I don’t know who first developed C.A.R.E. as a way to organize the Cayce health recommendations, but my husband was taught about it when he was a student at the Cayce/Reilly School of Massage, and he used to lecture about it after he established his practice:

  • C is for circulation.
  • A is for assimilation.
  • R is for relaxation.
  • E is for eliminations.

Get these four working properly and you should have glowing health, according to Cayce. In particular, the readings said:

“…Would the assimilations and the eliminations be kept nearer NORMAL in the human family, the days might be extended to whatever period as was so desired…”

—  Edgar Cayce Reading 311-4

In last week’s e-newsletter we shared some resources on diet and food combining. Now some resources on eliminations, a more complicated matter. Here are some of the things Cayce recommended:

  • Castor Oil Packs. Not only do these help with regularity, they are a great boost for the immune system. How to do a Castor Oil Pack
  • Colonics or “Colon Hydrotherapy.” Cayce recommended that most people have a colonic four times a year, at each of the seasons. More frequent colonics or a series of them were sometimes recommended for constipation and general detoxing. More on Colon Hydrotherapy.
  • Alkaline Diet with lots of fruits and vegetables. Six to eight glasses of water daily.
  • Manual Therapy: Spinal manipulations by a chiropractor or osteopath, and massage.
  • Laxatives: Although the readings sometimes recommended laxatives to improve eliminations, they often cautioned that the body could become dependent on this artificial stimulus and lose its natural ability to eliminate wastes. To prevent dependency, Cayce typically would suggest that various forms of laxative be alternated and would also recommend some combination of the therapies above. Some products Cayce recommended are still available, but there are now also products that didn’t exist in Cayce’s time. This page gives an example from the Readings of how Cayce recommended alternating laxatives but please note that different products are appropriate for different people. BTW, this text mentions a product called Innerclean, which I could find no mention of online—however, there is a product called Inner Clean which is for cleaning the innards of cars. Don’t get them confused! HQ’s website recommends that you talk to your physician about what would be best for you.