The Nishi System is a methodology for the maintenance and recovery of good health that was first introduced in 1927 by Katsuzo Nishi, who at the time was the chief technical engineer for Japan’s first subway project, the Tokyo subway.

From childhood Nishi was weak of constitution, and realizing that the medical science of the day could not cure his ailments, he independently undertook in his late teens the study and practice of what would amount to some 360 types of folk cures and health methods, both ancient and contemporary, Oriental and Occidental. Adding to these his own theories about the dynamics of the human body based on the mechanical science he studied in his own specialty, civil engineering, he established the Nishi-shiki Health Method.

THE NISHI SYSTEM

          His theories are characterized by the idea that, in spite of the fact that the human bone structure and positioning of the internal organs are basically the same as those evolved for the mammalian species that ambulate on four legs, human being have adopted a basically upright two-legged life style that places certain structural strains on the human bone structure, resulting in problems like obstruction of the flow of food through the intestines (constipation) due to the unnatural (vertical) positioning of the organs. As methods to compensate for these structural defects, Nishi conceived and encouraged the use of treatment through exercises such as the goldfish (movement) style spinal column rectification exercise and the Nishi-shiki health fortifying technique( (lateral vibration exercise know as the “Haifuku Undo”).

          Furthermore, based on the structure of the human network of arteries and veins, Nishi refuted the heart-driven blood circulation theory of William Harvey, proposing instead a theory that the capillaries provided the true driving force of the circulatory system. And, in order to compensate for the obstruction of circulation in the four limbs resulting from the human species’ vertical posture, he proposed the Capillary Action- Inducing exercise (Mokan Undo), which involves lying on the back, raising the arms and legs and applying a slight vibrating motion.

          Besides these exercises, Nishi also recommended methods making use of implements like a hard, half –cylinder pillow, design to keep the cerebral vertebrae in the ideal position from a structural standpoint and a flat sleeping platform (flat board) designed to do the same for the vertebrae of the spinal column. He also recommended the use for a hand (touch) healing method equivalent to what is known today as the Chinese “kiko” method using the flat of the hand. Combining these six basic methods with fasting therapy intended to prevent the harmful effects of constipation and the regular use of magnesium hydroxide as a laxative constitutes the fundamentals of the Nishi – shiki Health Method.

          That is what Katsuzo Nishi wrote in his book: “Sickly and weak since early childhood I was, when still a boy, given what was virtually a death sentence by a certain well-known physician: “This young fellow, I am sorry to say, will never reach the age of twenty.”

          But today I am approaching the age that is three times twenty and this, be it noted, after having been actively engaged in engineering work for thirty long years and with stamina enough to have never missed a day’s work during the last twenty of these years.

          This health, for which I am so grateful, however, did not come to me by chance. I had to struggle for it. But, leaving the story of that struggle to be told in another part of this book, I wish simply to state here that what I am today I owe to my original methods of health building- methods which are a precious outcome of years of careful study of nearly every theory of health and preventative medicine to be found in the world, of endless experimentation, from the standpoint of modern medical science, of the knowledge so acquired.”             Some points of Nishi System  "No more disease"- is a slogan of the Nishi Medicine. Disease is a symptom or cure. The heart is not a pump, but the sac or tank. The prime blood mover lies in the capillary network. The secret of health is, in short, the way to the ONE. Every human being is a living tetrahedron integrated as the ONE by the four primary elements, namely Skin, Nutrition, Limb and Mind. Heart tonic is danger to life. Shake the injured limb held higher than the heart level and the wound will instantly be healed. Do not afraid of hypertension. The glomus is an emergency controller. Health, freedom from disease, longevity and eternal youth depend entirely on wise and proper application and utilization of Skin, Nutrition, Limb and Mind.

The flat bedThe bed on which you lie should be flat and hard as much as possible and the coverlet should be light without your having to fell cold.read more

  The solid pillowWhen using the solid pillow you should lie flat and place the neck on the pillow so that the third or fourth cervical vertebr

The goldfish exerciseThe Goldfish Exercise is to be practiced as follows: first lie straight on one’s face or one’s back, then bend back the toes towards the body as far as possible read more

a may be properly rested on it.read more

The capilarity exerciseTo practice the Capillarity Exercise, first lie flat on the back, raise the head slightly by placing a pillow or cushion under itread more

The palm and soleFirst, lie flat on the back, and hold both arms over the breast; then, opening both hands, join the finger-tips each with the otherread more

The dorso ventralPreparatory exercise consisting of eleven movements is to be practiced; the time required for this exercise is one minuteread more

THE FLAT BED

What to do: The bed on which you lie should be flat and hard as much as possible and the coverlet should be light without your having to fell cold. You must try to lie flat on this bed.

Effects: When the body is placed this flat on a hard leveled bed, the weight is most equitably distributed, the muscles are given he maximum relaxation; and any subluxation or deflexure of the spine caused by the upright posture during the daytime is easily corrected; furthermore, the very hardness of the bed secures the functional activities of the skin and prevents the liver from becoming sluggish and moreover stimulates the veins distributed superficially all over he body so as to promote the return of the blood towards the heart. This in turn leads to the inversing activity of the liver, with the result that all the waste matter which have been deposited during the daytime will be swept away from the body and the motor nerves will be kept from any undue pressure or strain. Moreover the intestines will be secured against constipation or stasis. This you will be sure to get a good sleep and awake the next morning quite refreshed mentally or physically.

THE GOLDFISH EXERCISE

What to do: The Goldfish Exercise is to be practiced as follows: first lie straight on one’s face or one’s back, then bend back the toes towards the body as far as possible and place both and under the neck, crossing them against the fourth or the fifth cervical vertebra: and, in this position, oscillate the whole body just as a swimming goldfish does. This exercise should be taken for a minute of two in once in the morning and also in the evening.

Effects: The Goldfish exercise which aims at spinal readjustment is a sure way to correct scoliosis, adjust any deviated vertebra, relieve undue strains of the spinal nerves as well as paralysis of the peripheral nerves and secure and unhampered and normal circulation of the blood. Not only that it stimulates the production of the red blood cells in the marrow, increases the tension of the sympathetic nerves, contracts the superficial vessels distributed all over the body and, furthermore, moves the bowels regularly and lastly keeps and equilibrium between the two main nervous systems which run along each side of the body and establishes a desired harmony in the entire organism.

