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CHAPTER XXIV
PARALYSIS
NO. 13A.--PARALYSIS
Female, born August 22, 1899, 1:30 P.M.
Paralysis of the limbs and arms is the affliction of this young woman. We note first that this condition is indicated by the moon, which is the particular significator of health for a woman. She is in Pisces which rules the feet, and square to Saturn, the planet of obstruction, placed in Sagittarius, the sign ruling the hips. Thus the whole region of the lower limbs is afflicted. The moon is also square to Neptune and the saturnine Dragon's Tail, which are placed in Gemini, the sign ruling the arms. The life-giving sun is square to Uranus in Sagittarius and to the Ascendant, and these afflictions are all the more powerful because the sun and moon are both
angular, one near the Midheaven, the other close to the Nadir. Thus there are strong tendencies to trouble with the arms and limbs, dropsy, paralysis, and wasting disease shown in the natal horoscope.
These conditions did not become manifest until the patient was eighteen years of age. At that time the progressed sun had reached Virgo 16-33; it was then square to the radical Saturn. This brought out the latent weakness and resulted in a gradual loss of control of the limbs, which left her
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 13A ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Virgo 22 SUN: Leo 29:44 SATURN: Sagitt. 17:04R ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Libra 21 MOON: Pisces 21:46 URANUS: Sagitt. 4:02 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Scorpio 15 MERCURY: Leo 23:25R NEPTUNE: Gemini 26:38 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Sagitt. 3:47 VENUS: Leo 22:44 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Capricorn 6 MARS: Libra 10:38 Sagitt. 26:07 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Aquarius 15 JUPITER: Scorpio 4:39 DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Gemini 26:07 ]
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prostrate. Neptune conjunction the saturnine Dragon's Tail in Gemini, the sign ruling the lungs, gives an asthmatic condition and the afflicted moon in Pisces gives a tendency to dropsical swellings, which have also manifested. Thus for the time being she is in the grip of what seems an incurable condition. But it is noteworthy that the afflictions are all from common signs, and this gives the astrologer a ray of hope that when the sun has passed the critical points the affliction may be cured and she may
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gain the use of both arms and limbs even if not in full measure.
In the meantime every effort should be made to promote circulation by the manipulation and massage of the limbs and arms. A diet of fresh milk, which contains much ether, and uncooked vegetables that will give her mineral salts is sure to be of great benefit in helping to keep the limbs in shape and preventing atrophy so that when the present planetary afflictions have passed, the sextile of the radical sun and Jupiter may restore circulation. This patient can best be treated by a healer having Aries or Leo rising and whose Saturn is not in any place included in the degrees of the patient's 1st or 6th houses.
NO. 13B.--PARALYSIS AND HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES
Male, born February 9, 1855, 9:00 P.M.
We note first the mental qualities of the patient. The moon is conjoined with the Dragon's Tail, a saturnine influence, and Mercury is square to
Saturn. Thus the two significators of mind are afflicted by an obstructive and melancholy influence, which also operates upon Mars and Venus through the square of Saturn. Saturn moreover is placed in the 9th house in the sign of the lower mind, Gemini. Thus there is very little joy for this person; all the world looks blue and gloomy to him; he meets everybody and everything with gloom and distrust, and is always afraid to make a move in any direction for fear something is going to happen to him.
This mental attitude is at the bottom of all his trouble, for no one who carries such thoughts of fear and worry can ever be healthy. The more cheerful and optimistic we are, the more we act as magnets for good things; we become what people call "lucky." Conversely, such an attitude as this person has is bound to bring misfortune and trouble. He thinks he has cause to be worried, and upon the surface it may appear so, but the trouble is that he mistakes effect for cause. The first work of a healer should be to show him this fatal error and teach him to smile or at least to try to smile.
