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Iodine calms the body by jcrows 17 year
This is really an observation from Dr. Jarvis' writings with some elaboration
on my part. However, Jarvis' reference to "flight or fight" occurs here with reference to Arthritis being "an energy disase":
"Under primitive conditions the body's device for mobilizing its energy expending mechanism for fight or flight was probably of major importance, but today it is likely to be more detrimental than otherwise. Emergencies in these days most commonly call for self control and quiet thinking. Nevertheless, these primitive reactions constantly take place, with results somewhat comparable to opening the throttle of an idling motor."
http://www.jcrows.com/arthritis.html
and here with specific reference to idoine:
"A second function of Iodine is to calm the body and relieve nervous tension. When nervous tension runs high there is irritability and difficulty in sleeping well at night, and the body is continually on a combat basis, organized for fight and flight. All these points stress a body's need for Iodine to lessen nervous tension, relax the body and enable it to or-ganize for peace and quiet, by the building and storing of body reserves against time of need. "
http://www.jcrows.com/iodine.html
The inference here is that stress weakens one's resistance to illness:
"Scientists are gaining new insights into the role of temperament in making some people
vulnerable to physical disease through studies exploring how stress influences the
immune system, weakening disease-fighting cells and creating fertile environments for pathogens."
http://www.jcrows.com/stress.html
and from an Australian study;
"Australian researchers said they had scientifically proven a long-suspected link between emotional stress and illnesses ranging from the common cold to cancer. The group from Sydney's Garvan Institute found that a hormone released into the body during times of stress, neuropeptide Y (NPY), undermined the body's immune system and literally made you sick.
Until now there has mostly been circumstantial evidence of a link between the brain and the immune system, but now we have that connection," said the institute's Fabienne Mackay."
http://www.jcrows.com/stress_b.html
Finally, again, from Dr. Jarvis is this excerpt about the two blood vessel beds,
"The young Vermonter is also taught that there are three trees in the body. One is the
digestive tree, with its roots in the stomach. The second is the blood vessel tree, with its
roots in the heart; while the third is the nerve tree, whose roots are in the brain. In
order to nourish these trees suitably it is necessary that the blood mass in the body be
able to shift from one blood vessel bed to the other, changing back and forth according to the
nutritional needs of the three trees, and as the body needs may require, whether the need is
fight or flight or the normal activity of storing reserves against the day of need.
The blood vessel bed on the second and top floors supplies such tissues as heart, lungs,
central nervous system, eyes, ears, the lining of the nose and throat, and the muscles of
the arms, legs, and body trunk. On the ground floor the bed there supplies skin, stomach,
intestines, liver, spleen, and kidneys. Muscles, brain, and lungs comprise what we call the
blood lakes of the second and top floors, while the ground floor lakes are the skin, liver,
and spleen.
When food is taken and digestion and absorption are necessary the blood mass in the body
shifts from the second and top floor blood vessel bed to the ground floor bed. As it leaves
the upper floors the diameter of all the tiny blood vessels, called capillaries, in the bed
are lessened in size. This means that less blood carrying food material and oxygen, which
body cells need to carryon their vital activity, reach these cells.
As a result of the lessened blood supply the body cells supplied by the second and top floor
bed develop a nutritional need which is supplied by shifting the blood mass from the ground
floor upward, as soon as it is possible to do so. vVhen the mass leaves the ground floor the
diameter of the capillaries is lessened, and in time the cells in this bed develop a
nutritional need of their own, which is supplied in turn by a shift of the blood mass back
to the ground floor.
We have, then, a balance existing between the two beds.
On the flexibility of this balance depends its usefulness. The increase and decrease in the
size of the capillaries is changing constantly from one bed to another.
Shifting of the blood mass permits the maintenance of a higher level of body cell activity
in one or the other of the beds, depending on whether body demands are for muscular work or
for digestive uses. But if the shift of the mass does not take place readily, in accordance
with body cell needs, the cells in one bed or the other rebel against the uncongenial
environment which fails to furnish them with nourishment.
The result is that the individual becomes body conscious and recognizes that a certain part
of the body is not behaving as it normally should. In nervously unstable people the balance
between the beds is of great importance; they make the shift of the blood mass frequently
and suddenly.
All our lives we must deal with a rhythm of increase and decrease in the size of the
capillaries in these two vascular beds. Fundamentally the rhythm depends on the
environmental factors present. When you shift the human motor into high gear you shift
your blood mass from the ground floor bed to the second and top floor bed, in order to
organize for aggressive action. Going into low gear the shift of blood is from top to
bottom, to organize the body for peace and quiet and the building of reserves.
As a result of present-day stress and strain and the processing of many foods that we eat
there is often an habitual constriction of the capillaries on the ground floor bed, and an
increase in capillary size on the upper levels. Outward evidence of the blood mass's
fixation on the second and top floor bed is the presence of a continued high blood pressure
reading.
To break this fixation and restore a working balance between the upper and lower levels so
that a greater part of the blood mass will shift back and forth as needed, Vermont folk
medicine first prescribes a high natural carbohydrate food intake-that is, fruits, berries,
leafy vegetables, root vegetables and a low protein intake represented by milk, eggs,
cheese, meat, fish, poultry, and seafood.
With this done, four simple remedies are prescribed. They are apple cider vinegar, honey,
Lugol's Solution of Iodine, and kelp tablets. In combination they have a long record of
success in breaking up the habit of locking the blood mass in the second and top floor blood
vessel beds.
http://www.jcrows.com/bloodvesselbeds.html
Again, the inference here is that Iodine calms the body
and the implication is that this is a good thing for maintaining health in general and a healthy immune response specifically.