THE CAPILLARITY EXERCISE

What to do: To practice the Capillarity Exercise, first lie flat on the back, raise the head slightly by placing a pillow or cushion under it: stretch forward as straight as possible both arms and legs, keeping the soles of the feet parallel to the bed or the floor, and, with the body in such a position, give both arms and legs vibratory movement. This exercise should be kept up for one or two minutes in the morning and also in the evening.

Effects: This exercise which gives rise to capillary phenomenon will prove fruitful regulating properly the valves of the veins in the limbs, so as to stimulate the flow of the blood, and also promoting the movement and renewal of the lymphatic fluid.As this exercise gives rise to capillarity in the limbs and draws the blood there, it naturally follows that the improvement of the general blood circulation will ensue.This exercise has also effect of preventing parasites and other germs from invading the body and , at the same time, helping to activate to a suitable degree the various organs of the body.

 

THE PALM AND SOLE JOINING EXERCISE

Palm and sole joining exercise

What to do: First, lie flat on the back, and hold both arms over the breast; then, opening both hands, join the finger-tips each with the other, and press and relax them several times; next, move the hands forward and backward, with the finger-tips joined; finally join both palms over the breast. This is the first phase of this exercise.The second phase of this exercise is as follows;Keeping the body lie flat on the back, stretch both legs over the body, with the knees bended; joining both soles, move the legs forward an backward ten times within a distance of about one and half times the leg’s length; then joining both palms and soles remain quiet for five or ten minutes.Effects: This exercise is of great use of health, because this will coordinate the functions of the muscles and nerves on the right and left halves of the body, particularly in the limbs. The sole joining exercise is of highly importance, particularly in that it coordinates the functions of the muscle, nerve and blood vessel in the regions of the pelvis, abdomen, and thigh; in the fetus, and readjusts the abnormal position of the unborn child in the womb. Therefore, this exercise is highly recommendable to the expectant mother who wishes to have an easy delivery.

Palms joining exercise or “Manual Cure”

What to do: Join first the five fingers of each hand and then join both hands tightly together so that there may be no space left between at leas the two phalanges of the middle fingers and the top phalange of the other fingers. Then place the hands, thus joined, vertically at the height of your face and hold up this posture for forty minutes. If you do this exercise once, the effect will last for life.

Effects: This exercise corrects the torsion of the capillary vessels in the nail beds and in the palms, ameliorates, to the maximum, the blood circulation in them, equilibrates the metabolism and the other productive function of the body.One’s good health will be secured for each day by joining palms for about five minutes.Joining palms for more than 75 seconds before every meal will equilibrate the pH of the body fluid and prevent food poisoning.

In order to apply the manual contact cure to a patient, first make him take a posture to facilitate the blood circulation, correct and irregularity of his limbs and body with our hands, which have already undergone the forty minute exercise, apply them to his affected part, and furthermore do the finger pressure treatment so that his natural healing power may start to work and cure, in due time, his disease. Before the performance of the manual contact cure, apply the capillary exercise to your hands and after the cure, you should drop your arms down and shake them several times to shut up the radiation of hands. The combination of the forty-minute exercise and the capillary exercise gives the hand a specific power to detect the exact cause or the location of diseases. However, because this cure, when applied to a patient, greatly consumes your energy, you had better not practice it except for an emergency.

DORSO VENTRAL EXERCISE

Preparatory exercise consisting of eleven movements is to be practiced; the time required for this exercise is one minute:

1.What to do: Move the shoulders up and down.Effects: This is a movement of trapezius, latissimus dorsi and other muscles of shoulders. The exercise helps to release tension. Daily practice would prevent paralysis of the upper limbs and stiffening of the shoulders.

2.What to do: Bend the head rightward.Effects: In order to stimulate the pumping action of the thoracic duct, which opens into the jugular vein at the upper pit of the left collarbone, the head must be first bent rightward so as to strain the left side of the neck.

3.What to do: Bend the head leftward.Effects: This exercise is intended for stimulating the jugular vein and lymphatic gland in the right neck. A round back posture is apt to entail the swelling of the heart and right cervical lymphatic gland, which would easily be checked by this movement.

4. What to do: Bend the head forward.Effects: The posterior root of the spinal cord and spinalis dorsi muscle are apt to be compressed when in disease. This exercise is to prevent such disorder.

5.What to do: Bend the head backward.Effects: This is a stretching and stimulating the anterior root of the spinal cord and also the vagrant nerves.

The exercises from #1 to # 5 are to be taken with the seventh cervical vertebra as a centre, and would increase the alkaline concentration of the body fluids.

6.What to do: Turn the head right backward: Effects: This exercise is expected to counteract the alkaline concentration of the body fluids, enhanced by the preceding exercises.

7.What to do: Turn the head left backward: 

Effects: This exercise is also intended for stimulating the sympathetic nerves, thereby counteracting the increasing alkaline concentration of the body fluids.

The exercises from #1 to #7 should be repeated 10 times each.

8.What to do: Stretch out both arms horizontally and turn the head right and left one time. Effects: By stretching both arms in that way you can stimulate the pumping function of the lymphatic glad in the chest and by turning the head right and left, you can strain the neck muscles. Those who are in danger of apoplexy will find the neck muscles so stiff and the blood vessels and nerves so compressed that they cannot turn their heads properly and will feel the tips of fingers as if paralyzed. By this exercise you can prevent such a dangerous condition.

9.What to do: Raise up both arms in parallel, palm to palm, and turn the head right and left one time. Effects: This is intended for invigorating the pumping function of the armpit lymphatic gland and also for stretching the neck muscles.

10. What to do: Pull down both upheld arms on the level of shoulders, bending each arm at the elbow, with a firm fist made. Effects: By this exercise, the seventh cervical nerve, which controls the thumb and index finger, and, eight cervical nerves, which controls the other three fingers, would be stimulated, thereby prevent or cure paralysis of fingers and increase the grasping power of the hand.

11.What to do: Draw as far backward as possible, both arms as in the same position of #10 exercise, and turn the head backwards with the chin stretched upwards as far as possible.Effects: This is to stimulate the pumping function of the lymphatic gland in the chest and to invigorate the vagrant nerves as well as the thyroid gland.

As was shown above, the eleven preparatory exercises have all reasons, anatomical and physiological; therefore the order and number of practice must be followed exactly and directed.Viewed as a whole, these exercises first release the trapezius muscles then stimulate the vagrant nerves in such a manner as to antagonize with sympathetic nerves.Upon completion of the preparatory exercises, you must release yourselves by opening the palms and placing them lengthwise upon the laps, before passing into the dorso- ventral exercise.