Just as cheer promotes circulation and elimination, keeping the body in health, so worry produces concretion by hindering the elimination of waste matter, and therefore a diseased condition of the body follows. Three places in this patient's body are affected by the saturnine influence. In
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 13B ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Cancer 4 SUN: Aquarius 20:49 SATURN: Gemini 8:55 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Leo 7 MOON: Scorpio 20:21 URANUS: Taurus 12:55 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Virgo 8 MERCURY: Pisces 5:34 NEPTUNE: Pisces 14:40 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Libra 3:29 VENUS: Pisces 4:48 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Scorpio 0 MARS: Pisces 3:49 Taurus 17:20 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Sagitt. 0 JUPITER: Aquarius 12:17 DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Scorpio 17:20 ]
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the first place Saturn is in the sign Gemini, which governs the lungs; he is square Mercury, Mars, and Venus, and thus he obstructs the expulsion of
carbonic acid and prevents the proper oxygenation of the blood. The moon has particular rule over the fluids of the body. She is in the latter part of Scorpio in conjunction with the Dragon's Tail. Thus we may look for
obstruction of the urine and for concretions in the bladder. The sun and Jupiter are in Aquarius. Uranus squares Jupiter and the moon squares the sun. The effects of this is felt in the opposite sign Leo, which rules the heart. The sun is also parallel to Uranus, and therefore the heart action is very uncertain, the circulation poor, the blood poisoned and heavy with waste matter that cannot be eliminated through the regular channels. So this clings to the walls of the arteries, and in the course of years the condition known as hardening of the arteries takes place, and the body becomes dry and emaciated.
The horoscope is the clock of destiny which marks the time when tendencies shown at birth are due to materialize. In August, 1910, the moon had progressed to the conjunction of its radical place. his configuration
excited the moon's radical conjunction with the Dragon's Tail to action, as well as her square to the radical sun and her opposition to Uranus radical. Thus the disease which had been prepared for during so many years took a
serious turn and commenced to seriously hamper the native. In January, 1912, the moon progressed to the opposition of Saturn radical and squared Mars and Mercury, thus enlivening and bringing into action the condition foreshown in the natal chart. Mars and Mercury govern the nervous system. Mars has rule over the motor nerves and Mercury over the sensory nerves. The above
progressed affliction obstructed the vital flow along the nerves and paralyzed the body.
Jupiter was parallel to the sun's radical place during 1912-14, and the conjunction of the progressed sun and Mars in January, 1914, served to give more energy. These influences should have been taken on he wing. The
patient should have outdoor life, on a farm if possible, with a diet in which buttermilk has a large part, and above all the cultivation of a cheerful
attitude should be forced. This with manipulation of the spinal nerves would probably bring life into the paralyzed limbs and might restore a fair
measure of health under good progressed aspects.
NO. 13C.--FACIAL PARALYSIS
Female, born April 13, 1912, 9:00 A.M.
This horoscope is that of a young girl with the watery and cardinal sign of Cancer on the eastern angle and with the fiery Mars in conjunction with the Ascendant. Mars is square to Venus and trine to the moon, the moon
being the ruler of the Ascendant. Mars is the ruler of the 6th house, which has rule over the health; consequently we must look to Mars as the indicator of health.
Mars in Cancer afflicted by a square from Venus, and Venus in the martial sign of Aries, would indicate a gourmand, one who would as a result of too much rich and highly seasoned food suffer from indigestion or inflammation of the stomach.
Neptune in Cancer afflicted by a square from the sun and Mercury would be apt to give nervous trouble or malnutrition. But this young girl has been in the very best of health, with the digestive organs in good condition. The conjunction of Mars with the Ascendant in Cancer and square to Venus has had little effect upon her health.
The birth of this child was prepared for under the purest conditions and in the most careful manner. The parents had prepared for it even before conception, for they desired to attract to birth an Ego advanced and pure. During all the prenatal period the mother received the greatest care, and the child was loved into this physical world by advanced and pure parents. She was a most wonderful child--healthy, happy, far above the average child of her years, and superior to other children of her age in mentality.
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 13C ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Pisces 2 SUN: Aries 23:23 SATURN: Taurus 19:35 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Aries 5 MOON: Pisces 8:22 URANUS: Aquarius 3:12 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Taurus 20 MERCURY: Aries 26:26R NEPTUNE: Cancer 21:02 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Cancer 2:32 VENUS: Aries 1:21 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Cancer 20 MARS: Cancer 4:30 Aries 21:38 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Leo 9 JUPITER: Sagitt. 15:10R DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ Libra 21:38 ]
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In the summer of 1922 she was taken with frequent hemorrhages of the nose and with severe headaches. The best physicians were consulted, who did everything possible to locate the cause, but to no avail. The facial muscles of the right side began to relax, and facial paralysis finally set in, greatly disfiguring a beautiful face. After trying every available method to relieve the child, the father and mother took her on a touring trip to southern California, hoping that the sea coast and lower altitude might
relive her, which they did to some extent.
Having read the Rosicrucian books on astrology, and knowing of our method of healing and diagnosing, they visited Headquarters with the hope that the writer would be able to diagnose and help them in their trouble. This hope was realized. As soon as the aura of the child was contacted, the writer was impelled to lay the child on her face and to run her hand over the spinal column. Although not an osteopath nor a chiropractor, she found irregularity in the region of the upper cervical vertebrae, also in the center of the dorsal region.
