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 [log in to unmask] =================begin material by Morris Krok=============== From the pen of Morris Krok Filename: Kuhne.asc 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. =09 =1A --=====================_876997999==_ 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 --=====================_876997999==_-- =======end material by Morris Krok======================== 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