 

The Main exerciseWhat to do: Putting the pivotal point of the coccyx and keeping the trunk (from the coccyx to the top of the head) as straight as possible, swing it laterally as if it were a stick. The ventral movement, which is done as follows, should accompany this swinging movement: each time the backbone is inclined to the right or to the left, the lower abdomen should be pushed outward. In other words, there are two ventral movements for one swing (a pair of

right and left inclinations) of the backbone. The exercise is done independently from the rhythm of respiration.This exercise should be practiced rot ten minutes, every morning and evening. Its standard speed is 50-55 swings per minutes, which amounts roughly to 500 swings in ten minutes. You had better take at leas three moths to attain this speed, because, otherwise, various troubles may appear. In so doing, you can make you skin resistant enough to allow you to do the exercise nakedly even in cold winter.Thus the condition of the whole body should be ameliorated gradually to make you really healthy.

Effects: This Dorso-Ventral exercise respectively stimulates the sympathetic and vagrant nerves so as to bring them into a balanced state and their function will be performed with the greatest possible effect. Moreover the former will check the dangerous dilation of the cerebral blood vessels and the latter the intestinal stasis. This exercise makes function of intestines, including the absorption of nutriment, perfect. By the simultaneous practice of both exercises, we can harmonize our nervous system as well as our body fluids and also establish the balance of body and mind.Doing this exercise one should constantly think of getting better, pray for becoming abler, and believe in turning more virtuous.When the body fluids as well as the nerves are well equilibrated, wickedness, inability or immorality will be ameliorated by thinking of getting “good, able, and virtuous”.

THE SOLID PILLOW

What to do: When using the solid pillow you should lie flat and place the neck on the pillow so that the third or fourth cervical vertebra may be properly rested on it. Needless to say that one who is not accustomed to such a pillow would find it painful. In that case, a towel or some other soft piece of cloth may be laid over it. It is to be remembered that you should, however, take the piece of cloth off now and then and try to gradually accustom yourself to he hardness. Thus you would in time become accustomed to it and sleep comfortably without using any such softener.

Effects: The use of the solid pillow has the beneficial effect of preventing or correcting any subluxation of the cervical vertebrae and helping to prevent headaches, meningitis, as wall as diseases of the ear, nose and throat. Moreover it keeps the brain and spinal cord in a normal tone necessary for their proper function and thus keeps off any sluggish or paralytic disorder in the body, especially in the nerves and limbs.

 

Four primary elements

Skin

The skin is that part of the human body which first comes into contact with the air, when we are born and composes a borderline between the human body and environment.read more

  LimbsLimbs are the locomotive organs, by which man works and moves. Especially the lower limbs and feet are the supporting basis and pillars of the human being.read more

NutritionWhat the Nishi Medicine means by the word “Nutrition” is four elementary matters that build and sustain the human being, namely food, water, light, and air.read more

MindGoethe remarked, “Without mind there can be no matter; without matter no mind”. Truly the human being is an entity, which mind and body go to compound and integrate.read more

FOUR PRIMARY ELEMENTS

Nishi Medicine is a rational science of health. It serves everybody who wishes for good health through life. It can suggest to you this rational and working principle of health, on which you should rebuild a new way of living.

Four primary elements, which integrate the human being as the ONENishi assumes that the human being is integrated as the ONE by the four primary namely the skin, limbs, nutrition, and mind. These four primary elements are unique in that they retain their own individuality, notwithstanding that they go to combine and integrate the human being as the ONE. In other words we can separate any one of them from the others and make it work or rest at our will.From a different angel of view, the human being may be divided into the following twelve components:(1) the bone, (2) the muscle,(3) the blood and lymph,(4) the blood vessel and lymphatic duct, (5) the respiratory organ, (6) the alimentary organ, (7) the urinary organ,(8) the endocrine gland,(9) the genital organ ,

(10) the nervous system, (11) the sensory organ, and (12) the voice, vocal chord, and speaking.

All these components coordinate and combine to act as a single whole. But different from the above four elements, they are inseparable each from the others; they have lost their own individuality in composing up the human being. For any disorder happening in any one of them, no single treatment is of any use; reestablishment of the coordination among all the components is the only effective measure for it.On the other hand, the four primary elements may be separately treated both in hygienic and therapeutics, since they retain their own individuality. This is why the Nishi Medicine specifies the skin, nutrition, limb and mind as the four primary elements, which integrate the human being as the ONE.

SKIN

The skin is that part of the human body which first comes into contact with the air, when we are born and composes a borderline between the human body and environment.

There is an intimate realationship between the skin and health. Recall to mind that the glomus which, acting as an emergency controller, plays an important role in the blood circulation is most abundantly distributed under the skin, and you will see how much important is the skin to health. Alfred Brauchle remarked that from a viewpoint of nature cure, the skin is one of the most important organs. This implies that the skin is a door, through which benign and salubrious influences of Nature come into the body.

The skin has multi-phased functions; like the lungs it respires through the minute pores widely distributed all over the body surface. Certainly man cannot breathe by the lungs alone. This is clearly demonstrated by the familiar fact that when the minute pores on two-thirds of the body surface are blocked up by accident such as getting burn or any artificial means for example coating with paint or tar, the subject would faint with groan.

Like the kidney or other excretory organs, the skin eliminates from blood waste matter by the sweat glands; in this connection it may be of interest to quote Malten’s remark that in the treatment of renal disease, a very important thing is the stimulation of the general function of skin. This indicates that between the skin and kidney exists a close relationshipMoreover as a heat-regulating organ, the skin acts to regulate, the body temperature by perspiration.Thus far, the idea is taken in the ordinary meaning; but the Nishi Medicine interprets the skin in much wider sense; that the skin, extending from the outer surface into the body, goes to from the lining of various organs. Because of this fact, the more significant is the relation of the skin to health.

Indeed the skin is a medium of matter exchange between the body and environment. Without skin no vital process is possible. So vital is the skin to life; a familiar phrase “save the skin” is expressive of this fact.

Don’t spoil the skin by being heavily clothed; “Work the skin and have the skin” wisely remarked a sage. To drill the skin by exposing it to the open air as often as possible in every day life is surest way to health of the skin. Alternating douche is also recommendable, for this promotes good functions of the skin.

Aero therapy, or air- bathing cure is also of great use.

LIMBS

"Use limbs and have limbs; the more thou dort, the more thou mayest."Samuel Ward"Injured limbs lead to renal disorder"Trueta

Limbs are the locomotive organs, by which man works and moves. Especially the lower limbs and feet are the supporting basis and pillars of the human being.

