Edgar Cayce was a highly intelligent fraud. I looked into his psychic
medical cures long ago and found, 1. they many were either common home
remedies at the time (poultices and the like) or, 2. they were so
impracticable nobody could possibly gather up all the ingredients to
make them work (e.g., the TB cure). I actually tested his toothpaste
formula at the time, and while it was probably good enough for
19th-century dental hygienic practices (better than nothing at all), I
must say it tasted horrible. Give me good old Crest any day, with
fluoride. Dentists also recommend regular flossing to toughen up the
gums between teeth, and as I recall Cayce said nothing about that.
Perhaps all the SALT in his toothpaste recipe was supposed to take
the place of floss, but yes, it has long been known that saline is
beneficial for the gums.
Nothing Edgar Cayce said or predicted has made one iota of impact on
the destiny of mankind. But here is Cayce's baldness cure, just for
fun:
http://hairloss.about.com/od/hairlosscuresandcons/a/Crude_Oil.htm
'...But his first - and most bizarre - rule of hair growth was to
massage pure crude oil into the scalp. Cayce said that this treatment
would "improve both the circulation of the scalp and the tone, luster
and thickness of the hair."
'Cayce was careful to recommend only pure, unrefined crude oil - no
gasoline, kerosene or motor oil - and created his own brand that he
named "Crudoleum®." Cayce’s Crudoleum® came from Pennsylvania
and was said to have the mildest odor and the easiest texture to rinse
out of hair. The reason, he said, is that Pennsylvania crude is
paraffin-based. Darker oil is asphalt-based and, according to Cayce,
more difficult to use.
'Following the crude oil application two or three times a month, Cayce
recommended rinsing the hair with 20%% grain alcohol to make the oil
easier to wash out. The final step included rubbing Vaseline into the
scalp to complete the hair rejuvenation process.'
http://www.edgarcayceproducts.com/crudoleum.html
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" If I had remembered that the name 'Galt' appears
in one of her books, I would have chosen a different
name for my character."
Stephen R. Donaldson, "Gradual Interview"
