Reading 852-18

TEXT OF READING 852-18 F 25

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Date: 8/15/1942 Sex: F Age: 25 ReadingID: 5098

This Psychic Reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 15th day of August, 1942, in accordance with request made by the father - Mr. [2704], Associate Member of the Ass”n for Research & Enlightenment, Inc.

[Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno. Thomas Jefferson Davis.]

Time of Reading At home, 3:20 to 3:30 P. M. Eastern War Time. …, Ky.

1. GC: You will give the physical condition of this body at the present time, with suggestions for corrective measures; answering the questions, as I ask them:

2. EC: Yes, we have the body here, [852]; this we have had before.

3. As we find, there are some acute conditions arising from a cold and congestion in the liver and in the digestive system itself; with acute conditions through the lower portion of duodenum and the gall duct area; with pains - by lack of digestion - through the alimentary canal.

4. First, we would apply the Castor Oil Packs. Before these are begun, however, - about three hours before - take a good dose of Yellow Saffron Tea, about two and one-half ounces. Put about two pinches of the Yellow Saffron in a crock and pour the boiling water over same, allowing it to stand for about ten minutes. Strain and drink. This may be cooled, of course, to make it more palatable.

5. Then in about three hours after taking the Saffron Tea, apply the Castor Oil Pack for about an hour. The next day apply again, and then the next.

6. Then take at least half a teacup of Olive Oil.

7. When there is pain, apply a Soda Pack over the abdomen. After the Castor Oil Packs are begun, this will assist in movement through the alimentary canal between the periods, see? But whether there is good elimination or not, do take the Olive Oil to purify or to drain the colon, as well as the gall duct. For, there is the tendency in the duodenum of a spasm and a plethora in the gall duct; not gall stones - but as a sediment.

8. The Soda would be applied as a pack, you see; cool, not iced, but out of tap water, - about a teaspoonful of soda between two pieces of gauze, - or preferably old sheeting rather than gauze, see? sufficient of this to cover the whole of the abdominal area. This should be kept changed.

9. When there is the full reaction, then take a good eliminant, or better to have a colonic irrigation; using a high enema to cleanse the colon.

10. Through this period, or the next three days, take only or almost pre-digested foods, - soups or malted milk or milk, or things of that kind, - not any heavy food.

11. When beginning to eat, after the full eliminations, begin taking after each meal three to five drops of Elixir of Lactated Pepsin stirred in half a glass of water. Every other day, for at least two to three days, take - with one of these doses - half a teaspoonful of Milk of Bismuth, with ten drops of Lactated Pepsin in the glass full of water, see?

12. Do these and we may bring better conditions. There is the tendency towards an intermittent fever with this. Massage along the spine gently, of course, will relieve the tension, and tend to keep down temperature. Massage with anything that is easy to massage with. If it is practical to obtain it, use Peanut Oil combined with an equal quantity of Olive Oil. Or, if Peanut Oil is not convenient, use an equal combination of Olive Oil and tincture of Myrrh; heating the oil to add the myrrh.

13. Do that, - we will bring the better forces for this body.

14. We are through for the present.

Copy to Father - Air Mail Special ” ” Ass’n file

Wired as follows:

POUR TWO AND HALF OUNCES BOILING WATER OVER TWO PINCHES AMERICAN SAFFRON IN CROCK ALLOW TO STAND TEN MINUTES DRINK THREE HOURS LATER USE CASTOR OIL PACKS ONE HOUR ALSO NEXT DAY AND NEXT THEN TAKE HALF CUP OLIVE OIL FOR PAIN APPLY ENTIRE ABDOMINAL AREA SODA PACK BETWEEN OLD SHEETING DAMPENED WITH TAP WATER KEEP CHANGING ONLY PREDIGESTED FOODS MASSAGE SPINE GENTLY EQUAL COMBINATION PEANUT OIL OLIVE OIL OR OLIVE OIL TINCTURE MYRRH FULL REPORT CARE OFFICE.

Reports

Reports & Follow-up

R1. 3/20/43 “In my own family I am about the only one feeling really well.”

R2. 3/43 She referred Miss [2959] for a Physical Rdg.

R3. 11/26/43 She referred Miss [3429] for a Physical Rdg.

R4. 3/14/44 She got married again. See subsequent Reports under 852-12 and 852-16. [6/29/44 She referred Mrs. [5303] for a Physical Rdg.]

R5. GD’s note: In the summer of 1964 Mrs. [852] visited me and looked better than I’ve ever seen her. She said she has been very healthy all these years and seems to get better as time goes on. She had gained considerably in weight which was also becoming to her, since she had in her early days been so very thin.

R6. 7/25/67 She visited A.R.E. and said she had continued in good health except for the fact that a cystic-fibro-mastitis condition had developed; in the last two years she has had four breast operations and one neck operation. These cyst or tumor tendencies persist and the doctors do not know how to check them.

Background

Background

B1. See 852-17 on 8/20/40.

B2. 8/15/42 Father, Mr. [2704]‘s wire: “Please give reading on [852] - having trouble with stomach and digestive tract - specify diet.”

Mentioned Entities

Olive Oil, Baking Soda, Castor Oil, Massage Therapy, A.R.E. (Association for Research and Enlightenment), Colon Hydrotherapy, Gertrude Cayce, Gladys Davis, Virginia Beach

Source: The Complete Edgar Cayce Readings, A.R.E. CD-ROM (2006). Reading 852-18, ReadingID 5098.