The foot, when injured, would fail to work properly as a bolster of the body, which, losing the balance tends to incline on the injured side. Eventually this may involve a subluxation of vertebrae, which in turn eventually will cause pralysi, or other disorders of the nerves and blood vessels starting from the foramen vertebrae between the subluxated vertebrae. Very probably, the harmful effect of these disorders may before long extend even to remote regions which these nerves and blood vessels supply.

As R.R. Hayhow showed the foot is often a very good index of some serious disease, as there is a relationship between the foot and health. For example, swelling of the ankle and foot is very likely to happen, due to (a) heart disease, (b) renal disease and (c) anemia.In this connection and interesting fact may be quoted from Dr.Trueta’s findings. He reported that during air raids on London, 1941, victims whose legs had been compressed or broken under timber or the like sometimes died of renal failure. This fact also confirms the correlation between the foot and other organs.

On the other hand, the nail of the hand or foot is also an index of certain diseases. R.R. Hayhow remarked that from patient’s nail much can be learned of the past history.

What further confirms the importance of limbs is the fact that the glomus, which plays a very important role in the mechanism of the blood circulation, is most abundantly distributed in the limbs.Therefore it is no exaggeration to say that the limbs are a measure of health, and that without normal limbs there is no health.As a surest ay of keeping the limbs normal, the Nishi Medicine recommends to you the capillary exercise and the Foot Readjusting Cure.

NUTRITION

What the Nishi Medicine means by the word “Nutrition” is four elementary matters that build and sustain the human being, namely food, water, light, and air. These four elements essentially are comparable to the Four Elements namely earth, water, fire and air, which the ancient philosopher considered as origin of everything in the universe. Without nutrition there’s no life.

The fundamental rule of nutrition is that nutrition we take should be fresh and proper. Everybody knows this rule, but we do not always live up to it. Be careful of what you take; bad nutrition will eat out your health.

Essentially nutrition is a concentrated form of potential energy, which, when taken into the body, releases the “force of expansion” prerequisite to life. Once M. Prenant remarked that the essential fact of biology, which can explain the maintenance of life on earth is a force of expansion. It is apparent that what Prenant implied by the words “a force of expansion” is nutrition.

FOOD

Before all other things, it should be well impressed in mind that nutritive element contained in food are easily destroyed by artificial cooking; if boiled or baked too much food will be deprived of its essential ingredients by half or three-quarters. To cover the loss of nutritive elements the body inevitably would demand for more food. And eventually this may establish a habit of overeating. It is a familiar fact that a habit of overeating is one of the chief causes of digestive order and renal disease. H. Malten indicated that boiled food imposes too much load on the kidney of the civilized men all through life. Realize how wisely he caught the point of the matter.

Thus it is clear that immediate reform of eating habit is a pressing business for us, if we really do want to make for good health.What the Nishi Medicine strongly recommends is that breakfast be abolished, and that meal be taken twice a day, at noon and evening.Morning is the time not for intake, but discharge. It is the morning when the bowels move well. It is the time when the body cleans itself.

Unwise is it to stuff the bowels with food, when they just start on their task of elimination; this only makes their work stagnate.No less important is taking fresh vegetables raw. This is recommendable to everybody, especially the invalid. As Brauchle showed, the consumption of raw food, particularly raw vegetables would effect almost miraculous healing. There are numbers of clinical findings, which confirm this fact.

The reason why raw vegetables are so highly important is quite obvious. It is because raw vegetables contain all the vital elements bestowed by Nature, that kindly mother of mankind, and that without being spoiled.

WATER

Concerning water, it should be recalled to mind the fact that the human body is composed of water from 58.8 to 65.7%. From this fact one may easily realize how important is water to life. A familiar fact is that without water man couldn’t live even five days, while he may fast on water for months.

Water is not only one of the essential nutritive elements, but is highly important solvent. Without water acting as a solvent, no biochemical process in the body is likely to happen. Surely where no water is , there is no life.

If dehydration, or loss of water should occur, as in severe diarrhea, grave consequence would often follow; a toxin called guanidine would be released in the blood, which is responsible for guanidine poisoning (uremia). The prevention of this poisoning involves bringing the body water content back to a normal level by taking fresh water copiously, because water hydrolyses toxic guanidine into ammonium and urea.However in case of diarrhea drinking fresh water is commonly prohibited for fear that probably this may aggravate the taken view. From the foregoing it is obvious that this is a

mistaken view. Far from doing any harm, water does clean and refresh the bowels; above all water does destroy guanidine before it exerts its toxic power.

Water has multi-phased functions, highly important in the human organism, of which information will be found in the current medical literature; there is no need of dwelling on them.The one thing to be stressed here is that you should take fresh and plain water; water , when boiled , or flavored, will lose some of its essential elements, which are of high value for health.If you are not accustomed to fresh and plain water, take 30 gram of water every thirty minutes, during the first one and half months. But after the exercise or at meal you may drink a cup or two of waterOptimum amount of daily intake is 2-3 litersYou had better drink water in small dose from time to time; you may take it at any time, even during meal. That water may dilute gastric juice is a fallacy.

AIR AND LIGHT

As for air and light, on one can deny how important they are for life; the description on them will be omitted here. However, there is one point worthy of mention.It is generally recognized that carbon dioxide and water are the end products of metabolism in the body. But this view does not cover the whole sequence of metabolic process. In certain cases, for example, when supply of fresh air becomes deficient, or there is something wrong with a vital organ, incomplete combustion is most likely to happen during metabolism, which may lead to the production of monoxide. Such is a natural sequence of events. Strange to say, no medical textbook has touched on this point.In normal health, the volume of monoxide produced in the body will be too minimal to do any harm to life, but in serious illness it may rise up to the fatal level, and thus precipitate a crisis.The prevention of carbon monoxide poisoning call fro full supply of fresh air to the body through normal function of the skin (in a broader sense), good ventilation and aerotherapy.

MIND

The soul sits on the throne of nucleated cell.O.W. Holmes

Goethe remarked, “Without mind there can be no matter; without matter no mind”. Truly the human being is an entity, which mind and body go to compound and integrate.

Man is called “Homo sapiens;” this implies that among all creatures man alone is endowed with mind by Providence. Here the work “mind” is used in a broader sense to implicate soul, spirit, and mind (in the ordinary sense).Why Nature has endowed man with mind?

Probably it may be that She has committed to man the freedom of life; if it’s o, it is up to us to live a worthy life.To live a worthy life, it is the thing of first consideration to have and keep god health through life. Needless to say that good health means soundness in mind and body.

