A Cell Salt Experiment: Stage 1

[ecosophia]

In the course of my researches into weird American occult traditions, I've come across something that could use testing, and I wonder if any of my readers would like to join me in an experiment.  

The story begins with George Washington Carey -- that's him on the left -- one of many American physicians in the late 19th century who used what we now consider alternative health care modalities in place of the toxic and ineffective mainstream remedies of the period. His specialty was the biochemic cell salts, which are homeopathic preparations of the 12 mineral salts found in significant quantities in the human body. However, unlike most health care providers in his time -- or ours, for that matter -- Carey was also an occultist: a crackerjack astrologer with a solid grasp of the medical dimensions of astrology, and a careful student of what was then cutting-edge research in the occult field. He was particularly interested in the research project launched by Hiram E. Butler ofthe Esoteric Fraternity, which focused on working with the body's subtle energies for the purpose of spiritual transformation and life extension.  

Carey's involvement in that project focused on using the cell salts to help with that process. He worked out a specific protocol keyed to astrological cycles. (In case you're wondering, yes, he used it himself, and remained active and vigorous until shortly before his death at the age of 79.) I've reconstructed the protocol in detail from his books, and the challenge now is to test it and see whether it has the effects he thought it did.  

What you'll need, if you want to join me in the experiment, is your astrological birth chart (or at least your date of birth), an almanac or astrological calendar, and certain cell salts, which you can get at old-fashioned health food stores, some food co-ops, or online here or here. The 6x potency is the one you need. 

Here's the protocol: 

1. First thing each morning, before eating or doing anything else, take 6 tablets of Bioplasma -- that's the specific blend of the 12 cell salts Carey created for this purpose, though it's gone into general use among homeopaths and people interested in natural heath. This is done every day irrespective of the rest of the protocol. 

2. Look up the degree of the zodiac the Sun was in when you were born. 

3. Every month, the Moon spends roughly 2 1/2 days in the zodiacal sign the Sun was in when you were born. During those 2 1/2 days, take once each day the combination of cell salts given below for the degree the Sun was in. (For example, if the Sun was at 8° Aries when you were born, you take the combination given in the table below for 1°-10° Aries each day during the period when the Moon is in Aries. (Do this even when the Moon isn't in Aries for the entire day.) The number after each cell salt is the number of tablets you take. 

Natal Sun                   Cell Salts

0°-10° Aries                Kali Phos. 2, Nat. Sulph. 3, Kali Mur. 3, Calc. Fluor. 1

11°-20° “                     Kali Phos. 1, Nat. Sulph. 3, Kali Mur. 3, Calc. Fluor. 2

21°-30° “                     Nat. Sulph. 3, Kali Mur. 3, Calc. Fluor. 3

0°-10° Taurus              Nat. Sulph. 2, Kali Mur. 3, Calc. Fluor. 3, Mag. Phos. 1

11°-20° “                     Nat. Sulph. 1, Kali Mur. 3, Calc. Fluor. 3, Mag. Phos. 2

21°-30° “                     Kali Mur. 3, Calc. Fluor. 3, Mag. Phos. 3

0°-10° Gemini             Kali Mur. 2, Calc. Fluor. 3, Mag. Phos. 3, Kali Sulph. 1

11°-20° “                     Kali Mur. 1, Calc. Fluor. 3, Mag. Phos. 3, Kali Sulph. 2

21°-30° “                     Calc. Fluor. 3, Mag. Phos. 3, Kali Sulph. 3

0°-10° Cancer              Calc. Fluor. 2, Mag. Phos. 3, Kali Sulph. 3, Nat. Phos. 1

11°-20° “                     Calc. Fluor. 1, Mag. Phos. 3, Kali Sulph. 3, Nat. Phos. 2

21°-30° “                     Mag. Phos. 3, Kali Sulph. 3, Nat. Phos. 3

0°-10° Leo                   Mag. Phos. 2, Kali Sulph. 3, Nat. Phos. 3, Calc. Sulph. 1

