AI: "Armand Rotureau was a prominent 19th-century French pharmacist and author. His 1856 work, Die Mineralquellen zu Nauheim, analyzed the chemical composition of the famous Nauheim mineral springs. It detailed their therapeutic reliance on dissolved carbonic acid gas."
"The carbonic-acid-gas baths have been successfully employed, especially in rheumatic affections. The most severe of rheumatic affections is perhaps paralysis; the gas treatment has a most powerful effect on this manifestation of rheumatis." — Armand Rotureau (1856)
Remember when the polyphenols in green tea were called "tannins"? We were told to add milk to our tea to block their absorption. Now the tannins in green tea are called "pseudo-tannins" (catechins); they're sold as health and longevity supplements (EGCG, ECG, EGC, EC, etc.).
People avoided tannins till they were renamed polyphenols. Not all polyphenols are tannins, but MANY of the polyphenols used as health supplements are definitely tannins. Remember when people avoided the polyphenols in almond skins when they were called tannins? 😃
AI: "Green bananas are predominantly packed with resistant starch, specifically Type 2 Resistant Starch (RS2). Because this starch has a highly compact, raw granule structure, it resists digestion in the small intestine and acts more like soluble dietary fiber."
Use sparingly.
"The Pearl of Great Price is unrehearsed, ever-new, unanticipated joy now. It's called the Pearl of Great Price because you can't live it twice. Now is the Union." — Swami Nitty-Gritty (Yoga is to yoke, to bind, to unite — Union with the environment.) 🦋
"Why is there death, age, disease, and suffering?" asked Adano Christopher Ley during his 29 Palms desert meditation. A voice boomed in his head, "If you can do better, you take over!" 😃
I've used numerous sources for my CO2-related e-books, and one of my favorites is Carbonic Acid in Medicine, by Achilles Rose (1839-1916). I e-mailed a copy to Ray Peat, but he already had a copy.
"In 1834 Mojon, of Genoa, published his experiences with the [CO2] gas in gynecological practise, recommending carbonic-acid-gas douches in dysmenorrhea, a mode of treatment long before known but at that time forgotte." — Achilles Rose (1905)
AI: "Edmond Weill (1858–1924) was a prominent French pediatrician known for his contributions to medicine, particularly his early use of oxygen gas in clinical practice." 🤔 AI is biased against CO2. The Great Reboot asserts CO2 is a physiological and atmospheric waste product.
"As recently as 1883 Edmond Weill spoke in the Academic des Sciences of Paris on his experience in applying carbonic-acid- gas inhalations to patients suffering from dyspnea [shortness of breath]." — Achilles Rose (1905)
There ARE hidden technologies, but medical tech is almost always Rube Goldberg BS. Actual cures take no tech to minimal tech, e.g., Swami Nitty-Gritty's TENS unit, his Tesla coil, his paraffin wax therapy machine, his colonic machine, &c.
AI: "Longtime Santa Barbara organic farmer Mike Iniguez passed away on June 4, 2026, following a battle with stage 4 mesothelioma. He farmed in the Santa Barbara area for over 60 years and was a beloved fixture at the local markets."
We loved his peppers and Early Girl tomatoes.
"From the observation that the fumes of freshly plowed earth did good service to consumptives — as the belief was — the conclusion was arrived at that the carbonic acid of these fumes was the essential agent." — Achilles Rose (1905)
"In former times carbonic-acid-gas inhalations of a specified degree were a well-known and extensively employed therapeutic measure." — Achilles Rose (1905)
AI: "Jean Nicolas Demarquay (1815–1875) was a prominent French surgeon and physician who, in collaboration with chemist Charles Leconte, pioneered early experiments with medical gases in the mid-19th century."
"Demarquay, who has written the history of carbonic-acid treatment, reported from his practise analogous cases in which long-continued carbonic-acid-gas douches ameliorated the condition of cancerous ulcers, relieving pain and arresting the progress of the disease." Achilles Rose
"In many ashrams in India, the disciples are like lambs and need the constant attention of the shepherd. In the West, we are more like sheep. We still need the shepherd, but he can be at a certain distance." — Swami Nitty-Gritty 🦋