Great Construction
Lung Diseases and Medicinal Toxins
What requires concern in regard to the current treatments for tuberculosis is the artificial pneumothorax therapy which nowadays is considered the most efficacious. For the condition of cavities in the lung, this procedure involves contracting the lung sacs, and shrinking them as much as possible, so ultimately this treatment weakens the functions of the lungs. That is, as much as feasible the lungs are not overly exercised and the patient is kept as still as possible, and due to the lack of activity, the thick phlegm that is the cause of lung cavities hardens. As the size of the cavities is reduced, there is a slight improvement, but when the average individual attempts to return to daily life and does regain some physical vitality, the purification process starts again, and in most cases, patients are back where they started. It is quite obvious that such medical treatment is not fundamentally a healing therapy.
To briefly describe other diseases of the lung in addition to tuberculosis, pulmonary gangrene occurs when a tumor forms between the lungs and the lung membrane. If left alone, the tumor will continue to grow, and in time a hole will open naturally and great amounts of bloody pus will turn into phlegm which will be dispelled, and the patient will recover. This process is also a form of purification, but because medical treatment attempts to stop purification, the condition does not heal, and there comes a time when the treatment fails to have any effect. In military tuberculosis, eruptions form on the lung membrane which can be compared to eczema on the skin. Because it is another form of purification, if left alone, pus will be discharged from the eruptions, and the condition will naturally heal. The cause of lung cancer is the consumption of large amounts of meat in the diet because the blood becomes impure from a form of toxin found in meat. These impurities accumulate in the lungs and for a certain period of time harden into a growth, but with activation of the purifying function, the growth turns into phlegm and is expelled. This condition, however, is quite obstinate and takes a long time to heal. A lack of vegetables in the diet is the cause of lung cancer, so healing will come about merely by the consumption of greater amounts of vegetables, which is probably best understood by observing that lung cancer is more prevalent in Western countries where Westerners eat greater amounts of meat. Measles are often accompanied by the complication of pneumonia, but its occurrence is not cause for worry either. The patient is surprised by the increased frequency of breathing that occurs because lung capacity is diminished as measles form on the lung alveoli. If the purifying process is not interfered with, the condition should heal in about two or three days.
Another disease related to tuberculosis is larnygophthisis, or tuberculosis of the larnyx. This condition appears in the last stages of tuberculosis and is characterized by hoarseness of voice, pain in the throat while eating, and difficulties when swallowing. Larnygophthisis occurs because the phlegm that passes through the throat is quite toxic and irritates the trachea and throat, causing catarrh. The phlegm that causes this condition is formed from the oldest, most putrefied toxins in the body. While the phlegm is being discharged, this condition does not heal, nor is there much hope for immediate recovery. Moreover, since the body is in a greatly weakened state, doctors give up in despair when they realize that they are diagnosing tuberculosis of the larynx. The next condition I would like to discuss is intestinal tuberculosis in which, centered on the navel and throughout the entire abdominal area, countless lumps form. Intestinal tuberculosis is easily recognizable because it is painful to the touch, and there is always a degree of fever. These lumps are dissolved by fever and continually eliminated as diarrhea. This condition will not heal as long as the use of medicines is continued since these lumps are solidified medicinal toxins. Due to the diarrhea, the body continues to weaken, so intestinal tuberculosis as well is dreaded by doctors.
Finally, I will touch upon the reason tuberculosis has, compared to other conditions, the reputation of being a stubborn disease that is not easily healed. Upon a diagnosis of tuberculosis, the first step in treating the disease is for many kinds of medicines to be introduced into the body, as we live in a society in which medicines are considered primary. The continued ingestion of medicine is the cause of the stubbornness of tuberculosis, and the course of the condition is prolonged. The patient panics, seeks more medicines, and a vicious cycle forms. The medicines in the body accumulate to the point where the body cannot handle them any more. Medicinal toxins undermine the health, and the patient eventually becomes incurable. In these stages, discharged phlegm reeks of the smell of medicine, so the use of medicines can only be called a frightening illusion. The third stage of tuberculosis can rightly be considered to be a disease of medicinal toxins. I have treated many persons with this condition, and my only therapy was to eliminate the toxins. As the toxins decrease, recovery is evident merely by observing the patient. The therapy for eliminating toxins is the method of Johrei that I discovered.
Revolutionary Treatment for Tuberculosis, page 18, August 15, 1951
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“Haikan to Yakudoku” is the fourth chapter of the book Kekkaku no Kakumeiteki Ryōhō (A Revolutionary Treatment for Tuberculosis), 1951, page 18. Meishu-sama made several slight revisions to include this essay as the sixth chapter of the second part of Bunmei no Sōzō (Creation of Civilization), the manuscript of a book that remained unpublished while he was alive. A translation of the revised manuscript has appeared previously. Citation is given below for reference.
“Consumptive Patients and Poisonous Elements in Medicines,” Creation of Civilization, 1978, page 46.