草药在合理治疗中的地位
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祈祷、信心和疗法
(1) “关于为病人祷告的问题，提出了许多使人糊涂的意见。有人说：‘要求代祷的人必须行出信心，将荣耀归给上帝，而且不使用任何疗法。他若是在保健院，就应该立刻离开那里。’我知道这些意见是错误的，若是被人接受了，就会导致许多罪恶。{PH144 4.1}
“另一方面，我又不想说任何会被解释为对祷告的功效缺乏信心的话。信心之路与自以为是的路离得很近。{PH144 4.2}
“明智地使用合理的疗法并不否定信心。水、空气和阳光乃是上帝施行医治的媒介。{PH144 4.3}
“使用主为了人类的益处而使之生长的某些药草，是与运用信心相符的。”(《文稿》1911年31号，写于1888年6月3日){PH144 4.4}
学习(自立)
(2) “关于我们能够为自己做些什么：有一点需要细心周到的考虑。我必须了解自己，必须不断学习如何照料上帝给我的这座建筑——身体，以便使之保持在最佳的健康状态。我必须吃最有利于自己身体的食物。我必须特别注意自己的衣着，以保持血液的健康循环。我不可剥夺自己的锻炼和空气。我必须尽可能地摄取阳光。{PH144 5.1}
“我必须有智慧忠心地监护我的身体。在出汗的时候走进一个寒冷的房间是很不明智的，坐在风口上让自己受凉，也会表明我是一个不明智的管家。双脚和四肢冰凉地坐着，从而把血液从四肢驱赶到大脑和内脏中去，这也是很不明智的。在潮湿的天气我应该始终不让自己的脚受潮。{PH144 5.2}
“我必须有规律地吃最合健康的食物，以制造出最优质的血液。在我的能力范围内，如果可以避免的话，就不要操劳过度。{PH144 5.3}
“我若违犯了上帝为我的身体而制定的法律，就要悔改和改革，使自己处于最有利的条件接受上帝所预备之医生的治疗——纯洁的空气、纯净的水和宝贵而有医治之能的阳光。在解除痛苦上，水可作多方面的贡献。在进食之前喝清洁的热水(大约半夸脱即500毫升左右)总不会出毛病，反而会有益处。用猫薄荷香草沏的一杯茶会使神经镇静下来。{PH144 6.1}
有用的疗法
“葎草(蛇麻，既啤酒花)茶有助于睡眠。葎草膏放在胃上会减轻疼痛。{PH144 6.2}
“如果眼睛衰弱、疼痛或发炎，柔软的法兰绒布在热水和盐中浸湿，会很快带来缓解。{PH144 6.3}
“头脑充血时，若将双脚和四肢放到水中加上一点芥末，就能得到缓解。{PH144 6.4}
“还有许多其它简单的疗法，对于恢复身体健康的功能会起到很大作用。主希望我们为自己使用这一切简单的方法，但人的尽头是上帝的机会。{PH144 6.5}
“如果我们疏于去做几乎每一个家庭都力所能及的事，太懒惰，不肯运用自己可以运用的疗法，同时却求主来减轻疼痛，就只是一种僭妄的行为。主希望我们工作，以便获得食物。我们只有先开垦、耕作、种植，上帝才会让我们收成。然后上帝会赐下雨露、阳光和云彩，使植物生长。上帝在作工，人则与上帝合作。然后才有撒种的时间和收成。{PH144 7.1}
“上帝使地生出药草供人使用。如果我们明白这些根和药草的性质，正确地使用它们，就不必这么经常去看病了，人们的身体也会比现在健康得多。{PH144 7.2}
“我相信我们在使用我所提到的疗法时，是在求告大医师。关于工作方式，我们肯定需要灵巧像蛇，驯良像鸽子。我们可能会很热心，但却可能是一种不明智的热心，会阻碍我们的道路。于是我们的工作就有受到限制以致成就的善事很少的危险。”(《信函》1890年35号，写于2月6日){PH144 7.3}
(3) “药物越简单，害处也就越少。但在许多情况下根本没有必要使用这些药物。{PH144 8.1}
每一个家庭都可使用草药
“每一个家庭都可以使用简单的草药和植物的根，而不需要急于找医师像找律师一样。{PH144 8.2}
“我觉得无法明确地告诉你医生所配制和开出的药物中哪些是完全无害的。就此问题进行争论是不明智的。医生热衷于使用他们所配制的危险药物。我坚决反对使用这些东西。它们根本没有治疗的效果;虽能减轻症状，却引起更严重的后果。许多医师不会给自己和自己的孩子开这种药。他们如果对人体有所了解，……就会知道我们受造奇妙可畏，决不可对肌体施用这些烈性的药物。{PH144 8.3}
“当这件事在我面前摆开，使我看到药物治疗的不幸后果时，便有亮光赐给我，要求安息日复临信徒建立健康机构，杜绝这一切摧毁健康的药物。医师应当按照卫生的原理医治病人。” (《信函》1893年17号a，写于1893年10月2日){PH144 8.4}
(4) “药物的复杂名称是用来掩盖其实质的。这样，就没有人知道是用什么方法治疗他们了，除非他们有一本字典来查出这些名称的意思。{PH144 9.1}
“主已经赐下田野中的一些简单草药，有时是有益处的。如果每个家庭都受到教育知道在生病时如何使用这些草药，那么，许多痛苦就可以免除，也不需要请医生了。这些传统的简单草药，如果加以聪明地使用，本可以使许多死于药物治疗的病人康复。”(《信函》1897年82号，写于1897年2月10日){PH144 9.2}
草药无害，药物有害
(5) “如果我生病，我宁愿请来一位律师，就像请来全科医生中的一位。我不会尝试他们用拉丁文开出的药方。我决心了解每一种施于我身体之药物的英文名称。{PH144 9.3}
“用药物治疗的人得罪了自己的理智，危害了自己的余生。{PH144 10.1}
“有一些无害的草药，若加以使用，就会治疗许多看似十分严重的病症。{PH144 10.2}
