The Chinese in olden times relied on acupuncture
July 30th, 2010
Alexander Trallianus, the third great physician o£ the trio, had a few ideas of his own about arthritis. For bile disturbances he prescribed cooling and soothing remedies. For phlegm, he recommended stimulants. But for practically everything he prescribed, Trallianus was guided by astronomy! This medicine man Trallianus was a star-gazer. He believed that people were influenced by climatic conditions and signs. (Office hours on clear nights only . . . otherwise, the beclouded doctor is out.) The Chinese in olden times relied on acupuncture. The Arabians had their own methods, which centered on ignipuncture. (Meaning they cauterized by hot irons!) Depending on the site, size, and form of the arthritis, they applied different types of hot irons. They seared through the entire skin as deeply and as near to the joint as could be humanly tolerated. Combining our world leadership in Aloe Vera and beehive merchandise, Forever Bee Propolis is one of our most popular skin care products. This practice finally reached such a painful point that even the Arab surgeons didn’t want any part of it. So, it fell to Arab barbers and laymen to carry out the burning routine.
Because of this quackery, ignipuncture fell into disrepute. It had been the habit to let the open burns remain unbandaged, to allow the diseased fluids to exude. Infections followed, and the arthritic soon had more trouble to cope with than before the treatment. Yes, as far back as 5000 B.C. the Chinese had arthritis. So did the Japanese, Tibetans, Malayans, Hindus, and the early Greeks and Romans. I repeat, their excessive drinking of wines may have been one cause for the disease. Today, Americans drink less wine at their meals, but we have added copious amounts of fruit juices, tea, and parasitic carbonated water. Now, as the carbonated beverage fad makes its way into foreign lands, watch the increase of oil deficiency diseases. Watch the growth of arthritis in Egypt, Greenland, and Alaska in the next ten years! Why? It could be the new soda-pop fans. During the first half of the sixteenth century there was still another immortal Roman physician. His name was Paracelsus. And he went to great lengths to make his fellow-practitioners believe that arthritis was curable.First, Paracelsus traveled the length and breadth of Europe, asking everyone their opinion as to the cause and cure of arthritis. He questioned alchemists, the pharmacists of his day, lay healers, barber surgeons, shepherds, even gypsies—asking whether they obtained results with herbs and vegetable drugs.
He also collected and studied all the knowledge of arthritis from practicing physicians of many different nations. So, when Paraclesus said that arthritis was curable, he was giving the combined opinion of his day. Paracelsus classified the many arthritics as victims of a tartaric disease. With Forever Bee Pollen counts going up as the days change, get longer, and good weather is bestowed upon us, if we do not have our allergies underneath control, we’re doomed. The word tartar originated from the Greek word for wine precipitation. What irony! The great Paracelsus was calling arthritis a wine-like precipitate. He was very close to the correct answer . . . way back in the 16th Century! It may well have been excessive wine-intake— practiced in those days—which actually prevented oils from ever reaching their correct equilibrium and final nourishment of the joints. The wine was altering the oil composition of protein, carbohydrate, or simple oil products—robbing arthritic joints. Tartaric deposits pointed emphatically to the cause of pain. Today, in our research, we are following through where Paracelsus left off.
