The Oil That Heals. William A. McGarey M.D.

sure the massage was a factor in my healing. However, I strongly feel the castor oil that was absorbed by my body did a great deal of good.”

      Such an experience is exhilarating—to him and to me. This patient’s experience is much like Cayce’s comments on how healing comes about:

      Know that all strength, all healing of every nature is the changing of the vibrations from within—the attuning of the Divine within the living tissue of a body to Creative Energies. This alone is healing. Whether it is accomplished by the use of drugs, the knife or what-not, it is the attuning of the atomic structure of the living cellular force to its spiritual heritage. (1967-1)

      Keep this awareness within your own inner being and you’ll experience a leap in consciousness every time you overcome an illness of the physical body.

      CHRONIC PROBLEMS

      In understanding the body, I think it is important to recognize that every portion of the body tends to maintain a status quo. Very few people really like change, and change must take place if healing is to occur or if the patient is going to progress in consciousness. Purveyors of change usually are not welcome. If they are in the form of therapies of any kind, the total body consciousness will often rebel and prevent positive results.

      It’s somewhat like a computer. When the computer is programmed in a certain manner, hitting the proper sequence of keys will always give the same readout. It’s difficult to change the programming, and such change takes time.

      The human body responds in a similar way. The castor oil pack might be compared to a new program as, over time, it affects the cells of the body and thus a new program is in operation.

      Velma is a seventy-two-year-old woman who had a hysterectomy in 1965. The surgery seemed to have been all right, but since the operation—for the past twenty-three years—she has experienced constant gaseous distention, constipation, abdominal “miseries,” edema of the ankles, and episodes where her gut would feel as if it were twisting in on itself. These periods would sometimes last for hours.

      After being seen as a patient in our office, she was instructed on how to use a castor oil pack. She was faithful in following instructions and came back for a recheck in just two weeks.

      She told us that within minutes after the very first pack was placed on her abdomen, she felt as though the gut inside the belly wall untwisted on itself. Since that time, there has been absolutely no recurrence of symptoms. She has no twisting sensations, her ankles are no longer edematous, and her abdominal “miseries,” constipation, and gaseous distention are gone.

      Some individuals are undoubtedly more sensitive than others. I’ve observed those who are severely reactive to smoke, while others are not. Some cannot take medicines, only herbal preparations. There are those individuals who cannot eat meat. Sensitivity also extends to those who tune in to their unconscious more than others.

      This woman must have been one of those who are sensitive to the healing powers of castor oil. For she reported to us—and this is the most unusual aspect of her story—that since she’s been using the packs, she has actually seen oil in her stools. And she’s taken no oil by mouth.

      It is interesting to consider what mechanisms might have taken part in restoring normalcy to someone like this elderly woman who has been bothered with a problem that has no known diagnosis, no obvious findings to the searching hands of a physician. Yet, for twenty-three years something was out of sync, something that was incoordinant inside her body. And the vibration or effect of the castor oil brought about a normal function once again.

      Another longstanding problem had its origin in 1964, when Richard Disney was injured playing football. He had a back operation the next year and again in 1980, the latter to remove part of a crushed disc.

      In 1987, he reinjured the area. Following some chiropractic adjustments, he was able to go back to work after just a few days. Several weeks later, however, he developed sciatic pain on his left side and had several more treatments from the chiropractor. The treatments were combined with bed rest, electrical stimulation, Motrin^®, aspirin, Tylenol^®, ice, heat, and massage. He had “the works” in terms of normal therapy; but instead of improving, all the symptoms worsened.

      He had been a member of the A.R.E. for a number of years and was reading some of the material I had written about castor oil packs on the day that he had actually given up and had been seen by his family doctor. He reports: “The doctor set up an appointment for me with a neurosurgeon for the next day. That evening, Ellen [his wife] applied a castor oil pack for one hour to my lower back. I felt some relief afterward, but was still in a lot of pain.

      “At this point, I was convinced that surgery was the only course of action left. The surgeon examined me, set up a myelogram, blood tests, and x-rays for the next week. My wife continued applying castor oil packs and heat daily.

      “After seven days of the packs and a few doses of olive oil, the pain was completely gone. I canceled all appointments. After a two-day break, my wife Ellen applied the castor oil packs daily for another three days. I have not had any recurrence of back or sciatic pain. We also used the same kind of packs on a cyst that my wife had on her leg. It started to drain after three applications and has caused her no more problems.

      “I am convinced that I have experienced a miracle and I am thankful to my Higher Power, my wife’s persistence and faith, and the information provided in your book at just the right time.”

      I also am glad that Richard experienced his miracle. I understand better now why I had such a variety of experiences earlier in my life because they aided me in writing and communicating through articles and books so that I could be helpful to others, while at the same time aiding me in my own awakening process.

      And what is the awakening process if not the soul growth that comes by using every experience in life creatively and constructively.

      HOW DO YOU MAKE A CASTOR OIL PACK AND WHAT DOES IT DO?

      To make a castor oil pack, you will need the following materials:

      1. Flannel cloth

      2. Plastic sheet—no coloring

      3. Electric heating pad

      5. Two or three safety pins

      6. Castor oil

      7. Bath towel

      Prepare a soft flannel cloth, preferably of wool flannel. The cloth should be two or four thicknesses when folded, and should measure about ten by twelve or fourteen inches in size after being folded. This is the size needed for abdominal application. Other areas of the body would need to have the pack shaped and sized to the area to be treated.

      Next, pour some castor oil onto the cloth, using a plastic sheet underneath to keep from soiling other articles. Make sure the cloth is wet but not dripping with oil. Apply the pack to the portion of the body that needs treatment, keeping the plastic sheet on the outside.

      After that, place the heating pad on the plastic sheet, covering the pack, and turn the heat to low first, then to medium and higher if the body is comfortable with it. Do not burn the skin. This is not therapeutic!

      Finally, wrap a bath towel, folded lengthwise, around the trunk of the person being treated, so that it covers the pack and the heating pad, and fasten it in place with safety pins.

      The pack should remain in place for an hour to an hour and a half, and the skin can be easily cleansed with a solution of baking soda and water—two teaspoons to a quart. Use it warm, not cold.

      The flannel pack need not be discarded after a single application, but may be kept in a plastic container for future use. Unless the pack gets discolored or the oil becomes rancid, it may continue to be used over a period of months. Some like to keep the pack in the refrigerator, but it should then always be warmed up before application.

      Frequency of use? From three to seven days a week, to be followed most often