here is more material written by Morris Krok. There is some repetition with
earlier postings, and also some new material as well. I hope you
find it interesting.
P.S. I received yet more new material (from Morris) this morning - have only
read the first 20 or so lines of it, but it looks *very* interesting. Will
post that later this week.
Regards,
Tom Billings
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From the pen of Morris Krok
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Louis Kuhne Reveals Life's Greatest Health Mystery
The Past's secret entrance is the door to the present and future.
(Raja Yoga teaches us to concentrate on the unseemingly unsolvable problems
confronting mankind, even if we have to focus on it for a lifetime, for the
universal wisdom to reveal the simple truths piecemeal to us.)
Truth comes in small segments to one who is attuned.
In all my studies, no writer in my opinion has a better understanding of
the way the body functions and how it should be made to work more correctly
than Louis Kuhne as explained by him in his book "The New Science of
Healing". This work was written between 1883 and 1894. The edition which I
have in my possession was printed in 1902 and it is based on his Fiftieth
German Edition. He shows that all illnesses, no matter what name we give
them, including the inability of women to have an easy childbirth or
breast-feed her infant with ease, is caused by fermenting and putrefying
material that has accumulated in the digestive and colonic tract of the
body. He shows how gaseous exudes of this fermentative material spread
throughout our inner structure that will not only affect our muscles,
joints, skin, tissues but every organ and gland in the body. Although in
different persons these pernicious substances may collect in parts
differently from other persons, yet they do not alter the fact that they
have the same basic cause. This is evident from the successful way he
treated the variety of symptoms by getting the patient to change his
lifestyle so that he eats non-stimulating food, exercises in the open air
until perspiration occurs, the use of steam baths to open the pores a few
times a week, and the use of cold sitz baths three or more times a day in
order to draw all fermentative material back to its source (the stomach and
intestines) for elimination through the normal organs of excretion -
kidneys, bladder and bowels. In the sitz-bath only the area between the
navel to the upper thighs is immersed in the cold water for a period from
fifteen to thirty minutes. The ensuing cooling that takes place in the
abdominal area results in the body diverting blood to it from all other
parts to compensate for the lowered temperature. It is this lowering that
results in the pernicious substances flowing back with the blood to the
abdomen. Those who use sitz-baths, or cold compresses around the abdomen
find that they become more relaxed, and if used before going to sleep, find
the sleep more restful and sounder. Louis Kuhne developed this method to
prevent the continued poisoning of the body by fermentation. The key is to
keep the main engine of the body - the abdominal area - cool so as to stop
or slow down putrefaction and fermentation that normally occurs here
especially as the result of the unnatural food that man eats. Warmth is an
important ingredient to sustain the fermentative process. This cooling also
increases the vitality of the abdominal area and the body as a whole as it
not only improves all the functions of digestion and elimination, but it
has a wonderful reciprocal effect on every other part of the body including
our breathing and thinking. Those who persist with it find that because
there is an increased flow of digestive juices in the stomach and saliva in
the mouth, they have a better appetite and so enjoy foods better. What is
also very significant it enables us to withstand all changes of weather
with the least discomfort because it gets our inner thermostatic controls
working perfectly. Accordingly, we will be able to withstand hot weather
with the some ease that we will not be unduly cold in the winter. If in the
treating of cuts, burns, sprains and injuries with cold water is now
regarded as the best method to treat these conditions then it should not be
difficult to understand how beneficial the sitz-bath is. When a muscle is
overused it becomes overheated and no longer functions as efficiently and
for the same reason the abdominal organs too will not operate as they
should if they are allowed to become continually too warm. For one thing, a
feverish or an undue warmth state of the abdomen causes the drying out of
our faeces so that they become hard and constipating; similarly the urine
in losing some of its moisture as the result of the heat will result in
crystals and other residues accumulating in the bladder and kidneys. This
assists in the formation of stones forming in the kidneys, bladder and gall
bladder. To keep the idea of the need to include sitz-baths as an important
part of our daily hygienic ritual, remember the phrase - "cool the stomach,
if you do not want a fevered brow".
On page 38 and 39 of Louis Kuhne's New Science of Healing we read:-
"Let us imagine a child suffering from the measles. First of all we find
it restless, sleepless with a hot, dry skin; in common parlance 'the child
is feverish'. But nobody can yet say what kind of illness it is. Only the
fact that other children have the measles, leads to the supposition that
this is a like case. Nevertheless, we are in a position to proceed at once
with the cure. The method of treatment follows quite clearly from our
theory of fever.
