put in to enrich the blood and eliminate gas. When the inflammation 

 is gone the heart returns to its normal size and leakage is stopped. 



HOW TO CARE FOR THE HEART IN NATURE'S WAY 



Just as the sun is the fire element of nature, so is the heart the fire 

 element of the human body. Of all the elements, the fire element is the 

 most active. A sudden shock has a more noticeable effect upon the 

 heart than upon any of the other organs, When the blood, the muscle 

 of the valve of the heart, or the heart itself is inflamed or is overtaxed 

 because of exertion or sudden fright the heart beats fast. Pain, leakage 

 or rush of blood to the head may ensue. Physicians have termed the 

 latter "high blood pressure." It is variously accompanied by gas, diz- 

 ziness, sleeplessness, difficult breathing, paralytic stroke, etc. 



The Heart 



STARTLING STATISTICS 



A cablegram to the press received 

 from Shanghai in May, 1926, stated 

 that the discrepancy between the per- 

 centage of insane in China and in the 

 United States was indeed great. Al- 

 though the population of China ap- 

 proximates 450,000,000, the United 

 States has 20 insane persons to every 

 one in China. 



A telegram to the press from Wash- 

 ington, D. C., dated Dec. 27, 1925, stat- 

 ed that the investigations of the De- 

 partment of Commerce had revealed 

 that in 1924 twice as many persons in 

 the United States had died from ail- 

 ments of the heart as from all other 

 diseases combined. 



A COMMON SOURCE 



The foregoing are statements of genuine facts. The explanation may 

 be found in the fact that thousands of years ago the Chinese arrived at 

 the conclusion that insanity is caused by inflammation of the heart, 

 which condition affects the nerves leading to the brain; and that there- 



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