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Gerson Therapy Handbook
Companion workbook to
"A Cancer Therapy:
Results of Fifty Cases"
Practical guidance, resources, and recipes
for following the Gerson Therapy
Original e-book
Contents
0 Preface
1 Procedures Used While in the Hospital
2 Going Home, The Gerson Household
3 General Procedures, Common Reactions and Personal Care
4 Psychological Considerations for the Gerson Patient
5 Appendix
Detailed Contents
0 Preface
0.1 Preliminary
0.1.1 Front page
0.1.2 Gerson institute contact
0.1.3 Table of contents
0.2 Introduction
0.2.1 The Gerson Institute
0.3 Max Gerson, M.D. and the Gerson Therapy
0.3.1 The Gerson Therapy
0.4 Dr. Patricia Spain Ward, History of the Gerson Therapy, 1988
1 Procedures Used While in the Hospital
1.1 Enemas, getting started
1.2 Coffee enemas
1.2.1 Keep your equipment clean!
1.2.2 Frequency of enemas
1.2.3 Nourish first - then detoxify
1.3 Castor oil treatment
1.3.1 Castor oil by mouth
1.3.2 Castor oil enema
1.4 Medications
1.4.1 Mealtime medications
1.5 Annotated hourly schedule
1.5.1 Diet and juices
1.5.2 Flax seed oil (a.k.a. linseed oil)
1.5.3 Acidol Pepsin
1.5.4 Potassium
1.5.5 Lugol's solution
1.5.6 Thyroid
1.5.7 Niacin
1.5.8 Pancreatin
1.5.9 Royal Jelly
1.5.10 Liver extract (crude) and B12
1.5.11 Coffee Enemas
1.5.12 Castor oil
1.5.13 Tests
1.5.14 All other Medications
1.5.15 Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
1.5.16 Bee pollen
1.5.17 Liver juice
1.6 Adjuvant Therapies
1.6.1 Amygdalin/Laetrile
1.6.2 Polarizing treatment
1.6.3 Oxygen therapy
1.7 Adjuvant treatments
1.7.1 Ozone
1.7.2 Laetrile (amygdalin)
1.7.3 Hydrotherapy
1.7.4 Vitamin C
1.7.5 Wobe Mugos
1.7.6 Tahebo tea (also known as pau d'arco) and essiac tea
1.7.7 Live cell therapy
1.8 Adjuvant therapeutic procedures
1.8.1 Pain relief
1.8.2 More frequent enemas
1.8.3 Pain triad
1.8.4 Castor oil pack
1.9 Hydrotherapy
1.9.1 The theory behind hydrotherapy
1.9.2 Preparing for and undergoing hydrotherapy
1.10 Clay poultice
1.10.1 Definition
1.10.2 Effects
1.10.3 Indications
1.10.4 Procedure
2 Going Home, The Gerson Household
2.1 Follow-up medical care and laboratory monitoring
2.1.1 Laboratory monitoring
2.1.2 Outpatient follow-up checklist
2.2 Medication supplies
2.3 Instructions for giving injections
2.4 Finding organically grown food
2.5 Organic cofee information
2.6 Organic certification logos
2.7 The gersen household: kitchen supplies
2.7.1 Appliances
2.7.2 Cookware
2.7.3 Kitchen utensils
2.7.4 Condiments and staples
2.7.5 Paper goods
2.7.6 Bathroom supplies
2.7.7 Pollution in and around the home
2.7.8 Grocery list for a week
2.8 Water
2.8.1 Hardball sales pitch
2.8.2 Unsafe tap water
2.8.3 Labs that test water
2.8.4 No single machine does it all
2.8.5 Strengths and weaknesses
2.8.6 Buy or rent
2.8.7 Finding a vendor
2.9 Schedule for the day
3 General Procedures, Common Reactions and Personal Care
3.1 Enema recipes
3.1.1 Coffee enema
3.1.2 Chamomile tea enema
3.2 Enema procedure
3.3 Enema reactions and remedies
3.3.1 Intestinal spasms and cramping
3.3.2 Check the enema technique
3.3.3 Heat over the abdomen
3.3.4 Add potassium compound to the enema
3.3.5 Lower the dosage
3.3.6 Back to back enemas
3.3.7 Castor oil enema
3.4 Colds and flus
3.5 Exercise
3.6 Flare-ups and reactions
3.7 Flare-up symptoms
3.7.1 Flu-like symptoms
3.7.2 Nausea
3.7.3 Vomiting
3.7.4 Diarrhea
3.7.5 Pain
3.7.6 Chills and fever
3.7.7 Foul smells
3.7.8 Depression
3.7.9 Jaundice
3.8 Laboratory test changes
3.9 Cosmetics and sunscreen
3.9.1 Cosmetics
3.9.2 Sunscreen
3.10 Dental hygiene and care
3.10.1 Toothpaste
3.10.2 Dental abscesses
3.10.3 Silver-mercury amalgam fillings
3.10.4 Baking soda
3.10.5 Root canals
3.10.6 Dental anesthesia for the Gerson patient
3.11 Milk proteins
4 Psychological Considerations for the Gerson Patient
4.1 Act one
4.2 Act two
4.3 Act three
5 Appendix
5.1 Appendix I: Lab Tests
5.1.1 Calcium, serum
5.1.2 Phosphates, serum
5.1.3 Sodium, serum
5.1.4 Potassium, serum
5.1.5 Chloride, serum
5.1.6 Lactic dehydrogenase (LDH)
5.1.7 SGOT/AST
5.1.8 Bilirubin, serum
5.1.9 Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), serum
5.1.10 Acid phosphatase
5.1.11 SGPT/ALT
5.1.12 Alkaline phosphatase
5.1.13 Cholesterol, total
5.1.14 Lipoprotein-cholesterol fractionation
5.1.15 Triglycerides, serum
5.1.16 Protein electrophoresis, serum
5.1.17 Blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
5.1.18 Creatinine, serum
5.1.19 Uric Acid, serum
5.1.20 Glucose, fasting blood sugar (FBS)
5.1.21 Iron, serum, and total iron-binding capacity
5.1.22 Erythrocyte count (Red blood cell count)
5.1.23 Hemoglobin (Hgb), total
5.1.24 Hematocrit (Hct)
5.1.25 Erythrocyte indices, red cell indices
5.1.26 Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) Seds Rate
5.1.27 Platelet count
5.1.28 White blood cell (WBC) count, Leukocyte count
5.1.29 White blood cell (WBC) differential
5.1.30 Urinalysis (UA), routine
5.2 Appendix II: Newsletter Excerpts from the Gerson Healing Newsletter
5.2.1 Nutritional Superiority of Organically Grown Foods
5.2.1.1 References
5.2.2 Eat Only Organic
5.2.3 Nutrition Labeling Is Bad For Your Health
5.2.4 Pesticides: How Big Is The Problem?
5.2.5 A Coffee Enema? Now I've Heard Everything!
5.2.5.1 References
5.3 Appendix III: Recipes
5.3.1 Special soup
5.3.2 Juices
5.3.3 Salads & dressing
5.3.4 Preparation of vegetables
5.3.5 Soups
5.3.6 Sauces & dips
5.3.7 Fruits & desserts
5.3.8 Dairy
5.3.9 Breads
5.4 Appendix IV: Adapting the Gerson Therapy for Cheme-pre-treated Patients
5.5 Appendix V: A Gerson Patient's Problems - How to Avoid Mistakes