Fever can be allayed in the following way: We must endeavour to open the
pores of the skin, so that the body perspires. In addition, we must draw
the heat away by some cooling means. At the first outbreak of perspiration,
even the fever will decrease. With this treatment, the measles will in most
cases never really make an appearance. That is to say, the foreign matter
will be conducted away and expelled in a form which cannot be given the
name of any special disease, being discharged through the natural secretory
organs, in the sweat, the urine, through the bowels and in the breath. The
more profuse the eruption (the elimination), the more actively the
fermenting morbid matter is ejected through the skin, the less is the
child's life endangered.
To effect a complete cure of the measles, we must open the natural
outlets, the skin, kidneys and bowels, and cool down the system, until the
internal heat completely disappears, whereby the digestion also will be
regulated. The cooling is affected by friction hip and sitz-baths having a
derivative action."
From the teachings of Louis Kuhne we can deduce that all forms of ill-
health, even the minute deviations from it such as a slight pain or
headache, is caused by undue warmth occuring within the system. All
unnatural foods will cause it, and in fact, too much of the best food will
also result in a degree of overheatedness. Digestion it must be noted can
only occur through the process of fermentation. It is not only food that
causes fermentation, but also any foreign substance that is injected into
the skin such as a splinter, dirt, snake-bite, bite from an insect, or
human for that matter. Not only can a rusty nail set up a state of local
fermentation in the areas surrounding the point of insertion but also a
knock, a sprain or wound will cause it. He also teaches that in the
beginning when the vitality of the body is high, the abody attempts to
eject all unnatural substances in the form of a fever, hence childhood
fevers and illnesses; but, however, when the body's vitality becomes low as
we persist with wrong living, it no longer has the ability to discard
foreign substances to the same degree as when we were young. Accordingly,
instead of getting colds and fevers (so-called acute illnesses), the body
begins to store these unwanted substances in various parts of the body
which not only affects the workings in these parts but also changes the
shape of the body making some too fat and others too thin - it can also
distort the bony structure such as the spine, and joints of the body. When
this accumulation occurs, our illnesses are now referred to as being
chronic or more permanent and difficult to treat. It is also this unnatural
warmth that is responsible for keeping us unfit, and also preventing us
from obtaining the maximum benefits from physical training. It is based on
this understanding, and finding out how to prevent this undue warmth, that
the greatest mystery and dilemna facing mankind will be revealed and
resolved.
Kuhne also explains how animals in nature when injured or ill do not even
eat their normal food because in the process of digestion, fermentation and
additional warmth is created in the body which will only interfere with the
healing and cleansing process.
This is the reason why fasting has been used throughout the ages for health
restoration as it goes direct to the cause of problem without the need to
use even the methods recommended by Kuhne. It also explains that for higher
health and mind efficiency, the yogas developed the six shatkarmas with its
specific emphasis on the abdominal area, anus and all the eliminatory
apertures. It is for this reason that aswini mudra, nauli, uddiyana bandha
and of course their breathing exercises are so important. A yogi in full
training will perform these rites at the four stations of the day, morning,
noon, sunset and midnight - a process that will ensure that clean pure
blood well oxygenated is flowing through the body at all times. Read page
40 of Yoga Gave Me Superior Health by Theos Bernard.
All this means that Kuhne gave the supporting, substantative explanation to
the ancient practical application of yoga. Yet despite this transcending
method and information, the present health world is in disarray. The drug
stores and health shops shelves are full of supplements, drugs, tonics and
packaged goods which does not hold a candle to what is taught by these
ancients. Their method of drinking seven or more glasses of clean water in
the morning to regurgitate the contents of the stomach is no doubt the best
way to start the day and also to end the day if the last meal is not taken
later than noon, and at say 8.pm or even later one drinks the required
amount of water, surpasses all their magic claims. What it means that our
best supplements, drugs and medicines are those non-nutritive substances
such as fresh air, sunshine, pure water, exercise and rest. All foods even
the best must be placed on the lower rung of the totem pole as anything
eaten requires processing and nerve force and anything eaten in excess can
result in an imbalance.
Thank you Louis Kuhne, your understanding is so transcending that it should
be recorded in gold and granite for posterity. But we should not forget
Yoga's wonderful legacy.
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Morris Krock
Essence of Health is the Essence of Life
P.O.Box 1129
Wandsbeck
3631
South Africa
Phone +27 31 864521
Fax +27 31 2670600
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Those in the U.S. can order the books by Morris Krok from his daughter,
contact:
Susan Krok
21 Coquito Ct.
Portola Valley, CA 94028
I suggest using her instead of alternate suppliers, as his family here
will benefit.
Tom Billings
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