Health through inner body cleansing: the famous F. X. Mayr intestinal therapy from Europe

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by  Erich Rauch, Florian Rauch

Health Through Inner Body Cleansing
The Famous F. X. Mayr Intestinal Therapy from Europe
Seventh Edition
Erich Rauch, MD †
Former President and Honorary Chairman
International Society of Mayr Physicians
Lans, Austria
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Contents
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Preface to the Previous Editions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Short Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
1 Illness and Health—A New View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Boerhaave, Semmelweis, Mayr: Men Ahead of Their Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
These Questions Were Important for F. X. Mayr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Diagnostics of Good Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
When and How Illness Begins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
How Damage First Occurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The Digestive System—Root of the Human Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Intestinal Sluggishness Leads to Illness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
What Can Be Learned from the Shape of the Abdomen? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Possible Complaints Associated With a Sluggish Small Intestine . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Formation of Toxins from Decomposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Origins of Dysbiosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Diseases of the Digestive System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Contamination of the Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Effect on the Entire Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sluggish Intestines Make a Person Look Ugly and Old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Posture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
The Skin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Sluggishness of the Bowels Causes Premature Aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2 Recovery by the Mayr Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Mayr Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Mayr’s Healing or Tea Fast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
The Basic Program for all Cures in Accordance with F. X. Mayr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Maintenance and Cleansing Therapy with a Hard Roll and Milk Diet
(Mayr’s Milk Fast) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
The First Therapeutic Principle: Respite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Hard Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Eating Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
The Drinking Cure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
The Herbal Tea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
What to Do if Hungry or Thirsty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
General Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Contents
The Second Therapeutic Principle: Cleansing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Intestinal Cleansing with Epsom Salt Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Enemas as a Supportive Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Deacidification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The Third Therapeutic Principle: Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Manual Abdominal Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Other Types of Mayr Cure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
The Expanded Milk Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
The Mild Drainage Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Course and Framework Conditions of the Mayr Cure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Objective Criteria for Judging Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
The Psyche and Digestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Our Dear Fellow Humans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Healthier Parents—Healthier Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Vitamins, Minerals, and Other Vital Substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
The Therapeutic Principle of Substitution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Addiction to Pills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Conclusion of Therapy and Repetition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Dangers of Self-treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Who is Particularly Well Suited for the Mayr Cure? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
The Most Common Questions about the Mayr Cure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
3 Better Nutrition and a Healthier Way of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Proper Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
The Senses as Selectors of Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
The Protective Reflexes of the Digestive System as
Regulators of Food Intake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Nutritional Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
How Should We Eat?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
How Much Should We Eat? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
When and How Often Should We Eat? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
What Should We Eat? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
General Rules for Good Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Respite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cleansing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
A Healthier Tomorrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Further Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Further Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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Foreword
In the 8 years since the last edition of this book, we have been pleased to see how
important it is to all the health-conscious people who are taking the F. X. Mayr C ure.
This book contains information on a more beneficial and healthier way of living and
eating, essential for those experiencing our cure for body and spirit for the first time, but
also for those who undergo a thorough detoxification once a year or from time to time.
The author, Dr. Erich Rauch, who further developed the holistic medical approach of
F. X. Mayr, died in 2003. His first work, Die Darmreinigung [Intestinal Cleansing],
was p ublished more than 50 years ago and was then, and for many years thereafter, a
trailblazer for the dissemination of Mayr’s teaching and highly successful therapeutic
guidelines throughout the German-speaking countries.
In the course of time, translations into foreign languages followed, and now the
English translation, Health Through Inner Body Cleansing, is being published for the
seventh time.
With this in mind, I wish this book continued attention from a large cohort of
h ealth-conscious readers. I am convinced that reading it will make a decisive contribution
to their individual welfare.
Florian Rauch, MD
Private Practice
Vienna, Austria
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Preface to the Previous Editions
The findings of the Austrian researcher and physician Dr. Franz Xaver Mayr (1875–1965)
are quite contrary to the popular tastes of our modern age. His teachings certainly do not
accord with the inner sedate nature, the superficiality, and the widespread consumer-
ism of affluent citizens. Neither do they promise the effortless achievement of excellent
health nor the “ideal weight.” On the contrary, they require motivation to actively contrib-
ute to the healing process and to give up one’s favorite harmful habits.
It is therefore appropriate to refer to the F. X. Mayr Cure as a “character cure” because
committed cooperation is an indispensable prerequisite for its outstanding curative effect.
However, because this prerequisite is not commonly encountered, it should not come as
a surprise that some of our fellow humans have a negative attitude toward this therapy
right from the start. This observation also holds true for those physicians who, even today,
are used to trusting only in the efficacy of chemical/pharmaceutical preparations, having
been trained exclusively in a different method of thought and therapy. Nevertheless, inter-
est in Mayr’s findings continues to grow. Today there are easily hundreds of thousands of
readers and hundreds of physicians all over the world who have familiarized themselves
with the Mayr Cure and know how to apply it, often with outstanding success.
This book is the standard text for patients, acting as an introduction to and practical
application of the classic Mayr Cure. The better you understand the connections described
here and the more strictly you observe the guidelines for carrying out the cure, the more
joy, self-confidence, and especially therapeutic success you will experience. Reading this
book will perhaps also grant you a “light-bulb moment,” when you become aware of
the hidden effects of numerous and previously unnoticed mistakes in your way of living
and eating. You will realize the helpful options that you have at your disposal within the
framework of the Mayr Cure, in order to attain a fundamental renewal in your physical
and psychological health.
The royal healing path of Mayr medicine invariably requires the direction of a physician
specifically trained for this purpose. Mayr physicians must have acquired their knowledge
about this diet in several professional courses for physicians and personally experienced it
in their own organism, that is, in body and soul. Without this prerequisite, the cure would
be executed incorrectly and with questionable results, thereby discrediting the method’s
good reputation. (See the Appendix for contact information on trained Mayr physicians.)
The old master himself, who was physically and mentally extremely fit, immensely vig-
orous and active up to his death in the 90th year of his life (1965), acknowledged and
recognized the present book both verbally and in writing. How pleased he would have
been with the widespread distribution of his teachings, expressed in the growing number
of foreign-language translations and currently in the 43rd edition of this standard text in
the German language.
May all readers gain valuable insights and follow the proven path to health recovery
according to F. X. Mayr with the best success conceivable.
Erich Rauch, MD†
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