“但若人人都愿寻求在自己身体的需要上变得聪明起来，疾病就会少见而非常见。一点儿预防胜过大量治疗。”(《文稿》1897年86号，写于1897年8月25日){PH144 10.3}
(6) “要废弃药物治疗。在这一点上医师的良心必须总是保持温柔和清洁。要提防使用有毒性药物的倾向，这种药物治不了病，反而会杀人。关于使用药物，会有种种情况摆在我们面前。许多人用药物治疗反而造成死亡。我们的医师藉着药物治疗，已使许多不用药物就不会死的人丧失了性命。{PH144 10.4}
药物致命
“一些发烧的病人，医师若完全不用药物治疗，在工作中运用智慧，聪明而坚持不懈地采用主自己的方法，即充足的空气和水，本来是可以复元的，可是他们却死去了。死亡的原因是不负责任地施用了不该用的药物。{PH144 10.5}
“使用药物会付出昂贵的代价，常常造成脑和舌的麻痹，和受害者非正常的死亡。如果用热水冷水，热敷，包裹法，湿裹单，坚持不懈地进行治疗，他们本来是可以活到今天的。{PH144 11.1}
学习上帝的方法
“决不要施用任何会给人体系统留下有害影响的药物。为了实行这个问题上的亮光，进行卫生的治疗，我们才在各个地方建立起疗养院。……{PH144 11.2}
“我们必须在这些问题上得到光照。人们给药物起了复杂难懂的名称，来掩盖其实质，以致如果不查字典，没有人能明白这些药物的作用。{PH144 11.3}
(7) “关于在我们的机构使用药物一事，这是与主所乐意赐予的亮光相违背的。药业对我们世界所产生的危害和杀伤要超过它的疗效或好处。最先所赐给我有关为什么要建立疗养院的亮光是疗养院要改革医生的医疗实践。{PH144 12.1}
“这是上帝的方法。为了人类的利益而生长的药草，和那些为突发疾病而保存和浸泡的少量药草，已经提供了十倍的服务，是的，比所有隐藏在解难解名字下开给病人的药物的作用要大一百倍。{PH144 12.2}
“这是一种欺骗和闹剧，而主已向我显明这种做法不会保存生命，而会引进那些决不应该进入身体系统的东西，因为它们会对人体组织产生有害的作用。”(《信函》1898年59号，写于1898年8月29日){PH144 12.3}
(8) “药物学备受推崇。但是如果把来自所有这种机构的每一瓶药全都取消，今日世界的病人就会减少。我们的机构决不要采用药物治疗。没有这样的必要。因此主才要我们建立机构，好让祂进来显示祂的恩典和能力。祂宣布说：“复活在我，生命也在我”(约11:25)。{PH144 12.4}
学习自我治疗
“治疗病人的真正方法是把对人有益的草药告诉他们。科学家们给这些最简单的草药取了冗长的学名。但真教育会引导我们教导病人请医生要像请律师一样。若有必要，他们自己可以使用简单的草药。{PH144 13.1}
“教导人说只有医生才明白婴孩和各种年龄的人所患的一切疾病，这乃是假教育。我们这班人越快坚持健康改良的原则，就越有福气临到从事真正医疗工作的人身上。有一项工作要做，就是用水来治疗病人，教导他们充分利用阳光和身体锻炼。我们就这样可以用简单的语言教导人如何保健，如何避免疾病。这是我们的疗养院蒙召去做的工作。这是真科学。”(《文稿》1898年105号，写于1898年8月26日){PH144 13.2}
放弃人的药剂
(9) “医师还可求助于药物，在人体中留下致命的祸害，毁灭基督来到世上要复原的生命吗?基督的疗法清洁人体系统。但撒但引诱人引进会削弱人体机制的东西，堵塞并毁灭上帝精细美妙的装置。给病人服用的药物不是恢复，而是毁灭。药物从来不治病。反之，它们在人体系统中种下苦种，会收获极苦的后果。{PH144 14.1}
“我们的救主是恢复者，要在人身上恢复上帝的道德形像。祂在自然界提供了医治人们疾病的疗法，使跟从祂的人可以得生命，并且得的更丰盛。我们可以安全地放弃人们在过去使用的药物制剂。主在简单的植物中提供了疾病的解毒剂，我们可以凭信心来使用，一点不否认信心;因为通过使用上帝为我们的益处所提供的福气，我们是在与祂合作。我们可以使用水和阳光以及祂使之生长的草药，来治疗因不谨慎或意外事故而招致的病患。”(《文稿》1899年65号，写于1899年4月25日){PH144 14.2}
(10) “如果从起初就把所有药物从疗养院中拿出去，并使用简单的疗法，就是清洁的水，洁净的空气，阳光，和一些土产的简单草药，本来会更好的。这一切会和那些冠以神秘名字并经过人类科学调制的药物一样灵验。而且它们不会在人体系统中留下任何有害的后果。{PH144 15.1}
“成千上万受苦的人如果不靠到药房治病，放弃一切的药物，过着简朴的生活，不用茶，咖啡，酒类或香料，他们是可以恢复健康的。上述的这些东西刺激和削弱肠胃功能，使之若无刺激就连最简单的食物也消化不了。”(《文稿》1903年第115号，写于1902年9月4日){PH144 15.2}
(11) “我们已蒙指示，在治疗病人的时候，应当放弃药物的使用。{PH144 15.3}
“有简单的草药能用来使病人康复。这些草药对人体系统的影响与那些毒害血液危及生命的药物大不相同。”(《文稿》1908年73号){PH144 15.4}
(12) “我蒙指示看到，我们应该有更多的妇女能够特别处理妇女的疾病,应有更多的女护士会以简单的方式治疗病人，而不使用药物。{PH144 16.1}
护士要学习使用草药
“有许多简单的草药，如果我们的护士们乐意了解其价值，就可用它们代替药物，并且会发现是非常有效的。”(《信函》1908年第90号){PH144 16.2}
“祂藉着自己的工具已创造出会使病人恢复健康的物质。如果人正确地运用上帝所赐的智慧，世界就会成为天国一般。”(《文稿》1899年63号){PH144 16.3}
