A Cell Salt Experiment: Some Theory, and Initial Reports

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Several weeks ago I posted a set of guidelines for those of my readers interested in helping with an exploration of one of the stranger corners of alternative healing, the cell salt protocol created by Dr. George Washington Carey. I was delighted to find a great many people interested in that project, and so the experiment is under way. (If you missed that post and want to help out, it's still open -- click on the link above for the details. 

At this point, since many people will have been following the protocol for some weeks now, I want to provide a place for initial reports of any effects that have come up, and I also want to start explaining the theory behind the protocol. That theory involves several disparate fields, and we'll take them one at a time. 

Carey, as I noted in the earlier post, was a physician who used the biochemic cell salts -- homeopathic preparations of the twelve mineral salts that occur in the human body in non-microscopic quantities. He was also an astrologer. (Those two fields of study used to go together very often -- Nicholas Culpeper, whose medicinal herbal remains in common use today, was also a crackerjack astrologer.) Carey noticed in the course of his work in both fields that there seemed to be a specific correlation between the 12 cell salts and the sun's passage through the 12 signs of the zodiac. In his first publications on the subject, based on the data he'd collected up to that point, he assigned each cell salt to a sign as follows: 

Aries: Kali phos (potassium phosphate)
Taurus: Natrum sulph (sodium sulphate)
Gemini: Kali mur (potassium chloride)
Cancer: Calc fluor (calcium fluoride)
Leo: Mag phos (magnesium phosphate)
Virgo: Kali sulph (potassium sulphate)
Libra: Nat phos (sodium phosphate)
Scorpio: Calc sulph (calcium sulphate)
Sagittarius: Silicea (silicon dioxide)
Capricorn: Calc phos (calcium phosphate)
Aquarius: Nat mur (sodium chloride)
Pisces: Ferrum phos (iron phosphate)

The interesting thing about these correspondences is that they do in fact work well with the traditional symbolism of the zodiacal signs. Specifically, you take each cell salt to make your body more like the sign -- for example, many conditions that are improved by warmth are improved by Mag phos, the warm and fiery Leo salt, while many of those that need moisture and cooling are helped by Ferrum phos, the cell salt of cold and wet Pisces. 

As he continued his researches, though, Carey came to see that things were a little more complex. His theory was that over the course of each year, as the sun moves through the signs of the zodiac, the corresponding mineral salt (or its equivalent in the body's subtle energies) is activated, and this affects unborn infants as well as the already born. Since each of us spends on average nine months in the womb before birth, however, we don't go through the full cycle, and therefore each of us needs to take extra doses of those cell salts that correspond to the part of the year we didn't spend in utero. Careful experimentation led him to the protocol presented in the earlier post -- one dose of the relevant cell salts per day when the Moon is in the zodiacal sign the Sun was in when you were born. 

It was when he started compiling the results of following the protocol in himself and in other people that he moved on to the further dimensions of the theory.  We'll get to those in due time. Meanwhile, I'd be interested to hear initial reports from people who have been working with the protocol -- and, of course, any other questions or comments relevant to this project will be welcome. 

Comments

Results so far

[(Anonymous)]

It's only been a few weeks and I haven't yet gotten to my two or three days of taking the additional cell salts but there have been some noticeable changes, and thanks to the other comments for helping notice them.

One that my wife and I have both noticed is a change in bowel movements. Instead of once a day, twice a day or perhaps even more has been the norm. This is definitely a good thing as the recommendations is that a health adult should probably have a bowel movement twice a day. My daughter has seemed a bit more regular in this aspect as well.

I personally have noticed the ability to deal with a lot of emotional stuff better. In fact, even acknowledging emotions has often been an issue for me which has been taking an interesting turn as I've been better able to keep a daily journal since starting the bioplasma. I've also noticed an increase in the ability to focus.

All in all, there seem to be positive changes and I can't say I've noticed anything negative or to be upset/concerned about.

Prizm