There is a intimate relationship between mind and body. Not seldom that worry, anxiety and nervous breakdown may result in some organic disorders such as tuberculosis, heart disease

may lead to serious mental and emotional disturbances.In this respect, the psychosomatic medicine has reason d’etre, particularly in that it lays stress on the importance of seeing the human being as a whole.

See to it that mind be sound, cheerful, and bright – no matter how hard and tough life is.

THE FIVE SELF DIAGNOSTIC METHODS

 

By the practice of the Six Rules of Nishi medicine, you will become healthier, and you can know how healthy you have become by these self-diagnostic methods.

1. Can you bend you body and touch the floor with your fists without bending your knees?(If you can do so, your spine and stomach are sound.) 

2. Can you lean against a wall in front of you, to make an angle of 30 degrees with the floor and straighten your whole body, without raising your heels from the floor?(If you can do so, you have no troubles in sexual organs nor with the sciatic nerve)

3. Can you lean, face up, against a table behind you, by putting your forearms on it, to make an angle of 30 degrees with the floor, and keep your whole body straight without raising the toes? (If you can do so, your kidneys are sound.).

4. From the lying position on the back, and leaving your arms on the floor, can you turn up your legs over your head until our toes touch the floor? (If you can do so, nothing is wrong with your liver.)

5. Can you lie down on your back from the Japanese style sitting position without raising your knees?( If you can do so, your intestines and urinary organs function well)

If you cannot do any of these five exercises, you should practice them and overcome your difficulty. They will become easier, if you practice the capillary exercise before and after them. Undue haste should be avoided in training lest various troubles should appear. In case of excessive difficulty, do not hesitate to interrupt the practice.However the effort to overcome the difficulty will also cure the troubles, which may appear in the course of the practice and thus will improve your health.

 

ARTICLES FROM NISHI BOOK

Article of Nishi System.Furthermore, based on the structure of the human network of arteries and veins, Nishi refuted the heart-driven blood circulation theory of William Harvey,

proposing instead a theory that the capillaries provided the true driving force of the circulatory system. And, in order to compensate for the obstruction of circulation in the four limbs resulting from the human species? vertical posture, he proposed the Capillary Action- Inducing exercise (Mokan Undo), which involves lying on the back, raising the arms and legs and applying a slight vibrating motion. the human bone structure, resulting in problems like obstruction of the flow of food through the intestines (constipation) due to the unnatural (vertical) positioning of the organs. As methods to compensate for these structural defects, Nishi conceived and encouraged the use of treatment through exercises such as the goldfish (movement) style spinal column rectification exercise and the Nishi-shiki health fortifying technique( (lateral vibration exercise know as the ?Haifuku Undo?).Furthermore, based on the structure of the human network of arteries and veins, Nishi refuted the heart-driven blood circulation theory of William Harvey, proposing instead a theory that the capillaries provided the true driving force of the circulatory system. And, in order to compensate for the obstruction of circulation in the four limbs resulting from the human species? vertical posture, he proposed the Capillary Action- Inducing exercise (Mokan Undo), which involves lying on the back, raising the arms and legs and applying a slight vibrating motion.

All ABOUT FOOD

 

DO's and Don'ts

It is not easy to eat healthy, but with a little extra effort it can be done. Here are some simple cooking Do’s and Don’ts.

DON’TS

• Methods of cooking that expose the food to hot grease, hot dry air, excessive heat, or smoke, such as frying, broiling, charcoal broiling, or oven roasting, and that produce a browning are to be avoided. This browning is an oxidative chemical reaction, and it produces toxins that have been reported to be carcinogenic, as well as fatty waste that causes a loss of nutritional value.• In addition to being subject to the effects of overheating and browning, charcoal broiled foods soak up the toxic fumes from the charcoal plus the fumes of the dripping burned grease.• Pressure-cooking requires too high a temperature and may destroy valuable food

elements.• Aluminum cookware reacts with certain foods, so we suggest that you avoid its use.• Electronic ovens and microwaves we suggest avoiding, because they destroy valuable nutrients.

DO’S

• Use the least amount of water possible. (Waterless cooking is done in a stainless steel or ceramic steamer).• Prepare food as close to the time of eating as possible, as a time lapse between preparation and eating allows for oxidation, which can rob your food of valuable nutrients. • Use the smallest amount of heat that will do the job. Each degree of temperature removes something of value.

A few words need to be said about kitchen equipment. Probably the most important piece of kitchen equipment required for your diet is a juicer, either mastication or press kind. The first one macerated the fruit or vegetable with the least amount of oxygenation, and the press separates the juice from the pulp. (Centrifugal juicers are not recommended because of oxidation of the juices.) A mini mill, such as a nut mill, coffee mill, or seed mill, is another invaluable piece of equipment. It will grind nuts, seeds, and grains and costs only about twenty dollars.Food graters and food processors are excellent investments and should be used to grate fruits and vegetables for sauces and salads.

Use preferably enamelware, stainless steel, bamboo, and earthwear for cooking. Crock-pots are useful for legumes, but should not be used for other vegetables, as prolonged heating will destroy their nutrients. Steamers are very useful; the steam gently cooks the vegetables, and flavor and nutritional substances also are retained.

RECIPES

 

SALADS

    Vegetables high in abscisins, such as onions, carrots, beets, turnips, kohlrabi, celery root, Jerusalem artichokes, potatoes, radishes, and parsnips should be used with cabbage, chard, endive, lettuce, parsley, and spinach. Tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, peas, peppers, and corn are good choices, as are lightly steamed lima beans, snap beans, eggplant, and pumpkins. Raw vegetables offer unlimited combinations to be used according to personal preference.    When preparing salads, remember that grating, chopping, and slicing exposes the vegetables to oxygen and oxidation. Once exposed, vegetables should be consumed immediately, as they will deteriorate rapidly. So make your salad just before you are ready to eat it so you do not lose all the precious nutrients.    Do salad dressings yourself. Do not purchase ready-made salad dressings as they are often full of chemicals and preservatives or made with poor oil.

Green Garden Salad

2 cups garbanzo beans, cooked½ cup sunflower seeds2 tomatoes, sliced4 romaine lettuce leaves, shreddedSmall handful raw pumpkin seeds1 carrot, sliced thinFlowers from 2 broccoli stalks2 broccoli stalks, chopped

Combine the ingredients, tossing lightly, saving the sliced broccoli and flowers for a topping decoration. Serve with Green Goddess Dressing (From our recipes)

Beet Salad

Shredded raw beetsChopped onion

Marinate beets and onions together in homemade French Dressing ( From our recipes). Serve on chopped salad greens.

