CHAPTER IX 

 THE BLOOD 



CHINESE THEORIES REGARDING THE BLOOD 



The blood is the vital fluid that circulates through the arteries and 

 veins of the human system. By reason of the derangement of one or 

 all of the vital organs, the blood becomes poisoned through infection, 

 inflammation, or contagion. Impurities in the blood often cause erup- 

 tions to appear on the skin in different parts of the body. Microscopic 

 tests of the blood show various figures and signs of luetic infection, and 

 the results of blood tests are often reported as from one to three plus 

 positive. When this is the case, the sufferer frequently becomes wor- 

 ried and downhearted. Many such have taken dozens of hypodermic in- 

 jections and have been under the treatment of medical men for years, 

 yet their blood tests still show X's, or one to three plus positive. To 

 obtain permanent relief is a hard problem. 



According to the Chinese theories, there are two classes of sufferers 

 from blood disorders, for each of which a different method of treat- 

 ment should be employed. 



First, if a person infected with poisonous inflammation has robust 

 health, the treatment should be a compound of herbs to cool the blood, 

 thus eliminating the inflammation, and of herbs to cleanse all the inter- 

 nal organs. If eruptions occur in certain parts of the body, some herbs 

 should be put into the compound to reach those places through the 

 vital organs. Anyone who faithfully gives his body a chance to get 

 clean always succeeds. 



Second, if a person has chronic luetic infection and is in a weakened 

 condition, the compound should contain herbs to rebuild the entire sys- 

 tem and insure the proper functioning of all vital organs. Herbs 

 should also be added to expel the impurities through the air and blood 

 circulations, especially to drive the impurities out through the pores, 

 thus helping the lungs in their work. It takes much longer to over- 

 come the trouble when the sufferer is in a chronic, weakened condition, 



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