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During a fast, keep your bowels clean by means
of an enema or two. The benefit of the fast is then
greater than otherwise. Keep cheerful. Take to
meditation, if you are so inclined. Do not exert
yourself; but conserve your vitality for the task at
hand/ namely cleansing of the body. Be careful in
.breaking the fast. Do not rush to make up for what
you have not eaten so far. I have already explained
how to break a fast. If the fast is e one-day on©
-you must take one day to come to your normal food/
that is you must take normal food only the day after.
OTHER AIDS TO TREATMENT.
(!) SELF-MASSAGE*
Though everyone knows that massage does
-some good, few are aware that quite good results
-can be obtained with Self-Massage. The stomach
•is a deep-seated organ in the abdominal cavity and
hence it will not be possible to influence it through
self-massage. But, as either constipation, or its
opposite/ a too relaxed condition of the bowels,
nearly always accompanies indigestion, intelligently
applied ^elf-message of the abdomen does yield
good results. Obviously, if we cai: help the small
and large intestines to do their work more
thoroughly and well/ then we can at the same time
greatly help the digestive system generally.
The self-massage movements given below are
<juite easy to learn and perform. They should all
be done whilst lying on your back/ with knees well-
•drawn up towards your body/ bladder emptied and
the body quite limp and relaxed. All sudden digs/
jerky movements and the like should be avoided.
Try and get a smooth/ even/ yet deep and searching
-action over the whole of the abdomen.
* Adapted from Milton Powell's "How to Cure Indigestion
<znd Stomach Troubles "