Cabbage-Carrot Salad

1-quarter head cabbage1 carrot1 Jerusalem artichoke, chopped1 small apple, choppedEggless Mayonnaise with sesame saltPapaya seed pepper

Grate the carrot and cabbage into a bowl. Add artichoke and apple. Use just enough mayonnaise to moisten. Add papaya seed pepper.

Artichoke Salad

6 Jerusalem artichokes, grated2 carrots, grated3 stalks celery, chopped fine

1 apple, chopped fine¾ cup finely shredded cabbage¼ cup chopped parsleyA few pumpkin seeds

Mix and sere with Eggless Mayonnaise that has kelp and red cayenne pepper added to it

Beet and Apple Salad

2 medium beets, grated fine1 apple, chopped well1 tablespoon almond butter1 tablespoon lemon juice2 tablespoons water

Mix the grated beets and chopped apple together in a bowl. Mix together the almond butter, lemon juice and water, and pour over your salad.

Carrot, Celery, Apple Salad

1 celery stalk, chopped fine2 carrots, grated1 apple, dicedA dash of cinnamon½ cup cashews¼ cup apple juice

Mix together first three ingredients in a bowl. Blend together the cashews, juice, and cinnamon. Serve as a dressing over the salad.

Asparagus Mushroom Salad

Several raw mushrooms, sliced½ cup finely sliced young asparagus tips, raw1/8 cup finely chopped chives¼ cup cubed Jerusalem artichoke½ cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Mix ingredients together and serve with kelp, cayenne, seasoned Eggless Mayonnaise or Lemon and Oil Dressing (From our recipes)

Golden Beet Salad

1-teaspoon arrowroot¼ cup beet juice¾ cup orange juice1/8 cup lemon juice1-tablespoon apple cider vinegar1½-tablespoon honey½ tablespoon sea salt1 heaping teaspoon ascorbic acid crystals4 cups sliced beets, steamed

1 tablespoon orange rind, grated2 tablespoons butter

Mix the arrowroot with the beet juice, and stir until smooth. Add the orange juice, lemon juice, vinegar, honey and sea salt. Cook until clear and thickened. When cooled a bit add ascorbic acid. Add the beets, orange rind, and butter. Serve warm.

Marinated Zucchini Mushroom Salad

1 zucchini, grated2 green onions, choppedSeveral large mushrooms, sliced½ bunch parsley, chopped fine1 tomato, slicedA sprinkle of sunflower seeds1 Jerusalem artichoke, sliced thin

Toss all the ingredients with Herb Tomato Dressing (From our recipes) and serve.

Cauliflower Carrot Pecan Salad

1½ cup chopped cauliflower buds1 cup coarsely grated carrots¾ cup chopped green pepper1 cup chopped celery1 cup pecan halves

Mix together and dress with Horseradish Mayonnaise (From our recipes). Serve on green leaves.

Mushroom Marinade

½ lb. Mushrooms, sliced¼ teaspoon herb seasoned salt½ teaspoon oregano1-tablespoon oregano1 tablespoon lemon juice½ cup olive oil

Mix the marinade ingredients with the mushrooms and let stand 2 to 3 hours at room temperature or

Stuffed Avocados

Red pepper, choppedOnion, choppedCucumber, choppedMushrooms or cauliflower buds, chopped smallTomato, cut into small piecesEggless Mayonnaise (From our recipes)KelpCayenne pepper

Avocados

Toss all the vegetables (finely chopped) with mayonnaise that has been seasoned with kelp ans cayenne. Serve in avocado halves on a lettuce leaf.

Cabbage Glow Salad

Romaine lettuce or other leaf lettuce½ cup chopped or finely shredded purple cabbage1 carrot, grated1 beet, grated1 stalk celery, finely chopped

Place the lettuce leaves on a plate with the cabbage in the center, carrots and beets mixed with celery surrounding them. Dress with Horseradish Mayonnaise ( From our recipes) , or with the dressing of your choice.

Garden Salad Supreme

Green leafy vegetable of your choiceGrated or chopped;CucumbersGreen onionsBeetsParsleyPumpkin seedsTurnipsJerusalem artichokesTomatoesAvocado wedges1-teaspoon kelp

Mix all ingredients, using the tomatoes and avocado wedges on top. Serve with your favorite dressing..

Artichoke Salad

1 cup grated Jerusalem artichokes½ cup grated beets1 avocado, sliced into wedgesLettuce

Mix together the beets and artichokes, placing on a lettuce bed. Place the avocado wedges around, and dress with Lemon and Oil Dressing (From our recipes).

Raw Potato Salad

Juice of ¼ lemon2 cups grated potatoes (medium size)Water1 stalk celery, chopped1 green onion, chopped

1-teaspoon ascorbic acid crystals1-teaspoon celery seeds1 cup diced cucumbers1-teaspoon dill seeds1 teaspoon kelp or sea salt, to tasteEggless Mayonnaise ( From our recipes )

Add the lemon juice to the grated potatoes and enough water to cover. Let soak for 5 minutes. Drain (the liquid may be added to juice). Add the remaining ingredients and mayonnaise to taste e and garnish with paprika and parsley.

PRODUCTS

KAKI - CHA's

One of the KAKI-CHA\'s finest qualities is the non- breaking down of the vitamin c as found in most other persimmon products.

It\'s a well known fact that vitamin c plays an important role in everyday health and growth. Vitamin c cannot be produced in the body, One of its weakest points being heat. In general eating fruit or vegetables is one of the only ways to supply the body with the vitamin c it needs. KAKI-CHA supplies the body with ample vitamin c it requires even with an unstable diet or disrupted eating patterns KAKI-CHA can provide the balance you need. As well as other valuable minerals such ascalcium, magnesium, and potassium are abundant in kaki-cha. Vitamin c is lost in most products when heat is introduced, KAKI-CHA retains almost all of the vitamin c even at a heat of 85?Z.By drinking KAKI-CHA, one is able to successfully supply the body with the everyday mineral requirements for a healthy life.

Calcium.Playing a vital role in bone structure and growth. During pregnancy or child\'s health growth.

Potassium. 

An indispensable mineral helping the body remove excess sodium.

Tannin.Improving the absorption of vitamin c combined with protein it helps the body burn off excess fat.

Magnesium. Important for stabilizing bodily energy metabolism. In addition it also helps retain vitamin B1 herefore helping protein composition.

"KAKI-CHA" is made from carefully selected leaves of the persimmon tree. The leaves selected in the beginning of Japan\'s spring when the leaves contain the most nutrients. We pride ourselves on our strict quality control methods. Only the finest goes into the making of "KAKI-CHA".