“我们应当做出坚决的努力听从主就照顾病人的工作所赐的指示。应该提供给病人每一可能的有利条件。主已提供的所有的恢复媒介都应该充分利用在我们的疗养院工作中。”(《文稿》1911年19号){PH144 16.4}
无花果治疗恶痛
“当主告诉希西家要延长他十五年的寿数，并以使日头向后退十度为实现祂应许的兆头时，为什么祂没有把直接使人复原的能力加在王身上呢?祂告诉他取一串无花果放在他的痛处，那个自然的疗法因上帝的赐福医治了他。自然界的上帝现在仍指导人使用自然的疗法。(《信函》1899年182号){PH144 16.5}
继续健康改良
“应当施与特殊的教导，不用含有毒质的药物去医治病人，这乃是与上帝所赐的亮光相符合的。学生从学校里出来，决不可牺牲健康改良的原则。”(《信函》1908年90号){PH144 17.1}
医生要教导平信徒
“凡希望成为传道士的人应当接受称职医师的指教。他会教导他们如何不用药物来照料病人。这种功课对于那些要到外国去效劳的人具有极大的价值。他们所使用的简单疗法将会救许多人的性命。”(《文稿》1908年83号){PH144 17.2}
“每一个愿意与主合作，努力帮助受苦的人恢复健康，不用药物，而采用自然疗法的医师，必得到主的帮助。基督是大医师，是奇妙的医治者。祂使与祂合作的人取得成功。”(《信函》1902年142号){PH144 17.3}
“医生应该一边用自然疗法医病，一边对病人指出那位能医治身体和心灵疾病的主。”(《服务真诠》111页){PH144 18.1}
“生了病，先要查清病因。要改变不卫生的状况，改掉不良的习惯。然后帮助自然排除污秽，恢复人体的正常状态。”(《服务真诠》127页){PH144 18.2}
其它简单的疗法
“新鲜的空气，阳光，节制，休息，锻炼，适宜的饮食，水的应用，依靠上帝的能力——这一切都是真正的疗法。”(《服务真诠》127页){PH144 18.3}
“行医之道甚多，但能得上天嘉许的只有一种。上帝的治法是采用简单的自然能力，利用其强有力的特性，既不使身体负担过重，也不容其趋于虚弱。纯净的空气及水，清洁，合适的饮食，纯正的生活，及坚心信赖上帝，这些都是千万垂死之人所需要的治疗。……新鲜的空气，运动，纯洁的水，以及清洁雅致的居室，这些都是费用甚少，而为人人力所能及的。”(《教会证言》卷五443页){PH144 18.4}
“医师需要超越于人类的智慧与能力，以便知道如何救治他所遇见的关于脑及心的许多疑难病症。他若是不明白上帝恩典的能力，就不但不能帮助那受苦的人，反而会加深其困难;但如果他坚心倚靠上帝，则必能帮助这患病烦扰的脑筋。”(《教会证言》卷五444页){PH144 19.1}
肺炎的合理治疗
(13) “1864年冬天，我的威利突患肺炎，发起了高烧。我们刚刚埋葬了因患这种病而去世的长子，所以对于威利倍感焦虑，唯恐他也会死去。我们决定不去请医生，而是用水疗尽全力帮助他，并为这孩子恳求主。我们召集了几个有信心的人和我们一起祷告，得到了上帝同在和赐福的美好保证。{PH144 19.2}
“第二天威利病得非常厉害。他神志恍惚，似乎看不到或听不见我跟他讲话。他的心跳没有规律，不住地乱跳。我们不停地为祂仰望上帝，在他头上多多使用水疗，且在他的肺部不停地冷敷，不久他似乎变得和平时一样清醒了。他身体的右侧痛得厉害，片刻不能侧卧。这种疼痛也被冷水敷克服了，我们根据发烧的程度改变水温，非常小心地保持他的双手和双脚温暖。{PH144 20.1}
“我们预料危险期会在第七天来到。他生病期间我们只稍事休息。我们不得不把他在第四夜和第五夜交给别人照看。我丈夫和我本人第五天感到非常焦虑。孩子吐出鲜血来，而且咳得很厉害。我丈夫花了很多时间祷告。那天夜间我们把孩子交给细心的人看护。在休息前，我丈夫花了很长时间恳切祷告。突然他祈祷的重担离开了他，似乎有声音对他说：‘去躺下吧，我会照顾孩子的。’{PH144 20.2}
“我休息时感到不舒服，而且无法入睡，因为忧虑了好几个小时。我感到呼吸困难。尽管睡在一个很大的房间中，我还是起来打开通向大厅的门，立刻便感到舒服了，不久就睡着了。我梦见一位有经验的医生正站在我孩子的身边，观察他每次的呼吸，一只手放在孩子的心脏处，另一只手给他号脉。他转身对我们说：‘危险期已经过去了。他已经历了最糟糕的一夜，现在会很快好起来，因为他没有受到药物的有害影响，无需从中摆脱。身体自然的机能充分发挥了其作用，清除了他身体中的一切杂质。’我对他讲述了自己的精疲力竭，呼吸困难，以及因打开门而得到的缓解。{PH144 21.1}
新鲜的空气
“他说：‘你使自己感到舒服的办法也会让你的孩子感到舒服。他需要空气。你让他过于暖和了。从炉子里放出的热气是有害的，若是没有空气从窗户的缝隙中进来，那些热气就会毒害生命。炉子的热气破坏空气的活力，使肺部变得衰弱。因为房间过度保暖，孩子的肺部已经被变得衰弱了。病人因疾病而衰弱，所以需要空气的全部活力，这样，他们就能忍受得住，增强生命器官的力量来抵抗疾病。然而在多数情况下，空气和阳光却在非常需要的时候被隔绝于病室之外，好像它们是危险的敌人一般。’{PH144 21.2}
“这个异梦和我丈夫的经历对我们两个人都是安慰。早晨我们发现孩子已经历了一个不眠之夜。他似乎一直高烧到中午。然后烧退了，他看起来相当好，只是仍然虚弱。他在五天的生病期间只吃了一小块饼干。他很快好了起来，而且健康状况比前几年还要好。这个经历对我们来说颇有价值。(《属灵的恩赐》，卷四(第一部分)第151-153页){PH144 22.1}
使用木炭的经验
