Natural Hygiene

Natural Hygiene is a branch of alternative medicine that claims to provide "all the life requirements brought to bear upon the living organism in due proportion and according to need" of human beings for preservation and restoration of health (see Shelton 1968 Chapter X). It claims that the human body is a self-maintaining and self-healing system who's natural lifespan is between 120 to 150 years old.

Toxemia of the blood

Natural hygiene holds that the true cause of disease is toxemia, or poison, in the blood. Toxemia is a normal product of metabolism or living. Advocates claim that enervating habits, or nerve energy destroying personal habits, such as worry, stimulants, or vaccinations; builds up toxemia in your blood. Enervation (i.e., wasted nerve-energy ) is claimed to stop toxemia from being eliminated from your blood. Natural hygiene theories claim that the most powerful therapy for toxemia is a fast. Because a fast gives nature a rest. John Tilden, MD in his Toxemia Explained wrote that the healthy person is one who is poised, self-controlled, and does not follow the sick habit of worrying (See Tilden, 1935).

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