"KAKI-CHA" is a 100% natural product. Completely additive and agrochemical free, "KAKI-CHA" can be drunk on a daily basis, Even used to replace other supplements.

Products

Place teabag in teapot, add desired amount of boiling water, allow 3-5 minutes then pour.One teabag can make 3-5 cups Contents: 4g per bag/96bags4g per bag/36bags

A concentrate of "KAKI-CHA" known in its solid powder form as "ASMIN"

 Contents: 0.8g per packets*305g per packets*465g bottle

A very refreshing health drink, drink during sports, leisure Also .helps lessen the after effects of alcohol..

  Contents: 190cc per can*30

"KAKI-CHA" which has been grinded into the finest of powder, simply dissolves when hot water is added.

 Contents:0. 9g per packet*3035g bottle

HOW TO FIGHT DISEASES

HOW TO FIGHT DISEASES

How to fight diseases with success: this is a question more complex and ramifying than e worlds generally suggest. The solution of the vital problem is to be sought not only in the correction of fatal defects present in the modern clinical treatment, but also in the rectification of false views about human life which constitute the theoretical side, or substantial foundation of medical science.

The fundamental problem of medical cure is based on the relation of “ individual and environment”, as is held by the pioneers of the modern medical science. Viewed in this light, it is to be admitted as a fact that each of the patients suffering from one and the same disease requires a different treatment according to disparity of individual constitution and environment. And to such requirement apparently conforms the modern medical tendency for the minutest possible specialization. But in reality the case is entirely reverseThe reason is obvious. Specialization of the modern medical science denotes, by no means the advance into study of the actual relationship between individual and environment, but rather the confinement in the laboratory and theoretical speculation. Awakening to this fundamental fallacy to begin with is quite essential to mastering a secret of disease fighting.

There is still another side of the proposition for practical consideration. If the central idea of disease fighting is eventually to be reduced to be the ever-changing relationship existent between individual and environment, multifarious must be the factors, which, in their aspects incessantly changing in accordance with individuality and environment, demand prescriptions inconceivably multilateral. Thus the question is whether it would ever be possible to meet all such demands, and in the present article the reader may find a most practical key to this question.

A most commonplace but nevertheless significant fact to be remembered is that Nature is as much conspicuous for similarity as for variety. While no disease suffered by each individual is exactly the same, there is always something in common with the rest in every disease. And to discover such points of similarity in diseases is after all to secure a most important lever for working out simplification of medical science.

The author of the present work has for years past been devoting himself to a theory and practice conducive towards such simplification and the conclusion reached by him in consequence is that the most vital part of the physiological function subject to disorder lies in a system comprising the skin, liver, bowels, brain, limbs, lungs, heart, blood vessels and

kidneys.Each of the organs composing the system is interdependent upon the others and in function so centers on the brain and intestines that such system might be reduced into these tow organs, and even into the intestinal duct only.

This fact has long been recognized by Dr.Sansom and many other medical scientists who have all gone on record declaring that with intestines regularly and properly cleaned, man will seldom be attacked by any sort of disease. For such cleansing purpose they recommend 30 to 50 grams of Milk of Magnesia to be taken down once a week in fresh water.

The author has carefully studied the result of such practice as made by no less than scores of thousands cases and is convinced of the truth of those specialists theory as the simplest and most practical secret of disease fighting.

The idea of “individual and environment” which involves so complicate and multilateral problems has thus been condensed into the simple question of the brain and intestines. By thus getting in touch with the nucleus of the whole problem, can a real and effective method of disease fighting be established? The variety and multiplicity of human diseases is by no means of order less mysteries, but it is a mere change of form taking place around the definitely know n center.

The last problem thus left with us is how to solve the central question and how to make the most of the essence of the modern medical science for that purpose.

Such an idea, if introduced into our daily life for its practical ends, may fairly be regarded as having more than half solved the problem under consideration. As for the remaining phase of the problem namely timeserving treatment, skill and experience will give and desired solution.

Lavoisier, father of chemistry, says that life is a chemical function. Sure enough the premise of physiology is chemistry. But chemistry rests on the premise of physics and physics on the premise of dynamics, which in turn is based on astronomy, and o on ands on until it is to be admitted that there is nothing absolutely independent, but that everything is interdependent upon everything else.

This is particularly the case with human beings forming so complicate a social life quite unlike any other creatures. Thus to the physiological factors must be added the social factors in studying a best means of fighting diseases. In other words, the universe, ray, sunlight, air, water, climate, weather, social environments and all other factors must be taken into consideration, so as to harmonize their effects with physiological and biological functions, and herein after all lies a ultimate secret of conquering diseases.

Diseases, excepting congenital complaints, might be classified into four major groups according to their causes, namely: 1.Mechanical2.Biological 3.Toxicological 4. Deficiency.

For ensuring the constitutions and organs a power strong enough to resist all kinds of bacilli and protect itself from diseases, maladies should be treated from each and all of the following four standpoints: 1.Anatomical 2.Physiological 3.Bacteriological4.Psychological

In other words, an attempt is to be made to seek regulation of the general body organs in the first place from the physical, next from the chemical, then from the bacteriological, and lastly from the mental points of view. This means as much as to assert that whoever would keep his health strong must be advised to stand on guard always against overwork, overeating, excess of bacilli and overworry.

Few men are ever in and ideally healthy condition. They have in the majority of cases one or more complaints falling under the above given categories. All such complaints generally come from the following four kinds of ptosis.1.Ptosis of the skeleton2. Ptosis of the internal organs3 Ptosis of the body fluids4.Ptosis of the spirit

Such ptosis arises as follows; debility of skin function weakens the activity of the liver, and thereby reduces the peristaltic movements of the intestines. The inevitable consequence of this is constipation, which lead to distension, rupture or hemorrhage of the cerebral blood vessels

Even if the worst be confined to a mere distension of the cerebral blood-vessels, there will gradually be developed such subjective symptoms as cold limbs or paralysis of limbs, the affected part being mostly the motor nervous system. Cold limbs gradually restrain the proper functions of the lungs, heart, blood-vessels and kidneys each of which organs is interdependent on the other forming as they do, a great organic system in the body. This fact is what medical science affirms most positively.