(14) “一位弟兄患病得了肠炎和出血性痢疾。他不是一个审慎的健康改良者，而是放纵食欲的人。我们正在准备离开德克萨斯州。在那里我们已辛劳了几个月。我们预备好了马车准备带走这位弟兄和他的家人，还有其他几个患有疟疾发烧的人。我丈夫和我认为我们承受得起这笔费用，不能让几个家庭的男主人死去，使得他们的妻儿们无人养活。两三个人被放进一辆大马车的弹簧垫子上。{PH144 22.2}
“但这个患有肠炎的人，是派人请我来看他的。我丈夫和我认为让他搬动不妥。我们担心发生坏疽。然后有了像是主传达给我的念头让我用炭粉，并在其上加水，给病人喝，同时把裹上炭的绷带包扎在他的肠子和胃上。我们离丹尼森城约有三里路，但病人的儿子去了一家铁匠铺，得到了木炭，磨成粉，让后按照所给的指导使用。结果半个小时后就有好转。我们不得不继续行程，把这一家人留在后面，但令我们吃惊的是，第二天看到他们的马车赶上了我们。病人正躺在马车的床上。上帝的赐福与所使用的简单方法同工了。”(《信函》1899年第182号){PH144 23.1}
木炭和荨麻
“最有益处的疗法之一就是把炭粉放在一个袋子里，用于热敷。这是最有成效的疗法。如果在煮过的荨麻中浸湿，效果会更好。我订购了这种产品，以备在病人剧痛时使用。当医生向我透露，他认为病人生命处于最后时刻的时候，我便建议用炭。病人入睡后，转机便来到，于是就有了康复的结果。对于手有瘀伤而且发炎的学生们，我推荐了这个简单的疗法，取得了完全成功。发炎的毒素得到克服，疼痛消失，疗效迅速达到。眼睛更严重的发炎可以藉着炭膏得到减轻，把炭膏放在袋子里面，浸入到热水或冷水中，最适合该病情。这种方法很神奇。{PH144 24.1}
“我料到你会因此发笑;但如果我能给这种疗法取一个外国气派的名字，是除了我任何人都不知道的，就会有更大的影响。”(《信函》1897年82号){PH144 24.2}
木炭和橄榄油
“我要告诉你一点关于使用木炭作为疗法的个人经历。对于某些消化不良，其效果比药物要更灵验。在一些木炭粉里加入一点橄榄油，经过搅拌，就有清洁和医治的效果。我发现这是绝佳的方法。……{PH144 24.3}
“总要研究并教导使用最简单的疗法，可以期待主的特别赐福会伴随着这些方法的使用，因为这些方法是普通百姓力所能及的。(《信函》1903年100号){PH144 25.1}
松树、杉木和枞树
(15) “所赐的亮光是松树、杉木和枞树的香气是有利于健康的。还有其它几种树木具有药性，能促进健康。”(《信函》1902年95号，写于1902年6月26日){PH144 25.2}
用木炭治疗昆虫叮咬发炎等
“有一次，一个医师极其苦恼地来找我。他应邀为一位病情很危险的年轻妇女看病。她在营地里发了高烧，被带到澳大利亚墨尔本附近我们的校舍里。但她病情极为严重，人们担心她会丧失性命。医师梅里特·凯洛格博士来找我说：‘怀姐妹，关于这个病情你有什么亮光给我吗?如果不能使我们姐妹的病情得到缓解，她就只能活几个小时了。’我回答道：‘派人去铁匠铺，搞到一些炭粉;制成膏状，放到她的胃部和身体的两侧。’医师匆忙离去按照我的指示去做了。不久他回来说：‘在敷上炭膏不到半个小时后就见好了。现在她正自然地睡眠，是许多天来的第一次。’{PH144 25.3}
“对于其他忍受巨大疼痛的人，我吩咐用同样的治疗。既减轻了疼痛，还救了命。我母亲曾告诉我被蛇咬，被爬行动物或有毒昆虫叮咬后，如果使用炭膏，通常是不会中毒的。当工人们在澳大利亚埃文代尔工作时，他们的双手和四肢常有擦伤，这在许多情况下会导致严重的发炎，以至于工人不得不离开工作一段时间。一天有一个人在这种情况下找我，手上吊着绷带。他因这种情况而非常痛苦;因为人们需要他帮助清理土地，我对他说：‘去到你平时烧木料的地方，烧出一些桉树的炭，磨成粉，我会敷在你的手上。’这样做后，第二天早晨他回报说疼痛消失了。不久他准备回去工作。{PH144 26.1}
“我写这些事是使你们可以知道主没有丢下我们，不给我们使用简单疗法，使用简单疗法不会让身体衰弱，而药物的使用却常常导致这种状况。我们需要受过良好训练的护士，能明白如何使用自然界提供用来恢复健康的简单疗法，且能教导那些对健康律一无所知的人如何使用这些简单却有效的疗法。”(《信函》1908年第90号){PH144 27.1}
“不久以后，除了医疗布道之外，没有别的传道工作可做了。”(《健康勉言》533页){PH144 27.2}
不推荐使用药物：“你们把一所学校抬举到其他学校之上，好像只有它是值得尊重的，这样做是不对的。鼓吹一所医科学校、诋毁另一所医科学校的人，乃出于不是按着真知识的热心(罗10:3)。一些人怀着法利赛式的骄傲蔑视从所谓标准学校取得文凭的人。……使用药物弊多利少。如果我们自称相信真理的医生完全放弃药物，忠心地实施卫生的原则，运用自然的疗法，他们的努力就会取得大得多的成功。完全不需要推崇任何使用药物的疗法。我知道自己所说的是什么。医学界的弟兄们：我劝你们坦诚地思考，放弃幼稚的事物。……他们求助于药物，其实他们若有更多的医术和知识，就会知道更好的办法。”(引自《医疗工作》19-23页。又见《洛马林达信息》62页中说：{PH144 29.1}
“当我们接近最后的大试验时，现代真理，第三位天使的信息，是要以大声传扬的。这个试验必定临到参与真正医疗布道工作的各教会。”我们蒙指示，在艰难的时期，将“有许多受苦的人需要帮助”，所以他们因为需要，也“为他们自己的缘故，趁着还有机会，应当学习医疗知识，了解疾病的原因和防治。凡是这样做的人将会到处找到工作的园地。”(《健康勉言》506页){PH144 29.2}
PH144 - The Place of Herbs in Rational Therapy Statements Written By Mrs. E. G. White With Notations and Supplement.
