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"The
Holistic Handbook of Sauna Therapy" was truly a delight to
read. Ms. Sylver has a gifted ability to do comprehensive research,
perceive the technical information that is available to the analytical
mind, then be able to transform it into a enjoyably readable book for
those of us globally minded random thinkers such as myself.
Having previously read Ms. Sylver's book "The
Handbook of Rife Frequency Healing", I expected the comprehensive
writing skill and outstanding layout of her quality work, but was pleasantly
surprised with how much I learned about Saunas, and how important they
are in Detox. Indeed, I was able to see that Saunas may be the only
therapy in some cases that can do what they do in detoxing Drugs, Chemicals,
and Heavy Metals, especially in the time frame that saunas can accomplish
it in. Dr. Shantha, MD states that "Dr. Sylver cites research showing
that 15 minutes of sauna, through sweat, eliminates the same amount
of heavy metal that would take the kidneys 24 hours to excrete. Mercury
loss by sweating may be even more substantial. It is my opinion that
most of today's practicing physicians have become pill pushers of pharmaceutical
products that are toxic to the body. They have forgotten that an ounce
of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure."
Ms. Sylver begins by reviewing historically documented evidence of
the long history of Sauna usage, construction, and cultural and social
aspects of the Sauna. She gives a incredible detail of how and why the
body produces sweat, and the positive benefits of deliberate inducement
of sweating. I was reminded of the ways the Laws of Thermodynamics is
put to good use in Saunas by:
- Molecules at a higher temperature move faster than molecules at
a lower temperature.
- Heating a substance generally causes it to expand. (Since the molecules
are moving faster, they tend to bump into each other more so the collision
makes them ricochet out and take up more space.)
- Heat travels from the object or area that is hot to the object or
area that is cold.
As in all of Ms. Sylver's books, she goes above and beyond the subject
at hand in giving a expansive education of all complementary aspects
of the subject at hand. In discussing the many types of Saunas; the
benefits and weaknesses of different types of sauna construction, she
touches on the FIR Saunas, and gives wonderful education of the Electromagnetic
Spectrum, complete with wonderful graphic charts, to make wavelengths
and cycles per second theory very understandable to lay persons. What
was especially interesting to me was her historical documentation of
Sir Frederick William Herschel, a German musician and astronomer, who
moved to England in 1757, where he and his sister built telescopes to
locate and catalog planets, stars, and nebulae. Ms. Sylver records:
"In 1800, he conducted his famous experiment that established the
infrared radiation as part of the scientific record. Herschel never
intended to discover infrared wavelengths; he was trying to ascertain
the temperatures of each band (color) of visible light. First he separated
sunlight into its seven colors by shining it through a prism. Next he
placed a thermometer within each color to take its temperature."
She goes on to discuss the heat spectrums of visible and infrared (nonvisible)
spectrums of light. All this comes into play in Far Infrared Radiation
(FIR) Saunas. As I've said, she puts so much more into her books than
just the topic of the book, and makes it so enjoyable to learn.
One thing that was so interesting was her discussion of toxins that
we all come in contact with, is how each of these are directly and indirectly
responsible for allergies, syndromes, disease, and all manners of chemistry
and hormonal problems that we never suspect as being responsible for
our diseased states. Even nerve diseases that we think of as incurable
in the medical world, she give evidence of significant measurable relief
of symptoms due directly to detox of chemical and heavy metal toxicity
to the extent that it is noticeable in tests of pre-program vs. post-program
symptom reduction. She shows conclusively that in test subjects having
CNS afflictions, as well as Auto Immune diseases, that in specified
program perimeters of 50 days, Sauna gave a 99% reduction of symptoms.
While we may not be able to say medically this person was "cured",
we can say it sure made a measurable difference in the quality of this
person's life.
Dr. Sylver discusses the importance of using Sauna therapy in Narcotics
Officers who have been deliberately exposed to, and saturated with drugs
like PCP. She quotes from an article "Chemical Hazards in Law Enforcement"
about one officer's experience of being drenched with PCP in a drug
raid. He had previously had other treatments trying to detox his body
of this drug, but states "While I was in the sauna I actually began
to taste the PCP in my mouth. I could also smell it about my body. After
about a week things started to change; it caught me by surprise. I had
been having headaches every day for a very long time and suddenly one
day I realized that I didn't have a headache anymore. After that I just
kept getting better and better. Toward the end of the program I felt
great."
He continues " After completing the program I took another series
of tests. The personality test score, IQ test score, and reaction time
test score all showed my improvement." He goes on to say how even
his cousin could discern a difference in him "sounding different".
I must say that I was totally impressed. As my own husband is in construction,
and is constantly exposed to various chemicals both in building products,
paint and thinners, etc., as well as living in an agricultural community
where crop dusting goes on for days several times a year, we are constantly
exposed to abnormally large amounts of chemicals. Ms. Sylver's case
for how these various chemicals affect different neurological, endocrine
and metabolic, hormonal systems, I was convinced that finding a Sauna
soon was not just a luxury thing to experience, but a necessity for
achieving a healthy life - free of toxic symptoms. She states her case
most eloquently.
This book is truly a must have resource. I really enjoyed it, and learned
more than I ever anticipated.
Very well done!
Jennifer Ruby
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