MISCELLANEOUS

DAILY MAXIMS FOR HEALTHDRINKING UNBOILED WATERGAMASHIOKEY POINTS OF NISHI SYSTEMSTAGNATED FECES AND CANCER

 

DAILY MAXIMS FOR HEALTH

1. To drink thirty grams of fresh unboiled water every thirty minutes.2. To practice the Goldfish Exercise

3. Healthy are those who simultaneously move their back and abdomen drink water and believe in getting better.

4. To expose the abdomen while sleeping at night.

5. To use the Flat Bed and the Solid Pillow.

6. To do the Capillary Exercise and then apply the Fan-like exercise and up-and-down

exercise to the feet and then do the Capillary Exercise again

7. To replenish vitamin C by drinking daily 20 to 30g of persimmon leaf decoction, and to increase the quantity after perspiration.

8. To take in gomashio (mixture of parched sesame seeds and salt, six grams for adult, three grams for a child (increase after perspiration) and to observe a one-day long salt-free diet every two or three weeks.

9. To take edible seaweeds such as tangle, wakame (Undaris pianatifada), hijiki (spindle shaped bladder leaf or Cystophylium fusitoforme, etc) about 10g(0.4 oz) per day.

10. To take in rice bran, which may be lightly parched 6g for an adult and 3g for a child.

11. To take mutorunin (4 or 5 tablets for an adult and reduced doses for a child according to his age) or other food vermifuges which are free of bad after-effects. The intake should be continued for three or four days in the beginning and in the middle of a month. This should be continued for three months. After a three-month long interruption, the vermifuge should be administered for another three months.

12. To take 70-110 g of raw vegetables composed of more than three different kinds daily. A patient must take, by all means, more than five kinds.

13. To establish the custom of two meals a day (lunch and dinner).

14. To take the hot-cold bath.

15. To adjust occasionally nutritious excess and shortage by the rice gruel cure, the agar-agar diet or the fasting cures.

DRINKING UNBOILED WATER

One should drink fresh water little by little ( at the rate of one gram per minute or practically thirty grams every half an hour). In other words, one should drink at least one or two liters a day.Although we can live in pitch-darkness for scores of days or without eating for months, we cannot survive for more than five days without water. It is unnatural and impossible for any creature to live away from water.In order to know the maximum amount of unboiled fresh water to drink, one can see the color of one’s urine. Its colorlessness indicates the sufficiency of water intake. Unboiled water is effective for: 

1. Blood circulation.2. Activities of lymphatic fluid.

3. Regulation of the body temperature.

4. Generation of physiological glucose.

5. Cellular metabolism.

6. Accelerating capillarity.

7. Washing internal organs.

8. Equilibrating acidity and alkalinity.

9. Detoxification.

10. Preventing constipation.

If you drink an ounce of unboiled water every thirty or forty minutes all day long, you will never suffer from gastric or duodenal ulcer, and those who are suffering from them will gradually get healed. By drinking water in this way, you will become healthy in all respects.

GAMASHIO

The recipe for parched sesame seeds with salt and its effects.

Parched sesame seeds mixed with salt are necessary all year round for hygienic and therapeutic purposes, but in summer, when perspiration is abundant, parched salt and sesame seeds should be mixed in the proportion of 6:4 and ground in a mortar. This mixture is sprinkled on rice or raw vegetables. One had better abstain from drinking much for about forty minutesThere are many kinds of sesame seeds: black ones are good for the kidney, white ones for the lungs, red ones for the heart and grey ones for the digestive organs.Loss of body weight in summer, beriberi, gastroactony, gastric cramps, heavy legs, etc. can be prevented by salt replenishment after perspiration, because those troubles are caused by shortage of salt.Excess of salt causes troubles of the kidney or the lung. Therefore a one daylong selfless diet must be observed every tow or three weeks. Besides vitamin C must be also replenished from persimmon leaf decoction.

STAGNATED FECES AND CANCER

When examined by Roentgen rays, it is clear that even the persons whose bowels move regularly and have stool two or three times a day, retain a considerable amount of old feces in the intestines. There is no other way for such persons to rid themselves of these old feces except by taking a fast or milk of magnesia.

It should be noted that on the position of the accumulated feces the location of cancer depends. For example, a person who has feces stuck in the intestines near the liver exposed to the danger of cancerous growth on the right side of his larynx; and, similarly, one who has some retention of fecal matter near the spleen is susceptible to a cancerous growth on the left side of the larynx, while one who has an accumulation near the appendix has a tendency of developing cancer in the pylori region. So, it is possible to foretell the location of a cancerous growth by the position of old feces in the intestines; but, of course, it is only in a general way that we can do this. Needless to say, the condition may differ according to the physical make-up of the individual, for instance, whether one is thin or stout. When a person who suffers from chronic diarrhea finds that his trouble has left him exposed to the danger of cancer in the rectum. It may be said to be ideal that one has a regular stool a day and loose bowels once every six month. Therefore, to avoid suffering from diarrhea even if he may drink any water unaccustomed to himself, it is better for him to drink daily water of higher degree of hardness.

Taro method plaster method

Effect: Taro plaster is extremely effective for boils, stiff shoulder, myositis, sarcoma, skin cancer, breast cancer, sprain, and otitis.

 Method:1. Materials and proportion

Japanese taro (Colocasia antiquorum)          10 Wheat flour                                                    10

Salt                                                                 2

Ginger root                                                     2

2. Preparation

             Japanese taros with their hairy skin on should be lightly grilled on a charcoal fire so as their hair gets a little burnt. Then they are peeled and grated. Wheat flour, salt and grated ginger root are added in the above written proportion, and then the mixture is kneaded well. This prepared plaster is then spread 3mm thick on a piece of linen, flannel or paper to be applied on the affected area. If it is feverish, the plaster is changed every three or four hours. IF there is no fever, it may be kept half a day or so. The Capillary Exercise applied to the part with the plaster on will reinforce its effect.

 Notes:

            If the plaster makes the skin itchy or irritated, it is because either the taros were not sufficiently grilled or the skin is sensitive. So one can grill taros more or interrupt the application for a while and apply Suimag (‘Milk of Magensia’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_of_magnesia) on the irritated skin. If taros are grilled too much, the plaster will not work. Oiling the skin to which the plaster is applied will help alleviate the irritation, but the plaster must be fixed with a bandage.            The whole surface of the skin in contact with the plaster may swell up, but the application must not be interrupted because the swelling is an initial sign of healing.            The plaster applied on a cancerous growth and other tumors makes white granular stuff come out and finally break them down.If a boil gets opened by the plaster, it should be pressed hard until blood oozes forth and the core comes out. Then the plaster is applied again.Dried plaster sticking to the skin can be easily removed by the decoction of chopped ginger root.