【Prayer, Faith and Remedies】
(1) “In regard to the matter of prayer for the sick, many confusing ideas are advanced. One says, He who has been prayed for must walk out in faith, giving God the glory, and making use of no remedies. If he is at a health institute, he should leave it at once. I know that these ideas are wrong, and that if accepted, they would lead to many evils.?{PH144 4.1}[1]
“On the other hand, I do not wish to say anything that might be interpreted to mean a lack of belief in the efficacy of prayer. The path of faith lies close beside the path of presumption.?{PH144 4.2}[2]
“It is no denial of faith to use rational remedies judiciously. Water, air, and sunshine, these are God’s healing agencies.?{PH144 4.3}[3]
“The use of certain herbs that the Lord has made to grow for the good of man, is in harmony with the exercise of faith,“—Manuscript 31, 1911?(written June 3, 1888).?{PH144 4.4}[4]
【Learn To (Do for Yourself)】
(2) “Now in regard to that which we can do for ourselves: There is a point that requires careful, thoughtful consideration. I must become acquainted with myself. I must be a learner always as to how to take care of this building, the body God has given me, that I may preserve it in the very best condition of health. I must eat those things which will be for my very best good physically and I must take special care to have my clothing such as will conduce to a healthful circulation of the blood. I must not deprive myself of exercise and air. I must get all the sunlight that it is possible for me to obtain.?{PH144 5.1}[5]
“I must have wisdom to be a faithful guardian of my body. I should do a very unwise thing to enter a cool room when in a perspiration; I should show myself an unwise steward to allow myself to sit in a draught, and thus expose myself so as to take cold. I should be unwise to sit with cold feet and limbs and thus drive back the blood from the extremities to the brain or internal organs. I should always protect my feet in damp weather.?{PH144 5.2}[6]
“I should eat regularly of the most healthful food which will make the best quality of blood, and I should not work intemperately if it is in my power to avoid doing so.?{PH144 5.3}[7]
“And when I violate the laws God has established in my being, I am to repent and reform, and place myself in the most favorable condition under the doctors God has provided,—pure air, pure water, and the healing, precious sunlight. Water can be used in many ways to relieve suffering. Draughts of clear, hot water taken before eating (half a quart more or less), will never do any harm, but will rather be productive of good.?A cup of tea made from catnip herb will quiet the nerves.?{PH144 6.1}[8]
【Useful Remedies】
“Hop tea will induce sleep. Hop poultices over the stomach will relieve pain.?{PH144 6.2}[9]
“If the eyes are weak, if there is pain in the eyes, or inflammation, soft flannel cloths wet in hot water and salt, will bring relief quickly.?{PH144 6.3}[10]
“When the head is congested, if the feet and limbs are put in a bath with a little mustard, relief will be obtained.?{PH144 6.4}[11]
“There are many more simple remedies, which will do much to restore healthful action to the body. All these simple preparations the Lord expects us to use for ourselves; but man’s extremities are God’s opportunities.?{PH144 6.5}[12]
“If we neglect to do that which is within the reach of nearly ever family, and ask the Lord to relieve pain, when we are too indolent to make use of these remedies within our power, it is simply presumption. The Lord expects us to work in order that we may obtain food. He does not propose that we shall gather the harvest unless we break the sod, till the soil, and cultivate the produce. Then God sends the rain and the sunshine and the clouds to cause vegetation to flourish. God works, and man cooperates with God. Then there is seed time and harvest.?{PH144 7.1}[13]
“God has caused to grow out of the ground herbs for the use of man and if we understand the nature of these roots and herbs, and make a right use of them, there would not be a necessity of running for the doctor so frequently, and people would be in much better health than they are today.?{PH144 7.2}[14]
“I believe in calling upon the Great Physician when we have used the remedies I have mentioned. In regard to manner of labor we certainly need to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. We might be very zealous, but it might be an unwise zeal, and serve to hedge up our way. Then there is danger of being so circumscribed in our work as to do very little good.”—Letter 35, February 6, 1890.?{PH144 7.3}[15]
(3) “The simpler remedies are less harmful (than drug poisons) in proportion to their simplicity, but in very many cases these are used when not at all necessary.?{PH144 8.1}[16]
【Every Family to Use Herbs】
“There are simple herbs and roots that every family may use for themselves, and need not call in a physician any sooner than they would call a lawyer.?{PH144 8.2}[17]
“I do not think that I can give you any definite line of medicines compounded and dealt out by doctors that are perfectly harmless. And yet it would not be wisdom to engage in controversy over this subject. The practitioners are very much in earnest in using their dangerous concoctions; and I am decidedly opposed to resorting to such things. They never cure; they may change the difficulty to create a worse one. Many of those who practice the prescribing of drugs, would not take the same, or give them to their children. If they have an intelligent knowledge of the human body ... they must know that we are fearfully and wonderfully made, and that not a particle of these strong drugs should be introduced into this human living organism.?{PH144 8.3}[18]
“As the matter was laid open before me,?and the sad burden of the result of drug medication, the light was given me that Seventh-day Adventists should establish health institutions, discarding all these health-destroying inventions, and physicians should treat the sick upon hygienic principles.”—Letter 17a, 1893?(written October 2, 1893)?{PH144 8.4}[19]
(4) “The intricate names given the medicines are used to cover up the matter, so that none will know what is given them as remedies unless they obtain a dictionary to find out the meaning of these names.?{PH144 9.1}[20]
“The Lord has given some simple herbs of the field that at times are beneficial; and if every family were educated in how to use these herbs in case of sickness, much suffering might be prevented, and no doctor need be called. These old-fashioned, simple herbs, used intelligently, would have recovered many sick, who have died under drug medication.”—Letter 82, 1897?(written February 10, 1897)?{PH144 9.2}[21]
【Herbs Harmless, Drugs Harmful】
(5) “Were I sick, I would just as soon call in a lawyer as a physician from among general practitioners. I would not touch their nostrums to which they give Latin names. I am determined to know, in straight English,?the name of everything that I introduce into my system.?{PH144 9.3}[22]
“Those who make a practice of taking drugs, sin against their intelligence and endanger their whole after life.?{PH144 10.1}[23]
“There are herbs that are harmless, the use of which will tide over many apparently serious difficulties.?{PH144 10.2}[24]