During this, may we call it intuitional or spiritual, diagnosis the
parents were silently watching every move of the writer, exchanging glances from time to time. When it was mentioned that the spinal column was irregular, the father spoke up, saying, "Oh, her spine is all right." When asked if she had had an adjustment, he admitted that both he and his wife were chiropractors and had practiced for almost two years. When asked if they had not both practiced on the child, they shamefacedly admitted that they had, with the result that the motor nerves had been over-stimulated.
Through the wonderful keyboard, the spinal column with its thirty-one spinal nerves, a skillful operator can by manipulation enervate or stimulate almost any part of the body, while an unskilled one may cause untold
suffering. Such was the case with this beautiful young girl. The parents who had loved her into existence, who would have sacrificed their very lives for her, had in ignorance played once too often on her spinal nerves, exciting them to work overtime, and after the damage had been done, they were not skilled enough to know what method to use to undo the damage.
We take the rulers of the 10th and 4th houses to indicate the parents. Neptune is the ruler of Pisces, which is on the Midheaven, and Mercury the ruler of Virgo, which is on the cusp of the 4th house. The above two
planets are squaring each other. Mars on the Ascendant indicates accidents,
injuries, etc. Mars is square to Venus in Aries, the head. The cardinal signs act upon each other. the parts affected by squares such as from
Aries, the head, to Cancer, the stomach, are in mutual bondage to each other. While the nerves of the stomach may have been over-stimulated, thereby
sending an excess of blood to the head causing the bleeding of the nose, by a knowledge of proper adjustments a skilled osteopath or chiropractor could in a few treatments overcome this trouble. The Invisible Helpers of the Rose Cross, by materializing a hand, can also accomplish the same thing.
NO. 13D--E: PARALYSIS
Male, born March 25, 1876, 2:00 A.M.
We will use for this lesson the horoscopes of a man and woman who have afflictions in common signs, in order to illustrate why one patient will succumb to disease and become an invalid when another who has many more afflicting planets rises above them and thus becomes able to lead an active and useful life.
We will first diagnose horoscope 13D, where we find the common sign of Sagittarius on the Ascendant with the ruler, Jupiter, retrograde, and in its own sign in the 11th house, trine to the life-giving sun, but square to the obstructing Saturn, which is in the sign of Pisces, another common sign. We find the sun making only good aspects. The moon is square the Ascendant and in conjunction with the desire body Dragon's Head, which has a Jupiterian influence, sextile to Mars and Venus, and trine to Jupiter. These
configurations should give much vitality and be a strong factor for health in this horoscope. Now why should a man with so few afflictions have become an invalid?
We find only two afflictions which would be detrimental to health; these are Saturn square Jupiter, and Venus conjunction Mars in Taurus square to Uranus in Leo. But with the common sign on the Ascendant this man's will was not strong enough to withstand the temptations shown by Venus conjunction Mars in Taurus, the larynx (Taurus also represents the generative
organs by opposition from Scorpio), and square to Uranus. Dissipation in food and drink filled the blood with impurities, which impaired the arterial
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 13D ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Scorpio 5 SUN: Aries 4:47 SATURN: Pisces 2:52 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Scorpio 25 MOON: Pisces 25:58 URANUS: Leo 16:14R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Sagitt. 10 MERCURY: Pisces 11:07 NEPTUNE: Taurus 1:45 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Sagitt. 23:36 VENUS: Taurus 16:17 DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Aquarius 12 MARS: Taurus 18:11 Pisces 28:53 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Aries 4 JUPITER: Sagitt. 1:54R DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Virgo 28:53 ]
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circulation. Saturn in a common sign, square to Jupiter also in a common sign, Sagittarius, which has rule over the sacral region, shows that the fifth lumbar nerve and the sacral nerves were obstructed in their function. Naturally this interfered with the circulation in that part of the body, causing paralysis of the lower limbs. The common sign man naturally follows the line of least resistance and drifts into invalidism.
Now horoscope No. 13E, that of a woman, has the fixed sign of Leo rising, and Mars is on the cusp of the Ascendant, but in this case we find the
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 13E ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Aries 27 SUN: Libra 22:08 SATURN: Sagitt. 3:10 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Gemini 4 MOON: Libra 12:12 URANUS: Cancer 17:26 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Cancer 9 MERCURY: Scorpio 16:48 NEPTUNE: Aries 15:44R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Leo 9:02 VENUS: Virgo 7:02 ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Virgo 0 MARS: Leo 7:15 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Virgo 25 JUPITER: Aries 7:26R ]
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ruler, the sun, also the moon, both afflicted by the opposition of Neptune and the square of Uranus. Venus, which has rule over the venous circulation, is in the common sign of Virgo, square to the obstructing Saturn in Sagittarius, the home of Jupiter, Sagittarius also ruling the sacral region.
