Healing Water

This post is a continuation of an article on healing water. We explore various ways water can be used to heal various infections.

Thirst is nature's signal for the body's need of water. The experts tell us that it may be the result of dry mouth tissues. It may also result from diarrhea, nausea, excessive sweating, and the excretion of excessive amounts of urine. Thirst is common in such conditions as diabetes, hyperthyroidism, or disturbance of the salivary function. The person who has an above-average thirst would be wise to consult a physician to learn of any dormant illness.

Water lubricates the joints and acts as a cushion to protect the body from injury resulting from impact and shock. Water makes it possible for organs that rub together to slide smoothly. Water serves to maintain pressure in various parts of the body, such as the eye-balls.

The muscles, which are 75 perent water, must have water to contract and maintain proper tonus. Good muscle tone itself serves to protect the body.

Under conditions of severe deprivation, generalized body symptoms develop. There is dryness of the mouth and throat.In some tests it was found that normal young men put on a low water ration soon showed abnormal function—headache, nervousness, loss of appetite, digestive disturbance, and inability to concentrate. The symptoms were promptly relieved by increased water drinking.

A water deficiency may also come about through excessive talking. Our bodies lose water through the air we breathe out. Ordinarily, an adult may lose a third of a quart of water this way in a day. Talking, as with exercising, is an activity that increases the loss of water from the lungs. For those of you who must talk a lot, balance your activity with water drinking to prevent dehydration and fatigue. Ever notice how tired you are after a short speech?

Prof. Olaf Mickelsen tells us, "It is well to remember that it is more important to have an adequate intake of water than it is to have calories.

"Except when a deficit of body water develops,thirst is the best guide to the amount of water a person needs. There is relatively little danger in an increased water intake, except if it persists and is associated with an insatiable thirst—symptoms that suggest diabetes insipidus and should be considered by a physician."

Professor Mickelsen then adds, "Aside from an edematous [swollen] condition, which occurs only in pathological states, the intake of water beyond the body's needs is excreted in the urine. From this stand point, the regulation of body water content is more precise than the factors regulating caloric intake; caloric intake in excess of needs is stored as adipose tissue."

Water, on the other hand, serves to nourish, wash,and revitalize the system.

Here are ways for conserving your water supply:

1. If you are in a place where drinkable water is scarce, take all possible measures to reduce your water loss. Make certain that your drinking water is free from unpleasant odors and flavors.

2. If it is necessary that you work or walk under conditions of extreme heat,if possible do it at night or in the early morning. Keep in the shade whenever possible.

3. Work at a rate that does not cause your body to become overheated and cause loss of water through sweating. If you have to do hard work when the air is hot, spray your body and your clothes with any non-drinkable water at hand.

4. Protect your drinking water from evaporation, and use all possible means for collecting what rain water there may be. Where there is a plentiful supply of drinking water, hard physical work is facilitated and fatigue is prevented by drinking enough water to replenish what is lost by sweating.Under conditions of extra-high temperature you may have to drink as much as a quart of water an hour. Thirst is the clue to the need for drink.

It has been estimated that people need two or three quarts of fluid daily. This does not mean we have to drink this amount in the forms of liquids. Actually, we obtain water from fruits, which are from 75 percent to 90 per cent water. Vegetables are often from 75 per cent to 95 percent water. Eating fresh fruit and vegetables freely adds to the supply of water.

The Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council recommends a normal daily liquid allowance of about 11 glasses. Something like two pints of this amount is supplied by solid food. The remaining five or six glasses must come from water and other liquids.

The simplest way to take care of the daily water supply is to develop early in life a drinking plan that becomes as automatic and irrevocable a habit as brushing the teeth. A sensible schedule might be one glass of liquid in the morning, two or three more between meals, and one before going to bed.

Drinking plenty of water helps retard the growth of intestinal bacteria and lessen the putrefactive process in the in­testines. For some people drinking a few sips of liquid with meals promotes activity of the digestive juices and digestion and absorption of the food.

There are various good sources of water, such as these:

1. Fresh fruit and vegetable juices are excellent sources of liquids that boost your mind and body. Freshly squeezed juices are tasty and stimulating to enzymatic flow. You might go on a fast occasionally using only juice from raw fruits or ve­tables and devote an entire day to these healthful juices. Many people have found an all-natural food program of valuable health-building benefit.

2. Foods that contain water include all raw and cooked fruits and vegetables. Eat freely of these luscious and succulent edibles. Vegetable juices or the water in which vegetables have been cooked are prime sources of water. Many protein foods such as soybeans, lentils, peas, seeds,and nuts supply a fair amount of water.

3. In addition to coffee substitutes and herbal teas, there are natural beverages that help supply you with water. Make it a practice to enjoy a variety of natural beverages as well as fresh water.

Water helps overcome fatigue. Many people are reluctant to interrupt their work for a drink of water until thirst becomes urgent. Even when they do,they may drink only enough to take the edge off their thirst without actually restoring positive fluid balance. Help your body by drinking water freely every day. No wonder it is called healing water. Please share with us if you have used water to heal yourself of any ailment.