“But if all would seek to become intelligent in regard to their bodily necessities, sickness would be rare instead of common. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”—Manuscript 86, 1897. (written August 25, 1897)?{PH144 10.3}[25]
(6) “Drug medication is to be discarded. On this point the conscience of the physician must ever be kept tender, and true, and clean. The inclination to use poisonous drugs, which kill, if they do not cure, needs to be guarded against. Matters have been laid open before me in reference to the use of drugs. Many have been treated with drugs, and the result has been death. Our physicians, by practicing drug medication, have lost many cases that need not have died if they had left their drugs out of the sick-room.?{PH144 10.4}[26]
【Drugs Kill】
“Fever cases have been lost, when had the?physicians left off entirely their drug treatment, had they put their wits to work, and wisely and persistently used the Lord’s own remedies, plenty of air and water, the patients would have recovered. The reckless use of these things that should be discarded has decided the case of the sick.?{PH144 10.5}[27]
“Experimenting in drugs is a very expensive business. Paralysis of the brain and tongue is often the result, and the victims die an unnatural death, when, if they had been treated perseveringly with unwearied, unrelaxed diligence, with hot and cold water, hot compresses, packs and dripping sheets, they would be alive today.?{PH144 11.1}[28]
【Learn God’s Methods】
“Nothing should be put into the human system that will leave a baleful influence behind. And to carry out the light on this subject, to practice hygienic treatment, is the reason which has been given me for establishing sanitariums in various localities....?{PH144 11.2}[29]
“We must become enlightened on these subjects. The intricate names given medicine are used to cover up the matter, so that none will know what is given them as remedies unless they consult a dictionary.?{PH144 11.3}[30]
(7) “As to drugs being used in our institutions, it is contrary to the light which the Lord has been pleased to give. The drugging business has done more harm to our world and killed more than it has helped or cured. The light was first given to me why institutions should be established, that is sanitariums were to reform the medical practices of physicians.?{PH144 12.1}[31]
“This is God’s method. The herbs that grow for the benefit of man, and the little handful of herbs kept and steeped and used for sudden ailments, have served tenfold, yes, one hundred fold better purposes, than all the drugs hidden under mysterious names and dealt out to the sick.?{PH144 12.2}[32]
“It is a delusion and a farce, and the Lord has revealed to me that this practice would not preserve life, but would introduce into the system those things which should never be there, for they would do a deleterious work on the human organism.”—Letter 59, 1898?(written August 29, 1898)?{PH144 12.3}[33]
(8) “The drug science has been exalted, but if every bottle that comes from every such institution were done away with, there would be fewer invalids in the world today. Drug medication should never have been introduced into our institutions. There was no need of?this being so, and for this very reason the Lord would have us establish an institution where He can come in and where His grace and power can be revealed. ‘I am the Resurrection and the Life,’ He declares.?{PH144 12.4}[34]
【Learn to Treat Yourself】
“The true method for healing the sick is to tell them of the herbs that grow for the benefit of man. Scientists have attached large names to these simplest preparations, but true education will lead us to teach the sick that they need not call in a doctor any more than they would call in a lawyer. They can themselves administer the simple herbs if necessary.?{PH144 13.1}[35]
“To educate the human family that the doctor alone knows all the ills of infants and persons of every age is false teaching, and the sooner we as a people stand on the principles of health reform, the greater will be the blessing that will come to those who would do true medical work. There is a work to be done in treating the sick with water and teaching them to make the most of the sunshine and physical exercise. Thus in simple language, we may teach the people how to preserve health, how to avoid sickness. This is the work our sanitariums are called upon to do. This is true science.”—Manuscript 105, 1898, (written August 26, 1898)?{PH144 13.2}[36]
【Discard Human Concoctions】
(9) “Shall physicians continue to resort to drugs, which leave a deadly evil in the system, destroying that life which Christ came to restore? Christ’s remedies cleanse the system. But Satan has tempted man to introduce into the system that which weakens the human machinery, clogging and destroying the fine, beautiful arrangements of God. The drugs administered to the sick do not restore, but destroy. Drugs never cure. Instead, they place in the system seeds which bear a very bitter harvest.?{PH144 14.1}[37]
“Our Saviour is the restorer of the moral image of God in man. He has supplied in the natural world remedies for the ills of man, that His followers may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. We can with safety discard the concoctions which man has used in the past. The Lord has provided antidotes for disease in simple plants, and these can be used by faith, with no denial of faith; for by using the blessings provided by God for our benefit we are cooperating with Him. We can use water and sunshine and the herbs which He has caused to grow for healing maladies brought on by indiscretion or accident.”—Manuscript 65, 1899. (written April 25, 1899)?{PH144 14.2}[38]
(10)?“It would have been better if from the first all drugs had been kept out of our sanitariums, and use had been made of such simple remedies as are found in pure water, pure air, sunlight, and some of the simple herbs growing in the field. These would be just as efficacious as the drugs used under mysterious names, and concocted by human science, and they would leave no injurious effects in the system.?{PH144 15.1}[39]
“Thousands who are afflicted might recover their health if, instead of depending upon the drug store for their life, they would discard all drugs, and live simply, without using tea, coffee, liquor, or spices, which irritate the stomach, and leave it weak, unable to digest even simple food without stimulation.”—Manuscript 115, 1903?(written September 4, 1902).?{PH144 15.2}[40]
(11) “We have been instructed that in our treatment of the sick we should discard the use of drugs.?{PH144 15.3}[41] “There are simple herbs that can be used for the recovery of the sick, whose effect upon the system is very different from that of those drugs that poison the blood and endanger life.”—Manuscript 73, 1908.?{PH144 15.4}[42]
(12) “I have been shown that we should have many more women who can deal especially with the diseases of women, many more lady nurses who will treat the sick in a simple way and without the use of drugs.?{PH144 16.1}[43]
【Nurses Learn to Use Herbs】
“There are many simple herbs which, if our nurses would learn the value of, they could use in the place of drugs, and find very effective.”—Letter 90, 1908.?{PH144 16.2}[44]
“By His own working agencies He has created material which will restore the sick to health. If men would use aright the wisdom God has given them, this world would be a place resembling heaven.”—Manuscript 63, 1899.?{PH144 16.3}[45]
