEBERRIES; and plaling AVOCADO in salads of all types,at least those somewhat compatible with this fruit. FINALLY, take this good advice that was given to me; always put a little lemon in your coffee!

SU;N CURES FOR SORE THROAT AND OTHER MALADIES

I have had some minor successes in curing my sore throat conditions, though not all, by focusing my open mouth as widely as possible and allowing the sun's rays to 'warm its sore membranes and the area of long-removed tonsils(done twice in childhood). When nose-dripping colds and watery-eyes attest to a severe 'head' cold, the sun's warm rays can,with your eyes closed, make some alleviation in things if done according to the need for such,which is determined by your personal understanding of what you need to do along these lines. Aches and pains that often accompany such, can be alleviated by the warmth of the sun on your back,whether clothed or bare by standing at a window that allows the sun's rays to go through it(clear panes of glass,for example) and when, of course, the sun is shining. Not only will the vitamin D so much needed form in you but will help in other ways. Of course, you must not expose your body to the sun to the extent that you might well develop skin cancer. I mention this because I suffer from the fact that as a child, I was always told 'go out and get some sun' and forces at times to be in the sun, and being light-complected and sort of blue/green/etc. eyes and once having carrot- red hair(especially at birth) I developed in later years the much dreaded 'PRE-CANCEROUS' skin conditions on my forehead. At any rate, perhaps those of you who are always advised to 'get a tan' will be forewarned not to do so. I do know that people in tropical countries are not like the usual 'mad dogs and Englishmen' who reputedly run around in 'the noonday sun' etc. To them, trying to 'darken' the skin by such pernicious practices as exposing 'marvelous WHITE skin' to the sun is not only ludicrous but stupid and insane,but such a cultural vice as these 'tropicals' exhibit has yet to be found among the Caucasian-occasions of 'sunbathers and 'tanners',who prefer leathery skins to soft smooth flesh-like ivory.

THE CURATIVE POWER OF THE SUN

The ancient knew that THE POWER OF THE SUN could either cure or kill one,depending on certain circumstances. Among the so-called 'worshippers' of the SUN were the Aztecs, Toltecs, Mayas,Incas, and various other 'OLD WORLD' RELIGIONS. The various rituals and rites,including some human sacrifices, need not concern us here or deter us from knowing that the Sun is significant in many ways and does influence human behavior, although differently than the influences of the Moon or the Stars,etc. Impressions and Influences are topics for other discussions in other blogs, so I will not dwell on such. As a 'light-sensitive being' my awarenss of the Sun began as young child when I was forced to pose for pictures taken with the box cameras of the day and face the sun to get enough natural light for the photo to come out when developed in dark rooms. My eyes, dripping with a strong flow of tears, seldom could focus and so my face would appear all screwed up in rather unflattering photos of constant squinting. The few photos of me that exist will attest to this 'phenomenon'. However, based on my "ROSICRUCIAN' studies and related readings,etc. I came to realize that certain alignments with the forces of nature in relation to the sun and the poles of the earth had some bearing on one's physical well-being. Since I am supposedly 'under oath' not to reveal these age-old secrets handed down by adepts' I shall not do so except to suggest some things that will be of practical use in health promoting ways,that can be found sometimes in various periodicals on the stands of bookstores that often deal in so-called 'new age' procedures and systems. Since I am most fortunate that in my present house the necessary alignments,some according to the Chinese methods of Feng sui,shui, are in evidence, I will share this in of with readers of my blogs,who can test them at their leisure. This is in regard to m;y upstairs bedroom and its windows which face EAST with the head of my bed aligned to the NORTH and the foot of my bed aligned to the SOUTH. Additionally, my front door is places properly and I do have a 'magic mirror' of sorts, the PAKUA/BAGUA one hanging from it,etc. I also keep the toilet seats down as much as possible to keep 'good luck' and 'fortune' from going down the drains, all of which to ordinary minds as 'rank superstition'no doubt. Although the cardinal direction of North is mentioned, a better orientation is along the MAGNETIC NORTH which can be determined by a compass, of course. Since the Sun rises in theEast and proceeds to 'journey' West, placements of one's personal shrine, temple, closet, and so forth as may be set up according to certain 'esoteric specifications' and one's own personal taste, so that your thoughts, emotions, prayers, bequests to higher powers, and other things of a similar nature may be acknowledged by them, it is important that they be also 'rising from the East' as you face such and recite your 'obligations' to the higher powers that you care to designate as of 'significance' to you and,keeping such as private and isolated as possible, be known only to yourself as TIME goes by and devours everything. So far none of this blog has dealt with any specific 'solar' cures' or 'practices, per se. So I shall givbe this info in a new topic when I have time not to ramble on as I have thus far done in the hopes that some of it might just well appear comprehensive enough to understand without leading anyone astray from their basic aims in life.

THE AGE OF UNDERSTANDING

Ultimately, everyone who reaches 'the age of understanding', if ever, is responsible for their own health and survival, and well-being even if governments attempt to regulate and improve their respective health conditions or to rectify their health problems at public expense. Trying to rectify the specific problems of individuals who have devoted a lifetime or a significant part of their life to becoming obese,alcoholic, drug addicted,etc. places an enormous financial burden and strain on any health insurance or health plans and on all treatment centers and establishments as such is often futile and the effects of a lifetime of indulgence and dissipation cannot always be reversed or overcome. Quite often "ONE'S LIFE STYLE IS SIMPLY HAZARDOUS TO ONE'S HEALTH'!