11°-20° “                     Mag. Phos. 1, Kali Sulph. 3, Nat. Phos. 3, Calc. Sulph. 2

21°-30° “                     Kali Sulph. 3, Nat. Phos. 3, Calc. Sulph. 3

0°-10° Virgo                Kali Sulph. 2, Nat. Phos. 3, Calc. Sulph. 3, Silicea 1

11°-20° “                     Kali Sulph. 1, Nat. Phos. 3, Calc. Sulph. 3, Silicea 2

21°-30° “                     Nat. Phos. 3, Calc. Sulph. 3, Silicea 3

0°-10° Libra                Nat. Phos. 2, Calc. Sulph. 3, Silicea 3, Calc. Phos. 1

11°-20° “                     Nat. Phos. 1, Calc. Sulph. 3, Silicea 3, Calc. Phos. 2

21°-30° “                     Calc. Sulph. 3, Silicea 3, Calc. Phos. 3

0°-10° Scorpio             Calc. Sulph. 2, Silicea 3, Calc. Phos. 3, Nat. Mur. 1

11°-20° “                     Calc. Sulph. 1, Silicea 3, Calc. Phos. 3, Nat. Mur. 2

21°-30° “                     Silicea 3, Calc. Phos. 3, Nat. Mur. 3

0°-10° Sagittarius        Silicea 2, Calc. Phos. 3, Nat. Mur. 3, Ferrum Phos. 1

11°-20° “                     Silicea 1, Calc. Phos. 3, Nat. Mur. 3, Ferrum Phos. 2

21°-30° “                     Calc. Phos. 3, Nat. Mur. 3, Ferrum Phos. 3

0°-10° Capricorn         Calc. Phos. 2, Nat. Mur. 3, Ferrum Phos. 3, Kali Phos. 1

11°-20° “                     Calc. Phos. 1, Nat. Mur. 3, Ferrum Phos. 3, Kali Phos. 2

21°-30° “                     Nat. Mur. 3, Ferrum Phos. 3, Kali Phos. 3

0°-10° Aquarius          Nat. Mur. 2, Ferrum Phos. 3, Kali Phos. 3, Nat. Sulph. 1

11°-20° “                     Nat. Mur. 1, Ferrum Phos. 3, Kali Phos. 3, Nat. Sulph. 2

21°-30° “                     Ferrum Phos. 3, Kali Phos. 3, Nat. Sulph. 3

0°-10° Pisces               Ferrum Phos. 2, Kali Phos. 3, Nat. Sulph. 3, Kali Mur. 1

11°-20° “                     Ferrum Phos. 1, Kali Phos. 3, Nat. Sulph. 3, Kali Mur. 2

21°-30° “                     Kali Phos. 3, Nat. Sulph. 3, Kali Mur. 3

4. Keep notes concerning your health as you continue the experiment. If you feel comfortable doing so, also note your sexual activities, if any, and your consumption of alcohol -- two things that Carey thought could influence the effects of the protocol. (I'm far from sure he was right, but it's worth checking.) 

If Carey's correct, over the course of several months you should notice significant positive changes in your general health and vitality. (I'm not going to repeat his comments on those changes, to avoid giving any more of a boost to the placebo effect than I have to.) If you're interested in helping me test this, let me know what results you get and I'll do the same. Once we have some basic data accumulated, I plan on bringing several other factors into the mix -- certain exercises that were also part of the research program launched by Hiram Butler -- and at that point, we'll be discussing more of the theory as well. 

 Admit it, you always wanted to be part of a mad scientist's research team, didn't you? Here's your chance. ;-)

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm in, JMG!

I do have one question, though. I was born a month prematurely, and it wasn't a natural premature birth --- I was induced. WOuld that affect the list of cell salts I need to take?