“We should make decided efforts to heed the directions the Lord has given in regard to the care of the sick. They should be given every advantage possible. All the restorative agencies that the Lord has provided should be made use of in our sanitarium work.”—Manuscript 19, 1911.?{PH144 16.4}[46]
【Figs Used on Malignant Sore】
“When the Lord told Hezekiah that He would spare his life for fifteen years, and as a sign that He would fulfill His promise, caused?the sun to go back ten degrees, why did He not put His direct, restoring power upon the King? He told him to apply a bunch of figs to his sore, and that natural remedy, blessed by God, healed him. The God of nature directs the human agent to use natural remedies now.”—Letter 182, 1899.?{PH144 16.5}[47]
【Continue Health Reform】
“Special instruction should be given in the art of treating the sick, without the use of poisonous drugs, and in harmony with the light that God has given. Students should come forth from the school without having sacrificed the principles of health reform.”—Letter 90, 1908.?{PH144 17.1}[48]
【PHysicians to Teach Laity】
“Those who desire to become missionaries are to hear instruction from competent physicians, who will teach them how to care for the sick, without the use of drugs. Such lessons will be of the highest value to those who go out to labor in foreign countries. And the simple remedies used will save many lives.”—Manuscript 83, 1908.?{PH144 17.2}[49]
“The Lord will be the Helper of every physician who will work together with Him?in the effort to restore suffering humanity to health, not with drugs, but with nature’s remedies. Christ is the great physician, the wonderful Healer. He gives success to those who work in partnership with Him.”—Letter 142, 1902.?{PH144 17.3}[50]
“While the physician uses nature’s remedies for physical disease, he should point his patients to Him who can relieve the maladies of both the soul and the body.”—The Ministry of Healing, 111.?{PH144 18.1}[51]
“In case of sickness, the cause should be ascertained, unhealthful conditions should be changed, wrong habits corrected. Then nature is to be assisted in her effort to expel impurities and to reestablish right conditions in the system.”—The Ministry of Healing, 127?{PH144 18.2}[52]
【Other Simple Remedies】
“Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, trust in divine power,—these are the true remedies.”—The Ministry of Healing, 127.?{PH144 18.3}[53] “There are many ways of practising the healing art; but there is only one way that Heaven approves. God’s remedies are the simple agencies of nature, that will not tax or?debilitate the system through their powerful properties. Pure air and water, cleanliness, a proper diet, purity of life, and a firm trust in God, are remedies for the want of which thousands are dying.... Fresh air, exercise, pure water, and clean sweet premises, are within the reach of all.”—Testimonies for the Church 5:443.?{PH144 18.4}[54]
“The physician needs more than human wisdom and power that he may know how to minister to the many perplexing cases of disease of the mind and heart with which he is called to deal. If he is ignorant of the power of divine grace, he cannot help the afflicted one, but will aggravate the difficulty; but if he has a firm hold upon God, he will be able to help the diseased, distracted mind.”—Testimonies for the Church 5:444.?{PH144 19.1}[55]
【Rational Treatment for Pneumonia】
(13) “In the winter of 1864, my Willie was suddenly and violently brought down with lung fever. We had just buried our oldest son with this disease, and were very anxious in regard to Willie, fearing that he, too, might die. We decided that we would not send for a physician, but do the best we could with him ourselves by the use of water, and entreat the Lord in behalf of the child.?We called in a few, who had faith to unite their prayers with ours. We had a sweet assurance of God’s presence and blessing.?{PH144 19.2}[56]
“The next day Willie was very sick. He was wandering. He did not seem to see or hear me when I spoke to him. His heart had no regular beat, but was in a constant agitated flutter. We continued to look to God in his behalf, and to use water freely upon his head, and a compress constantly upon his lungs, and soon he seemed as rational as ever. He suffered severe pain in his right side, and could not lie upon it for a moment. This pain we subdued with cold water compresses, varying the temperature of the water according to the degree of the fever. We were very careful to keep his hands and feet warm.?{PH144 20.1}[57]
“We expected the crisis would come the seventh day. We had but little rest during his sickness, and were obliged to give him up into other’s care the fourth and fifth nights. My husband and myself the fifth day felt very anxious. The child raised fresh blood and coughed considerably. My husband spent much time in prayer. We left our child in careful hands that night. Before retiring my husband prayed long and earnestly. Suddenly his burden of prayer left him, and it seemed as though a voice spoke to him, and said,Go lie down, I will take care of the child.?{PH144 20.2}[58]
“I had retired sick, and could not sleep for anxiety for several hours. I felt pressed for breath, Although sleeping in a large chamber, I arose and opened the door into a large hall, and was at once relieved, and soon slept. I dreamed that an experienced physician was standing by my child, watching every breath, with one hand over his heart, and with the other feeling his pulse. He turned to us and said, ‘The crisis has passed. He has seen his worst night. He will now come up speedily, for he has not the injurious influence of drugs to recover from. Nature has nobly done her work to rid the system of impurities.’ I related to him my worn-out condition, my pressure for breath, and the relief obtained by opening the door.?{PH144 21.1}[59]
【Fresh Air】
“Said he, ‘That which gave you relief will also receive your child. He needs air. You have kept him too warm. The heated air coming from a stove is injurious, and were it not for the air coming in at the crevices of the windows, would be poisonous and destroy life. (Sic.) Stove heat destroys the vitality of the air, and weakens the lungs. The child’s?lungs have been weakened by the room being kept too warm. Sick persons are debilitated by disease, and need all the invigorating air that they can bear to strengthen the vital organs to resist disease. And yet in most cases, air and light are excluded from the sick room at the very time when most needed, as though dangerous enemies.’?{PH144 21.2}[60]
“This dream and my husband’s experience were a consolation to us both. We found in the morning that our boy had passed a restless night. He seemed to be in a high fever until noon. Then the fever left him, and he appeared quite well, except weak. He had eaten but one small cracker through his five days sickness. He came up rapidly, and has had better health than he has had for several days before. This experience is valuable to us.”—“Facts of Faith.” pages 151-153.?{PH144 22.1}[61]
【Experience With Charcoal】
