15 - Latent Energy Fields in the Body
"When the energy currents are out of balance, we experience physical, mental and emotional symptoms of discomfort, pain and sickness. Shorts in energy circuits in the body must be found and re-established. ... Man has a wireless energy arrangement similar to that of the atom and the universe."
The popular concept of exercise is muscular exertion to increase the circulation. But there is something finer which floats like an etheric essence of energy in the blood and which may be called vital energy, life energy, or the spark of life. Even the Bible states that the life of man is in the blood.[1] The old Hebrew Scriptures called it "Ruach" or spirit of life. A great mystery resides in this fluid medium known as the blood stream.
To get new blood to the tissues is the purpose of all exercise, massage and gymnastics of various types. In 1909 Dr. August Bier of Berlin, Germany[2] formulated and published his famous textbook on Hyperaemia [hyperemia].[3] He said, "Give more fresh blood to any part of the body and it will heal." Upon this principle many therapies were founded, such as use of suction cups, steam baths, electric cabinets, percussion massage, etc.
Breathing exercises and lung expansion had this principle in mind also, by getting more fresh air into the lungs and to all the tissues. The modern administration of oxygen has the same purpose, without the strenuous exertion which is not for sick people. However, before the oxygen can take its place in the tissues, the carbon dioxide and waste gases must first be eliminated because they are chemically opposed to the function of oxygen.
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1 Leviticus 17:11 and 14, Genesis 9:4, Deuteronomy 12:23
2 August Bier (1861-1949), a German surgeon, pioneer in spinal anesthesia, and supporter of homeopathy.
3 Hyperemia as a Therapeutic Agent.
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