The herald., 1896-08-30

then there is a different power and q
different effect from those which exist
when both color and taste are of the
same element Thus the color may be
white. belonging to the mineral ele-
ment, and the taste sweet, belonging
to the earth. Or the taste may be hot,
belonging to the mineral, and the color
green. belonging to vegetation. In this
way one herb has two or more different
elements in its composition. IL there
! fore has more than one effect and more
than one power.
1t also happens that some medicines
of black color and salt taste do not be-
long to the water element; some of green
color and sour taste do not belong to
the vegeta tion element; some of red col
| or and bitter taste do not belong to the
fire element: some of yellow color and
sweet taste do not belong to the eartn
element and some of white color and
hot taste do not belong to the mineral
! element This is because there are six
| varieties of air or currents of power
in these which control, and then"the taste
and color lose their natural power.
| When the color and the taste are equal
the taste is a better guide than the
| color. but if the air and the taste are
equal the air is better guide than the
| taste.
Sometimes also in these medicines the
| color is very plain and the taste is very
y
mite but the taste is very decided; in
| some the taste is very strong but the air
| is very light: in some the air isj very
| heavy, but the taste is very slight; in
some the air and taste are both strong
| in some they are both light. There are
| many differences of this kind but when
the color and taste are equal. the taste
controls the color: if the air and the
! taste are equal the air controls the
taste; the power, or effect, comes from
| the air and the taste loses it's natural
! power Every kind of herb has it's own
power and differs from all others. just
| as every man differs from all others in
| his personal appearance and looks. The
| doctors must understand this philoso-
| ply very clearly. Then. when they un-
| derstand about every herb medicine and
! understand what kind of power each
! herb has, they must also understand
| how to join the medicines into the diff
erent combinations which are called rem
| edies. If a few kind of herbs are Joined
without much power they cannot pro-
! duce a beneficial result. They cannot
| conquer sickness and cannot be called
/ remedies. They do not benefit the pa
| tient because they do not overcome dis
ease. By mixing these medicines and
! making many changes. many different
! effects are produced. With some kinds
of remedies the power goes through the
| upper part of the body; in some it goes
through the lower: in some through the
| left side; in some through the right side.
and in some through the outside of the
| body. or the skin; and sometimes the ef-
| feet is retained in the vital organs. in
/ the inner portions of the body, or it may
! go through the liver or through the kid
neys.
Each of the vital organs, therefore,
! when it is out of sorts or sick. has its
own remedy. When there is sickness in
! two or more of the vital organs then
, there is need of more than one remedy.
Some remedies can assist only one or
;an: others can assist more than one.
/ Some kinds of remedies are good for both
internal and external use. Some other
kinds of power go through the whole
| body. from the top of the head to the
bottom of the foot. Some remedies can
relieve excessive heat or fever, and can
| help the system that is very weak. They
| can prevent sickness if taken in time, or
| can cure sickness even when the patient
4 is so i'll as to be nearly dead. Moreover
! if remedy, or prescription, is very skill
/ fully prepared, sometimes with ten or
! twenty different medicines, it may bring
more force to all Of the vital organs and
to the whole body. On the other hand
certain combinations, or remedies, are
| so arranged that each herb loses it's nat
ural power or effect and the whole COM
| bination, taken together, has only one
! effect, or only two or three different eff
fects. If the physician does not under
stand exactly the variations produced
by the six kinds of air or currents Of
power he cannot use his skill to produce
these results. The six kinds of air in the
| medicines respond to six kinds through
the system of the patient; but there are
still another six kinds of air in the at
| mosphere, which are different from
! these. The explanation of this is very
| difficult and abstruse. 1t would require
a book of about eighty thousand words
and is altogether too long to be discus
sed in newspaper. | shall hereafter
write such book and shall tell about
the power of the medicines, how that
| power is obtained. and what it's effects
are on the human system. From the
more than two thousand kinds of medi-
cine / shall search out and condense the
moret han four hundred kinds that are
essential and best for the white man to
use.
The Causes and Origin of Diseases
There are three prime sources from
! which the diseases common to mankind
originate. The first of these includes
| such influences as are without and inde-
| pendent of the body. They are forms Of
air, namely, wind, cold, sun heat, damp
air, dry air, and fire air. The second
source comprises those influences which
cause i'll health from within the make
up Of the individual. There are seven of
these, namely joy, anger. overwork,
study, grief, fright and fear. These are
the excessive seven affections. The third
source of diseases includes those infiu-
neces with are neither entirely within
nor entirely without the makeup of the
individual They include improper food
and liquids, fire, hot or cold water and
the bites of insects or animals.
OF the six forms of injurious air the
first, sky air. is very slow in it's effects
upon the system. The second cold air,
is earth air. This may cause sicknes
very quickly. Both of these are indis-
pensable to man yet both are sometimes
very destructive and cause the worst
forms of disease of any from this source
except fire air. The damp air is that
which is found in low attitudes and
about swamps, and soon after rain
storms. This is the external source and
origin Of malaria. The fifth form, dry
air. is caused by atmospheric changes
This will produce dryness in the throat
and mouth. redness of the mouth and
Inflammation in other parts of the body
The sixth form, fire air, is poisonous
condition of the atmosphere and Is the
cause of such diseases as cholera. This
form causes death very quickly while al
the others work destruction slowly.
An excess of any mental emotion
causes disease. Anger affects the hear
and the liver. Petulance shOrtens life
over work Injuries the nerves and thu
bones and produces an impaired circula
tion of the blood. Excessive study ser
iously Injuries the heart and the spleen
Grief also woakens the heart Fear g