A native with the dynamic Mars on the Ascendant in the fixed and impulsive sign of Leo is full of energy and ambition, and would naturally use up much strength and through temper and impulse dissipate much of her vitality. With the circulation restricted in the sacral region by Saturn, why should this woman not suffer with conditions similar to those of the man in horoscope No. 13D?
In the man's horoscope we find conditions indicating a phlegmatic,
mentally lazy person. With moon and Mercury in conjunction in Pisces and sextile to Venus and Mars, and with Jupiter trine sun, everything came to him without any great effort. Especially was he drawn to 5th, 7th, and 10th house people--musical, theatrical people and movie actors, who led him into a life of pleasure. We find the woman in horoscope No. 3E with plenty of will and ambition, whose desire to heal and help humanity led her to take up the medical profession. But she had a constant fight to keep her joints from becoming stiff and sore. With Saturn obstructing the circulation in the sacral region she suffered greatly with granulated joints of the shoulders, hips and feet. Venus or Jupiter afflicted from common signs gives a tendency to paralysis of the limbs, but with a fixed sign on the Ascendant the native will not succumb. Therefore i is most necessary at all times when diagnosing a disease to observe the rising sign and the aspects of the sun, moon, and the ruler of the Ascendant.
One who suffers from such afflictions as the above should make an effort to keep the circulation normal by eating very lightly of plain food, exercising plentifully, and with a pair of bath mitts rubbing the limbs briskly morning and night. This will often avert a case of paralysis.
NO. 13F.--INFANTILE PARALYSIS
Male, born July 7, 1908, 2:00 A.M.
We will here examine the sympathetic aspects of planets in the cardinal signs. We find in this horoscope a most interesting lesson illustrating the sympathy and antipathy of the planets when placed in signs which are square or in opposition to each other.
The horoscope of this young man has the common sign of Gemini on the
Ascendant, with Mercury, Venus, Neptune, the sun, Mars, and the Dragon's Head all in Cancer, the sign which has rule over the stomach. Four of these planets, namely, Mercury, Venus, Neptune, and the sun are in opposition to Uranus and square to Saturn. The sun is parallel to Uranus and Neptune; Neptune, Uranus, and the sun are square to the moon in Libra in the 6th house.
From our first observation we might diagnose this case as one of stomach trouble, for with Venus in conjunction with Mercury, Neptune, and the sun afflicted in Cancer we may expect poor digestion. When Neptune is one of the afflictors, especially when it in turn is afflicted by Saturn, there is
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 13F ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Aquarius 11 SUN: Cancer 14:50 SATURN: Aries 10:00 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Pisces 10 MOON: Libra 21:22 URANUS: Capricorn 14:55R ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Aries 20 MERCURY: Cancer 10:59R NEPTUNE: Cancer 14:37 ]
[ ASCENDANT: Gemini 4:14 VENUS: Cancer 12:51R DRAGON'S HEAD: ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Gemini 28 MARS: Cancer 29:32 Cancer 4:30 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Cancer 19 JUPITER: Leo 15:40 DRAGON'S TAIL: ]
[ Capricorn 4:30 ]
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a tendency to underdevelopment; the organs affected are often undersized and Misshapen. With Saturn square Neptune and Uranus, Uranus being in the sign of Capricorn which is in opposition to the sign ruling the stomach, this child could not digest its food, which was often found in the stool in pieces. The parents, being ignorant of the cause of the condition, were
indulgent and permitted him at the age of two years to eat whatever he craved; as a small child he was given solid food to eat.
With Neptune in the sign of the stomach, square Saturn, and in opposition to Uranus, the tiny glands which secrete the gastric juice of the stomach and which are so necessary to furnish the lubricating mucus as well as the digestive fluid, were lacking in vitality and prone to function
spasmodically; for Uranus causes spasmodic action, Saturn sluggish action, and Neptune undersize or abnormal functioning. Therefore we would expect that the blood in this case would not receive due nourishment from the food. The body, as a result, would be deprived of the elements necessary for
nourishment.