(14) “A brother was taken sick, with inflammation of the bowels and bloody dysentery. The man was not a careful health reformer, but indulged his appetite. We were just preparing to leave Texas, where we had been laboring for several months, and we had carriages prepared to take away his brother?and his family, and several others who were suffering from malarial fever. My husband and I thought we would stand this expense rather than have the heads of several families die and leave their wives and children unprovided for. Two or three were taken in a large spring wagon on spring mattresses.?{PH144 22.2}[62]
“But this man who was suffering from inflammation of the bowels, sent for me to come to him. My husband and I decided that it would not do to move him. Fears were entertained that mortification had set in. Then the thought came to me like a communication from the Lord, to take pulverized charcoal, put water upon it, and give this water to the sick man to drink, putting bandages of the charcoal over the bowels and stomach. We were about one mile from the city of Dennison, but the sick man’s son went to a blacksmith’s shop, secured the charcoal, and pulverized it, and then used it according to the directions given. The result was that in half an hour there was a change for the better. We had to go on our journey and leave the family behind, but what was our surprise the following day to see their wagon overtake us. The sick man was lying in a bed in the wagon. The blessing of God had worked with the simple means used.”—Letter 182, 1899.?{PH144 23.1}[63]
【Charcoal and Smartweed】
“One of the most beneficial remedies is pulverized charcoal in a bag and used in fomentations. This is a most successful remedy. If wet in smartweed, boiled, it is still better. I have ordered this in cases where the sick were suffering great pain, and when it has been confided to me by the physician that he thought it was the last before the close of life. Then I suggested the charcoal, and the patient has slept, the turning point came, and recovery was the result. To students, when injured with bruised hands, and suffering with inflammation, I have prescribed this simple remedy with perfect success. The poison of inflammation is overcome, the pain removed, and healing goes on rapidly. The more severe inflammation of the eyes will be relieved by a poultice of charcoal, put in a bag and dipped in hot or cold water as will best suit the case. This works, like a charm.?{PH144 24.1}[64]
“I expect you will laugh at this; but if I could give this remedy some outlandish name, that no one knew but myself, it would have greater influence.”—Letter 82, 1897.?{PH144 24.2}[65]
【Charcoal and Olive Oil】
“I will tell you a little about my experience with charcoal as a remedy. For some?forms of indigestion, it is more efficacious than drugs. A little olive oil into which some of this powder has been stirred, tends to cleanse and heal. I find it is excellent....?{PH144 24.3}[66]
“Always study and teach the use of the simplest remedies, and the special blessing of the Lord may be expected to follow the use of these means which are within the reach of the common people.”—Letter 100, 1903.?{PH144 25.1}[67]
【Pine, Cedar, and Fir】
(15) “Light was given that there is health in the fragrance of the pine, the cedar, and the fir. And there are several other kinds of trees that have medicinal properties that are health promoting.”—Letter 95, 1902?(Written June 26, 1902)?{PH144 25.2}[68]
【The Use of Charcoal for Inflammation Insect Bites, etc.】
“On one occasion a physician came to me in great distress. He had been called to attend a young woman who was dangerously ill. She had contracted fever while on the campground and was taken to our school-building, near Melbourne, Australia. But she became so much worse that it was feared she could not live. The physician, Dr. Merritt Kellogg,?came to me and said, ‘Sister White, have you any light for me on this case? If relief cannot be given our sister, she can live but a few hours.’ I replied, ‘Send to a blacksmith’s shop and get some pulverized charcoal; make a poultice of it, and lay it over her stomach and sides.’ The doctor hastened away to follow out my instructions. Soon he returned, saying, ‘Relief came in less than half an hour after the application of the poultices. She is now having the first natural sleep she has had for days.’?{PH144 25.3}[69]
“I have ordered the same treatment for others who were suffering great pain, and it has brought relief, and been the means of saving life. My mother had told me that snake bites and the sting of reptiles and poisonous insects could often be rendered harmless by the use of charcoal poultices. When working on the land at Avondale, Australia, the workmen would often bruise their hands and limbs, and this in many cases resulted in such severe inflammation that the worker would have to leave his work for some time. One came to me one day in this condition, with his hand tied in a sling. He was much troubled over the circumstances; for his help was needed in clearing the land. I said to him, ‘Go to the place where you have been burning the timber,?and get me some charcoal from the eucalyptus tree, and pulverize it, and I will dress your hand.’ This was done, and the next morning he reported that the pain was gone. Soon he was ready to return to his work.?{PH144 26.1}[70]
“I write these things that you may know that the Lord has not left us without the use of simple remedies which when used will not leave the system in the weakened condition in which the use of drugs so often leave it. We need well trained nurses who can understand how to use the simple remedies that nature provides for restoration to health, and who can teach those who are ignorant of the laws of health how to use these simple but effective cures.”—Letter 90, 1908.?{PH144 27.1}[71]
“Soon there will be no work done in ministerial lines except medical missionary work.”?Counsels on Health, 533.?{PH144 27.2}[72]
Drugs Not Recommended: “You are not justified in advocating one school above the others as if it were the only one worthy of respect. Those who vindicate one school of medicine and bitterly condemn another, are actuated by a zeal that is not according to knowledge. With Pharisaic pride some men look down upon others who have received a diploma from the so-called standard school.... The use of drugs has resulted in far more harm than good, and should our physicians who claim to believe the truth, almost entirely dispense with medicine, and faithfully practice along the line of?hygiene, using?nature’s remedies, far greater success would attend their efforts. There is no need whatever to exalt the method whereby drugs are administered. I know whereof I speak. Brethren of the medical profession, I entreat you to think candidly and put away childish things.... They resort to drugs when greater skill and knowledge would teach them the?more excellent way.” Extracts on Medical Work, pages 19-23. Also Loma Linda Messages, page 62, it says:?{PH144 29.1}[73]
“The truth for this time, the third angel’s message, is to be proclaimed with a loud voice?as we approach the great final test. This?test must come?to the churches in connection with?true medical missionary work.” We are told that in time of trouble “there will be sick ones, plenty of them, that will need help” so because of the need, but also “for their own sake, they should, while they have opportunity, become intelligent in regard to disease, its causes, prevention and cure, and those who will do this will find a field of labor anywhere.”?Counsels on Health, 506.?{PH144 29.2}[74]
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