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Meridian and Pressure Therapy

Pressure therapy may be used as acupressure, pressing specific acupuncture points, as in reflexology by pressing sensitive spots under the feet, as pressure directly into tense muscles or as shiatsu, which is similar to acupressure.

The easiest method is reflexology. Have someone press the soles of your feet or press them yourself, as against the corner of a piece of furniture or against a rock or onto a golf ball or a broom handle, wherever you find a tender area, also at the sides and top of the feet.

Press each tender spot for as long as possible either daily or several times a week. Select appropriate points from the reflexology chart in the article on Reflexology. Press especially the liver, kidneys, intestines, thyroid and the tumor area, in addition to other tender spots.

Check also the back, and especially around the neck and shoulders for tense muscles. Press straight into tense muscles with the thumb or a knuckle, or even the elbow so that it is somewhat sore but easily bearable. After the pain subsides, press somewhat harder, or start circling under pressure. This will improve the general blood, lymph and energy circulation through the body, ease pain and support cleansing. Afterwards finish with some gentle massaging or stroking.

Massage in the area of the tumor(s) can help ease pain and improve lymph circulation. Do not disturb the tumor itself, but rather try to soften any tense muscles in the area, and gently push the lymph fluid towards the collarbone. This is especially important if any lymph glands have been removed in that area. If lymph glands have been removed in the groin or armpit, then raise the arm or leg while press-massaging it from the foot or hand towards the collarbone. Furthermore, problems in internal organs and the breast often cause chronic muscle spasms in related parts of the back with much pain and discomfort. Find and ease these spasms or tense muscles with pressing or kneading, and also press the related foot reflexes. In addition, give a gentle and relaxing body massage.

If you can get an acupuncture map you may also press points related to the tumor area, and to the organs indicated before, or you may treat these with an electro-acupuncture or laser instrument.Ear acupuncture is quite easy and effective. Also have a look at meridian therapy. Here you trace along the course of an acupuncture meridian with one or more fingers or with a magnet. For details see Meridian Therapy.

Energy Therapy

Wilhelm Reich wrote in his book 'The Cancer Biopathy' that he could destroy malignant tumors by charging the red blood cells with bio-energy (orgone energy). He could actually see under the dark-field microscope at 2000-to 4000-x magnification how the blue energy charge of the red blood cells killed the cancer cells. While this also eliminated the anemia and cachexia (wasting) of his 'terminal' patients, and greatly increased their survival time, it did not automatically lead to a cure. As he did not use any cleansing measures, he found that most patients or animals still died from congestion of the organs of elimination. Interestingly, he also observed that sometimes tumors became enlarged due to their interior being filled with blood.

Wilhelm Reich used his invention, the orgone accumulator to charge his patients and experimental animals with bio-energy. There are various possibilities of charging the body. A relatively easy and effective way to achieve this at home is by frequently drinking the fresh juice of young grasses. For further information on energy therapy seeBio-Energies.

Exercise

The main aims of exercise in cancer therapy are the increase of blood and lymph circulation, and the improvement in oxygen supply and uptake. Most suited for this are slow jogging and light rebounding. It is essential to breathe as deep and fast as possible without getting out of breath, which would cause oxygen deficiency and aid the cancer.

If you have enough energy to jog, and can do so in a relatively unpolluted area, then start with just a few minutes, and gradually over the weeks, work up to 30 minutes a day. Jog as slowly as possible but breathe as hard as you can. Pay attention to your lower rib cage and abdomen expanding during inhalation. You may, of course, just jog on the spot at your veranda or even inside at an open window.

Even better, especially for those low in energy, is a rebounder. Some expensive models, called lymphasizers, are more effective, but even cheap rebounders are good to use, you may even bounce on top of one or two innerspring mattresses.

While it is all right to bounce higher for a while, during the basic exercise you remain with both feet firmly on the mat. Bounce only very gently up and down, start with just a few minutes, gradually increase up to 10 or 15 minutes 3 or 4 times daily, best before meals and bedtime, the more the better.

Keep your hands touching body areas in need of healing, such as the tumor area and the liver, or wherever you feel discomfort. With each upward bounce take a sniff until your lungs are filled after 10-20 sniffs, and then exhale again in sniffs. Always try to fill and empty your lungs as completely as possible. If you do it right, you should feel energized after the exercise.

Lymphazising is especially important with cancers of the lymph system, after removal of any lymph glands, and also with any kind of fluid accumulation. If the patient is too weak to stand, he or she may sit on the mat and a helper may do the bouncing. In addition, activate the lymph drainage by circling with light thumb pressure just below the clavicles and press on top of the feet at the bottom of the toes.

Breathing exercises can be used to influence our acid-alkaline balance. If we breathe deeper and faster than normally, then more carbon dioxide is expelled, and the body becomes more alkaline, while with shallower and slower breathing it becomes more acid.