[ecosophia]

Okay, that's an excellent point. Yes, it would. Part of the theory behind this has to do with a correlation between the cell salts and the signs of the zodiac; since most of us spent 9 months in the womb, there are three months worth of zodiacal signs we didn't experience in intrauterine life, and we tend to be deficient in the corresponding cell salts. So you'd add an additional month's worth. Let's say you were born prematurely with the Sun at 15° Taurus, and would have been at term around a month later; you'd take the 15° Taurus set -- Nat. Sulph. 1, Kali Mur. 3, Calc. Fluor. 3, Mag. Phos. 2 -- but increase the Mag. Phos. to 3 and add Kali Sulph 2, to account for the extra month. Does that make sense?

[kylec]

I have a bottle of bioplasma from 1800Homeopathy that i bougt a few years ago and forgot about. No expiration date listed. Would these still be good? They were closed up in the bottle, inside a closed plastic storage bin, in a dark closet.

Kyle

[ecosophia]

That should be fine. Cell salts stay good for decades.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm in.

[ecosophia]

Glad to hear it. Igor here will happily copy down your results!

I'm in

[scotlyn]

I have been interested in researching the cell salts for a while. This sounds like an excellent way to do so.

Just one question. If a specific health issue arises (flu, say) and a person wants to treat that specifically, following the biochemical cell salt manual, will that sit easily alongside the actual research protocol? Or let it lapse and start again after?

Re: I'm in

[ecosophia]

Please keep up with the protocol -- just note down what else you took and what results you get. One of the reasons for doing a broad exploratory experiment like this, with people in different places facing different health conditions and living different lifestyles, is that it'll result in a much richer picture than if I were to start with a strictly controlled trial.

cell salt experiment

[slclaire]

I'm in, as soon as I get the Bioplasma, which I'll need to order. I have the others on hand as they are one of the modalities I use for self-care. Sounds like fun since I have mad scientist tendencies. ;-)

Re: cell salt experiment

[ecosophia]

Delighted to hear it.

[(Anonymous)]

Hi JMG, does this range look ok?

https://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/shop-online/647/schuessler-tissue-salts
I am 4° Capricorn.
I hope to get back to studying astrology, I actually managed to manually calculate my chart, but haven't gone any further. I went off on a Tarot tangent, then Mum had the stroke, which has put a hold on pretty much everything for the last year and a half.
I'm keen to give this a go through if I can get a hand on the salts.
Regards Helen in Oz

[ecosophia]

Those are exactly what's needed. I'm glad to see there's a manufacturer on your side of the planet!

[fringewood]

I'm interested. I'll see if I have the funds to invest in this experiment.😉

[ecosophia]

So noted!

[(Anonymous)]

Won’t having a novel virus, to which no one’s immune, throw off your test results? Or are you testing the cell salts against Coronavirus?

[ecosophia]

No on both counts. There are always novel viruses passing through -- that's why there's a cold and flu season every year -- and if I wanted to run a trial of cell salts against the CoVID-19 virus I'd use the classic combination for such illnesses, Ferrum phos. 6x and Nat. sulph. 6x, 4 tablets each 4 times daily, beginning with the first onset of symptoms. Since that's not what I'm doing, though, I'm certainly not suggesting that anybody use this. ;-)

[(Anonymous)]

Wouldn't you know it, I just ordered the into to cell salts book you've been recommending recently, a set of all 12 cell salts, and Carey's little "Relation of the Mineral Salts of the Body to the Signs of the Zodiac" pamphlet to start exploring cell salts myself. I'm interested in the experiment, but I have a few questions:

1. We'll be taking the Bioplasma every morning for the duration of the protocol, not just during the 2.5 days, correct?

2. You mentioned sexual activity and alcohol. Is coffee worth noting as well? I drink an awful lot of it, and I know some homeopaths are suspicious of it.

