Edgar Cayce's Guide to Colon Care. Sandra Duggan
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length of time it takes for food to be ingested, processed by the stomach and small intestine, and eliminated by the colon is called the transit time. This process normally takes 14-18 hours when the colon is healthy and the bowel contents move along quickly. However, many people who only eliminate every three to four days have a transit time of 72-96 hours. This slow passage of stool allows toxins to be reabsorbed, pathogenic bacteria to build up, and parasites to thrive in decaying, stagnant matter.
A simple way to determine transit time is to first eat something that can be clearly identified in the stool. For example, the ingestion of charcoal capsules or tablets (these can be purchased from a pharmacy or health food store) will show up as black in the stool; beets, of course, give a reddish color. Be sure to note the time when the identifying substance (capsule or food) is taken and when the discoloration appears in the stool.
Water
Drinking enough water each day—pure water, stressed Cayce—is vital to colon health. Finding a source of pure water is even more of a challenge today. If there is not an adequate intake of water, the stool dries out, causing constipation and toxic overload of the capillary blood circulation. Cayce often stated that sufficient water intake—generally six to eight glasses a day—(not soda, fruit juice, coffee, or tea) would help correct constipation.
How and when water is consumed is just as important as the quantity. Liquids should be taken up to thirty minutes before a meal or two hours afterwards, so the digestive enzymes will not be diluted. Instead of chewing our food thoroughly, we have a tendency to wash it down with liquids. Cayce said this habit of bolting food causes more colds than any other poor diet practice.
To aid digestion, alkalinize the system, help the eliminations, and prevent poisons from accumulating in the system, the readings often suggest squeezing the juice from a rolled lemon (pressing while rolling the lemon back and forth on a hard surface to loosen the juice inside) into a glass of body-temperature water and drinking it at least 30 minutes before breakfast.
Diet
The colon can be cleansed, but if there is not a shift in eating patterns afterwards, then problems can recur. Diet is discussed in depth in Chapter 5, for it is one of the most important factors in colon health. As adults, we are solely responsible for what we eat, and we make choices every day that impact our lives. Sometimes we consciously choose not to make changes, even if it means shortening our life. Such was the case for a 69-year-old woman (1840) who requested a reading on March 8, 1939. She was experiencing indigestion, heart problems, shortness of breath, and weakness. Cayce found that a plethoric condition (excessive blood in the walls) of the ascending colon was the cause of poor circulation between the heart, liver, and lungs. The treatment was simple:
Gradual colonic irrigations every three days. (The third irrigation would relieve the pressure on her heart and lungs.)
No potatoes or macaroni and cheese. No red meat; only chicken and fish.
Vegetables eaten raw at times, and cooked in Patapar Paper at other times.
Sadly, in a follow-up report, a friend said that the woman had died a year after the reading, and never followed the guidance because she felt she could not live without potatoes.
Exercise
A daily program of brisk walking in the morning when the dew is on the ground is the best kind of exercise, according to Cayce, for “it is using the energies that enable the body to produce better eliminations of toxic forces” (3155-2). Apparently, there is a higher vibrational energy at that time of day. The oxygen and ozone in the fresh, outdoor air keep the blood flow balanced through the lungs, heart, liver, and kidneys.
The colon is also much happier with some form of regular exercise, such as walking or bicycling. Biking helps massage the colon as the thighs alternately press on the ascending and descending colon.
Cayce generally recommended that vertical exercises and deep breathing be done first thing in the morning to bring more oxygen into the lungs in preparation for the activities of the day. (During sleep, the breath normally becomes very light and shallow.) A vertical exercise is any circular or stretching movement of the head, neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, or waist when standing or sitting.
Horizontal mat exercises were advised to help normalize circulation and take the strain off of blood vessels in the legs after working all day. Dr. Harold J. Reilly, in The Edgar Cayce Handbook for Health through Drugless Therapy, says that the following horizontal exercises will help reduce the abdomen and stimulate the organs in that area. “They also help to tighten the muscles, to control the forming of pockets or diverticulitis in the large colon, and to correct constipation” (p. 132, large paperback edition).
He recommends beginning any exercise program by doing each exercise six times, then increasing by two each week until totaling twelve. It is vitally important to coordinate the breath with each movement.
Elbow-Knee Kiss
•Lie on your back and clasp hands behind head.
•Inhale.
•Exhale as you bend the right knee and the upper body to touch left elbow to the right knee.
•Hold 3-6 seconds.
•Inhale as you release and return to starting position.
•Repeat with opposite knee and elbow.
Double-Knee Kiss
•Lie on your back and clasp hands behind head.
•Inhale
•Bring both knees up to both elbows as you exhale.
•Hold for 3-6 seconds.
•Inhale as you slowly return to starting position.
•Do four times, then add one time each week until you reach 12.
Knee-over Twist
•Lie flat with arms at your side.
•Bring left knee up to a 90° angle as you inhale.
•Keeping shoulders flat, twist at the waist and bring leg over to right side as you exhale.
•Hold for 3 seconds.
•Inhale as you bring leg back up.
•Exhale as you slowly return to starting position.
•Repeat with other leg.
Sitback ***THIS IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TO WEAK BACKS. DO WITH SUPERVISION.***
•In a sitting position, inhale and hold head down with chin on chest.
•With legs stretched out in front of body, and arms at sides, exhale as you lean back to a 45° angle while keeping chin on chest. Hold for 3-6 seconds.
•Inhale as you come back up.
This is a particularly good exercise for women to tighten the muscles of the lower abdomen. It keeps pressure