Healthsmith

Saturday, January 22, 2005

Dr. Smith’s antidote for the melancholy blues

According to Classical and Traditional Medicine, the kidneys are the second most important organ in the body after the heart. Classical Chinese Medicine says that life begins in the left kidney and ends in the right kidney. Historically, the Chinese taught that the emotional component of the kidneys, in the negative sense, is fear. It also says that the root of all disease is fear. The positive emotional component is two fold: Unlimited abundance, and the ability to change easily. Unlimited abundance, of course, includes perfect health. What inhibits perfect health is the inability to change gracefully. If we are unable to change gracefully, internal stress is created, which creates a nutritional cascade of congestion. That congestion can be mental, emotional, or physiological. These affect sleep, mood swings, memory, hair and nail growth, along with myriad other symptoms; for instance, chronic urinary tract infections, high blood pressure, and depression. While this may sound very involved, it takes years for the kidneys’ adaptation ability to weaken. The following recipe will slowly inhibit deterioration and begin restoration.

Recipe:

• Two cups green beans
• Two cups red kidney beans
• Two cups garbonzo beans
• One large red onion
• Three quarters cup balsamic vinegar

Dosage:

• One tablespoon a day for every ten years of age; i.e., a thirty-year old would take three tablespoons a day
• Ideally, taken one hour before bed to sooth and comfort the kidney during the sleep cycle.

Dr. Smith’s fiberlicious breakfast bonanza

This breakfast cereal has five or more different kinds of fiber. The human body has a tendency to adapt to a certain kind of fiber in about three to five days, rendering that particular type of fiber ineffective after that period.

The colon is the primary cleansing organ of the body. According to the Nature-Cure Philosophy, the lymph system also empties into the colon. There is a need for adequate lubrication as well as water. The water dilutes the lubricant combined with fiber, increasing the bowel cleansing and movement. No cleansing cereal will ever be effective without the use of water. In addition to this recipe, it is necessary to have three to four quarts of water a day. Those fluids must not be caffeine based. The following recipe, from my clinical experience, has moved many people.

Recipe:

• Rolled oats, 4 cups
• Oat bran, 2 cups
• Dried fruit (cherries, blueberries, or cranberries), 1 cup
• Raw sunflower seeds, 1 cup
• Raw, slivered, peeled almonds, 1 cup
• Lecithin granules, 1 cup
• Flaxseed, 1 cup
• Wheat germ, 1 cup

Makes twelve cups (approximately US$1 a serving). This should last about a month or more. Mix all the ingredients together and keep in a sealed container in the refrigerator. Each serving per day should be a half a cup. One half hour before eating, soak in one-cup liquid.

Recommended liquids:

• Rice milk
• Silk soy milk
• Apple juice
• Grape juice

If desired, add yogurt or fresh fruit.

Dr. Smith’s eat your heart out salad

This salad was designed to balance the heart and circulatory system, primarily. Secondarily it adds large amounts of vegetable based fiber, ideal for cleansing and weight loss. This has been my personal experience since the inception of this recipe eight years ago.

• Broccoli, 1 cup, chopped heads only
• Cauliflower, 1 cup, chopped heads only
• Celery, 1 cup, grated
• Carrots, 1 cup, peeled and grated
• Beets, 1 cup, peeled and grated
• Radish, 1 cup, chopped
• Red onion, 1 cup, diced
• Green bell pepper, 1 cup diced
• Cucumber, 1 cup, chopped and drained
• Red cabbage, 2 cups, finely grated
• Garlic, 1 clove, chopped
• Parsley, 1 cup, chopped
• Cilantro, 1 cup, chopped

Optional ingredients: One-cup pine nuts, walnuts, slivered almonds, and raisins. The following items are best if fresh, carefully washed and cleaned (canned is suitable).

• Kidney beans, 1 can
• Corn, 1 can
• Green beans, 1 can
• Peas, 1 can
• Garbanzo beans, 1 can

All canned vegetables are best in a sieve soaked in Fruit and Vegetable Rinse for at least ten minutes, then rinsed thoroughly. This process promotes the reactivation of all the nutrients.

This salad contains no traditionally leafy vegetables, like spinach or lettuce because of their tendency to decompose quickly. You may add those separately per serving. Each ingredient needs to be thoroughly soaked and rinsed (preferably in Sunrider’s Fruit and Vegetable Rinse) in order to preserve freshness for as long as possible. I have found that if this salad is kept in a sealed container in the refrigerator it lasts five to seven days.

There is no need for dressing because of the wonderful inherent flavors, but may be added per serving if desired. Recommended dressings would be balsamic vinegar and oil, lemon juice, salsa, corn relish, pico de gallo, etc…. It is a great topping for many dishes including: omelets, meats, potatoes, tofu, or squash. Children enjoy it as a topping with chili, macaroni and cheese, potpies, and TV dinners.