3. If I were to cast a geomantic chart asking what the results (for me personally, at this time specifically) of taking part in this experiment would be, would it be interpreted like a general medical question, with the tenth house representing the protocol and the sixth house representing effects on health, even though there isn't a specific illness in question?

Thank you!

[ecosophia]

1) Yes, that's correct. Bioplasma's taken every day.

2) Cell salts are much less vulnerable to what homeopaths call "antidoting" than other homeopathic medicines, and coffee doesn't seem to affect them. Carey also doesn't mention coffee, so it's probably not an issue.

3) Yes, exactly.

[(Anonymous)]

I admit it! It will probably take me a couple weeks to get everything together, but then I'm in. It dovetails nicely with my affirmation I've been using since last September about increasing health and energy!

Do you recommend a good source for a cheap (or ideally free) astrological calendar or almanac?

[ecosophia]

I use the Rosicrucian Ephemeris published by the Rosicrucian Fellowship, http://www.rosicrucian.com/index.html -- but it's a full astrological ephemeris with a lot of information you don't need. Your local grocery store ought to have one or more almanacs, such as the Farmer's Almanac, which includes the moon signs; it'll cost you a few bucks.

Fascinating

[(Anonymous)]

Because of the excellent results I've gotten using cell salts recently to deal with some form of flu and because this experiment shows promise, count me in.
I had planned on switching from LBRP to SOP, and making some other changes in my practice but now I think that should be delayed for a bit so results don't get misattributed. Any idea how long the experiment will run? I'll be confirming this decision in the morning by divination. Let us know how, where and how often to report results.

Gawain

Re: Fascinating

[ecosophia]

I don't have a fixed timeline for the experiment; Carey suggests that it takes 37 months, or a little over three years, to complete the process, but that's one of the things I hope to begin to test. As for results, this journal would be the place -- I'll be posting updates from time to time, and comments there would be a good venue for progress reports.

Astrology Lite

[(Anonymous)]

I’m interested, but have no astrology skills. That said, though, I gamely checked my chart and my sign is Aquarius with Gemini rising at 9 degrees.

I then looked in the Old Farmers Almanac and if I understand correctly, the moon will be in Gemini April 1,2,28, and 29.

Did I figure this right? If yes, I will be ridiculously impressed with myself.

OtterGirl

Re: Astrology Lite

[ecosophia]

Almost! If your sign (i.e., Sun sign) is Aquarius, you want the period when the Moon is going through Aquarius. Your rising sign isn't part of this protocol.

[morgen_lugh]

As timely a time as ever for such an experiment. I'm in.

[ecosophia]

Excellent. Now, to the laboratory!

[ganeshling]

Hi JMG,

I'm interested.

The only source of hesitation is that I'm working my way through the CGD Bardic grade at the moment and it's proving to be a wild ride all by itself. I am about to start the work of Air and the changes that come through that may interfere with the changes produced by this experiment. I'm not sure I'd be able to tell them apart.

[ecosophia]

Hmm. Have you noticed variations in your health as a result of the Bardic Grade work?

Sign-specific tablet strength

[jpc_w]

What level/strength of the month-specific tablets should we take?
I've seen tablets with as low as 3X, all the way up to Hyland's 30X.
Would 3X or 6X do the job?


Also, for the sign-specific tablets, should they be taken at the same time
as the biopasmic tablets, or should they be spread through the day?

Re: Sign-specific tablet strength

[ecosophia]

1) I should have included that detail -- and have now edited the post to clarify that. 6x, please -- that's been the standard cell salt potency since before Carey's time.

2) Carey's writings don't say. I would take them at least 15 minutes after the bioplasma, and any time after that would be fine.

[(Anonymous)]

Should we get 6x or 30x?

[ecosophia]

Sorry -- should have included that. (I've corrected the post to cover that.) 6x, please.

Geomancy

[(Anonymous)]

I cast a Geomancy chart on the question, "What effect would following this formula have on my health"?