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This is really an observation from Dr. Jarvis' writings with some elaboration
on my part. However, Jarvis' reference to "flight or fight" occurs here with reference to Arthritis being "an energy disase":
"Under primitive conditions the body's device for mobilizing its energy expending mechanism for fight or flight was probably of major importance, but today it is likely to be more detrimental than otherwise. Emergencies in these days most commonly call for self control and quiet thinking. Nevertheless, these primitive reactions constantly take place, with results somewhat comparable to opening the throttle of an idling motor."
http://www.jcrows.com/arthritis.html
and here with specific reference to idoine:
"A second function of Iodine is to calm the body and relieve nervous tension. When nervous tension runs high there is irritability and difficulty in sleeping well at night, and the body is continually on a combat basis, organized for fight and flight. All these points stress a body's need for Iodine to lessen nervous tension, relax the body and enable it to or-ganize for peace and quiet, by the building and storing of body reserves against time of need. "
http://www.jcrows.com/iodine.html
The inference here is that stress weakens one's resistance to illness:
"Scientists are gaining new insights into the role of temperament in making some people
vulnerable to physical disease through studies exploring how stress influences the
immune system, weakening disease-fighting cells and creating fertile environments for pathogens."
http://www.jcrows.com/stress.html
and from an Australian study;
"Australian researchers said they had scientifically proven a long-suspected link between emotional stress and illnesses ranging from the common cold to cancer. The group from Sydney's Garvan Institute found that a hormone released into the body during times of stress, neuropeptide Y (NPY), undermined the body's immune system and literally made you sick.
Until now there has mostly been circumstantial evidence of a link between the brain and the immune system, but now we have that connection," said the institute's Fabienne Mackay."
http://www.jcrows.com/stress_b.html
Finally, again, from Dr. Jarvis is this excerpt about the two blood vessel beds,
"The young Vermonter is also taught that there are three trees in the body. One is the
digestive tree, with its roots in the stomach. The second is the blood vessel tree, with its
roots in the heart; while the third is the nerve tree, whose roots are in the brain. In
order to nourish these trees suitably it is necessary that the blood mass in the body be
able to shift from one blood vessel bed to the other, changing back and forth according to the
nutritional needs of the three trees, and as the body needs may require, whether the need is
fight or flight or the normal activity of storing reserves against the day of need.
The blood vessel bed on the second and top floors supplies such tissues as heart, lungs,
central nervous system, eyes, ears, the lining of the nose and throat, and the muscles of
the arms, legs, and body trunk. On the ground floor the bed there supplies skin, stomach,
intestines, liver, spleen, and kidneys. Muscles, brain, and lungs comprise what we call the
blood lakes of the second and top floors, while the ground floor lakes are the skin, liver,
and spleen.
When food is taken and digestion and absorption are necessary the blood mass in the body
shifts from the second and top floor blood vessel bed to the ground floor bed. As it leaves
the upper floors the diameter of all the tiny blood vessels, called capillaries, in the bed
are lessened in size. This means that less blood carrying food material and oxygen, which
body cells need to carryon their vital activity, reach these cells.
As a result of the lessened blood supply the body cells supplied by the second and top floor
bed develop a nutritional need which is supplied by shifting the blood mass from the ground
floor upward, as soon as it is possible to do so. vVhen the mass leaves the ground floor the
diameter of the capillaries is lessened, and in time the cells in this bed develop a
nutritional need of their own, which is supplied in turn by a shift of the blood mass back
to the ground floor.
We have, then, a balance existing between the two beds.
On the flexibility of this balance depends its usefulness. The increase and decrease in the
size of the capillaries is changing constantly from one bed to another.
Shifting of the blood mass permits the maintenance of a higher level of body cell activity
in one or the other of the beds, depending on whether body demands are for muscular work or
for digestive uses. But if the shift of the mass does not take place readily, in accordance
with body cell needs, the cells in one bed or the other rebel against the uncongenial
environment which fails to furnish them with nourishment.
The result is that the individual becomes body conscious and recognizes that a certain part
of the body is not behaving as it normally should. In nervously unstable people the balance
between the beds is of great importance; they make the shift of the blood mass frequently
and suddenly.
All our lives we must deal with a rhythm of increase and decrease in the size of the
capillaries in these two vascular beds. Fundamentally the rhythm depends on the
environmental factors present. When you shift the human motor into high gear you shift
your blood mass from the ground floor bed to the second and top floor bed, in order to
organize for aggressive action. Going into low gear the shift of blood is from top to
bottom, to organize the body for peace and quiet and the building of reserves.
As a result of present-day stress and strain and the processing of many foods that we eat
there is often an habitual constriction of the capillaries on the ground floor bed, and an
increase in capillary size on the upper levels. Outward evidence of the blood mass's
fixation on the second and top floor bed is the presence of a continued high blood pressure
reading.
To break this fixation and restore a working balance between the upper and lower levels so
that a greater part of the blood mass will shift back and forth as needed, Vermont folk
medicine first prescribes a high natural carbohydrate food intake-that is, fruits, berries,
leafy vegetables, root vegetables and a low protein intake represented by milk, eggs,
cheese, meat, fish, poultry, and seafood.
With this done, four simple remedies are prescribed. They are apple cider vinegar, honey,
Lugol's Solution of Iodine, and kelp tablets. In combination they have a long record of
success in breaking up the habit of locking the blood mass in the second and top floor blood
vessel beds.
http://www.jcrows.com/bloodvesselbeds.html
Again, the inference here is that Iodine calms the body
and the implication is that this is a good thing for maintaining health in general and a healthy immune response specifically.
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