Beri-Beri:   Causes: Lack of food, irregular and indigestible diet, milled rice and flour, adulterated mustard oil, weakness, and (according to modern science) one kind of bacillus.   Symptoms: Stiff and swollen heels, later swollen

Dropsy: Due to failure of capillary action the watery portion of the blood passes out through the walls of the capillaries (fine tubes connecting arteries and veins) and collects in various parts of the body,

Ascites: Cause: Malfunctioning of the liver, bringing enlargement of the stomach, liver and spleen.   Symptoms: Flatulence, inability to move, weakness, loss of appetite, swellings, depression, constipation, burning sensations, sleepiness, slow temperature, and pallor.  

Obesity And Corpulence: A juice is formed from digested food. When this juice is not fully absorbed into the body, fat grows. When the fat stores up under the skin, the patient has obesity.  

Emaciation:   Causes: Chronic rheumatism of long standing, gonorrhea, sexual debility, fear, grief, bad thoughts, insomnia, poverty, fasting, excessive sexual enjoyment, insufficient food, etc.   Symptoms: Slenderness of waist, stomach, and neck; drying up of

Elephantiasis : Cause: Stomach gas and bad water. When people, for lack of rivers and canals, use tank water for drinking, they may be attacked with elephantiasis. The feet become as heavy as stones in

Measles:   Symptoms: Two or three days from inception there is cold, sneezing, runny nose, red eyes, watery eyes, pain (on temples, backside and whole body), cough, hoarseness, and fever. On the fourth day there