The damage in such cases generally materializes where the planet is placed which has the most evil aspects. Here we find Uranus in Capricorn making several adverse aspects as noted above. Uranus is receiving no help whatever from other planets; therefore naturally we may expect the place of such an afflicted planet to be the focusing point of the vicious circle. Capricorn has rule over the legs and joints, especially the knee joints. At the age of two years this boy was afflicted with what the doctors call
infantile paralysis, which caused him to lose the use of his feet. Infantile paralysis is a disease which is diagnosed by the doctors as inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord but this has not been proven. Some of them are in doubt about this, and are seeking for another cause.
No two children have the same effects from this infantile disease. From an astrological standpoint no two who are afflicted with it have exactly the same planetary afflictions nor necessarily the same rising sign. The writer has found in seven horoscopes of children afflicted with it that Neptune has been the chief afflicter in each case. As stated in THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS, Neptune has rule over the spinal fluids and the pineal gland, and it depends upon the planet which is afflicting Neptune as to how the disease expresses itself. This naturally baffles the doctors, and they are unable to explain why one child is left with one paralyzed leg, another with both legs and arms paralyzed, and still another with one side entirely useless. But the planets tell he reason for this diversity of outward expression.
NO. 13G.--RICKETS AND TETANY
Female, born January 6th, 1911, 8:20 P.M.
We have here the horoscope of a young girl who has the common sign of Virgo on the Ascendant, with the sun in the fifth house in Capricorn. We are told in THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS, page 544, that the sun rules the vital fluid which is drawn into the body through the spleen and how this life-giving fluid feeds the entire organism. The sun is afflicted in this case by an opposition of Neptune, which is placed in the sign of Cancer. Cancer has rule over the stomach. The sun is also afflicted by a parallel of Mars and Uranus. We here may see that the gateway of the body through which the solar force must needs enter in order to make it possible for the vital body to restore what the desire body destroys, has not worked normally even from birth. When the sun is afflicted by the spasmodic Uranus, the cramping effect of Neptune, and the inflammatory conditions of the fiery Mars, we may expect that at some time during the life of the native, when nature's laws have been broken and when the progressed planets start the afflictions into action, there will be trouble.
In the beginning of the year 1923 the progressed moon was passing through the sign of Virgo and made a square to the radical Mars in Sagittarius. This disturbed the metabolism of the digestive tract, which on account of the resulting inflammation was unable to furnish the blood with the proper amount of mineral salts. This combined with the disturbed solar force caused by an afflicted sun deprived the bones and the muscles of their
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[ BIRTH CHART NO. 13G ]
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[ MIDHEAVEN: Taurus 23 SUN: Capricorn 15:25 SATURN: Aries 29:43 ]
[ 11TH HOUSE: Cancer 2 MOON: Pisces 27:50 URANUS: Capricorn 24:42 ]
[ 12TH HOUSE: Leo 7 MERCURY: Capricorn 23:26R NEPTUNE: Cancer 20:19R ]
[ ASCENDANT: Virgo 2:50 VENUS: Capricorn 25:21 ]
[ 2ND HOUSE: Virgo 23 MARS: Sagitt. 12:10 ]
[ 3RD HOUSE: Libra 19 JUPITER: Scorpio 10:24 ]
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nourishment. In January 1923 the new moon fell in conjunction with the radical Venus, Uranus, and Mercury, square to Saturn, and opposition to Neptune. This excited the latent condition caused by Neptune in Cancer, the sun, Uranus, Venus, and Mercury in Capricorn, and the malefic Saturn in
Aries making a square to the last three planets. Added to all these afflictions Mars radical is parallel to Uranus, Neptune, Venus and the sun. Do we wonder that this young girl was afflicted with the dread disease of rickets, which is a malady in which the bones are lacking in mineral matter, and with tetany, which is a disease causing a nervous contraction of the muscles of the extremities?
Had the parents known the tendencies in this horoscope when the child was quite young and carefully chosen her food so that she would have received the greatest possible amount of nourishment from the smallest possible amount of it, avoiding the excessive use of sugar, starches, and proteins, and had they used more of nature's pure, green vegetables, they might have helped her to build better bones and muscles. Unfortunately many of our northern countries do not have the pure green food all the year round such as we have here in sunny California, where it may be found in abundance twelve months in the year.
In prescribing a diet for the patient suffering from the above malady we would eliminate all heavy proteins, giving her plenty of pure fresh goat's milk, carrots, lettuce, onions, and spinach, adding a very small amount of entire wheat bread each day to give bulk. Let her lie in the sunshine as much as possible; especially should the sun shine upon the spine. Give her friction rubs, which will stimulate the circulation.
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