For a day or two the
craving for food may be quite insistent and persistent. Then hunger
generally leaves and does not return until the tongue is clean. The mind
becomes clearer as the body becomes cleaner. This benefit to the spirit,
or the soul, has been recognized by religious organizations for
centuries.
A little discharge of blood from the bowels at first should cause no
alarm. In some cases a great deal of yellow mucus is thrown into the
lower bowel. The liver at times throws off so much bile that it makes
the patient alarmed. This should cause no uneasiness. When the bile is
forced upward into the stomach it is very disagreeable. The discharges
from the bowels are often very dark.
There is a tendency toward chilliness, especially to have cold hands and
feet. Skin eruptions and heart palpitations are occasional symptoms.
Nervous, irritable and fearful people have symptoms too numerous to
mention. The more they are sympathized with the worse they become.
Many medical men have misinterpreted the symptoms of the fast, and hence
they have condemned the procedure. They see the foul coating on the
tongue, the loss of weight and at times peculiar mental manifestations.
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