Gas Releasing Techniques

In office procedure, a simple rectal injection of garlic, onion and parsley juice diluted with three parts water can be given more than once in one treatment. It takes only a few minutes to inject from one to five 2-oz. syringefuls of this mixture, the amount depending on the patient's capacity to hold it. This works much faster than any colonic or enema and it gives instant relief when it is indicated or when the colon is loaded. Best results are obtained by having the patient in the knee-chest position while giving the injection, so the small amount of fluid used can more effectively be dispersed and flow downhill and soften the mass in the colon.

Having emptied out the lower end, the upper reflexes may be stimulated. Have the patient sit by a washbowl or with a pan in the lap. Give the patient plenty of hot water to drink, preferably with a little lemon or salt in it. The operator slips a finger cot on the first finger (second finger may be used, but the first finger is perferable [preferable]) and reaches back of the soft palate and raises it, as shown in figure 2 of chart No. 25 in this book. Hold this contact gently for a few seconds. It has a powerful regurgitating effect on the stomach, is also a respiratory stimulant, and reacts on the rectum for elimination, if held longer. It is a valuable treatment when and where it is needed. All cases of digestive disturbances, heart trouble and breathing difficulties are benefited by it.

It will be surprising how this simple treatment, together with the other procedures mentioned in this chapter on Gas Releasing Techniques, can relieve the most stubborn and intense headache for a patient in a very short time. The longer the headache has been in progress, the longer will it take the good doctor to release the settled gases. As soon as these roll, relief is obtained. One sometimes has to work a half-hour or more on real stubborn cases. Suboxidized tissues need air and circulation. Treat these cases often until POLARITY CORRECTIONS ARE MADE.

Many times hiccoughs [hiccups] will occur during the process of these gas releasing treatments. This simply means that more gases are present, as the hiccough [hiccup] is a symptom of gas pressure on the diaphragm. Work a little longer and up come the gases!

The patient will be most grateful and will gladly come to the office of the doctor who can give relief where everything else had failed.