1. Aquisitio
2. Fortuna Minor
3. Caput Draconis
4. Puella
5. Aquisitio
6. Cauda Draconis
7. Fortuna Major
8. Puella
9. Carcer
10. Fortuna Minor
11. Puella
12. Laetitia
RW: Aquisitio LW: Fortuna Major J: Conjunctio

Would you read this as a positive chart? Cauda Draconis in the 6th house doesn't seem like a good sign, but Aquisitio in 1 and 5 suggests that whatever the cell salt regimen brings to an end will have a positive impact over all.

Re: Geomancy

[ecosophia]

Cauda Draconis, like Amissio, is traditionally a good sign in the 6th house because it indicates the departure of health problems. Since you have a mode of perfection with a favorable figure as well, this is a favorable reading.

[(Anonymous)]

I have been wanting to try using cell salts since I learned about them here, and this seems like a great general introduction to test how they could work for me! While also contributing to some interesting research. I've got a couple persistent minor health and body ache issues that I'm looking forward to seeing how they respond. I'm 29 degrees Sagittarius, if you're interested in keeping track of the mix of signs. One clarification, I should get the 6x strength, correct?

[ecosophia]

Yes, and as noted above, I should have specified that. 6x is so standard in work with cell salts that I didn't think to put it in.

[jolbytlan]

What perfect timing. I have just begun exploring cell salts after good results fighting off a virus with them. And have been deepening my exploration of astrology. And I've always wanted to work with a mad scientist. :-)
Count me in. I'll look forward to working with Igor.

Jeff H.

[ecosophia]

Igor is just as happy to work with you!

Yes master...

[(Anonymous)]

So I just received my Biochemical Handbook two days ago and sold my wife on trying it. Salts will be in shortly. We are in.

How do you want the data presented? I assume we need some demographic data included. Anything besides the obvious (height, weight, age, general health etc) relevant?

Other Dave

Re: Yes master...

[ecosophia]

The response to this post has been more enthusiastic than I expected, so I'm going to have to put some time into working out what kind of demographic and astrological details will be helpful to make sense of the data. In the meantime, keep track of your health and any other changes you notice -- a journal might be a good way to do that. I'll post again as I get a clear sense of what the project can use.

Two more

[(Anonymous)]

I'm in, and so will be my husband after I talk him into it....as soon as the ordered supplies come.

Re: Two more

[ecosophia]

Glad to hear it.

Another Lab Rat

[mesosylvania]

I'm in! I had been wanting to try cell salts ever since you posted about them over on Well of Galabes, and I finally got a full set of salts this Christmas. I'll just need to get some Bioplasma, and then I'll start right away. 🙂

Re: Another Lab Rat

[ecosophia]

For some reason the theme music from the old rat-horror movie Willard keeps coming to mind... ;-)

[kulibali]

Is the calendar at https://www.moontracks.com/lunar_ingress.html appropriate for use with this?

[ecosophia]

Yes, though you'll have to correct the time for your own time zone if you don't live on the US west coast.

[(Anonymous)]

16 degrees Libra here. I'm in. Have all the supplies on order. It will be a great way to reacquaint myself with the cell salts and homeopathy in general. Thanks!

[ecosophia]

You're welcome and thank you!

[orathbone]

This sounds mighty interesting so count me in, I have a number of health issues that need addressing. Couple of questions:
1. I'm currently taking a herbal antiviral formula to ward off potential lurgies. Will this matter?
2. I'm a fairly regular (though not heavy) drinker. Does this totally invalidate the experiment for me?

[ecosophia]

1) No, that shouldn't be a problem at all. I know people who combine herbal remedies and cell salts with good results.

2) No, quite the contrary. One of the things I'm trying to figure out is whether Carey's take on the role of sex and alcohol is valid. I'm pretty sure he was just repeating something that he got from Hiram Butler, which reflected cultural prejudices of the time -- but that needs to be checked, and having participants who drink, have sex, or both will help check that.