"TIMETABLE OF DEATH"

This month's issue of TACTICAL KNIVES, November issue, has an article entitled(on the front cover) FAIRBAIRN'S 'TIMETABLE OF DEATH' Debunked! which should be read by all style sof knife fighting and bladed arts since it illustrates the difference between 'technocrats' and 'WARRIORS'. GENTLEMEN: set your stop watches! Since the column: STREET SMARTS on page 8 in this issue talks about blood loss: facts and fiction, and since the late W.E. FAIRBAIRN and his collegue SYKES are dead and the late Col Rex Applegate is not around and alot of WWII Vets have passed away, I have decided to express my views on this subject which may not meet with anyone's or everyone's opinions but I really don't care. d Of course, I recognize that certain data about this topic can be most pertinent if collected and analyzed correctly,etc. it seems to me that for those for whom these tables were constructed could care less as most of us would, if inflicting cuts and blade attacks continue such until the foe was dead. Whether or not he has five seconds, ten seconds, or 65 seconds or more to live does not matter to anyone except him. The article also makes the assumption that the types of knives they are using will be the type shown and that a single cut to the carotid artery is all that would be done,at least for the purposes of this article. The article does not mention the femoral artery and other areas and relies,unless I am mistaken, on data obtained from doctors, med centers, and a few other records. The writer/author does not mention that this timetable was constructed back in the early days and designed to give confidence about certain methods to men ready to engage in war and possibly to lose their lives. Also, a lot of this stuff was for OSS people who went behind the lines. I would almost guarantee that if the neck is struck and slashed with a very heavy,sharp blade, the number of seconds remaining for the person would be moot. As I have suggested elsewhere, to test cutting methods try pigs and otehr animals for slaughter and actually cut and let blood flow. I am sure that when the Japs tested their head chopping methods on Chinese and American and Korean and Filipino prisoners they did not count the seconds but merely the strokes, the ideal being a single stroke of the Japanese sword, 'samurai' or not! This reminds me of the type of mentality that certain Nazis had when they kept track of the number of 'groin-grinds' with jackboots it took to kill a Jewish prisoner. The sheer delight of both the Krauts and Nips as captured on photos of such interesting 'experiments' with prisoners would,no doubt, be of prime importance to the technocrats. To carry these time-tables to the other extreme, just note the various DIM MAK,DIAN TSUHE,ETC. tables that require memorization of times and hours,etc. to be 'effective' etc. If people think they are going to die from such wounds chances are they will and there heart rates will certainly be pounding in many instances. Whenever you have TRAUMA of any kind, there is always the risk of death. You can die from a wound that does not seem serious and from which most quickly recover if you think it will kill you or that you are going to die. THE POWER OF SUGGESTION is strong and think 'death-touch' and 'poison hand'etc. Anyway, the nice thing/think about this article is it might provoke some serious discussion. Maybe I'll have time some day to do a bit more on this.

TRUE AROMATHERAPY

Those familiar with 'THE SCIENCE OF SHIT' as outlined in some of these blogs know, moderns are unfamiliar with the use of the five senses which have been dulled by culture and civilization in numerous ways. Most persons today are 'sight-oriented' whereas past generations were more 'auditory' or 'sound' oriented. Of course, the cacaphony of contemporary music being played nearly everywhere and anyhow, is another matter,that those who wish to improve their health, should consider later on. To train you sense of smell and to gain the great benefits of AROMATHERAPY, everyone from an early age if possible, and this is most difficult to do these days, learn to distinquish between the 'odors',scents' and 'perfumes' of the various waste products, namely 'shit' that these animals produce in their transformation of plants,etc. for the benefit of GREAT NATURE. These 'aromatic products' are: cow,horse, pig, hen,dog,cat manures and Elephant dung and Camel dung, and also human waste. Eventually, after catching a whiff of fresh 'poop' this practice will enable you,in an instant, to tell what animal or creature did it or is doing it,especially if you cannot see the animal at its 'daily chores'. Full inhalations will,of course, enable the inhaler to reap great benefits not readily achieved by modern man these days in his daily life.

THE VERY FIRST CONSIDERATION

The very first consideration in any medical appointment,any medical treatment, and medical problem is:MONEY AND INSURANCE! The first words out of the mouths of all receptionists and desk clerks in any hospital, clinic, or doctor's office,aside from,' DO YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT?" IS: "DO YOU HAVE INSURANCE?" or, 'WHAT'S THE NAME OF YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY?" The repetitive routine of going over your personal information and your health condition before you see the physician(now called 'HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER' ) ostensibly to save time and discover or note any changes in your life,condition(s), and finances is a further obstacle between you and your physician, who gets paid essentially for running a factory and seeing as many patients as possible in the shortest time possible. The constant parade of your ailments and conditions for receptionist evaluation(is it an emergency?)and determination to allow you to see your doctor is usually within hearling distance of crowded waiting rooms and this is an aggravation that most people have to endure.