Energy Medicine. C. Norman Shealy
approach that I consider perhaps the single most important of all energetic approaches. That is intravenous vitamin C. For over thirty years, I have used large doses of vitamin C, ranging from 50 to 125 grams of vitamin C in a mixture with magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, vitamin B12, vitamin B1, vitamin B6, vitamin B complex, and dexpanthenol. Thirty years ago I treated one of the first cancer patients with this approach, giving him just ten of these intravenous maximum doses of vitamin C in the Myers Cocktail. A bladder cancer the size of an orange disappeared within two weeks. I have done the same in people with excruciating pain from metastatic cancer. It may not turn them around if they are at the terminal stage, but at least they can be made comfortable by a steady drip of this solution, perhaps three bottles per day, with virtually complete relief of pain. At least they don’t have to be completely sedated with narcotics and sedatives. I consider this an unequivocal major adjunct to any treatment of cancer.
All Body Systems Are Interrelated
The following chart of Fred Wooten’s Thyroid Brain Model (used by permission), “summarizes” the complex interactions of the body and brain/mind and shows how “everything influences everything.” This is why conventional medicine is so inadequate to treat virtually everything except acute illness. Perhaps Sir William Osler was correct a hundred years ago when he suggested that one should look for one cause of any one illness. At that time our knowledge was limited. We now know that illness is the result of almost unlimited interactive factors, physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, chemical, and electromagnetic. It is the interaction of all these factors that determines health.
Wooten’s chart is almost too complex to understand. However, multiply this small chart by many thousands of chemical and electrical activities in the body reacting to millions of energetic influences from the world around us, and you begin to see the fascinating world of Energy Medicine.
Fred Wooten’s Thyroid Brain Model
Now to begin your experience of Energy Medicine with personal energetic experiences. I am starting with a pair of wonderful exercises from two of the leaders in the field of Energy Medicine, Donna Eden and David Feinstein. These two exercises are great for releasing anger and for rebalancing the energy of your body. Note the concept of accumulating too much energy—you will see more of that when I discuss Wilhelm Reich and orgone energy. (This exercise is from Chapter 7 of Energy Medicine: Balance Your Body’s Energies for Optimum Health, Joy, and Vitality by Donna Eden with David Feinstein, published by Penguin Putnam, Inc., New York, 1998. Used by permission of the publisher.)
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Spring/Anger: Expelling the Venom
When you are feeling angry or judgmental or want to find the righteous anger within you (time—1 to 2 minutes):
1. Stand with your hands on your thighs, fingers spread, and take a deep breath.
2. With the exhalation, make a “Shhhhhhhhh” sound, as if telling someone to be quiet.
3. With a deep inhalation, swing your arms out to your sides, and complete the circle by bringing them high above your head.
4. Turn your hands around so your palms are facing you and make fists.
5. With a loud “Shhhhhhhhh” as you exhale, bring your fisted hands down swiftly, opening them as they drop near your thighs.
6. Bring to mind the source of your anger and make your movements quick and forceful. Repeat three times.
7. Feel your muscles and power unfolding as you slowly and deliberately pull down your arms.
8. Repeat until you feel the anger dissipate.
I will also offer you suggested contemplations about the contents of various chapters:
PERSONAL ENERGETIC INTROSPECTION:
Spend a few moments quietly contemplating these particular questions.
1. What do I personally feel, sense, or believe about energy?
2. Do I sense a difference in the energy of the sun, the planet, the earth?
3. How do I personally feel about the differences in energy between human beings and animals?
4. How do I feel about the difference between human beings and plants.
5. How do I personally feel about the difference between human beings and the inanimate objects?
6. What is the essence of life itself?
I will also use some poetic works that I think provide points for reflection. Perhaps this first one expresses the huge field of Energy Medicine, so broad that many find it difficult to chew!
MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW
by L. Susan Cabrera
You’ve taken on more than you can chew.
Oh, this is great!
You’ve learned to take risks with something new.
Never too late!
You’ve taken on more than you can chew.
Oh, this is hard!
Dilemmas and chaos do ensue.
Gut feels like lard!
You’ve taken on more than you can chew.
Oh, this is bad!
You’re totally stressed—too much to do.
You’re always mad!
You’ve taken on more than you can chew.
Oh, this is great!
You’ve learned to let go of what can wait.
Never too late!
(Reproduced with permission from the author, L. Susan Cabrera, www.LSusanCabrera.com.)
And in the following pages, I offer for mental introspection a variety of potentials. Remember that the potential is unlimited! Enjoy the trip!
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Historical Use of Energy Medicine
Except for the many uses of electrically operated devices today, the foundations of Energy Medicine are as old as history. Of course, there are many, including Edgar Cayce, who believe that prehistoric civilizations developed advanced energetic approaches. Acupuncture from China and Ayurvedic medicine from India are among the most widely known. But every culture has used various energetic approaches to healing, including herbs and some form of “spiritual” healing. And of course, the cures attributed to Jesus were largely what we would today call spiritual healing.
Let’s take a look at several of the energetic approaches developed in other cultures that have been used since ancient times.
Prana and Pranic Healing
Some sources suggest that India’s beginnings go back some 10,000 years, so perhaps the oldest form of organized indigenous healing originated there. Whenever that civilization began, it’s clear that they may have been the earliest culture to understand the importance of energy in medicine.
Prana
In Vedic philosophy, prana is the vital life-sustaining